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  1. #1 Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 20,726 reviews2013
    Dev: Firefly Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 16%, City Builder 14.8%, Military 13%, War 10.4%, Base Building 8.1%

  2. #2 Stronghold: Warlords
    96% matchMixed65% of 5,227 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: Colony Sim 16.1%, City Builder 16%, Military 11.2%, War 9.5%, Base Building 7%

  3. #3 Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition
    96% matchVery Positive88% of 2,632 reviews2016
    Dev: Firefly Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Catapult werewolves over castle walls, incinerate troops with dragon fire and command the Knights of the Round Table! This remaster of the mythical ‘castle sim’ features Steam multiplayer, Workshop support, new maps, achievements and DLC campaigns.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 16.4%, City Builder 15.8%, Military 10.6%, War 9.2%, Base Building 7%

  4. #4 Village Empires
    95% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: djva caravana
    Windows

    Build a mighty empire and lead your army to victory to become a great emperor who will be remembered forever.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21%, City Builder 19.1%, War 12.2%, Military 11.4%, Isometric 8.1%

  5. #5 Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
    94% matchVery Positive92% of 10,053 reviews2025
    Dev: Firefly Studios
    Windows
    Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 30.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    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 17.3%, Colony Sim 16.9%, War 10.2%, Medieval 7.8%, Base Building 7.7%

  6. #6 Kingdom Wars 4
    94% matchMixed67% of 236 reviews2021
    Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%

    It's 1347, the time of the Hundred Years' War. In this historical grand strategy and RTS hybrid you play as one of 200 minor lords across medieval Europe, Africa or Middle East. Rise up to take over your Kingdom and be crowned, then fight to preserve your empire as Black Death descends on Europe.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 14.1%, City Builder 13.8%, Diplomacy 12.1%, Military 9.4%, War 6.8%

  7. #7 Stronghold 2: Steam Edition
    93% matchVery Positive89% of 5,569 reviews2017
    Dev: Firefly Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    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: Colony Sim 16.7%, City Builder 16.4%, Military 11.6%, War 10%, Base Building 7.7%

  8. #8 Becastled
    91% matchVery Positive82% of 5,494 reviews2025
    Dev: Mana Potion Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!

    Why similar: City Builder 20.6%, Colony Sim 16.8%, Base Building 15.8%, Military 10.8%, War 10.3%

  9. #9 The Stronghold Collection
    92% matchVery Positive89% of 5,569 reviews2009
    Dev: FireFly Studios
    Windows

    Enjoy the complete medieval experience in The Stronghold Collection, featuring five real-time strategy games. Create and defend your castle stronghold as you expand your lands, survey the castle life in your domain, host great jousting festivals and feasts, or conduct public executions to keep the peasantry in line.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 16.7%, City Builder 16.4%, Military 11.6%, War 10%, Base Building 7.7%

  10. #10 Kingdoms and Castles
    91% matchVery Positive93% of 30,837 reviews2017
    Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.0 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 29.5%, Colony Sim 27.6%, Medieval 9.3%, Building 7.6%, Base Building 6.4%

  11. #11 Pinevale Settlements
    90% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2024
    Dev: Kinetic Quasar Games
    Windows

    Build a colony from scratch, set up production chains, and defend against raids. Manage resources, research technologies, expand your settlement, and survive each escalating wave!

    Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Base Building 14.3%, Colony Sim 14.1%, Resource Management 13%, Medieval 10.2%

  12. #12 Age of Respair
    89% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Respair Games
    Windows

    Age of Respair is a medieval strategy castle-builder. Build massive castles with fortifications while managing resources and production chains. Assemble a large army and lay siege to enemy castles. Lead your people and bring respair to your kingdom🏰⚔️

    Why similar: City Builder 19.2%, Colony Sim 19%, Base Building 10.9%, Resource Management 8.4%, Medieval 7.3%

  13. #13 Tlatoani: Aztec Cities
    89% matchVery Positive86% of 107 reviews2024
    Dev: Perspective GamesPub: Paradox Arc
    Windows

    Give rise to wonders of the Aztec Civilization as you build your own magnificent metropolis in this ancient city builder. From humble beginnings build, trade, manage and conquer to become Tlatoani (Emperor).

    Why similar: Colony Sim 17.6%, City Builder 16.2%, Diplomacy 14.1%, Military 10.4%, Historical 7.9%

  14. #14 Royal Lord - 王权领主
    88% matchVery Positive94% of 53 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: City Builder 17.8%, Colony Sim 16.8%, Base Building 11.3%, Military 11.3%, War 9.9%

  15. #15 Ground of Aces
    86% matchVery Positive85% of 1,315 reviews2025
    Dev: Blindflug Studios AG
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Take command of a remote military air base during World War II. Build your own airfield, manage iconic aircraft and oversee your crew’s well-being. Prepare them against air raids and send your pilots on dangerous missions. Survive and help your nation win the war!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 18.3%, City Builder 15.4%, Military 11.5%, Base Building 10%, War 9.2%

  16. #16 Build It Up! - The Holy Roman Empire
    87% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Tec Enterprise
    Windows

    Build thriving cities in the Holy Roman Empire! Manage resources, production, and trade in a complex economy. Plan defense and siege. Expand your empire through military might or diplomacy and claim the imperial crown!

    Why similar: City Builder 20.5%, Colony Sim 16.2%, War 10.9%, Resource Management 9.1%, Medieval 8.6%

  17. #17 Settlements Rising
    86% matchVery Positive82% of 412 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: Colony Sim 24.1%, City Builder 22.9%, Resource Management 10.1%, Medieval 8.4%, Base Building 8.3%

  18. #18 Tutankhamun – Builders of the Eternal
    84% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: TreeByte Software
    Windows

    A 3D city-builder where you farm the Nile, worship powerful gods, train armies, trade with distant regions, and construct monumental works worthy of ancient Egypt.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6%, City Builder 23.6%, Isometric 9.4%, Base Building 8.1%, Strategy 7.9%

  19. #19 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
    85% matchMixed69% of 360 reviews2020
    Dev: Xigma Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8%, City Builder 17.6%, Base Building 11.1%, Resource Management 10.1%, Building 7.2%

  20. #20 Whiskerwood
    82% matchVery Positive93% of 2,769 reviews2025
    Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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: Colony Sim 16.7%, City Builder 15.3%, Diplomacy 14.3%, Base Building 8.7%, Resource Management 7.6%

  21. #21 Patron
    84% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,136 reviews2021
    Dev: Overseer Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8%, City Builder 24.2%, Resource Management 7.6%, Base Building 7.4%, Medieval 7.4%

  22. #22 Crowncity
    83% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Haon Games
    Windows

    Building and managing a late medieval city is a series of challenges. Build wells to provide drinking water, markets to provide bread and food, and theaters to collect performance tax. Stage mode continues an interesting story and journey, random map mode fills each game with a new experience.

    Why similar: City Builder 23%, Medieval 10.2%, Colony Sim 10%, Building 10%, Historical 9.9%

  23. #23 Stronghold: Definitive Edition
    82% matchVery Positive86% of 9,888 reviews2023
    Dev: Firefly Studios
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.2 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 20.1%, Colony Sim 16.8%, Medieval 8.5%, Base Building 8.3%, Isometric 7.6%

  24. #24 Norland
    81% matchVery Positive82% of 9,662 reviews2024
    Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 17.2 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: Colony Sim 16.6%, Diplomacy 15.1%, City Builder 14.9%, Base Building 8.5%, Resource Management 7.6%

  25. #25 Nova Roma
    80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 670 reviews2026
    Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac

    The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 15.9%, City Builder 15.5%, Diplomacy 13.9%, Base Building 8.8%, Historical 7.7%

  26. #26 Orrstead
    81% matchVery Positive81% of 77 reviews2024
    Dev: IndividualKex
    Windows

    Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, City Builder 21.8%, Base Building 9.7%, Building 8.9%, Medieval 8.9%

  27. #27 Manor Lords
    78% matchVery Positive85% of 85,453 reviews2024
    Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 21.5 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: Colony Sim 16%, Diplomacy 15.7%, City Builder 14.6%, Base Building 8.4%, Resource Management 7.7%

  28. #28 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
    78% matchVery Positive91% of 25,183 reviews2024
    Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 73.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.

    Why similar: City Builder 17.3%, Colony Sim 16.8%, Diplomacy 12.7%, Base Building 8.9%, Historical 7.8%

  29. #29 Founders' Fortune
    79% matchVery Positive80% of 2,168 reviews2020
    Dev: Dionic Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    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 34.5%, City Builder 20.5%, Base Building 12.4%, Building 7.9%, Resource Management 5.7%

  30. #30 Mandate Order
    77% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Digital Sky
    Windows

    Mandate Order is a strategy game set in the Warring States period. Starting from barren lands, build strongholds integrating production, defense and military functions. Manage resources and the people's will, expand your territory, counter threats, and ultimately rise to prominence amidst the chaos.

    Why similar: City Builder 25.6%, Base Building 11.1%, Medieval 9.2%, Military 8.5%, Resource Management 7.8%

  31. #31 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
    79% matchMixed66% of 5,984 reviews2017
    Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.1%, City Builder 31.7%, Resource Management 10.2%, Medieval 7.7%, Building 6%

  32. #32 Against the Storm
    76% matchVery Positive95% of 35,504 reviews2023
    Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    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: Colony Sim 16.3%, City Builder 15%, Diplomacy 14.5%, Base Building 8.6%, Resource Management 7.9%

  33. #33 Bread & Bravery
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ennoble Studios
    Windows

    Return to the era of knights and castles in a uniquely satisfying mix of Settlement Building, RTS and Castle Simulation genres. Manage complex and realistic medieval production chains, build your army and defences, satisfy the King and lead your people to prosperity. Will you succeed as a new lord?

    Why similar: City Builder 18.2%, Colony Sim 14.7%, War 11.3%, Base Building 9.9%, Medieval 8.2%

  34. #34 Ostriv
    77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,359 reviews2020
    Dev: yevhen8
    Windows
    Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 36.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.

    Why similar: City Builder 21.9%, Colony Sim 19.4%, Base Building 9.4%, Historical 9%, Resource Management 8.5%

  35. #35 RAEV: Kingdom on the Distant Shores
    75% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: RAVINE GamesPub: V Publishing
    Windows

    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.

    Why similar: Diplomacy 19.1%, City Builder 18.9%, Colony Sim 17.8%, Building 7.7%, Resource Management 7.6%

  36. #36 Primitive Society Simulator
    75% matchVery Positive83% of 687 reviews2024
    Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 18%, Diplomacy 16.8%, City Builder 16.2%, War 10.5%, Base Building 9.1%

  37. #37 Heart of the Machine
    73% matchVery Positive93% of 1,838 reviews2026
    Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 17.3 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.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 15.9%, Diplomacy 15.5%, City Builder 14.8%, Base Building 8.6%, Resource Management 7.7%

  38. #38 Pharaoh™: A New Era
    74% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,128 reviews2023
    Dev: Triskell InteractivePub: Dotemu
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    The legendary city-builder returns! Lead the creation of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this HD remake with modernized UI. Build monuments, manage your population and explore 4,000 years of history through over a hundred hours of gameplay.

    Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Colony Sim 19.1%, Diplomacy 14.2%, Building 8.4%, Historical 8.3%

  39. #39 Blocktopia
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Stak Games
    Windows

    Blocktopia is a vibrant and humorous clicker city-builder game. Gather resources, build your town, and defend it against nightly raids! In this chaotic world where justice prevails, survive and dive into a fun city-building experience!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8%, City Builder 23.5%, Diplomacy 15.8%, Base Building 10.9%, Resource Management 9.3%

  40. #40 Peasants
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Meeki Games
    Windows

    A city builder with a twist - Putting the focus of the game on the peasants who live and grow in your community. Cater for them, deal with their shortcomings and just maybe they will thrive.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, City Builder 24.4%, Medieval 11.4%, Base Building 9.7%, Building 8.2%

  41. #41 Empires of the Undergrowth
    71% matchVery Positive94% of 17,329 reviews2024
    Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 16.4%, City Builder 15.1%, Diplomacy 14%, Base Building 8.7%, Resource Management 7.7%

  42. #42 Synergy
    71% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,011 reviews2025
    Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 17.6%, City Builder 17.4%, Diplomacy 16.9%, Isometric 8.9%, Resource Management 8.6%

  43. #43 Stronghold HD (2012)
    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,246 reviews2013
    Dev: Firefly Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.4 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: Colony Sim 20.2%, City Builder 18.5%, Base Building 9.7%, Medieval 8.8%, Building 7.9%

  44. #44 Territory: Farming and Warfare
    70% matchVery Positive86% of 690 reviews2026
    Dev: Wit Studio
    Windows

    From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.

    Why similar: City Builder 18.6%, Colony Sim 14.8%, Military 12%, Base Building 10.9%, War 10.3%

  45. #45 Mistlands: Wheats & Demons
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Silence Studios
    Windows

    Become a mayor of a small town in a medieval city builder with advanced villager management. Develop a settlement in lands teeming with demons and other evil spirits. Consider the traits, desires and abilities of residents to survive and prosper.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.7%, City Builder 23.1%, Base Building 11.6%, Medieval 9%, Resource Management 8.8%

  46. #46 Age of Pyramids
    72% matchMostly Negative36% of 86 reviews2022
    Dev: Cassagi Entertainment s.r.o.
    Windows

    Age of Pyramids is a sandbox city builder and simulator set in Ancient Egypt. You take on the city governor and architect’s mantle to build the most incredible city on Earth. You will have to gather dozens of resources to maintain happiness of your people and prosperity.

    Why similar: City Builder 31.4%, Colony Sim 25%, Historical 8.8%, Base Building 8.3%, Strategy 7.9%

  47. #47 Settlement Survival
    71% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
    Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 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 25.4%, Colony Sim 23.5%, Medieval 10.9%, Building 9.7%, Base Building 6.9%

  48. #48 Border Base
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Bitzooma
    Windows

    Set in a gritty, fictional 1960s universe, it’s a colony sim & base-building hybrid where you rebuild a war-ravaged region, fortify your defenses, and control key trade routes that every convoy depends on.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.9%, City Builder 19%, Base Building 11.8%, Resource Management 9.4%, Building 5.9%

  49. #49 Towerfolk
    68% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2026
    Dev: 99 Interactive
    Windows

    In a medieval world, gather resources, build your city, and manage your people. Deal with theft and internal conflicts, complete royal missions, and fight enemies on the battlefield. Use strategy and economic management to keep your city thriving.

    Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, Colony Sim 19%, Base Building 12%, War 10.6%, Medieval 9.9%

  50. #50 Foundation
    67% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
    Dev: Polymorph Games
    Windows
    Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 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 36.4%, Colony Sim 11.6%, Medieval 11.4%, Resource Management 8.8%, Building 6.8%

  51. #51 First Feudal
    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 627 reviews2021
    Dev: Harpoon Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.6 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: Colony Sim 24.3%, City Builder 17.8%, Base Building 12%, Resource Management 11.1%, Medieval 9.6%

  52. #52 Oxygen: First Breath
    69% matchVery Positive89% of 1,643 reviews2022
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%

    This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!

    Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Colony Sim 22.6%, Base Building 13.6%, Resource Management 11.3%, Building 8%

  53. #53 Country Architect
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: purple_mimosaPub: Tribesylvania Studios
    Windows · Linux

    Can you build an entire country? An infrastructure and economy management sim. Lead a nation to prosperity by strategically placing towns and factories. Choose between bidding teams to build connections, while paying attention to citizen feedback on Social Bird to avoid civil unrest.

    Why similar: City Builder 22.5%, Colony Sim 22.3%, War 11.5%, Building 8.3%, Sandbox 7.2%

  54. #54 Banished
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 42,988 reviews2014
    Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
    Windows
    Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.4%, City Builder 33.3%, Medieval 5.8%, Strategy 4.7%, Resource Management 4.7%

  55. #55 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
    67% matchVery Positive87% of 188 reviews2024
    Dev: Purple Nebula
    Windows

    A sci-fi survival city builder set on an inhospitable alien planet. Faced with imminent destruction of Earth, humanity pooled together their resources and sent sleeper ships to nearby potentially habitable planets. But this one turned out to be much less habitable than expected....

    Why similar: City Builder 29.6%, Colony Sim 29.6%, Base Building 11.6%, Building 10.5%, Strategy 5.6%

  56. #56 One Hunread-Year Kingdom
    67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: DerstyPub: HappyForest
    Windows

    Use your actions to build your kingdom and manage resources to achieve prosperity. With each turn, the enemy's ambition grows, but with your wise leadership, you can endure for 100 years.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.5%, City Builder 28.3%, Strategy 9%, Base Building 8.7%, Medieval 8.2%

  57. #57 Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware
    65% matchVery Positive92% of 582 reviews2025
    Dev: Door 407
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware is a free prequel to the original game. In a medieval fantasy world, you are to build settlements, raise huge armies, and defend against massive hordes of enemies. Learn how Ironbrow clan shaped the world's map the first time - if you survive, that is.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.4%, City Builder 21.9%, Base Building 10.5%, Medieval 7.7%, Building 7.5%

  58. #58 Hearthlands
    69% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
    Dev: Four White Cats
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.

    Why similar: City Builder 25.3%, Colony Sim 23.4%, Diplomacy 9.9%, Medieval 8.8%, Resource Management 8.5%

  59. #59 Fio and the Doomed City
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Caro BuildersPub: Emma Create
    Windows · Mac

    A “city-building” x “tower defense” SLG by a young girl, Fio. Fio and her guardians, the Flora Bears, are building a city in the last city of humanity. Increase facilities, residents, and resources, and prepare for battle. Withstand enemy attacks and defeat the boss with your big beam cannon!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.8%, City Builder 26.8%, Base Building 14.3%, Resource Management 13.3%, Tower Defense 7.1%

  60. #60 Compact Colonies
    66% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: TunawareDevsPub: 2 Left Thumbs
    Windows

    Compact Colonies is a survival base-builder with roguelike elements, where every tile counts. Manage scarce resources, grow a tiny settlement, and keep your people fed, faithful, and defended in a finite world full of strategic trade-offs.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9%, City Builder 21.1%, Resource Management 13.1%, Historical 7.3%, Base Building 7.1%

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