I know this is a very specific question, but does anyone know anything like this?
What I mean by “like TAB” is that it’s an RTS and/or citybuilder where you’re constantly under attack from all sides, and taking + holding more of the map is the primary thing that enables you to progress in the game.
Age of Darkness is really fun and I know another update is in the works but I’ve already played it to death much like TAB. Alien marauder just felt like off-brand TAB and I got bored of it after beating each map once.
Creeper World is sort of like this. Basically the enemy is a self replicating liquid that destroys everything it touches and you have to fight it off and secure each map. It was originally a flash game so go with those expectations but it’s pretty fun regardless. I recommend CW3 as the best one.
That game was probable the first proper RTS I ever played, or is at least the 1st I remember.
I was probably 10 y/o old or younger when I played the OG flash game.
Never played CW3 but I have played CW4 and it definitely scratched the same itch as the OG, what about 3 makes it the best?
3 just feels a little more polished than 4. The transition to 3D was very cool but I think the developer’s inexperience with working in 3D hurt the game a little. Plus 3 has a lot more user content than 4 due to being much older. They are both very good games regardless!
Kind of an old one, but Creeper World is kind of like that. I don’t know if it’s actually released, though. It was originally a flash game and the developer was making a new version, but in the devlogs I’ve seen he had changed the game significantly multiple times and then I lost interest. Might be worth checking out either way.
I’ve actually played that one a lot lol, I’ve played the original flash and there’s a newer version on Steam.
Frostpunk. Get it and take a break on life. Factorio the game is a permanent one.
Frostpunk is my “try really hard to not implement fascism and inevitably implement fascism anyway” simulator.
It’s been branded as “Survival RTS”. Here’s one I haven’t seen recommended yet:
Not released yet, but lots of people enjoyed the Demo for Manord Lords
