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Games like Lumencraft

2022PCSteam Deck verified75 % positive19.99 €

A top-down shooter where you drill through fully destructible caves, mine resources, and defend your base with turrets against swarming monsters. The mix of digging, base-building and constant shooting drives the game.

Building and crafting
Shooting and gunplay
Sci-fi setting
Strong character progression

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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Lumencraft special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Riftbreaker

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2021USK 16PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable90 % positive29.99 €

A blend of base building, tower defense and action shooting: you pilot a mech suit across an alien planet, expand your outpost and fend off huge waves of creatures.

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StarRupture

Shooting and gunplay

A first-person survival base-builder on an alien planet: extract resources, automate industrial production lines and fend off hordes of alien monsters, solo or in co-op.

Empyrion: Galactic Survival

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A space sandbox survival game where you build your own ships, stations and planetary bases while exploring planets and deep space. Gathering resources, defending your bases and playing solo or with friends are at the core.

Metal Gear Survive

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Volcanoids

Lots to discover

Instead of a fixed base, you build up a giant mobile drill vehicle to travel a volcanic island, mine resources and fight robots. Play solo or in co-op to uncover what lies beneath the surface.

The Front

Shooting and gunplay

An open-world survival shooter with crafting and base building, where you play a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop a tyrannical, relic-powered empire from rising. Gathering resources, building and gunfights drive the experience.

Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander

Tactical depth

You build starships module by module, from floor plan to weapons and engines, then take them into real-time battles and campaigns in space. Your design choices directly determine how well your ship performs in combat.

Abiotic Factor

Lots to discover

A co-op survival crafting game set in a sprawling underground research facility where you play a scientist building gear and bases from everyday items. The tone blends Half-Life-style anomalies and monsters with dry humor.

Ark: Survival Ascended

Strong character progression

You are stranded on islands full of dinosaurs, taming and riding prehistoric beasts, building bases and surviving alone or with tribes of other players. The Unreal Engine 5 remake makes the huge sandbox world look far more impressive.