The following games are, therefore, those with the deepest base-building mechanics, where players have plenty of creative ...

Connor is a writer on Game Rant. Hailing from the east coast of Scotland, with experience in the development and retail spaces of the industry, he uses his passion for games and Scottish charm to ...

Base-building games provide players with freedom to optimize space or build massive structures in various genres. Realism in games like Grounded and Valheim immerses players in unique settings, making ...

Castle-building games like Stronghold offer players a creative outlet to construct impressive fortresses and structures.

As gratifying as it can be to carefully construct buildings in games like Rust or Valheim and entire cities in Cities Skylines 2 or Frostpunk 2, there's a different, more immediate kind of enjoyment ...

I like the pressure of strategy and city-building games. Going back as far as the original SimCity, the gratification, partly, comes from solving difficult problems - everyone is banging on your door ...

Ahmad is a video game fanatic. He always carries his PSVita with him wherever he goes so he can play Metal Gear Solid on the go, and his socials are filled with gaming news. He also lifts weights ...

Animalkind is the next open-world town-building game that will become your latest obsession. Over the past half-decade, “cozy” games have become popular. People are often looking for an easy escape ...

If there were ever a video game I’d like to live in, it’d be developer Pounce Light’s Tiny Glade, a scene-building game where you design castles and gardens straight out of a fairytale. Its muted ...