- #1 Knights of the Crusades
97% matchMixed70% of 181 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: Grand Strategy 20.4% ★, Action RTS 16.2% ★, RTS 15%, City Builder 13.7%, Wargame 11.3%
- #2 Medieval Kingdom Wars
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,615 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: Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, Action RTS 15.9% ★, RTS 13.4%, City Builder 12.4%, Wargame 10.8%
- #3 Mandate Order
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 897 reviews2026
Dev: Digital Sky
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Mandate Order is a Warring States war city-builder set in ancient China. Build a stronghold, manage industries and logistics, recruit scholars from the Hundred Schools of Thought, raise armies, and command real-time tactical battles with thousands of soldiers.
Why similar: City Builder 15.2%, RTS 11.9%, Wargame 11.9%, Grand Strategy 11% ★, Historical 8.4%
- #4 Manor Lords
94% 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: Grand Strategy 25.8% ★, City Builder 19.7%, Historical 12.6%, Medieval 9.8%, Base Building 9.7%
- #5 Grand Ages: Medieval
96% matchMixed48% of 1,976 reviews2015
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Rise from the humble role of a simple mayor governing a small settlement and rule over all of Europe.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, RTS 15.8%, City Builder 13.8%, Strategy 12%, Medieval 11.2%
- #6 DSS 2: War Industry
94% matchVery Positive84% of 187 reviews2025
Dev: vikingfabian
Windows · Linux
In this real-time grand strategy game, command armies, build cities, and manage a dynamic economy. Establish automated supply routes within your territory to streamline production. Fortify your defenses and brace for intense battles. Can you lead your empire to dominance?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.7% ★, Wargame 17%, City Builder 16.7%, RTS 16%, Economy 10.4%
- #7 KAISERPUNK
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 921 reviews2025
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build a city to rule the world in Kaiserpunk, a grand city builder blending production-focused city building with world conquest in an alternate 20th century world. Manage your city, grow industries, build a military, and defeat rivals to become the greatest empire.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, City Builder 16.3%, Wargame 12.4%, Military 9.7%, Historical 9%
- #8 Kingdom Wars 4
92% matchMixed66% of 240 reviews2021
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.1 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: Grand Strategy 17.9% ★, RTS 13%, City Builder 12.4%, Wargame 11.2%, Historical 7%
- #9 Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades
91% matchVery Positive83% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: JOTASOFT STUDIOS
Windows
New Real Time Strategy Game based on medieval times, where you will control powerful factions and empires, with large-scale epic battles, asymmetric civilizations, unit customization system with RPG elements, dynamic AI, 8K support and much more.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 16.7% ★, Action RTS 16.3% ★, RTS 12.9%, City Builder 12.4%, Naval Combat 11.6% ★
- #10 Kingdoms and Castles
91% matchVery Positive94% of 31,383 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.2 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 24.3%, RTS 16%, Economy 10.2%, Building 9%, Base Building 8.2%
- #11 Bellfortis
90% matchVery Positive91% of 148 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: Grand Strategy 26.2% ★, Action RTS 14.7% ★, RTS 14.1%, Historical 11.3%, Medieval 9%
- #12 Empires and Tribes
89% matchMixed66% of 420 reviews2023
Dev: White Vertex Studios
Windows · Mac
Empires and Tribes is a unique hybrid of a medieval city builder and a role-playing game. You will undertake the duties of a mayor in the 13th century and manage the expansion of your city, ensure the production of resources and raise a powerful army to protect yourself from rival principalities.
Why similar: City Builder 25.3%, RTS 19.2%, Building 13.9%, Medieval 11.9%, Base Building 11.1%
- #13 Norland
88% 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: Grand Strategy 21.7% ★, City Builder 16.2%, Historical 10.2%, Economy 9.4%, Building 8.5%
- #14 Builders of Greece
89% matchMixed56% of 592 reviews2025
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Immerse yourself in the beautifully recreated golden age of Hellenic city-states. Builders of Greece is a city management game that lets you display your strategic and economic mastery. Build your Polis from scratch, make meaningful decisions, trade, fight and expand to become the ultimate ruler.
Why similar: City Builder 26.8%, RTS 15.5%, Historical 12.6%, Building 11.3%, Economy 10.8%
- #15 Nations
86% matchVery Positive90% of 141 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: Grand Strategy 23.1% ★, RTS 18.4%, Action RTS 16.6% ★, Historical 14.9%, Wargame 14.6%
- #16 Pompeii: The Legacy
86% matchVery Positive82% of 280 reviews2026
Dev: Siscia Games
Windows
Rebuild Pompeii from the ashes and lead it through centuries of politics, intrigue, and survival. Shape laws, expand trade across the Empire, guide your city through disasters, and command legions in optional real-time battles. Your legacy begins now.
Why similar: City Builder 26.7%, Historical 15%, Economy 14.8%, Medieval 11.9%, Base Building 8.6%
- #17 Knights of Honor
87% matchVery Positive93% of 2,387 reviews2009
Dev: Black Sea Studios LtdPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
As King, it is your duty to lead your people in their struggle to raise your kingdom from its humble beginnings to a position of power and prestige. War, diplomacy and a burgeoning economy are the means by which you increase your power and expand your influence.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.6% ★, RTS 20.8%, Strategy 18.2%, Medieval 16.8%, Historical 11.1%
- #18 Anno 117: Pax Romana
85% matchMixed70% of 12,661 reviews2025
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.
Why similar: City Builder 24.8%, RTS 19%, Economy 11.9%, Historical 10.4%, Building 10.4%
- #19 Renaissance Kingdom Wars
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
The year is 1510. As wars rage across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, it is the age of gunpowder and mercenaries - that changed the course of history. You can do it as well, going from a leader of men to the ruler of an empire in this unique mix of RTS and grand strategy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.9% ★, RTS 13.8%, Wargame 12.7%, Historical 8.3%, Military 8.1%
- #20 Feudal Baron: King's Land
84% matchMixed41% of 87 reviews2024
Dev: Sim Farm S.A.
Windows
Feudal Baron: King’s Land is classic-style city-builder. Turn a humble settlement into a medieval town, build workshops and churches, repel raids, and manage your subjects. Ensure steady supplies – or squeeze every last penny from the people.
Why similar: City Builder 22.8%, RTS 21%, Medieval 10.5%, Base Building 9.4%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #21 Republic of Pirates
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 536 reviews2024
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Establish and grow a pirate utopia during the Golden Age of Piracy. Create a resource-based economy, engage in real-time naval combat, and conduct diplomacy with rival powers. Explore the far reaches of the Caribbean in search of the ultimate fortune and glory.
Why similar: Naval Combat 21.4% ★, City Builder 20%, RTS 19.1%, Historical 7.6%, Strategy 7.1%
- #22 Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,695 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: Grand Strategy 34.4% ★, RTS 22%, Strategy 14.4%, Medieval 13%, Historical 9.5%
- #23 Tlatoani: Aztec Cities
81% matchVery Positive83% of 185 reviews2026
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: Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, City Builder 16.1%, RTS 14.5%, Historical 10.3%, Economy 8.4%
- #24 Kingdom's Life
82% matchMixed63% of 259 reviews2022
Dev: Strudio Company
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Kingdom's Life - Large turn-based global strategy game in pixel style. You have to create your own people and state. Can you lead the state to political, economic, technological and military triumph? It depends on you.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.4% ★, Wargame 17.3%, Historical 10.5%, Economy 9.5%, Strategy 8.1%
- #25 Eyes of War
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 329 reviews2025
Dev: Good Mood Games
Windows · Linux
Eyes of War is a real-time strategy game set in the medieval era, offering both single-player and multiplayer experiences where you can control every unit in character mode. Build your castle, lead your army, and dominate the map. Eyes of War invites you to epic battles of the medieval era!
Why similar: RTS 22.1%, Wargame 19.5%, City Builder 13.7%, Strategy 8.5%, Base Building 7.5%
- #26 Nova Roma
78% 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: Grand Strategy 23.3% ★, City Builder 18%, Historical 11.4%, Economy 10.4%, Building 9.2%
- #27 CivIdle
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,104 reviews2025
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 82.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, City Builder 18.2%, Historical 15.6%, Base Building 13.2%, Medieval 9.9%
- #28 Great Houses of Calderia
79% matchMixed61% of 442 reviews2024
Dev: Resistance GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Great Houses of Calderia is a Feudal Grand Strategy game focusing on family dynamics & stories. Use your family strengths to compete against rivals to rise in the ranks of Calderia - produce, trade, scheme, bribe, and battle to build your legacy of power!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.6% ★, Economy 11.5%, RTS 11.2%, Military 10.9%, Strategy 8.5%
- #29 Civitatem
80% matchMixed63% of 134 reviews2022
Dev: LW Games
Windows
Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.
Why similar: City Builder 35.4%, Strategy 15.2%, Medieval 11.6%, Base Building 11%, Building 9.1%
- #30 Polismos
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Composition GS
Windows
Polismos is a city builder set in ancient Greece. To ensure your city's prosperity you will need to care for your people, trade valuable resources, enact wise policies, and maybe even dominate other cities.
Why similar: Historical 25.6%, City Builder 17.4%, Base Building 16.9%, Strategy 11%, RTS 10.9%
- #31 Primitive Society Simulator
77% matchVery Positive84% of 753 reviews2024
Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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: City Builder 22.3%, Wargame 19.4%, Historical 13.5%, Building 11.7%, Base Building 11.2%
- #32 Songs of Syx
77% matchVery Positive94% of 9,164 reviews2020
Dev: Gamatron AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 42.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.5% ★, City Builder 20.2%, Economy 10.2%, Building 9.7%, Base Building 8.9%
- #33 Monarch : Medieval Remastered
76% matchVery Positive81% of 380 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: Grand Strategy 34.2% ★, Historical 15.3%, Medieval 13.1%, Wargame 12.3%, Strategy 9.2%
- #34 Celestial Empire
75% matchVery Positive90% of 718 reviews2025
Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Forge an empire under the watchful eyes of the gods! Take care of your people, develop efficient production chains and trade with other landlords. Ensure their survival through harsh winters and disasters.
Why similar: RTS 19.6%, City Builder 19.5%, Historical 12.6%, Economy 12.2%, Building 10.7%
- #35 Citadelum
75% matchVery Positive84% of 1,066 reviews2024
Dev: Abylight BarcelonaPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Citadelum is a city builder set in legendary Ancient Rome. Build your own settlement, gather resources and evolve it into a magnificent city. Explore the world, trade and lead your mighty legions in epic tactical battles. Earn the favor of the Gods or challenge them, if you dare.
Why similar: City Builder 21.2%, Historical 12.4%, Military 12%, Building 11.2%, Economy 11%
- #36 Open The Gates!
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 78 reviews2022
Dev: Robin van der Horst
Windows
Build, manage and defend your medieval castle in this crazy sidescroller RTS game. Build walls, towers and traps to protect your fortress from enemy sieges before launching your own. Command powerful siege weapons and design the perfect strategy to take back the empire.
Why similar: RTS 20.8%, City Builder 17.2%, Military 12.3%, Base Building 10.1%, Building 9.9%
- #37 Let Them Trade
73% matchVery Positive86% of 1,176 reviews2025
Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Build a network of cities that produce and trade resources, upgrade your castle, and protect the cities from cheeky bandits. Tinker with the economy at your own pace, and watch the charming wooden world grow into a lively and thriving kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 27.3%, Economy 16.9%, Building 12.2%, Medieval 12%, Base Building 11%
- #38 Ancient Cities
74% matchMixed63% of 2,160 reviews2023
Dev: Uncasual Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!
Why similar: City Builder 30%, Historical 19.6%, Economy 13.6%, Strategy 11%, Building 9.1%
- #39 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
72% matchVery Positive84% of 764 reviews2025
Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
At the farthest reaches of the empire, a new Roman city is born! Manage and grow your city, please the gods, and survive against barbarians and mythological threats to achieve Roman Triumph!
Why similar: City Builder 21.6%, RTS 19.7%, Building 11.2%, Base Building 10.1%, Medieval 8.1%
- #40 Corsair Cove
70% matchVery Positive86% of 3,074 reviews2026
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.5% ★, City Builder 18.3%, Historical 11.4%, Economy 10.5%, Building 9.3%
- #41 Hearthlands
73% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 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 30.5%, RTS 20.5%, Medieval 11.1%, Strategy 10%, Economy 9.4%
- #42 Anno 1503 History Edition
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 133 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Experience the classic gameplay of 1503 A.D.: The New World, optimized for current computers with resolutions up to 4K.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, Action RTS 17.8% ★, City Builder 16.1%, RTS 14.4%, Historical 6.6%
- #43 Lords of Solgrund
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: Sillylas
Windows
Lords of Solgrund combines elements of real time strategy, city building and other unique additions. The game features detailed animations, complex gameplay systems inspired by the early middle ages and elements of fantasy.
Why similar: City Builder 19.8%, RTS 17.4%, Economy 12.1%, Building 10.7%, Historical 9.2%
- #44 City Tales - Medieval Era
69% matchVery Positive90% of 607 reviews2026
Dev: Irregular ShapesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
City Tales is a medieval city builder, allowing you to unleash your creativity and shape vast cities that break outside a traditional grid. Plan each district for your citizens needs and aid your companions in their tales, creating a city to be proud of!
Why similar: City Builder 35.2%, Economy 19.6%, Building 19.1%, Resource Management 10.4%, Medieval 9.9%
- #45 Cataclismo
68% matchVery Positive89% of 4,300 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.4% ★, City Builder 14.9%, RTS 13.1%, Historical 9.8%, Economy 9.4%
- #46 Cossacks 3
71% matchVery Positive82% of 16,115 reviews2016
Dev: GSC Game World
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 50.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Cossacks 3 is the return of RTS classics. Obtain resources, build cities and research technologies while taking command of great armies, crushing enemies in grand historical warfares on land and sea!
Why similar: Action RTS 21.3% ★, RTS 19.6%, City Builder 13.5%, Historical 10.8%, Strategy 9.4%
- #47 Going Medieval
67% matchVery Positive89% of 21,328 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: City Builder 22%, RTS 21.8%, Historical 14.4%, Economy 13.8%, Base Building 11.6%
- #48 The Settlers® : Rise of an Empire - History Edition
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 751 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Build vibrant cities in a medieval world with this modernized version of The Settlers – Rise of an Empire. Each character leads their individual lives and can be observed by you at any time. Will you go down in history as a legendary king?
Why similar: City Builder 40.5%, Strategy 23.9%, RTS 19.9%, Medieval 14.7%, Singleplayer 1%
- #49 Heart of the Machine
67% 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: Grand Strategy 24% ★, City Builder 17.1%, Historical 11.3%, Economy 10.5%, Building 9.3%
- #50 BANNERMEN
73% matchMixed53% of 296 reviews2019
Dev: Pathos Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A singleplayer fast-paced classic RTS game in which you take on the role of a fallen lord on his journey back to become one of the mightiest in the medieval realm of Valtoria.
Why similar: RTS 21.5%, City Builder 18.8%, Wargame 16.6%, Base Building 12.6%, Medieval 12.5%
- #51 Against the Storm
67% 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: Grand Strategy 21.7% ★, City Builder 16.5%, Historical 10.1%, Economy 9.4%, Building 8.6%
- #52 Settlements Rising
69% matchVery Positive81% of 435 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: City Builder 30.4%, Building 12.1%, Medieval 11.6%, Base Building 9.7%, Strategy 9.5%
- #53 Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware
66% matchVery Positive92% of 802 reviews2025
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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: City Builder 19.4%, RTS 17.5%, Action RTS 16.1% ★, Strategy 8.6%, Base Building 8.4%
- #54 Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown
67% matchMixed59% of 453 reviews2025
Dev: Zugalu EntertainmentPub: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is a complex city builder, where the fate of your kingdom hinges on your every decision. Explore this medieval land alone or with friends, make tough moral choices and conquer your foes in RTS combat. Will you struggle to survive, or find the strength to Thrive?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.1% ★, City Builder 18.1%, RTS 16.4%, Building 9.7%, Medieval 9.1%
- #55 Patrician III
69% matchVery Positive82% of 1,015 reviews2010
Dev: Ascaron Entertainment ltd.Pub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Become a fellow of the famous medieval Hanse trading association in the 13th century. Manage the politics, prestige and economic success in your city and the known parts of Europe!
Why similar: Economy 39.6%, Historical 30.9%, Strategy 29.5%
- #56 Stronghold: Warlords
68% matchMixed65% of 5,310 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: City Builder 18.8%, RTS 14.1%, Military 10.3%, Economy 9.8%, Building 9.3%
- #57 Empire Architect
70% matchMixed65% of 171 reviews2017
Dev: Batholith Entertainment
Windows
Empire Architect is an ancient city-building real time strategy game, with elements from grand strategies sprinkled in for good measure. The levels are procedurally generated, and you have limited control over your subjects
Why similar: City Builder 27.5%, RTS 12.5%, Economy 11.1%, Building 10.7%, Strategy 10.2%
- #58 Empires of the Undergrowth
64% matchVery Positive94% of 18,736 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Grand Strategy 23.6% ★, City Builder 17.3%, Historical 11%, Economy 10.5%, Building 9.4%
- #59 Of Life and Land
65% matchVery Positive86% of 364 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.
Why similar: City Builder 18.9%, RTS 16.2%, Historical 10.1%, Base Building 9.4%, Building 9.2%