10 Best Base Building Games Of All Time

If there is any game genre known for making hours vanish, it would be the base-building genre with games like and. Although it is rarely the only genre many games fall into, building mechanics allow players to channel their inner architects, undergoing grand projects at impressive scales with intuitive controls. Base building has become so popular that it has snuck its way into games that many players wouldn't expect to find them in, like.

Due to the association with survival or simulation games, base builders can either be a relaxing experience due to some kind of creative mode or a nerve-wracking one that results in player death if done poorly. This duality is what makes the genre so appealing. Players can take their time, plan projects, and spend dozens of hours constructing monoliths, or they can take a practical approach, ensuring that everything they build in their base is as efficient as possible.

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While most titles focus on making a base suitable for the survival of a player or a group of players, is unique. It focuses on making an efficient, industrial factory in an alien world, which makes players think about how to best automate their conveyor belt havens. The added element of exploration helps the overall experience, and the title having co-op definitely adds to its ability to eat away at time.

Currently, is an early access title that has received constant updates since it was released on Steam in 2020. It has a decent following, and the problem-solving element of its building provides an element of satisfaction to its construction, hence the name. It also adds stress since the factory bases have to work in a specific way, and with co-op, this can quickly turn into competitive and entertaining shouting matches over who did what wrong.

has taken the survival, base-building genre by storm ever since it was released as an early