Games Like Eastern Era

Once there was a prosperous village of Martials, now none of it remains. As the son of the former Master, you will lead your followers to rebuild this village. Recruit followers and enter the mysterious illusional domain, acquire lost wonders. Will you see the rebirth of ancestors’ glory again?

Why similar: Martial Arts 27.9% ★, City Builder 18.8%, Base Building 17%, Colony Sim 11.4% ★, Building 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A perfect match that focuses on managing a martial arts sect through city-building and resource management.

Rise up in a search for immortality in this strategy sim and management game based on Chinese mythology. Rebuild your sect and train new disciples through the path of cultivation. Research magic and gather mystical artifacts, face ancient dangers and other sects in your path to spiritual ascension.

Why similar: Martial Arts 34.2% ★, Colony Sim 18.1% ★, Sandbox 11.7%, Base Building 7.6%, Simulation 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Deeply rooted in Chinese mythology, this game offers the most complex cultivation and sect-building mechanics available.

The Matchless Kungfu is an open world sandbox RPG game based on a WuXia background. You can play any martial arts role you imagine in this wild world. Travel through the great wilderness, or be the leader of the group. The most important thing is, build your own story and live the experience!

Why similar: Martial Arts 29.3% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Sandbox 12%, Open World 11.6%, Building 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world sandbox that allows for immense freedom in martial arts progression and character interaction.

《我来自江湖》是一款结合武侠、角色扮演、模拟经营多种元素的独立游戏。在游戏中，你需要扮演一个小势力的掌门，带领弟子在开放的江湖里自由探索，发展自己的势力，经营不同产业，在风云诡谲的江湖里生存下去。

Why similar: Martial Arts 39.5% ★, Building 29.3%, Simulation 13.3%, Strategy 7.8%, Adventure 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines sect management with RPG elements, capturing the exact spirit of building a martial arts legacy.

A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

Why similar: Open World 19.1%, Sandbox 17.6%, Survival 13.4%, Base Building 12.5%, City Builder 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, open-world sandbox that excels in base-building and survival within a harsh, unforgiving environment.

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.7% ★, Moddable 15.2% ★, Base Building 14%, City Builder 8.9%, Survival 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for colony-sims, offering unparalleled depth in base-building, survival, and emergent storytelling.

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: Diplomacy 13.2% ★, 4X 13% ★, Colony Sim 11.4% ★, Moddable 10% ★, Grand Strategy 9.6% ★

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management of a noble family and their domain, mirroring the leadership aspects of sect management.

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: Diplomacy 13.6% ★, 4X 13.4% ★, Colony Sim 10.9% ★, Moddable 10.3% ★, Grand Strategy 9.5% ★

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep city-building and strategic combat that aligns well with the 4x and strategy elements of the seed.

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: Diplomacy 12.7% ★, 4X 12.6% ★, Colony Sim 11.2% ★, Moddable 9.9% ★, Grand Strategy 9.8% ★

Why You'll Like It: A highly strategic city-builder with roguelite elements that demands constant adaptation and survival planning.

Tale of Immortal is an open-world sandbox based on Chinese mythology and cultivation. You will grow to become immortal, conquer the beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Season, make your choices carefully and grasp your own destiny.

Why similar: Sandbox 33.4%, Management 30.9%, Simulation 14.3%, Exploration 14.1%, Adventure 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the cultivation journey and martial arts progression within a vast, procedurally generated world.

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: Colony Sim 20.7% ★, Moddable 18.8% ★, City Builder 14.9%, Base Building 12.6%, Sandbox 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that emphasizes vertical base-building and survival against environmental threats.

Bringing you to an exotic desert where you’ll recruit, train, and guide your troops into battle against rival cities and factions. Embark on an adventure that’s uniquely yours; Customizable characters, professions, and factions. The land is filled with a variety of hidden secrets.

Why similar: Open World 25.8%, Martial Arts 21.7% ★, Sandbox 14.7%, Moddable 13% ★, Character Customization 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world strategy game that features martial arts themes and large-scale faction management.

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: Base Building 19.8%, Sandbox 17.6%, Building 16.9%, Open World 15.1%, Survival 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: A survival and base-building game that captures the historical martial atmosphere through war and resource management.

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: Building 18.3%, Base Building 16.9%, Open World 12.6%, Sandbox 12.5%, Survival 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: Blends survival, base-building, and management in a historical setting that feels grounded and rewarding.

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: Colony Sim 19.9% ★, City Builder 14.4%, Moddable 13.3% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Sandbox 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that provides great freedom in sandbox building and character-driven management.

Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.

Why similar: Colony Sim 39.6% ★, Sandbox 19.1%, Building 16.7%, Open World 16.3%, Simulation 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on clan management and survival, mirroring the sect-building aspects of the seed game.

Path of Kung Fu is a Wuxia RPG that blends classic martial arts storytelling with open-world freedom. Master kung fu, navigate the Jianghu's bloody conflicts, and rise from a novice to a legendary hero. Subscribe to top-rated Workshop MODs to elevate your experience to the next level!

Why similar: Martial Arts 51.2% ★, Sandbox 18.7%, Open World 18.2%, Exploration 7.9%, Adventure 4%

Why You'll Like It: An RPG that captures the martial arts aesthetic and progression systems found in the seed game.

Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4% ★, City Builder 15.9%, Base Building 13.1%, Sandbox 9.8%, Building 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: The most complex colony-sim available, offering infinite possibilities for base-building and simulation depth.

Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.

Why similar: 4X 22.3% ★, Colony Sim 17.1% ★, City Builder 15.7%, Building 10.7%, Base Building 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a detailed city-building experience with a strong focus on survival and defense.

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: Diplomacy 23.5% ★, Colony Sim 19.9% ★, City Builder 15%, Base Building 12%, Sandbox 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the development of a community through agriculture and base-building.

In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.9% ★, City Builder 21.7%, Building 10.4%, Survival 9%, Management 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that focuses on survival and resource management in a challenging environment.

Step into the shoes of a fallen clan leader, starting with nothing but a crumbling estate and a handful of hopes, rising through careful planning, trade, and diplomacy to become one of the most powerful families in the land. Now it’s time to forge a legendary dynasty that leaves its mark on history.

Why similar: Diplomacy 32.5% ★, City Builder 16.2%, Sandbox 11.1%, Base Building 10%, Management 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox management game that emphasizes diplomacy and political maneuvering within a sect-like structure.

Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.

Why similar: City Builder 19.6%, Base Building 16.1%, Sandbox 13.6%, Open World 13.3%, Survival 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A survival and crafting game set in an open world that emphasizes building and resource gathering.

A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.9% ★, City Builder 13.4%, Base Building 12%, Immersive Sim 7.6%, Building 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that emphasizes base-building and survival in a post-apocalyptic setting.

Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.

Why similar: Colony Sim 11.9% ★, Diplomacy 11.4% ★, 4X 11.1% ★, Grand Strategy 10.6% ★, City Builder 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A complex city-builder and simulation that rewards strategic planning and infrastructure management.

Wandering Sword is a Chinese martial-arts RPG where you play a young swordsman caught up in a feud and nearly dies. Escaping the event puts you on the path of pursuing the highest form of martial arts and exploring the pugilistic world to become the great hero you are always destined to be.

Why similar: Martial Arts 60.6% ★, Foreign 17.3% ★, Open World 13.8%, Strategy 5.4%, Adventure 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A martial arts RPG that perfectly captures the atmosphere and progression of a disciple rising to power.

Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.

Why similar: 4X 12.8% ★, Diplomacy 12.2% ★, Colony Sim 11.2% ★, Moddable 10% ★, Grand Strategy 9.9% ★

Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.

Why similar: Diplomacy 12.5% ★, 4X 12.5% ★, Colony Sim 11.5% ★, Moddable 9.9% ★, Grand Strategy 9.8% ★

JIANGHU CHRONICLES is a Wuxia-themed clan simulator, which focuses on simulating Jianghu clans and experiencing realistic battle. Set up a clan of your own, recruit disciples, complete missions... And eventually make your clan second to none by improving its power and reputation.

Why similar: Martial Arts 48.7% ★, Base Building 27.9%, Immersive Sim 10.3%, Simulation 6.2%, Adventure 3.9%

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: 4X 16.5% ★, Colony Sim 14.6% ★, Moddable 11.8% ★, Grand Strategy 11.4% ★, City Builder 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A large-scale colony-sim that handles massive populations and complex strategy mechanics.

An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8% ★, Base Building 18.2%, Sandbox 7.9%, Building 7.1%, Open World 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that offers deep sandbox and strategy elements for managing a growing population.

LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.

Why similar: Colony Sim 36.7% ★, City Builder 29.6%, Survival 7.4%, Building 7%, Strategy 5%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that requires careful resource management and building to survive the elements.

Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.7% ★, 4X 15.9% ★, City Builder 15.7%, Base Building 12.2%, Survival 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A survival and resource management game that requires strategic building to overcome environmental challenges.

Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.

Why similar: Colony Sim 17.5% ★, Moddable 15.8% ★, City Builder 13.3%, Base Building 10.9%, Sandbox 7.8%

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: 4X 12.6% ★, Diplomacy 12.2% ★, Colony Sim 11% ★, Grand Strategy 10.1% ★, Moddable 9.9% ★

Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.4% ★, Base Building 15.5%, City Builder 11%, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 9.2%

Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.6% ★, City Builder 15.1%, Moddable 12.7% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Building 7.1%

In this cultivation 4X strategy game, your sect has been in peril, and so they open a portal—sending you, a young disciple and their last hope, inside. Stand tall as the new sect leader and guide disciples to rebuild what was lost. Sharpen your focus, master alchemy, and ascend to immortality.

Why similar: 4X 39.7% ★, Sandbox 13.6%, Building 12.9%, Base Building 10.8%, Management 10.7%

Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

Why similar: City Builder 23.9%, Colony Sim 23.3% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Survival 10.8%, Strategy 7.4%

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 18.9% ★, 4X 17% ★, Diplomacy 15.7% ★, City Builder 15.3%, Sandbox 10.8%

Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!

Why similar: City Builder 21.4%, Colony Sim 19.5% ★, Base Building 16.2%, Open World 11.1%, Survival 10.4%

Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8% ★, City Builder 17.3%, Base Building 12.7%, Sandbox 10.5%, Building 9.9%

Set on the eve of the Yellow Turban Rebellion (AD 182), you can play as an original character or a historical warlord, building forces and forging alliances. Whether you choose to be a lone wanderer or rally famous generals, use your knowledge and wisdom to reshape history!

Why similar: Open World 34.2%, Survival 27.5%, Strategy 17.3%, Simulation 13.6%, Adventure 7.4%

Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!

Why similar: City Builder 20.1%, Moddable 16.5% ★, Colony Sim 13.7% ★, Survival 9.5%, Base Building 7.6%

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: Diplomacy 13.4% ★, 4X 12.7% ★, Colony Sim 10.9% ★, Moddable 10.2% ★, Grand Strategy 9.9% ★

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: Colony Sim 24.7% ★, City Builder 19.8%, Base Building 10.3%, Building 7.9%, Management 7.2%

Settle an untamed wilderness with the might of Dwarven engineering and thoughtful planning! Design and build your colony towards fame and fortune in a deeply-simulated fantasy world. Chill out in peaceful mode with a bustling settlement, or fight for survival against monsters and invasions!

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.5% ★, Moddable 18.7% ★, City Builder 12.6%, Base Building 11.6%, Management 8.1%

Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.6% ★, City Builder 23.4%, Sandbox 11%, Building 10.2%, Survival 8.4%

A colony building game with an emphasis on unexpected events, online co-op, and managing a unique community. Build your colony, feed your colonists, research technologies, craft advanced weapons, explore the world, fight enemies and defend your property.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4% ★, City Builder 14.3%, Base Building 12.8%, Survival 7.9%, Immersive Sim 7.7%

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: Colony Sim 21.3% ★, City Builder 16.2%, Base Building 12.1%, Sandbox 9%, Open World 8.7%

Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.

Why similar: Colony Sim 35.5% ★, Base Building 15.5%, Sandbox 8%, Moddable 7.5% ★, Building 7%

Summa Expeditionis is a colony sim and base building game set in ancient Roman Empire. Follow the career of a Roman soldier from Legionnaire to Centurion. Build and manage your camp, recruit more soldiers and face the barbarians for the glory of Rome.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.3% ★, Base Building 14.4%, City Builder 13.8%, Building 9.4%, Management 9.4%

Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7% ★, Base Building 14.5%, Building 11.1%, Survival 11.1%, Open World 10.2%

Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.8% ★, City Builder 21.6%, Base Building 16.4%, Survival 8.8%, Building 4.7%

Headmaster, your academy awaits: Recruit young students and shape them into mighty wizards. Build, manage and customize your castle, manage your resources and send your squads in expedition to expand your school's prestige and influence.

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.7% ★, City Builder 12.6%, Grand Strategy 12.5% ★, Base Building 8.6%, Management 8.4%

Noble Legacy is a medieval city-builder in which you rule the lands as a Noble. Build your kingdom, manage your people, defend your realm, and master a deep economy, alone or with friends in co-op, every decision is yours. What kind of ruler will you be?

Why similar: Diplomacy 20.1% ★, Colony Sim 16% ★, City Builder 12.5%, Sandbox 7.5%, Base Building 7.5%

Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1% ★, City Builder 19%, Moddable 12.4% ★, Survival 9.1%, Base Building 8.3%

Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.5% ★, City Builder 18.7%, Base Building 12.4%, Management 9.3%, Survival 9.2%

Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!

Why similar: City Builder 21%, Base Building 20.3%, Colony Sim 18.5% ★, Management 8.7%, Sandbox 8.4%

Forge a new kingdom in a land recovering from the Fracture. Which of the surviving races will you lead to rebuild, explore, and conquer the unknown? The dwindling yet immortal Ancients? The bold and resourceful Humans? The life stealing Ardyn? Or the secretive Gwdir who shape living groves?

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7% ★, Base Building 17.2%, City Builder 15.6%, Management 10.5%, Survival 9.9%