- #1 Viking Frontiers: Prologue
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 487 reviews2025
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: GameHunters
Windows
Survival of your people - that's the only thing that matters. Become the leader of a newly founded Viking settlement and lead it to safety and glory. Gather, build, craft, hunt, raid and follow your Gods to endure hardships of nature and save your clan from violent destruction.
Why similar: Farming Sim 11.3%, City Builder 10.4%, Sandbox 8.3%, Medieval 7.6%, Historical 7.1%
- #2 Medieval Dynasty
96% matchVery Positive90% of 51,427 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 36.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Medieval 19.9%, Open World 16.3%, Sandbox 13.6%, Historical 11.6%, Immersive Sim 9%
- #3 Bellwright
96% matchVery Positive80% of 20,703 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 41.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.
Why similar: Open World 24%, Medieval 23.5%, City Builder 21.9%, Life Sim 8.2%, RPG 7.1%
- #4 Land of the Vikings
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,240 reviews2023
Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!
Why similar: Vikings 44.1% ★, City Builder 16.7%, Sandbox 11.3%, Historical 10%, Strategy 7.2%
- #5 Chinese Frontiers
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 529 reviews2025
Dev: SolidGamesPub: Big Cheese Studio
Windows
Plan, build, and unwind in medieval China. Lead villagers, fine-tune production, and craft iconic Chinese landmarks brick by brick. Roam passes, deserts, and river valleys; farm, cook, and decorate. Master new crafts, earn imperial favor, and turn smart design into lasting legacy.
Why similar: Medieval 14.9%, Farming Sim 12.7%, Historical 12.3%, Open World 10.2%, City Builder 9.6%
- #6 ASKA
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 11,907 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A new Viking age dawns with you at its helm. Forge a thriving colony from nothing in this mythic open-world survival sim. Earn the gods' favor and survive in a land ruled by ancient terrors and unforgiving seasons. Rally unique villagers, expand your settlement and defend your tribe - solo or co-op!
Why similar: Vikings 58% ★, Sandbox 18.4%, Open World 15.2%, Simulation 6.5%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #7 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
93% matchMixed66% of 6,003 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.
Why similar: City Builder 40%, Medieval 21.3%, Strategy 11.8%, Open World 11.4%, Simulation 7.8%
- #8 Sons of Valhalla
92% matchMixed67% of 969 reviews2024
Dev: Pixel Chest
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Sons of Valhalla is a roguelike strategy game set in the Viking Age. Build fortresses, gather warriors, and lay siege to enemy strongholds, engaging in personal combat as you raid and conquer across England.
Why similar: Horses 19.5% ★, Moddable 14.3%, Medieval 10.3%, Open World 8.8%, Sandbox 8%
- #9 Sengoku Dynasty
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,639 reviews2024
Dev: SuperkamiPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!
Why similar: City Builder 20.8%, Medieval 19.6%, Open World 18.4%, Historical 13.6%, Life Sim 12.5%
- #10 Soulmask
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 21,914 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 68.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
Why similar: Open World 37%, Sandbox 33.3%, RPG 17.4%, Adventure 7.9%, Singleplayer 4.4%
- #11 Frozenheim
91% matchMixed69% of 3,888 reviews2022
Dev: Paranoid InteractivePub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Lead your Viking clan onto unknown shores and carve out a future for your people in the fjords of Frozenheim. Gather resources, expand, and watch your settlement grow to a bustling town that will withstand the harshness of winter and wrath of other clans.
Why similar: Vikings 59.1% ★, Medieval 21.1%, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 8.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #12 This Land Is My Land
89% matchMixed68% of 4,625 reviews2021
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Experience the frontier as a chief of a Native American tribe and resist the onset of the settlers. Explore the vast world full of hostile humans and animals while defining your narrative through the decisions you make.
Why similar: Open World 34.2%, RPG 14.8%, Sandbox 13.9%, Historical 13.9%, Simulation 10.4%
- #13 Going Medieval
86% matchVery Positive89% of 21,102 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: Moddable 27.5%, City Builder 17.1%, Sandbox 15.3%, Historical 15.2%, Strategy 8.2%
- #14 Norland
87% matchVery Positive82% of 10,106 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
Why similar: Moddable 20.8%, Medieval 14.9%, City Builder 14%, Historical 12.2%, Open World 12.2%
- #15 Farthest Frontier
86% matchVery Positive86% of 24,898 reviews2025
Dev: Crate Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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.
Why similar: City Builder 25.1%, Medieval 23.2%, Historical 19.1%, Immersive Sim 12%, Strategy 10.4%
- #16 KINGDOMS
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 4,084 reviews2015
Dev: Oreol
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
KINGDOMS is a procedural medieval RPG in a randomly generated open world. The main feature of KINGDOMS is a smart AI system that completely controls NPC behavior. As the player, you can fully interact with this massive world and become any person you want to be.
Why similar: Medieval 25.3%, Open World 24.5%, Sandbox 14.7%, RPG 10.5%, Simulation 6.1%
- #17 Life is Feudal: Your Own
88% matchMixed66% of 12,061 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!
Why similar: Medieval 29.9%, Open World 25.9%, Sandbox 20.4%, RPG 8%, Historical 4.9%
- #18 Alaska Gold Fever
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 920 reviews2026
Dev: Baked GamesPub: Baked Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Step into the role of a gold prospector during the Alaskan gold rush and build your own empire from scratch. Mine resources, refine different forms of gold, and upgrade your tools to increase efficiency. Explore diverse mines, survive the harsh climate, and complete engaging story and side quests!
Why similar: Farming Sim 20.9%, Historical 17.7%, Realistic 12.3%, Immersive Sim 12.1%, RPG 10%
- #19 Blacksmith Master
83% matchVery Positive83% of 2,646 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
Why similar: Moddable 22%, Medieval 15.9%, City Builder 14.7%, Open World 12.8%, Sandbox 12.5%
- #20 Wild West Legacy
84% matchMostly Negative37% of 2,139 reviews2024
Dev: Moon Punch StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Conquer the Wild West. Explore the open world of a fictitious American Midwest and survive the harsh environment. Convince other settlers to join you and manage your ever-growing settlements. Build a home, take care of your farm and become a legend in Wild West Legacy.
Why similar: Open World 30.2%, Life Sim 21.1%, RPG 15.2%, Simulation 12.9%, First-Person 11.2%
- #21 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
82% matchVery Positive88% of 292,687 reviews2022
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 61.5 hrsMean: 154.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
Why similar: Medieval 17.6%, Horses 13.9% ★, Open World 13.2%, Moddable 10.8%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #22 Survival: Fountain of Youth
81% matchVery Positive85% of 4,411 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.
Why similar: Open World 18.9%, Sandbox 17.6%, Historical 16.8%, Realistic 12.3%, Immersive Sim 10.3%
- #23 Life is Feudal: MMO
84% matchMixed40% of 7,347 reviews2018
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the hardcore reality of the Middle Ages. Master survival, engage in deep-rooted RPG elements, navigate a bustling economy, build communities, and employ diplomatic strategy to thrive in Abella's vast expanse.
Why similar: Medieval 24.9%, Historical 19.8%, Sandbox 18.8%, Open World 15.2%, Simulation 7.3%
- #24 Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 47,203 reviews2023
Dev: Toxic DogPub: Excalibur Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Builder. Farmer. Hunter. Trader. Ranching certainly isn’t your average job. Think you have the skills to turn your family’s rundown homestead into the most prosperous ranch in the valley? Then it’s time to head out into the wilderness in this captivating single and multiplayer open-world simulator.
Why similar: Horses 31.1% ★, Farming Sim 15.6%, Open World 13.4%, Sandbox 11.8%, Realistic 8%
- #25 Clanfolk
79% matchVery Positive92% of 3,924 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.
Why similar: Farming Sim 20.3%, Medieval 19.4%, Sandbox 15%, Open World 14.9%, Life Sim 12.7%
- #26 Lumberjack's Dynasty
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,800 reviews2021
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A unique life simulation where you are a lumberjack building up a business and founding a lasting dynasty for generations to come.
Why similar: Simulation 41.2%, Open World 25.3%, Realistic 8.7%, Life Sim 7.7%, First-Person 6.5%
- #27 Valhalla Hills
81% matchMixed55% of 1,332 reviews2015
Dev: Funatics SoftwarePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Lead your people. Survive the wilderness. Fight for honor. Reclaim your eternal reward. A brand new strategy game from the developers of Cultures and The Settlers II.
Why similar: Vikings 44.8% ★, City Builder 25.9%, Strategy 17.3%, Simulation 11.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #28 Noble Fates
78% matchVery Positive83% of 1,479 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.
Why similar: Moddable 21.2%, City Builder 18%, Medieval 16.5%, Sandbox 15.8%, Character Customization 13%
- #29 Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders
77% matchMixed69% of 1,090 reviews2024
Dev: MeanAstronautsPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders is an action-adventure RPG with base-building elements, where you take on the role of a classic hero who stands up to the tyranny and injustice that haunts Sherwood. Fight, craft, steal, and of course help the local people grow and prosper.
Why similar: Medieval 36.9%, Open World 26.7%, RPG 14.1%, Realistic 13.6%, Adventure 5.7%
- #30 Mount & Blade: Warband
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 171,401 reviews2010
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 121.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!
Why similar: Medieval 21.3%, Horses 14.5% ★, Moddable 13.7%, Open World 13.6%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #31 VALHALL: Harbinger
78% matchMixed51% of 488 reviews2020
Dev: Blackrose Arts
Windows
VALHALL is a blend of multiple genres, combining first & third person directional physical combat slasher with a survival experience set in a brutal world of Vikings. Survive, feel Thor's power, become an einherjar, and enter the ultimate battlefield!
Why similar: Vikings 42.1% ★, Open World 13.3%, Medieval 12.4%, Historical 10.6%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #32 Farmer's Dynasty - Final Harvest Edition
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,296 reviews2019
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Live – Build – Farm: Enjoy a unique mix of farming, constructing and life simulation that takes you to the countryside and holds plenty of challenging gameplay in stock!
Why similar: Farming Sim 29.7%, Life Sim 17.8%, Open World 12.6%, Simulation 10.9%, RPG 10.9%
- #33 Alaskan Road Truckers
75% matchMixed62% of 3,245 reviews2023
Dev: Road Studio S.A.Pub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Brave the challenging conditions of Alaskan life in the definitive trucker simulator. Be the master of your own destiny as you take jobs, transport cargo and experience a sense of freedom on foot and in your cab.
Why similar: Open World 30.9%, Realistic 18.9%, Immersive Sim 18%, Simulation 12%, First-Person 10.5%
- #34 Of Life and Land
73% matchVery Positive86% of 360 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.
Why similar: Moddable 16.1%, City Builder 13.3%, Medieval 12.5%, Farming Sim 11.4%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #35 Patron
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,181 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.
Why similar: City Builder 22.9%, Moddable 19.3%, Medieval 15.2%, Open World 11.5%, Strategy 10.2%
- #36 Lightyear Frontier
73% matchVery Positive84% of 4,562 reviews2024
Dev: FRAME BREAK
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.
Why similar: Farming Sim 36.3%, Open World 25.6%, Sandbox 24.2%, First-Person 10.3%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #37 Mirthwood
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,352 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Embark on an enchanting journey and brave ferocious creatures in an immersive medieval fantasy world. Will you settle a new homestead to live a life of farming and trade, or pick up the sword and take up the adventurers' path?
Why similar: Farming Sim 18.5%, Medieval 16.2%, Sandbox 14.8%, Open World 10.2%, RPG 9.4%
- #38 Nested Lands
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 494 reviews2026
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.
Why similar: Medieval 17.8%, City Builder 16.6%, Open World 15.9%, Sandbox 14.4%, Life Sim 11.3%
- #39 The Last Caretaker
70% matchVery Positive86% of 12,107 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 18.2 hrsMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
Why similar: Open World 29.7%, Sandbox 27.4%, Immersive Sim 16%, Simulation 11.7%, First-Person 11.6%
- #40 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
72% matchVery Positive82% of 10,269 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Why similar: Open World 23.6%, Sandbox 19.1%, City Builder 16.3%, Character Customization 14%, RPG 9.9%
- #41 Valand
74% matchMixed66% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: LOMS Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Valand is a Viking Age city builder. With your own strength you have to rebuild the whole settlement and bring it to prosperity.
Why similar: City Builder 25.8%, Medieval 19.7%, Historical 19.1%, Life Sim 18.1%, Simulation 11.2%
- #42 The Viking Way
76% matchMixed43% of 378 reviews2020
Dev: Ice Lava Games
Windows
Experience the Viking way of life. Sail, explore, trade, build a fleet, and lead your fearless army to raid and conquest. Write your own story of the golden Viking age. You have many choices, and a leader can always find his own.
Why similar: Medieval 40.1%, Character Customization 18%, Historical 15.8%, RPG 13.5%, Action 7%
- #43 Saloon Simulator
69% matchVery Positive90% of 960 reviews2025
Dev: Glivi Games S.A.Pub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Start by running a saloon and carve your own place in the Wild West. Shape your bar, hire help, and get drawn into the lives and troubles of the people who gather around your counter. Out here, honest business is rarely enough. See what it takes to survive the frontier.
Why similar: Horses 34.1% ★, Historical 12.6%, Sandbox 11.9%, Life Sim 10.2%, Immersive Sim 9%
- #44 Forever Skies
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,551 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
Why similar: Open World 52.3%, First-Person 16.7%, Action 11.6%, Adventure 11.3%, Singleplayer 8.1%
- #45 Denizen
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 897 reviews2024
Dev: Departure Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Make a living for yourself in a city full of opportunity while you meet a variety of locals, explore unique locations, and work your way to the top in this open-world life simulator.
Why similar: Open World 17.5%, Sandbox 16.5%, Life Sim 15.2%, RPG 10.4%, Character Customization 10.2%
- #46 Ancient Cities
71% matchMixed63% of 2,134 reviews2023
Dev: Uncasual Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!
Why similar: Moddable 26.6%, City Builder 18.4%, Historical 16.4%, Immersive Sim 10%, Realistic 10%
- #47 SAELIG
71% matchVery Positive87% of 1,130 reviews2017
Dev: Atorcoppe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
SÆLIG is a game that blends together elements of simulation, strategy, RPG, and business management. Centred around the life of you and your family, you must try to survive and bring wealth and prosperity to your household.
Why similar: Medieval 18.8%, Open World 14.9%, Sandbox 11.3%, RPG 10.3%, Historical 9.2%
- #48 The Front
67% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 44.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Open World 28%, Sandbox 24.8%, Realistic 15.1%, RPG 11.4%, Simulation 8.9%
- #49 Dawn of Man
69% matchVery Positive87% of 17,766 reviews2019
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 30.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.
Why similar: City Builder 43.8%, Historical 13.6%, Strategy 12.7%, Sandbox 11.8%, Open World 9.1%
- #50 The Last Plague: Blight
67% matchVery Positive89% of 1,423 reviews2024
Dev: Original Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Last Plague: Blight is an authentic survival experience rooted in realism and immersion. Endure the hazards of a brutal open world and uncover the origins of a mysterious disease. You are humanity’s final hope in ending the Blight
Why similar: Medieval 30.4%, Sandbox 20.4%, Realistic 17.7%, Open World 17.2%, Simulation 7.5%
- #51 WW2 Rebuilder
68% matchVery Positive85% of 1,560 reviews2023
Dev: Madnetic Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build the new future of Europe! Flip, renovate, repair and rebuild places destroyed during World War 2. Get to know the history and stories of civilians. Play an immersive building simulator with grappling storytelling.
Why similar: City Builder 25.8%, Sandbox 16.5%, Realistic 15.4%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Simulation 11.6%
- #52 Ragnorium
70% matchMixed59% of 624 reviews2022
Dev: Vitali KirpuPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.
Why similar: Historical 22%, City Builder 21%, Sandbox 18.2%, Character Customization 14.4%, Strategy 8.9%
- #53 Battle Brothers
68% matchVery Positive88% of 28,141 reviews2017
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 19.0 hrsMean: 93.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
Why similar: Horses 21% ★, Moddable 14.7%, Medieval 10.1%, Open World 8.7%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #54 Assassin's Creed Valhalla
67% matchMixed69% of 43,485 reviews2022
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 51.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is an action-adventure game in which you are a Viking warrior raised on tales of battle and glory. Explore a dynamic open world set in England’s Dark Ages. Raid your enemies and grow your settlement to earn your place among the gods in Valhalla.
Why similar: Vikings 40.2% ★, Open World 14.8%, Historical 12.5%, Medieval 12.4%, RPG 7.1%
- #55 Mind the Vikings
71% matchMixed43% of 83 reviews2018
Dev: Miso Games
Windows
Start with nothing and build up your viking settlement in harsh Nordic climate in this survival strategy town building game. Start with nothing and prepare for winter. Set forth on raids on other viking settlements and defend yourself from them.
Why similar: City Builder 26%, Sandbox 21.3%, Immersive Sim 16.2%, Historical 15.8%, Strategy 11.6%
- #56 Settlement Survival
66% matchVery Positive85% of 7,980 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Why similar: City Builder 33%, Medieval 31%, Sandbox 17.6%, Simulation 8.9%, Strategy 7.8%
- #57 Occupy Mars: The Game
64% matchMixed70% of 3,099 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
Why similar: Open World 36.7%, Sandbox 33.6%, Simulation 14.3%, First-Person 11.8%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #58 Gord
67% matchMixed54% of 1,002 reviews2023
Dev: Covenant.devPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.
Why similar: Moddable 43.9%, City Builder 28.7%, Strategy 15.7%, Adventure 8.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%