- #1 Mount & Blade
97% matchVery Positive92% of 6,714 reviews2008
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Calradia is a land at war, offering great riches and even greater dangers to adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Free-form sand-box gameplay.
Why similar: Medieval 24%, Open World 15.8%, Sandbox 12.3%, Moddable 11.8% ★, RPG 10.4%
- #2 Mount & Blade: Warband
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 171,960 reviews2010
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 121.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!
Why similar: Medieval 25.3%, Moddable 17.5% ★, Open World 15.2%, Sandbox 12.2%, RPG 7.8%
- #3 Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword
96% matchVery Positive88% of 14,027 reviews2011
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 26.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The standalone expansion for Mount & Blade! With Fire & Sword builds and expands upon the highly regarded combat system from Mount & Blade: Warband. Firearms have been introduced to the battlefield.
Why similar: Medieval 18.9%, Historical 16.3%, Open World 15.7%, Moddable 10% ★, Sandbox 9.8%
- #4 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
95% matchVery Positive88% of 296,418 reviews2022
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 61.6 hrsMean: 155.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
Why similar: Medieval 21.3%, Open World 15%, Moddable 13.9% ★, Sandbox 12.7%, Historical 7.7%
- #5 Lionhearts
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Credenzio Studios LLC
Windows
Lionhearts is a persistent multiplayer feudal simulator set during the 12th-century Third Crusade. Command armies, dominate trade, or rise to power through politics & religion. Forge alliances, wage wars, and shape history in a living feudal world.
Why similar: Diplomacy 20.2% ★, Historical 13.1%, Medieval 11.3%, Strategy RPG 10.3%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #6 Kinstrife
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FinitudePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Medieval strategy RPG with revolutionary physically simulated combat. Become a wandering knight, journeying to castles and towns in your quest for fortune & glory, fighting in battles & tournaments. Build your wealth, equipment & following - and carve out your destiny in a time of strife!
Why similar: Moddable 19.5% ★, Historical 13.2%, Medieval 13.2%, Sandbox 11.2%, Open World 10.6%
- #7 Sons of Valhalla
93% matchMixed67% of 976 reviews2024
Dev: Pixel Chest
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Sons of Valhalla is a roguelike strategy game set in the Viking Age. Build fortresses, gather warriors, and lay siege to enemy strongholds, engaging in personal combat as you raid and conquer across England.
Why similar: Moddable 19.7% ★, Historical 13.4%, Medieval 13.2%, Sandbox 11.3%, Open World 10.6%
- #8 Battle Brothers
92% matchVery Positive88% of 28,621 reviews2017
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 94.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
Why similar: Moddable 19.7% ★, Historical 13.8%, Medieval 12.7%, Sandbox 11.1%, Open World 10.3%
- #9 Ashen Banners
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crazy Circuit Games Studio
Windows
Forge your own destiny in a medieval fantasy sandbox. Become a hero, mercenary, merchant, or king as you explore a living world where every choice shapes your story.
Why similar: Medieval 15.7%, Historical 15.5%, Sandbox 13.7%, Open World 13.1%, Strategy RPG 10.7%
- #10 The Golden Horde: Survival
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Doomers Entertainment
Windows
The Golden Horde: Survival takes you to the brutal and mysterious 13th century, where the mighty Golden Horde rises to power. Break free from slavery, survive, build your own settlement and lead a rebellion in a world where real history intertwines with elements of fantasy.
Why similar: Medieval 16.8%, Sandbox 15.8%, Diplomacy 15.4% ★, Open World 12.8%, RPG 8.1%
- #11 Viking Frontiers
90% matchMixed52% of 545 reviews2025
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: GameHunters
Windows
Survival of your people - that's the only thing that matters. Become the leader of a newly founded Viking settlement and lead it to safety and glory. Gather, build, craft, hunt, raid and follow your Gods to endure hardships of nature and save your clan from violent destruction.
Why similar: Moddable 18.8% ★, Medieval 15.3%, Open World 13.2%, Sandbox 12.3%, Historical 11.5%
- #12 Wyrd World
89% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Pizza Cake
Windows
Open world, multiplayer, survival fantasy setting. Create your custom character, Craft tools, learn spells, loot your enemies. explore through arid deserts, snowy tundras, murky swamps, windy meadows and deep forests. Build a base to stash your rewards or rest from your travels.
Why similar: Sandbox 18.6%, Open World 17.6%, Co-op 13.9%, Medieval 13.7%, Base Building 9.6%
- #13 The Trade Dynasty
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dogfoot Games
Windows
Start as a small trader and build your trading dynasty. Manage carts and ships, master dynamic markets, trade across land and sea, and protect your fleets in this deep trading and strategy simulation.
Why similar: Diplomacy 26.9% ★, Strategy RPG 16.7%, Historical 14.4%, Strategy 11%, Medieval 9.9%
- #14 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009)
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 52,952 reviews2009
Dev: Bethesda Game Studios®Pub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
PUBLISHER UPDATE - This is the product page for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Deluxe Edition, released in 2009.---The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created.
Why similar: Moddable 29% ★, Open World 24.9%, RPG 13.1%, Medieval 8.6%, Sandbox 7.2%
- #15 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009)
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 52,952 reviews2009
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 37.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
PUBLISHER UPDATE - This is the product page for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, released in 2009. ---The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created.
Why similar: Moddable 29% ★, Open World 24.9%, RPG 13.1%, Medieval 8.6%, Sandbox 7.2%
- #16 Gutasaga
86% matchMixed60% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Veles
Windows
Gutasaga - 2D Strategy RPG pre-viking era game. Immerse yourself in the 550 - 600 AD saga. Be the Viking who opened trade routes with Constantinople. Encounter over 40 nations with unique cultures on your journey. Succeed in trading 205 historically recreated goods. Or try raids and piracy.
Why similar: Medieval 25.6%, Sandbox 17.7%, Historical 14.5%, RPG 13.3%, Strategy 12.6%
- #17 Medieval Ascendant
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: netplay Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
From a serf bound to the soil to the head of a noble house. Farm, trade, build an economic empire across five provinces, claim land through war, intrigue or wealth — and forge a dynasty that outlives you.
Why similar: Diplomacy 28.8% ★, Medieval 18.4%, Strategy RPG 15.6%, Historical 13.1%, Trading 5.8%
- #18 Three Kingdoms and Martial Arts and Jianghu
85% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: CHEN JIE
Windows
A sandbox role-playing game that combines the Three Kingdoms and martial arts
Why similar: Historical 23%, Sandbox 18.3%, Strategy RPG 14.6%, Medieval 11.6%, Open World 10.9%
- #19 House of Legacy
84% matchVery Positive83% of 3,942 reviews2025
Dev: S3 StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Step into the shoes of a fallen clan leader, starting with nothing but a crumbling estate and a handful of hopes, rising through careful planning, trade, and diplomacy to become one of the most powerful families in the land. Now it’s time to forge a legendary dynasty that leaves its mark on history.
Why similar: Diplomacy 37.1% ★, Sandbox 15.5%, Historical 12.8%, Open World 12.7%, Base Building 6.8%
- #20 Empire of Devil
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: True Seria
Windows
The civil war rages across the kingdom and the players in the battle for the throne use every possible means in their pursuit to rule the land. A warrior enters in the game who builds his army to besiege settlements, and fight battles. Will his choices make him a Hero or a Devil feared by everyone?
Why similar: Diplomacy 22% ★, Medieval 15.5%, Strategy 13.4%, Historical 12.5%, RPG 12.3%
- #21 Against the Storm
83% matchVery Positive94% of 37,259 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: Diplomacy 22.6% ★, Moddable 18.3% ★, Historical 13.7%, Medieval 12.2%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #22 Band of Crusaders
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Virtual AlchemyPub: NC
Windows
Band of Crusaders is a dark medieval strategy RPG in which you become Grandmaster of a knightly order and lead it against a demonic invasion of Europe. Craft your sandbox adventure - explore a vast simulated world, recruit crusaders, grow your camp, and face demons & human foes in real-time combat.
Why similar: Historical 16.9%, Medieval 16.8%, Open World 14.1%, Strategy RPG 12.7%, Sandbox 12.2%
- #23 Silent Authority: Blood & Bourbon
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Complex Universe
Windows
Strategy meets action RPG in the 1920s New York underworld of crime. Collect protection money, trade, and expand your criminal empire while leading your crew in brutal tactical combat. Rule the city with cunning diplomacy or pure bloodshed.
Why similar: Diplomacy 23.3% ★, Historical 15.9%, Strategy RPG 13.5%, Sandbox 12.3%, Open World 11.4%
- #24 Hire
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SIB Scientific
Windows
Run a medieval fantasy mercenary guild. Take dangerous contracts, haggle the price in your own words, hire fighters with real personalities, and send them into danger. You prepare the job, then you live with the result. Every new campaign builds a whole new world and a new story.
Why similar: Moddable 33.2% ★, Medieval 18.8%, Historical 16%, Strategy RPG 12.3%, Realistic 8.3%
- #25 Streets of Fortuna
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kitfox Games
Windows
Survive in a giant simulated historical city. Grow from a street rat to a tradesman, a priest, a smuggler, an alchemist, a spy, or perhaps someday a leader to rival the Overlord. A free-roaming sandbox megasim RPG set in a fantasy Constantinople.
Why similar: Moddable 22.4% ★, Medieval 14.8%, Historical 14.5%, Sandbox 12.6%, Open World 12%
- #26 Coastal Raids: The Viking Campaign
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maximan
Windows · Linux
Lead a band of Vikings who raid coastal villages and sail away. Sell your loot, recruit warriors, and set off on an adventure across Europe.
Why similar: Medieval 20.7%, Open World 13.6%, Historical 12.8%, Strategy RPG 11.2%, Sandbox 11%
- #27 Warfront: Three Kingdoms
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 东青(Eastern Green)
Windows
This is a cold weapon war game set in the Three Kingdoms period of China. Players will take on the role of an unknown soldier. They can either go to the front lines to slash enemies themselves, or command tactically from the rear. Recruit troops, build up strength, and unify the empire.
Why similar: Open World 17.4%, Moddable 16.5% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Strategy 12.6%, RPG 11.3%
- #28 Noble's Life: Kingdom Reborn
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gentle GriffonsPub: Concept Lab Sp. z o.o.
Windows
Realistic medieval noble simulator and, at the same time, a strategy game with historical depth. Manage your city and villages and make decisions in non-linear events. Command defenses in epic sieges and organize dangerous raids.
Why similar: Diplomacy 28.2% ★, Historical 18%, Medieval 16.6%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Base Building 8%
- #29 Noble's Life: Kingdom Reborn - Prologue
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Gentle GriffonsPub: Concept Lab Sp. z o.o.
Windows
Experience the first months after a brutal assault on your own estate in the free prologue of a realistic simulator of a medieval noble combined with a strategy game of historical depth. Manage your town and villages and make decisions in non-linear events.
Why similar: Diplomacy 26.4% ★, Medieval 18.6%, Historical 14.4%, Base Building 9.1%, RPG 8%
- #30 The Legendary Player - Make Your Reputation - OPEN BETA
78% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Ninetales Studios
Windows
Imagine a world where you can create your own legend. The Legendary Player – Make Your Reputation it’s a 2D RPG Top-Side Down with reputation building system who allows the player build his own history.
Why similar: Medieval 14.4%, Sandbox 13%, RPG 12.4%, Open World 11.9%, Strategy 11.7%
- #31 Kingdom Come: Deliverance
77% matchVery Positive84% of 184,967 reviews2018
Dev: Warhorse Studios
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 48.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Story-driven open-world RPG that immerses you in an epic adventure in the Holy Roman Empire. Avenge your parents' death as you battle invading forces, go on game-changing quests, and make influential choices. Explore castles, forests, villages and other realistic settings in medieval Bohemia!
Why similar: Medieval 29.7%, Open World 21.6%, Historical 19.6%, RPG 11%, Realistic 8.6%
- #32 SAELIG
77% matchVery Positive87% of 1,146 reviews2017
Dev: Atorcoppe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
SÆLIG is a game that blends together elements of simulation, strategy, RPG, and business management. Centred around the life of you and your family, you must try to survive and bring wealth and prosperity to your household.
Why similar: Trading 18.1%, Medieval 17.8%, Open World 13.3%, Historical 12%, Sandbox 11.8%
- #33 ENDLESS Legend™ 2
74% matchVery Positive83% of 2,825 reviews2025
Dev: AMPLITUDE StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.
Why similar: Diplomacy 26.6% ★, Moddable 19% ★, Historical 15.4%, Medieval 13.5%, Sandbox 11.3%
- #34 Mainland
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AddRaiser
Windows
Enter a cooperative medieval realm, forge alliances, lead armies, and engage in epic battles. Shape history with dynamic politics, or test your mettle against others in fierce player-vs-player combat.
Why similar: Medieval 18%, Open World 14.2%, Sandbox 13.9%, Strategy RPG 12.7%, Historical 8.3%
- #35 侠之信条
76% matchMixed49% of 154 reviews2022
Dev: weikeduoPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
明朝初年,武林领袖朱元璋在带领武林推翻元朝后,大肆屠戮武林人士。使得代表秩序的朝廷与代表自由的武林之间的矛盾再度激化。与此同时蒙古也勾结倭寇、海盗、五毒教等外邦势力意图重夺政权。
Why similar: Strategy RPG 25.9%, Historical 21.5%, Strategy 18.9%, RPG 17%, Character Customization 7.9%
- #36 Strategeist
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galactic Starfish, Inc.
Windows
Become a strategeist and lead one of hundreds of nations on the globe across centuries of conflict and diplomacy in this grand strategy game. Balance war, politics, and internal institutions to shape the fate of your empire, and secure your legacy in history.
Why similar: Diplomacy 26.6% ★, Historical 19.7%, Moddable 15.8% ★, Sandbox 13.7%, Medieval 11.6%
- #37 Traveler of Artcaster
76% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: A & D Cooperation
Windows
Traveler of Artcaster is an indie adventure Rpg taking place in the mystic world named "Artcaster". Your character explores a huge open world to find his/her father who was fighting for the king of Artcaster. But with this search a big journey with many friends and enemies begins.
Why similar: Open World 19.2%, Historical 18.8%, Medieval 13.5%, Strategy RPG 11.2%, Character Customization 10.7%
- #38 Norland
73% matchVery Positive82% of 10,349 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.4 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: Moddable 20.8% ★, Historical 15.7%, Medieval 14%, Sandbox 12.2%, Diplomacy 11.6% ★
- #39 Manor Lords
72% matchVery Positive84% of 90,512 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 23.2 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: Historical 22.7%, Medieval 19.9%, Diplomacy 12.9% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Moddable 10.4% ★
- #40 Roads Beneath The Crown
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wayward Salmon
Windows
Travel between five distinct cities, trade across shifting markets, gather intelligence, bid at auctions, explore the black market, research rare artifacts, and hire specialists to strengthen your enterprise. In Roads Beneath the Crown, every deal and decision shapes the merchant you become.
Why similar: Diplomacy 28.3% ★, Trading 18.4%, Medieval 15.9%, Strategy RPG 9.7%, Historical 9.1%
- #41 The Vagabond Emperor
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 34 reviews2021
Dev: WigglingEyebrows
Windows
"The Vagabond Emperor" is a 2D RPG where you start as a simple vagabond and become an emperor. Smite enemies, build a town, create a family, suffer from the curse, do what you want.
Why similar: Diplomacy 20.8% ★, Medieval 18.3%, Sandbox 15.7%, Open World 11.9%, Historical 10.9%
- #42 Knights of Fresco
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SocketLab
Windows
Raise your own band of Knights and fight beasts from medieval paintings. Knights of Fresco is an open world party building RPG with auto-battling combat that tries to emulate medieval depictions of battles and wars.
Why similar: Medieval 22.2%, Sandbox 18%, Open World 17.8%, Historical 16.4%, RPG 8.4%
- #43 Jianghu Simulator
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 汉家松鼠Han-Squirrel Studio
Windows
Simulated Jianghu is a role-playing game that blends sect-management mechanics with multiple playthroughs, high player freedom, and a gritty street-level wuxia style. A mobile-first launch is planned for 2025.
Why similar: Moddable 27.1% ★, Sandbox 14.3%, Open World 14.1%, Strategy RPG 13%, Third Person 7.7%
- #44 Merchant of Bohemia
71% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Snou Games
Windows
Fast-paced trade simulation game with RPG elements. Choose your character, buy goods and wander around the medieval Bohemia to make profit. Don't forget to recruit some manpower to keep you safe along the way!
Why similar: Medieval 30.1%, Open World 20.1%, Historical 18.4%, RPG 15.9%, Strategy 14%
- #45 Ardem
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Techtive Games
Windows · Linux
The zombies ended the world. You're going to switch it back on. Ardem is an open-world zombie survival game in an immersive handcrafted world. Restore electricity, rebuild vehicles, construct your base, and permanently reshape the world. Solo, co-op, or on up-to-64-player PvE, PvP, and RP servers.
Why similar: Moddable 24% ★, Sandbox 15.1%, Open World 12.9%, Third Person 9.1%, Base Building 8.9%
- #46 Isles of Adalar
72% matchMixed46% of 152 reviews2020
Dev: Peakway Software LLC
Windows
Isles of Adalar is an open world single player/co-op fantasy RPG that can be played in first or third person. The game is one part RPG one part RPG maker as it ships with an integrated level editor and Steam Workshop support. Users can mod the existing content or create their own.
Why similar: Moddable 27.7% ★, Open World 15.2%, Medieval 14.6%, Co-op 12%, RPG 9.5%
- #47 Whiskerwood
68% matchVery Positive92% of 3,269 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Why similar: Diplomacy 25% ★, Moddable 20.7% ★, Historical 16%, Sandbox 12.2%, Open World 10.8%
- #48 For The Hive
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Arcane Worlds
Windows
Survive as a tiny insect in a big harsh world. Fight your way to the top of the food chain. Build a strong colony that stands the test of time and become the ruler of the insect world.
Why similar: Diplomacy 33.9% ★, Sandbox 17%, Open World 11.1%, Base Building 9.2%, Character Customization 7.6%
- #49 Nova Roma
67% matchVery Positive94% of 2,244 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Diplomacy 24% ★, Moddable 20.4% ★, Historical 16.7%, Sandbox 12.4%, Open World 10.7%
- #50 Be the Ruler: Britannia
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BeardedBrothers.games
Windows
Be the Ruler: Britannia is a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure RPG set in early medieval England. You are the king. Found a dynasty, and play your descendants later. Wear the crown, gain allies, plot, defend lands. Play many times to discover the full possibilities!
Why similar: Historical 19.3%, Medieval 17%, Strategy RPG 16.2%, Sandbox 13.1%, Base Building 10.3%
- #51 War of Banners
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
War of Banners is a sandbox turn-based tactical RPG set in a medieval open world. Recruit companions, lead your army, and claim victory across brutal battlefields. From a wandering mercenary band to an empire-ruling sovereign — your fate is shaped by strategy and choice.
Why similar: Moddable 22.9% ★, Medieval 17.3%, Open World 14.5%, Sandbox 13.7%, Strategy RPG 8.8%
- #52 The End of History
68% matchMixed69% of 385 reviews2025
Dev: TatamibeyaPub: WorldMap
Windows
A medieval sandbox. Serve a king, rule your own fief, or raise a claimant to the throne. Marry, scheme, rebel, claim a crown, or just watch. Every NPC in this world lives by the same rules you do, driving it toward collapse. Stopping it is your task; the higher you rise, the more ways you have.
Why similar: Diplomacy 24.8% ★, Historical 18.2%, Medieval 15.9%, Strategy RPG 14.4%, Sandbox 14%
- #53 The Wandering Trader
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eva Marbach
Windows
Embark on a tranquil journey through stunning mountain landscapes, discovering treasures and trading with locals in The Wandering Trader.
Why similar: Medieval 27.4%, Trading 24.5%, Sandbox 18.6%, Open World 12%, Third Person 11%
- #54 Emergency Call 112 – The Fire Fighting Simulation 2
69% matchMixed61% of 5,769 reviews2021
Dev: CreneticPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Emergency Call 112 – The Fire Fighting Simulation 2 is the consequent further development of the successful first part, which lets every Firefighter Fan experience the way a professional fire brigade works.
Why similar: Moddable 29.4% ★, Sandbox 18.5%, Open World 15.7%, Realistic 10.5%, Third Person 9.9%
- #55 Heart of the Machine
66% matchVery Positive92% of 2,098 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 18.1 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: Diplomacy 26.1% ★, Moddable 20.9% ★, Historical 15.7%, Sandbox 11.9%, Open World 10.6%
- #56 Premortal VR
68% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Voigon Ltd.
Windows
Premortal VR is a medieval VR-only game. Explore and survive the procedurally-generated wilderness. Gather resources and craft gear. Build formidable bases. Overcome all boss trials to ascend!
Why similar: Sandbox 21.1%, Medieval 18.6%, Open World 17.5%, Base Building 11.6%, RPG 9.3%
- #57 Age of Reforging: The Freelands
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,479 reviews2025
Dev: PersonaeGame StudioPub: Kunpan Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Sandbox 16.5%, Open World 16.1%, Medieval 15.8%, Strategy RPG 13.9%, RPG 7.2%
- #58 Raven Errant
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YorkshireRifles
Windows
Where battle rages, the Ravens wander. Scavenge the victims of battle for loot to upgrade your stats and equipment. Become the strongest warrior on the battlefield in this third person medieval hack and slash.
Why similar: Medieval 21.4%, Historical 17.3%, RPG 14.4%, Sandbox 14.1%, Moddable 10.2% ★
- #59 Robin Hood: Shadow of Nottingham
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Judica Me Games
Windows
Liberate Nottingham from the dark alliances of Prince John as the daring outlaw Robin Hood. Stick to the shadows, fight the enemies of King Richard, evade and outsmart your foes, and shape the fate of Nottingham forever. A short, simple, sandbox stealth game.
Why similar: Historical 21.8%, Sandbox 18.7%, Open World 12.7%, Medieval 12%, Character Customization 10.4%