Games like Basement
If Basement is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mob Factory, Cartel Tycoon and Evil Genius 2: World Domination — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its soundtrack enhances atmosphere, writing quality is exceptional and atmospheric. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Basement is a strategy and simulation game released in 2019 by solo developer Halfbus, priced at $19.99. Set in a top-down environment, it tasks players with building and managing a drug empire, incorporating personnel management, production chain logistics, resource allocation, and turf warfare mechanics. The game unfolds as a story-driven experience where illegal operations fund the development of a dream project. Reviewers note the title as hard with a medium time commitment, suited for sit-down sessions in solo play. Players describe the atmosphere as immersive, with the soundtrack frequently highlighted as a key element that enhances the overall mood. Basement holds a 76% positive rating from over 1,200 Steam reviews and is not supported on Steam Deck.
About Basement: Basement is a strategy game, where you start doing illegal business to fund the development of your dream video game. It won't be easy, so get ready to deal with other gangs, cops, crazy junkies, mysterious investor and even ghosts from the past.
Players who liked Basement also play
Steam players who put hours into Basement also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Mob Factory
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Basement.
Top pick for Basement fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Basement.
Mob factory is an tower defense and automation game for the lazy adventurer. Smelt down enemy loot into turrets & factories to automate an ever expanding dungeon from the comfort of your tower.
Cartel Tycoon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Basement.
Second-strongest match for Basement fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Basement.
Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.
Evil Genius 2: World Domination
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Basement.
Third-strongest match for Basement fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Basement.
A satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind! Construct your base, train your minions, defend your operations from the Forces of Justice, and achieve global domination!
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an immersive mood with Basement.
Ranked #4 for Basement fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Basement.
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
Dwarf Fortress
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Basement.
Ranked #5 for Basement fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Basement.
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
Honey, I Joined a Cult
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Basement fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Basement.
It's time to start working towards that ultimate goal of enlightenment, faith and money…lots and lots of money! Become the ultimate tycoon - create, customise, and manage your own cult whilst listening to funky music. Welcome to Honey, I Joined a Cult!
Farthest Frontier
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Basement.
Ranked #7 for Basement fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Basement.
Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.
Prison Architect
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an immersive mood with Basement.
Ranked #8 for Basement fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Basement.
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
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Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Basement.
Reviewers of Basement cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Basement.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Undead Inc.
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Basement cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Basement.
Undead Inc. is a high-risk, high-reward resource management simulator where you establish and manage a local subsidiary of the Endswell Medical Corporation. Build, manage staff, conduct research, and trade in both cutting edge medical treatments and bleeding edge bioweapons.
Schedule I
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Basement.
Reviewers of Basement cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Basement.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Basement at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Basement on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Basement.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Basement on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Basement.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Basement on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Basement.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Basement on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Basement.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Basement on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Basement.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Basement on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Basement.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Basement.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Basement.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Basement.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Basement.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Basement.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about Basement
- Does Basement work on Steam Deck?
- Basement is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Basement cost?
- Basement is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Basement?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Basement are Mob Factory, Cartel Tycoon, Evil Genius 2: World Domination.
- Who developed Basement?
- Basement was developed by Halfbus.
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