Games Like Lords and Villeins

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 36.8%, City Builder 18.4%, Building 8.4%, Management 6.1%, Sandbox 6.1%

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 23.6%, City Builder 20.8%, Medieval 8.9%, Management 8.6%, Resource Management 6.6%

In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.9%, City Builder 21.7%, Medieval 10.9%, Building 10%, Management 9.4%

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 27.9%, City Builder 20.1%, Economy 11.8%, Management 11.6%, Sandbox 9.4%

Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1%, City Builder 14.1%, Medieval 9%, Building 8.5%, Management 7.4%

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 34.1%, City Builder 27.4%, Medieval 7.8%, Resource Management 7%, Building 6.2%

Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.3%, City Builder 16%, Medieval 9.1%, Management 8.8%, Economy 8.6%

Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.

Why similar: City Builder 29.4%, Colony Sim 11.2%, Medieval 10.8%, Management 7.5%, Economy 7%

Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, City Builder 17.4%, Management 9%, Medieval 8.8%, Building 8.1%

Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.4%, City Builder 15.6%, Medieval 9%, Economy 8.7%, Management 8.6%

Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28%, City Builder 22%, Medieval 7.8%, Economy 7.5%, Management 6.9%

Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2%, City Builder 20.1%, Medieval 8.6%, Management 7.8%, Building 7.7%

Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.1%, Medieval 13.7%, Building 11.6%, Sandbox 10.2%, Crafting 10.1%

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 35.4%, City Builder 20%, Strategy 9.1%, Medieval 7.9%, Simulation 7.9%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.3%, City Builder 19.3%, Economy 11.5%, Management 9.4%, Building 9.3%

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: Colony Sim 25%, City Builder 22.6%, Management 9.3%, Medieval 9.3%, Economy 6.4%

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

Why similar: City Builder 24.4%, Economy 14%, Medieval 12.2%, Management 12%, Building 10.5%

Build and expand your monastery, craft recipes and brew holy ales in this unique brewery tycoon. No pre-made recipes in Ale Abbey, oh no. It's a canvas for true beer alchemists. It's as simple as: brew, sip, repeat. Welcome to Ale Abbey!

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, Management 10.5%, Medieval 9.4%, Building 9.1%, Economy 9.1%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.2%, City Builder 18.9%, Medieval 9.5%, Economy 8.9%, Management 8.8%

Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.

Why similar: Colony Sim 35.7%, City Builder 25.5%, Building 10.7%, Sandbox 9%, Strategy 4.7%

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 28.9%, Colony Sim 24.6%, Management 9.5%, Economy 7.7%, Medieval 7.3%

Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.

Why similar: City Builder 26.5%, Medieval 15.2%, Colony Sim 12.5%, Strategy 7%, Economy 6.4%

Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.5%, City Builder 21.3%, Management 9.2%, Building 8.5%, Economy 8.1%

Design, build and manage a giant shopping center. Open shops, supermarkets, restaurants, movie theaters, bowling alleys and more. Hire and manage the best staff for the job and milk your customers for all they're worth!

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1%, City Builder 17.6%, Management 16.5%, Building 12.7%, Economy 10.3%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, City Builder 21.4%, Economy 12%, Building 11%, Management 10.7%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 35.4%, City Builder 28.6%, Medieval 5.8%, Strategy 5.5%, Sandbox 5%

Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.4%, Management 16.2%, City Builder 14.5%, Economy 8.2%, Resource Management 7.3%

Forge a new kingdom in a land recovering from the Fracture. Which of the surviving races will you lead to rebuild, explore, and conquer the unknown? The dwindling yet immortal Ancients? The bold and resourceful Humans? The life stealing Ardyn? Or the secretive Gwdir who shape living groves?

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9%, City Builder 14.7%, Management 10%, Building 8.2%, Sandbox 7.7%

Anvil Saga is a management sim with RPG elements where you take control of a blacksmith shop amidst the Hundred Years' War. Each decision you make impacts the story and gameplay.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, Management 12.7%, Medieval 11.3%, Economy 9.4%, Building 8.5%

Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm! Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?

Why similar: City Builder 21.3%, Management 14.8%, Economy 14%, Medieval 11.1%, Building 10.7%

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 26.3%, City Builder 17.1%, Building 11.1%, Management 9.8%, Sandbox 6.5%

Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.7%, City Builder 17.6%, Management 9.7%, Building 9.2%, Sandbox 8.1%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.4%, City Builder 22.4%, Sandbox 10.9%, Building 8.6%, Crafting 6.4%

Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.5%, City Builder 21.7%, Economy 9%, Management 8.8%, Building 8.8%

Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.4%, City Builder 17.7%, Management 10.4%, Sandbox 9%, Resource Management 8.7%

Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!

Why similar: Management 22.1%, Building 16.5%, Medieval 13.8%, City Builder 13.1%, Resource Management 9.7%

With the help of your railway, build houses, farms, warehouses, and more to create your village. Trade what your people make for other resources and gold to grow your village into a prospering town, and grow the railway into a powerhouse.

Why similar: City Builder 26.8%, Building 14.2%, Economy 13.2%, Management 12%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%

Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.2%, City Builder 17.5%, Economy 9.8%, Management 9.6%, Building 9%

Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.

Why similar: Colony Sim 35.3%, Economy 10.2%, Building 10.1%, Strategy 7.9%, Crafting 7.6%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, City Builder 22.9%, Economy 11.4%, Sandbox 9.2%, Management 9%

As the Queen's latest governor, build a colonial empire in Her name. Claim islands, collect their natural resources, build production chains, and turn a derelict outpost into a rebellious, bustling metropolis at the heart of a New World commercial empire!

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.6%, City Builder 20.7%, Economy 10.6%, Building 10.5%, Management 9.8%

Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!

Why similar: Management 16.5%, Building 13.3%, Simulation 12.5%, Strategy 12%, Economy 11.8%

Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.5%, City Builder 21.1%, Management 12.1%, Building 11.3%, Sandbox 9.8%

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

Why similar: City Builder 32%, Medieval 11.9%, Strategy 10.3%, Resource Management 8.5%, Management 8.3%

Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.2%, City Builder 19.9%, Economy 10.3%, Management 10.1%, Building 9.4%

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 20.9%, Colony Sim 20.1%, Building 9.1%, Sandbox 9.1%, Management 8.8%

Feudal Baron: King’s Land is classic-style city-builder. Turn a humble settlement into a medieval town, build workshops and churches, repel raids, and manage your subjects. Ensure steady supplies – or squeeze every last penny from the people.

Why similar: City Builder 28.3%, Medieval 14.7%, Management 13.5%, Resource Management 11.9%, Economy 7.1%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5%, City Builder 18.2%, Medieval 9.4%, Building 8.4%, Resource Management 8.3%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8%, City Builder 19.9%, Management 10.2%, Medieval 9.2%, Sandbox 6.9%

The Guild 3 is a fascinating trade and life simulation that takes place during the late Middle Ages. Step into the shoes of a citizen, acquire businesses and mansions, produce goods and trade them, start intrigues in politics and society, love, hate, bribe, fight and live through good and bad times!

Why similar: Economy 24.5%, Medieval 22.1%, Building 9.1%, Strategy 8.7%, Simulation 8.7%

Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.4%, City Builder 20.5%, Building 9.8%, Management 9.7%, Economy 8.5%

Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.9%, City Builder 19.6%, Economy 10.3%, Building 9.9%, Management 9.9%

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

Why similar: City Builder 41.3%, Sandbox 16.3%, Crafting 9%, Strategy 8%, Simulation 7.3%

Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, City Builder 20.1%, Management 9.9%, Medieval 9.9%, Sandbox 9.2%

A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, City Builder 21.1%, Building 8.2%, Sandbox 6.5%, Strategy 6.3%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, City Builder 19.6%, Management 9.9%, Building 9.6%, Medieval 9.3%

Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, City Builder 16.5%, Management 10.2%, Building 9.2%, Sandbox 8%

Build your way to success! Trade your way to the top! Explore your way to infamy! Do it all your way!

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9%, City Builder 17.8%, Building 11.2%, Management 11%, Resource Management 8.7%

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 25.6%, City Builder 14.8%, Management 10.2%, Building 8.7%, Medieval 8%