- #1 Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,052 reviews2025
Dev: Rockbee TeamPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Lessaria is an RTS inspired by Majesty 👑 where you guide heroes with indirect control. Play through the campaign or relax in sandbox mode as you build your magical kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 18.2%, RTS 17.7%, Tower Defense 15.3%, Strategy RPG 11.1%, Medieval 9%
- #2 The King is Watching
96% matchVery Positive89% of 10,374 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
Why similar: RTS 20.3%, City Builder 18.8%, Tower Defense 18.5%, Medieval 10.8%, Real Time Tactics 10%
- #3 Crownbound - Fantasy Kingdom Sim
96% matchMixed50% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Bart Mamzer
Windows
You’re the ruler, but your heroes have minds of their own. Recruit heroes, set rewards, build a thriving kingdom and hope your warriors don’t run off chasing squirrels instead of fighting monsters.
Why similar: City Builder 19.9%, RTS 18.4%, Strategy RPG 13.7%, Economy 10.1%, Medieval 7.7%
- #4 Stronghold: Definitive Edition
94% matchVery Positive86% of 10,331 reviews2023
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.4 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 20.5%, RTS 14.8%, Real Time Tactics 12.3%, Tower Defense 12.3%, Medieval 10.5%
- #5 Majesty 2 Collection
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,560 reviews2011
Dev: 1C:InoCoPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
In the world of Majesty, you are the ruler of the Kingdom. Your rule is not absolute, however, as you face subjects that are independent and stubborn. They will need a great deal of persuasion before they carry out your wishes...
Why similar: RTS 54.6%, Strategy 25%, Fantasy 14.6%, Simulation 4.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #6 Kingdom Two Crowns
93% matchVery Positive90% of 39,408 reviews2018
Dev: Fury StudiosPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.3%, City Builder 24.7%, Building 13.3%, Medieval 12.8%, Fantasy 6.8%
- #7 Hearthlands
94% 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 30.2%, RTS 19.1%, Medieval 12.8%, Economy 10%, Strategy 7.6%
- #8 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 10,619 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.
Why similar: RTS 22.4%, Tower Defense 21.1%, Medieval 12.9%, Building 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%
- #9 Majesty 2
92% matchMixed69% of 1,297 reviews2009
Dev: 1C:InoCoPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
In the world of Majesty, you are the ruler of the kingdom Ardania. At your service are your loyal and somewhat obnoxious subordinates, who have their own minds about how things should be done. In fact, Majesty is the only game where your heroes decide on their own what should be done and when, leaving you to try to control them through...
Why similar: RTS 27.8%, Strategy 24.8%, Fantasy 15.8%, City Builder 15.7%, Simulation 14.1%
- #10 Majesty Gold HD
91% matchVery Positive93% of 595 reviews2009
Dev: CyberlorePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 33%
The High Definition edition of Majesty Gold contains main game, the Northern Expansion Pack as well as 2 new quests and several other graphics and gameplay updates.Majesty is a Real-time strategy game with indirect control – your heroes have a will of their own!
Why similar: Strategy 24.2%, RTS 22.2%, Simulation 15%, Economy 11.8%, Fantasy 11.1%
- #11 Goblins of Elderstone
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 404 reviews2023
Dev: Outerdawn
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?
Why similar: City Builder 26.6%, Tower Defense 21.1%, Building 15.7%, Crafting 11.5%, Fantasy 7.6%
- #12 Going Medieval
88% 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 22.4%, RTS 20.9%, Economy 15.2%, Real Time Tactics 14.2%, Crafting 9.8%
- #13 A Hero's Rest: An RPG Town Simulator
89% matchMixed69% of 180 reviews2024
Dev: Vanargand Games
Windows
Build shops, craft items with hundreds of customization options, and manage your resources wisely to lead your Heroes to success. Immerse yourself as proprietor of a medieval fantasy town in a world abounding with Heroes and Monsters.
Why similar: City Builder 21.1%, Strategy RPG 14.5%, Medieval 12.5%, Economy 10.9%, Building 10.2%
- #14 Little Kingdom RTS
89% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: MyDreamForeverPub: Andgo Games
Windows
Little Kingdom RTS is an indie real-time strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Gather resources, build settlements, raise walls, and grow your small kingdom. Command an army of knights, archers, and mages to fight off rival kingdoms, orcs, and undead.
Why similar: RTS 24.6%, Tower Defense 22.7%, Real Time Tactics 14.7%, Medieval 14.3%, Building 8.9%
- #15 Becastled
87% matchVery Positive82% of 5,597 reviews2025
Dev: Mana Potion Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!
Why similar: City Builder 26%, RTS 20.1%, Medieval 13.3%, Building 12.5%, Strategy 9%
- #16 Thronefall
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,552 reviews2024
Dev: GrizzlyGamesPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30%, City Builder 28%, Medieval 15.1%, Building 9.8%, Strategy 8.6%
- #17 Lords of Solgrund
85% 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 22.8%, RTS 18.9%, Economy 15.1%, Building 12.9%, Medieval 12.4%
- #18 Gold Gold Adventure Gold
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 862 reviews2026
Dev: Can Can Can a Man
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In this world, it’s all about the gold! Use it to build up a fantasy town, recruit heroes, give quests, raise a Godbeast, cast powerful spells, and expand your influence—all one gold coin at a time.
Why similar: City Builder 27%, RTS 26.1%, Tower Defense 23.1%, Strategy 7.5%, Fantasy 5.6%
- #19 Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown
84% 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: City Builder 22.9%, RTS 19.6%, Medieval 13.5%, Building 12.8%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%
- #20 Against the Storm
81% 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: City Builder 30.8%, Economy 18.9%, Medieval 17.5%, Building 16.7%, Strategy 8.4%
- #21 Builders of Greece
83% 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 30.8%, RTS 16.8%, Building 13.4%, Economy 13.4%, Immersive Sim 8.1%
- #22 Foundation
80% matchVery Positive87% of 24,128 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 27.2 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 39.3%, Medieval 14.9%, Economy 10.7%, Building 9.4%, RTS 9%
- #23 Open The Gates!
82% 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 21.6%, City Builder 19%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, Building 11.3%, Economy 9.3%
- #24 Royal Lord - 王权领主
79% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: 开发鸭
Windows
In "Kingdom Monarch", you are a monarch and can build the kingdom of your dreams! You need to build city walls, assign jobs to villagers, recruit soldiers, repel hordes of monsters at night, and expand your village during the day.
Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, RTS 19.2%, Medieval 13.7%, Building 12.8%, Tower Defense 11%
- #25 Dungeon Tycoon
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,918 reviews2024
Dev: Lunheim StudiosPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm! Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.1%, City Builder 20.9%, Economy 16%, Building 11.4%, Medieval 11.2%
- #26 RPG Tycoon
82% matchMixed51% of 487 reviews2016
Dev: Skatanic StudiosPub: Macrocosmic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Hire heroes, send them on quests, get loot and make a profit as you expand from nothing into a bustling fantasy kingdom and attempt to win the coveted title of the greatest kingdom in all of the land!
Why similar: City Builder 32.1%, Building 17.6%, Medieval 11.1%, Strategy 10.9%, Fantasy 9.1%
- #27 ValeGuard
81% matchMixed68% of 174 reviews2018
Dev: Lost Tower Games
Windows
ValeGuard is an RTS, Town-Management hybrid game that combines Turn-Based City-Building with Real-Time Combat. Each day you construct your defenses, train troops, and prepare for attack. When enemies come in the night, you defend with towers, troops, and heroes with powerful abilities.
Why similar: City Builder 19.6%, Tower Defense 19.5%, RTS 16.5%, Medieval 11.3%, Building 9.6%
- #28 Super Fantasy Kingdom
76% matchVery Positive87% of 5,926 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!
Why similar: Medieval 44.3%, Fantasy 23.3%, Strategy 21%, Indie 7.5%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #29 Kingdoms and Castles
77% 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 28.8%, RTS 17.8%, Economy 13%, Building 11.1%, Medieval 10.8%
- #30 Republic of Pirates
78% 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: City Builder 32.4%, RTS 29.3%, Economy 11%, Building 9.5%, Strategy 8.8%
- #31 Feudal Baron: King's Land
79% 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 28.8%, RTS 25%, Medieval 15.6%, Economy 8.4%, Strategy 7.4%
- #32 最后的巫后:众王纷争的年代 Witch Queen
77% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: 安格法
Windows
Individual independent development Witch Queen is a lightweight storyline oriented rts game that is based the dark ages of the fantasy world of Isefaia. In here, Build countries, explore the continent, witness the endings of the Wizards, and learn the truth behind the story.
Why similar: RTS 24.9%, Building 13.2%, Real Time Tactics 12.7%, Strategy RPG 12.6%, Medieval 12.1%
- #33 Siegebreaker
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Immortal ForgePub: indie.io
Windows
Conquer the realm in this strategic tower defense game. Build unique towers, unlock powerful upgrades, and master new tactics to overpower your enemies and vanquish the fallen gods.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.1%, Building 17.1%, Medieval 13%, Magic 10.8%, Strategy 10.4%
- #34 Medieval Businessman
73% matchVery Positive98% of 128 reviews2024
Dev: Teamey
Windows
Welcome to the Empty Patch of Land. Can you create your own beautiful kingdom here? In this strategy in real time you can build farms, taverns, barracks, and more.
Why similar: City Builder 39%, Real Time Tactics 29.8%, Economy 16.8%, Strategy 9%, Indie 4.3%
- #35 Empires and Tribes
75% 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 24.5%, RTS 17.5%, Building 14%, Medieval 13.4%, Crafting 10.7%
- #36 Death Crown
74% matchVery Positive89% of 595 reviews2019
Dev: 5WORD Team
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Death Crown is a minimalist real time strategy game in a 1bit style, where you will be play Death herself, commanding her legions of death, and punishing humanity's Kingdom for its overconfidence.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.7%, Medieval 25%, Fantasy 10.9%, Strategy 10.7%, Simulation 7.8%
- #37 KingSim
74% matchVery Positive84% of 211 reviews2020
Dev: Fuzzy Pixel Game Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Become the King in a story-driven 8-bit style game, where choice matters. And try not to die instantly...
Why similar: City Builder 26.3%, Strategy RPG 23.1%, Medieval 17.5%, Economy 13.6%, Strategy 6.9%
- #38 Crownhold
71% matchVery Positive84% of 364 reviews2026
Dev: Tobias Mikula
Windows · Linux
Noble Rulers — grow your realm and expand your castle in this short incremental game! Manage resources, discover foreign lands and build up an army to lay siege to your enemies.
Why similar: Medieval 26.6%, Economy 24.7%, City Builder 20%, Tower Defense 13.4%, Strategy 10.9%
- #39 BANNERMEN
75% 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 20%, City Builder 18.6%, Real Time Tactics 15.4%, Medieval 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%
- #40 Worshippers of Cthulhu
71% matchVery Positive81% of 1,542 reviews2025
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?
Why similar: City Builder 31%, Economy 18.9%, Building 16.4%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%, Strategy 8.4%
- #41 El Dorado: The Golden City Builder
73% matchMixed54% of 110 reviews2024
Dev: Hobo BunchPub: Gameparic
Windows
El Dorado is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to. Offer sacrifices to the Gods to earn their favor, but beware and don’t lose yourself in your riches.
Why similar: City Builder 27.1%, RTS 22.9%, Economy 16%, Building 15.2%, Strategy 7.1%
- #42 The Succession of Changing Kings
70% matchVery Positive87% of 547 reviews2026
Dev: KwaKwaGames
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Turn-based kingdom management simulator focused on decision-making. Will you survive and lead the kingdom to prosperity, or die in agony? The throne awaits.
Why similar: City Builder 21.8%, Strategy RPG 20.2%, Medieval 19.5%, Building 15.6%, Economy 13.1%
- #43 The Unexpected Quest
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 204 reviews2020
Dev: Rionix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Adventure game with strategy and management elements in a medieval fantasy setting - drawing inspiration from classics such as Warcraft 3 and The Settlers. Embark on quests, hunt down treasures and manage your resources as you build, battle, cast magic and brew potions to bring order to the world.
Why similar: City Builder 24%, RTS 21.9%, Medieval 14%, Building 13.5%, Crafting 10.8%
- #44 Stronghold: Warlords
72% 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 23.6%, RTS 16.8%, Real Time Tactics 14.5%, Economy 13.3%, Building 12.1%
- #45 Medieval Kingdom Wars
71% 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: RTS 21.6%, City Builder 21.2%, Economy 14%, Medieval 13.5%, Real Time Tactics 12.7%
- #46 Corsair Cove
67% 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: City Builder 37.5%, Economy 23.2%, Building 19.9%, Strategy 10.2%, Simulation 7.6%
- #47 Songs of Conquest
67% matchVery Positive86% of 13,519 reviews2024
Dev: LavapotionPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Raise mighty armies, wield ancient magic and forge an empire. This turn-based strategy adventure game fuses strategic decision making, tactical combat and kingdom management.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 38.5%, Magic 21.6%, Fantasy 16.5%, Strategy 13.7%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #48 Kingdom Wars
72% matchMixed67% of 2,800 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: RTS 30.2%, Strategy 14.4%, Medieval 13.8%, City Builder 12%, Building 11.9%
- #49 Gord
70% matchMixed54% of 1,008 reviews2023
Dev: Covenant.devPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.
Why similar: RTS 28.8%, City Builder 27.7%, Dark Fantasy 15.7%, Magic 11%, Strategy 8.8%
- #50 Knights of the Crusades
68% 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: RTS 26.5%, City Builder 25.8%, Medieval 13%, Real Time Tactics 10.7%, Crafting 7.2%
- #51 Underworld Overseer
68% matchVery Positive91% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Myron Games
Windows
Build your dungeon, command demons, set traps, and slay invading adventurers with powerful spells.
Why similar: RTS 24.6%, Tower Defense 24.5%, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, Building 12.3%, Medieval 11.9%
- #52 Beneath the Mountain
69% matchMixed66% of 214 reviews2024
Dev: Omnis Rector StudiosPub: Gameclaw Studio
Windows
In Beneath the Mountain, you play as the King of a new Dwarven civilization seeking to find their fortune beneath the mountain. You dig your way through the mountain, encountering many dangerous foes along the way, all while defending your kingdom from periodic Orc invasions.
Why similar: City Builder 14.6%, RTS 14.5%, Strategy RPG 11.2%, Medieval 10.3%, Economy 10%
- #53 Cartel Tycoon
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,802 reviews2022
Dev: Moon MoosePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.
Why similar: RTS 26.5%, City Builder 22.2%, Economy 15.7%, Building 13.1%, Strategy 6.2%
- #54 Automatic Kingdom
66% matchVery Positive89% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Matthew Pontarolo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build the perfect kingdom in this turn-based strategy game that combines elements of automation, board games, and city builders. Keep your kingdom happy, endure hostile Challenges, and unlock new cards as your kingdom becomes more prosperous.
Why similar: City Builder 38.7%, Medieval 28.5%, Strategy 14.2%, Fantasy 7.8%, Building 5.9%
- #55 Kingdom's Deck
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 517 reviews2025
Dev: Ivan AcoPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Build by day, defend by night! Kingdom's Deck is a card-based city builder where you build and protect your Kingdom from the enemy siege. Build your deck, deploy your cards wisely, defend your walls, manage your resources, and respond to various events that will shape your Kingdom!
Why similar: City Builder 31.8%, Tower Defense 22.7%, Medieval 11.6%, Building 11.4%, Strategy 6%
- #56 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 29.6%, Economy 12.9%, RTS 12.7%, Building 11.9%, Strategy 8.4%
- #57 Legends of Ellaria
69% matchMixed57% of 827 reviews2021
Dev: Larkon Studio
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Legends of Ellaria is a unique blend of sandbox action-RPG and real-time strategy. Build a new kingdom for your people, construct and manage its cities, command your troops in epic battles and join them fighting in third-person action, and live adventures in an immersive high fantasy world.
Why similar: RPG 19.4%, Strategy 19.3%, City Builder 16.8%, RTS 16.2%, Building 9.8%
- #58 Cataclismo
64% 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: City Builder 27.7%, RTS 23%, Economy 18.7%, Building 15.8%, Strategy 7.7%