Games Like Eastern Era

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 25.9% ★, Wuxia 22.3% ★, Colony Sim 13.1%, Sandbox 8.6%, Base Building 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the deep management and martial arts sect-building focus, allowing you to guide disciples through survival and spiritual ascension.

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 25.1% ★, City Builder 15.5%, Base Building 14.6%, Farming Sim 11.3%, Colony Sim 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines base-building and resource management within a martial arts setting, directly mirroring Eastern Era's core loop.

《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: Wuxia 30.2% ★, Martial Arts 24.7% ★, Building 19%, Simulation 8.4%, RPG 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It blends martial arts RPG elements with sandbox simulation and base management in a traditional wuxia world.

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 30.2% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Sandbox 11.7%, Open World 11.1%, Building 10%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the open-world survival and sandbox martial arts freedom found in Eastern Era's perilous jianghu setting.

"The Scroll of Taiwu" is an indie game themed around Chinese mythology and wuxia. Players assume the role of the mysterious "heir of the Taiwu clan" in an alternate ancient China, working through generations of heirs to defeat a powerful hereditary enemy and shape the fate of the human world.

Why similar: Wuxia 37.4% ★, Martial Arts 26.4% ★, Sandbox 9.2%, Open World 7.3%, Building 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep village building, martial arts training, and generational roleplaying within an authentic wuxia framework.

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: Wuxia 65.7% ★, Sandbox 13.7%, Open World 11.8%, RPG 5.7%, Adventure 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: Immerse yourself in a rich wuxia journey filled with martial arts progression and open exploration.

《大衍江湖》是一款武侠题材，结合经营养成，角色扮演的游戏。玩家将操控一个江湖门派；与江湖上的其他各色各样的门派打交道，或建立贸易或直接攻陷；与其他门派弟子交流，或结交或抢夺；江湖世界上各种随机事件，能获得具体好处同时也伴随着各种风险；门派传承，终有一日，将主宰江湖。

Why similar: Wuxia 48.7% ★, Martial Arts 26.4% ★, Management 8.4%, Simulation 5.2%, RPG 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on managing a martial arts sect and developing your disciples' skills in a simulated world.

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: 4X 14.3% ★, Diplomacy 13.4% ★, Colony Sim 12.4%, Moddable 11.1%, City Builder 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides deeply detailed medieval base-building and strategic settlement management similar to Eastern Era's colony-sim mechanics.

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Why similar: Wuxia 34.5% ★, Martial Arts 18.8% ★, Colony Sim 14.5%, City Builder 10.7%, Sandbox 7%

Why You'll Like It: An expansive open-world wuxia RPG that captures the martial arts combat and exploration of Eastern Era.

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: 4X 13.5% ★, Colony Sim 13.2%, Diplomacy 12.7% ★, Moddable 10.6%, City Builder 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines colony simulation with intricate political management and settlement building.

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: 4X 13.8% ★, Diplomacy 13.2% ★, Colony Sim 12.5%, Moddable 10.8%, City Builder 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging survival city-builder that emphasizes efficient resource management and base expansion under harsh conditions.

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 24.5%, City Builder 21.9%, Building 11.6%, Management 10.4%, Survival 9%

Why You'll Like It: A direct survival colony-sim focused on guiding a group of people to build a thriving settlement from scratch.

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 20.4% ★, Colony Sim 17.4%, City Builder 15.8%, Building 11.7%, Base Building 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers intricate town-building and survival mechanics where managing resources and fortifications is key to survival.

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: Farming Sim 17.3%, City Builder 16%, Base Building 13.6%, Sandbox 11.4%, Open World 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features open-world survival, crafting, and building in a serene yet challenging environment reminiscent of ancient styles.

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 20.3%, City Builder 14.2%, Moddable 12.2%, Base Building 11.4%, Sandbox 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A fantasy colony sim where you guide followers, build a base, and react to dynamic world events.

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 23.8%, Moddable 14.3%, Base Building 14.3%, City Builder 8.7%, Survival 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for story-driven colony simulation and base management, sharing Eastern Era's emergent survival gameplay.

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: Colony Sim 13.4%, 4X 13% ★, Diplomacy 12.4% ★, Moddable 10.5%, City Builder 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A charming colony-building and automation game with deep resource management loops.

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: Colony Sim 24.1%, City Builder 24%, Base Building 12.3%, Survival 10.6%, Strategy 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Tests your survival and colony-building skills as you lead a group of survivors in a harsh, unforgiving world.

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 20.9%, Colony Sim 19.4%, Base Building 16.4%, Open World 10.7%, Building 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Blends open-world RPG, city-building, and survival elements in a feudal Asian setting.

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 14.6%, City Builder 13.1%, Base Building 11.1%, Building 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Centers around running a production-based business and managing a growing medieval establishment.

Mandate Order is a Warring States war city-builder set in ancient China. Build a stronghold, manage industries and logistics, recruit scholars from the Hundred Schools of Thought, raise armies, and command real-time tactical battles with thousands of soldiers.

Why similar: City Builder 24.7%, Base Building 16.8%, Building 13.4%, Management 11.5%, 4X 11.3% ★

Why You'll Like It: Offers strategic city-building and simulation management in an imperial historical setting.

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 18.6%, Base Building 16.2%, Sandbox 11.6%, Open World 11.5%, Survival 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world survival, crafting, and village building in a historical setting.

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 13.5% ★, Colony Sim 13%, Diplomacy 12.1% ★, Moddable 10.6%, City Builder 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: An ant colony management game that tests your base-building and strategic survival skills.

Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.7%, City Builder 18.6%, Farming Sim 11.8%, Base Building 11.2%, Sandbox 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A unique colony-sim focused on vertical architecture, water physics, and survival engineering.

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 32.6%, Colony Sim 13%, Sandbox 9.3%, Management 9%, Building 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A grid-less, organic city-builder focused on monumental construction and resource management.

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: Colony Sim 36.3%, City Builder 28.7%, Survival 9%, Sandbox 6.9%, Simulation 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential survival city-builder where you must guide exiled travelers to build a thriving community.

Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.9%, City Builder 18.6%, Base Building 11.5%, Farming Sim 9.5%, Management 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A detailed town-building game featuring realistic supply chains and organic settlement design.

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: Base Building 15.5%, Sandbox 11.7%, Management 11.4%, Building 11.3%, Open World 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A sprawling open-world sandbox RPG with squad-based management and base-building in a harsh, unforgiving land.

《龙胤立志传》是一款融合门派经营的开放江湖武侠游戏。在各大门派割据一方的神州之上，你可以自由驰骋，历经奇遇，修炼神功，踏上行侠仗义或行凶作恶之路，也可以经营自己的门派，攻城略地，称霸一方，最终谱写一段独一无二的武林传奇。

Why similar: Wuxia 38% ★, Martial Arts 26.1% ★, Open World 9.4%, Management 8.6%, Sandbox 5.8%

Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.

Why similar: Colony Sim 35.9%, City Builder 32.5%, Survival 10.9%, Sandbox 6.2%, Strategy 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Guides a settlement through prehistoric eras with a strong emphasis on survival and resource gathering.

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 43.1% ★, Base Building 24.2%, Wuxia 15.1% ★, Immersive Sim 8.7%, Simulation 5.5%

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 27.7% ★, City Builder 16.3%, Management 11.5%, Sandbox 11%, Base Building 10.2%

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: Colony Sim 13.4%, City Builder 11.4%, 4X 10.9% ★, Diplomacy 10.3% ★, Base Building 9.6%

Lead your monks in prayer and labor to build a thriving medieval monastery. Manage resources, brew ale, craft manuscripts, and face trials like war and weather. Customize, expand, and guide your brotherhood to achieve spiritual and economic prosperity.

Why similar: Colony Sim 22%, Management 13.2%, Farming Sim 12.7%, Base Building 12.4%, Building 10.7%

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 20.9% ★, Colony Sim 20.3%, City Builder 14.9%, Base Building 12.4%, Sandbox 9.1%

Fight the armies of the Sheriff of Nottingham and lead the rebellion, solo or in co-op with up to 4 players. Play as one of the Merry Men, combine your attacks, and free the people in this futuristic dystopia inspired by the legend of Robin Hood.

Why similar: Character Customization 53.2%, RPG 27.2%, Adventure 19.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on rebellion and building up a base of operations to fight against oppressive forces.

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 39.6% ★, Building 14.9%, Sandbox 14.4%, Management 12.8%, Base Building 11.9%

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: Colony Sim 12.7%, 4X 12.5% ★, Diplomacy 11.7% ★, City Builder 10.6%, Moddable 10%

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 23.5%, Base Building 15.1%, City Builder 10.3%, Building 10.3%, Sandbox 8.8%

Forge your epic in Huaxia: Warring States. Form your clan, conquer the lands, and build an empire. The fate of heaven & earth lies within you hands.

Why similar: 4X 32% ★, Management 13.9%, Sandbox 12.9%, Character Customization 12.4%, Open World 12.1%

The beasts have ravaged your ancestral sect, leaving you as the sole survivor. With your cultivation regressed to Qi Condensation stage, you must start anew. Rebuild strength, recruit disciples, and uncover the dark truth behind the disaster.

Why similar: Wuxia 43.9% ★, Martial Arts 19.6% ★, Management 8.3%, Sandbox 8%, Survival 7.6%

This Three Kingdoms sandbox RPG lets you do whatever you wish in the late Han Dynasty. Be a ruler, courtier, or hermit. Make friends, marry, raise children, manage estates, train yourself & allies, govern, drill troops, experience & alter history, and conquer all to win the hearts of the people.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 23.3%, Building 19.2%, Simulation 16.1%, Strategy 14.4%, Character Customization 13.6%

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 20.3%, City Builder 13.4%, Base Building 12.4%, Management 8.6%, Building 8.4%

Wild West Pioneers is a city-builder adventure about leading settlers into the untamed frontier. Build and manage growing settlements, establish production chains, and explore the world. Follow a story of gold rush dreams, dangerous encounters, and the search for your family.

Why similar: 4X 19.8% ★, Colony Sim 19.8%, City Builder 15.4%, Base Building 9.3%, Sandbox 8.9%

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 21%, City Builder 15.1%, Moddable 12.2%, Base Building 11.8%, Building 7.8%

Noble Legacy is a medieval colony sim where every villager has a purpose and every decision carries weight. Build a thriving settlement, recruit & manage your people, master a deep economy, and defend your realm as you forge a legacy worthy of the crown. What kind of ruler will you be?

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.7%, City Builder 14.2%, Base Building 11.7%, Sandbox 8.8%, Management 8.4%

Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6%, Base Building 14.8%, City Builder 14.1%, Management 10.5%, Sandbox 10.1%

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 20.5%, City Builder 15.1%, 4X 14.5% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Survival 11.3%

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 30.3%, Survival 24.4%, Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 13%, RPG 11%

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: 4X 13.5% ★, Diplomacy 13.1% ★, Colony Sim 12.7%, Moddable 10.8%, City Builder 9.6%

Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2%, Base Building 15.2%, City Builder 15.1%, Building 10.5%, Management 8.7%

Card Cultivation is a card management game that visualizes the process of cultivating immortality through cards. In the game, you will play as a cultivation practitioner: cultivate techniques, explore treasures, and craft weapons, Throughout re-cultivation, you will recover memory.

Why similar: Management 28%, Sandbox 25.3%, Open World 24.3%, Simulation 11.5%, RPG 10.9%

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: Wuxia 47.6% ★, Martial Arts 34.7% ★, Open World 7.7%, RPG 5.8%, Strategy 2.6%

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 15.5%, Base Building 13.3%, Sandbox 9.8%, Management 9.7%

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 21.5%, Base Building 13%, City Builder 12.4%, Farming Sim 12.3%, Management 9.4%

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 25.2%, City Builder 19.9%, Base Building 10.6%, Building 8.7%, Management 8.3%

Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.

Why similar: Colony Sim 15.9%, City Builder 12.4%, Moddable 11.1%, Base Building 10.3%, Farming Sim 9.5%

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 32.2%, City Builder 22.5%, Building 10.9%, Sandbox 10.8%, Survival 8.1%

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 21.6%, Moddable 17.4%, City Builder 12.2%, Base Building 11.8%, Management 9.2%

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 31.3%, Base Building 18.8%, Sandbox 8.1%, Building 7.8%, Management 7.6%