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Games Like City States: Medieval

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You are the leader of a city-state in high medieval Europe. Expand your city through deep city-building systems, build a trade empire across the known world, and lead men to war to defend trade routes in a high-stakes struggle of global strategy and brutal warfare.

Reviews: Mixed — 63% — of 57 reviews
Released: 2026-07-24
Developer: Reverie World Studios
Publisher: indie.io
Genres: Indie, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    97% 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!

    Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.4%, Action RTS 16.2% ★, RTS 15%, City Builder 13.7%, Wargame 11.3%

  2. #2 Medieval Kingdom Wars
    96% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,616 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 16% ★, RTS 13.4%, City Builder 12.4%, Wargame 10.8%

  3. #3 Mandate Order
    95% matchVery Positive81% of 1,304 reviews2026
    Dev: Digital Sky
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    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 15.3%, RTS 12.1%, Wargame 11.9%, Grand Strategy 10.9%, Historical 8.5%

  4. #4 Grand Ages: Medieval
    96% matchMixed48% of 1,977 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 23.3%, RTS 15.9%, City Builder 13.8%, Strategy 11.9%, Medieval 11.4%

  5. #5 DSS 2: War Industry
    94% matchVery Positive84% of 197 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 20.8%, Wargame 17.1%, City Builder 16.7%, RTS 16%, Economy 10.2%

  6. #6 KAISERPUNK
    94% matchMostly Positive71% of 935 reviews2025
    Dev: Overseer Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    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 20.3%, City Builder 16.4%, Wargame 12.4%, Military 9.8%, Historical 9%

  7. #7 Manor Lords
    93% 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.

    Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.2%, City Builder 14.8%, RTS 14.3%, Historical 9.9%, Economy 9.1%

  8. #8 Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades
    92% matchVery Positive80% of 95 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% ★

  9. #9 Builders of Greece
    91% matchMixed55% of 604 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.

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  10. #10 Kingdoms and Castles
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 31,455 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 24.4%, RTS 16%, Economy 10%, Building 9%, Base Building 8.2%

  11. #11 Bellfortis
    90% matchVery Positive91% of 151 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 9.1%

  12. #12 Pompeii: The Legacy
    89% matchVery Positive81% of 294 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.

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  13. #13 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 25.4%, RTS 19.2%, Building 13.9%, Medieval 12%, Base Building 11.1%

  14. #14 Nations
    87% matchVery Positive90% of 148 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 23.2%, RTS 18.4%, Action RTS 16.7% ★, Historical 14.9%, Wargame 14.6%

  15. #15 Knights of Honor
    88% matchVery Positive91% of 2,429 reviews2009
    Dev: Black Sea Studios LtdPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    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.

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    86% matchMixed69% of 12,872 reviews2025
    Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
    Windows
    Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 29.2 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.

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  17. #17 Norland
    85% matchVery Positive82% of 10,516 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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  18. #18 Kingdom Wars 4
    86% matchMixed66% of 241 reviews2021
    Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 39%

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    Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.9%, RTS 13%, City Builder 12.5%, Wargame 11.2%, Historical 7%

  19. #19 Renaissance Kingdom Wars
    84% matchMostly Positive72% of 171 reviews2024
    Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
    Windows

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  20. #20 Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
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    Dev: Black Sea GamesPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    84% matchMixed40% of 89 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.

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  22. #22 Tlatoani: Aztec Cities
    82% matchVery Positive82% of 192 reviews2026
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    Windows

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  23. #23 Great Houses of Calderia
    81% matchMixed61% of 447 reviews2024
    Dev: Resistance GamesPub: Firesquid
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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  24. #24 Kingdom's Life
    82% matchMixed63% of 259 reviews2022
    Dev: Strudio Company
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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  25. #25 Eyes of War
    80% 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!

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.2%, City Builder 18.3%, Historical 15.7%, Base Building 13.2%, Medieval 10%

  27. #27 Republic of Pirates
    79% matchMostly Positive71% of 545 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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    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.

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  29. #29 Let Them Trade
    78% matchVery Positive86% of 1,191 reviews2025
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    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%

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  30. #30 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
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    Windows
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  31. #31 Nova Roma
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    Windows · Mac
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  32. #32 Polismos
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    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 25.7%, City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 16.8%, Strategy 10.9%, RTS 10.9%

  33. #33 Primitive Society Simulator
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    Windows
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  34. #34 Citadelum
    76% matchVery Positive84% of 1,089 reviews2024
    Dev: Abylight BarcelonaPub: Abylight Studios
    Windows
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    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.

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  35. #35 Cataclismo
    75% matchVery Positive89% of 4,346 reviews2025
    Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%

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  36. #36 Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
    74% matchVery Positive86% of 55,107 reviews2020
    Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 44.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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    73% matchVery Positive89% of 732 reviews2025
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    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    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 19.5%, City Builder 19.4%, Historical 12.5%, Economy 11.9%, Building 10.6%

  38. #38 Monarch : Medieval Remastered
    74% matchVery Positive81% of 382 reviews2025
    Dev: Mr.Lordy
    Windows

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    Why similar: Grand Strategy 34.3%, Historical 15.3%, Medieval 13.3%, Wargame 12.3%, Strategy 9.2%

  39. #39 Open The Gates!
    75% matchMostly Positive75% of 79 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 17.3%, Military 12.4%, Base Building 10.1%, Building 9.9%

  40. #40 Songs of Syx
    73% 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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  41. #41 Corsair Cove
    70% matchVery Positive85% of 3,566 reviews2026
    Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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  42. #42 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 19.9%, RTS 17.5%, Economy 11.9%, Building 10.7%, Medieval 9.3%

  43. #43 Anno 1503 History Edition
    72% matchMostly Positive71% of 136 reviews2024
    Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
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    70% matchVery Positive83% of 123 reviews2026
    Dev: by Jan Zizka
    Windows

    Machinefall is a post-apocalyptic real time strategy game set on a fully playable global map. Lead humanity’s last survivors as they build bases, gather resources, and wage massive battles against an overwhelming machine swarm. Progress through technological eras from Stone Age to Atomic Age.

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  45. #45 Hearthlands
    73% 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.

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  46. #46 Heart of the Machine
    68% matchVery Positive92% of 2,139 reviews2026
    Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%

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  47. #47 City Tales - Medieval Era
    69% matchVery Positive89% of 627 reviews2026
    Dev: Irregular ShapesPub: Firesquid
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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!

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  48. #48 Going Medieval
    66% matchVery Positive89% of 21,464 reviews2026
    Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
    Windows
    Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 32.6 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.

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  49. #49 Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
    67% matchVery Positive92% of 11,793 reviews2025
    Dev: Firefly Studios
    Windows
    Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 34.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    Why similar: City Builder 21.2%, RTS 15.9%, Medieval 9.8%, Economy 9.8%, Building 9.4%

  50. #50 BANNERMEN
    72% matchMixed54% of 298 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 18.9%, Wargame 16.6%, Medieval 12.7%, Base Building 12.6%

  51. #51 Patrician III
    71% matchVery Positive82% of 1,025 reviews2010
    Dev: Ascaron Entertainment ltd.Pub: Kalypso Media Digital
    Windows
    Median: 24 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!

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  52. #52 Settlements Rising
    68% matchVery Positive81% of 436 reviews2025
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    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.

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  53. #53 Cossacks 3
    69% matchVery Positive82% of 16,201 reviews2016
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    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!

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  54. #54 The Settlers® : Rise of an Empire - History Edition
    70% matchMostly Positive77% of 762 reviews2019
    Dev: Ubisoft Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 17.9 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?

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  55. #55 Age of History 3
    65% matchVery Positive85% of 18,912 reviews2024
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.

    Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.8%, Wargame 21.5%, RTS 18.4%, Economy 10.4%, Strategy 7.7%

  56. #56 Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware
    65% matchVery Positive92% of 828 reviews2025
    Dev: Door 407
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    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 19.5%, RTS 17.5%, Action RTS 16.3% ★, Strategy 8.5%, Base Building 8.4%

  57. #57 Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown
    67% matchMixed58% of 459 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 25.2%, City Builder 18.2%, RTS 16.5%, Building 9.7%, Medieval 9.3%

  58. #58 Stronghold: Warlords
    67% matchMixed65% of 5,328 reviews2021
    Dev: Firefly Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.1 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 18.9%, RTS 14.2%, Military 10.3%, Economy 9.6%, Building 9.3%

  59. #59 Empire of Ember
    68% matchMixed66% of 150 reviews2022
    Dev: Poleaxe Games LLC
    Windows

    Become a battlemage, build a city, and command your troops in this fantasy warfare simulator. Jump into the fray and use your might, magic, and wits to fight enemies in battles of up to a hundred units and fully destructible city siege combat. The fate of an empire is in your hands.

    Why similar: City Builder 33%, Medieval 19.9%, Base Building 17.2%, Strategy 13.3%, Combat 7.8%

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