Games Like Mandate Order

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 15.7%, RTS 10.9%, Historical 10.8%, Grand Strategy 10.5%, Base Building 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the blend of organic city-building and tactical, realistic medieval combat found in Mandate Order.

Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty is a wargame demonstrating ancient warfare in China and combining elements of Big Strategy, RTS and RPG. You can learn little-known stories of heroes in ancient China by experiencing battles accommodating thousands of soldiers.

Why similar: Wargame 17.1%, Historical 15.8%, Military 14%, Grand Strategy 12.5%, War 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the tactical military simulation and historical combat mechanics of the era.

Unite Ancient China under your rule through a thrilling blend of turn-based empire building and real-time battles. Use the Guanxi System and diplomacy to forge alliances, and build powerful armies with hundreds of unique infantry, cavalry and war machine units.

Why similar: Historical 27.2%, RTS 15.1%, Grand Strategy 14.7%, War 13.9%, Strategy 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive grand strategy experience set in ancient China, featuring deep diplomacy and massive real-time tactical battles.

Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.

Why similar: Historical 20.3%, Military 16.5%, 4X 13.2% ★, Grand Strategy 12.9%, Strategy 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that captures the historical depth and societal management of ancient Chinese dynasties.

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: City Builder 16.1%, Historical 10.8%, Grand Strategy 10.6%, RTS 10%, Base Building 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep simulation of societal management and character-driven logistics that complements the city-building experience.

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: City Builder 18.3%, Military 11%, RTS 9.9%, Building 8.8%, Base Building 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features specific Asian-themed castle building and tactical siege warfare that aligns well with the military focus of the seed game.

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 36.3%, Medieval 10.2%, Building 8.2%, Resource Management 7.4%, Management 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an organic, gridless approach to city-building that emphasizes resource management and population growth.

Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.

Why similar: City Builder 27.5%, RTS 15%, Historical 11.8%, Building 11.1%, Strategy 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides high-production city building with a strong emphasis on logistics, trade, and regional management.

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: City Builder 23.2%, RTS 16.5%, Historical 15.5%, Base Building 14.3%, Management 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines intricate base-building with survival and defense mechanics in a historical context.

Builders of Egypt is a city-building economic strategy taking place in the Nile Valley. Immerse yourself in a world full of pyramids, where you will become a part of the ancient world. Create history, be history!

Why similar: City Builder 24.3%, Historical 14.7%, Building 11.2%, RTS 9.6%, Base Building 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A historical city-builder that focuses on complex resource chains and monument construction similar to ancient civilization games.

Immerse yourself in the beautifully recreated golden age of Hellenic city-states. Builders of Greece is a city management game that lets you display your strategic and economic mastery. Build your Polis from scratch, make meaningful decisions, trade, fight and expand to become the ultimate ruler.

Why similar: City Builder 26.3%, Historical 12.7%, RTS 11.1%, Building 10.8%, Base Building 8%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the historical city-building DNA, focusing on the development of ancient infrastructure and economy.

Forge an empire under the watchful eyes of the gods! Take care of your people, develop efficient production chains and trade with other landlords. Ensure their survival through harsh winters and disasters.

Why similar: City Builder 22%, RTS 15.9%, Historical 14.6%, Building 11.8%, Resource Management 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A city builder specifically set in ancient China that prioritizes aesthetic management and historical accuracy.

You are the leader of a city-state in high medieval Europe. Expand your city through deep city-building systems, build a trade empire across the known world, and lead men to war to defend trade routes in a high-stakes struggle of global strategy and brutal warfare.

Why similar: City Builder 15.3%, RTS 12.1%, Wargame 11.9%, Grand Strategy 10.9%, Historical 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines strategy and city-building with a focus on historical expansion and real-time tactical elements.

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 23.3%, RTS 11%, Base Building 9.2%, Building 8.4%, Resource Management 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A city builder that emphasizes defensive planning and managing threats, which is central to the wargame aspect of the seed.

To escape from pursuit, as the leader of your sect, guide your disciples to rise again! Engage in farming and hunting, train in martial arts, and forge weapons and armor. Build your sect's base and fortifications from the ground up to survive in this perilous, ambition-filled martial world!

Why similar: City Builder 24.7%, Base Building 16.8%, Building 13.4%, Management 11.5%, 4X 11.3% ★

Why You'll Like It: A wuxia-themed management and colony simulation that captures the cultural flavor of ancient China.

This is a sandbox game that is deeply rooted in the rich historical information of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The story of the game unfolds slowly in the eighth century BC on the vast and mysterious land of China.

Why similar: RTS 13.9%, Historical 13.6%, Grand Strategy 13%, Military 12.1%, Wargame 12%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy title specifically focused on the Warring States period and historical expansion.

This is a city building game with the historical background of the Tang Dynasty of China in the 7-8th century. In the game, you will build a prosperous city in the Tang Dynasty of China.

Why similar: City Builder 36.4%, Base Building 19.3%, Management 12.4%, Strategy 11.5%, Simulation 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A historical management simulation that focuses on the administrative challenges of the Tang Dynasty.

"SandTable War: Three Kingdoms" is a strategic simulation game set during the Three Kingdoms period. Here you can play as various factions from Three Kingdoms history to conquer cities and lands, unify the realm. With abundant historical officers and scenarios, come restore the Han Dynasty!

Why similar: RTS 14.2%, Wargame 13.9%, Grand Strategy 13.5%, Historical 13%, Military 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a simulation-heavy approach to the historical warfare of the Three Kingdoms period.

A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.

Why similar: City Builder 18.9%, Wargame 14.8%, Historical 11.8%, Base Building 11.1%, Building 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the early-stage development of society and the management of tribal resources.

Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!

Why similar: City Builder 28.7%, Base Building 15.8%, Historical 14.1%, Building 12.5%, Medieval 11%

Why You'll Like It: Blends village building with survival and combat in a feudal setting that mirrors the atmosphere of ancient Asian warfare.

Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.

Why similar: City Builder 42.8%, Medieval 18.7%, Building 17.8%, Simulation 6.6%, Strategy 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building a village from the ground up while managing a rebellion and leading tactical combat units.

This Three Kingdoms sandbox RPG lets you do whatever you wish in the late Han Dynasty. Be a ruler, courtier, or hermit. Make friends, marry, raise children, manage estates, train yourself & allies, govern, drill troops, experience & alter history, and conquer all to win the hearts of the people.

Why similar: Wargame 20%, Grand Strategy 16.9%, Military 14.3%, Historical 13.5%, Building 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the strategy and simulation aspects of the Three Kingdoms era with RPG elements.

Forge your epic in Huaxia: Warring States. Form your clan, conquer the lands, and build an empire. The fate of heaven & earth lies within you hands.

Why similar: Military 16.9%, Grand Strategy 15.3%, Historical 15.1%, War 10.4%, Management 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Blends RPG character development with strategy elements set during the Warring States era.

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: City Builder 47.5%, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 7.4%, Medieval 7.3%, Sandbox 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for logistics-heavy, survival-focused city building that requires careful management of resources.

Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

Why similar: City Builder 40.2%, Resource Management 15.8%, Building 10.6%, Strategy 9.1%, Base Building 9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers intense societal management and difficult mandate-based decisions that challenge the player's leadership.

Take command of a remote military air base during World War II. Build your own airfield, manage iconic aircraft and oversee your crew’s well-being. Prepare them against air raids and send your pilots on dangerous missions. Survive and help your nation win the war!

Why similar: City Builder 16%, Base Building 10.9%, RTS 10.4%, Military 10.2%, Historical 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers base-building and management mechanics with a strong focus on historical military operations.

Empire Architect is an ancient city-building real time strategy game, with elements from grand strategies sprinkled in for good measure. The levels are procedurally generated, and you have limited control over your subjects

Why similar: City Builder 27.3%, Building 10.3%, RTS 8.9%, Historical 8.4%, Base Building 8%

Why You'll Like It: A historical city-builder that allows for detailed architectural design and management.

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 18.6%, Base Building 11.4%, RTS 10.4%, Military 10.3%, Building 8.2%

The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.

Why similar: City Builder 18.5%, Historical 12.1%, Grand Strategy 12.1%, Base Building 11%, Building 9.3%

It is a city building game of Chang'an, the capital city of Tang dynasty in 8th century AD. Players will build the ancient city in an 1:1 proportion sandbox. Based on researches of history and ancient architecture, you will see a Chang'an city reconstructed in reality.

Why similar: City Builder 25.6%, Base Building 13.9%, Building 13.4%, Strategy 7.8%, Management 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation and city builder that focuses on the historical reconstruction of a major Chinese capital.

Build a city to rule the world in Kaiserpunk, a grand city builder blending production-focused city building with world conquest in an alternate 20th century world. Manage your city, grow industries, build a military, and defeat rivals to become the greatest empire.

Why similar: City Builder 16.8%, Wargame 11.5%, Military 10.9%, Grand Strategy 10.2%, Historical 9.5%

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: City Builder 17.8%, RTS 13.9%, Wargame 13.2%, Grand Strategy 13%, Base Building 8.5%

此为以春秋时代为背景，历史战略类即时制游戏。两千多年前华夏大地锦绣山河一眼尽收，可在其间建造城郭，构筑关隘，修筑长城，农商、车船、战阵行走其间。礼崩乐坏，百家兴起、诸侯争霸、异族入侵、合纵连横，列国之伐兵、伐交、伐谋就此展开。磅礴壮丽的春秋画卷待君前来指点江山！

Why similar: RTS 15.7%, City Builder 14.3%, Base Building 12.2%, Wargame 11%, Building 10.2%

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: City Builder 18.1%, Historical 11.9%, Grand Strategy 11.8%, Base Building 10.8%, Building 9.5%

Embrace your duties as a new provincial governor. Experience the beauty of ancient China, design the city of your dreams, and take care of your people’s needs. Earn the Gods’ favor to maintain the Mandate of Heaven for the ruling dynasty.

Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Historical 14%, Building 11.6%, Base Building 10.9%, RTS 10.3%

Take charge of a WW1 field hospital on the Western Front, and make all the decisions necessary to help the soldiers recover and to support the war effort. In this narrative management game, you are the last bastion of humanity.

Why similar: City Builder 14.9%, Wargame 12.7%, Military 11.6%, RTS 10.9%, Historical 10.8%

JIANGHU CHRONICLES is a Wuxia-themed clan simulator, which focuses on simulating Jianghu clans and experiencing realistic battle. Set up a clan of your own, recruit disciples, complete missions... And eventually make your clan second to none by improving its power and reputation.

Why similar: Base Building 44.2%, Historical 40.6%, Simulation 12%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Immerse yourself in the beautifully recreated golden age of Hellenic city-states. Builders of Greece: Prologue, being a shortened version of the full game, is a great way to try your hand as a ruler of an ancient Greek city-state, practice your management skills, and learn basic game mechanics.

Why similar: City Builder 21.5%, RTS 14.6%, Historical 11.3%, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 7.1%

This is a strategy game with the theme of WWII. As a battlefield commander, maintaining your army's motivation and satisfaction, promoting your generals, managing your own economy, dealing with your friends' armies, and real time grand battle. What kind of commander will you become in the process?

Why similar: Wargame 13.8%, Historical 13%, Military 11.6%, RTS 11%, Grand Strategy 9.9%

Give rise to wonders of the Aztec Civilization as you build your own magnificent metropolis in this ancient city builder. From humble beginnings build, trade, manage and conquer to become Tlatoani (Emperor).

Why similar: City Builder 18.6%, Historical 12.2%, RTS 12%, Grand Strategy 10.8%, Military 10.2%

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: Wargame 18.9%, RTS 17.1%, City Builder 14.7%, Base Building 9.4%, Military 8.8%

Take command in Europe's greatest 18th-century war. Equip & customize regiments, manage supplies, and engage in brutal real-time battles across procedural campaigns. Resources and replacements are scarce, and keeping your best men alive may matter more than any single victory.

Why similar: Historical 17.2%, Military 16.8%, RTS 16.6%, Wargame 15.9%, War 10.9%

Citadelum is a city builder set in legendary Ancient Rome. Build your own settlement, gather resources and evolve it into a magnificent city. Explore the world, trade and lead your mighty legions in epic tactical battles. Earn the favor of the Gods or challenge them, if you dare.

Why similar: City Builder 22.5%, Military 14%, Historical 13.5%, Building 11.6%, Base Building 10.5%

Polismos is a city builder set in ancient Greece. To ensure your city's prosperity you will need to care for your people, trade valuable resources, enact wise policies, and maybe even dominate other cities.

Why similar: Historical 26.7%, Base Building 20%, City Builder 17.7%, Strategy 8.5%, RTS 7.9%

In 960 AD, the new Song Dynasty needs you! As magistrate, build a prosperous city from scratch. Develop bustling streets filled with businesses and entertainment, while navigating hidden crises of political strife and foreign invasions. How will you lead through these challenges?

Why similar: City Builder 24.9%, Historical 17%, Base Building 12.1%, Building 11.4%, Resource Management 10.9%

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: City Builder 17.8%, Grand Strategy 11.9%, Historical 11.7%, Base Building 10.8%, Building 9.5%

Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.

Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, Building 13.2%, RTS 11.7%, Historical 11.3%, Base Building 9.7%

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 18.4%, Base Building 12.2%, RTS 11.6%, Grand Strategy 10.3%, Military 9.9%

Step into the shoes of a fallen clan leader, starting with nothing but a crumbling estate and a handful of hopes, rising through careful planning, trade, and diplomacy to become one of the most powerful families in the land. Now it’s time to forge a legendary dynasty that leaves its mark on history.

Why similar: City Builder 28.5%, Historical 13.5%, Management 13.3%, Base Building 12.5%, Sandbox 10.4%

Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!

Why similar: City Builder 19.2%, Grand Strategy 12.5%, Historical 12.4%, Base Building 11.3%, Building 9.5%

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: City Builder 17%, Wargame 13.4%, RTS 13.2%, Grand Strategy 12.6%, Base Building 10.4%

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: City Builder 16%, Historical 10.8%, Grand Strategy 10.7%, RTS 10.1%, Base Building 9.6%

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: City Builder 20.3%, Historical 12.1%, Grand Strategy 11.9%, Base Building 10.7%, Building 9.5%

Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!

Why similar: City Builder 24.4%, Historical 12.8%, Base Building 11.9%, Building 9.6%, Management 9.3%

This is a classic historical simulation + real-time strategy game, where you will go back to the era of the Three Kingdoms and play as various renowned sovereigns.

Why similar: Wargame 22.4%, RTS 18.5%, Grand Strategy 15.1%, Historical 12.8%, 4X 10.8% ★

This is a deep focus on the Spring and Autumn period of the Warring States period of the grand strategy and real-time combat fusion sandbox game.

Why similar: Wargame 14.5%, RTS 14.1%, Grand Strategy 11.8%, Military 11.1%, Historical 9.9%

King's Orders is a simplified historical strategy game with an important innovation. You command your armies by sending letters with orders. Messengers with these letters travel the land and can be lost or intercepted. Generals execute orders upon receipt and send you reports the same dangerous way.

Why similar: Military 15.9%, Wargame 13.7%, RTS 12%, Grand Strategy 11.2%, Historical 11%

Sumerians is a city building game set in ancient Mesopotamia. Attract new citizens and grow by expanding your irrigation system, building walls, palaces, temples and ziggurats. Research new technologies, manage your production, hire workers, and trade.

Why similar: City Builder 26.2%, Historical 14.3%, Base Building 10.2%, Strategy 10.2%, Simulation 9.4%

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: City Builder 13.7%, Wargame 11.1%, RTS 10.3%, Grand Strategy 9.6%, Military 8%

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 23.4%, Wargame 21.5%, RTS 16.1%, Grand Strategy 14.2%, Medieval 10.1%