Games Like Exogate Initiative

Exogate Initiative

Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.

★ KINGDOMS AND CASTLES ★ NORLAND ★ AGAINST THE STORM ★ NORTHGARD: DEFINITIVE EDITION ★ CATACLISMO ★ TERRITORY: FARMING AND WARFARE ★ OF LIFE AND LAND ★ FOUNDATION ★ GROUND OF ACES ★ EMPIRES OF THE UNDERGROWTH ★ DILUVIAN WINDS ★ WHISKERWOOD ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Kingdoms and Castles

94% 👍 OF 31K
About This Game

Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …build castle walls and towers block by block, then stack them absurdly high to mount long-range weapons on top.
  • …watch a dragon fly over your fortifications and burn your fields or granary from the middle of town.
  • …toggle archer and ballista jobs right before an attack so villagers man the defenses, then turn them off to stop paying garrisons.
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Norland

82% 👍 OF 10K
About This Game

Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Build a Medieval Town
  • …Manage Noble Rivalries
  • …Direct Peasant Work
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Against the Storm

94% 👍 OF 37K
About This Game

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …pause anytime, pick up most buildings, and relocate them without penalty to rebuild your whole layout mid-crisis.
  • …open a new glade and immediately get stuck with a timed curse or ruin you have to deal with.
  • …draft only a few random buildings each run, even if they don't match what you can currently make.
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Northgard: Definitive Edition

85% 👍 OF 68K
About This Game

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!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Prepare for Winter
  • …Assign Viking Workers
  • …Claim Tile Territories
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Cataclismo

89% 👍 OF 4.3K
About This Game

Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Build Brick Fortresses
  • …Repel Night Hordes
  • …Explore for Resources
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Territory: Farming and Warfare

85% 👍 OF 754
About This Game

From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Assign Villager Jobs
  • …Build Walled Rooms
  • …Trade for Rare Goods
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Of Life and Land

86% 👍 OF 365
About This Game

Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.

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Foundation

87% 👍 OF 24K
About This Game

Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Shape Homes And Roads
  • …Assemble Grand Monuments
  • …Balance Production Chains
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Ground of Aces

86% 👍 OF 1.6K
About This Game

Take command of a remote military air base during World War II. Build your own airfield, manage iconic aircraft and oversee your crew’s well-being. Prepare them against air raids and send your pilots on dangerous missions. Survive and help your nation win the war!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Design a WWII Airfield
  • …Build Runways and Hangars
  • …Care for Base Crews
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Empires of the Undergrowth

94% 👍 OF 18K
About This Game

Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …build living pontoons out of ants to cross gaps and scale huge creatures in later missions.
  • …stage ridiculous arena fights like one American bullfrog versus 1,000 ants just to see what happens.
  • …steal and mix traits from other ant species, building hybrid armies as you unlock new genetics through missions.
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Whiskerwood

92% 👍 OF 3.8K
About This Game

Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …flatten land, carve mountains apart, and dump stone into the ocean to create new farmland.
  • …use smuggling schemes and tax-evasion loopholes to avoid paying the cats.
  • …follow one specific mouse's commute, then rebuild your trains and elevators so that single daily route runs better.