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SoloPost-ApocalypticSci-FiBase BuildingManagementIsometric
Steam👍 93%· 134KRAWG👍 88%· 1.1KMC85IGDB86· 9OC86· 103
Year 2018Dev 11 Bit Studios · 11 bit studiosPlaytime ~6hOn PC · PS · Xbox
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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Kenshi
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Kenshi. Each one has been evaluated across 20 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.
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SoloSci-FiFantasyBase BuildingManagement
Steam👍 76%· 290
Year 2016Dev Squatting Penguins · Ultimate GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux
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SoloSandbox WorldSci-FiPost-ApocalypticBase BuildingCraftingManagementIsometric
Steam👍 82%· 955OC80· 12
Year 2021Dev Serious BrothersPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Xbox
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SoloOpen WorldFantasySci-FiExplorationIsometric
Steam👍 83%· 9.5KIGDB85· 4OC81· 28
Year 2015Dev Failbetter GamesOn Linux · PC · iOS
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SoloSci-FiPost-ApocalypticIsometricMultiplayer
Year 1998Dev Westwood Studios · Electronic ArtsOn PC
✓ Fits the real-time strategy games cluster, with real-time strategy, setting scifi and post-apocalyptic world
≠ Its own twist: multiplayer gameplay, while skipping sandbox freedom
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SoloFantasySci-FiIsometricMultiplayer
IGDB90· 1
Year 2000Dev Westwood Pacific · Electronic ArtsOn PC
✓ Same family of real-time strategy games: real-time strategy, fantasy world and setting scifi
≠ Its own twist: historical setting and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping sandbox freedom
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SoloSci-FiPost-ApocalypticIsometricMultiplayer
Year 1999Dev Westwood Studios · Electronic ArtsOn PC
✓ Same family of real-time strategy games: real-time strategy, setting scifi and post-apocalyptic world
≠ Its own twist: combat tactical and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping sandbox freedom
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SoloSci-Fi
Steam👍 48%· 529MC43OC72· 66
Year 2014Dev Elder Games · Headup GamesPlaytime ~4hOn PC
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SoloSci-FiIsometric
IGDB80· 1
Year 2001Dev Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development · Gradiente
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SoloSci-FiIsometric
Year 1992Dev Westwood Studios · Virgin Games
✓ Nearly identical: real-time strategy, setting scifi and single-player focus.
≠ Missing: sandbox freedom.
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SoloSandbox WorldSci-FiBase BuildingManagementCrafting
Steam👍 44%· 1.1K
Year 2013Dev Simon Roth · Machine StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux
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SoloSci-FiIsometricMultiplayer
IGDB86· 9
Year 2013Dev Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.4 · Nintendo
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SoloSci-FiIsometricMultiplayerNarrative
Steam👍 97%· 3.7K
Year 1997Dev Cavedog Entertainment · GT Interactive SoftwareOn PC · Mac
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SoloSci-FiIsometricTacticalDark
IGDB80· 1
Year 2012Dev Ndemic CreationsOn PC · Android · iOS
✓ Same family of real-time strategy games: real-time strategy, deep simulation and setting scifi
≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, combat tactical and horror setting, while skipping sandbox freedom
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SoloSci-FiIsometricMultiplayerCo-op
IGDB87· 2OC78· 23
Year 2004Dev Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development · Nintendo
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