Games Like Kingdom Two Crowns

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: Tower Defense 20%, Colony Sim 16.3%, Base Building 11.2%, Minimalist 9.8%, Building 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is the closest match by far, using the same minimalist side-scrolling kingdom-building and nightly defense formula with a stronger emphasis on solo exploration.

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 14.7%, City Builder 13.6%, Colony Sim 13.6%, Base Building 12.4%, Building 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is the original version of Kingdom’s coin-based build-and-defend design, making it an easy recommendation if you want the purest form of the formula.

Kingdom Eighties is a short story-based standalone expansion set in the Kingdom universe. A rad adventure of micro-strategy and base building in vivid ‘80s neon. Defend your town against the mysterious Greed and discover the secrets of your family lineage!

Why similar: Tower Defense 22.9%, Colony Sim 20.4%, City Builder 19.9%, Base Building 13%, Building 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It adapts the same side-scrolling expansion-and-defense structure into a more narrative-driven package while keeping the recognizable Kingdom feel.

A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.

Why similar: Tower Defense 30.3%, City Builder 21.7%, Minimalist 11.9%, Medieval 10.7%, Base Building 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like Kingdom Two Crowns, it turns base-building and wave defense into a streamlined, stylish micro-strategy experience with very little mechanical clutter.

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 29.1%, Base Building 18.3%, Building 12.3%, Medieval 10.8%, Local Multiplayer 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It shares Kingdom’s side-view medieval kingdom management, lightweight controls, and focus on growing a settlement while preparing for attacks.

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 63.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Atmospheric 12%, Adventure 6.2%, Singleplayer 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Although it swaps fantasy for sci-fi, it nails the same elegant loop of short gathering runs, meaningful upgrades, and defending a vulnerable base between waves.

Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!

Why similar: City Builder 22.9%, Base Building 20.1%, Colony Sim 17.3%, Building 11.1%, Medieval 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on compact medieval base-building and defending your stronghold against escalating night attacks, which mirrors Kingdom’s build-then-survive rhythm.

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: Tower Defense 24.2%, Colony Sim 19%, Base Building 15.5%, Survival 11.8%, Building 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is another side-scrolling base-defense game about carefully expanding outward and surviving repeated enemy waves with limited resources.

Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.

Why similar: Tower Defense 26.3%, Survival 21.2%, Base Building 13.2%, Building 12.3%, Co-op 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its 2D side-view perspective, resource gathering, fortification building, and dangerous nightly assaults make it feel surprisingly close despite the sci-fi setting.

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 29.6%, Colony Sim 25.8%, Medieval 12.1%, Building 10.1%, Base Building 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It leans more city-builder than Kingdom does, but its charming medieval presentation and frequent need to fortify against threats make it a natural next step.

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: Tower Defense 26.8%, Colony Sim 23.6%, City Builder 21.7%, Base Building 9.7%, Survival 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is a great match if you like the idea of slowly developing a settlement under relentless nightly monster pressure in a pixel-art world.

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 36.1%, Base Building 19.4%, Survival 12.5%, Building 11.8%, Strategy 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Like Kingdom, it is a compact and punishing blend of village building and wave defense where every expansion decision affects your chances of surviving the next night.

A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!

Why similar: Tower Defense 33.8%, City Builder 19.9%, Survival 14.2%, Fantasy 10.3%, Strategy 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its side-scrolling settlement defense and constant pressure to balance economy and protection make it a strong fit for Kingdom fans who want a twist.

Take on wild beasts, ruthless soldiers, and ancient gods in this 2D Action-Platformer inspired by Tower-Defense combat.

Why similar: Tower Defense 50.9%, Co-op 11.9%, Local Multiplayer 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Strategy 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It blends pixel-art platforming, co-op play, and real-time base defense in a way that echoes Kingdom’s 2D perspective and reactive nighttime battles.

Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.4%, City Builder 18.3%, Base Building 13.2%, Survival 11%, Building 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It captures a similarly intimate settlement-management feel with resource gathering, villager assignment, and dangerous attacks after dark.

No Heroes Here is a frantic co-op game for 1 to 4 players, available in local and online modes. Craft and use several items effectively whilst coordinating your ragtag band of non-heroes to defend castles and survive! ...Oh, as well as saving the Kingdom in the meantime!

Why similar: Tower Defense 28.9%, Medieval 13.5%, Local Multiplayer 13.5%, Online Co-Op 10.1%, Co-op 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its cooperative resource juggling and frantic castle defense recreate the pressure of holding a fragile kingdom together when the enemy is at the gates.

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: Tower Defense 22.3%, Colony Sim 20.3%, City Builder 19.1%, Base Building 13.1%, Building 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its emphasis on physically building defensible structures and surviving monster sieges appeals to the same defensive-planning instinct that makes Kingdom satisfying.

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: Tower Defense 20.4%, Colony Sim 16.6%, City Builder 15.9%, Base Building 12.8%, Building 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This also mixes 2D base-building, resource management, and defensive combat, with a compact scale that suits fans of Kingdom’s approachable strategy.

The King's dimensional orb has malfunctioned, bringing hordes of monsters into the Kingdom. Defend your safeground against the monsters by gathering resources, building defenses, upgrading your arsenal, and surviving long enough to find the source of monsters and destroy it.

Why similar: Tower Defense 26.8%, Base Building 15.2%, Co-op 11.2%, Survival 10.4%, Building 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It combines top-down building and survival against swarms, scratching the same itch of preparing a base before the next assault arrives.

Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.

Why similar: City Builder 22.1%, Tower Defense 17.6%, Colony Sim 16.8%, Medieval 10.4%, Base Building 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a more traditional medieval castle-building experience, but the wall-building, economy management, and siege defense make it resonate with Kingdom’s core appeal.

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 29.6%, Tower Defense 19.7%, Base Building 18.8%, Medieval 17.2%, Survival 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same fantasy of hastily building up a vulnerable settlement and then watching your defensive preparations tested by huge enemy waves.

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 48.4%, Minimalist 21.9%, Survival 15.9%, Strategy 7.9%, Simulation 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its minimalist presentation, atmospheric pacing, and constant focus on making small defensive decisions under pressure feel very Kingdom-adjacent.

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: Tower Defense 26.5%, Base Building 14.4%, Building 11.6%, Medieval 11.3%, Survival 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It pushes the horde-defense side much harder, but the core pleasure of building a fortified realm before overwhelming night assaults is very much intact.

Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!

Why similar: Base Building 16.4%, Building 16.2%, Survival 14.5%, Co-op 13.2%, Online Co-Op 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: This pixel-art sandbox lets you build up a settlement, gear up, and protect your community, giving a similar sense of small-scale kingdom growth and danger.

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 29%, City Builder 27.3%, Base Building 18.3%, Survival 11.8%, Strategy 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is a stronger fit if you want the medieval base-building side of Kingdom expanded into a fuller colony sim with raids and layered defenses.

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 34.2%, Building 19.2%, City Builder 13.4%, Survival 10.1%, Tower Defense 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its side-on base-building, trap placement, and defense against monster raids give it a familiar blend of cozy construction and looming danger.

They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, Base Building 21.3%, Tower Defense 20.4%, City Builder 11.9%, Survival 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of Kingdom is expanding a settlement under constant fear of catastrophic invasion, this is a more complex but very rewarding evolution of that idea.

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 32.8%, Colony Sim 17.5%, Base Building 12%, Building 9.9%, Strategy 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: While deeper and more RTS-like, it shares Kingdom’s mix of measured expansion, resource scarcity, and defending a growing settlement in a hostile world.

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 43.8%, Base Building 22.4%, Strategy 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Fantasy 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its structure is more tactical and RPG-driven, but the nightly defense of a developing stronghold against monstrous hordes taps into a very similar tension.

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: Tower Defense 30.4%, City Builder 24.6%, Base Building 15.6%, Medieval 12.3%, Strategy 5.7%

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 29.5%, City Builder 23.2%, Base Building 17.4%, Medieval 12.2%, Fantasy 6.9%

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 47.4%, Building 15.5%, Medieval 13.8%, Strategy 7.4%, Fantasy 6.6%

From the Command & Conquer veterans at Petroglyph comes the first ever survival RTS set in the savage world of Conan the Barbarian. Play solo or team up in multiplayer in Conan Unconquered’s action-packed co-op Mode where you build a shared stronghold and fend off the hordes together.

Why similar: City Builder 24.4%, Tower Defense 18.4%, Strategy 12.1%, Co-op 10.6%, Base Building 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is another survival-focused strategy game about building quickly, fortifying intelligently, and enduring wave-based attacks from a hostile world.

Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!Fight on forests, mountains and wastelands, customizing your defensive strategy with different tower upgrades and specializations!

Why similar: Tower Defense 67.8%, Medieval 12.4%, Strategy 8.5%, Fantasy 6.8%, Adventure 2.6%

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: Medieval 49%, Fantasy 24.2%, Strategy 20.9%, Singleplayer 5.9%

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 30.8%, Colony Sim 20%, Base Building 12.5%, Medieval 7.4%, Co-op 6.5%

In "Kingdom Monarch", you are a monarch and can build the kingdom of your dreams! You need to build city walls, assign jobs to villagers, recruit soldiers, repel hordes of monsters at night, and expand your village during the day.

Why similar: City Builder 19.8%, Colony Sim 17.1%, Base Building 14.3%, Tower Defense 12.4%, Building 11%

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: City Builder 19.8%, Tower Defense 18.7%, Colony Sim 18.2%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 7.2%

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: Tower Defense 34%, Base Building 19.2%, Medieval 15%, Building 10.1%, Strategy 6.9%

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: Tower Defense 20.6%, Colony Sim 18.8%, Base Building 12.4%, Building 8.8%, Survival 8.6%

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 35.5%, City Builder 26.1%, Strategy 10.2%, Medieval 9.9%, Simulation 8.9%

TOWER ▪ DEFENSE ▪ STRATEGY. Control Vessels. Utilize their uniquely deep set of towers. Create an everchanging defense. Play with friends. Protect your Basin at all costs. An absolute Tower Defense, Real-Time Strategy Hybrid

Why similar: Tower Defense 30.8%, Building 12.9%, Co-op 11.7%, Base Building 9.9%, Online Co-Op 9.7%

It's payback time! Lead your mighty dark army and make the Kingdom tremble with every step. Build powerful towers, choose your arsenal for destruction, and find the deadliest combination - train legendary heroes and lead them to victory!

Why similar: Tower Defense 56.6%, Medieval 19.2%, Strategy 9.8%, Fantasy 7.5%, Adventure 3.9%

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 59%, Building 15%, Strategy 9.3%, Fantasy 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%

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: Tower Defense 28.9%, City Builder 24.1%, Base Building 14.9%, Building 12.4%, Medieval 9%

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 25.4%, Minimalist 16.9%, Medieval 15.6%, Survival 14.4%, Building 14.3%

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: Tower Defense 30.9%, Colony Sim 22.3%, Base Building 16.4%, Medieval 11.7%, Survival 10.8%

Gird your loins and sharpen your steel! Besiege 20 unique enemy lords and battle friends online, in this expanded remaster of the classic 'castle sim'. Relive history with new units, opponents, visuals, audio, campaigns, skirmish trails, co-op and larger maps.

Why similar: City Builder 20.9%, Tower Defense 19%, Colony Sim 18.7%, Medieval 10.5%, Base Building 10.5%

clickyland is a tower defense village builder where clicks are your main resource. Use clicks to harvest resources, fight enemies and manage your village, but use them wisely as you only get 20 clicks every day! Can you reach day 100?

Why similar: Tower Defense 34.2%, City Builder 21.9%, Base Building 17.8%, Strategy 10.3%, Medieval 7.9%

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 36.1%, Building 19.2%, Tower Defense 15%, Survival 7.9%, Strategy 7.6%

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: Tower Defense 33.3%, Colony Sim 22%, Base Building 17.5%, Survival 11.5%, Medieval 11.4%

From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.

Why similar: City Builder 25.9%, Colony Sim 19.1%, Base Building 17.4%, Building 12.3%, Medieval 6.4%

Build and defend using a modular system of castle blocks. Fend off enemies who will climb over and break through your defenses. Collect new blocks and research techs to improve their strengths. From lowly soldiers to powerful siege weapons; defeat them all as you strive to protect your kingdom.

Why similar: Tower Defense 42.3%, Medieval 18.9%, Building 15.6%, Minimalist 14%, Strategy 7.6%

Tiny Kingdom is a minimalist city-building strategy game where every placement matters. Start with a single hut and grow a thriving kingdom by combining buildings, unlocking synergies, and creating efficient layouts.

Why similar: City Builder 37.3%, Building 19.9%, Medieval 14.1%, Minimalist 9.7%, Strategy 6.5%

Defend the embers of hope in this roguelike strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Recruit and command workers to gather resources, build your camp and set up your defenses during the day. When night falls, fend off waves of deadly creatures with powerful, upgradable weapons.

Why similar: Tower Defense 26.3%, City Builder 20.2%, Building 12.6%, Minimalist 12.6%, Base Building 10.8%

Master the art of indirect rule in this fantasy RTS inspired by the classic Majesty. Forget direct orders, use gold to bribe subjects and set bounties for heroes. Build your kingdom in Rodovia and master a unique system where the coin is king. Can you lead those who won't obey?

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.3%, City Builder 24.5%, Building 13.2%, Medieval 12.9%, Fantasy 6.8%

Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.

Why similar: Building 24.5%, Medieval 23.8%, Pixel Graphics 21.4%, Simulation 12.3%, Fantasy 6.8%

Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is a complex city builder, where the fate of your kingdom hinges on your every decision. Explore this medieval land alone or with friends, make tough moral choices and conquer your foes in RTS combat. Will you struggle to survive, or find the strength to Thrive?

Why similar: City Builder 18.1%, Colony Sim 16.4%, Base Building 10.5%, Building 10.1%, Medieval 9.8%

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: Tower Defense 24.5%, Minimalist 16.1%, City Builder 16%, Base Building 10.8%, Building 10.1%