Top down base building/Survival games?

[Nevakonaza]

Anyone recommend any good top down base building/survival games?

Ideally something very chilled, I'm getting old now

 

[Thumpsta]

Have you looked at Rimworld?

 

[Tombstone]

Anyone recommend any good top down base building/survival games?

Ideally something very chilled, I'm getting old now

Don't Starve? - https://store.steampowered.com/app/219740/Dont_Starve/

Or if you dont mind side-view, I've wracked up 400 hours in Oxygen Not Included - https://store.steampowered.com/app/457140/Oxygen_Not_Included/

 

[npjnpj]

I'd also say RimWorld. I find Oxygen not Included quite overwhelming, but it's probably good if you're into that sort of difficulty level right from the get go.
Otherwise I'd also strongly recommend Prison Architect.

 

[NoNameNoNumber]

Factorio!

 

[ChrisUK1983]

Rimworld, easily one of the best games Ive ever played. Has a huge library of mods on Steam workshop too to further improve it.

 

[C64]

not survival but you might like anno 1404

 

[bazzabear]

Play Terraria, and just pretend everything is in a different plane to what it really is?

 

[tres]

Another vote for Rimworld, interesting learning curve but just brilliant

 

[Vidar]

It's quite old now but I had fun with it, Banished

 

[Minstadave]

Surviving Mars is quite fun.

 

[Dano]

Frostpunk, it's very chill(y)

 

[robmol]

not very chilled, but project zomboid

 

[montymint]

surviving the aftermath

 

[Smok3y]

Project Zomboid

 

[mrbios]

I'd second Frostpunk. Superb game, not really base building in the conventional sense but similar enough.

 

[Megahurtz400]

It's quite old now but I had fun with it, Banished

I do love Banished but for me it gets to the point when things are running smoothly and I run out of interest to try and expand, might get it installed again and see how i go!

 

[Tombstone]

I do love Banished but for me it gets to the point when things are running smoothly and I run out of interest to try and expand, might get it installed again and see how i go!

I find that is a common issue with many base building survival games, you reach a point where everything is going smoothly and then the challenge is gone. The genre excels in its early and mid games, where you are struggling to survive, once you have survival nailed in it becomes a tad aimless.

 

[Megahurtz400]

I find that is a common issue with many base building survival games, you reach a point where everything is going smoothly and then the challenge is gone. The genre excels in its early and mid games, where you are struggling to survive, once you have survival nailed in it becomes a tad aimless.

Exactly that, just seems the only task then is to expand as much as you can but just takes hours and hours of essentially copy and paste?

Factorio is a good example of going the other way though, where you've got a final task of launching the rocket, but I only got needing blue microchips I think before I realised it's going to need to take over my life

 

[Doobedoo]

Steam has a city building sale on at the moment.

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/citybuildersale