Games Like Age of Respair

The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.

Why similar: Colony Sim 14.6%, City Builder 13.6%, Real Time Tactics 12.3%, Base Building 9.4%, RTS 8.4%

Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.

Why similar: City Builder 15.4%, Real Time Tactics 12.5%, Colony Sim 12.4%, Base Building 8.3%, RTS 7.8%

Gird your loins and sharpen your steel! Besiege 20 unique enemy lords and battle friends online, in this expanded remaster of the classic 'castle sim'. Relive history with new units, opponents, visuals, audio, campaigns, skirmish trails, co-op and larger maps.

Why similar: City Builder 14.7%, Colony Sim 13.7%, Real Time Tactics 12.3%, Base Building 8.3%, RTS 7.3%

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.

Why similar: Colony Sim 15%, City Builder 14.2%, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, Base Building 10.2%, Building 7.3%

Return to the era of knights and castles in a uniquely satisfying mix of Settlement Building, RTS and Castle Simulation genres. Manage complex and realistic medieval production chains, build your army and defences, satisfy the King and lead your people to prosperity. Will you succeed as a new lord?

Why similar: City Builder 14.5%, Colony Sim 11.5%, Base Building 10.4%, RTS 9.7%, Real Time Tactics 7.9%

Catapult werewolves over castle walls, incinerate troops with dragon fire and command the Knights of the Round Table! This remaster of the mythical ‘castle sim’ features Steam multiplayer, Workshop support, new maps, achievements and DLC campaigns.

Why similar: Colony Sim 14.5%, City Builder 14.2%, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, Base Building 8.3%, RTS 6.9%

From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.

Why similar: City Builder 14.9%, Colony Sim 11.8%, Base Building 11.5%, Real Time Tactics 10.4%, Automation 8.3%

Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!

Why similar: City Builder 14.6%, Colony Sim 14.3%, Real Time Tactics 12%, Base Building 8.3%, RTS 7.3%

Tax, torture or treat your peasants! Rehabilitate criminals or sentence them to death? Decide as you enjoy jousting over a lavish banquet, all while under siege from the warmongering Lord Barclay.

Why similar: City Builder 14.6%, Colony Sim 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 12.2%, Base Building 9%, RTS 7.9%

Wood needed! Return to the green roots of Stronghold in this narrative prequel to the original 'castle sim'. Immerse yourself in a cinematic campaign, hone your siegecraft with new mechanics in skirmish mode and customise your castles with a wide selection of castle pieces and cosmetics.

Why similar: Colony Sim 16.5%, City Builder 15.5%, Real Time Tactics 12.1%, RTS 10.1%, Tower Defense 5.9%

Enjoy the complete medieval experience in The Stronghold Collection, featuring five real-time strategy games. Create and defend your castle stronghold as you expand your lands, survey the castle life in your domain, host great jousting festivals and feasts, or conduct public executions to keep the peasantry in line.

Why similar: City Builder 14.6%, Colony Sim 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 12.2%, Base Building 9%, RTS 7.9%

VENOY is a relaxing roguelite real-time strategy game with deep settler logistics, true sandbox freedom and exciting meta progression. Build your medieval colony, optimize production chains and defend it against enemies!

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.6%, City Builder 17.4%, RTS 13.5%, Base Building 10.4%, Strategy 9%

Build towers, manage resources, and lead units to defend your kingdom against goblins. Every decision you make determines your kingdom's fate.

Why similar: City Builder 15.3%, Colony Sim 14.8%, Base Building 12.2%, RTS 10.7%, Real Time Tactics 10.7%

Build realistic medieval castles and defend them against rival knights. Bergfried is a strategy game featuring organic castle building and tactical siege battles. Manage your lands, plan your defenses and lead your troops to victory!

Why similar: Colony Sim 17.6%, City Builder 16.5%, Real Time Tactics 12%, RTS 10.1%, Tower Defense 5.8%

Command the sands of Egypt in this epic RTS! Build magnificent cities, lead mythic armies, and harness the power of the gods. Shape the Nile, forge alliances, and rise to become Pharaoh in a world of strategy, intrigue, and breathtaking battles. Your legacy awaits—rule wisely!

Why similar: City Builder 17.6%, Colony Sim 15.3%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 8.3%, RTS 7.4%

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: Colony Sim 15.8%, City Builder 15.4%, Base Building 11.3%, RTS 8.8%, Building 7.1%

Become a workshop owner! Build base, plan manufacture, hire workers, trade and finally decide the outcome of the war between the kingdoms.

Why similar: City Builder 15.8%, Colony Sim 15.1%, Base Building 11.5%, Building 10.1%, Medieval 8.8%

Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21%, City Builder 20.5%, Base Building 9.8%, Resource Management 8.3%, Building 7.8%

Recovery Syndicate is a prequel to Abeyance, in which you are the leader of one of the factions trying to reconstruct the economy of the galaxy. You must build and manage your colony's resources carefully, while watching out for rival factions who are also vying for supremacy.

Why similar: Colony Sim 16.3%, City Builder 16%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, Base Building 11.3%, RTS 11.1%

Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.

Why similar: City Builder 30.9%, Colony Sim 9.7%, Medieval 9.5%, Resource Management 6.8%, Building 6.8%

Angkor: The Holy City is a unique village-builder game about growing a thriving town under the all-seeing eyes of the Gods. Construct intricate temples to honor them and research technologies to counter their wrath, all while expanding your village and contending with an ever-growing population.

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.8%, City Builder 19.2%, Base Building 10%, Building 8.7%, Resource Management 7.9%

Rise Under the Warstorm is a strategy game focused on automation, production, and base defense. Gather resources, build automated production lines, optimize your economy, train armies, and protect your settlement against enemy waves.

Why similar: Colony Sim 17.2%, Real Time Tactics 15.8%, Automation 13.3%, City Builder 12%, Base Building 9.6%

Build a colony from scratch, set up production chains, and defend against raids. Manage resources, research technologies, expand your settlement, and survive each escalating wave!

Why similar: City Builder 21.7%, Base Building 17.6%, Colony Sim 13%, Resource Management 11.2%, Building 9.6%

Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware is a free prequel to the original game. In a medieval fantasy world, you are to build settlements, raise huge armies, and defend against massive hordes of enemies. Learn how Ironbrow clan shaped the world's map the first time - if you survive, that is.

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.4%, City Builder 18.3%, Base Building 11.8%, RTS 11%, Building 7.5%

Tokeis is a board-like real-time city builder about growing your town from a tiny tile to a hexagonal empire. Collect tokens, manage resources, reorganize inefficiencies, and fortify your economy. Handle the harsh weather and defend against raiders trying to steal your riches!

Why similar: City Builder 18.9%, Colony Sim 15.4%, Base Building 9.3%, RTS 9%, Building 8.3%

Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.

Why similar: City Builder 19.8%, Colony Sim 17%, Base Building 10.9%, Historical 8.9%, Building 7.8%

Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.

Why similar: City Builder 19.2%, Colony Sim 17.9%, Base Building 9.5%, RTS 8.4%, Resource Management 7.1%

Building and managing a late medieval city is a series of challenges. Build wells to provide drinking water, markets to provide bread and food, and theaters to collect performance tax. Stage mode continues an interesting story and journey, random map mode fills each game with a new experience.

Why similar: City Builder 21%, Building 10.9%, Historical 10%, Medieval 9.1%, Colony Sim 9%

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: Colony Sim 23.2%, City Builder 22%, Base Building 8.8%, Building 6.6%, Medieval 6.6%

The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version of the game. El Dorado - Prologue is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to.

Why similar: City Builder 16.3%, Colony Sim 16%, RTS 9.3%, Base Building 9.1%, Resource Management 7.3%

Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!

Why similar: Base Building 20.3%, City Builder 19.9%, Colony Sim 15.9%, RTS 10.8%, Building 8.7%

After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.

Why similar: Colony Sim 17.5%, City Builder 13.6%, Base Building 12.2%, RTS 11.4%, Real Time Tactics 8.7%

Immerse yourself in an exciting medieval settlement simulator where you will have to fight for your place in the feudal hierarchy. Use a smart strategy to develop your settlement. After all, it is the skills and equipment of each peasant that can make the difference.

Why similar: Colony Sim 18%, City Builder 14.4%, Base Building 11.1%, RTS 9.5%, Building 8.3%

A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.7%, City Builder 18.8%, Base Building 14.9%, Building 8.4%, Resource Management 4.9%

A battle-laden automation game where you have to manufacture everything from battle units down to every bullet! Engage in battles to gather survivors. Manage and feed your people. Mine, farm and Optimize production lines. Can you lead your people to victory?

Why similar: Colony Sim 15.6%, City Builder 14.6%, Base Building 11.6%, Real Time Tactics 11.3%, Automation 10.1%

Loulan Kingdom is a city-building survival and real-time strategy game. As the ruler of Loulan, you must build your city amid a perilous desert oasis, grow your power through the Silk Road, and fight to protect your kingdom—until the very end.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1%, City Builder 17.7%, Real Time Tactics 15.1%, Base Building 11.3%, RTS 9.7%

The medieval world is waiting for you! Stand up for your people and help them defend their freedom! Build your village, win battles and tournaments, and lead your settlement to prosperity in colony sim RPG Our Freedom: Prologue!

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.2%, City Builder 19.4%, Base Building 15.9%, Strategy 10.9%, Simulation 8.7%

Build and manage a growing medieval town in The First Settlement VR. Place over 50 buildings, manage citizens and merchants, run production chains and trade with neighbouring towns – all in an evolving sandbox city builder experienced entirely in VR.

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.7%, City Builder 17.3%, Base Building 10.9%, RTS 9.6%, Building 8.9%

In a medieval world, gather resources, build your city, and manage your people. Deal with theft and internal conflicts, complete royal missions, and fight enemies on the battlefield. Use strategy and economic management to keep your city thriving.

Why similar: City Builder 17.9%, Colony Sim 16.4%, Base Building 13.9%, Real Time Tactics 8.6%, Medieval 8.5%

A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.

Why similar: City Builder 27.7%, Colony Sim 19.3%, Base Building 13%, RTS 6.2%, Resource Management 6.1%

Take command of a remote military air base during World War II. Build your own airfield, manage iconic aircraft and oversee your crew’s well-being. Prepare them against air raids and send your pilots on dangerous missions. Survive and help your nation win the war!

Why similar: Colony Sim 16.9%, City Builder 14.6%, Base Building 12.4%, RTS 8.7%, Building 7.6%

This is a tower-building simulation where you place offices, homes, shops, restaurants, hotels, and more inside a growing high-rise. People move autonomously toward their destinations, using elevators as the building comes to life. Balance profit and expansion as you create a busy tower of your own.

Why similar: City Builder 21.3%, Colony Sim 17%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%, Building 10.6%, Strategy 9.7%

Rule Tenochtitlán in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Confront the Moon Goddess and her generals. Delve into the intricate story, survive the nights in the Sandbox mode, or build freely in the Creative mode. The last sun is yours to save, or… lose!

Why similar: Colony Sim 17.2%, City Builder 16.6%, Base Building 11.4%, RTS 8.6%, Historical 8.3%

A 2D Strategic Base Defender game set in Medieval times. As relentless Waves of enemy forces threaten your Stronghold, you must gather Resources, Fortify your Defenses and lead your Rebellion. Prepare to strengthen your Base and manage your Resources. But beaware of the Storms!

Why similar: City Builder 19.3%, Base Building 13.9%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Colony Sim 9.8%, Medieval 8.7%

Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.6%, Base Building 14.6%, City Builder 14.5%, Automation 11.6%, Resource Management 8.8%

This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!

Why similar: City Builder 20.7%, Colony Sim 19.7%, Base Building 15.9%, Resource Management 9.3%, Building 8.5%

Build, Upgrade, Reset, Repeat

Why similar: Colony Sim 23%, City Builder 22.5%, Real Time Tactics 14.4%, Strategy 10.2%, Simulation 9.7%

Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.5%, City Builder 16.1%, Base Building 14.3%, Building 9.6%, Resource Management 9.3%

A 3D city-builder where you farm the Nile, worship powerful gods, train armies, trade with distant regions, and construct monumental works worthy of ancient Egypt.

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.7%, City Builder 22.3%, Strategy 11.4%, Base Building 10.1%, Simulation 9.1%

Architect of Ruin is a completely hand drawn sword and sorcery colony simulation game. Farm, hunt, build, and survive as you rebuild an ancient temple under the gaze of a vengeful god.

Why similar: Colony Sim 18.8%, City Builder 16.7%, Base Building 13%, Resource Management 8.1%, Medieval 8%

A medieval real-time strategy game focused on castle building, medieval warfare, and economy.

Why similar: City Builder 21.2%, RTS 13.7%, Real Time Tactics 10.6%, Building 9.8%, Strategy 9.2%

The First Explorers® is a settlers-like game, that offers the perfect mix of organic city-building and RTS in a bustling world. Set in the time of antiquity in Europe, you will play as the Romans, Carthaginians or Gauls. Are you ready to raise an army backed by a thriving economy?

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.9%, City Builder 19.4%, RTS 12.7%, Building 9.1%, Economy 8.3%

Embrace your duties as a new provincial governor. Experience the beauty of ancient China, design the city of your dreams, and take care of your people’s needs. Earn the Gods’ favor to maintain the Mandate of Heaven for the ruling dynasty.

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.6%, City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 10.7%, Historical 8.9%, Building 8.9%

Cast into an idyllic wilderness, will you endure? A sandbox city-building game featuring a deceptively cheerful world: build freely —no grids— plus a fully simulated economy, intricate production chains, deep research tree, and growth you can feel. Can your people survive the winter?

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1%, City Builder 19.3%, Base Building 10.1%, Building 8.8%, RTS 8.6%

Become a mayor of a small town in a medieval city builder with advanced villager management. Develop a settlement in lands teeming with demons and other evil spirits. Consider the traits, desires and abilities of residents to survive and prosper.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4%, City Builder 21.2%, Base Building 14.1%, Building 9.3%, Medieval 8.1%

Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!

Why similar: City Builder 19.3%, Colony Sim 19.2%, Base Building 14.5%, Resource Management 8.9%, Building 8.3%

Visit the mythical land of Shangri-La! Govern the legendary state, build cities, take care of its citizens, protect them, provide with spiritual and political guidance. Let yourself be amazed by its mountain beauty. Help Shangri-La defend against enemies who do not share its peaceful vision.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.5%, City Builder 19.9%, Base Building 12.3%, RTS 11.6%, Building 9.4%

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 23.3%, Colony Sim 21.1%, Building 10.7%, Medieval 9.8%, Base Building 8.4%