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Base building

Activities theme

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

334
games
28
platforms
Grey Goo (Windows)
Grey Goo
WIN 2015-01-25
Dungeon Keeper 2 (Windows)
Dungeon Keeper 2
WIN 1999-06-30
War for the Overworld (Windows)
War for the Overworld
WIN 2015-04-02
Nuclear Dawn (Windows)
Nuclear Dawn
WIN 2011-09-30
NetStorm: Islands at War (Windows)
NetStorm: Islands at War
WIN 1997-11
Harvest: Massive Encounter (Mac OS X)
Harvest: Massive Encounter
OSX 2008-03
Dungeons II (Windows)
Dungeons II
WIN 2015-04-24
M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault & Exploration (MS-DOS)
M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault & Exploration
DOS 1996-12
Outpost 2: Divided Destiny (Windows)
Outpost 2: Divided Destiny
WIN 1997
Imperium Galactica (MS-DOS)
Imperium Galactica
DOS 1997-03
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Windows)
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
WIN 2007-03-28
Planetary Annihilation (Windows)
Planetary Annihilation
WIN 2014-09-05
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

Popular tags

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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 and Blizzard published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 148
Linux 86
MS-DOS 24
Mac OS X 24
Mac OS Classic 10
PS 6
X360 4
Pandora 4
Internet Only 4
Amiga 3
PS3 2
BSD 2
N64 2
WinCE 1
Mobile 1
Mega Drive 1
Archimedes 1
iOS 1
BeOS 1
Saturn 1
3DO 1
Android 1
Amiga AGA 1
PS2 1
Tandy Coco 1
PS4 1
Xbox One 1
Amiga CD32 1

Most common companies

Electronic Arts23
Virgin11
Blizzard11
Blizzard Entertainment10
Kalypso Media Digital9
Uber Entertainment6
Microprose5
THQ Nordic5
THQ5
GT Interactive5
Activision5
Microsoft Game Studios4
Interplay4
S2 Games4
EA Games4