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A short, rough-around-the-edges artillery RTS where you command train-mounted guns to secure resources on a lawless mining planet.

Machine Mind
A rough-around-the-edges single-player post-apocalyptic action-strategy hybrid with survival, RTS base-building, and vehicle automation, offering a few hours of ambitious genre-blending gameplay.
2026-03-05
- Action
- Science fiction

Adventure

Strategy

Bird view / Isometric

Indie

Simulator

Real Time Strategy (RTS)

Sandbox

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Calyx

A single-player strategy game of base building and resource gathering against plant-aliens, with a moderate-length campaign and a rough-around-the-edges feel.

2026-01-29

Action
Science fiction
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Real Time Strategy (RTS)

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reconquest

A post-apocalyptic single-player RTS base builder with a story campaign that reviewers find rough and short, around 3 hours.

2016-12-16

Science fiction
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Real Time Strategy (RTS)

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Starminer

A space simulation sandbox about fleet building, asteroid mining, and real-time defense against an alien attracted by your greed, with a rough but promising early-access feel.

2026-05-27

Action
Strategy
Indie
Simulator
Real Time Strategy (RTS)
Role-playing (RPG)
Sandbox

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Grey Goo

A real-time strategy game of resource management and base building on a frontier world, playable solo or multiplayer, with mixed reviews.

2015-01-23

Warfare
Science fiction
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Real Time Strategy (RTS)

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Orbitmine

A short casual space mining game about lasering planets, upgrading your ship, and overcoming seasonal hazards across four zones, with a mixed-but-mostly-positive reception.

2026-04-06

Science fiction
Strategy
Indie
Side view
Simulator
Arcade

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A.R.M. PLANETARY PROSPECTORS EP1 Asteroid Resource Mining

A rough early access asteroid-mining sim where mech-suited scavengers scheme to escape an alien prison barge, with a creepy atmosphere and short reviewer sessions due to its pre-alpha state.

2015-10-01

Action
Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)
Racing
Virtual Reality

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Moor Rail

A short, strategic dieselpunk side-scrolling shooter where you upgrade a train, though reviewers find its combat and systems awkward.

2026-02-04

Action
Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)

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Shadows of War

A 2D RTS sidescroller with a promising concept currently undermined by technical issues and short play sessions among reviewers.

2015-01-02

Strategy
Indie

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Steel Republic Rail Defender

A single-player strategy hybrid of rail logistics, resource gathering, base building, and tower defense, currently bogged down by UI and control issues that frustrate players.

2024-04-15

Strategy

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Hell of Men : Blood Brothers

A solo-developed early-access RTS focused on resource gathering, base building, and army training, with a short first session (about an hour) and rough edges per reviewers.

2021-06-29

Action
Strategy
Indie
Simulator

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Citadel Anew

A rough-around-the-edges single-player blend of base defense, tower defense, roguelite elements, and colony management that earned mixed early reviews.

2025-09-15

Action
First person
Science fiction
Survival
Role-playing (RPG)