- #1 Thronefall
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,230 reviews2024
Dev: GrizzlyGamesPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 31.8%, Base Building 20.2%, Medieval 15.3%, Strategy 12%, Building 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same minimalist, satisfying loop of building up a base during the day and defending it against waves at night.
- #2 Cataclismo
96% matchVery Positive89% of 4,197 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
Why similar: Base Building 18.5%, City Builder 17.1%, Colony Sim 16.2%, RTS 13.1%, War 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the tactical, brick-by-brick construction of fortifications to survive waves of enemies, mirroring the core loop of Becastled.
- #3 Diplomacy is Not an Option
96% matchVery Positive85% of 12,247 reviews2024
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Base Building 24.4%, Colony Sim 21.6%, Medieval 13.8%, RTS 10.8%, War 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It features massive-scale RTS combat and base-building where you must defend your kingdom against thousands of enemies.
- #4 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 10,564 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.
Why similar: Base Building 26.7%, RTS 19.9%, Medieval 13%, Building 12.2%, Strategy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy RTS that emphasizes survival and base defense against overwhelming hordes, perfect for fans of the combat in Becastled.
- #5 Going Medieval
94% 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: Base Building 27.4%, City Builder 26%, Colony Sim 24.4%, Strategy 8.8%, Economy 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that allows for complex vertical building and defensive architecture, capturing the spirit of medieval survival.
- #6 Kingdoms and Castles
94% matchVery Positive94% of 31,238 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 23.8%, Colony Sim 18.3%, Base Building 16.1%, RTS 11.7%, Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar cozy medieval city-building experience with a strong focus on defending your walls from dragons and Viking raiders.
- #7 Manor Lords
93% matchVery Positive84% of 88,470 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Base Building 28%, City Builder 27.7%, Medieval 14.7%, Strategy 9.3%, Colony Sim 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deeply immersive medieval city-building experience that incorporates tactical combat and defensive planning.
- #8 They Are Billions
92% matchVery Positive85% of 51,117 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 56.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Why similar: Base Building 31.9%, Colony Sim 21.4%, RTS 15.1%, City Builder 11.3%, Strategy 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential base-building survival game that challenges you to construct a fortress capable of withstanding massive, relentless waves.
- #9 Farthest Frontier
91% 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 20.2%, Base Building 16.8%, Colony Sim 14.9%, Building 12.7%, RTS 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deep city-building and resource management with the constant threat of raids that require defensive fortifications.
- #10 Kingdom Two Crowns
91% matchVery Positive90% of 38,776 reviews2018
Dev: Stumpy🐙SquidPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
Why similar: City Builder 23%, Base Building 20.4%, Colony Sim 17.1%, Building 11.1%, Medieval 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling strategy game that perfectly distills the essence of building a kingdom and defending it from nightly monster attacks.
- #11 Stronghold: Definitive Edition
90% matchVery Positive86% of 10,185 reviews2023
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 22.3%, Base Building 16.4%, Colony Sim 14.9%, RTS 12.6%, Medieval 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: The classic castle-building experience that defined the genre, focusing on economic management and siege defense.
- #12 Foundation
89% matchVery Positive87% of 23,903 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 37.2%, Medieval 12.7%, Base Building 11.1%, Colony Sim 9.7%, Building 8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an organic, grid-less approach to medieval city-building that emphasizes growth and population management.
- #13 Norland
89% 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: Base Building 21.5%, City Builder 21%, Colony Sim 19%, Medieval 11.1%, Building 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval colony-sim that focuses on the social and economic management of a kingdom while dealing with external threats.
- #14 Against the Storm
88% matchVery Positive95% of 36,338 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Base Building 21.5%, City Builder 21.4%, Colony Sim 18.3%, Medieval 11.1%, Building 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite city-builder that creates high-pressure scenarios requiring efficient building and resource management to survive.
- #15 Kingdoms Reborn
87% matchVery Positive90% of 9,656 reviews2020
Dev: Earthshine
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 30.6%, Base Building 19.6%, Colony Sim 17.6%, RTS 7.7%, Medieval 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused city-builder that includes survival elements and the need to defend your territory from rivals.
- #16 Warlords Under Siege
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 474 reviews2025
Dev: RedKar Devs
Windows
Warlords Under Siege is a mix of RTS and Roguelike genre, where you build a small city and defend it against continuous waves of enemies. Improve your assortment of weapons with each playthrough, unlocking new possibilities to beat the ever-increasing threat.
Why similar: City Builder 25%, Base Building 22.2%, RTS 15.3%, Building 12.6%, Medieval 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A hybrid of RTS and tower defense that tasks you with building a base and managing units to survive waves of enemies.
- #17 Rise to Ruins
86% matchVery Positive88% of 7,752 reviews2019
Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.
Why similar: City Builder 30.2%, Colony Sim 29.1%, Base Building 21.3%, Strategy 8.6%, Tower Defense 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Blends god-game mechanics with tower defense and colony management in a challenging, pixel-art environment.
- #18 Frostpunk
84% matchVery Positive93% of 135,886 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 33.9%, Colony Sim 21.3%, Base Building 13.1%, Strategy 9.5%, Building 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A survival city-builder that forces you to manage a settlement under extreme pressure, emphasizing the importance of defensive infrastructure.
- #19 Super Fantasy Kingdom
82% matchVery Positive87% of 5,800 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!
Why similar: Medieval 50.9%, Strategy 33%, Fantasy 9.1%, Indie 3.7%, Singleplayer 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite strategy game where you manage a kingdom and defend it through tactical unit placement.
- #20 RimWorld
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 242,338 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.7 hrsMean: 264.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Base Building 32.1%, Colony Sim 29.4%, City Builder 16.2%, Building 8.5%, Strategy 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: While more sci-fi, its colony-sim mechanics and constant need to build defenses against raids are highly similar to the core gameplay of Becastled.
- #21 Conan Unconquered
85% matchMixed68% of 1,861 reviews2019
Dev: PetroglyphPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
From the Command & Conquer veterans at Petroglyph comes the first ever survival RTS set in the savage world of Conan the Barbarian. Play solo or team up in multiplayer in Conan Unconquered’s action-packed co-op Mode where you build a shared stronghold and fend off the hordes together.
Why similar: City Builder 26.9%, RTS 25.2%, Strategy 19.6%, Base Building 16.8%, Building 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival RTS that focuses entirely on building a base and defending it against increasingly difficult waves of attackers.
- #22 Stonehearth
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 13,043 reviews2018
Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.
Why similar: City Builder 36.3%, Colony Sim 34.4%, Building 14.7%, Strategy 8.4%, Survival 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A charming colony-sim that emphasizes building and defending your settlement from various threats in a voxel world.
- #23 Blacksmith Master
81% 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: Base Building 21.4%, City Builder 20.9%, Colony Sim 18.6%, Medieval 11.2%, Building 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: While more focused on production, it features medieval management and building mechanics that appeal to city-builder fans.
- #24 Whiskerwood
78% matchVery Positive93% of 3,148 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Why similar: Base Building 24%, City Builder 23.6%, Colony Sim 21.3%, Building 11.7%, Strategy 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy city-builder that requires careful management and defensive planning to keep your colony thriving.
- #25 First Feudal
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 635 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Base Building 23.5%, Colony Sim 21.5%, City Builder 19.4%, Medieval 11.4%, Building 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval colony-sim that focuses on the progression from a small village to a fortified castle.
- #26 Castle Story
82% matchMixed65% of 10,591 reviews2017
Dev: Sauropod Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Castle Story is a creative voxel-based strategy game in which you can build castles one brick at a time using an army of little creatures called Bricktrons. Design and build your own castles, expand your territory in a vast landscape and defend your Bricktrons against onslaughts of hostile creatures.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.2%, Building 23%, Strategy 15%, RTS 9.9%, Survival 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based strategy game where you build castles and defend them using physics-based mechanics.
- #27 Noble Fates
80% 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: City Builder 23.1%, Base Building 22.8%, Colony Sim 21.6%, Medieval 10.6%, Building 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that gives you control over a kingdom, focusing on character-driven management and defensive building.
- #28 Infection Free Zone
78% matchVery Positive81% of 18,136 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Why similar: Base Building 32%, City Builder 26.4%, Colony Sim 15.6%, RTS 13.8%, Strategy 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A base-building game that uses real-world maps to challenge you with defending your settlement against zombie hordes.
- #29 Siege Survival: Gloria Victis
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,752 reviews2021
Dev: Black Eye GamesPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: City Builder 27.1%, Base Building 24.2%, War 13.8%, Medieval 13.3%, Strategy 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the desperate struggle to survive and maintain a base during a siege, emphasizing the defensive aspect of medieval warfare.
- #30 Kingdom's Deck
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 504 reviews2025
Dev: Ivan AcoPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build by day, defend by night! Kingdom's Deck is a card-based city builder where you build and protect your Kingdom from the enemy siege. Build your deck, deploy your cards wisely, defend your walls, manage your resources, and respond to various events that will shape your Kingdom!
Why similar: Base Building 25%, City Builder 24.7%, Colony Sim 20%, Medieval 8.1%, Building 8%
- #31 Royal Lord - 王权领主
76% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: 开发鸭
Windows
In "Kingdom Monarch", you are a monarch and can build the kingdom of your dreams! You need to build city walls, assign jobs to villagers, recruit soldiers, repel hordes of monsters at night, and expand your village during the day.
Why similar: Base Building 17.7%, City Builder 15.6%, Colony Sim 11.9%, RTS 10.2%, Medieval 8.2%
- #32 Castle Craft
76% matchVery Positive82% of 480 reviews2026
Dev: Twin EarthPub: Astra Logical
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Will your castle survive the relentless onslaught, or collapse under pressure? Build, manage resources, and outsmart your foes in a world where everything can be destroyed. Use strategy and creativity to turn the chaos into your greatest advantage!
Why similar: City Builder 28.9%, Base Building 22.7%, Medieval 13.9%, Building 11.2%, Strategy 7.3%
- #33 Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
74% matchVery Positive92% of 11,119 reviews2025
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 33.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 19.2%, Base Building 14.8%, Colony Sim 14.7%, RTS 10.6%, Medieval 9.2%
- #34 ValeGuard
79% matchMixed68% of 174 reviews2018
Dev: Lost Tower Games
Windows
ValeGuard is an RTS, Town-Management hybrid game that combines Turn-Based City-Building with Real-Time Combat. Each day you construct your defenses, train troops, and prepare for attack. When enemies come in the night, you defend with towers, troops, and heroes with powerful abilities.
Why similar: Base Building 23.3%, City Builder 21.2%, RTS 14.1%, Medieval 10.9%, Building 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A tower defense game that incorporates city-building elements and requires strategic placement of defenses to survive.
- #35 Settlement Survival
75% 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 27.5%, Colony Sim 20.6%, Base Building 13.5%, Medieval 12.9%, Building 12.3%
- #36 Open The Gates!
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: Robin van der Horst
Windows
Build, manage and defend your medieval castle in this crazy sidescroller RTS game. Build walls, towers and traps to protect your fortress from enemy sieges before launching your own. Command powerful siege weapons and design the perfect strategy to take back the empire.
Why similar: Base Building 20.2%, City Builder 17.2%, RTS 15.4%, Military 10.4%, War 9.8%
- #37 Let Them Trade
73% matchVery Positive86% of 1,125 reviews2025
Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Build a network of cities that produce and trade resources, upgrade your castle, and protect the cities from cheeky bandits. Tinker with the economy at your own pace, and watch the charming wooden world grow into a lively and thriving kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 29.5%, Base Building 23.9%, Medieval 13.7%, Building 12.3%, Economy 8.7%
- #38 Tower Dominion
71% matchVery Positive86% of 5,160 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!
Why similar: Base Building 28.7%, RTS 19.5%, Building 11.4%, Strategy 9.8%, Military 9.1%
- #39 Stronghold: Warlords
75% matchMixed65% of 5,283 reviews2021
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 18.2%, Colony Sim 14.7%, Base Building 14.2%, RTS 10.2%, War 8.5%
- #40 Castle Constructor
73% matchVery Positive81% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Sisyphean Games
Windows
Build and defend using a modular system of castle blocks. Fend off enemies who will climb over and break through your defenses. Collect new blocks and research techs to improve their strengths. From lowly soldiers to powerful siege weapons; defeat them all as you strive to protect your kingdom.
Why similar: Medieval 36.4%, Building 27.4%, Strategy 21.9%, Tower Defense 12.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #41 Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,954 reviews2025
Dev: Rockbee TeamPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Lessaria is an RTS inspired by Majesty 👑 where you guide heroes with indirect control. Play through the campaign or relax in sandbox mode as you build your magical kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 25.2%, Colony Sim 22.6%, RTS 19.3%, Medieval 11.1%, Strategy 9%
- #42 Nordhold
71% matchVery Positive87% of 3,259 reviews2025
Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?
Why similar: Base Building 25.5%, City Builder 24.7%, RTS 11.8%, Strategy 9.9%, War 9%
- #43 Rogue Tower
72% matchVery Positive83% of 5,896 reviews2022
Dev: Die of Death Games
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Rogue Tower is a tower defense game with roguelike elements and a continuously expanding path which you can influence. Unlock, build, upgrade, expand, defend.
Why similar: Base Building 34%, Strategy 23.7%, Tower Defense 15.3%, Building 11.5%, Medieval 9.5%
- #44 Bastide
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 355 reviews2020
Dev: MedievalNexus
Windows
Build. Survive. Thrive. Bastide is a 13th-century city-building strategy game where you transform a vulnerable peasant village into a fortified town. Manage your workforce and protect your people from the constant threats of starvation, disease, winter, and bandits.
Why similar: City Builder 61.9%, Strategy 34.4%, Indie 3.7%
- #45 Border Pioneer
70% matchVery Positive87% of 1,859 reviews2025
Dev: Yahzj GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!
Why similar: City Builder 26.7%, Base Building 26.6%, RTS 16.9%, Medieval 13.1%, Strategy 9%
- #46 Settlements Rising
70% matchVery Positive81% of 430 reviews2025
Dev: The Catalyst Crew
Windows
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: City Builder 25.4%, Colony Sim 21.5%, Base Building 16.5%, Medieval 10.1%, Building 9.5%
- #47 Castle Cardians
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 133 reviews2021
Dev: 风宇冲
Windows
Castle Cardians fused card games,roguelike and real time colony defense together. Build your powerful deck, defend the castle and beat invaders.
Why similar: Strategy 30.9%, Medieval 25.6%, Tower Defense 12.5%, Base Building 12.5%, Tactical 10.3%
- #48 Here Comes The Swarm
69% matchVery Positive86% of 301 reviews2026
Dev: CableHook Games
Windows
Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?
Why similar: Base Building 21.6%, Colony Sim 18.6%, City Builder 16.5%, RTS 15.4%, Strategy 7.3%
- #49 Night is Coming
70% matchMixed64% of 457 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Forest StudioPub: 101XP
Windows
Survival strategy game set in a world inspired by Slavic mythology and the nature of Eastern Europe. Build your settlement, protect its dwellers, and help them prepare for the coming Darkness.
Why similar: Base Building 19.6%, Colony Sim 18.2%, City Builder 16.7%, RTS 16.1%, Building 9.9%
- #50 Bellwright
67% 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: City Builder 38.9%, Medieval 20.9%, Building 15.8%, Survival 8.4%, Strategy 7.7%
- #51 Aurora Defense
69% matchMixed63% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: Moka Games
Windows
A unique roguelike deckbuilder + base-building tower defense game. Build powerful defenses in the last bastion of light, fend off relentless waves of darkness, and protect the final goddess!
Why similar: Base Building 31.7%, City Builder 28.3%, RTS 20.8%, Strategy 10.8%, Tower Defense 5.5%
- #52 Stronghold HD (2012)
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,366 reviews2013
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: City Builder 18.9%, Base Building 17.8%, Colony Sim 16.7%, RTS 13.1%, Medieval 9.8%
- #53 Islets Defense
67% matchVery Positive94% of 186 reviews2025
Dev: MiniGoofPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Islets Defense is a turn-based tower defense game in which you build a small village to gather resources and defend your castle. Carefully plan your actions, as each move brings the enemy waves closer! Strategize building placements and play your cards wisely, as timing and order are key.
Why similar: City Builder 28.5%, Base Building 27.7%, Building 13.1%, Medieval 10.3%, Strategy 10.1%
- #54 clickyland
67% matchVery Positive85% of 632 reviews2024
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
clickyland is a tower defense village builder where clicks are your main resource. Use clicks to harvest resources, fight enemies and manage your village, but use them wisely as you only get 20 clicks every day! Can you reach day 100?
Why similar: Base Building 29.9%, City Builder 23.3%, Strategy 16.1%, RTS 13.4%, Medieval 8.2%
- #55 Ratropolis
68% matchVery Positive88% of 5,505 reviews2020
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!
Why similar: City Builder 38.2%, Strategy 28.7%, Survival 11.1%, Tower Defense 9.8%, Fantasy 7%
- #56 Pioneers of Pagonia
65% matchVery Positive82% of 5,400 reviews2025
Dev: Envision Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Base Building 18.8%, City Builder 18.2%, Colony Sim 16.9%, RTS 13.5%, Medieval 9.7%
- #57 Darfall
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 493 reviews2025
Dev: SquareNitePub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Darfall is a hero-based RPG city-building game that puts you in the role of a hero who must protect their home and help it grow! During the day, grow your hero’s might, find epic loot, master new abilities, and fortify your settlement. At night, survive the hordes of undead, until you triumph.
Why similar: Base Building 23.7%, City Builder 21.8%, RTS 16.6%, Colony Sim 16.2%, Building 10%
- #58 Little Kingdom RTS
66% matchVery Positive87% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: MyDreamForeverPub: Andgo Games
Windows
Little Kingdom RTS is an indie real-time strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Gather resources, build settlements, raise walls, and grow your small kingdom. Command an army of knights, archers, and mages to fight off rival kingdoms, orcs, and undead.
Why similar: Base Building 28.5%, RTS 20.8%, Medieval 13.8%, War 13.2%, Strategy 9.6%
- #59 TerraScape
65% matchVery Positive89% of 2,184 reviews2024
Dev: Bitfall StudiosPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build gorgeous kingdoms on floating islands by strategically placing buildings in this cozy, medieval City-Puzzler. Discover secret combinations, take on weekly challenges and explore randomly generated maps in various single- and multiplayer game modes.
Why similar: City Builder 52.9%, Medieval 29.6%, Strategy 17.5%