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A medieval sim where you don’t just rule- you live the crown. A blend of city-building, 4X strategy, and RPG open world. Build your kingdom. Outsmart rival factions. And remember: your monarch’s life is the real adventure.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: To be announced
Developer: Ashwood Games
Genres: Action, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    From a humble campfire to a multi-city kingdom, lead with grace in RAEV: Kingdom on the Distant Shores: a unique kingdom builder where every decision shapes the fate of your fox citizens and the legacy of your continent-spanning kingdom. With a freeform building system, no grids, no limits.

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  2. #2 Knights of the Crusades
    96% matchMixed69% of 183 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!

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    96% matchVery Positive93% of 2,363 reviews2026
    Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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    Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.7%, 4X 18% ★, City Builder 12.8%, Diplomacy 11.4% ★, Base Building 10.2%

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    95% matchVery Positive94% of 9,302 reviews2020
    Dev: Gamatron AB
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 42.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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    Why similar: 4X 22.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.3%, City Builder 13.8%, Base Building 9.5%, Open World 7.7%

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    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Wild FieldsPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows

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    94% matchVery Positive92% of 3,795 reviews2025
    Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    93% matchVery Positive91% of 27,451 reviews2024
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    91% matchVery Positive92% of 2,139 reviews2026
    Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.

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  9. #9 Hexroads
    92% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Ivan Konorkin
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  10. #10 Norland
    91% matchVery Positive82% of 10,516 reviews2024
    Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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  11. #11 Empires of the Undergrowth
    90% matchVery Positive94% of 18,977 reviews2024
    Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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    89% matchVery Positive84% of 92,096 reviews2024
    Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 23.7 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.

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  13. #13 Against the Storm
    88% matchVery Positive94% of 37,624 reviews2023
    Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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    Windows
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    86% matchVery Positive85% of 3,566 reviews2026
    Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
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    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 39%

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    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%

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    84% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows · Mac

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    Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.3%, 4X 25.6% ★, City Builder 15.1%, Base Building 8.4%, Immersive Sim 6.6%

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    83% matchMixed58% of 459 reviews2025
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    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%

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    84% matchMixed44% of 18 reviews2023
    Dev: Atom Games
    Windows

    Base of War is a next generation 4x RTS game.

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    Dev: Madnetic Games
    Windows

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    81% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Nebule Games
    Windows

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    79% matchNo user reviews
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    80% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2023
    Dev: Reverie World Studios Inc
    Windows

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    78% matchNo user reviews
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    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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    76% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
    Dev: SmartLife
    Windows

    You will have to develop your city, watch over expenses, strive for higher tax revenues, meet the needs of your residents by producing the right products for them

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    77% matchMixed69% of 209 reviews2017
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    75% matchVery Positive94% of 31,455 reviews2017
    Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
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    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Oxiwyle Inc.
    Windows

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    74% matchNo user reviews2026
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    73% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2025
    Dev: Vaeril Games
    Windows

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    75% matchMostly Positive70% of 60 reviews2021
    Dev: Romulus
    Windows

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    73% matchNo user reviews2026
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    73% matchNo user reviews2026
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    71% matchNo user reviews
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    70% matchNo user reviews
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    70% matchNo user reviews
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    70% matchMostly Positive72% of 46 reviews2023
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    69% matchNo user reviews2027
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    68% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Star Trek: Infinite is a grand strategy experience that lets you play your own Star Trek story as the leader of one of four major factions in the galaxy. Follow the specially crafted story or blaze your own trail in the first Star Trek grand strategy game.

    Why similar: 4X 32.4% ★, Grand Strategy 29.4%, Diplomacy 16.6% ★, Sandbox 7.7%, Open World 6%

  56. #56 Embersong: History Is Yours
    67% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Camis Publishers
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A historical turn-based 4X with the feel of '90s strategy games. Build your empire across eight eras in a roguelike campaign: five completed matches, win or lose, build bonuses for a sixth-match mythic finale. Beware your Archenemy.

    Why similar: 4X 35.4% ★, Grand Strategy 26.9%, Diplomacy 15.7% ★, Isometric 10.3%, Medieval 8%

  57. #57 Geopolaris: Conquer & Dominate
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Fenek Games
    Windows

    Navigate through interactions with competing powers to lead your nation to global domination in this 4X open sandbox geopolitical sim set in post-WW2 alt-history world. You have 251 years at your disposal to conquer and unify the planet or take your nation into space. Can you make it?

    Why similar: 4X 32.4% ★, Grand Strategy 27.6%, Diplomacy 17.4% ★, Sandbox 7.4%, Simulation 4.5%

  58. #58 Galactic Civilizations IV
    66% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,617 reviews2023
    Dev: Stardock Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Take command of a civilization that has just achieved faster-than-light travel in Galactic Civilizations IV, the newest entry in the award-winning space 4X strategy game series. Explore the galaxy, colonize worlds, shape cultures, make alliances, fight wars and pioneer new technologies.

    Why similar: 4X 29.7% ★, Grand Strategy 27.6%, Diplomacy 16.3% ★, Isometric 9.3%, Sandbox 7.7%

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