The Best Multiplayer base-building Games for Linux

Update : Renown added at rank #6.
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Factorio (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS Linux

Factorio is an absorbing factory management game. You play the role of a handy person who needs to build a rocket and craft almost anything with little more than spit and elbow grease. Automation is the key to success as you establish production chains and assembly lines to make sure all the hard work is done for you.


What we like:
  • Complex puzzle-solving
  • Open-ended gameplay
  • Automation mechanics
  • Creative assembly lines
  • Captivating story
What could be improved:
  • Tedious combat
  • Limited environmental resources
  • Environmental consequences of mass manufacturing

  • management
  • construction
  • automation
  • trains
  • robots
  • simulation
  • base-building
  • sandbox
  • factory-building
  • crafting
  • empire
  • resource-management
  • multiplayer
  • cooperative
  • resource

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Mindustry (2017)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux IOS iPhone Android

- Minor bugfixes. - Minor fixes to bug fixes. - Major bugfixes to bugfix the bugfix for bug fixing. - Bug fixes for bugfixing the bug fixing bug.

Buy

  • tower-defense
  • base-building
  • automation
  • cooperative
  • factory-building
  • resource-management
  • cross-platform
  • sandbox
  • multiplayer
  • strategy
  • building
  • real-time
  • management
  • team
  • mech

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Monster Outbreak (2022)

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PC Windows Linux Mac OS Nintendo Switch

It's a Monster Outbreak! The King's dimensional orb malfunctioned, bringing hordes of dimensional monsters into the Kingdom. As Yulia, the last survivor of the Royal Guard, defend your staging ground against the monsters, upgrade your arsenal, and survive long enough to find the orb and destroy it.

Buy

  • base-building
  • hack-and-slash
  • tower-defense
  • cooperative
  • split-screen
  • crafting
  • local
  • survival
  • multiplayer
  • building
  • controller-support
  • 2d
  • exploration
  • pixel
  • arcade

4

Retro Commander (2023)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Android

Retro Commander is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy wargame (RTS).

Buy

  • real-time
  • strategy
  • cross-platform
  • wargame
  • base-building
  • 2.5d
  • multiplayer
  • naval
  • thrilling
  • isometric
  • submarine
  • mech
  • team
  • tutorial
  • tanks

5

Northgard (2018)

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Join the Viking explorers in Northgard, a new land filled with danger, riches, and mystery. Assemble your settlement, assign your vikings to various jobs, and manage your resources carefully to survive harsh winters and fend off vicious beasts. Expand, conquer, trade or become a God in a game that offers unique strategies and victory conditions. With multi-level AI and dedicated servers, you can play against your friends and grind your way up to the final Norse God rank.


What we like:
  • Fun and addicting RTS game
  • Focuses on core mechanics of building and expanding settlement with minimal micromanagement
  • Offers a less time-consuming experience compared to other RTS games
  • Immersive atmosphere with breathtaking landscapes
  • Challenges players to think strategically and make tough decisions
What could be improved:
  • Slow-paced gameplay for RTS games
  • Inconsistent balancing with some clans being overpowered
  • Low playerbase

  • strategy
  • real-time
  • city-building
  • trading
  • resource-management
  • military
  • mythology
  • tile
  • vikings
  • simulation
  • management
  • 4x
  • base-building
  • multiplayer
  • war

6

Renown (2023)

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Mac OS Linux PC Windows

Renown is a fast paced multiplayer survival experience set in a vast and ever changing medieval world. Players begin with nothing, gather resources, build a kingdom and fight to survive in the hopes of becoming renowned across the land.


  • crafting
  • open-world
  • survival
  • turn-based
  • multiplayer
  • base-building
  • pvp
  • building
  • tactical
  • medieval
  • sandbox
  • mmo
  • hack-and-slash
  • adventure
  • board-game

7

Prosperous Universe (2022)

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early access Linux PC Windows

In Prosperous Universe start your galactic empire by trading on the real-time market exchange with other real players. Build your 1st base from humble beginnings & watch as your business flourishes with complex supply chain strategies. Economics, politics & realism fuel this immersive business MMO.

Buy

  • mmo
  • multiplayer
  • space
  • economy
  • management
  • base-building
  • resource-management
  • simulation
  • trading
  • text
  • sandbox
  • building
  • sci-fi
  • open-world
  • inventory

8

War Selection (2019)

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early access PC Windows Linux

War Selection is a compelling RTS game featuring base building, resource extraction and warfare. Evolve from a stone age tribe to a distinct industrial nation with unique game mechanics and battle for supremacy with dozens of players on a unique procedurally generated map.

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  • base-building
  • strategy
  • multiplayer
  • real-time
  • military
  • cooperative
  • mmo
  • pvp

9

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS (2015)

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Wage war across entire solar systems with massive armies at your command. Annihilate enemy forces with world-shattering TITAN-class units, and demolish planets with massive super weapons!


  • real-time
  • strategy
  • cooperative
  • grand-strategy
  • base-building
  • robots
  • pvp
  • building
  • war
  • tactical
  • space
  • multiplayer
  • poor-quality
  • destruction
  • two-resource

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Beyond Hope (2023)

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Beyond Hope gives you and your friends one epic space journey! Your mission alone or with friends is to save yourself from getting pulled into the hot Sun. Gather debris, scavenge asteroids and build your own space station. Reach for the stars and survive when all odds are against you!

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  • cooperative
  • base-building
  • action-adventure
  • fps
  • sci-fi
  • first-person
  • 3d
  • shooter
  • casual
  • crafting
  • tanks
  • multiplayer
  • military
  • root
  • cooperative-player

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