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24 alternatives to Screeps

World's first MMO strategy open world game for programmers!

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Screeps launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Screeps▲75

   First MMO strategy open world game played by coding in JS.

   2015 · store.screeps.com · its alternatives →

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   Screeps is live at Indiegogo – the world's first MMO for programmers▲23

   2014 · igg.me · its alternatives →

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   A real-time strategy game that AI agents can play▲220

   I've liked all the projects that put LLMs into game environments. It's been a weird juxtaposition, though: frontier LLMs can one-shot full coding projects, and those same models struggle to get out of Pokémon Red's Mt. Moon. Because of this, I wanted to create a game environment that put this generation of frontier LLMs' top skill, coding, on full display. Ten years ago, a team released a game called Screeps. It was described as an "MMO RTS sandbox for programmers." The Screeps paradigm of writing code and having it executed in a real-time game environment is well suited to LLMs. Drawing on…

   Feb 2026 · llmskirmish.com · its alternatives →

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   Oort Online▲65

   A voxel MMORPG sandbox

   2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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   Game of Bombs▲83

   Browser-based multiplayer Bomberman

   2015 · gameofbombs.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   SimpleRockets▲54

   A sandbox space experience 🚀

   2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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   Wings.io▲73

   Another fast paced multiplayer game

   2016 · wings.io · its alternatives →

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   Dreeps▲83

   A game that plays itself because you're too busy

   2015 · dreeps.net · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Rising World▲73

   A voxel based open-world sandbox game

   2015 · rising-world.net · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Mines▲83

    A modern take on Minesweeper

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Scurvy Scallywags▲54

    A match-3 RPG brimming with pirates

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    GameDevMap▲81

    A map and catalog of game development organizations.

    2017 · gamedevmap.com · its alternatives →

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    Telepath Tactics▲66

    A deep Strategy RPG with destructible environments

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    Gridland ▲87

    An adictive roleplaying stacking puzzle

    2015 · gridland.doublespeakgames.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Sheepop▲70

    An addictive iOS game with a sheep

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Polygon Longform - Atlas Reactor▲55

    How an MMO studio created a great competitive game

    2015 · polygon.com · its alternatives →

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    Blocks▲85

    A minimalist browser-based game.

    2016 · blocks.ovh · its alternatives →

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    Gigantic▲133

    Gorgeous new game by Starcraft's lead designer (pre-launch)

    2014 · gogigantic.com · its alternatives →

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    Scrap Mechanic▲70

    Build incredible machines in a multiplayer sandbox

    2016 · axolotgames.com · its alternatives →

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    StarCraft HTML5▲126

    An HTML5 version of the classic RTS

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    OLO▲95

    Minimalist multiplayer game of skill and strategy

    2015 · crashgambling.guru · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Spaceteam: The Card Game▲113

    A chaotic and cooperative card game.

    2015 · playspaceteam.com · its alternatives →

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    Spaceteam▲72

    A cooperative shouting game for phones and tablets

    2015 · spaceteam.ca · its alternatives →

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    Minefield▲82

    Massive multiplayer minesweeper

    2015 · its alternatives →

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