Base building games

Base building games

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  Age of Empires

  Windows XP/98/951997protected4.2/5 Ensemble Studios

  Age of Empires, published by Microsoft and developed by Ensemble Studios, is one of the most popular historical RTS and started a successful series. The player must guide a civilization from prehistory to the iron age, battling other civilizations, building and gathering resources.

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  Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings

  Windows XP/98/951999protected4.3/5 Ensemble Studios
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  Age of Wonders

  Windows XP/98/951999protected4.2/5 Triumph Studios
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  Age of Wonders 2: The Wizard's Throne

  Windows XP/98/952002protected3.7/5 Triumph Studios
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  Castles

  DOS1991protected4.1/5 Quicksilver Software
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  Castles 2: Siege and Conquest

  DOSMac1992protected4.2/5 Quicksilver Software
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  Dinopark Tycoon

  DOS19933.5/5 Manley Associates
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  Dungeon Keeper

  DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Electronic Arts
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  Dungeon Keeper 2

  Windows XP/98/951997protected4/5 Bullfrog
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  Free Enterprise

  Windows XP/98/9519964.2/5 Tsunami Media

  Dehumanizing offices? Check. Depressing environment? Check. No windows in the whole place? Check. Good, I'm ready to exploit my workers and become great entrepreneur. All of this thanks to Free Enterprise, a simulation for Windows by Tsunami Media, published in 1996.

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  Rampart

  DOS19924/5 Atari

  Rampart is an abandoned mix of strategy and shooter game designed by Dave Ralston and John Salwitz, developed by Atari and released by Electronic Arts in 1992 for DOS. Rampart was converted from the original arcade version to a number of platforms, including Amiga, Atari ST, C64, Game Boy, Genesis, Lynx, NES, SEGA Master System, SNES. Rampart is a ...

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  SimFarm

  DOS19934.1/5 Maxis
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  SimTower

  Windows 3.x19944.1/5 OPeNBooK Co.

  SimTower is an old Windows 3.x (1994) building and business simulation game where the player is tasked with the management of a skyscraper nonetheless. Raise floors, build apartments, shops, offices and try to avoid bankruptcy if you can. SimTower spawned some similar games for mobile devices, most notably the wonderful Tiny Tower, It's surprisingl...

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  The Settlers

  DOS1993protected4.2/5 Blue Byte Software
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  The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici

  DOSMac1996protected3.8/5 Blue Byte Software
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  Theme Hospital

  DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Bullfrog
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  Theme Park

  DOS1994protected3.8/5 Bullfrog
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  X-COM: Apocalypse

  DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Mythos Software

  X-COM: Apocalypse is the third installment of the very popular X-COM franchise. After X-COM: Ufo Defence and Terror From the Deep, fans expected another smash hit. Apocalypse is quite different under many aspects, from gameplay to aesthetics. X-COM Apocalypse was designed by Julian Gollop (the same designer that brought the original X-COM to l...

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  X-COM: Terror from the Deep

  DOS1995protected4.2/5 MicroProse Software

  X-COM: Terror from the Deep is a DOS science fiction tactical strategy game, the sequel of one of the most popular DOS games in history X-COM Ufo Defense. Terror from the Deep was designed by Stephen Gross (the X-COM original being designed by Julian Gollop) and was published by MicroProse Software back in 1995. Terror from the deep doesn't change ...

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  X-COM: Ufo Defense

  DOS1994protected4.3/5 MicroProse Software

  UFO: Enemy Unknown (or X-COM: Ufo Defense) is a sci-fi tactical strategy game created by Julian Gollop set in a not-to-distant future where aliens are invading the Earth. The gameplay switches between tactical combat, where you fight aliens in a turn-based fashion, and strategic micromanagement, where you manage your X-COM base and personnel.

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  Yoot Tower

  Windows XP/98/9519994/5 OPeNBooK Co.
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  Zoo Tycoon

  Windows XP/98/9520014.2/5 Blue Fang Games