- #1 Knights of the Crusades
97% matchMostly Positive73% of 169 reviews2025
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Travel to the Holy Land with the First Crusades. Rise from a humble knight to the founding father of a world-spanning holy order. Lead through war, faith, diplomacy, and cunning schemes. Experience a unique blend of RTS, city-building, and sandbox gameplay, and shape history!
Why similar: RTS 28.1%, Real Time Tactics 17.5%, Medieval 15.7%, Wargame 13.9%, Strategy 8.3%
- #2 Monarch : Medieval Remastered
96% matchVery Positive81% of 377 reviews2025
Dev: Mr.Lordy
Windows
In the medieval era, assume the role of a lord and engage with other lords,develop fiefdoms, and employ strategies involving intrigue, warfare, and plunder. Expand your territory and strengthen your house lineage Or, be a god, manipulate the world? This game primarily strategic role-playing elements
Why similar: Political Sim 26.6% ★, Medieval 15.2%, Historical 14.8%, Management 10.2%, Strategy 7.1%
- #3 Operation: Polygon Storm
96% matchMostly Positive70% of 288 reviews2024
Dev: Toxic Studio
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A fastpaced, military tug-of-war game with minimal micromanagement. Choose and deploy from a mix of specialized military units to overwhelm the enemy. Experiment with a huge variety of unit compositions, synergies, abilities, and upgrades to lead your army to victory!
Why similar: Auto Battler 23.8%, Real Time Tactics 18.6%, RTS 17.5%, Wargame 12%, Resource Management 7.4%
- #4 KingSim
95% matchVery Positive85% of 209 reviews2020
Dev: Fuzzy Pixel Game Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become the King in a story-driven 8-bit style game, where choice matters. And try not to die instantly...
Why similar: Political Sim 30.3% ★, Dark Humor 12.8%, Medieval 12.4%, Historical 10.1%, Management 9.6%
- #5 Sainthood
94% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Sainthood Project
Windows
Sainthood is a cozy strategy game about serving your community and growing your faith. Explore a miniature world and help the islanders by constructing buildings, delivering resources, and volunteering. Pray and attend to other spiritual activities as you rise to become a Saint!
Why similar: Management 31.4%, Minimalist 20.5%, Strategy 20.4%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Cute 12.3%
- #6 Godhood
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,081 reviews2020
Dev: Abbey Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Create your Religion, raise your Disciples, and guide them to bring you glory! Inspire growth in your Disciples so they may challenge the false gods and convert their followers. Defeat your rivals, and become the One Truth!
Why similar: Auto Battler 45.4%, Strategy 27.9%, Simulation 24.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #7 Cult of the Lamb
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 123,767 reviews2022
Dev: Massive MonsterPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.
Why similar: Dark Humor 59%, Cute 23.2%, Strategy 14.2%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #8 Religion inc.
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: GameFirst
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Create your own unique religion in god simulator strategy sandbox games
Why similar: RTS 39.6%, Historical 17%, Strategy 15.3%, Simulation 14.5%, Medieval 13.7%
- #9 Gladiator Guild Manager
91% matchVery Positive81% of 3,937 reviews2024
Dev: Entertainment ForgePub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters, beasts, and mages, develop and equip them to optimize your well-oiled fighting machine, dominate the championships, and leave your mark on the world.
Why similar: Auto Battler 27.4%, RTS 19%, Medieval 14.7%, Management 12%, Resource Management 9%
- #10 Medieval Legacy
90% matchVery Positive86% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Ninetoplay
Windows
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: Political Sim 27.9% ★, Medieval 16%, Historical 15.5%, Management 12%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #11 The Deadly Path
91% matchMixed47% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: Owlskip EnterprisesPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Aid the Deities of Dread in their quest for vengeance and pave the way for their ascension. Gather grim materials, construct defences and expand the underworld to appease the rage of the gods in The Deadly Path, a unique building management and roguelike strategy game.
Why similar: RTS 18%, Real Time Tactics 16.6%, Dark Humor 13.8%, Management 10.3%, Resource Management 10%
- #12 Gladiator Command
89% matchVery Positive96% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: Marius Spikas
Windows
A gladiator management sim. Recruit unique gladiators, train them, equip them, hire staff, manage finances, build prestige, develop traits and stat-based skills, and let real-time arena battles decide your rise.
Why similar: Auto Battler 47.7%, Management 18.5%, Historical 11.7%, Simulation 10.9%, Strategy 10.1%
- #13 Rogue State
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 257 reviews2015
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Assume control of a Middle Eastern country recovering from a violent revolution. Forge alliances, grow your economy, invade your neighbors, or pacify your population. Rogue State is a geopolitical strategy game that will force you to always stay one step ahead of your rivals to survive.
Why similar: Political Sim 67.7% ★, Strategy 15%, Simulation 14.7%, Indie 2.6%
- #14 Plebby Quest: The Crusades
88% matchVery Positive86% of 2,885 reviews2020
Dev: PiedPipers TeamPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Survive ambitious rulers dreaming of an empire, outsmart treacherous neighbors longing to burn your spoils, and navigate the religion’s predictably unreasonable demands; you need ask only one question as you build your legacy – “Will you burn them, or be burnt?”
Why similar: Medieval 25.8%, Wargame 21.1%, Strategy 18.3%, Simulation 14.5%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #15 Aestheta
86% matchVery Positive90% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: AploveStudio
Windows
A roguelike royalelike about warriors from across space and time, fighting to claim a wish from the Star of Aestheta. Strategize your tactics, enhance your troops, and outwit your opponents to rise to the top!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 29.2%, RTS 28.7%, Roguelike 15.5%, Historical 15%, Strategy 11.2%
- #16 Random Legion
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: Stardust Light Studio
Windows
This is a auto battler game with both casual and strategic attributes.Players will take on the role of the leader, expanding the team, learning talents and skills, strengthening equipment, transforming soldiers and other ways to combat power, breaking through random levels, ultimately to win game.
Why similar: Auto Battler 34%, Roguelike 15.5%, Medieval 13.9%, Wargame 13.5%, Strategy 9.1%
- #17 Age of Reforging: The Freelands
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,276 reviews2025
Dev: PersonaeGame StudioPub: Kunpan Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Age of Reforging: The Freelands is a medieval high-freedom sandbox adventure CRPG. You'll be a reforger in the freelands chosen by the Goddess to embark on a medieval adventure tour at your own pace, gathering teammates, fighting for survival, and craft your unique legend!
Why similar: RTS 28.4%, Real Time Tactics 25.4%, Medieval 20.8%, Strategy 10.7%, Tactical 8.2%
- #18 Battle Synth
85% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Cow Games
Windows
BattleSynth — Tactical Fantasy Warfare Assemble your army, plan your moves, and watch your strategy come alive on the battlefield. In BattleSynth, every unit matters and every choice can lead to victory — or defeat. Smart tactics, wild magic, and a bit of chaos await!
Why similar: Auto Battler 35%, Simulation 14.6%, Wargame 12.8%, Medieval 10.8%, Minimalist 10.3%
- #19 Deified
83% matchVery Positive99% of 214 reviews2026
Dev: Unexpected
Windows · Linux
Forge your strategy around powerful relics in this turn-based tactical roguelite. Choose your slots, manage their constraints, and face formidable bosses.
Why similar: Roguelike 51.3%, Strategy 48.7%
- #20 Orbi Universo II
84% matchVery Positive81% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Orbi Universo Team
Windows · Linux
Guide your very own civilization's destiny in this abstract strategy sim. Master a complex node system, overcome unique challenges, and evolve your society from humble beginnings to the mastery of the atom. Can your civilization *really* withstand the test of time?
Why similar: Political Sim 25.4% ★, Historical 15.8%, RTS 15.3%, Management 12.1%, Minimalist 8.8%
- #21 Swords And Magic: Path Of Conquest
84% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: ShadowMoon Wolf Game Tech Ltd
Windows
Swords And Magic: Path Of Conquest is a Real-Time Auto Combat game with Team RPG elements set in a fantasy world! Gather your adventurers, build your team, challenge Dungeons, claim your rightful reward and reveal the mystery of the world!
Why similar: Auto Battler 22.8%, Real Time Tactics 20.2%, RTS 15.9%, Roguelike 9.4%, Medieval 9.2%
- #22 Bellfortis
81% matchVery Positive94% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Bellfortis is a strategy game from the early Middle Ages. Expand your kingdom, use politics and power. Strategic planning on the map alternates with realtime battles of armies. Play as a grand strategy or on smaller local maps, build, recruit armies and fight!
Why similar: RTS 18.8%, Historical 17.7%, Medieval 16.9%, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, War 9.3%
- #23 Immortal Tactics: War of the Eternals
82% matchVery Positive81% of 101 reviews2022
Dev: Kenisoft Game Studio
Windows
Experience a Fast-Paced Roguelite Turn-Based Strategy game with a New Turn-Based System which will need you to plan early on and create strategies that would lead your army to victory. Create an army with different Characters and Leaders to choose from and explore this Roguelite world.
Why similar: Medieval 34.8%, Roguelike 16.5%, Strategy 15.4%, Tactical 15%, Choices Matter 13.9%
- #24 Vox Populi: Poland 2023
82% matchVery Positive87% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: Velsin
Windows
Play as an existing or fully customisable political figure, and campaign for or many alternative Polish elections!! In "Vox Populi: Poland 2023", you and the characters around you must promote your ideas and your popularity throughout the country to claim victory!
Why similar: Political Sim 42.7% ★, RTS 17.7%, Historical 12.5%, Strategy 8.3%, Management 7.3%
- #25 Master of Command
78% matchVery Positive92% of 3,361 reviews2025
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Take command in Europe's greatest 18th-century war. Equip & customize regiments, manage supplies, and engage in brutal real-time battles across procedural campaigns. Resources and replacements are scarce, and keeping your best men alive may matter more than any single victory.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 18.8%, RTS 18.7%, Historical 15.8%, War 10.1%, Wargame 9.4%
- #26 Drop Duchy
79% matchVery Positive90% of 2,917 reviews2025
Dev: Sleepy Mill StudioPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build your duchy piece by piece in this refreshing hybrid rogue-lite game. Use block-dropping mechanics to collect resources, recruit troops to fight against belligerent armies, and let every block shape your realm, leading your path to victory!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 30.7%, Medieval 19.6%, Historical 19.1%, Roguelike 13.8%, Strategy 8.3%
- #27 Little Kingdom RTS
80% matchVery Positive87% of 68 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: RTS 22.3%, Real Time Tactics 20.4%, Medieval 14.8%, Resource Management 10.9%, War 9.4%
- #28 Hero's Warband
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: J.A.P Studio
Windows
Embark on an epic journey in Hero’s Warband, a captivating 2D Survival Autobattler. Recruit and manage a diverse array of heroes with unique classes and skills. Discover the perfect synergy between classes to suit your strategic vision. Lead your heroes to greatness and conquer the land of Astoria!
Why similar: Auto Battler 28.8%, Real Time Tactics 22.1%, Management 11.9%, Medieval 11.8%, Roguelike 11.3%
- #29 Rising Lords
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 963 reviews2024
Dev: ArgonwoodPub: Deck13
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising Lords is a medieval turn-based strategy game with card and board game elements. Send your serfs to fight and die in your name... or let them prosper, and use them to your advantage!
Why similar: Medieval 46.4%, Strategy 19.9%, Tactical 17.6%, Simulation 11.5%, Indie 3.2%
- #30 The King is Watching
76% matchVery Positive89% of 9,652 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
Why similar: RTS 20.5%, Auto Battler 16.8%, Real Time Tactics 15.4%, Medieval 12.3%, Roguelike 11.2%
- #31 SandTable War: Three Kingdoms
77% matchVery Positive84% of 219 reviews2026
Dev: 古玩工作室
Windows
"SandTable War: Three Kingdoms" is a strategic simulation game set during the Three Kingdoms period. Here you can play as various factions from Three Kingdoms history to conquer cities and lands, unify the realm. With abundant historical officers and scenarios, come restore the Han Dynasty!
Why similar: Political Sim 23% ★, RTS 16.7%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, Historical 12.4%, Wargame 8.5%
- #32 Bad North: Jotunn Edition
77% matchVery Positive93% of 13,754 reviews2018
Dev: Plausible ConceptPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Bad North is a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite. Defend your idyllic island kingdom against a horde of Viking invaders, as you lead the desperate exodus of your people. Command your loyal subjects to take full tactical advantage of the unique shape of each island.
Why similar: Auto Battler 17.3%, Real Time Tactics 17.3%, RTS 14.4%, Wargame 12.5%, Minimalist 8%
- #33 Rogue Hex
75% matchVery Positive89% of 260 reviews2025
Dev: Topstitch Games
Windows · Mac
Play your cards right to conquer the world in the Roguelite 4x. Explore mysterious lands, survive against the barbarian horde, and grow your stone age empire into the stars!
Why similar: Historical 24.4%, Roguelike 22.6%, Management 15.5%, Strategy 14.3%, Minimalist 13.2%
- #34 Genesis of a Small God
76% matchVery Positive82% of 65 reviews2024
Dev: Pierre Nury
Windows
You have awoken as a small god. As you accumulate the faith and souls of your followers, you will learn incredible new abilities. Protect, guide your people and smite any threats that may arise. The fate of your world is in your hands.
Why similar: Management 29.5%, Resource Management 28.5%, Strategy 18.6%, Simulation 18.1%, Indie 3%
- #35 Realpolitiks
78% matchMixed62% of 1,237 reviews2017
Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Become the leader of any contemporary country in this streamlined real-time grand strategy game. Use diplomacy, espionage, military and economic power to deal with other nations, while tackling issues such as terrorism, financial crises and medical epidemics, all in an effort to achieve global domination!
Why similar: Political Sim 57.9% ★, Strategy 20%, Historical 13.7%, Simulation 5%, War 3.1%
- #36 Creo God Simulator
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 239 reviews2025
Dev: MKSM Design LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Creo God Simulator is a game of city building, resource management, survival, and a ton of villager smiting. As the divinely chosen Creostrider, it's your job to build a society bit by bit, while convincing your new population to believe in you as their one true god.
Why similar: RTS 27.5%, Management 27.4%, Simulation 16.6%, Strategy 15.5%, Tactical 9.9%
- #37 Last Saintess
73% matchVery Positive86% of 405 reviews2023
Dev: eTIRUe
Windows
The offensive of the undead begins. Gather holy power to summon soldiers and strengthen the starlight of Hellendil to defeat the undead. If the undead destroy this place, it will be game over.
Why similar: Medieval 32.8%, Strategy 32.8%, Simulation 32.7%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #38 Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
73% matchVery Positive84% of 3,319 reviews2022
Dev: Konfa GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!
Why similar: Auto Battler 40.1%, Dark Humor 21.4%, Roguelike 16.2%, Tactical 12.2%, Strategy 7.4%
- #39 The Royal Writ
71% matchVery Positive82% of 481 reviews2025
Dev: Save Sloth StudiosPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Sacrifice creates stories in this medieval roguelike deckbuilder. Watch your cards march to glory or permanent death as they battle toward the enemy. Each fallen hero becomes part of your kingdom's legend. Command wisely... some sacrifices are necessary.
Why similar: Dark Humor 33.4%, Medieval 20.4%, Roguelike 15.7%, Tactical 14.7%, Strategy 14.2%
- #40 Medieval Kingdom Wars
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,606 reviews2019
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat in a fusion of RTS and Grand Strategy genres. Rule, build, and serve your King as a minor lord in medieval Europe. Experience siege, field and naval combat with an unseen degree of brutality. Rogue-like progression, epic towns and battles await…
Why similar: RTS 24.8%, Real Time Tactics 22.4%, Medieval 17.5%, Wargame 13.1%, War 9.5%
- #41 Worship
71% matchVery Positive80% of 251 reviews2025
Dev: Chasing Rats Games
Windows
Incite the end of the world as a devout zealot of an eldritch god in this Pikmin-inspired roguelite. Don the robes of a cultist, perform bloody rituals and expand your influence over an army of followers in this cute yet grim world. Is your devotion strong enough to please the Old Ones?
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 27.1%, RTS 24.5%, Dark Humor 21%, Roguelike 12.9%, Strategy 7.9%
- #42 Crusader Kings III
70% matchVery Positive90% of 139,914 reviews2020
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 28.7 hrsMean: 146.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.
Why similar: Medieval 18.9%, Historical 18.6%, RTS 15.7%, Management 12.3%, Strategy 11.5%
- #43 Supreme Ruler 1936
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 303 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Real-Time Strategy Game. Guide your nation through the most violent era in modern history. Play massive campaigns as one of the principal nations, set-piece scenarios of famous battles, or set your own victory condition and play as any nation in the world in Sandbox mode.
Why similar: RTS 26.6%, Historical 21.8%, Wargame 15.6%, War 13.3%, Strategy 10.3%
- #44 Countryballs at War
70% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: SHN Games
Windows
Countryballs at War is a grand strategy wargame that combines turn-based empire building with real-time battles. Lead any countryball nation, expand your territory through conquest or diplomacy, and rise as the ultimate superpower.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 27.7%, Strategy 14.9%, Wargame 14.8%, Historical 12.1%, War 8.2%
- #45 Beetle Uprising
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 98 reviews2020
Dev: Iocane Games, LLCPub: Disco Slug
Windows
Collect, raise and breed an army of beetles to rise up and lay claim to the abandoned lot! The game features a complex genetics simulation and real-time tactics missions with a full campaign.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 25.6%, RTS 19.6%, Dark Humor 13.5%, Management 12.9%, Resource Management 10.4%
- #46 Godless Tactics
72% matchVery Positive95% of 110 reviews2020
Dev: Ice Arrow Games
Windows
Lead an elite strike team through the wars of a reborn civilisation, and decide the fate of humanity through your achievements and choices. Traverse a dynamic war-map, engage in fast, turn-based battles, and explore the world of 2952.
Why similar: Strategy 94.3%, Singleplayer 5.7%
- #47 Vox Populi: Brazil 2022
70% matchVery Positive94% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: Velsin
Windows
Play as an existing or fully customized political figure, and campaign for many alternative Brazilian elections! In "Vox Populi: Brazil 2022", you and the characters around you must promote your ideas and your popularity throughout the country to claim victory!
Why similar: Political Sim 43.9% ★, RTS 16.5%, Historical 13.3%, Management 9.7%, Strategy 9%
- #48 Mortal Glory
71% matchVery Positive87% of 582 reviews2020
Dev: Redbeak Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Mortal Glory is a fantasy-themed tactical roguelike game about recruiting a team of gladiators and pitting them against brutal competition in a blood-soaked tournament. Train your gladiators, find a legendary sword, learn ancient spells, recruit a celebrity, cheat - do whatever it takes to bring glory to your name!
Why similar: Roguelike 40.5%, Management 40.5%, Strategy 16.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #49 Countryballs Conquest
69% matchVery Positive87% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Indenial Games
Windows
Lead your country through the Victorian age, expand your empire as you go head to head with the great powers of the world.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 26.7%, Management 15.1%, War 14.7%, RTS 12.2%, Strategy 10.8%
- #50 Yield! Fall of Rome
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 261 reviews2025
Dev: BillionworldsPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Forge your Kingdom amidst the Ruins of Rome in this turn-based 4X strategy game! As the world crumbles, rebuild civilization and shape your people’s destiny. Unleash your strategic prowess, conquer provinces, and crush all who stand in your way.
Why similar: Historical 23.8%, Medieval 21.8%, Management 17%, War 14.6%, Tactical 11.6%
- #51 Here Comes The Swarm
67% matchVery Positive88% of 258 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: RTS 27.2%, Resource Management 14.3%, Medieval 12.4%, Management 12.3%, Strategy 9.5%
- #52 Automata Empire
72% matchMixed70% of 53 reviews2016
Dev: Nonadecimal Creative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Seize power and build an empire of fuzzy cellular automata monsters! Herd hundreds of mindless subjects to smash your rivals' castles and steal their territory in this RTS inspired by Conway's Game of Life.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 23.6%, RTS 20.8%, Medieval 14.2%, Wargame 14.2%, Management 11.3%
- #53 As We Descend
66% matchVery Positive87% of 1,226 reviews2025
Dev: Box DragonPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?
Why similar: Roguelike 37.8%, Strategy 21%, Medieval 19.2%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Simulation 5.2%
- #54 Ascension
67% matchMixed61% of 2,647 reviews2025
Dev: Element Game 微元游戏Pub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this cultivation 4X strategy game, your sect has been in peril, and so they open a portal—sending you, a young disciple and their last hope, inside. Stand tall as the new sect leader and guide disciples to rebuild what was lost. Sharpen your focus, master alchemy, and ascend to immortality.
Why similar: Political Sim 31.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 29.7%, Resource Management 14.5%, Management 13.5%, Strategy 9.7%
- #55 Nations
66% matchVery Positive88% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: Krzysztof SteinerPub: Krzysztof Steiner Games
Windows
Select an era, a nation and lead it to greatness or decay. Develop the economy and society, or focus on military and territorial expansion. In Nations you can rule your people for centuries – from ancient times to the modern day and beyond. You shape your state, history and map of the world.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.5% ★, RTS 21.7%, Historical 20.6%, Wargame 11.3%, Strategy 11.1%
- #56 Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,572 reviews2022
Dev: Black Sea GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.
Why similar: RTS 29.6%, Medieval 24.8%, Strategy 18.2%, Historical 14.8%, Simulation 11.9%
- #57 Knightica
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,143 reviews2025
Dev: Mad Mango GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Recruit powerful units, place them strategically and find the best synergies in this Roguelike Autobattler! Knightica lets you guide a warband through many challenges to free the Kingdoms. Discover optimal combinations, weave powerful enchants, face dangerous monsters and lead your army to victory!
Why similar: Auto Battler 41.4%, Roguelike 16.8%, Management 14.7%, Tactical 10.6%, Strategy 9.3%
- #58 Divine's Howl
65% matchVery Positive92% of 178 reviews2025
Dev: Sense13 Studio
Windows
In Divine's Howl, you will embody a divine avatar, leading your followers to expand your power across a shattered world.
Why similar: Simulation 36.7%, Strategy 34.6%, Wargame 25%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #59 Lawgivers
69% matchVery Positive82% of 415 reviews2020
Dev: Damian BernardiPub: SomniumSoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Lawgivers is a turn-based political simulation game. Run for elections with your own party and enter parliament to approve or abolish laws. Appoint the president and decide whether you want a democracy or just a fake one instead.
Why similar: Political Sim 56.9% ★, Management 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 7.7%
- #60 Norland
64% matchVery Positive82% of 9,913 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Historical 23.3%, Medieval 22%, Management 16.7%, Resource Management 15.9%, Strategy 10.5%