Games Like Anno 1404 - History Edition

Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.

Why similar: City Builder 51.7%, Strategy 12.2%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Simulation 7.3%, Building 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is the modern pinnacle of the series, offering the most refined version of the complex supply chain mechanics found in Anno 1404.

Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.

Why similar: City Builder 26.6%, Colony Sim 15.1%, Building 13%, Grand Strategy 11.6%, Management 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It blends deep medieval city-building with complex supply chains and tactical combat, capturing the authentic historical feel of the Anno series.

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 48.6%, Building 10%, Strategy 8.4%, Colony Sim 8.2%, Management 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A gridless, organic city-builder that emphasizes medieval town growth and resource management without the constraints of traditional city-building games.

Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.

Why similar: City Builder 30.4%, Building 13%, Colony Sim 12.3%, Grand Strategy 11.6%, Management 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: For players who love the deep logistics of Anno, this game provides the most complex and rewarding supply chain management simulation available.

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 32.8%, Building 19.6%, Colony Sim 15.3%, Management 8.9%, Strategy 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a challenging medieval survival city-builder experience with a heavy focus on intricate resource production and management.

In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

Why similar: City Builder 46.2%, Colony Sim 24.7%, Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 6.5%, Building 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic survival city-builder that forces you to carefully manage limited resources and population needs to survive harsh winters.

Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.

Why similar: City Builder 41.3%, Colony Sim 19.4%, Building 14.8%, Management 10.4%, Strategy 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It introduces unique water physics and vertical building mechanics that challenge your ability to manage resources and production in a harsh environment.

Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.

Why similar: City Builder 25.8%, Colony Sim 15.3%, Building 12.7%, Management 9.1%, Strategy 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the creator of The Settlers, this game focuses on exploration, production chains, and the satisfying growth of a medieval settlement.

Build your society of the future, colonize islands, and create sprawling megacities with multitudes of buildings, vehicles, and resources to manage.

Why similar: City Builder 53.1%, Strategy 16.2%, Simulation 6.5%, Building 6.1%, Multiplayer 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: It takes the core Anno gameplay loop and applies it to a futuristic setting, introducing new ecological and technological management layers.

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Why similar: City Builder 26.8%, Colony Sim 15%, Building 13.3%, Grand Strategy 11.5%, Management 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This roguelite city-builder focuses on fast-paced production chain management and efficient resource allocation in a fantasy setting.

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 34.9%, Colony Sim 15.8%, Building 12.8%, Strategy 9.7%, Management 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a highly realistic and detailed approach to historical town building, focusing on individual villager needs and complex local economies.

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 36.6%, Colony Sim 15.5%, Building 13.8%, Strategy 10%, Medieval 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly balances castle building, economic management, and siege warfare, providing a classic medieval experience.

The legendary city-builder returns! Lead the creation of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this HD remake with modernized UI. Build monuments, manage your population and explore 4,000 years of history through over a hundred hours of gameplay.

Why similar: City Builder 37.3%, Colony Sim 16%, Building 15.4%, Management 10.7%, Simulation 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A faithful remake of the classic historical city-builder that emphasizes complex monument construction and regional trade management.

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 40.5%, Colony Sim 14.9%, Management 8.2%, Building 7.1%, Multiplayer 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused city-builder that incorporates card-based progression and trade mechanics similar to the Anno series.

El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.

Why similar: City Builder 41.7%, Strategy 11.5%, Political Sim 10.8% ★, Management 9.9%, Building 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: While more political, it features deep economic simulation and trade route management that will feel familiar to Anno fans.

Rediscover the classic gameplay of 1701 A.D. and its expansion The Sunken Dragon in Anno® 1701 History Edition.

Why similar: City Builder 25.7%, Colony Sim 14.2%, Grand Strategy 10.3%, Political Sim 8.7% ★, Building 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: An earlier entry in the series that established many of the core economic and exploration mechanics found in later Anno games.

Relive the beginnings of the Anno® series with Anno® 1602 History Edition, updated and optimized for current computers.

Why similar: City Builder 25.4%, Colony Sim 14.4%, Grand Strategy 10.5%, Political Sim 8.9% ★, Building 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: The game that started the series, offering a foundational experience in colonial exploration and resource management.

Zeus + Poseidon delivers hundreds of hours of gameplay in one game!

Why similar: City Builder 54.3%, Colony Sim 24.7%, Strategy 14.9%, Simulation 2.9%, Historical 2%

Why You'll Like It: A beloved classic that focuses on historical city-building and complex production chains within the context of Greek mythology.

Experience the classic gameplay of 1503 A.D.: The New World, optimized for current computers with resolutions up to 4K.

Why similar: City Builder 25.3%, Colony Sim 14.3%, Grand Strategy 10.5%, Political Sim 8.9% ★, Building 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic entry that emphasizes the balance between exploration, trade, and the development of complex production chains.

Build vibrant cities in a medieval world with this modernized version of The Settlers – Rise of an Empire. Each character leads their individual lives and can be observed by you at any time. Will you go down in history as a legendary king?

Why similar: City Builder 55.4%, Strategy 26.4%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Medieval 7%, RTS 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic title that focuses on building up a medieval economy and managing supply routes to support your growing kingdom.

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 37.1%, Colony Sim 20.7%, Building 10.4%, Strategy 10%, Management 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city-builder that incorporates social dynamics and research trees to manage your growing population.

Children of the Nile™ is a unique gem of a city-building game, unparalleled in both grandeur and attention to detail.As Pharaoh you will guide your people through thousands of years of history: from simple hunter-gatherers to the creation of an immortal civilization.

Why similar: City Builder 56.9%, Strategy 14.1%, Simulation 11.7%, Management 10.8%, Historical 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a deep simulation of ancient Egyptian society, focusing on the needs of individual citizens and long-term economic stability.

Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

Why similar: City Builder 46.1%, Colony Sim 18.5%, Building 11.1%, Strategy 11%, Management 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes high-stakes resource management and difficult moral choices in a frozen, post-apocalyptic city-building environment.

In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.

Why similar: City Builder 52.9%, Strategy 14.5%, Management 7.8%, Simulation 7.6%, Building 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This entry expands the Anno formula to include multi-session management, including moon colonies and advanced futuristic production.

Memoriapolis is a historical city builder where your city grows organically across 5 ages, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Manage resources, interact with factions, and shape your dynasty toward building a final Wonder with easy, normal, or hard difficulty levels.

Why similar: City Builder 32.1%, Colony Sim 15.1%, Building 12.4%, Political Sim 12.4% ★, Management 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A unique city-builder that focuses on the evolution of a city through different historical eras, emphasizing political and economic growth.

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 45%, Colony Sim 24.3%, Building 9.5%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It combines detailed medieval city-building with survival mechanics, requiring you to manage food and resources through changing seasons.

Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

Why similar: City Builder 52.1%, Strategy 12%, Colony Sim 11.2%, Building 9.5%, Simulation 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival city-builder that requires careful management of water, food, and radiation protection for your colony.

Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.

Why similar: City Builder 36.2%, Strategy 23.7%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Medieval 6.9%, RTS 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: While primarily an RTS, it features strong base-building elements and historical production management that appeal to Anno players.

Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.

Why similar: City Builder 39.1%, Building 14.5%, Strategy 11.8%, Simulation 8.1%, Management 7.8%

With this modernized History Edition dive into the diversified mix of enthralling build-up matches and exciting real-time fights. Manifold landscapes await to be explored and populated. Includes the main game plus the two expansions.

Why similar: City Builder 39.2%, Colony Sim 34.3%, Strategy 18.1%, Medieval 5.4%, RTS 3%

Return to the remote island nation of Tropico and expand your Dynasty’s reign from the early colonial period to beyond the 21st Century, facing new challenges including advanced trading mechanics, technology and scientific research, as well as cooperative and competitive MULTIPLAYER.

Why similar: City Builder 51.5%, Strategy 16.9%, Simulation 9.9%, Management 6.3%, Multiplayer 5.6%

Immerse yourself in Ancient Egypt from the age of the great pyramids to the final years of the New Kingdom.

Why similar: City Builder 58.5%, Strategy 15.1%, Colony Sim 12.1%, Simulation 8.5%, Historical 5.2%

Stronghold Crusader 2 is the long awaited sequel to the original castle sim. After 12 years Stronghold returns to the desert with a new 3D engine and powerful Havok Physics. Crusader 2 recaptures the original game’s addictive, fast-paced gameplay and authentic castle simulation.

Why similar: City Builder 36.9%, Strategy 22.3%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Building 8.1%, Medieval 7.3%

Lead powerful civilizations across the globe, master strategies and tactics, and relive history in co op battles—now remastered in stunning 4K and modernized gameplay.

Why similar: City Builder 43.9%, Strategy 24.2%, Multiplayer 11.8%, RTS 5.3%, Historical 5.1%

Let yourself be enchanted by the new world of Settlers with this modernized History Edition – in the midst of green forests and lush meadows, it will bustle again. You alone hold the fate of your kingdom in your hands. Which strategy will you choose?

Why similar: City Builder 65.9%, Strategy 24.1%, Medieval 7.4%, RTS 2.5%

TROPICO RELOADED is the ultimate game compilation for hobby-dictators and those dreaming of their own Caribbean island. Tropico combines real-time strategy and simulation elements with a healthy dose of political intrigue and Caribbean flair to create a unique and critically acclaimed game experience.

Why similar: City Builder 58.9%, Strategy 14.8%, Simulation 12.5%, Management 11.8%, Economy 1.2%

The Settlers®: New Allies is a strategy game with an in-depth build-up experience and real-time strategic battles.

Why similar: City Builder 35.5%, Colony Sim 18.2%, Building 12.4%, Strategy 12%, Management 8.1%

The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges.

Why similar: City Builder 56.8%, Management 12.3%, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 9.3%, Building 5%

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 53%, Colony Sim 24.8%, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 5%, Historical 2.4%

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 36.1%, Colony Sim 17.7%, Building 11.9%, Management 9.3%, Strategy 7.4%

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 36.8%, Colony Sim 17.5%, Building 14.6%, Strategy 12.1%, Medieval 5.9%

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 37.9%, Colony Sim 17.9%, Building 16.2%, Management 10.3%, Simulation 5.2%

Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!

Why similar: City Builder 28.6%, Colony Sim 14.2%, Building 13%, Grand Strategy 12.2%, Management 9.4%

Age of Empires, the pivotal real-time strategy game that launched a 20-year legacy returns with modernized gameplay, all-new 4K visuals, 8-person multiplayer battles and a host of other new features. Welcome back to history.

Why similar: City Builder 41.5%, Strategy 27.2%, Multiplayer 11.5%, RTS 5.6%, Historical 5.4%

Set 10 years after the original, Stronghold 3: Gold follows the vengeful story of The Wolf in the third installment of the award-winning castle building series. The Wolf has cheated death become even more bitter and twisted. Build castles, rally your troops and save medieval England!

Why similar: City Builder 42%, Strategy 22.6%, Simulation 7.1%, Medieval 7%, Multiplayer 5.2%

Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.

Why similar: City Builder 32.8%, Colony Sim 24.9%, Strategy 16%, Simulation 11.5%, Building 8.2%

SimCity 3000 Unlimited brings you the classic strategy gaming of SimCity 3000 with all-new scenarios that open up a whole world of city planning and building possibilities! The thrills of the classic SimCity 3000 are here again!

Why similar: City Builder 62.4%, Strategy 18.7%, Simulation 17.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%

42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.

Why similar: City Builder 44.7%, Strategy 23.7%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Medieval 5.2%, RTS 5%

Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.

Why similar: City Builder 54.3%, Building 16.6%, Management 9.8%, Simulation 8.3%, Strategy 7.2%

The city builder strategy game Imperium Romanum is set in the time-honoured Roman Empire. As governor of a Roman province, you will devise a strategy to build a well organised, prosperous and commanding settlement. Its fortune very much lies in your own hands.

Why similar: City Builder 41.6%, Colony Sim 22.1%, Strategy 21.7%, Simulation 12.1%, Historical 1.7%

For centuries Europe has been dominated by the church and nobility. On the shoulders of ordinary people the servants of god and the noble families justified their power and wealth. This was the incontrovertible, divine world order. A truly dark era… In the 14th Century the world order is beginning to transform itself.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.3%, City Builder 19.7%, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 9.2%, Medieval 6.9%

The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.

Why similar: City Builder 28.3%, Colony Sim 14.4%, Building 13%, Grand Strategy 12%, Management 9.3%

Create and customize cities in Nebuchadnezzar, a classic isometric city-builder where careful planning and define your rise as a ruler in ancient Mesopotamia.

Why similar: City Builder 40.1%, Building 16.2%, Colony Sim 10.7%, Management 10.6%, Strategy 7%

Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!

Why similar: City Builder 37%, Colony Sim 11.2%, Strategy 10.9%, Building 9.5%, Simulation 7.4%

Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!

Why similar: City Builder 31.5%, Colony Sim 19.6%, Building 13.3%, Management 10.9%, Strategy 9%

Design, build, and manage the world’s largest and most diverse cities in Cities XXL. Bigger and better than ever before with a more powerful game engine and new interface, become the mayor of your very own sprawling metropolis.

Why similar: City Builder 47.9%, Building 17.4%, Management 10.4%, Simulation 9%, Strategy 8.8%