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Base building

Activities theme

Involves building, maintaining and possibly defending your base of operations.

333
games
27
platforms
Giants: Citizen Kabuto (Windows)
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
WIN 2000-12-06
Earth 2150: Lost Souls (Windows)
Earth 2150: Lost Souls
WIN 2002-09-10
Command & Conquer: Red Alert (Windows)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
WIN 1996-11-01
Command & Conquer: Red Alert (MS-DOS)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
DOS 1996
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring (Windows)
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring
WIN 2003-11
X-COM: Terror from the Deep (Windows)
X-COM: Terror from the Deep
WIN 1999
Perimeter (Windows)
Perimeter
WIN 2004-05-21
Dungeon Keeper (MS-DOS)
Dungeon Keeper
DOS 1997
Warcraft II: The Dark Saga (Saturn)
Warcraft II: The Dark Saga
SAT 1997-06-30
Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal (MS-DOS)
Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal
DOS 1996-04-30
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II (Windows)
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II
WIN 2006-02-28
Moonbase: Lunar Colony Simulator (Amiga OCS)
Moonbase: Lunar Colony Simulator
OCS 1991
Unlike city building, all buildings are specific and there are no free market zones. There are specific unit production, research, defense, supply and other similar structures.

Effectively you're building a self-sustained military base which may be in a tiny section of a whole city.
Related:
* City building
* Builders

The first Base building video game was released in 1984.

Electronic Arts, Virgin and Blizzard published most of these games.

Parent groups

Constructions, Strategy elements

Related groups

Game genre
City-building

Locations
Base of operations

Platforms

Windows 149
Linux 86
Mac OS X 24
MS-DOS 23
Mac OS Classic 10
PS 6
Pandora 4
Internet Only 4
X360 4
Amiga 3
BSD 2
N64 2
PS3 2
Android 1
Amiga AGA 1
PS2 1
Tandy Coco 1
PS4 1
Xbox One 1
WinCE 1
Mobile 1
Mega Drive 1
Archimedes 1
iOS 1
BeOS 1
Saturn 1
3DO 1

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