Outpost similar games & best alternatives

Outpost

PC (Microsoft Windows), Linux, Mac • 2020

Should you play it?

Outpost brings the perfect mix between survival and roguelite gameplay. Start the game in a randomly generated environment and try to adapt, and make it through as many nights as possible. How long can you survive?

What works
  • Free to play with no microtransactions
  • Addictive and rewarding progression system
  • Relaxing music and art style
  • Unique blend of tower defense and survival
  • Frequent updates and developer engagement
Things to keep in mind
  • Some grindiness and repetitiveness
  • Lack of multiplayer or co-op
  • Minor bugs and occasional crashes
  • Limited narrative or story content
  • Some ui and control improvements desired

What to play next

Similar games, hidden gems, and fresh directions from this game.

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Isle of Arrows

  • Tangy TD

  • Nordhold

  • Slice & Dice

  • Hexguardian

  • Rogue Tower

  • YORG.io

  • Circadian Dice

  • Gnomes
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Voids Vigil

  • Monster Tiles TD: Tower Wars

  • Sword Rogue
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Similarity map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Outpost: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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  • Competence

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  • Competition

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    "Leaderboards per level and survival mode encourage some competition, but mostly casual and cooperative play."

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  • Continuation

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  • Creativity

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  • Experimenting

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  • Exploration

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  • Fantasy

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  • Idle

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  • Intimacy

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  • Story

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  • Strategy

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