Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Forts (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Forts on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Ravenfield, which both war and strategy.
- Forts is tagged Base-Building, Multiplayer, Physics, Strategy, Destruction, Building, Moddable, Sandbox by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 2 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Ravenfield
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Military, Sandbox and Funny; released around the same time (2017).
Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!
Ravenfield at a glance Released 2017 Studio SteelRaven7 Player sentiment 97% positive of 79,971 Price $17.99 MilitarySandboxFunnyTacticalModdableStrategyIndiePhysics
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Factorio
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 8 player tags including Base-Building, Sandbox and Strategy; released around the same time (2016).
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Factorio at a glance Released 2016 Studio Wube software Player sentiment 98% positive of 233,978 Price $35.00 Base-BuildingSandboxStrategyBuilding2DModdablePixel GraphicsIndie
- 3
SimplePlanes
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Sandbox, Physics and Building; released around the same time (2015).
Build airplanes by snapping parts together, designing wing sections, and attaching engines. At any time, you can strap yourself into the cockpit and see how it flies with realistic physics. If you're not in the mood for building, over 100,000 airplanes are available to download for free.
SimplePlanes at a glance Released 2015 Studio Jundroo, LLC Player sentiment 93% positive of 10,901 Price $12.99 SandboxPhysicsBuildingMilitaryStrategyFunnyModdable
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Prison Architect
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 8 player tags including Building, Sandbox and Base-Building; released around the same time (2015).
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Prison Architect at a glance Released 2015 Studio Introversion Software Player sentiment 89% positive of 73,744 Price $5.99 BuildingSandboxBase-BuildingStrategy2DModdableFunnyIndie
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Men of War: Assault Squad
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Strategy, Tactical and Military.
Men of War: Assault Squad delivers a deeply tactical WWII experience, blending large-scale strategy with intense, hands-on combat. Fight across multiple fronts – from European countryside to Pacific jungles and command every unit and every bullet on the battlefield.
Men of War: Assault Squad at a glance Released 2011 Studio Digitalmindsoft Player sentiment 87% positive of 5,176 Price $9.99 StrategyTacticalMilitaryModdableDestructionLevel EditorSandbox
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Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Sandbox, Funny and Physics; released around the same time (2021).
Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator at a glance Released 2021 Studio Landfall Player sentiment 98% positive of 153,489 Price $6.79 SandboxFunnyPhysicsStrategyIndieMemes
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Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Military, Building and Base-Building; released around the same time (2013).
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) at a glance Released 2013 Studio Firefly Studios Player sentiment 97% positive of 21,059 Price $1.99 MilitaryBuildingBase-BuildingStrategySandbox2D
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Battle Islands
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Strategy, Building and Funny; released around the same time (2014).
Battle friends over air, land and sea in this epic WW2-themed battle strategy game.
Battle Islands at a glance Released 2014 Studio DR Studios Player sentiment 75% positive of 3,469 Price Free StrategyBuildingFunnyBase-BuildingIndie2D
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People Playground
Why it matched: shares 9 player tags including Sandbox, Physics and Moddable; released around the same time (2019).
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
People Playground at a glance Released 2019 Studio mestiez Player sentiment 98% positive of 317,401 Price $9.99 SandboxPhysicsModdable2DDestructionFunnyBuildingPixel Graphics
- 10
Cookie Clicker
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 7 player tags including Indie, Pixel Graphics and Funny; released around the same time (2021).
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Cookie Clicker at a glance Released 2021 Studio Orteil Player sentiment 96% positive of 92,880 Price $4.99 IndiePixel GraphicsFunny2DMemesStrategyBuilding
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Mindustry
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 7 player tags including Base-Building, Strategy and Sandbox; released around the same time (2019).
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Mindustry at a glance Released 2019 Studio AnukenDev Player sentiment 96% positive of 27,965 Price $9.99 Base-BuildingStrategySandboxBuilding2DPixel GraphicsIndie
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Age of History 3
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Strategy, 2D and Tactical.
Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.
Age of History 3 at a glance Released 2024 Studio Łukasz Jakowski Player sentiment 85% positive of 18,649 Price $9.99 Strategy2DTacticalLevel EditorModdableBuilding
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Baba Is You
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 7 player tags including Indie, Pixel Graphics and 2D; released around the same time (2019).
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
Baba Is You at a glance Released 2019 Studio Hempuli Oy Player sentiment 98% positive of 24,536 Price $14.99 IndiePixel Graphics2DLevel EditorRetroStrategyFunny
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Kerbal Space Program
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 7 player tags including Sandbox, Physics and Building; released around the same time (2015).
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Kerbal Space Program at a glance Released 2015 Studio Squad Player sentiment 96% positive of 146,438 Price $39.99 SandboxPhysicsBuildingModdableIndieFunnyStrategy
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Two Point Hospital
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 7 player tags including Building, Funny and Strategy; released around the same time (2018).
Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.
Two Point Hospital at a glance Released 2018 Studio Two Point Studios Player sentiment 92% positive of 34,935 Price $29.99 BuildingFunnyStrategySandboxIndieRetroTactical
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Poly Bridge
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 7 player tags including Building, Physics and Sandbox; released around the same time (2016).
Unleash your engineering creativity with an engaging and fresh bridge-building simulator with all the bells and whistles. Enjoy hours of physics-based puzzle solving in the Campaign and then jump in the Sandbox to create your own bridge designs and puzzles!
Poly Bridge at a glance Released 2016 Studio Dry Cactus Player sentiment 91% positive of 18,905 Price $9.99 BuildingPhysicsSandboxIndieFunnyLevel EditorStrategy
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Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Strategy, Base-Building and Military; released around the same time (2020).
Lead powerful civilizations across the globe, master strategies and tactics, and relive history in co op battles—now remastered in stunning 4K and modernized gameplay.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition at a glance Released 2020 Studio World's Edge Player sentiment 86% positive of 54,770 Price $34.99 StrategyBase-BuildingMilitaryModdableLevel Editor
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Northgard: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Strategy, Base-Building and Building; released around the same time (2018).
Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!
Northgard: Definitive Edition at a glance Released 2018 Studio Shiro Games Player sentiment 85% positive of 68,673 Price $34.99 StrategyBase-BuildingBuildingTacticalModdable
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King Arthur's Gold
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 7 player tags including 2D, Pixel Graphics and Building; released around the same time (2013).
Would you enjoy building CASTLES, traps and siege machines in MULTIPLAYER? And then undermine your opponents castle and collapse it with 2D PHYSICS & DESTRUCTION?
King Arthur's Gold at a glance Released 2013 Studio Transhuman Design Player sentiment 84% positive of 5,228 Price Free 2DPixel GraphicsBuildingIndieSandboxStrategyFunny
- 20
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Strategy, Base-Building and Building; released around the same time (2015).
Wage war across entire solar systems with massive armies at your command. Annihilate enemy forces with world-shattering TITAN-class units, and demolish planets with massive super weapons!
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS at a glance Released 2015 Studio Planetary Annihilation Inc Player sentiment 84% positive of 14,694 Price $29.99 StrategyBase-BuildingBuildingDestructionIndie
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Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Strategy, Military and Tactical; released around the same time (2019).
Unite Ancient China under your rule through a thrilling blend of turn-based empire building and real-time battles. Use the Guanxi System and diplomacy to forge alliances, and build powerful armies with hundreds of unique infantry, cavalry and war machine units.
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS at a glance Released 2019 Studio CREATIVE ASSEMBLY Player sentiment 82% positive of 93,602 Price $39.99 StrategyMilitaryTacticalSandboxDestruction
- 22
Call to Arms
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Strategy, Military and Tactical; released around the same time (2018).
Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.
Call to Arms at a glance Released 2018 Studio Digitalmindsoft Player sentiment 79% positive of 24,128 Price $14.99 StrategyMilitaryTacticalSandboxIndie
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Cortex Command
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 7 player tags including Strategy, Indie and 2D.
Choose between different factions, with their own set of expendable soldiers, mechas, and weapons. Protect your brain, mine gold, and destroy the enemy cortex in his bunker complex!
Cortex Command at a glance Released 2012 Studio Data Realms Player sentiment 72% positive of 6,034 Price $19.99 StrategyIndie2DPhysicsSandboxPixel GraphicsModdable
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Gunpoint
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 6 player tags including Indie, 2D and Pixel Graphics; released around the same time (2013).
Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game that lets you rewire its levels to trick people. You play a freelance spy who takes jobs from his clients to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data.
Gunpoint at a glance Released 2013 Studio Suspicious Developments Player sentiment 98% positive of 13,326 Price $9.99 Indie2DPixel GraphicsStrategyFunnyLevel Editor
Common questions
What game is most like Forts?
Ravenfield, on the evidence we have. It both war and strategy. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Forts" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Forts. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.