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Base building

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

333
games
27
platforms
Earth 2150: The Moon Project (Windows)
Earth 2150: The Moon Project
WIN 2000
Giants: Citizen Kabuto (PlayStation 2)
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
PS2 2001-12-20
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Counterstrike (MS-DOS)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Counterstrike
DOS 1997
Battlezone II: Combat Commander (Windows)
Battlezone II: Combat Commander
WIN 1999-12
Nuclear Dawn (Windows)
Nuclear Dawn
WIN 2011-09-30
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (Windows)
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
WIN 2010-07-27
Star Trek: Armada (Windows)
Star Trek: Armada
WIN 2000-02-29
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts (Windows)
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
WIN 2007-09-24
Dune II (Archimedes)
Dune II
ARCH 1995
Command & Conquer (MS-DOS)
Command & Conquer
DOS 1995-08-31
Age of Mythology (Windows)
Age of Mythology
WIN 2002-10-31
OpenHV (Windows)
OpenHV
WIN 2020-09-05
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

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Parent groups

Constructions, Strategy elements

Related groups

Game genre
City-building

Locations
Base of operations

Games by year

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The first Base building video game was released in 1984.

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

Platforms

Windows148
Linux86
Mac OS X24
MS-DOS24
Mac OS Classic10
PS6
Pandora4
Internet Only4
X3604
Amiga3
BSD2
N642
PS32
Amiga AGA1
Tandy Coco1
PS21
PS41
Xbox One1
Amiga CD321
WinCE1
Mobile1
Mega Drive1
Archimedes1
iOS1
BeOS1
Saturn1
Android1

Most common companies

Electronic Arts23
Virgin11
Blizzard11
Blizzard Entertainment10
Kalypso Media Digital9
Uber Entertainment6
Topware Interactive;Interplay5
GT Interactive5
THQ Nordic5
Activision5
THQ5
Microprose5
Microsoft Game Studios4
S2 Games4
EA Games4
Interplay4
OpenRA developers3
Ubisoft3
Robotronic Games3
Topware Interactive3