Games Like Hearthlands

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 36.2%, Colony Sim 10.7% ★, Medieval 10.4%, Management 6.9%, Resource Management 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique grid-less building system that perfectly captures the feeling of developing a medieval town organically.

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 32.7%, Colony Sim 28.3% ★, Medieval 9.4%, Strategy 5.8%, Resource Management 5%

Why You'll Like It: A direct spiritual peer that balances city-building with the constant threat of fantasy-themed invasions.

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: Colony Sim 21.9% ★, City Builder 21.5%, Diplomacy 12.4% ★, Management 9%, Economy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This highly detailed medieval city-builder offers the most immersive experience in organic village growth and tactical combat.

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 28.5% ★, City Builder 26.5%, Management 11.5%, Economy 10.5%, Sandbox 9%

Why You'll Like It: This 3D colony-sim allows for deep vertical construction and detailed management of your medieval settlers.

In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

Why similar: City Builder 34.1%, Colony Sim 32.6% ★, Strategy 6.1%, Medieval 5.4%, Simulation 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive classic that established the core resource-management and survival mechanics found in Hearthlands.

Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is a laid-back City builder. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, interact with your neighbors and defend your kingdom from magical creatures. All to find true love and live happily ever after!

Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Colony Sim 21.5% ★, Diplomacy 11.7% ★, Economy 7.9%, Resource Management 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fairy-tale inspired city-builder that emphasizes charm, diplomacy, and kingdom management.

A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.

Why similar: City Builder 34.4%, Colony Sim 22.7% ★, Management 8.5%, RTS 7.1%, Medieval 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes procedural generation and a card-based progression system to keep every playthrough feeling fresh.

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 27.6% ★, City Builder 25.8%, Medieval 9.9%, Management 9.7%, Sandbox 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep fantasy colony-sim experience where you rule as a mortal or immortal with indirect control over your subjects.

Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9% ★, City Builder 22.4%, Management 9.4%, Medieval 9.3%, Economy 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A family-focused management sim where you oversee the lives and social hierarchies of your medieval subjects.

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: Strategy 25.4%, RTS 20.3%, City Builder 17.6%, Simulation 17.5%, Fantasy 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title is the gold standard for indirect control, where you influence heroes through bounties rather than direct orders.

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: Colony Sim 26.9% ★, City Builder 26.7%, Medieval 9.5%, Economy 8.4%, Sandbox 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A grand-scale simulation that handles thousands of citizens while maintaining deep management and strategy elements.

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 37.4% ★, City Builder 34.4%, Sandbox 8.9%, Strategy 5.9%, Simulation 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: This voxel-based game focuses on building, crafting, and defending a fantasy settlement with a distinct visual style.

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 29.9% ★, City Builder 20.2%, God Game 13.2% ★, Management 10.8%, Strategy 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based fantasy colony-sim that captures the same spirit of exploration and building found in Hearthlands.

Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world. Harvest, produce and trade resources from multiple production chains as you grow your settlement. Keep your folks happy and safe and tend to their needs in a living and changing world.

Why similar: City Builder 25.8%, Colony Sim 25.7% ★, RTS 12%, Economy 9.2%, Management 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing yet strategic colony-sim that emphasizes exploration and resource gathering in a fantasy setting.

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: City Builder 27.6%, Colony Sim 22.5% ★, Management 9%, Resource Management 7.8%, Economy 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly realistic and deep simulation of 18th-century village life with complex economic chains.

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: City Builder 26.7%, Colony Sim 25.9% ★, Medieval 8.9%, Resource Management 8.6%, Management 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A robust city-builder that focuses on resource management and the expansion of your medieval village.

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: City Builder 28.9%, Colony Sim 28.5% ★, Medieval 8%, Management 6.8%, Strategy 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A social-focused city-builder where managing the needs and happiness of your citizens is just as important as the architecture.

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 53.4% ★, Sandbox 18.2%, Simulation 12.4%, Cute 8.2%, Indie 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused colony-sim set in the Scottish Highlands that emphasizes seasonal management and family lineage.

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: City Builder 35.5%, Colony Sim 34.3% ★, Resource Management 8.4%, Medieval 7.9%, Strategy 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a detailed look at medieval survival with a focus on terraforming and complex resource chains.

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: City Builder 40.5%, Colony Sim 33.6% ★, Strategy 6.2%, RTS 4.1%, Sandbox 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the progression of a settlement through the ages, requiring careful resource management to survive the elements.

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 24.2%, Colony Sim 22.2% ★, RTS 14.5%, Medieval 7.1%, Economy 7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the strategic and political aspects of ruling a fantasy kingdom.

A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.

Why similar: Colony Sim 38.4% ★, City Builder 24.7%, Management 6.2%, Sandbox 6%, Strategy 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that emphasizes the personality and needs of your settlers alongside traditional base-building.

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: Colony Sim 22.2% ★, City Builder 21.7%, RTS 13.7%, Management 9.1%, Medieval 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep simulation of kingdom management with a strong emphasis on fantasy elements and RTS strategy.

Timber and Stone is a procedural city building game set in a medieval fantasy world. With over one-hundred resources to gather and craft, Timber and Stone has the feel of a real time strategy game, but with much more depth and complexity.

Why similar: City Builder 64.3%, Strategy 15.2%, Sandbox 14.5%, Indie 5.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic voxel-based strategy game that emphasizes building and survival against fantasy threats.

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: Colony Sim 33.1% ★, City Builder 24.3%, Strategy 10.3%, Simulation 9.2%, Medieval 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic take on the medieval city-builder genre with a focus on economy and kingdom expansion.

Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.

Why similar: City Builder 24.4%, Colony Sim 24.3% ★, Medieval 9.6%, Resource Management 8.8%, Management 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, small-scale city-builder that focuses on the logistics of managing a growing medieval population.

Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.

Why similar: City Builder 39.1%, Strategy 11.8%, Medieval 11.3%, Simulation 9.7%, Resource Management 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A medieval city-builder that focuses on survival and the growth of a small tribe into a prosperous kingdom.

A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.5% ★, City Builder 31.4%, God Game 12% ★, Strategy 6.6%, Sandbox 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Blends god-game mechanics with tower defense and resource management in a vibrant fantasy world.

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 21.5%, Colony Sim 20.9% ★, Diplomacy 11.4% ★, God Game 10.8% ★, Management 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A unique tribe-builder that focuses on the perspective of goblins, adding a fresh twist to the fantasy management genre.

Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.

Why similar: City Builder 24.6%, Colony Sim 23.9% ★, Management 9.4%, Medieval 9.1%, Sandbox 8%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox city-builder that allows for creative freedom in designing your medieval settlement.

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: City Builder 28.6%, Colony Sim 24.5% ★, Medieval 11.2%, Management 9.3%, Sandbox 5.8%

Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.5% ★, City Builder 28.1%, Sandbox 9.9%, Strategy 6.6%, Simulation 5.7%

Create and customize cities in Nebuchadnezzar, a classic isometric city-builder where careful planning and define your rise as a ruler in ancient Mesopotamia.

Why similar: City Builder 27.9%, Colony Sim 13.3% ★, RTS 10.3%, Management 8.9%, Economy 8.9%

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 25%, RTS 13.5%, Medieval 10.2%, Management 10%, Economy 9.5%

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: Colony Sim 22.4% ★, City Builder 21.8%, Diplomacy 11.8% ★, Management 9%, Economy 8.2%

Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.

Why similar: Colony Sim 43.8% ★, City Builder 17%, Sandbox 14%, Strategy 6.3%, God Game 5.2% ★

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 33.1%, RTS 9.2%, Strategy 8.6%, Simulation 8.5%, Economy 8.3%

Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.6% ★, City Builder 19.3%, RTS 11.7%, Medieval 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: City Builder 21.2%, Colony Sim 20.7% ★, RTS 11.1%, Medieval 8.4%, Management 8.2%

A sandbox village simulation fundamentally about people, their thoughts and their needs. Luckily they are not alone in their burden, for you possess divine powers. And you would surely never add to the plight of the common man... Right?

Why similar: City Builder 23.6%, Colony Sim 22.8% ★, God Game 11.1% ★, Management 9.1%, Medieval 8.5%

The game brings a fresh new take on the city building/management genre by introducing many RPG features. In Towns you manage a settlement on top of an active dungeon. Instead of playing the hero who delves deep into the dungeon, how about playing the town that houses and caters to the hero's needs?

Why similar: City Builder 50.1%, Sandbox 14.4%, Strategy 9.1%, Simulation 8.5%, Resource Management 5%

Colony building RPG with detailed characters, driven by procedurally generated Stories. Build a hut, a village, a town, a city, a kingdom. 5 different races. Ally with unique factions. Rule an Undead empire. Craft Legendary items. Tame creatures. Enslave enemies. It's all here.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9% ★, City Builder 27.5%, Medieval 9.3%, Management 7.2%, Strategy 7%

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 21.9%, Colony Sim 15.2% ★, Management 13.9%, Isometric 9.2%, Simulation 6.8%

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 30.7%, RTS 17.2%, Medieval 12.5%, Resource Management 11.9%, Management 11%

Life is Hard is a godsim town simulator game developed by a two-man-team. Your main aim here is to manage your town. Expand your domain, prevent famine, make war, trade with others, attract new people. Make history!

Why similar: Strategy 27.3%, Simulation 20.2%, Medieval 17.9%, God Game 16.1% ★, Economy 10%

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 26.2% ★, City Builder 20.7%, Medieval 10.2%, Resource Management 9.5%, Management 8.2%

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: City Builder 22.3%, Colony Sim 22.3% ★, Diplomacy 12.8% ★, Medieval 10.4%, Management 9.2%

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: Colony Sim 22.1% ★, City Builder 22%, Diplomacy 11.4% ★, Management 9.2%, Resource Management 8.5%

Creo God Simulator is a game of city building, resource management, survival, and a ton of villager smiting. As the divinely chosen Creostrider, it's your job to build a society bit by bit, while convincing your new population to believe in you as their one true god.

Why similar: City Builder 22.5%, Colony Sim 18.8% ★, God Game 14.4% ★, Management 8.9%, RTS 7.1%

An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.

Why similar: City Builder 20.5%, Colony Sim 19.2% ★, Diplomacy 10.7% ★, Economy 8.2%, Isometric 7.9%

Citizens is a blend between turn based city builder and a puzzler for strategy masterminds. Build a thriving settlement, extract and process resources and manage your population by catering to their needs, thus allowing you to build bigger and better!

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8% ★, City Builder 23.8%, Resource Management 10%, Medieval 9.6%, Sandbox 7.7%

A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, become the king, and lead the United Penguin Kingdom.

Why similar: City Builder 30%, Colony Sim 18% ★, Management 11.9%, Resource Management 10.7%, Economy 10.1%

Lethis - Path of Progress is a city-builder in a victorian steampunk setting.

Why similar: City Builder 48.1%, Resource Management 12.2%, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 8.6%, Sandbox 7.6%

Build a network of cities that produce and trade resources, upgrade your castle, and protect the cities from cheeky bandits. Tinker with the economy at your own pace, and watch the charming wooden world grow into a lively and thriving kingdom.

Why similar: City Builder 30.9%, Medieval 12.1%, Resource Management 12.1%, Economy 11.9%, Management 11.4%

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 26.5%, Medieval 18%, Resource Management 15.4%, Management 11.8%, Strategy 11%

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 47.9%, Strategy 30.8%, Fantasy 12.8%, Simulation 6.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%

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 23.2%, Simulation 17.6%, RTS 14.9%, City Builder 9.5%, Fantasy 7.4%