- #1 Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,056 reviews2025
Dev: Rockbee TeamPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 18.3%, RTS 17.7%, Tower Defense 15.2%, Strategy RPG 11.1%, Medieval 9%
- #2 The King is Watching
96% matchVery Positive89% of 10,637 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 20%, RTS 18.4%, Strategy RPG 13.8%, Economy 9.9%, Medieval 7.7%
- #4 Stronghold: Definitive Edition
95% matchVery Positive87% of 10,396 reviews2023
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 20.6%, RTS 14.9%, Real Time Tactics 12.3%, Tower Defense 12.2%, Medieval 10.5%
- #5 Kingdom Two Crowns
94% matchVery Positive90% of 39,881 reviews2018
Dev: Fury StudiosPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.3 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 27.2%, City Builder 24.8%, Building 13.3%, Medieval 12.9%, Fantasy 6.9%
- #6 Majesty 2 Collection
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,571 reviews2011
Dev: 1C:InoCoPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 13.1 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 54.7%, Strategy 24.8%, Fantasy 14.7%, Simulation 4.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #7 Thronefall
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,759 reviews2024
Dev: GrizzlyGamesPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.9%, City Builder 28.1%, Medieval 15%, Building 9.7%, Strategy 8.5%
- #8 Hearthlands
93% 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 30.3%, RTS 19.2%, Medieval 12.9%, Economy 9.8%, Strategy 7.6%
- #9 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 10,665 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 22.5%, Tower Defense 21%, Medieval 13%, Building 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%
- #10 Majesty 2
92% matchMixed68% of 1,307 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 27.9%, Strategy 24.6%, Fantasy 15.8%, City Builder 15.7%, Simulation 14%
- #11 Majesty Gold HD
90% matchVery Positive92% of 600 reviews2009
Dev: CyberlorePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 11.2 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 24.1%, RTS 22.3%, Simulation 15%, Economy 11.6%, Fantasy 11.2%
- #12 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 21.2%, Strategy RPG 14.4%, Medieval 12.6%, Economy 10.7%, Building 10.2%
- #13 Little Kingdom RTS
88% matchVery Positive87% of 82 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 24.7%, Tower Defense 22.5%, Real Time Tactics 14.7%, Medieval 14.4%, Building 8.9%
- #14 Goblins of Elderstone
89% 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 26.8%, Tower Defense 21%, Building 15.8%, Crafting 11.5%, Fantasy 7.7%
- #15 Gold Gold Adventure Gold
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 971 reviews2026
Dev: Can Can Can a Man
Windows
Median: 4.4 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 27.1%, RTS 26.2%, Tower Defense 23%, Strategy 7.4%, Fantasy 5.7%
- #16 Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown
87% 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: City Builder 23%, RTS 19.6%, Medieval 13.5%, Building 12.7%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%
- #17 Becastled
85% matchVery Positive82% of 5,625 reviews2025
Dev: Mana Potion Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 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 26.1%, RTS 20.2%, Medieval 13.3%, Building 12.5%, Strategy 9%
- #18 Lords of Solgrund
84% 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 22.9%, RTS 19%, Economy 14.8%, Building 12.9%, Medieval 12.4%
- #19 Against the Storm
82% matchVery Positive94% of 37,624 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.9 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 27.9%, RTS 23.8%, Economy 17.4%, Building 16.1%, Strategy 7.6%
- #20 Builders of Greece
84% 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 30.9%, RTS 17%, Building 13.4%, Economy 13.1%, Immersive Sim 8.2%
- #21 Open The Gates!
83% 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 21.7%, City Builder 19.1%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, Building 11.3%, Economy 9.1%
- #22 Going Medieval
78% 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 22.6%, RTS 21%, Economy 14.9%, Real Time Tactics 14.2%, Crafting 9.8%
- #23 Royal Lord - 王权领主
79% matchVery Positive88% of 57 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 19.3%, Medieval 13.7%, Building 12.8%, Tower Defense 10.9%
- #24 Republic of Pirates
80% 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: City Builder 32.5%, RTS 29.4%, Economy 10.8%, Building 9.5%, Strategy 8.8%
- #25 Medieval Kingdom Wars
81% 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: RTS 21.7%, City Builder 21.3%, Economy 13.8%, Medieval 13.6%, Real Time Tactics 12.7%
- #26 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 19.7%, Tower Defense 19.4%, RTS 16.5%, Medieval 11.3%, Building 9.6%
- #27 Next Reign: Kingdom
77% matchVery Positive93% of 155 reviews2026
Dev: Tiny Tulip Games
Windows · Linux
Transform a tiny settlement into a thriving medieval kingdom in this incremental strategy game. Build your economy, command your army, and keep discovering new ways to grow with every milestone.
Why similar: Economy 28.8%, Medieval 23.4%, Crafting 17.8%, Fantasy 11.5%, Strategy 9.9%
- #28 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 10.8%, Fantasy 9.1%
- #29 Dungeon Tycoon
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,953 reviews2024
Dev: Lunheim StudiosPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.8 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: City Builder 21.1%, Tower Defense 21.1%, Economy 15.7%, Building 11.4%, Medieval 11.3%
- #30 Feudal Baron: King's Land
79% 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 28.9%, RTS 25%, Medieval 15.6%, Economy 8.2%, Strategy 7.3%
- #31 Siegebreaker
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 99 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%, Building 17.1%, Medieval 13.1%, Magic 10.9%, Strategy 10.3%
- #32 最后的巫后:众王纷争的年代 Witch Queen
77% matchVery Positive82% of 51 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 Cartel Tycoon
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,818 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 26.6%, City Builder 22.3%, Economy 15.4%, Building 13.1%, Strategy 6.2%
- #34 Super Fantasy Kingdom
73% matchVery Positive87% of 6,015 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 15.5 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: Fantasy 31.7%, Strategy 27.1%, RPG 26%, Indie 10.2%, Singleplayer 5.1%
- #35 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,415 reviews2019
Dev: HandyGamesPub: THQ Nordic Mobile
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.
Why similar: City Builder 34.8%, Strategy 16%, Medieval 14.4%, Simulation 11.6%, Economy 10.2%
- #36 Death Crown
74% matchVery Positive89% of 595 reviews2019
Dev: 5WORD Team
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 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 37.6%, Medieval 25.1%, Fantasy 11%, Strategy 10.6%, Simulation 7.8%
- #37 KingSim
74% matchVery Positive84% of 212 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 26.4%, Strategy RPG 23.2%, Medieval 17.5%, Economy 13.4%, RPG 6.9%
- #38 Medieval Businessman
72% matchVery Positive98% of 129 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 39.2%, Real Time Tactics 29.8%, Economy 16.5%, Strategy 9%, Indie 4.3%
- #39 Worshippers of Cthulhu
71% matchVery Positive81% of 1,552 reviews2025
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.7 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 31.2%, Economy 18.6%, Building 16.4%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%, Strategy 8.3%
- #40 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 27.3%, RTS 23%, Economy 15.7%, Building 15.2%, Strategy 7.1%
- #41 Crownhold
70% matchVery Positive85% of 504 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 26.8%, Economy 24.3%, City Builder 20.1%, Tower Defense 13.3%, Strategy 11%
- #42 BANNERMEN
75% 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 20%, City Builder 18.7%, Real Time Tactics 15.4%, Medieval 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%
- #43 Gord
73% matchMixed54% of 1,013 reviews2023
Dev: Covenant.devPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.7 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 11.1%, Strategy 8.7%
- #44 Empires and Tribes
72% 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 24.6%, RTS 17.5%, Building 14%, Medieval 13.5%, Crafting 10.7%
- #45 Corsair Cove
68% 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: City Builder 37.6%, Economy 22.9%, Building 19.8%, Strategy 10.5%, Simulation 7.6%
- #46 The Succession of Changing Kings
68% matchVery Positive86% of 547 reviews2026
Dev: KwaKwaGames
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 21.9%, Strategy RPG 20.2%, Medieval 19.6%, Building 15.7%, Economy 12.8%
- #47 Foundation
67% matchVery Positive87% of 24,287 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 27.6 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 15%, Economy 10.6%, Building 9.4%, RTS 9%
- #48 Stronghold: Warlords
71% 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 23.8%, RTS 16.8%, Real Time Tactics 14.5%, Economy 13%, Building 12.1%
- #49 Knights of the Crusades
69% 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: RTS 26.6%, City Builder 25.8%, Medieval 13%, Real Time Tactics 10.7%, Crafting 7.2%
- #50 The Unexpected Quest
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 205 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%
- #51 Kingdom Wars
71% matchMixed67% of 2,801 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 14.3%, Medieval 13.8%, City Builder 12.1%, Building 11.9%
- #52 Manor Lords
66% 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: City Builder 27.2%, RTS 24.8%, Economy 18.1%, Building 15.5%, Strategy 7.4%
- #53 Songs of Conquest
67% matchVery Positive86% of 13,568 reviews2024
Dev: LavapotionPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.5 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 16.6%, Strategy 13.6%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #54 Beneath the Mountain
69% matchMixed66% of 217 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 11.3%, Medieval 10.3%, Real Time Tactics 9.9%
- #55 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 24.7%, Tower Defense 24.4%, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, Building 12.3%, Medieval 12%
- #56 Kingdoms and Castles
67% 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 28.9%, RTS 17.9%, Economy 12.8%, Building 11.1%, Medieval 10.8%
- #57 Automatic Kingdom
66% matchVery Positive88% 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 38.8%, Medieval 28.5%, Strategy 14.1%, Fantasy 7.8%, Building 5.9%
- #58 Noble Fates
67% matchVery Positive83% of 1,489 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.
Why similar: City Builder 35.9%, Medieval 17.8%, Building 17%, Fantasy 9.1%, Strategy 8.7%