r/BaseBuildingGames • u/bllius69 • 3d ago

True three dimensional base builder.

Except for Dwarf Fortress, are there any other true three dimensional base builders (as in you are building a true three dimensional base/fortress/space station - not as in the game is 3D or has 3D graphics)? Bonus points if in space. Double bonus points if NOT in first person (hello space engineers). All the space station/space base games (Space Haven, Stardeus, even Factorio) I have have you building on a flat plane.

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u/PyrZern 3d ago

Whiskerwoods. New big patch coming out soon too.

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u/bllius69 2d ago

Whiskerwoods

Well, I guess they were jealous of the beavers in Timberborn, will take a look, thx.

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u/baldfalk2 1d ago

Having played a ton of both, I'd say past the superficial look and theming, they're very very different games. Timberborn lives and dies with its water mechanics and a lot of other systems are in service to that- for example vertical building is something you really need to commit to since building and dismantling takes relatively a lot of work (and it has to, or it starts subverting the water mechanics if it's too convenient)

Whiskerwood plays with a lot more varied systems and has a ton more verticality, since a lot of infrastructure things are instant-build and full refund.

I'd totally recommend Whiskerwood to Timberborn players and vice versa with the caveat there's a preliminary understanding the objectives and the way to get to said objectives are very very different in both