Games Like Manor Lords

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 28%, Colony Sim 9.8% ★, Economy 9.2%, Resource Management 7.8%, Sandbox 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its freeform, organic medieval city building and focus on peasant needs, production chains, and believable village growth make it one of the closest pure-builder alternatives to Manor Lords.

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: 4X 17% ★, Colony Sim 13.1% ★, City Builder 13%, Building 9.7%, Historical 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a similarly grounded settlement-management experience with detailed farming, logistics, seasons, and the constant pressure of turning a rough frontier into a thriving town.

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 15.6% ★, Moddable 14.8% ★, City Builder 12.2%, Economy 9.9%, Historical 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This mixes medieval colony management, layered construction, and defenses in a way that scratches Manor Lords' town-building and fortification side.

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: Diplomacy 11% ★, 4X 10.2% ★, Grand Strategy 9.3% ★, Colony Sim 9% ★, Moddable 8.2% ★

Why You'll Like It: It combines feudal politics, class tensions, and settlement management in a way that echoes Manor Lords' focus on ruling people rather than just placing buildings.

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 30.5% ★, City Builder 26.8%, Survival 8%, Sandbox 5.9%, Strategy 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its austere, systems-driven village simulation remains a benchmark for historical-style town management built around survival, labor, and supply chains.

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 17.8%, Colony Sim 16.3% ★, Economy 10.8%, Base Building 9.9%, Historical 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It pairs medieval economy building with real-time battles and castle defense, making it a strong match for players who especially enjoy Manor Lords' warfare layer.

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: City Builder 15.7%, Colony Sim 15.2% ★, Historical 10.5%, Base Building 9%, Economy 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its meticulous historical town simulation, realistic production chains, and emphasis on believable settlement layouts make it a great fit for fans of Manor Lords' authenticity.

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 25.9% ★, City Builder 25.2%, Building 9%, Base Building 7.3%, Sandbox 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers accessible medieval city building with walls, raids, and kingdom expansion, capturing the satisfying grow-and-defend rhythm Manor Lords players often want.

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 18.3% ★, City Builder 15.7%, Moddable 9.8% ★, Economy 7.3%, Survival 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is a strong Banished-style medieval city-builder with extra attention to policies, social issues, and how your population reacts to your rule.

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 14.4% ★, Colony Sim 12.7% ★, Grand Strategy 12.3% ★, Moddable 10.7% ★, City Builder 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its enormous simulated cities, layered economy, and ability to field armies give it a similar blend of settlement management and state-building at larger scale.

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 24.8%, Colony Sim 19.4% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Economy 9.1%, Management 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It blends colony-style city building, regional trade, and procedural world expansion in a way that feels like a broader sandbox version of Manor Lords' economy game.

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 31.3% ★, City Builder 27.3%, Resource Management 10.2%, Building 7.1%, Survival 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It leans heavily into realistic medieval production, farming, and village growth, making it a good match for Manor Lords' slower, more simulation-driven side.

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 19.4% ★, City Builder 15.5%, Economy 8.8%, Historical 8.4%, Base Building 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its historical settlement-building, seasonal management, and villager-focused survival give it a comparable grounded-community feel despite the Norse setting.

Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.

Why similar: City Builder 29.1%, Colony Sim 28.6% ★, Survival 9.2%, Historical 8.1%, Sandbox 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Although set earlier in history, it scratches the same itch for organic settlement growth, seasonal planning, and detailed resource management.

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 19.8% ★, City Builder 19.6%, Building 10.3%, Management 8.5%, Survival 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is another strong town-management game centered on logistics, labor allocation, and expansion under environmental pressure.

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 30.6% ★, Historical 20.9%, Base Building 18.9%, Resource Management 16.1%, Survival 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This focuses more on survival and defense, but its combination of city building, walls, and massive medieval battles overlaps well with Manor Lords' combat appeal.

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 32.3%, Survival 20.3%, Open World 19.2%, Building 15.8%, Simulation 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It mixes medieval village building, recruiting, crafting, and territorial conflict into a more hands-on version of the lordship fantasy Manor Lords evokes.

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Why similar: Diplomacy 10.6% ★, 4X 9.8% ★, Grand Strategy 9.5% ★, Colony Sim 8.8% ★, Moddable 8.1% ★

Why You'll Like It: Even with its fantasy setting, its exceptional focus on production chains, housing, and adaptive settlement planning makes it a great fit for Manor Lords players who love the economic puzzle.

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: Grand Strategy 10.2% ★, Diplomacy 9.4% ★, Colony Sim 9.3% ★, City Builder 8.7%, 4X 8.6% ★

Why You'll Like It: The setting is very different, but its deeply detailed logistics, production planning, and settlement management will appeal to players who love Manor Lords as a systems sim.

A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.

Why similar: Moddable 25.3% ★, Open World 22.2%, Sandbox 19.4%, Historical 13.2%, Strategy 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is a stronger match for players drawn to Manor Lords' battles and medieval power fantasy, combining army command, politics, and territorial control.

Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.5% ★, 4X 14.9% ★, Historical 13.7%, Moddable 12.2% ★, Management 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It lacks direct city-building, but its feudal politics, vassal management, and dynastic realm-building strongly match Manor Lords' broader medieval rulership fantasy.

Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.

Why similar: Building 20%, Base Building 15.6%, Historical 13.9%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: It approaches medieval settlement building from a first-person perspective, but the long-term loop of founding, growing, and managing a village is very compatible.

Lead your Viking clan onto unknown shores and carve out a future for your people in the fjords of Frozenheim. Gather resources, expand, and watch your settlement grow to a bustling town that will withstand the harshness of winter and wrath of other clans.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.9% ★, Economy 21.9%, Resource Management 16.1%, Base Building 15.6%, Management 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: It blends Norse town building, resource management, and military raiding into a lighter but still relevant cousin to Manor Lords.

Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6% ★, City Builder 17.1%, Economy 10.1%, Management 9.7%, Building 9%

Why You'll Like It: Its feudal economy simulation and household-based production system make it especially interesting for players who like Manor Lords' class and supply-side complexity.

Relive the captivating gameplay of a true city-building classic with Anno® 1404 History Edition.

Why similar: City Builder 26.9%, Colony Sim 15.6% ★, Building 12.9%, Grand Strategy 11.9% ★, Management 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its premodern city building, trade webs, and satisfying production chains make it a great recommendation for Manor Lords players who care most about economy and urban growth.

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: Diplomacy 10.4% ★, 4X 9.8% ★, Grand Strategy 9.5% ★, Colony Sim 9.1% ★, Moddable 8.1% ★

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: Diplomacy 10.1% ★, 4X 9.8% ★, Grand Strategy 9.8% ★, Colony Sim 8.6% ★, Moddable 8% ★

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 37.2% ★, Building 18.7%, Sandbox 18.3%, Open World 15.1%, Simulation 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is more intimate and survival-focused, but its social simulation and pre-industrial household management appeal to the same audience that enjoys grounded historical colony sims.

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 31.4%, Building 9.7%, Sandbox 9.3%, Open World 9.1%, Simulation 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the social and economic side of medieval life through dynastic business management rather than city planning, but the setting and simulation overlap are strong.

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 20.3% ★, City Builder 16%, Moddable 14.1% ★, Base Building 11.7%, Sandbox 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This colony sim adds nobles, hierarchy, and personal relationships to city building, which gives it some of the same ruler-centric appeal as Manor Lords.

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 14% ★, Moddable 13.1% ★, City Builder 11.5%, Base Building 8.8%, Economy 8.4%

In Memoriapolis, you're not just building a city, you're shaping a living, evolving civilization. Travel through five major eras, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Leave your mark on history by navigating the power struggles between rival factions.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1% ★, City Builder 20.9%, Historical 11.4%, Base Building 11%, Building 9.9%

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 23.4%, Economy 14.2%, Historical 12.1%, Sandbox 11%, Building 10.9%

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: Diplomacy 19.9% ★, Colony Sim 15.8% ★, City Builder 12.9%, Base Building 9.7%, Historical 9.6%

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: Diplomacy 10.2% ★, 4X 10% ★, Grand Strategy 9.6% ★, Colony Sim 8.8% ★, Moddable 8.1% ★

Rise from the humble role of a simple mayor governing a small settlement and rule over all of Europe.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.9% ★, City Builder 15%, Economy 14.9%, Strategy 10%, Management 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is more of a trade and grand-strategy game than a city-builder, but its medieval setting and emphasis on building up a realm still make it a worthwhile lower-ranked match.

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 20.4% ★, City Builder 17.7%, Resource Management 9.1%, Base Building 8.6%, Building 7.8%

Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!

Why similar: City Builder 17.2%, Moddable 13.6% ★, Historical 11.2%, Colony Sim 10.8% ★, Survival 7.8%

Noble Legacy is a medieval city-builder in which you rule the lands as a Noble. Build your kingdom, manage your people, defend your realm, and master a deep economy, alone or with friends in co-op, every decision is yours. What kind of ruler will you be?

Why similar: Diplomacy 20.5% ★, Colony Sim 15.4% ★, City Builder 13%, Economy 10.3%, Building 7.9%

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 13.6% ★, City Builder 11.8%, Moddable 10.7% ★, Base Building 8.8%, Historical 7.7%

Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1% ★, City Builder 16%, Moddable 13% ★, Base Building 11.2%, Building 8.2%

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 15.7%, Colony Sim 15.1% ★, Historical 10%, Base Building 9.8%, Management 8.4%

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 18.4% ★, City Builder 17.1%, Economy 10.8%, Base Building 10.2%, Building 8.9%

The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!

Why similar: Diplomacy 21.3% ★, 4X 19.8% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, City Builder 12.3%, Historical 10.8%

City Tales is a medieval city builder, allowing you to unleash your creativity and shape vast cities that break outside a traditional grid. Plan each district for your citizens needs and aid your companions in their tales, creating a city to be proud of!

Why similar: City Builder 27.3%, Economy 19.2%, Building 16.2%, Resource Management 13.2%, Management 12.5%

At the farthest reaches of the empire, a new Roman city is born! Manage and grow your city, please the gods, and survive against barbarians and mythological threats to achieve Roman Triumph!

Why similar: Colony Sim 18.7% ★, City Builder 15.5%, Base Building 10.8%, Building 8.8%, Management 8.2%

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 18% ★, City Builder 16.4%, Base Building 10.6%, Resource Management 9.6%, Economy 9.4%

Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?

Why similar: 4X 18.1% ★, Diplomacy 17.9% ★, Grand Strategy 15.4% ★, Moddable 12% ★, Historical 9.6%

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 17.3% ★, City Builder 15.7%, Economy 10.4%, Base Building 9.1%, Building 8.5%

Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

Why similar: City Builder 24.6%, Colony Sim 22.2% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Survival 10.6%, Strategy 7.6%

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: Moddable 22.4% ★, City Builder 14.9%, Historical 10.7%, Economy 9.8%, Resource Management 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: Diplomacy 26% ★, City Builder 13.2%, Economy 9.2%, Management 8.7%, Sandbox 8.5%

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 23.7% ★, Grand Strategy 14.8% ★, Colony Sim 12.3% ★, City Builder 11.3%, Base Building 7.7%

Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.

Why similar: 4X 18.2% ★, Diplomacy 17.9% ★, Grand Strategy 15.4% ★, Moddable 11.8% ★, Historical 9.3%

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 18.2% ★, City Builder 16.3%, Economy 11.2%, Base Building 10.3%, Building 8.9%

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: Diplomacy 19.6% ★, Grand Strategy 17.2% ★, 4X 16.2% ★, City Builder 12.1%, Base Building 9.4%

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 23.9%, Colony Sim 20.5% ★, Resource Management 12.9%, Survival 11.2%, Building 7.2%

Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.

Why similar: City Builder 36.7%, Economy 18.1%, Resource Management 9.1%, Strategy 8.3%, Simulation 6.3%

Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.

Why similar: 4X 24.3% ★, Diplomacy 20.1% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Historical 11.2%, Economy 10.4%

Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.

Why similar: City Builder 22.2%, Colony Sim 22.1% ★, Base Building 12%, Building 10%, Sandbox 9.5%