- #1 Thronefall
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,563 reviews2024
Dev: GrizzlyGamesPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.2%, Action RTS 20.5% ★, Medieval 14.4%, Base Building 12.6%, Strategy 8.4%
- #2 Territory: Farming and Warfare
96% matchVery Positive86% of 690 reviews2026
Dev: Wit Studio
Windows
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: Base Building 16%, RTS 14.8%, Real Time Tactics 12.8%, War 10.6%, Resource Management 10.3%
- #3 Open The Gates!
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Robin van der Horst
Windows
Build, manage and defend your medieval castle in this crazy sidescroller RTS game. Build walls, towers and traps to protect your fortress from enemy sieges before launching your own. Command powerful siege weapons and design the perfect strategy to take back the empire.
Why similar: RTS 21.5%, Base Building 17.1%, Real Time Tactics 16.8%, War 13.2%, Medieval 7.4%
- #4 Andalia
95% matchVery Positive85% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Joel St.Pub: Sundust
Windows
Andalia is a fantasy real-time strategy game (RTS) with a diverse range of civilisations, resources and environments. Build up your town and lead your forces into war against enemy players. Alternatively you may construct a monument and hold it long enough to reach victory.
Why similar: RTS 30.2%, Base Building 22.2%, Medieval 12.6%, War 11.5%, Strategy 7.8%
- #5 Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition
94% matchMixed66% of 451 reviews2019
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
An intense real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy world of Orcs, Elves and Dragons. Kingdom Wars 2 combines the best of Zombie survival and crafting with complex fast-paced city building. Fight massive siege battles that turn beautiful landscapes into gory blood-soaked battlefields.
Why similar: Action RTS 18.3% ★, RTS 15.8%, Base Building 12.3%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%, War 9.6%
- #6 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 10,403 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 19.5% ★, Tower Defense 16.3%, RTS 16.1%, Base Building 13%, Medieval 9.4%
- #7 Risen Kingdom
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 442 reviews2020
Dev: MyDreamForever
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 28.2%, Tower Defense 26.9%, Base Building 23.1%, Strategy 17.5%, Fantasy 2.4%
- #8 Border Pioneer
92% matchVery Positive87% of 1,768 reviews2025
Dev: Yahzj GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 22.7%, RTS 18%, Base Building 16.9%, Medieval 12.2%, Strategy 6.3%
- #9 The King is Watching
91% matchVery Positive88% of 9,222 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: RTS 19%, Tower Defense 18.2%, Base Building 15.8%, Real Time Tactics 11.6%, Resource Management 10.8%
- #10 Scarecropia
91% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: JYP Studio
Windows
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 19% ★, Tower Defense 15.4%, RTS 13.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.5%, Base Building 11.4%
- #11 Phoenix Hope
90% matchMixed61% of 170 reviews2021
Dev: Honorable Pixel
Windows
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 19.4%, Base Building 17.3%, RTS 16.3%, Medieval 10%, Strategy 7.6%
- #12 No King No Kingdom
89% matchVery Positive85% of 145 reviews2020
Dev: Fullmetal Developer
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
No King No Kingdom – First-Person Strategy Game. Ride Dragons! Command peasants! Build towns! Raise Armies! Tame Epic Creatures! Take your own sword and fight side by side with your troops against powerful giant bosses.
Why similar: RTS 19.5%, Base Building 16.4%, Real Time Tactics 15.7%, War 13.2%, Action RTS 12.7% ★
- #13 Kingdom Two Crowns
88% matchVery Positive90% of 37,612 reviews2018
Dev: Stumpy🐙SquidPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 33.9%, Base Building 19.2%, Medieval 15.1%, Building 10.1%, Strategy 7%
- #14 Medieval Kingdom Wars
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,602 reviews2019
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 19.4% ★, RTS 18.6%, Base Building 14.7%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, Medieval 11.7%
- #15 Age of Goblins
87% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Bruno Valla
Windows
AoG is a real-time strategy game (RTS) with simplified mechanics and cute visuals, but VERY challenging at times. Lead your goblin tribe into what they do best: expand, conquer, and exterminate each other. Any resemblance to humans is purely coincidental.
Why similar: RTS 21.2%, Action RTS 18.7% ★, Tower Defense 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #16 Diplomacy is Not an Option
86% matchVery Positive85% of 11,517 reviews2024
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Base Building 17.7%, Medieval 14%, Resource Management 13.9%, Action RTS 13.8% ★, RTS 11.5%
- #17 Orcdom
86% matchVery Positive89% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: GAGAPub: OKJOY
Windows
Orcdom is a minimalist tower defense game with full freedom in tower placement. Defend your crystal from waves of orcs attacking from all directions. Plan your layout, time your spells, and unlock new strategy modes in this fast-paced tactical challenge!
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.8%, Real Time Tactics 16.7%, RTS 13.4%, Base Building 12.6%, Resource Management 11.9%
- #18 Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,633 reviews2025
Dev: Rockbee TeamPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: RTS 25.8%, Tower Defense 24.1%, Medieval 13.2%, Management 10.1%, Strategy 7.9%
- #19 Kingdom Ascension
84% matchVery Positive85% of 218 reviews2025
Dev: RainRingStudio
Windows
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: RTS 19.7%, Base Building 18.2%, War 16.3%, Resource Management 12.6%, Medieval 10.2%
- #20 Kingdoms and Castles
84% matchVery Positive93% of 30,837 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Medieval 21.6%, Base Building 16.6%, Resource Management 12.8%, Building 12.4%, Strategy 11.4%
- #21 Royal Lord - 王权领主
82% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: 开发鸭
Windows
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: Base Building 19.1%, RTS 18.3%, Medieval 13.1%, War 11.9%, Tower Defense 11.2%
- #22 8-Bit Hordes
83% matchVery Positive81% of 533 reviews2016
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 48.6%, Strategy 24.7%, Simulation 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Building 5.4%
- #23 Automatic Kingdom
81% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Matthew Pontarolo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build the perfect kingdom in this turn-based strategy game that combines elements of automation, board games, and city builders. Keep your kingdom happy, endure hostile Challenges, and unlock new cards as your kingdom becomes more prosperous.
Why similar: Resource Management 27.5%, Medieval 26.4%, Base Building 22%, Strategy 13.5%, Building 3.5%
- #24 MIGLORN
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: WuzzyWizard
Windows
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 26% ★, Tower Defense 20.1%, RTS 13.7%, Base Building 13.4%, Building 8.5%
- #25 Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,641 reviews2018
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 45.1%, Medieval 17.6%, Building 11.8%, Strategy 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
- #26 Fortify
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: Holgersson Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Fortify is a real-time strategy game with a tower defense twist. Defend your castle from attacking monsters and siege weapons by using ranged and melee defenders, catapults, cannons, oil fields and more. You start at the iron age, advancing to the medieval age, and later, the imperial age.
Why similar: RTS 55.4%, Strategy 35.6%, Action 9.1%
- #27 TDS - Tower Defense Strategy
78% matchVery Positive81% of 354 reviews2025
Dev: Blockage
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 22.2%, RTS 22%, Action RTS 20.2% ★, Base Building 10.6%, Building 7.4%
- #28 最后的巫后:众王纷争的年代 Witch Queen
80% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: 安格法
Windows
Individual independent development Witch Queen is a lightweight storyline oriented rts game that is based the dark ages of the fantasy world of Isefaia. In here, Build countries, explore the continent, witness the endings of the Wizards, and learn the truth behind the story.
Why similar: RTS 23.7%, Base Building 16.4%, Real Time Tactics 15%, War 12.7%, Medieval 11.7%
- #29 Becastled
76% matchVery Positive82% of 5,494 reviews2025
Dev: Mana Potion Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 28.4%, RTS 20.7%, Medieval 13.9%, War 13.2%, Strategy 9.6%
- #30 Hearthlands
79% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.
Why similar: RTS 26.5%, Medieval 18%, Resource Management 15.4%, Management 11.8%, Strategy 11%
- #31 Kingdom: Classic
77% matchVery Positive91% of 22,529 reviews2015
Dev: NoioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
Why similar: Base Building 20%, Tower Defense 16.1%, Resource Management 14%, Strategy 10.9%, Simulation 9.3%
- #32 Here Comes The Swarm
75% matchVery Positive88% of 161 reviews2026
Dev: CableHook Games
Windows
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 19.8% ★, RTS 17.8%, Tower Defense 15.6%, Base Building 15.2%, Resource Management 10.7%
- #33 Tinyfolks
76% matchVery Positive93% of 1,077 reviews2022
Dev: Pierre VandermaesenPub: VANDERMAESEN GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Train your folks, defeat monsters and upgrade your town!
Why similar: Medieval 28.8%, Pixel Graphics 25.4%, Strategy 19.9%, Resource Management 10.1%, Fantasy 5.6%
- #34 Rift Riff
74% matchVery Positive96% of 365 reviews2025
Dev: Adriaan de Jongh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world. A strategic mix of juicy tower loadouts, varied monster behaviors, and forgiving mechanics.
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.1%, RTS 16.6%, Base Building 14.9%, Action RTS 14.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 11%
- #35 King Pins
77% matchVery Positive85% of 107 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
King Pins is a small scale real-time strategy game. Collect resources and expand your territory while defending your main unit: the king! If your king dies, you lose!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 38.4%, Strategy 16.1%, Medieval 14.5%, War 14%, Resource Management 10.7%
- #36 clickyland
75% matchVery Positive85% of 605 reviews2024
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 32.2%, Base Building 24.7%, RTS 18.4%, Strategy 14.7%, Medieval 10%
- #37 There Are No Orcs
73% matchVery Positive94% of 991 reviews2025
Dev: BaseTrade StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An RTS-Roguelike hybrid with auto-battling troops. Master building placement, swarm your enemies, and smash their defenses with unit-commander combos!
Why similar: RTS 26%, Tower Defense 24.6%, Base Building 16.8%, Medieval 10.9%, War 8.8%
- #38 Islets Defense
74% matchVery Positive95% of 167 reviews2025
Dev: MiniGoofPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 27%, Base Building 20.4%, Resource Management 15.8%, Medieval 11.2%, Building 9.3%
- #39 Bellfortis
73% matchVery Positive94% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Bellfortis is a strategy game from the early Middle Ages. Expand your kingdom, use politics and power. Strategic planning on the map alternates with realtime battles of armies. Play as a grand strategy or on smaller local maps, build, recruit armies and fight!
Why similar: RTS 19.8%, Action RTS 18.1% ★, Medieval 15.9%, War 14.3%, Real Time Tactics 14%
- #40 Sunbreak War
72% matchVery Positive84% of 135 reviews2026
Dev: Candlelight Studio
Windows
A light Rogue strategy game centered on building and defense. Build your territory, recruit soldiers to fend off enemies. 9 maps, 6 weapons (30 talents), 40 monsters, 30 units/buildings. Plan your pace, control soldiers, choose abilities—enjoy command and strategy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.8%, Real Time Tactics 18.7%, Base Building 13.8%, War 12.7%, Medieval 11.6%
- #41 Warlords Under Siege
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 471 reviews2025
Dev: RedKar Devs
Windows
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 29% ★, RTS 18.4%, Base Building 16.1%, Medieval 13.3%, Building 8.8%
- #42 The Unexpected Quest
73% matchVery Positive80% of 201 reviews2020
Dev: Rionix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Adventure game with strategy and management elements in a medieval fantasy setting - drawing inspiration from classics such as Warcraft 3 and The Settlers. Embark on quests, hunt down treasures and manage your resources as you build, battle, cast magic and brew potions to bring order to the world.
Why similar: Action RTS 24.1% ★, RTS 18.9%, Base Building 17%, Medieval 12.2%, Management 7.9%
- #43 Eyes of War
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 321 reviews2025
Dev: Good Mood Games
Windows · Linux
Eyes of War is a real-time strategy game set in the medieval era, offering both single-player and multiplayer experiences where you can control every unit in character mode. Build your castle, lead your army, and dominate the map. Eyes of War invites you to epic battles of the medieval era!
Why similar: RTS 30.8%, Base Building 16.9%, Resource Management 14.4%, Real Time Tactics 14.1%, Medieval 12.5%
- #44 Fantasy Village Simulator
71% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: CYCLOPS
Windows · Mac
Experience building your own village with different races in a fantasy world! Produce more villagers for various production tasks and train more guards to resist waves of demonic attacks. Plan the production of supplies to create more powerful equipment for the guards to wear.
Why similar: Base Building 25.4%, Real Time Tactics 20.5%, RTS 13.2%, Strategy 10%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #45 Sunstone War
68% matchVery Positive100% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Blukulélé
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sunstone War is a unique Action game with Tower Defense element where you can carry EVERYTHING! Move towers, toss away enemies, carry obstacles, upgrade skills and journey through lands to protect your village from calamity!
Why similar: Action RTS 22.1% ★, Tower Defense 20.2%, RTS 19.8%, Real Time Tactics 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
- #46 Tower Lords
69% matchMixed47% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Final Arcade
Windows
Become a Tower Lord! Build and upgrade your tower in this incremental idle game. Fight off the forces of the Dark Lord, conquer new lands, and challenge his dominion with the power of your dragon.
Why similar: Resource Management 26.9%, Building 14.8%, Strategy 13%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Management 9.6%
- #47 Vedelem: The Golden Horde
69% matchVery Positive89% of 788 reviews2021
Dev: Castle RoachesPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
Védelem: The Golden Horde is a medieval Real Time Strategy and Survival game set in the 13th century. Build, expand and defend your lands against the deadliest Mongolian invasion ever witnessed. They will seek to destroy your walls and salt your earth. Will you survive the Golden Horde?
Why similar: RTS 19.7%, Base Building 16.7%, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, War 9.3%, Resource Management 9.2%
- #48 Super Fantasy Kingdom
65% matchVery Positive88% of 5,123 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Tower Defense 64.2%, Strategy 21.9%, Fantasy 8%, 2D 5.8%
- #49 Kingdom Eighties
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,163 reviews2023
Dev: Fury StudiosPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Action RTS 30.4% ★, Tower Defense 25%, Base Building 20.8%, Strategy 7.5%, Building 6%
- #50 Grim Nights
69% matchVery Positive88% of 1,530 reviews2018
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 26.2%, Base Building 20.6%, RTS 19.6%, Strategy 8.5%, Management 7.3%
- #51 First Feudal
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 627 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Base Building 23.2%, Resource Management 17.2%, Medieval 16.6%, Building 10.8%, Management 8.9%
- #52 Lords of Kingdoms
71% matchMixed44% of 87 reviews2018
Dev: ThankGame.com
Windows
Lords of Kingdoms is a multiplayer online war game. Turn your small castle into a mighty fortress and become ruler of the greatest realm.
Why similar: Building 45.7%, Strategy 33.4%, Medieval 9.7%, War 6.6%, Simulation 3.6%
- #53 Land of the Mage Lords
67% matchVery Positive89% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: Rafe's Games
Windows
Summon troops and use magic to defeat mage lords and other foes while surviving attacks from their followers. Learn new spells and recruit troops with unique powers. Venture across the land, battling ever stronger enemies until reaching the evil Mage King.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.8%, Real Time Tactics 27.9%, Strategy 12%, Medieval 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #54 Crownbound - Fantasy Kingdom Sim
67% matchMixed50% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Bart Mamzer
Windows
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: RTS 36.7%, Medieval 15.6%, Strategy 11.8%, Simulation 10.1%, Base Building 7.8%
- #55 BANNERMEN
70% matchMixed53% of 296 reviews2019
Dev: Pathos Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 21.1%, Base Building 20.2%, Real Time Tactics 20.2%, Medieval 15.4%, Strategy 7.7%
- #56 Tiny Kingdom
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: neltile
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Resource Management 21.5%, Medieval 17%, Building 14.2%, Management 13.1%, Strategy 8.8%
- #57 Knights of the Crusades
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 165 reviews2025
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
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: RTS 22.4%, Action RTS 21.3% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Real Time Tactics 11.2%, Medieval 11.1%