- #1 Knights of the Crusades
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
Why similar: City Builder 26.9%, RTS 15.7%, Historical 12.7%, Building 11.3%, Economy 10.6%
- #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 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 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.
Why similar: City Builder 26.9%, Historical 15.1%, Economy 14.5%, Medieval 12.1%, Base Building 8.6%
- #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 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 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.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.6%, RTS 20.8%, Strategy 18%, Medieval 17%, Historical 11.1%
- #16 Anno 117: Pax Romana
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.
Why similar: City Builder 24.9%, RTS 18.9%, Economy 11.7%, Historical 10.4%, Building 10.3%
- #17 Norland
85% matchVery Positive82% of 10,516 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.6 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 20.5%, City Builder 15.2%, RTS 13.1%, Historical 9.9%, Economy 9%
- #18 Kingdom Wars 4
86% matchMixed66% of 241 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 12.5%, Wargame 11.2%, Historical 7%
- #19 Renaissance Kingdom Wars
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 171 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 19%, RTS 13.8%, Wargame 12.7%, Historical 8.4%, Military 8.2%
- #20 Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,737 reviews2022
Dev: Black Sea GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 21.9%, Strategy 14.3%, Medieval 13.2%, Historical 9.5%
- #21 Feudal Baron: King's Land
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.
Why similar: City Builder 22.9%, RTS 21.1%, Medieval 10.7%, Base Building 9.4%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #22 Tlatoani: Aztec Cities
82% matchVery Positive82% of 192 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 19.2%, City Builder 16.2%, RTS 14.5%, Historical 10.3%, Economy 8.2%
- #23 Great Houses of Calderia
81% matchMixed61% of 447 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 37.8%, Economy 11.2%, RTS 11.2%, Military 11%, Strategy 8.5%
- #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 29.5%, Wargame 17.4%, Historical 10.5%, Economy 9.3%, Strategy 8%
- #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!
Why similar: RTS 22.2%, Wargame 19.6%, City Builder 13.8%, Strategy 8.4%, Military 7.5%
- #26 CivIdle
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,131 reviews2025
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 84.8 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 20.2%, City Builder 18.3%, Historical 15.7%, Base Building 13.2%, Medieval 10%
- #27 Republic of Pirates
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 545 reviews2024
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 21.5% ★, City Builder 20.1%, RTS 19.2%, Historical 7.6%, Strategy 7%
- #28 Civitatem
81% 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 35.7%, Strategy 15.2%, Medieval 11.8%, Base Building 11%, Building 9.1%
- #29 Let Them Trade
78% matchVery Positive86% of 1,191 reviews2025
Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 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 27.5%, Economy 16.6%, Building 12.3%, Medieval 12.3%, Base Building 11%
- #30 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
77% matchVery Positive84% of 774 reviews2025
Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 21.7%, RTS 19.7%, Building 11.2%, Base Building 10.1%, Medieval 8.3%
- #31 Nova Roma
76% matchVery Positive93% of 2,363 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 23.8%, City Builder 17.9%, Historical 11.4%, Economy 10.1%, Building 9.2%
- #32 Polismos
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 62 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 25.7%, City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 16.8%, Strategy 10.9%, RTS 10.9%
- #33 Primitive Society Simulator
77% matchVery Positive84% of 760 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 22.4%, Wargame 19.5%, Historical 13.6%, Building 11.7%, Base Building 11.1%
- #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.
Why similar: City Builder 21.3%, Historical 12.5%, Military 12%, Building 11.2%, Economy 10.8%
- #35 Cataclismo
75% matchVery Positive89% of 4,346 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 20.5%, City Builder 15%, RTS 13.2%, Historical 9.9%, Economy 9.2%
- #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%
Lead powerful civilizations across the globe, master strategies and tactics, and relive history in co op battles—now remastered in stunning 4K and modernized gameplay.
Why similar: RTS 23.8%, City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 12.9%, Military 12.2%, Strategy 11.8%
- #37 Celestial Empire
73% matchVery Positive89% of 732 reviews2025
Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
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 Monarch : Medieval Remastered
74% matchVery Positive81% of 382 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 34.3%, Historical 15.3%, Medieval 13.3%, Wargame 12.3%, Strategy 9.2%
- #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 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%
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 24.6%, City Builder 20.3%, Economy 10%, Building 9.7%, Base Building 8.8%
- #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%
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 24.3%, City Builder 18.3%, Historical 11.5%, Economy 10.3%, Building 9.3%
- #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 Anno 1503 History Edition
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 136 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%
- #44 Machinefall
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.
Why similar: Action RTS 23.8% ★, RTS 20.9%, City Builder 18.4%, Wargame 13.8%, Strategy 6.7%
- #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.
Why similar: City Builder 30.6%, RTS 20.5%, Medieval 11.2%, Strategy 10%, Economy 9.2%
- #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%
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 24.2%, City Builder 17.2%, Historical 11.3%, Economy 10.3%, Building 9.3%
- #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!
Why similar: City Builder 35.5%, Economy 19.3%, Building 19.2%, Resource Management 10.2%, Medieval 10.1%
- #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.
Why similar: City Builder 22.1%, RTS 21.8%, Historical 14.4%, Economy 13.5%, Base Building 11.6%
- #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%
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 21.2%, RTS 15.9%, Medieval 9.8%, Economy 9.8%, Building 9.4%
- #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 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!
Why similar: Economy 39.2%, Historical 31.3%, Strategy 29.6%
- #52 Settlements Rising
68% matchVery Positive81% of 436 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%, Medieval 11.7%, Base Building 9.7%, Strategy 9.5%
- #53 Cossacks 3
69% matchVery Positive82% of 16,201 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 21.4% ★, RTS 19.7%, City Builder 13.6%, Historical 10.8%, Strategy 9.4%
- #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?
Why similar: City Builder 40.5%, Strategy 23.7%, RTS 19.9%, Medieval 14.9%, Singleplayer 1%
- #55 Age of History 3
65% matchVery Positive85% of 18,912 reviews2024
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
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 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 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 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 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%