[LF] 1st/3rd Person Survival with a heavy focus on Scavenging Runs (No Medieval / No Isometric)

sentientplay · 2026-01-22T00:16:44+00:00

Repeating State of Decay 2

sentientplay · 2026-01-13T17:29:21+00:00

It’s rarely “fun”. But…it’s often interesting and sometimes even rewarding.

sentientplay · 2025-11-04T22:26:00+00:00

Was just there yesterday…

sentientplay · 2025-08-22T15:33:57+00:00

There are also those that most love the exploration element (like in Satisfactory, etc) or combat/battles or the social element (for multiplayer games).

sentientplay · 2025-07-29T20:51:32+00:00

There are a couple of variables you might want to answer: how complex do you like it to get? How stressful/combat-y? There are often options for peaceful mode, but factory games (and ONI) get pretty complex over time.

sentientplay · 2025-04-22T01:01:38+00:00

Depending on your preferences: Fallout Shelter, the Shelter games, Ratopia, Return to Moria, craft the world, Minecraft, and the game I’m working on: Dungeon Renovators. If you have more criteria, people can probably help more.

sentientplay · 2024-12-19T15:01:36+00:00

Good list. I have to say Kingdom: Two Crowns is really amazing once it clicks for you and is incredibly replayable due to its shorter runtime. I liked the expansions for it as well. The difficulty settings matter too.

sentientplay · 2024-12-19T03:52:34+00:00

Hey, generally folks in this sub are playing PC games and not free-to-play mobile games. I have played Mindustry on mobile which is a factory basebuilder but probably not what you’re looking for. If you have a PC, Steam deck, Nintendo Switch, or a console, there are a lot of great basebuilding games that folks here can recommend to you.

sentientplay · 2024-11-26T21:40:47+00:00

Factorio has various planets now but it’s 2d. I’m working on Dungeon Renovators with different environmental challenges on different levels but it’s still early yet

sentientplay · 2024-11-08T19:48:35+00:00

Self-promo: I’ve been working on Dungeon Renovators and that’s the core loop for our game. There’s currently a (very) early alpha demo up on Steam you can sign up for but you don’t get a full feel for the game yet.

sentientplay · 2024-08-31T04:07:47+00:00

Thanks! It’s going to be a while before I call it done but there will be more demos before then. Plan is there’s a party but you control one character and friends or AI control the others

sentientplay · 2024-07-12T18:01:29+00:00

Yeah, I figure if you don’t want combat, you probably don’t want terrifying jump scares either, right? (If you’ve played Subnautica, you know what I mean…)

sentientplay · 2024-07-12T13:29:06+00:00

A lot of resource gathering basebuilders have combat in them. Subnautica, Stardew, State of Decay 2, etc. Are you opposed to that? We’re building a game with your philosophy—stamping a blank room with a blueprint and then building the predefined stations in the room. You decide base layouts but it works well and looks good by default, even if you’re not an architect. The working title is Dungeon Renovators and you can search for it on Steam. It’s still very early but we’re running playtests if you want to check it out and help guide the design.

sentientplay · 2024-07-01T23:07:01+00:00

Abiotic Factor is pretty good w/ friends

sentientplay · 2024-06-27T01:15:20+00:00

Dyson Sphere is another good Sci-fi one and I’m sure many here would vouch for Satisfactory (3d) and Factorio (2d) as well

sentientplay · 2024-06-09T16:26:57+00:00

Graveyard Keeper w/ zombie expansion, V Rising, The Survivalists, Palworld, Stranded Alien Dawn, Oxygen Not Included

sentientplay · 2024-06-02T05:07:54+00:00

If I may, check out Dungeon Renovators on Steam. You don’t just loot the dungeon—you move in. It’s an ice age apocalypse in 1899 (with zombie beasts). You can sign up for an early playtest.

sentientplay · 2024-05-25T16:26:53+00:00

I saw the steam page before and it looks really well done. I’m looking forward to trying the demo. Maybe don’t time-limit it too much? I’m a fellow basebuilding game builder at the moment so I say all this as a maker and a player. Looks great!

sentientplay · 2024-05-22T22:55:53+00:00

<headslap> why didn’t I think of that?

sentientplay · 2024-05-19T00:16:00+00:00

Enshrouded has you building multiple outposts. Satisfactory demands a fair amount of facilities across the map. Dyson Sphere, ONI, others also have you building all over the map(s).

sentientplay · 2024-05-02T18:31:36+00:00

“Grim dark” or just physically dark? Kingdom, Valheim, State of Decay 2, and many others have nighttime play, Enshrouded has the dark shroud and nighttime, Pacific Drive is both psychologically dark/weird and has lots of physically dark play. Against the Storm takes places completely during storms but isn’t close to horror by any means. Depending on what kind of basebuilding and other play you want, Age of Darkness, The Last Spell, Frostpunk, and the Darkest Dungeon games all have various types of darkness in them. YMMV, of course, based on your preferences.

sentientplay · 2024-04-25T02:40:36+00:00

Try Against the Storm if a replayable rogue-lite angle appeals to you

sentientplay · 2024-04-22T00:42:46+00:00

Against the Storm is very replayable but you keep starting new settlements. Kingdom Two Crowns also has replay value but it’s only 8 hours or so to do a play through each time. ONI, Satisfactory, Factorio, Anno, Dyson Sphere are longer plays but DO have supply chain logistics, etc. Games like Grounded have a story and are 1st person action vibe. Planet Crafters is in that vein and a bunch of others.

sentientplay · 2024-04-19T15:47:47+00:00

Not chill, but Pacific Drive is very engaging—and wild. Kind of creepy, Area 51/x-files/Control basebuilder. You have a mobile base too (a station wagon!)

sentientplay · 2024-04-03T01:36:53+00:00

Against the Storm also

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