Games Like Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition

Rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat in a fusion of RTS and Grand Strategy genres. Rule, build, and serve your King as a minor lord in medieval Europe. Experience siege, field and naval combat with an unseen degree of brutality. Rogue-like progression, epic towns and battles await…

Why similar: Action RTS 15.5% ★, 4X 15% ★, RTS 12.2%, City Builder 11.1%, Real Time Tactics 8.9%

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 18.6%, Action RTS 13.8% ★, Zombies 12%, Base Building 11.9%, RTS 9.5%

It's 1347, the time of the Hundred Years' War. In this historical grand strategy and RTS hybrid you play as one of 200 minor lords across medieval Europe, Africa or Middle East. Rise up to take over your Kingdom and be crowned, then fight to preserve your empire as Black Death descends on Europe.

Why similar: 4X 16.2% ★, Colony Sim 13.1%, RTS 12.6%, City Builder 11.8%, Real Time Tactics 9.7%

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 23.7% ★, RTS 16%, Base Building 12%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%, Building 9.4%

Kingdom Wars is a free to play 3D MMORTS with real-time siege combat, without the pay to win element so common in the genre. Kingdom Wars offers beautiful 3D online world, where players construct strongholds, direct citizens, complete quests and eventually manage a global empire.

Why similar: RTS 31.3%, Strategy 14.8%, Building 13.4%, Medieval 12.6%, City Builder 11.6%

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 18.4% ★, RTS 16.1%, Base Building 12.3%, Real Time Tactics 12%, War 9.7%

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: City Builder 19%, Colony Sim 18.9%, Base Building 12.8%, Building 12%, Medieval 9.4%

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 17.8%, City Builder 16.7%, Colony Sim 15.1%, RTS 14%, Building 9.4%

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 15.8%, 4X 15.5% ★, City Builder 15.3%, RTS 10.2%, Base Building 7.9%

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: 4X 21.2% ★, Colony Sim 10.8%, City Builder 10%, RTS 9.3%, Real Time Tactics 7.3%

A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2%, Base Building 15%, Crafting 13.4%, Building 10.3%, Zombies 9.6%

After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.

Why similar: Colony Sim 16.7%, RTS 15%, City Builder 11.8%, Base Building 10.9%, Zombies 10.3%

Reignfall is a real-time strategy game with elements of city-building and third-person action. Build a city and defend your keep against waves of increasingly difficult enemies. Can you survive against the fallen horde?

Why similar: Colony Sim 51%, City Builder 24.9%, RTS 16.7%, Strategy 7.5%

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 19.1% ★, Colony Sim 16.6%, RTS 14.1%, City Builder 11%, Base Building 10.9%

Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually solved by war.

Why similar: RTS 37.1%, Medieval 20.9%, Strategy 16.3%, War 13.7%, Base Building 5.5%

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 32.2%, Crafting 18.1%, Building 17.5%, City Builder 10.5%, Survival 8.6%

Warlords Under Siege is a mix of RTS and Roguelike genre, where you build a small city and defend it against continuous waves of enemies. Improve your assortment of weapons with each playthrough, unlocking new possibilities to beat the ever-increasing threat.

Why similar: Action RTS 21.7% ★, Moddable 16.1% ★, City Builder 13.5%, RTS 11.3%, Base Building 9.1%

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 17.9% ★, Colony Sim 15.7%, Moddable 14.8% ★, City Builder 13.2%, Base Building 10.4%

From the team that brought you 8-Bit Armies comes a new fantasy RTS as fast-paced and friendly as the original! 8-BIT HORDES is a colorful strategy-arcade game that is easy to learn for players of all skill levels. Collect resources, build up and defend your base, amass your army of orcs or humans and ultimately crush your opponents!

Why similar: RTS 51.9%, Strategy 24.5%, Simulation 9.6%, Building 9.3%, Fantasy 4.7%

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: Base Building 29.3%, RTS 19.5%, Strategy 17.5%, Zombies 14.8%, Medieval 12.1%

Catapult werewolves over castle walls, incinerate troops with dragon fire and command the Knights of the Round Table! This remaster of the mythical ‘castle sim’ features Steam multiplayer, Workshop support, new maps, achievements and DLC campaigns.

Why similar: Colony Sim 16.4%, City Builder 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 12.9%, RTS 10.9%, Building 8.9%

Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?

Why similar: Colony Sim 15.4%, RTS 12.4%, City Builder 12.2%, Base Building 11.9%, Action RTS 11.1% ★

Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.

Why similar: Colony Sim 17.7%, Action RTS 17.2% ★, Moddable 13.9% ★, RTS 13.4%, City Builder 11.9%

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 22.7%, Base Building 19.2%, RTS 16.3%, Zombies 12%, City Builder 9%

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: Colony Sim 15.5%, City Builder 15.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, RTS 11.7%, War 9%

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 16.9%, RTS 16.7%, 4X 13.1% ★, Colony Sim 10.7%, Moddable 10.1% ★

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: RTS 30.6%, City Builder 23.9%, Strategy 15%, Base Building 11.3%, Online Co-Op 6.1%

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 16.2% ★, Colony Sim 13.8%, Moddable 13.6% ★, City Builder 11.8%, RTS 10.5%

Travel to the Holy Land with the First Crusades. Rise from a humble knight to the founding father of a world-spanning holy order. Lead through war, faith, diplomacy, and cunning schemes. Experience a unique blend of RTS, city-building, and sandbox gameplay, and shape history!

Why similar: Action RTS 16.8% ★, RTS 14.5%, 4X 13.4% ★, City Builder 13.1%, Base Building 8.2%

Tax, torture or treat your peasants! Rehabilitate criminals or sentence them to death? Decide as you enjoy jousting over a lavish banquet, all while under siege from the warmongering Lord Barclay.

Why similar: Colony Sim 16.5%, City Builder 15%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, RTS 12.3%, Base Building 9.6%

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 15.3%, Colony Sim 13.4%, Base Building 12.3%, RTS 12.1%, Real Time Tactics 10.7%

Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!

Why similar: Colony Sim 16.5%, City Builder 15.2%, Real Time Tactics 12.5%, RTS 11.6%, War 9.2%

Darfall is a hero-based RPG city-building game that puts you in the role of a hero who must protect their home and help it grow! During the day, grow your hero’s might, find epic loot, master new abilities, and fortify your settlement. At night, survive the hordes of undead, until you triumph.

Why similar: Action RTS 13.5% ★, RTS 12.9%, City Builder 12.3%, Colony Sim 12.2%, Base Building 10.2%

In this fast-paced multiplayer RTS, you and your friends will take control of your own tiny kingdoms and conquer a world made of circles. Each one is overflowing with enemies to fight, monsters to hunt and loot to hoard – but watch out... Friends can quickly become rivals!

Why similar: RTS 28.2%, Online Co-Op 18.7%, Base Building 18.3%, Resource Management 15.4%, Fantasy 9.9%

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 16.3%, Moddable 15.8% ★, RTS 13%, City Builder 12.9%, Real Time Tactics 10.9%

Circle Empires is a fresh take on the RTS genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.

Why similar: RTS 60.4%, Strategy 28.5%, Fantasy 11%

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 48.9%, Strategy 25.9%, Fantasy 25.2%

A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.

Why similar: Moddable 21.4% ★, RTS 18.9%, Real Time Tactics 15.2%, Base Building 13.6%, Building 8.5%

Defend, Attack, Survive! Build up your base and defeat the zombies with this unique combination of tower defense, base building and supply chain management. Now with multiplayer, mods and loads of new content!

Why similar: RTS 22.6%, City Builder 21.7%, Zombies 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.6%, Crafting 12.4%

A singleplayer fast-paced classic RTS game in which you take on the role of a fallen lord on his journey back to become one of the mightiest in the medieval realm of Valtoria.

Why similar: RTS 15.2%, Real Time Tactics 14.6%, Base Building 13.4%, City Builder 13.1%, Colony Sim 12.7%

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 27.1%, Colony Sim 20.9%, Base Building 13.1%, RTS 9.2%, Medieval 6.7%

Legends of Ellaria is a unique blend of sandbox action-RPG and real-time strategy. Build a new kingdom for your people, construct and manage its cities, command your troops in epic battles and join them fighting in third-person action, and live adventures in an immersive high fantasy world.

Why similar: Strategy 21.8%, RTS 18.5%, City Builder 17.8%, Building 12.2%, Base Building 11.1%

The epic tower defense dark fantasy journey continues! Create powerful gems with various abilities and take on the battle against an endlessly flowing army of monsters, and face the growing darkness as you fight your way back towards the Spiritforge.

Why similar: RTS 28.2%, Crafting 14.8%, Dark Fantasy 14.5%, Building 14.1%, Medieval 13.4%

Risen Kingdom is a real-time strategy game. Build and fortify your settlements to survive and push back armies of the undead.

Why similar: RTS 25.2%, Colony Sim 20.3%, Base Building 19%, Zombies 15%, Strategy 14.9%

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: RTS 21.6%, Base Building 21.1%, Zombies 15.2%, Building 12.5%, Survival 12.4%

DarkSwitch is a vertical survival city builder. Build a city on a great tree and defend it against the Fog. Face the challenges of limited real estate, scarce resources, and tough moral choices as you seek to uncover the mystery of the Shroud. The Tree Provides! The Tree Protects! The Tree Prevails!

Why similar: Colony Sim 19%, City Builder 16.4%, Base Building 10.9%, RTS 10.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.2%

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 20.6%, City Builder 15.3%, Real Time Tactics 14%, Base Building 13%, Building 10.6%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8%, City Builder 27.2%, Resource Management 8.6%, Building 7.9%, Medieval 7.7%

Customize your unique faction in a new take on real-time strategy as you fight in a variety of skirmish, solo, and multiplayer battles. You are not only a commander, but also an engineer – so you have ultimate control over your faction’s units, factories, superweapons and economy.

Why similar: RTS 69.7%, Strategy 19.5%, Simulation 10.8%

Machinefall is a post-apocalyptic real time strategy game set on a fully playable global map. Lead humanity’s last survivors as they build bases, gather resources, and wage massive battles against an overwhelming machine swarm. Progress through technological eras from Stone Age to Atomic Age.

Why similar: Action RTS 16.6% ★, Colony Sim 14.4%, RTS 13.4%, City Builder 10%, Base Building 9.5%

Build your defense base to fight back the undead hordes of Mars and secure the future of the red planet. MarZ is a game of strategy and tactical defense where you must carefully manage your crew and resources as you try to uncover the terrible secrets of the undead.

Why similar: RTS 31.9%, Zombies 20.9%, Base Building 18.3%, Strategy 11.9%, Building 9.5%

Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.

Why similar: RTS 56.8%, Strategy 15.1%, Base Building 14.4%, Action RTS 8.2% ★, War 5.5%

Gather resources and strategically build up your Viking settlement by day, fortifying it to withstand the relentless onslaught of skeletons by night

Why similar: Action RTS 28.3% ★, City Builder 17.8%, Building 12.6%, RTS 12.3%, Base Building 11%

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 19%, Moddable 17.6% ★, City Builder 12%, Base Building 10.7%, Building 9%

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 18.9% ★, Colony Sim 14.1%, City Builder 11.7%, RTS 11.2%, Real Time Tactics 11%

Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.

Why similar: 4X 18.4% ★, Colony Sim 16.2%, Moddable 13.9% ★, City Builder 13.7%, Base Building 9.2%

In this real-time grand strategy game, command armies, build cities, and manage a dynamic economy. Establish automated supply routes within your territory to streamline production. Fortify your defenses and brace for intense battles. Can you lead your empire to dominance?

Why similar: City Builder 29.6%, RTS 28.8%, Medieval 16.7%, Resource Management 8.3%, Strategy 7.2%