Games Like Becastled

A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.

Why similar: City Builder 31.9%, Base Building 19.9%, Medieval 15.4%, Strategy 12%, Building 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist strategy game that perfectly captures the essence of building a base by day and defending it against waves of enemies by night.

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 18.4%, City Builder 17.1%, Colony Sim 16.3%, RTS 13.1%, Building 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on tactical castle construction and physics-based defense against hordes, mirroring the core loop of Becastled.

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 26.5%, RTS 19.8%, Medieval 13.1%, Building 12.2%, Strategy 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy RTS that emphasizes large-scale base defense against massive swarms, providing a more intense combat experience.

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 27.7%, Colony Sim 21.5%, Base Building 11.2%, Medieval 11%, Building 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A charming city-builder that incorporates medieval castle defense against dragons and vikings, sharing a similar visual and gameplay spirit.

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 24.2%, Colony Sim 21.8%, Medieval 13.9%, RTS 10.7%, War 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title excels at the 'defend the castle' mechanic, tasking players with managing a growing city while surviving massive siege waves.

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 27.9%, City Builder 27.6%, Medieval 14.8%, Strategy 9.2%, Colony Sim 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly detailed medieval city-building experience with tactical real-time combat that feels like a more complex evolution of castle defense.

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 27.2%, City Builder 25.8%, Colony Sim 24.5%, Strategy 8.8%, Economy 8%

Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based colony sim that allows for deep architectural freedom when building defensive structures to survive harsh environments.

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 22.2%, Base Building 16.3%, Colony Sim 15.1%, RTS 12.6%, Medieval 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: The classic castle-building simulation that defined the genre, focusing on resource management and intricate siege warfare.

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 37.1%, Medieval 12.7%, Base Building 10.9%, Colony Sim 9.7%, Building 8%

Why You'll Like It: A grid-less medieval city-builder that excels in organic settlement growth and management without the stress of combat.

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 22.9%, Base Building 20.1%, Colony Sim 17.3%, Building 11.1%, Medieval 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling strategy game that distills the base-building and defense loop into a beautiful, minimalist experience.

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 21.4%, City Builder 21%, Colony Sim 19.1%, Medieval 11.1%, Building 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A medieval colony sim that adds deep social and political systems to the standard city-building and defense formula.

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 30.1%, Colony Sim 29.3%, Base Building 21.1%, Strategy 8.6%, Tower Defense 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Blends god-game mechanics with tower defense, requiring players to manage a village while fending off waves of monsters.

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%, Base Building 16.7%, Colony Sim 15.1%, Building 12.7%, RTS 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, realistic medieval survival experience where managing defenses and resources is critical to settlement longevity.

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 19.5%, Colony Sim 17.8%, RTS 7.6%, Medieval 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused city-builder that emphasizes resource management and expansion within a medieval setting.

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 21.4%, City Builder 21.2%, Colony Sim 18.4%, Medieval 11.1%, Building 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite city-builder that introduces constant environmental pressure and resource management, keeping the gameplay loop consistently engaging.

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 20.7%, Base Building 13.4%, Medieval 12.9%, Building 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A resource-heavy city-builder that challenges players to manage their population and defenses against natural disasters and threats.

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%, Base Building 24%, War 13.7%, Medieval 13.3%, Strategy 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the perspective of survivors inside a besieged city, emphasizing resource scavenging and defensive maintenance.

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 43.3%, Building 22.9%, Strategy 14.9%, RTS 9.8%, Survival 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based strategy game where you command units to build castles and defend them from hostile creatures.

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 33.8%, Colony Sim 21.5%, Base Building 13%, Strategy 9.4%, Building 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: While more focused on survival, its core loop of building a city to withstand external threats provides a similar sense of urgency and management.

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 20.1%, City Builder 17.2%, RTS 15.4%, Military 10.4%, War 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: An RTS that leans into base-building and military tactics, focusing on the defense of your territory.

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 22.7%, Colony Sim 21.8%, Medieval 10.6%, Building 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A fantasy colony sim that allows for character-driven management and defensive building against various threats.

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 51.2%, Strategy 32.6%, Fantasy 9.1%, Indie 3.7%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy roguelite that focuses on building up your kingdom and managing heroes to defend against monsters.

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 14.9%, Base Building 14.1%, RTS 10.1%, War 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Expands the classic Stronghold formula with new units and castle-building mechanics centered on siege warfare.

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 24.8%, City Builder 24.7%, Colony Sim 20.2%, Medieval 8.1%, Building 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines city-building with card-based mechanics to manage your settlement's growth and defenses.

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 23.3%, Colony Sim 21.6%, City Builder 19.3%, Medieval 11.5%, Building 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the progression from a single peasant to a lord, emphasizing base building and defense in a medieval setting.

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 36.1%, Colony Sim 34.6%, Building 14.7%, Strategy 8.3%, Survival 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based colony sim that balances building, crafting, and defending your settlement from invading enemies.

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 25.4%, City Builder 24.7%, RTS 11.8%, Strategy 9.9%, War 9%

Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy strategy game that mixes tower defense with turn-based elements to protect your settlement.

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 29.4%, Base Building 23.8%, Medieval 13.8%, Building 12.3%, Economy 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the economic side of city-building, providing a relaxing alternative to the high-stress defense of other titles.

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 18.8%, Colony Sim 15%, Base Building 14.8%, RTS 10.7%, Medieval 9.3%

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 33.9%, Strategy 23.6%, Tower Defense 15.5%, Building 11.5%, Medieval 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tower defense game with roguelite elements that focuses on building an efficient defensive layout to survive increasingly difficult waves.

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 17.6%, City Builder 15.5%, Colony Sim 12%, RTS 10.1%, Medieval 8.3%

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 22.6%, Medieval 13.9%, Building 11.2%, Strategy 7.2%

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 23.1%, City Builder 21.2%, RTS 14%, Medieval 11%, Building 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tower defense game that incorporates base-building elements to help protect your kingdom from incoming waves.

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 21.2%, City Builder 20.9%, Colony Sim 18.7%, Medieval 11.3%, Building 10.6%

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 31.8%, City Builder 26.4%, Colony Sim 15.8%, RTS 13.8%, Strategy 8.4%

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 23.9%, City Builder 23.6%, Colony Sim 21.3%, Building 11.7%, Strategy 8%

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 31.7%, Colony Sim 21.6%, RTS 15%, City Builder 11.3%, Strategy 7.3%

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 34.3%, Indie 3.8%

Risen Kingdom is a real-time strategy game. Build and fortify your settlements to survive and push back armies of the undead.

Why similar: Base Building 27.9%, RTS 20.7%, Strategy 19.2%, Colony Sim 17.2%, Economy 5%

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 25.1%, Colony Sim 22.7%, RTS 19.2%, Medieval 11.2%, Strategy 8.9%

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 36.6%, Building 27.3%, Strategy 21.8%, Tower Defense 12.6%, Singleplayer 1.7%

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 17.4%, Base Building 14.6%, Colony Sim 14.5%, RTS 10.4%, Medieval 8.8%

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 28.6%, RTS 19.4%, Building 11.4%, Strategy 9.8%, Military 9.2%

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 25.3%, Colony Sim 21.7%, Base Building 16.4%, Medieval 10.1%, Building 9.4%

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 17.7%, Colony Sim 16.8%, RTS 13%, Medieval 9.8%

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 26.5%, RTS 16.9%, Medieval 13.1%, Strategy 9%

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 38.5%, Medieval 21%, Building 15.8%, Survival 8.6%, Strategy 7.7%

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 29.6%, Base Building 23.3%, City Builder 21.6%, Building 9.5%, Strategy 6%

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 30.7%, Medieval 25.7%, Tower Defense 12.6%, Base Building 12.4%, Tactical 10.4%

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 22.1%, RTS 15.2%, Building 12.6%, Medieval 12.5%

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 23.5%, City Builder 21.8%, RTS 16.6%, Colony Sim 16.3%, Building 10%

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 28.6%, Base Building 27.6%, Building 13.1%, Medieval 10.4%, Strategy 10%

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 21.4%, Colony Sim 18.7%, City Builder 16.4%, RTS 15.3%, Strategy 7.3%

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 38.1%, Strategy 28.5%, Survival 11.3%, Tower Defense 9.8%, Fantasy 7%

Make Your Kingdom is a city-building game unique to its genre. Play as a founder of the settlement — help build your kingdom, carry the resources, talk to other settlers, motivate them and fight off hordes of orcs with your own sword!

Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, Colony Sim 19.5%, Base Building 18.9%, Building 11.7%, RTS 10.1%

Lead your Viking clan onto unknown shores and carve out a future for your people in the fjords of Frozenheim. Gather resources, expand, and watch your settlement grow to a bustling town that will withstand the harshness of winter and wrath of other clans.

Why similar: Base Building 26.7%, Colony Sim 22.8%, War 13.7%, Medieval 12.9%, Economy 10.7%

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 19.4%, Colony Sim 18.4%, City Builder 16.7%, RTS 16%, Building 9.8%

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 28.4%, RTS 20.8%, Medieval 13.9%, War 13.2%, Strategy 9.5%

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 31.5%, City Builder 28.4%, RTS 20.8%, Strategy 10.7%, Tower Defense 5.5%