The Best Resource-management Games ·

09 Jun 2024, 00:00

Update 4 October 2023: Dotage added at rank #4.

Here are our 10 Best Resource-management Games: 1

Nova Lands (2023)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Dive into Nova Lands, where your creativity fuels an open-world adventure of base-building and automation! Master resource management, befriend or battle exotic creatures, and design a thriving industry with adorable helper bots. Unleash your inner strategist and transform untamed wilds into a flourishing empire. Embark on your journey in Nova Lands today!

What we like:

Engaging base-building and automation
Diverse biomes with unique challenges
Customizable helper bot AI adds depth
Satisfying progression and skill tree
Charming pixel art and soundtrack

What could be improved:

Late-game content a bit slow

management
crafting
open-world
resource-management
automation
resource
pixel
survival
base-building
farming
simulation
2d
boss-fight
boss
building

Good match + 5 Bad match

The Riftbreaker (2021)

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Xbox Series X PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Android

The Riftbreaker is a base building, survival game with action RPG elements that borrows from a lot of other games. Play as Ashley S. Nowak and enter the hostile planet Galatea 37 in your powerful Mecha-suit to build a base and defend yourself against thousands of creatures trying to eliminate you. The Riftbreaker offers high-quality graphics, great sound and music, flexible custom difficulty settings, varied biomes, and hours of gameplay that provides endless replayability.

What we like:

Good storyline and rewarding gaming experience
Customizable gameplay options
Hours of gameplay with almost endless replayability
Exciting and balanced base building, resource gathering, and combat
High-quality graphics, great sound and music

What could be improved:

Fairly demanding on PC
Lacks gameplay depth in research and weaponry
Cumbersome weapon and armor upgrades

survival
base-building
tower-defense
resource-management
mech
real-time
strategy
rpg
bullet-hell
aliens
top-down
action
resource
shooter
arpg

Good match + 61 Bad match - 66

Terraformers (2022)

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early access Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One Linux PC Windows Mac OS m

Transform Mars into a habitable planet in Terraformers. With challenging strategizing and resource management, explore the planet and expand population, all while watching the stunning new natural wonders build up before your eyes. Take on different scenarios and bonuses and create a thriving utopia. Get lost in the addictive puzzle-like game with unique replayability and rewarding graphics and UI.

What we like:

Focus on strategy
Various difficulty levels
Unique victory conditions
Nice graphics and UI
Rich soundtrack

What could be improved:

Only one way to lose the game
Some bugs present
Game can become repetitive

turn-based
mars
space
resource-management
science
rogue-like
nonlinear
card
procedural
board-game
colony
sci-fi
choices
simulation
management

Good match + 10 Bad match - 5

Dotage (2023)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Embark on a gripping survival journey in dotAGE, where you'll lead your villagers to thrive against all odds. Craft your strategy, build your village, and face the mysterious apocalypse. Each decision shapes your destiny in this enthralling turn-based adventure with endless replayability. Will you unveil the secrets and ensure your villagers' legacy?

What we like:

Strategic turn-based gameplay
High replay value with roguelite elements
Diverse characters for varied playstyles
Intuitive controls
Robust accessibility options

What could be improved:

One bad luck will ruin your game

turn-based
rogue-like
resource-management
colony
city-building
tabletop
humor
board-game
medieval
building
resource
buildings
simulation
dark
pixel

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Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099 (2023)

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Screenshot of Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099

Android Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Step into the hilariously absurd and retro-futuristic world of Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099. Spy on subjects, manage hidden cameras, and even manipulate their lives. With its combination of narrative, investigation, surveillance, and resource management, this game will immerse you into a dystopian dreamland.

What we like:

Unique and perfect captures the spirit of Hitchcock's Rear window
Incredible atmosphere
Resource management
Sci-Fi setting
Incredible soundtrack

What could be improved:

Needs more cages

dystopian
simulation
sequel
resource-management
life
humor
investigation
management
multiple-endings
choices
dark
sci-fi
funny
story
pixel

Good match + 7 Bad match

Train Valley 2 - Community Edition (2019)

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Nintendo Switch l Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Build bigger and more complex railway networks than ever before! Building on the success of the original, you’ll get more of what you loved about the original and then some. With increasingly difficult and complex challenges from local industries, the Valley has never felt so vast! ALL ABOARD!

time-management
city-building
resource-management
minimalist
stylized
family-friendly
open-world
sandbox
atmospheric
puzzle
third-person
trains
tactical
management
difficult

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Dyson Sphere Program (2021)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X

In Dyson Sphere Program, you'll become a space engineer, building Dyson Spheres and managing interplanetary logistics. Explore the universe, gather resources, and design efficient production lines. Will you construct a galactic empire from scratch? Harness the power of the stars and find out!

What we like:

Perfect for automation game enthusiasts
Unique interplanetary logistics
High-quality factory building and logistics
Multiple end-game goals and achievements
Not reliant on Dyson Sphere completion

What could be improved:

Improvements needed in mid-to-late game
Challenging planet navigation in late game

automation
space
base-building
resource-management
building
management
simulation
mech
city-building
open-world
sandbox
space-exploration
sci-fi
3d

Good match + 12 Bad match - 29

Pokemon Sleep (2023)

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Android IOS iPhone

Pokémon with the same sleep type as you will gather around as you catch some Zs. Carry out research on these Pokémon’s sleep styles to complete your Sleep Style Dex. Pokémon-inspired music to relax you into sleep, plus smart alarms that wake you when you’re in a shallow stage of sleep.

cute
time-management
resource-management
trading
anime
relaxing
achievements
funny
card
skill

Good match + 1 Bad match

Punch Club 2: Fast Forward (2023)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Playstation 4 PC Windows

You have come here to read game descriptions and play fighter management sims…and you’re all outta descriptions.

arts
cyberpunk
nostalgia
time-management
martial
management
resource-management
rpg
1990s
tactical
1980s
life
sport
pixel
simulation

Good match + 2 Bad match

Urbek City Builder (2022)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 l

Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.

city-building
voxel
agriculture
building
resource-management
simulation
modern
management
economy
procedural
political
sandbox
minimalist
replay-value
family-friendly

Good match + 2 Bad match

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The Best Resource-management Games

Nova Lands (2023)

The Riftbreaker (2021)

Terraformers (2022)

Dotage (2023)

Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099 (2023)

Train Valley 2 - Community Edition (2019)

Dyson Sphere Program (2021)

Pokemon Sleep (2023)

Punch Club 2: Fast Forward (2023)

Urbek City Builder (2022)

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