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Best 10 Base Building Games
It's survival of the fastest! Showcase your base defense skills and quick reflexes in these top-of-their-genre base building survival games.
About Base Building Games
Base building games started as early as 1989 with the release of SimCity. Now, it is a genre that is widespread and interwoven with many different types and categories of games.
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Mindustry
A factory-based sandbox tower defense game.4.5 Ratings 97K+ Reviews 1M+ DownloadsFreeFree![Google Play]()
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Zero City: base-building games
Zombie & base building game. Last day in zombie state! Shelter survival on Earth4.4 Ratings 330K+ Reviews 10M+ DownloadsFree Fresh In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Survival City - Zombie Base Build and Defend
Fight against hordes of the walking dead. Build your defences in this RTS game.4.2 Ratings 25K+ Reviews 1M+ DownloadsFree Fresh In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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DomiNations
Wage war and lead your army to victory. Base building meets online PVP battles4.1 Ratings 854K+ Reviews 10M+ DownloadsFree Fresh In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Pocket Build - Unlimited open-world building game
Build an open 3D world in this unlimited sandbox building game!4.3 Ratings 116K+ Reviews 5M+ DownloadsFree Fresh In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
$0.99 In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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Fallout Shelter
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault.4.5 Ratings 4M+ Reviews 10M+ DownloadsFree In App Purchases 1M+ ReviewsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Boom Beach
Storm the beach and win the day!4.5 Ratings 7M+ Reviews 50M+ DownloadsFree In App Purchases 1M+ ReviewsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Forge of Empires: Build a City
Play strategy city simulation & build an empire through the ages of civilization4.3 Ratings 1M+ Reviews 10M+ DownloadsFree Fresh In App Purchases 1M+ ReviewsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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State of Survival: Zombie War
Do whatever to survive! And start a new adventure!4.5 Ratings 2M+ Reviews 50M+ DownloadsFree Fresh In App Purchases 1M+ ReviewsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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SimCity BuildIt
Build and manage your very own city, and watch it come to life.4.3 Ratings 6M+ Reviews 100M+ DownloadsFree Fresh In App Purchases 1M+ ReviewsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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How We Choose The Best Apps
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Broad Search
Our unique algorithm scoured the App Store and Google Play Store by searching base building, base building games and base defense game. From there, we retrieved a total of 621 unique apps (73 Android apps and 548 iOS apps) as potential candidates. -
Additional Review by Editorial Team
Finally, our editorial team checks all apps in our best 10 list one by one to make sure these apps are of the highest quality. -
Filter only high-quality apps
We then selected the highest quality apps from the 621 apps listed. We compared the number of stars, downloads, and reviews along with the velocity of these apps to create a list of the Best Base Building Games for both Android & iOS.
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