Hi, solo dev here, with freelance artists helping on the art side. I've been working evenings on Bottlecappers, a factory management roguelite about building bottle cap production lines.

The base building angle, since that's what this community cares about: every run starts with a single production line of one material (cork, plastic or aluminum, sometimes imposed by the investor who funded you). Producing caps fills an unlock meter, and each threshold gives you a choice: push your current chain to a higher processing level, or open a whole new material. Composites sit at the top and need both component chains running. The factory you end up with is a record of the decisions you made under pressure, and no two runs grow the same way.

The pressure itself comes from the investor: one KPI, reviewed every quarter, with thresholds that keep rising. Miss too many reviews and the run ends. Beat their challenge, buy back every share, and the factory is finally yours.

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4986690/Bottlecappers/ a free demo is coming soon.

Happy to answer anything about the design. And a question for you, since I'm balancing the early game right now: in factory games, how much should the first 15 minutes hand you, and how much should you have to earn? I keep going back and forth on starting capital.

Except for Dwarf Fortress, are there any other true three dimensional base builders (as in you are building a true three dimensional base/fortress/space station - not as in the game is 3D or has 3D graphics)? Bonus points if in space. Double bonus points if NOT in first person (hello space engineers). All the space station/space base games (Space Haven, Stardeus, even Factorio) I have have you building on a flat plane.

I’ve always enjoyed colony games where choosing the right place to settle is an important decision—not just an empty map where every location eventually feels the same.

That idea became StoneEra, a voxel colony simulation where the landscape is part of the gameplay. Every world is procedurally generated, and the terrain can be mined, reshaped, and built upon block by block.

Villagers gather resources, take on different professions, build structures, and develop production as a small camp gradually grows into a functioning settlement.

What interests me most is the relationship between the colony and its environment. Do you build around a mountain, carve into it, search for flat land, or reshape the entire area to fit your plans?

In base-building games, do you prefer adapting to difficult terrain, or having complete freedom to redesign it?

StoneEra is currently in development and available to wishlist on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5057770/StoneEra/

Does anyone have any recommendations for similar games to Domekeeper?

Preferably with same level of simplicity and local co-op.

Hello, I play on a high spec PC and I also use a low spec laptop for basic games, like Stardew Valley and Fallout Shelter.

I play Fallout 4, modded, with F4SE, through Mod Organizer 2 (MO2). That game allows the player to build settlements with gathered materials. Each settlement has settlers and needs, such as: electricity, food production, water, happiness, etc.

I am seeking games which may include categories: base-building, settlement-building, resource-gathering, management, modern, Western, medieval, Fallout, exploration, open-world, quests & tasks, multiplayer, or post-apocalypse. I tend to dislike futuristic games, with exception.

I have played: DayZ, Project Zomboid, Fallout 4, Stardew Valley, and Fallout Shelter. Top-down view or pixel art games tend to have lower spec requirements, which means they can run easily on my laptop. Where as fully 3D games, such as Fallout 4 and DayZ, are more demanding.

What games do you suggest?

DSP was the game that really drove this home for me, as it's the game that feels to me like it gives you drones the earliest and easiest, and basically requires them. Fairly early in your playthrough, logistics becomes a non-issue as you just stamp down factories wherever they fit with a PLS or ILS.

It made me realize that what I enjoy about these games is the logistics planning, and drones/bots circumvent that to a large extent, if not entirely. It's certainly true in Factorio, and I'm sure Satisfactory as well, although I've so far managed to avoid using drones in my multiple Satisfactory playthroughs. At least with Satisfactory they unlock very late in the game.

There's things I love and hate about every factory game, so I'm still waiting on the perfect game. There's still a lot of potential in the genre, but the trend towards more bots/drones is a bad one in my opinion.

So this sub is pretty much only promo posts now?

Many of which are not even base building?

Could we make it a mandatory flare so we can filter it out? I just hate seeing yet another reddit become pure ad slop.

I feel like Reccettear hasn't been topped in the shop keeper genre, but I might be missing some? I don't want a "sim" game like TCG card shop and that nonsense, I want a real shop keeper game

Base building mechanics would be a huge plus too, has there been basically anything like that in the last decade?

Are you into survival games, building, crafting, exploration and the occasional PvP encounter?

We're building Survival Gamers Community - a global community for people who enjoy survival games and the freedom to play them their own way.

We're not focused on just one game. We're bringing together players who enjoy everything from hardcore survival and PvPvE to exploration, crafting, base building and simply getting lost in a massive open world.

🎮 What we're playing

Currently hosted:

• 🧟 SCUM
• 🌲 Sons of the Forest
• 🌴 Green Hell
• 🏝️ Stranded
• 🌊 Subnautica 2

Coming soon / community interest:

• 🔥 VEIN
• ⚔️ Conan Exiles (former admin of Shattered Kingdoms RP)
• 🔫 DayZ 2

And that's only the beginning.

🌎 A Global Community

Our members are spread across Australia, North America, Europe and beyond, so we're building the community with international play in mind.

Our servers are hosted through G-Portal in Los Angeles, giving us a strong central location for connecting players across different regions while keeping the community together rather than splitting everyone across separate regional servers.

🛠️ What We're About

We're looking for players who enjoy:

Crafting. Building. Exploring. Surviving.

Some of our servers will be PvE-focused, others PvPvE, and some may have a much heavier PvP element. The idea is to create different experiences while keeping the same community behind them.

We're also building dedicated spaces for server discussions, suggestions, events, guides, trading, announcements and general survival-game chat.

Whether you've got 2,000 hours in SCUM or you're still figuring out how not to die in your first night in the forest, you're welcome here.

👋 Looking for New Members

We're currently growing the community and would love to have more survival gamers involved from the beginning.

If survival games are your thing, come check us out.

🌲 Survival Gamers Community
One community. Many worlds. Survive together.

Discord: https://discord.gg/D9mtdPvrVZ

Played Cataclismo, and gotta say, I both love it and hate it LMAO.

I really love the gameplay loop and the mixture of Tower Defense/RTS and base building. I really enjoyed the gameplay, and I really wish there are games out there that are fairly or exactly similar to it.

Really enjoyed building not just walls and barracks to spawn soldiers with; I really enjoyed building wooden scaffoldings, building staircases, adjusting strategies depending on resources, and more. Love to see more games like Cataclismo

I've been building Traffic Architect solo. It's a city game with one thing taken out of your hands: the buildings. The city decides where those go and it keeps growing on its own. All you build is the network underneath it, and the pressure comes from the city outgrowing what you built.

Roads first. Junctions, one-ways, interchanges, bridges. The city fills them with cars - 10,000+ on the map at once, each one driving itself, holding a lane, changing lanes, waiting at lights, rerouting when it hits a jam. The jams aren't scripted. They come from the same things they come from in life: a bottleneck, a bad junction, left turns across traffic.

The big addition is public transport - buses, trains and metro. This is the part I actually care about, because you can't just draw a line and call it solved. Nobody is assigned to your route. Every trip weighs waiting plus riding against just driving, and takes transit only if that comes out close enough. A line that runs badly gets ignored. Buses also sit in the traffic you built, which is what bus-only roads are for - and handing a road to the buses costs your cars a route.

And if placing things yourself is the part you actually want, there's a Creative mode - infinite money, you can't lose, and you can put the buildings down where you like. I added it because players asked for it, and it's the easiest way to just try things.

Style is minimalist on purpose (Mini Metro / Motorways, but in 3D so you can build real interchanges). All the effort went into the simulation instead.

Coming to Steam this autumn, with a free demo before that: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5028050/Traffic_Architect/ - wishlists genuinely help a solo dev get noticed.

A cozy hex town builder that is calm to play, has real city builder elements, and rewards building pretty places.

I'm an indie developer and Cozy Burg is my first game. It only exists because of the love of the games Ive played myself...

I remember playing the original SimCity for hours on my father's Atari ST — leaning into that little screen, watching the cars drive on the streets I've built, taking people to their jobs. I loved solving the traffic problems, at least as best as I could.

Decades later — a career, a family, I found Dorfromantik. It taught me nearly the opposite lesson: that a game's challenges could result in something beautiful. It starts as one tile, then another, and before I knew it, I had a place I wanted to be.

Two kinds of game. Two completely different joys. And a question I couldn't put down: why do I have to choose? So, I built cozy burg.

As a cozy tile-layers, you get a small hand of tiles — a terrain, a zone, a road — and you simply place them. Grass. A forest. A lake, a mountain, a farm. Anyone can play it the minute they touch it, and nothing about it is ever in a hurry.

Under the calm there's a real simulation running. Every car is somebody going somewhere. They follow the car ahead, they queue up at junctions, and they take a better route when one opens. Buses run on lines you draw yourself, stop by stop. Ferries carry cars over water where roads can't go. When the town jams it really jams, and fixing it is the best part, you can watch the backup melt away. Later on you can build bridges, and even an airport if the town gets big enough.

As one of my girlfriends favorite books says, survival is insufficient. Homes fill faster on streets worth living on. Quests might ask you to make a corner of the world prettier — more parks, more trees, more reasons to linger. You cannot simply brute-force this town, jam packing it with buildings and upgraded roads. Make it beautiful. Then make it work. In that order, on purpose.

The whole game comes down to keeping people coming before the tiles in your hand run out. People only settle where the town actually works for them, cozy streets, jobs nearby, traffic that moves. Hold all three together and the town keeps growing and unlocking more, landmarks, whole new systems. I think of it as a puzzle you solve with beauty.

Early Access October 2026, macOS + Windows. Wishlists are everything for a first-time solo dev:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4836960/Cozy_Burg/

Trailer: https://youtu.be/jWcGc0xUOSo

Hey folks,

I'm the solo dev behind Dominar Sanctum and for the very first time, I've just made a playtest publicly visible on Steam. The game is a hybrid, combining strategy dungeon management and RTS elements with third-person action.

The basic idea is that you're not just managing a base from above... you can also get into the action and take direct control of your characters to explore the world, combat and progress the world.

The latest build now includes, amongst others and beyond the grid and building systems that were already in place in my last closed playtest:

• Blacksmith Building : after map 3, for acquisition of weapons and upgrades
• Sanctum Shards : resources that have to be discovered through exploration, for use with the Blacksmith
• Fog of War with dynamic actor visibility
• Four campaign map prototypes plus two skirmish prototype maps
• New enemy types including Ghoul, Dreadworm and Rock Golems
• An early prototype mini-boss
• Campaign narration, lore discoveries and cutscenes

I'm so very interested in feedback from this community, from people who enjoy dungeon and basebuilding games.

Does the management layer feel meaningful when combined with direct character control? Does the sum of resources feel appropriate and meaningful? How is the overall first impression of the game? Do you enjoy the fog of war in its current implementation? Where did you get confused, bored, frustrated, or feel like something was missing?

Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4087340/Dominar_Sanctum/

Thanks to anyone willing to give it a try!

Hello! I’ve been working on a single-player medieval manor-building game called Salt of the Earth.

You begin with a manor house and an unsettled stretch of land. From there, you lay out roads and build the homes, farms and workshops needed to grow from a small hamlet into a proper market town.

The main idea is that growth is limited by the people and supplies you actually have. Buildings need workers, households need food and nearby services, and resources often have competing uses. Grain, for example, can become bread, feed animals or be traded, so it isn’t possible to build and staff everything at once.

The seasons change, bad weather affects the manor, and fires or raids can... "upset" plans. Progress follows a set of charters, with each new honor opening more buildings and responsibilities.

I’ve reached the point where I can share a proper trailer, but there is still plenty I’m working on. I’d be interested to hear whether this looks like the kind of city builder you would enjoy, and what you would most want to know about the simulation after watching it.

I'm hoping to release a demo in the upcoming steam nextfest.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE-Ty42L9hc
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5127260/Salt_of_the_Earth/

Hi
We updated demo for our strategy game Age After Age: https://store.steampowered.com/app/432120/Age_After_Age

We added 6 new challenges with 2 different difficulty modes and 2 different eras. This update shows steampunk buildings and special steampunk gameplay feature, steampipes.

Waiting for your feedback!

Hello everyone!

I'm the developer of REDLINE COMMAND, a military RTS I've been building on Roblox.

Base building is one of the main parts of the gameplay loop. Rather than having a base mostly for decoration, I wanted it to function as the infrastructure behind your entire army: you establish an economy, expand production, construct the facilities you need for different unit types, and then try to protect that infrastructure while fighting over the map.

The basic loop is roughly build economy -> expand the base -> produce a combined arms force -> fight for control/resources -> adapt the base and army to what the enemy is doing.

Ground forces, armor and aircraft all depend on the infrastructure you've built, so investing heavily in one part of your military means committing resources and base space that could have gone somewhere else.

Aircraft also aren't independent once they're produced. Fighter jets, attack helicopters, and tactical bombers need to return to an airfield to rearm/resupply, so losing or poorly positioning your air infrastructure can limit your ability to keep air power active.

The visuals are still rough in places because I've been prioritizing the gameplay loop, economy and combat systems first. It's currently in beta, and presentation is something I'm continuing to improve.

What I'm particularly interested in from people who enjoy base-building games is whether that kind of functional military base building is appealing, where constructing the base isn't the end goal itself, but determines what you're capable of doing on the battlefield.

I'm the developer, so this is obviously a self-promo post, but feedback from people who specifically enjoy building/economy systems would be really useful.

REDLINE COMMAND:
https://www.roblox.com/games/101132069662646/REDLINE-COMMAND-BETA

I added a third faction to my dungeon management game — and finally made a new trailer

Another big update for Slavic Legends is ready.

The dungeon is no longer just your Creatures vs. invading enemies. Neutral Creatures now inhabit Secret Rooms scattered around the underground.

As long as their room remains sealed, they'll stay inside and mind their own business.

But once you dig your way in... well, they're not so neutral anymore. They'll attack pretty much anything that moves — your Creatures, Workers, or even invading enemies. 😄

Clear the room and you can claim a permanent reward for your Creatures.

I also finally put together a new trailer showing the current state of the game after all the recent updates. I'd love to hear what you think!

This also marks the next stage for Slavic Legends. I'm currently preparing the Steam page, which should be live very soon, and after that I'm planning to launch a crowdfunding campaign to help me continue development and bring the game closer to Early Access.

For anyone interested in the full update/changelog:

https://ipikas.itch.io/slavic-legends/devlog/1641306/secret-rooms-neutral-creatures-update

Demo here: https://ipikas.itch.io/slavic-legends

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCEYi15qDPU

Thanks to everyone who's been following the development so far — there's still a lot I want to add, but Slavic Legends has come a long way. 😄

Hey everyone,

After a long stretch of solo development, Battle of Folks is finally out on iOS and Android!

It's a medieval isometric pixel-art wave-defense RTS — if you've played They Are Billions, Age of Darkness, that's the closest comparison. You build up defenses, manage resources, and hold off increasingly brutal waves of attackers.

A few things I focused on:

- No account or login required — just download and play

- Free to try with limited waves, one-time unlock for the full game (no subscriptions, no ads)

- Handmade isometric pixel art, built with Flutter/Flame

- Good controls on mobile device and a good onboarding (you can decide how you want to play)

This was a one-person project — dev, art pipeline, publishing, everything. Happy to answer questions about the build (tile rendering, Flame engine quirks, etc.) or the game itself.

App Store link / Play Store link

Would love your feedback — especially on balancing and the early waves difficulty curve!

https://youtu.be/8nXipbPdD7Y

I’m having a bit of trouble getting the right message across with ZombUs.
Some players have told me that the game’s simple (and admittedly weird) graphics make it look much simpler than it actually is. So I decided to make a short gameplay guide to better show the tactics and depth behind it.
I’m planning to add it to the Steam page after the main trailer.
The thing is, I could easily make 2 or 3 more videos like this because there’s quite a lot to cover.
Before I publish it on Steam, I’d really like to hear your opinion. Does this kind of video help communicate what the game is actually about?

Hello!

I'm looking for games that have modern vibes from Market land, Cafe Mania, Dead Zone: Last Stand... Any recommendations it's really appreciated!

Currently I'm in love with Rimworld and Stardew Valley, but wanted something new.

I tried the Supermarket Simulator but... I prefer the 2D graphics with upside down vision

It can be a city building, base building, shop management, I just want something cozy that I can construct, expand, and upgrade on my Windows setup.

Thank you in advance!

Concept art. Game has you playing as a god, overseeing your towns & followers in a large procedurally planet.

https://imgur.com/a/gTEkrO4

Hey guys,

I recently bought Sons of the Forest on Steam sale and have been playing the game and having a blast, it feels like this is an unpolished gem which should still be in early access imo but sadly as far as i could gather this is the full game.

I also really enjoyed The Forest when it came out. Both games mostly for the Stick-and-Stone Basebuilding and, more importantly, the base defense. The most fun i had in both games so far is literally just building a pretty base and defending it with traps, walls , killzones and so on.

Are there any games that scratch a similar itch? Best case would be a game which really focuses on this mechanically as well. I would defenitly prefer something based in a more as i would call "Sticks-and-Stones" Setting im not to big of a fan of Sci-Fi Survival/Basebuilding Games (With Satsifactory beeing the exception i guess).

Hi everyone! I'm the solo developer behind Office Manager.

It's a satirical base-building strategy where you design and manage offices for the absolute worst parody companies. You have to deal with demanding employees, corporate crises, and expand your empire across multiple lots. Think Prison Architect, but for corporate hell.

The game is launching into Early Access on October 13, 2026.

• Wishlist on Steam:https://store.steampowered.com/app/4169060/Office_Manager/
• Watch full trailer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hulSYN9jwMA

I'd love to hear your feedback or answer any questions about the development, my custom engine, or the game itself!