- #1 Manor Lords
97% matchVery Positive85% of 85,453 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Why similar: City Builder 27.9%, Base Building 17.5%, Sandbox 16.8%, Historical 16.1%, Open World 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the intersection of detailed medieval city-building and large-scale tactical real-time combat.
- #2 Stronghold: Definitive Edition
96% matchVery Positive86% of 9,888 reviews2023
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.
Why similar: City Builder 21%, Real Time Tactics 18.9%, Medieval 10.4%, Sandbox 9.9%, Base Building 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the classic balance of managing a castle economy while defending against massive sieges.
- #3 Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
96% matchVery Positive95% of 175,733 reviews2019
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 86.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.
Why similar: City Builder 30.1%, Base Building 16%, Strategy 13.6%, Historical 12%, Medieval 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for medieval real-time strategy, offering deep base-building and diverse tactical warfare.
- #4 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
95% matchVery Positive88% of 286,599 reviews2022
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 61.2 hrsMean: 152.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 23.2%, War 21.6%, Sandbox 16.1%, Open World 11.6%, Strategy 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox masterpiece that allows you to lead armies in real-time tactical combat while managing your own medieval domain.
- #5 Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 35,447 reviews2006
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 36.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Spanning the most turbulent era in Western history, your quest for territory and power takes you through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and even onto the shores of the New World.
Why similar: Medieval 24.9%, Historical 19%, War 17.4%, Strategy 14.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides the ultimate grand-strategy experience combined with massive real-time tactical battles.
- #6 Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,461 reviews2022
Dev: Black Sea GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.0 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: Medieval 30.2%, Strategy 20.3%, Historical 16.2%, Simulation 11.4%, City Builder 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A real-time grand strategy game that focuses on the management of a kingdom and the tactical control of armies.
- #7 Conqueror's Blade
93% matchMixed68% of 37,668 reviews2020
Dev: Booming TechPub: Poros Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 72.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Conqueror's Blade gives you a chance to be a true warlord. Commanding medieval troops in epic 15 vs. 15 siege battles, conquering cities with allies in the open world or fighting against players from all over the world – it's you who make the choice.
Why similar: Wargame 23.8%, MMORPG 20.5% ★, War 12.8%, Medieval 12%, Sandbox 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A massively multiplayer game that blends tactical unit control with action-oriented medieval warfare.
- #8 Ancestors Legacy
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,549 reviews2018
Dev: Destructive Creations
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually solved by war.
Why similar: Medieval 25.6%, Historical 19%, Strategy 16.5%, War 15.5%, Multiplayer 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A squad-based real-time tactics game that focuses heavily on medieval combat and tactical positioning.
- #9 Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
91% matchVery Positive86% of 91,161 reviews2021
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 75.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.
Why similar: City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 15.7%, War 15.3%, Medieval 11%, Strategy 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the classic RTS formula with highly polished base-building and tactical combat.
- #10 Cossacks 3
91% matchVery Positive82% of 15,735 reviews2016
Dev: GSC Game World
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 50.7 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: City Builder 16.3%, War 14.4%, Base Building 11.6%, Historical 11.2%, Isometric 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic real-time strategy game that features massive armies and historical base-building mechanics.
- #11 Going Medieval
89% matchVery Positive89% of 20,287 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 29.4%, Base Building 18.9%, Sandbox 18.2%, Historical 16.7%, Strategy 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A deep city-builder that allows you to construct complex fortresses and manage survivors in a medieval world.
- #12 Diplomacy is Not an Option
90% matchVery Positive85% of 11,517 reviews2024
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Base Building 22.9%, Historical 21.7%, Medieval 21.7%, War 13.8%, Isometric 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines city-building with intense real-time defense against thousands of enemies.
- #13 Foundation
88% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: City Builder 45.6%, Medieval 16.8%, Sandbox 12.7%, Base Building 8.2%, Strategy 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A grid-less city-builder that focuses on organic growth and medieval society management.
- #14 Viking Rise
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 879 reviews2024
Dev: IGG SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 85.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Race against other players to explore Valhalla and conquer Midgard!
Why similar: Wargame 22.4%, Real Time Tactics 19.4%, War 10.8%, Medieval 10.3%, Historical 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused game that incorporates real-time tactics and base-building within a Viking-themed world.
- #15 Myth of Empires
87% matchMixed67% of 17,261 reviews2024
Dev: Angela GamePub: Imperium Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 230.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox game featuring a high degree of freedom and multiple civilizations. Players must survive, craft, create, and lead troops in their quest to conquer PVE or PVP territory and build their own empire. Xizhou Civilization Pack is now officially released!
Why similar: MMORPG 22.9% ★, Sandbox 12.9%, War 12.5%, Base Building 11.1%, Medieval 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that features deep base-building and large-scale warfare in a historical setting.
- #16 Kingdoms and Castles
85% matchVery Positive93% of 30,837 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Why similar: City Builder 45.9%, Medieval 16.9%, Sandbox 12.5%, Base Building 10.8%, Strategy 8%
Why You'll Like It: A charming yet challenging city-builder that requires you to defend your kingdom from invaders and dragons.
- #17 March of Empires
86% matchMixed63% of 1,811 reviews2017
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 77.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Claim your title as Shogun, Highland King, Northern Tsar or Desert Sultan and join this genre-redefining strategy game where you will wage constant war for real territorial conquest! Fortify your castle, fuel a massive army, and enter the ultimate fight for realm domination!
Why similar: Wargame 20.1%, City Builder 14%, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, War 11.8%, Medieval 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic mobile-to-PC strategy game that focuses on base-building and alliance-based warfare.
- #18 Romans: Age of Caesar
86% matchMixed45% of 453 reviews2022
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Build Rome Together! A co-operative grand strategy MMO from a team of veteran city builders, Romans: Age of Caesar is the latest historical strategy game from Firefly Studios.
Why similar: Wargame 17.4%, City Builder 17.1%, Real Time Tactics 14.8%, Sandbox 9.5%, Isometric 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative city-builder that tasks players with working together to build and manage ancient cities.
- #19 Eyes of War
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 321 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: Wargame 24.4%, City Builder 13.8%, Real Time Tactics 11.5%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Isometric 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A real-time strategy game that allows players to switch between a top-down view and a third-person commander perspective.
- #20 Medieval Dynasty
82% matchVery Positive91% of 49,970 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 35.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Medieval 17.6%, Base Building 16.2%, Sandbox 15.7%, Co-op 14.2%, Historical 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of survival, city-building, and role-playing that lets you build a dynasty from the ground up.
- #21 Taking London
82% matchVery Positive85% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Pink Pegasus Games
Windows · Linux
A love letter to old-school browser-based RTS MMOs – with charming nostalgic pixel graphics, a dash of political satire, and tonnes of strategic tension. Build your empire, face off against other players, and take what’s yours in true British imperial style: by dominating the map.
Why similar: Wargame 24.3%, Real Time Tactics 19.4%, City Builder 17.6%, PvP 8.1%, War 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical wargame that focuses on real-time combat and strategic maneuvering in a historical context.
- #22 Besiege
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 52,104 reviews2020
Dev: Spiderling Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Besiege is a physics building game about constructing medieval machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Conquer the campaign or skirmish with friends in Multiplayer!
Why similar: Sandbox 25.7%, Medieval 23.9%, PvP 16%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Strategy 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based sandbox game that allows you to build medieval siege engines to conquer various levels.
- #23 Stronghold Kingdoms
84% matchMixed64% of 9,483 reviews2012
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 84.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A massively multiplayer grand strategy game, Stronghold Kingdoms is about forging alliances, political mind games, city-building and castle sieges with thousands of other players!
Why similar: City Builder 14.9%, Wargame 12.5%, Real Time Tactics 10.7%, Medieval 10.1%, War 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A massively multiplayer version of the classic series that focuses on long-term strategy and alliance building.
- #24 Total War: ATTILA
81% matchVery Positive82% of 36,976 reviews2015
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Linux
Median: 17.4 hrsMean: 80.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Against a darkening background of famine, disease and war, a new power is rising in the great steppes of the East. With a million horsemen at his back, the ultimate warrior king approaches, and his sights are set on Rome… The next instalment in the multi award-winning PC series that combines turn-based strategy with real-time tactics,...
Why similar: War 25.4%, Historical 23.1%, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, Strategy 14.5%, Medieval 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging wargame that emphasizes survival and strategic management during the collapse of an empire.
- #25 Banished
80% matchVery Positive90% of 42,988 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Why similar: City Builder 54.2%, Sandbox 12.6%, Medieval 11%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A focused city-builder that challenges you to manage resources and survive the harsh realities of medieval life.
- #26 Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2
78% matchVery Positive84% of 7,100 reviews2023
Dev: Brilliant Game Studios
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Welcome to Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2, the most ridiculous and insane battle simulator in existence! Create eye watering battles with hundreds of thousands, even millions of characters on screen! Jump into multiple campaigns in game or player made, or play in sandbox mode and FPS invasion
Why similar: Wargame 31.6%, Real Time Tactics 24%, Sandbox 20%, Strategy 7.4%, Simulation 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox wargame that allows for the simulation of massive, chaotic medieval battles on an unprecedented scale.
- #27 Three Kingdoms: Battle of Generals
78% matchMixed66% of 89 reviews2023
Dev: Youkia International Limited
Windows
Three Kingdoms: Battle of Generals is a multi-player online real-time strategy game based on the Three Kingdoms history which recreates realistic landscapes in the world map. Look out for flank attacks and road blocks from your enemies when you explore the open world and build your city.
Why similar: Wargame 26.4%, Real Time Tactics 22.5%, War 10.8%, Historical 10%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #28 Imperia Online
79% matchMixed59% of 309 reviews2016
Dev: Imperia Online JSC
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Imperia Online brings you into a world, which exists in the times before the age of gunpowder. It is the world of the sharp blade, long bow and war horse. Experience the vast amount of gameplay mechanics and compete with thousands of players in a totally realistic medieval strategic simulation!
Why similar: Wargame 26.2%, War 16.4%, Medieval 14.8%, Base Building 12.3%, PvP 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A long-standing strategy game that emphasizes economic management and large-scale multiplayer conflict.
- #29 Kingdom Wars
79% matchMixed67% of 2,794 reviews2013
Dev: Reverie World Studios
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Kingdom Wars is a free to play 3D MMORTS with real-time siege combat, without the pay to win element so common in the genre. Kingdom Wars offers beautiful 3D online world, where players construct strongholds, direct citizens, complete quests and eventually manage a global empire.
Why similar: Medieval 18.7%, Strategy 18%, City Builder 16.9%, MMORPG 11.8% ★, War 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play real-time strategy game that features persistent world elements and medieval siege warfare.
- #30 Castle Empire
77% matchMixed57% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: HaoPlay Limited
Windows
Empire falls eventually. Build your own empire and conquer the world.
Why similar: Wargame 38%, War 16.3%, Historical 14.7%, Strategy 10.6%, Top-Down 9.8%
- #31 Kingdoms Conquer / 攻城天下
76% matchVery Positive91% of 237 reviews2021
Dev: 攻城天下
Windows
Kingdoms Conquer is a Massive National Battles Card Strategy Game. Recruit troops, build the battle lineup, conquer and expand your territory, all is to make your realm grown more powerful and finally reign over all the realms! Write your own history and become the one true king of all the kingdoms!
Why similar: MMORPG 17.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.4%, Wargame 14%, City Builder 9.5%, Historical 9.4%
- #32 Lord of the Other World
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 399 reviews2023
Dev: NCARD
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
This game is a more casual strategy war game, it bid farewell to the endless confrontation between players in traditional strategy games! More emphasis on collaboration between players.
Why similar: Wargame 28.9%, City Builder 27.6%, War 13.5%, Medieval 12.9%, Strategy 8.8%
- #33 Coronation
76% matchMixed66% of 105 reviews2021
Dev: Twin Sword Studio
Windows
Coronation, an online medieval sandbox with player-built settlements, dungeons & economy.
Why similar: Wargame 20.9%, City Builder 18.7%, Real Time Tactics 17.9%, Base Building 10.5%, Medieval 9.9%
- #34 Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
71% matchVery Positive92% of 10,053 reviews2025
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 30.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gird your loins and sharpen your steel! Besiege 20 unique enemy lords and battle friends online, in this expanded remaster of the classic 'castle sim'. Relive history with new units, opponents, visuals, audio, campaigns, skirmish trails, co-op and larger maps.
Why similar: City Builder 17.8%, Real Time Tactics 16.8%, War 10.2%, Medieval 9.4%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #35 Infinite Borders
75% matchMostly Negative35% of 101 reviews2023
Dev: NetEase Games
Windows
With over 10 million downloads, Infinite Borders is a popular strategy game set in China's Three Kingdoms period. Fight alongside legendary heroes to conquer lands and defeat enemies. Build unique teams, guide your city to prosperity, and make special policies. Infinite Borders is calling you!
Why similar: Wargame 21.7%, War 13.5%, Base Building 11.3%, Historical 11.2%, Strategy 10.6%
- #36 全战天下
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 61 reviews2021
Dev: 全战天下
Windows
《全战天下》是一款全新的SLG战争策略游戏,游戏背景上我们抛开了单一历史时空的限制,将东西方文明中那些伟大的名字写到了游戏中,如果您热爱华夏文明,辅佐玄德公匡扶汉室,与嬴政白起一统六国,加入刘邦项羽的楚汉之争,携手成吉思汗征服亚欧将是您完美的选择,如果您喜欢日本战国,那就与三刀一流的宫本武藏,天下布武的织田信长一道征战沙场,您要是喜好欧美文明,我们推荐您选择圣女贞德,美杜莎、阿克琉斯来助您成就大业,经典英灵不胜枚举,阵容豪华堪称策略游戏的复仇者联盟。
Why similar: Wargame 19.5%, MMORPG 16.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.4%, War 12.7%, Historical 10.9%
- #37 Age of Conquest IV
74% matchVery Positive82% of 2,804 reviews2016
Dev: Noble Master LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Age of Conquest is a turn-based grand strategy wargame.
Why similar: War 28.1%, Strategy 12.7%, Historical 11.9%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Medieval 10.9%
- #38 航海霸業 Maritime hegemony
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 131 reviews2022
Dev: Chongqing Aoxia Technology Co., Ltd.Pub: STIM GAMES
Windows
"Navigation Domination" is an RPG game with the 15th century era of great voyage as the background. Based on the 14th to 19th centuries, especially the world after the great geographical discovery and the opening of new routes, maps, ports, cities and specialties for trade are constructed.
Why similar: Sailing 29.5% ★, MMORPG 20.2% ★, Wargame 14.6%, Medieval 9.3%, Historical 8.9%
- #39 Project Entropy
72% matchMixed52% of 220 reviews2024
Dev: FunPlus International AG
Windows
Welcome, commander, to Project Entropy- an ultimate Sci-Fi and role-playing game with battles in space. In this immersive MMO experience, you will command alien civilizations, conquer uncharted planets, and build Hero fleets.
Why similar: Wargame 34.5%, Base Building 25.1%, PvP 14.7%, Strategy 11.1%, Simulation 8.9%
- #40 Knights of the Crusades
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 165 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: Wargame 19.6%, City Builder 19.2%, Sandbox 13.5%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%, Base Building 9.7%
- #41 三国.群将传
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: Three Kingdoms Limited
Windows · Mac
379座城池,谋略攻城,你能一统三国吗?
Why similar: Wargame 28.6%, Historical 17.7%, War 15.5%, Online Co-Op 12.8%, PvP 10.9%
- #42 Dawn of Ages
71% matchMixed54% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: Stratosphere GamesPub: BoomBit
Windows
Experience authentic medieval warfare. Command vast armies in brutal mass battles, utilizing diverse weapons and tactics. Embark on historical campaigns against rival kingdoms or challenge real opponents in epic PvP wars.
Why similar: Medieval 23.4%, Historical 16%, War 15.7%, PvP 13.3%, Strategy 10%
- #43 Sanguo's Ambition 4 :Three Kingdoms
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 114 reviews2026
Dev: Youshen Interactive
Windows · Mac
A real-time strategy+team competition game, in 189, the Han Dynasty launched a mutual attack and expansion of territories, operating their own forces, and seizing generals and resources until the world was unified.
Why similar: Wargame 32.2%, Real Time Tactics 20.3%, Base Building 12%, PvP 10.3%, Historical 9.1%
- #44 King and Kingdoms
73% matchMixed40% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Bad Button Studio
Windows
Factions, countries and empires that have truly existed in the real history await you. The only difference is that it is in your hand to rewrite their history. Become the ruler of any country you want and lead your nation from small village to the way to be the magnificent empire!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 27.7%, Medieval 14.6%, Historical 13.7%, Base Building 12.8%, Online Co-Op 9.4%
- #45 EDYN
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: GALESTORM GAMES
Windows · Mac
Join the battle for EDYN, the ultimate multiplayer strategy game. Build settlements, command armies, and unify the realms in epic PvP warfare to etch your legacy into history. Raid, loot, make alliances, and unite to conquer the planet itself, with no Pay-To-Win mechanics to upset the playing field.
Why similar: Strategy 55%, Simulation 45%
- #46 Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
69% matchVery Positive85% of 52,705 reviews2020
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 43.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.
Why similar: City Builder 21.8%, Base Building 19.6%, War 13.4%, Historical 11.1%, Strategy 10.3%
- #47 World Of Conquerors
71% matchMixed61% of 98 reviews2019
Dev: HuntahPub: Darkness Development
Windows
Build your cities, manage resources, train soldiers and fight for supremacy in a vast world with other player controlled empires
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #48 Tribal Wars
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 814 reviews2020
Dev: InnoGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 43.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Compete in hardcore PvP strategy in persistent game worlds where real time resource and troop management in coordination with other players is required to expand your kingdom from one village to hundreds as you conquer the map in this winner takes all medieval contest.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 32.1%, Base Building 22.6%, Medieval 13.7%, Strategy 11.7%, PvP 10.6%
- #49 帝国:权杖与文明
67% matchVery Positive86% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: 帝国项目组
Windows
在你的眼里,文明是怎么样的?是石头长矛到飞机导弹的跨时代战场,还是从三国时代到骑士之剑的地域时空跨越,亦或是和无数历史英雄一起肩并肩作战和决策的机会,更是从生命最初的萌芽,到最伟大文明的艰辛进化旅程······ 这一切,相信在《帝国:权杖与文明》中,都能找到属于你的答案。
Why similar: Wargame 34.9%, Real Time Tactics 28.7%, War 11.6%, Strategy 7.9%, Multiplayer 5.7%
- #50 War Selection
68% matchVery Positive85% of 23,033 reviews2019
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 27.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
War Selection is a compelling RTS game featuring base building, resource extraction and warfare. Evolve from a stone age tribe to a distinct industrial nation with unique game mechanics and battle for supremacy with dozens of players on a unique procedurally generated map.
Why similar: Base Building 28.3%, War 16%, Strategy 12.2%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Online Co-Op 9.6%
- #51 DSS 2: War Industry
66% matchVery Positive86% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: vikingfabian
Windows
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: Wargame 32.8%, City Builder 25.9%, Medieval 14.6%, Open World 6.3%, Co-op 5.9%
- #52 Circle Empires 2
65% matchMostly Positive73% of 222 reviews2026
Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
CIRCLE EMPIRES returns! Expand your empire, circle by circle, in this fast-paced follow-up to the hit RTS. Gather resources, build armies, and defeat bosses (or your friends) in a world that changes with every game. With unique units and biomes, it's an addictive battle of wits and tactics.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 32%, Base Building 16.4%, PvP 13.6%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Co-op 11%
- #53 TFC: The Fertile Crescent
65% matchVery Positive89% of 361 reviews2024
Dev: Wield InteractivePub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gather resources, build your base, and lead your people to victory in this captivating reimagining of classic RTS, set in the Bronze Age. Secure fertile land, fend off raids, and stockpile food to generate knowledge and unlock powerful village advancements.
Why similar: City Builder 20.8%, Real Time Tactics 16.1%, Base Building 12.1%, Isometric 9.5%, Historical 9.2%
- #54 Arkheim - Realms at War
68% matchMixed62% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: Travian Games GmbH
Windows
Experience a new take on the competitive 4x genre with Arkheim - Realms at War: Team based strategy in a free to play MMO fantasy world, played in game rounds of 10 weeks each!
Why similar: Wargame 23.5%, Real Time Tactics 21.1%, PvP 12.1%, War 11.1%, Isometric 10.7%
- #55 Pirates of Everseas
68% matchMixed63% of 130 reviews2019
Dev: Moonmana
Windows · Mac
Build a pirate empire & explore the open seas in this exciting strategy game!
Why similar: City Builder 31.2%, MMORPG 27.5% ★, Isometric 9.1%, Strategy 8.9%, Base Building 8.7%
- #56 大城主战略版
67% matchMixed66% of 126 reviews2021
Dev: wywl
Windows
《大城主攻略版》是一款拥有沉浸式体验感以三国时代为背景的战争策略类游戏。军阀四起,天下大乱,玩家化身一代君王带领传世神将征战乱世。天时地利,攻城略地;排兵布阵,革图易虑,全方位展现东方战争艺术的魅力,跟随主公以国之名,平定天下,创太平盛世!
Why similar: Wargame 28.2%, Real Time Tactics 21%, War 15.6%, Historical 13.9%, Open World 6.4%