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280 games like The Ancients

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01 Junkyard Simulator Cover

2021 · PC, PS5, Series X|S

Junkyard Simulator

53%

In Junkyard Simulator you play as owner of scrap yard, which with his own hands is trying to create the largest junkyard in the area. The way you do it depends on your decision! Do you want to manually search and collect the best scrap?

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The Ancients

53% Spannender Match
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Indie Genre Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Open world Theme Single player Mode Exploration Game feel Crafting Game feel Open World World design
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02 Battle Brothers Cover

2017 · Switch, PC, PS4

Battle Brothers

52%

Battle Brothers is a turn based strategy RPG mix which has you leading a mercenary company in a gritty, low-power, medieval fantasy world. You decide where to go, whom to hire or to fight, what contracts to take and how to train and equip your men in a procedu...

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The Ancients

52% Spannender Match
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Indie Genre Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Tactical Genre Turn-based strategy (TBS) Genre Historical Theme Open world Theme Single player Mode
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

03 Force of Nature Cover

2016 · PC

Force of Nature

52%

Force of Nature is an indie open world sandbox game with fighting, crafting, building and farming systems.

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The Ancients

52% Spannender Match
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Indie Genre Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Open world Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode Survival Game feel Open World World design
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04 No Man's Sky Cover

2016 · Mac, Switch 2, PC

No Man's Sky

51%

No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival game set in a procedurally generated universe containing over 18 quintillion planets. Players explore star systems, gather resources, trade with alien species, and upgrade their equipment while following an overarch...

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The Ancients

51% Mutiger Treffer
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Arcade Genre Indie Genre Simulator Genre Open world Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode Exploration Game feel Survival Game feel
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05 Age of Wonders: Planetfall Cover

2019 · Mac, PC, PS4

Age of Wonders: Planetfall

50%

Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders and Overlord series, bringing all the exciting tactical-turn based combat and in-depth 4X empire building of its predecessors to space...

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The Ancients

50% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Tactical Genre Turn-based strategy (TBS) Genre 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective
Trade-offs

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06 Don't Starve Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Don't Starve

49%

Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

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The Ancients

49% Mutiger Treffer
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Indie Genre Simulator Genre Open world Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Exploration Game feel Survival Game feel
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07 Terraria Cover

2011 · Android, Stadia, Linux

Terraria

45%

Terraria is a 2D sandbox action-adventure game with platforming and role-playing elements. Players create a character and are placed in a procedurally generated world where they mine resources, craft equipment, build structures, and fight enemies. Progression...

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The Ancients

45% Mutiger Treffer
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Indie Genre Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Open world Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode Exploration Game feel Survival Game feel
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08 Minecraft Cover

2016 · FireTV, Android, Gear VR

Minecraft

42%

Minecraft focuses on allowing the player to explore, interact with, and modify a dynamically-generated map made of one-cubic-meter-sized blocks. In addition to blocks, the environment features plants, mobs, and items. Some activities in the game include mining...

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The Ancients

42% Mutiger Treffer
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Arcade Genre Simulator Genre 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) Theme Open world Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode Survival Game feel Crafting Game feel
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No description available from IGDB

09 Order of Battle: World War II Cover

2015 · Mac, PC, PS4

Order of Battle: World War II

42%

Order of Battle: World War II is breath of fresh air for all strategy fans. It is a game that takes wargaming to a new level by upgrading every single game element and rebooting the genre for a new generation of players.

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The Ancients

42% Mutiger Treffer
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Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Tactical Genre Turn-based strategy (TBS) Genre Historical Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective
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10 Minecraft: Java Edition Cover

2011 · Linux, Mac, PC

Minecraft: Java Edition

40%

Minecraft focuses on allowing the player to explore, interact with, and modify a dynamically generated map made of one-cubic-meter-sized blocks. In addition to blocks, the environment features plants, mobs, and items. Some activities in the game include mining...

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The Ancients

40% Mutiger Treffer
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Simulator Genre Open world Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode Survival Game feel Crafting Game feel Choices Game feel Open World World design
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11 Fallout 2 Cover

1998 · Mac, PC

Fallout 2

40%

A turn-based tactical Western RPG in which the Chosen One is tasked with exploring post-nuclear California to locate and retrieve the fabled Garden of Eden Creation Kit for their famine-stricken tribe, while coming into contact through branching dialogue trees...

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The Ancients

40% Mutiger Treffer
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Open world Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Exploration Game feel Survival Game feel Choices Game feel Open World World design
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12 Far Cry 5 Cover

2018 · Stadia, PC, PS4

Far Cry 5

40%

Welcome to Hope County, Montana, land of the free and the brave, but also home to a fanatical doomsday cult known as The Project at Eden’s Gate that is threatening the community's freedom. Stand up to the cult’s leader, Joseph Seed and the Heralds, and spark t...

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The Ancients

40% Mutiger Treffer
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Open world Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode Exploration Game feel Survival Game feel Crafting Game feel Choices Game feel Open World World design
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13 Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game Cover
40%

The Vault Dweller is tasked with exploring post-nuclear California in order to retrieve a water chip to replace the broken chip of Vault 13, their home, which they are the first person to ever leave. The player will engage in Western RPG character building and...

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The Ancients

40% Mutiger Treffer
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Open world Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Exploration Game feel Survival Game feel Choices Game feel Open World World design
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14 Mashinky Cover

2018 · PC

Mashinky

39%

Mashinky is a transport strategy game about trains. The goal is to create your own transport empire on a procedurally generated map. It’s a unique blend of realistic graphics combined with an isometric construction mode and board game-like rules.

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The Ancients

39% Mutiger Treffer
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Indie Genre Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Historical Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective
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15 Sid Meier's Civilization V Cover

2010 · Linux, Mac, PC

Sid Meier's Civilization V

38%

Sid Meier's Civilization V is a turn-based strategy game in which players lead a civilization from the ancient era through the future. Players found cities, research technologies, build improvements, train military units, and engage in diplomacy with AI or hum...

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The Ancients

38% Mutiger Treffer
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Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Turn-based strategy (TBS) Genre 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) Theme Historical Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Exploration Game feel
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16 Fallout: New Vegas Cover

2010 · PC, PS3, X360

Fallout: New Vegas

37%

In this first-person Western RPG, the player takes on the role of Courier 6, barely surviving after being robbed of their cargo, shot and put into a shallow grave by a New Vegas mob boss. The Courier sets out to track down their robbers and retrieve their carg...

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The Ancients

37% Mutiger Treffer
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Open world Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode Survival Game feel Crafting Game feel Choices Game feel Open World World design
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17 Far Cry 3 Cover

2012 · PC, PS3, X360

Far Cry 3

37%

Explore an island playground as stunningly beautiful as it is diverse – from mountain ranges to swampy grasslands and white sandy beaches. Fight your way through the island’s towns, temples, river ports and more. Encounter a diverse and realistic cast of char...

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The Ancients

37% Mutiger Treffer
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Open world Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode Exploration Game feel Survival Game feel Choices Game feel Open World World design
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18 Stardew Valley Cover

2016 · Android, Linux, Mac

Stardew Valley

37%

Stardew Valley is an open-ended country-life RPG! You’ve inherited your grandfather’s old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrow...

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The Ancients

37% Mutiger Treffer
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Indie Genre Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Crafting Game feel Open World World design
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No description available from IGDB

19 Fallout 4 Cover

2015 · PC, PS4, PS5

Fallout 4

37%

Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to the world of Fallout 4, their most ambitious game ever, and the next generation of open-world gaming. As the sole survivor of Vault 111, you enter a world destroyed by nuclear war. Every second is a fight for survival, and...

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The Ancients

37% Mutiger Treffer
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Open world Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode Exploration Game feel Survival Game feel Crafting Game feel Open World World design
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20 Rise of the Tomb Raider Cover

2015 · Stadia, Linux, Mac

Rise of the Tomb Raider

37%

Rise of the Tomb Raider is a third-person action-adventure game in which players control Lara Croft as she searches for the legendary city of Kitezh and a promise of immortality. Combat involves firearms, stealth, and melee weapons, while semi-open hub areas o...

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The Ancients

37% Mutiger Treffer
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Open world Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode Exploration Game feel Survival Game feel Crafting Game feel Open World World design
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