Games Like Anvil Saga

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: Colony Sim 21.1% ★, Base Building 15.3%, Management 13.5%, Economy 12.6%, Resource Management 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers the most direct experience to Anvil Saga by focusing entirely on the management and crafting processes of a medieval blacksmith shop.

Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.

Why similar: Crafting 18.8%, Medieval 15.5%, Management 14.8%, Resource Management 9.6%, Historical 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique crafting mechanic and a cozy, artistic aesthetic that rewards experimentation and careful resource management.

You are a blacksmith in the world of the sword, magic and war, in which any blacksmith who knows how to make even the simplest swords is in demand. You start off as a poor unskilled blacksmith, but in time you will gain experience and improve to achieve wealth, fame and power, and change this world!

Why similar: Medieval 33.5%, Crafting 16.1%, Simulation 15.5%, Management 12.7%, Resource Management 12%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a detailed simulation of the actual forging process, perfect for players who enjoy the technical side of blacksmithing.

Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.

Why similar: Crafting 18.9%, Management 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Medieval 11%, Sandbox 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar pixel-art aesthetic and deep management systems with a dark, humorous narrative twist.

Recettear is the story of an item shop, the girl who lives in it, and the fairy who turned her life upside down. Recette Lemongrass finds herself in charge of an item shop built into her house, in order to pay back a loan her father took and then skipped out on - and Tear, her newfound fairy "companion", won't take no for an answer!

Why similar: Management 34.1%, RPG 32.3%, Simulation 13.3%, Fantasy 6.7%, Indie 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic in the shop management genre that balances inventory control with RPG-style adventuring and customer interaction.

Winkeltje: The Little Shop is all about building, decorating, and running your own old-world fantasy shop. Buy low, sell high - from nails and apples to swords and alchemic love potions. Impress your customers, craft items, and be the master of your very own shop.

Why similar: Management 24%, Economy 22.3%, Crafting 17.4%, Building 14.7%, Sandbox 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the retail aspect of shop management, allowing you to design your store and craft goods to meet customer demand.

Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.

Why similar: Management 22%, Medieval 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Crafting 12.1%, Building 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tavern management with farming and crafting in a charming pixel-art world that feels very similar to Anvil Saga.

A shop game with RPG? Or is it RPG with a shop? Collect materials, Craft weapons, Train your staff and defeat your enemy! This is Weapon Shop Fantasy!

Why similar: Management 33.1%, RPG 18.5%, Simulation 17%, Pixel Graphics 16.4%, Crafting 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines shop management with crafting and party-based RPG elements, capturing the spirit of equipping heroes with your own creations.

These are troubling times, Your Grace. The petitioners’ petty matters exceed our limited resources, to say nothing of the war. A careful balance must be struck. Your throne awaits.

Why similar: Medieval 15.5%, Management 13.5%, Historical 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Resource Management 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the narrative and 'choices matter' aspects of medieval life, emphasizing the weight of your decisions on your subjects.

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: Colony Sim 20.3% ★, Base Building 14.4%, Management 12.8%, Economy 12.6%, Historical 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A deep colony-sim that allows for complex base-building and management within a historical medieval context.

Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!

Why similar: Management 29.3%, Building 17.8%, Medieval 17.2%, Resource Management 13.2%, Simulation 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a satisfying medieval management experience where you build and run a business while catering to various patrons.

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: Colony Sim 21.7% ★, Management 12.8%, Medieval 11.3%, Economy 9.5%, Building 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the societal management of a medieval colony, requiring you to balance the needs of your villagers with your own goals.

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: Colony Sim 19.3% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Management 12.1%, Economy 12%, Historical 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A complex medieval kingdom simulator that emphasizes character relationships and difficult moral choices.

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: Crafting 16.9%, Building 15.5%, Medieval 14.2%, Base Building 14.2%, Management 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Expands the scope to a full survival and management experience where you build a village from the ground up in a realistic medieval setting.

A medieval city under siege and a handful of civilians are all that keep the walls from falling. Mixing survival strategy and resource management, build your camp, craft supplies, and scavenge the occupied city to supply the last troops holding back the invaders.

Why similar: Base Building 13.7%, Economy 13.4%, Management 12.4%, Medieval 12.3%, Resource Management 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a more intense, survival-focused management experience set during a medieval siege.

Grind for resources, manage your own fantasy village, create and equip your heroes and send them to collect swag in Swag and Sorcery - a new streamlined RPG from the creators of Punch Club and Graveyard Keeper.

Why similar: Management 24.7%, Crafting 18.1%, Resource Management 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, RPG 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy RPG that tasks you with crafting gear and sending heroes on quests to gather resources.

Build and expand your monastery, craft recipes and brew holy ales in this unique brewery tycoon. No pre-made recipes in Ale Abbey, oh no. It's a canvas for true beer alchemists. It's as simple as: brew, sip, repeat. Welcome to Ale Abbey!

Why similar: Colony Sim 16.4% ★, Management 12%, Base Building 11.8%, Economy 10.1%, Medieval 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A management-focused game about running a brewery that captures the same 'specialized business' feel as Anvil Saga.

Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.

Why similar: Management 35.4%, Pixel Graphics 20.9%, RPG 15.6%, Fantasy 10.6%, Simulation 9%

Why You'll Like It: Features a dual-loop gameplay style where you manage a shop by day and explore dungeons by night to gather materials for your wares.

Develop a prestigious university of mages. Build rooms, train your students, fight orcs, slay the bureaucrats, manage your budget... a director's life is not a quiet one.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.3% ★, Base Building 16.4%, Management 14.2%, Economy 13.5%, Medieval 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A management sim that tasks you with building and running a school for mages, sharing the base-building and resource-management DNA.

Experience the first months after a brutal assault on your own estate in the free prologue of a realistic simulator of a medieval noble combined with a strategy game of historical depth. Manage your town and villages and make decisions in non-linear events.

Why similar: Medieval 13.9%, Base Building 13.8%, Economy 10%, Management 9.6%, Historical 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a mix of RPG and simulation elements that place you in the shoes of a noble managing their domain.

Under The Yoke is a 2D medieval peasant life-sim. Make your mark in the Domesday book as you control a family of serfs through 250 years of English history. Cultivate your lands, craft goods and hone your reputation as you navigate the tumultuous Middle Ages. Your family’s future is yours to shape!

Why similar: Management 16.5%, Medieval 16.2%, Historical 14.8%, Economy 8.9%, Sandbox 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A historical management simulation that focuses on the daily struggles of medieval life and farming.

Moonbury's residents need healing, and you're the best chemist around! With your trusty tools, a brewing cauldron, and a canine companion at your side, you'll need to diagnose symptoms, gather ingredients, brew potions, and cure ailments in this open-ended sim RPG.

Why similar: Crafting 33.8%, Pixel Graphics 22.7%, RPG 16.8%, Simulation 12.6%, 2D 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines alchemy-based crafting with town management and relationship building in a cozy, pixelated environment.

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

Why similar: Medieval 16.7%, Management 12.4%, Colony Sim 12.2% ★, Economy 11.3%, Resource Management 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A grid-less medieval city builder that emphasizes organic growth and resource management.

Become the captain of a flying ship! Sell items, gather resources and build your own trade company in the clouds!

Why similar: Base Building 20.5%, Management 18.4%, Economy 17.6%, Building 11.3%, Sandbox 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the trading and logistics side of management, offering a relaxing yet deep economic simulation.

Embark on a lifetime of adventure in a beautiful world of creativity and intrigue. Raise a family, customise your farm, run a business, craft items, and battle some marvellously malevolent monsters.

Why similar: Management 22.2%, Crafting 19.4%, Sandbox 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, RPG 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A life-sim with strong crafting and management elements where your choices impact the world over several generations.

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: Colony Sim 27.2% ★, Crafting 15.4%, Building 13.4%, Sandbox 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim set in the Scottish Highlands that focuses on survival, crafting, and family 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: Colony Sim 46% ★, Medieval 10.7%, Sandbox 8%, Simulation 7.1%, Resource Management 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential survival-management game that forces you to carefully manage resources to keep your medieval settlement alive.

Hire heroes, send them on quests, get loot and make a profit as you expand from nothing into a bustling fantasy kingdom and attempt to win the coveted title of the greatest kingdom in all of the land!

Why similar: Management 21.8%, Colony Sim 15.2% ★, Building 10.5%, Resource Management 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Allows you to manage a fantasy town, focusing on the infrastructure and economy that supports adventurers.

Build shops, craft items with hundreds of customization options, and manage your resources wisely to lead your Heroes to success. Immerse yourself as proprietor of a medieval fantasy town in a world abounding with Heroes and Monsters.

Why similar: Base Building 14.4%, Medieval 14%, Management 11.7%, Economy 11.3%, Resource Management 11.1%

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 19.4% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Medieval 10.6%, Management 9.5%, Resource Management 9.2%

Forge your destiny and craft legends. Medieval Crafter: Blacksmith is your journey into the heart of craftsmanship. Dive into the enchanting world of a blacksmith, mine ores, create legendary weapons, arm heroes and send them on quests for loot and profit. The forge awaits!

Why similar: Management 24.5%, Medieval 22.4%, Crafting 20.7%, Resource Management 18.6%, Simulation 8.3%

Turn-based kingdom management simulator focused on decision-making. Will you survive and lead the kingdom to prosperity, or die in agony? The throne awaits.

Why similar: Medieval 17.4%, Management 12.7%, Historical 12.5%, Building 11.6%, Economy 10.9%

Start as a humble commoner and guide your family through generations in this family sim meets city builder. Climb the ranks of society to become the most influential family in the land. With wit, strategy, and a bit of luck, build your legacy - just try not to trip over your ambition!

Why similar: Economy 14.5%, Management 14.1%, Medieval 13.7%, Historical 11.9%, Sandbox 9.5%

Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Management 12.4%, Economy 12%, Crafting 9.8%

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 33% ★, Base Building 16.6%, Building 9.2%, Management 8.4%, Sandbox 6.7%

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: Economy 16.3%, Medieval 14.8%, Management 14.3%, Crafting 9.5%, Building 9.3%

Reforge a blacksmith’s village on an isle of the land’s finest artisans! Step into the boots of an expert smith for a crafty adventure filled with mystery and charm. Explore the land of Ellian, and prove that a hammer, anvil, and your wits can overcome any challenge.

Why similar: Crafting 25%, Medieval 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, RPG 10.3%, Building 10.1%

Rule your crumbling kingdom as you try to satisfy the petty needs of your people in this cinematic kingdom management RPG. Balance your resources, collect taxes, hire agents and make difficult decisions to see your kingdom prosper or fail.

Why similar: Medieval 15.2%, Management 14.8%, Historical 12%, Resource Management 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%

Crafting Town Is : A Crafting game with Simulation&Building where you can Craft and Develop your Village, Source Management and Quests.

Why similar: Medieval 18.8%, Crafting 17.4%, Base Building 14.5%, Resource Management 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%

Medieval Blacksmith is a blacksmithing simulation set in a magical medieval world. Play as a blacksmith with no past, craft legendary weapons from daggers to spears, and forge your path to becoming the world’s greatest. Dive into a story filled with adventure and endless creative possibilities!

Why similar: Sandbox 21.8%, Medieval 21.7%, RPG 16.7%, Crafting 14.4%, Simulation 12.6%

Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.1% ★, Economy 12.3%, Building 10.2%, Crafting 9.9%, Management 9.3%

Become the court blacksmith adventuring in the Sand Kingdom in a fantasy RPG!

Why similar: Management 26%, Crafting 20.6%, RPG 13%, Medieval 11.3%, Fantasy 10.4%

Be a Pixel Shopkeeper! Collect items using inventory management puzzle mechanics. Sell your wares, decorate your shop, craft new products, and expand! Train to beat tougher dungeons, unlock new classes and decor, and furnish your shop smartly to maximize profits!

Why similar: Management 24.4%, Resource Management 16.5%, Economy 15.4%, Crafting 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%

Blightlands Blacksmith is a medieval fantasy blacksmithing simulator with exploration and combat elements. Mine, smelt, forge, assemble, grind, and rune-craft weapons to supply a legion cohort, and defend yourself as you delve into the mine for new materials. The cohort's success depends on you.

Why similar: Medieval 23.8%, Crafting 22.8%, Management 16.2%, RPG 11.8%, Fantasy 10.2%

In this 2D fantasy game you play a role of a blacksmith who literally handcrafts weapons, shields, armor, magic staffs and many other marvellous items.

Why similar: Crafting 28.5%, Sandbox 20.8%, Multiple Endings 12%, Simulation 11.9%, Story Rich 9.4%

Become a Medieval blacksmith in this interactive blacksmithing simulator. Upgrade your forging equipment, unlock new exotic crafting materials, grow your business, and manage your customers - in addition to engaging forging mechanics. Strike while the iron is hot and hop in front of the forge now!

Why similar: Management 19.8%, Crafting 18.1%, Medieval 16.7%, Building 12.7%, Resource Management 12.2%

Forge a new kingdom in a land recovering from the Fracture. Which of the surviving races will you lead to rebuild, explore, and conquer the unknown? The dwindling yet immortal Ancients? The bold and resourceful Humans? The life stealing Ardyn? Or the secretive Gwdir who shape living groves?

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1% ★, Base Building 18.3%, Management 15.3%, Crafting 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%

A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.9% ★, Base Building 13.9%, Crafting 10.7%, Management 9.6%, Medieval 8%

Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Economy 12.3%, Management 12.2%, Crafting 10.4%

Mind Over Magic is a colony sim set at the site of a cursed magic school. Build and optimize your own magical academy, train powerful Mages, and master mighty relics in order to battle through the Underschool, a mysterious underground dungeon that holds the key to liberation from a deadly curse.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Management 12.5%, Economy 11%, Building 9.8%

Having inherited an old forge, it is now up to you to run the shop. Gain riches and fame, upgrade your forge and gain access to new resources to expand your product selection. One day, word of your skill may reach the ears of more than just commoners.

Why similar: Base Building 16.7%, Management 16.1%, Medieval 15.5%, Historical 14.9%, Economy 14.4%

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 24.7% ★, Base Building 12%, Medieval 12%, Management 11.6%, Resource Management 10.7%

A dark and satirical management sim, where you take control of a recycling factory with a twist: it recycles humans. Your job is to decide who gets to escape our dying planet in a cozy spaceship and who sacrifices their blood, sweat and tears for humanity. Literally.

Why similar: Management 19.6%, Base Building 18.2%, Resource Management 16%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.8%

Potion Tycoon is a management simulator with a witchy twist! Build and develop your very own magic shop. Manage resources, set up production lines, mix potions and sell them smartly to stay ahead of the competition. Welcome to the potion business!

Why similar: Management 19.9%, Economy 15%, Building 12.6%, Medieval 11.2%, Sandbox 10.8%

Become the King in a story-driven 8-bit style game, where choice matters. And try not to die instantly...

Why similar: Management 16.6%, Medieval 15.7%, Historical 11.5%, Resource Management 10.4%, Choices Matter 10%

Keep your stores afloat against unique threats like royal laws, wars and crazy fantasy events. Discover new items, craft, sell them, and create your Merchant Empire in the kingdom! - All in a hybrid 2D-3D style.

Why similar: Management 24%, Medieval 21.2%, Resource Management 14.3%, RPG 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%

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: Colony Sim 25.9% ★, Base Building 17.2%, Management 14.1%, Medieval 13%, Sandbox 10.4%

Noble Legacy is a medieval city-builder in which you rule the lands as a Noble. Build your kingdom, manage your people, defend your realm, and master a deep economy, alone or with friends in co-op, every decision is yours. What kind of ruler will you be?

Why similar: Colony Sim 20% ★, Economy 13.2%, Medieval 13%, Management 12.9%, Base Building 10.9%