Games Like Kingdom Eighties

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 22.9%, Colony Sim 20.2%, City Builder 20%, Base Building 13%, Building 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive experience in the series, offering the same core micro-strategy and side-scrolling base-building mechanics.

A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.

Why similar: Tower Defense 26.3%, City Builder 23.7%, Action RTS 22.6% ★, Base Building 11%, Strategy 7%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, highly polished strategy game that distills base defense into a satisfying, fast-paced loop.

Kingdom: New Lands builds upon the award-winning gameplay and mystery of Kingdom by introducing an abundance of new content to the IGF-nominated title while maintaining the simplicity and depth that legions of monarchs have come to experience and enjoy.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23%, Tower Defense 18.4%, Base Building 15.1%, Side Scroller 12.4%, Building 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title refines the original formula with improved exploration and survival mechanics that feel very similar to the Eighties experience.

Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.2%, Tower Defense 17.6%, Base Building 16.7%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Survival 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling survival strategy game that mirrors the tense, night-time defense gameplay of the Kingdom series.

Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.

Why similar: Colony Sim 18.7%, Base Building 16.4%, City Builder 15.5%, Tower Defense 13.2%, Strategy 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: The original foundation of the micro-strategy genre that established the minimalist, side-scrolling base-building loop.

Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!

Why similar: Tower Defense 43.7%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Exploration 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, 2D 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the addictive loop of mining for resources to upgrade your base while defending against incoming waves of enemies.

Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, Tower Defense 16%, City Builder 15%, Side Scroller 10.9%, Base Building 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite strategy game that mirrors the base-building and defense progression found in the Kingdom series.

Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks. Will you be able to survive and learn the secrets of the Wall World?

Why similar: Tower Defense 37.9%, Side Scroller 18.8%, Exploration 11.1%, Strategy 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on mining and tower defense mechanics within a side-scrolling environment, echoing the core progression of Kingdom.

Sons of Valhalla is a roguelike strategy game set in the Viking Age. Build fortresses, gather warriors, and lay siege to enemy strongholds, engaging in personal combat as you raid and conquer across England.

Why similar: Sandbox 48.4%, Strategy 22.6%, Fantasy 13.7%, Action 8.7%, Adventure 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines side-scrolling base management with tactical combat, capturing the feeling of leading troops in a hostile environment.

Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, City Builder 19.1%, Base Building 16%, Sandbox 9%, Building 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling colony sim that emphasizes economic management and defensive structure building.

Command your elven army and defend mystical lands from sea serpents, evil sorcerers, and wave after wave of gnoll tribesman, all with the help of brand-spankin’ new towers, heroes, and spells to fend off every last baddie.

Why similar: Tower Defense 47.1%, Building 12.4%, Strategy 10.7%, 2D 6.3%, Fantasy 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic tower defense experience that shares the strategic lane-management focus of the Kingdom series.

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 28%, City Builder 21.2%, Tower Defense 20.7%, Base Building 11%, Sandbox 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Blends colony simulation with tower defense elements for a challenging and rewarding survival experience.

Bad North is a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite. Defend your idyllic island kingdom against a horde of Viking invaders, as you lead the desperate exodus of your people. Command your loyal subjects to take full tactical advantage of the unique shape of each island.

Why similar: Tower Defense 64.8%, Survival 19.6%, Strategy 15.5%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, tactical defense game that shares the 'defend your home' vibe through simplified, high-stakes decision-making.

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: Colony Sim 29.4%, City Builder 28.1%, Base Building 14%, Sandbox 10.9%, Building 7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a more expansive city-building experience while maintaining a strong focus on defensive fortifications.

A 2D side-scrolling strategy game of resource management, base defense and conquest.

Why similar: Tower Defense 21.7%, Base Building 20.1%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Local Co-Op 13.1%, Exploration 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling strategy game that feels like a spiritual cousin to the Kingdom series with its focus on exploration and defense.

Command your troops through an epic (mis)adventure as you defend exotic lands from dragons, man-eating plants, and ghastly denizens of the underworld -all with flashy new towers, levels, heroes, and more goodies to help you crush your foes in this Fantasy Action Tower Defense game!

Why similar: Tower Defense 53.6%, Strategy 12.3%, Building 11%, Fantasy 6.3%, 2D 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a high-quality tower defense experience that emphasizes strategic depth and character management.

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: Base Building 26.3%, City Builder 25.5%, Colony Sim 23.4%, Strategy 8.5%, Building 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building and defending a castle against waves of enemies with a charming, accessible aesthetic.

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 27.8%, City Builder 17.7%, Base Building 16.3%, Sandbox 11.6%, Building 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A deep colony simulation that captures the management aspects of building and maintaining a thriving settlement.

Play solo or in co-op with friends, take control of the hive and protect it from enemies. Build factories and defence, research technologies and, if necessary, use nuclear weapons, but do not let the enemies harm the queen!

Why similar: Action RTS 22.8% ★, Colony Sim 18.2%, City Builder 16.1%, Tower Defense 14.9%, Base Building 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist city-builder with tower defense elements that shares the accessible charm of Kingdom Eighties.

Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?

Why similar: Action RTS 22.5% ★, Colony Sim 20.9%, Tower Defense 13.9%, City Builder 13.7%, Base Building 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that leans into the survival and base-building aspects of defending against massive hordes.

Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.

Why similar: Tower Defense 28.1%, Base Building 22.3%, Side Scroller 16.3%, Survival 8.9%, Strategy 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival game that focuses heavily on base building and nighttime defense against encroaching threats.

Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.2%, Action RTS 23% ★, Base Building 20.2%, Tower Defense 14.5%, Survival 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers large-scale base defense against massive waves of enemies, perfect for fans of the Kingdom series' defensive challenges.

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 27%, City Builder 23.4%, Base Building 17%, Sandbox 12%, Building 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite city-builder that rewards quick decision-making and efficient resource management under pressure.

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: Action RTS 30.7% ★, Tower Defense 25%, Base Building 20.7%, Strategy 7.4%, Building 6%

Why You'll Like It: A simplified RTS that captures the charm and base-building loop of the Kingdom series in a pixel-art style.

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: Tower Defense 28.7%, City Builder 28.1%, Base Building 24.6%, Strategy 7.8%, Fantasy 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike that blends base-building and real-time strategy in a dark fantasy setting with a focus on defense.

As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!

Why similar: City Builder 28.9%, Tower Defense 28%, Base Building 20.9%, Strategy 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A medieval strategy game that emphasizes building and defending your territory against external threats.

Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!

Why similar: City Builder 39.6%, Colony Sim 25.4%, Base Building 16.7%, Strategy 10.7%, Building 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that emphasizes exploration and resource management within a harsh, unforgiving environment.

Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

Why similar: Tower Defense 36.3%, Base Building 27.3%, Strategy 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, 2D 8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical defense game that requires careful planning and resource management to survive against overwhelming odds.

Mistward is a survival city-builder set on a mysterious island enshrouded in a poisonous mist! Create light sources to keep the mist at bay, build houses and command humans to gather resources. Explore the island and find a way out!

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, City Builder 22.9%, Sandbox 12.8%, Base Building 9.4%, Strategy 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation and city-builder hybrid that focuses on managing a settlement against environmental threats.

A mini action city-builder in a post-post-apocalyptic world. Grow your settlement. Fend off waves of enemies. Restore nature.

Why similar: City Builder 28%, Tower Defense 26%, Base Building 17.3%, Strategy 7.8%, Exploration 7.1%

Build by day, defend by night! Kingdom's Deck is a card-based city builder where you build and protect your Kingdom from the enemy siege. Build your deck, deploy your cards wisely, defend your walls, manage your resources, and respond to various events that will shape your Kingdom!

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2%, City Builder 23%, Tower Defense 17%, Base Building 17%, Survival 5.9%

Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

Why similar: Base Building 41.6%, Survival 22.3%, Strategy 9.5%, Building 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A survival management game that focuses on keeping your group alive and your base functional in a hostile world.

You and allies, avian inhabitants of Sanctree City, build structures and production lines on the tree, crafting weapons to fend off subterranean insects. Defense is just the start—dig deeper, destroy nests, fortify new defenses against escalating threats for an impregnable stronghold.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.2%, Tower Defense 16.2%, City Builder 16.1%, Base Building 14.9%, Sandbox 9.4%

A minimalist tactical base defense game where you fight as a hero, command troops, and build powerful class synergies while fortifying your city against relentless waves of invading sheep.

Why similar: Action RTS 27.3% ★, City Builder 21.5%, Tower Defense 20.7%, Base Building 13.9%, Building 6.5%

Here is Scarecropia! Lead at most 400 people to build a settlement. Arm your village to fight against the Goblin army, or invest limited resources in yourself to become unparalleled! Take every cost to survive!

Why similar: Action RTS 21.5% ★, Colony Sim 17.2%, City Builder 14%, Tower Defense 13.3%, Base Building 9.9%

A cozy minimalist city builder. Build and manage a quiet town by the lake or expand it into a picturesque city state in this side-scrolling city builder featuring hybrid mechanics. Construct marvelous buildings, epic wonders and become the envy of the known world!

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, City Builder 21.8%, Side Scroller 15.2%, Base Building 13.6%, Sandbox 12.1%

A colorful but challenging blend of classic RTS and tower defense. Build, expand, research, and defend your alien colony as you race to construct a teleportation device and escape a dying star.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7%, City Builder 21.3%, Tower Defense 18.4%, Base Building 12.2%, Exploration 6.3%

Islets Defense is a turn-based tower defense game in which you build a small village to gather resources and defend your castle. Carefully plan your actions, as each move brings the enemy waves closer! Strategize building placements and play your cards wisely, as timing and order are key.

Why similar: City Builder 28.1%, Tower Defense 26.6%, Base Building 20%, Building 9.3%, Strategy 7.7%

The sky city builder awaits. Create your own flying kingdom and lead it on a quest across an expansive world. Explore the varied landscape, build up a floating metropolis, aid struggling people below, uncover lost secrets and, ultimately, bring back the Airborne Kingdom legend.

Why similar: City Builder 34.1%, Base Building 24%, Sandbox 15%, Building 10.9%, Exploration 8.9%

Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2%, Tower Defense 17.9%, Base Building 16%, Side Scroller 10.7%, Survival 6.9%

Kingdoms vs Zombies is a blend of strategy, tower defense, and roguelike gameplay, where you must defend your kingdom against endless hordes of the undead.

Why similar: Tower Defense 33.1%, Base Building 31.5%, Strategy 17.5%, Action 6.5%, 2D 5.1%

Block Tower TD is a roguelike tower defense strategy game with interesting innovations. Build a world out of blocks, choose random upgrades to make every run unique.

Why similar: City Builder 24.4%, Tower Defense 22.5%, Sandbox 14.1%, Base Building 10.5%, Strategy 6.9%

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: Strategy 39%, Fantasy 26.8%, 2D 23.6%, Casual 10.6%

Step into the role of a lord, starting from scratch to build your kingdom. Gather resources, construct buildings, recruit troops, explore, and embark on adventures to continuously expand your territory and defend your homeland.

Why similar: Base Building 40.7%, Exploration 14.9%, Strategy 14.8%, Survival 14.4%, Building 12.7%

Demon Castle Building Dungeon Management Simulation

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5%, Tower Defense 22.8%, City Builder 22.4%, Strategy 10.1%, Casual 3.4%

Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?

Why similar: Action RTS 25.6% ★, Tower Defense 21.1%, City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 15.3%, Sandbox 8.8%

Your main task in NecroCity is to push back the hordes of monsters and build your fortress! Defend your undead outposts from the persistent forces of the so-called “good”! Take on the role of the young Prince of Undead, trying to prove himself in the world of the Undead Kingdom. 👹

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9%, City Builder 25%, Base Building 17.4%, Building 8.6%, Tower Defense 6.9%

Will you be the savior to purify this land? The Monarch is a lane-defense game where you control a monarch, expand your kingdom, and defend against evil by strategically managing gold resources, recruiting diverse units, and exploring a world filled with mythical threats.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.2%, Tower Defense 23.8%, Base Building 18.4%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Survival 7.6%

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: Action RTS 34.9% ★, Tower Defense 22.4%, Base Building 17.9%, Building 8%, Survival 6.4%

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 31.4%, Base Building 19.7%, City Builder 15.3%, Sandbox 12%, Building 9.2%

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 38.4%, Colony Sim 30%, Base Building 17.9%, Strategy 5.3%, Building 5%

From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.

Why similar: Action RTS 22.3% ★, Colony Sim 18.4%, City Builder 14.7%, Tower Defense 14.4%, Base Building 12.6%

Castle Story is a creative voxel-based strategy game in which you can build castles one brick at a time using an army of little creatures called Bricktrons. Design and build your own castles, expand your territory in a vast landscape and defend your Bricktrons against onslaughts of hostile creatures.

Why similar: Colony Sim 44.1%, Sandbox 16.3%, Building 12.4%, Tower Defense 11.9%, Strategy 8.7%

In this city builder and tower defense game, you will command a small band of ship wrecked colonists. Progress from struggling to survive the elements to a thriving kingdom that will smash the demon hordes that dare attack your settlement.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.7%, City Builder 24.1%, Tower Defense 23.1%, Building 9.4%, Strategy 7.1%

Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?

Why similar: City Builder 26.1%, Tower Defense 25.6%, Base Building 20.5%, Building 10.1%, Survival 8%

In a world where a robot revolution failed, the last humans search for a way to survive and escape. Beacon of Neyda is a side-scrolling action-strategy game where you must survive waves of enemies while creating and upgrading your base as you explore a world in ruins.

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.1%, Side Scroller 19.3%, Strategy 9.6%, Building 8%, Exploration 6.9%

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: Colony Sim 24%, City Builder 19.7%, Tower Defense 17.4%, Base Building 14.7%, Sandbox 7.5%

Get ready for the ULTIMATE tower defense onslaught. Build, deploy, research and upgrade your defenses in this epic, old school RTS inspired sci-fi adventure.

Why similar: Tower Defense 48.1%, Survival 14.6%, Strategy 13.3%, Sci-fi 12.4%, 2D 6.7%

A kingdom-rebuilding adventure filled with action and strategy! Kingdom's Return is an action RPG where you'll adventure to restore your fallen kingdom. Collect materials in 2D side-scrolling adventure stages, then use them in the strategy part to rebuild your kingdom and power up your characters!

Why similar: City Builder 45.1%, Side Scroller 29.1%, Action 8.5%, 2D 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%