- #1 Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,461 reviews2022
Dev: Black Sea GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.4% ★, RTS 19.8%, Medieval 15.9%, Strategy 9.9%, 4X 9.9% ★
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the grand strategy map and real-time battle hybrid structure found in the seed game.
- #2 Manor Lords
96% matchVery Positive85% of 85,453 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Diplomacy 19.6% ★, Grand Strategy 17.2% ★, 4X 16.2% ★, City Builder 12.1%, Base Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully combines deep medieval city-building with tactical real-time combat.
- #3 Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 35,447 reviews2006
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 36.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Spanning the most turbulent era in Western history, your quest for territory and power takes you through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and even onto the shores of the New World.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27% ★, Medieval 20.3%, RTS 16.1%, War 11.6%, Strategy 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive grand strategy and real-time tactics hybrid that sets the standard for medieval warfare.
- #4 Ancestors Legacy
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,549 reviews2018
Dev: Destructive Creations
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually solved by war.
Why similar: RTS 36.2%, Medieval 25.1%, Strategy 14.9%, War 12.4%, Base Building 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on squad-based tactical combat and historical medieval warfare with high production values.
- #5 Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 20,726 reviews2013
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
Why similar: City Builder 17.8%, Real Time Tactics 14.9%, Base Building 13.3%, Medieval 12%, War 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: It is the quintessential experience for players who enjoy castle building and siege defense mechanics.
- #6 Diplomacy is Not an Option
93% 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 21.2%, Action RTS 19.2% ★, Medieval 18.7%, RTS 14.5%, War 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends complex base-building with massive real-time defensive battles against overwhelming odds.
- #7 Grand Ages: Medieval
94% matchMixed48% of 1,970 reviews2015
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Rise from the humble role of a simple mayor governing a small settlement and rule over all of Europe.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, RTS 14.4%, Medieval 13.7%, City Builder 12.8%, Economy 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a vast grand strategy map focused on trade, diplomacy, and regional expansion.
- #8 Norland
91% matchVery Positive82% of 9,662 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 19.1% ★, Grand Strategy 17.5% ★, 4X 15.7% ★, City Builder 12.5%, Base Building 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the management of noble families and the political survival of a medieval kingdom.
- #9 Cossacks 3
92% matchVery Positive82% of 15,735 reviews2016
Dev: GSC Game World
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 50.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Cossacks 3 is the return of RTS classics. Obtain resources, build cities and research technologies while taking command of great armies, crushing enemies in grand historical warfares on land and sea!
Why similar: Action RTS 19.6% ★, RTS 18.3%, City Builder 13.1%, Base Building 11.7%, War 11%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers large-scale real-time strategy warfare with a strong emphasis on historical accuracy.
- #10 Total War: ATTILA
91% matchVery Positive82% of 36,976 reviews2015
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Linux
Median: 17.4 hrsMean: 80.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Against a darkening background of famine, disease and war, a new power is rising in the great steppes of the East. With a million horsemen at his back, the ultimate warrior king approaches, and his sights are set on Rome… The next instalment in the multi award-winning PC series that combines turn-based strategy with real-time tactics,...
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.7% ★, RTS 19.2%, War 18.2%, Strategy 11.7%, Real Time Tactics 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a gritty, high-stakes grand strategy experience with a heavy emphasis on siege warfare.
- #11 Kingdom Wars 4
90% matchMixed67% of 236 reviews2021
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%
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: Grand Strategy 12.9% ★, Diplomacy 11.5% ★, 4X 10.6% ★, RTS 8.8%, City Builder 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: As the direct sequel, it maintains the core hybrid mechanics and progression systems of the series.
- #12 Stronghold 2: Steam Edition
89% matchVery Positive89% of 5,569 reviews2017
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: City Builder 17.1%, RTS 13.5%, Real Time Tactics 13.5%, Economy 11.5%, Base Building 11%
Why You'll Like It: It deepens the focus on realistic castle management and the logistics of siege defense.
- #13 Renaissance Kingdom Wars
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 161 reviews2024
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
The year is 1510. As wars rage across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, it is the age of gunpowder and mercenaries - that changed the course of history. You can do it as well, going from a leader of men to the ruler of an empire in this unique mix of RTS and grand strategy.
Why similar: Diplomacy 17.2% ★, Grand Strategy 15.4% ★, RTS 10.5%, Wargame 10%, Economy 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A modern iteration that refines the series' unique blend of grand strategy and real-time combat.
- #14 Rising Lords
87% matchMostly Positive71% of 951 reviews2024
Dev: ArgonwoodPub: Deck13
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising Lords is a medieval turn-based strategy game with card and board game elements. Send your serfs to fight and die in your name... or let them prosper, and use them to your advantage!
Why similar: Medieval 29.4%, City Builder 24.8%, Base Building 20.3%, Sandbox 10.7%, Strategy 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feudal management and strategic planning aspects of medieval life in a turn-based format.
- #15 Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition
88% 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 15.4% ★, 4X 15.1% ★, RTS 12%, City Builder 11%, Real Time Tactics 9%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a refined look at the series' focus on RTS combat and base-building.
- #16 Foundation
85% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 35.3%, Medieval 15.1%, Economy 11.4%, Sandbox 8.6%, RTS 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A gridless city-builder that emphasizes organic medieval growth and community management.
- #17 Kingdoms and Castles
86% 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: City Builder 37%, Medieval 15.9%, Base Building 10.9%, Sandbox 8.7%, RTS 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the challenge of building a thriving kingdom while defending it from external threats.
- #18 Stronghold: Warlords
86% matchMixed65% of 5,227 reviews2021
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 17.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, RTS 13.1%, Economy 11.5%, Base Building 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It introduces unique eastern-themed siege mechanics and diplomacy systems to the classic formula.
- #19 A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 14,652 reviews2018
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the multi-award-winning strategy series, A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia combines huge real-time battles with engrossing turn-based campaign, set at a critical flashpoint in history. Anglo-Saxons, Gaelic clans and Viking settlers clash for control. What Kingdom will you build?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.4% ★, RTS 26.4%, Medieval 16.6%, War 13.1%, Strategy 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A focused grand strategy experience that captures the specific tension of the Viking Age.
- #20 Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown
82% matchMixed61% of 436 reviews2025
Dev: Zugalu EntertainmentPub: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 23.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9% ★, City Builder 12.3%, RTS 10.9%, Base Building 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that incorporates grand strategy elements and difficult moral choices for rulers.
- #21 Kingdom Wars
84% matchMixed67% of 2,794 reviews2013
Dev: Reverie World Studios
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Kingdom Wars is a free to play 3D MMORTS with real-time siege combat, without the pay to win element so common in the genre. Kingdom Wars offers beautiful 3D online world, where players construct strongholds, direct citizens, complete quests and eventually manage a global empire.
Why similar: RTS 37%, Medieval 18.3%, Strategy 16.3%, City Builder 14.2%, War 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: The original title that established the series' unique hybrid identity and gameplay loop.
- #22 Stronghold Kingdoms
83% matchMixed64% of 9,483 reviews2012
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 84.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A massively multiplayer grand strategy game, Stronghold Kingdoms is about forging alliances, political mind games, city-building and castle sieges with thousands of other players!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 14.5% ★, City Builder 12.7%, RTS 11.1%, Medieval 10%, Base Building 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: An MMO take on the classic castle-building and diplomacy formula that emphasizes long-term strategy.
- #23 Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades
81% matchVery Positive82% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: JOTASOFT STUDIOS
Windows
New Real Time Strategy Game based on medieval times, where you will control powerful factions and empires, with large-scale epic battles, asymmetric civilizations, unit customization system with RPG elements, dynamic AI, 8K support and much more.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Action RTS 17.4% ★, RTS 14.2%, City Builder 13.9%, Wargame 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A smaller-scale real-time strategy game that captures the gritty feel of medieval combat.
- #24 Field of Glory: Empires
81% matchVery Positive83% of 858 reviews2019
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 30.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Field of Glory: Empires is a grand strategy game in which you will have to move in an intricate and living tapestry of nations and tribes, each one with their distinctive culture.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 34.5% ★, 4X 28.2% ★, Wargame 13.6%, War 13.2%, Strategy 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A deep grand strategy game that provides the macro-level political depth often sought by strategy fans.
- #25 Bellwright
79% matchVery Positive81% of 18,990 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 31.1%, Medieval 21.1%, Crafting 16.6%, Survival 15%, War 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique blend of third-person survival and RTS-style army management in a medieval setting.
- #26 March of Empires
82% matchMixed63% of 1,811 reviews2017
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 77.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Claim your title as Shogun, Highland King, Northern Tsar or Desert Sultan and join this genre-redefining strategy game where you will wage constant war for real territorial conquest! Fortify your castle, fuel a massive army, and enter the ultimate fight for realm domination!
Why similar: 4X 13.8% ★, Action RTS 12.9% ★, Wargame 11.2%, RTS 9.6%, City Builder 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A wargame that emphasizes global strategy and large-scale medieval warfare.
- #27 Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG
79% matchMixed68% of 10,474 reviews2023
Dev: gamigo US
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gloria Victis is an MMORPG with an emphasis on realism, set in a low-fantasy medieval open world. Enjoy MMO with skill-based non-target combat, open PVP with territory control, deep crafting system and player-driven economy – all that served with beautiful graphics and an immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Medieval 39.5%, Crafting 17.6%, PvP 13.9%, Survival 11.2%, Sandbox 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a more immersive, action-oriented medieval experience with a focus on player-driven conflict.
- #28 Warlords Under Siege
78% 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 22.9% ★, Wargame 16.5%, City Builder 16.3%, RTS 13.1%, Base Building 11%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the tactical defense and siege aspects of the genre with roguelite elements.
- #29 Driftland: The Magic Revival
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,970 reviews2019
Dev: Star Drifters
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
After a devastating war between ancient mages, a powerful spell is all that holds together the shattered planet of Driftland. Take on the role of a powerful mage capable of moving and connecting floating lands, develop a mighty empire, and restore Driftland to its former glory!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, 4X 18.4% ★, RTS 13.3%, City Builder 12.7%, Economy 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A unique real-time strategy game with 4X elements and innovative base-building mechanics.
- #30 Knights of the Crusades
78% 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: Grand Strategy 13.9% ★, Action RTS 10.1% ★, RTS 9.5%, Diplomacy 9.2% ★, City Builder 8.9%
- #31 Little Kingdom RTS
76% matchVery Positive86% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: MyDreamForeverPub: Andgo Games
Windows
Little Kingdom RTS is an indie real-time strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Gather resources, build settlements, raise walls, and grow your small kingdom. Command an army of knights, archers, and mages to fight off rival kingdoms, orcs, and undead.
Why similar: Action RTS 19.4% ★, RTS 18.6%, Base Building 14.7%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, Medieval 11.7%
- #32 NationWar:Annals
77% matchMixed68% of 168 reviews2021
Dev: Yiming
Windows
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: Diplomacy 19.6% ★, 4X 15.8% ★, Grand Strategy 15.3% ★, RTS 11.6%, Wargame 9.9%
- #33 Bellfortis
74% 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: Grand Strategy 29.5% ★, Action RTS 15.3% ★, RTS 15%, Medieval 12.9%, Real Time Tactics 10.5%
- #34 Old World
74% matchVery Positive82% of 6,135 reviews2022
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Diplomacy 23.6% ★, Grand Strategy 22% ★, 4X 21.2% ★, Economy 10.6%, War 9.6%
- #35 Kingdom Ascension
73% 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: 4X 19.1% ★, Grand Strategy 16.4% ★, RTS 14.4%, Base Building 12.7%, War 10.8%
- #36 Knights of Honor
76% matchVery Positive93% of 2,365 reviews2009
Dev: Black Sea Studios LtdPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
As King, it is your duty to lead your people in their struggle to raise your kingdom from its humble beginnings to a position of power and prestige. War, diplomacy and a burgeoning economy are the means by which you increase your power and expand your influence.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 34.1% ★, Medieval 22.1%, RTS 20.4%, Strategy 13.3%, War 10.1%
- #37 Crusader Kings III
73% matchVery Positive91% of 137,655 reviews2020
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 28.8 hrsMean: 143.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 27.8% ★, 4X 14.5% ★, Medieval 13.2%, RTS 11.6%, Economy 8.7%
- #38 Great Houses of Calderia
75% matchMixed61% of 418 reviews2024
Dev: Resistance GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Great Houses of Calderia is a Feudal Grand Strategy game focusing on family dynamics & stories. Use your family strengths to compete against rivals to rise in the ranks of Calderia - produce, trade, scheme, bribe, and battle to build your legacy of power!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.9% ★, Diplomacy 15.6% ★, 4X 11.6% ★, Economy 10.2%, RTS 7.8%
- #39 Coronation
75% matchMixed66% of 105 reviews2021
Dev: Twin Sword Studio
Windows
Coronation, an online medieval sandbox with player-built settlements, dungeons & economy.
Why similar: City Builder 18.9%, Wargame 17.2%, Real Time Tactics 15.6%, Base Building 13.3%, Medieval 11.7%
- #40 Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
70% matchVery Positive92% of 10,053 reviews2025
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 30.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: City Builder 16.6%, Real Time Tactics 13.5%, RTS 12.6%, Economy 10.3%, Medieval 10.2%
- #41 3 Days War
72% matchVery Positive84% of 707 reviews2023
Dev: 荆棘鸟工作室
Windows
3 Days War is a unique multiplayer strategy war game. Integrating the mechanics of RTS+4X, it allows dozens of players to engage in a three-day real-time strategy competitionon. Commanders, use your skills, strategies, games and even deception to become the ultimate winner!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.3% ★, 4X 15.8% ★, RTS 12.5%, Wargame 10.9%, City Builder 10.7%
- #42 DSS 2: War Industry
71% matchVery Positive86% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: vikingfabian
Windows
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: Grand Strategy 21.2% ★, Wargame 17.2%, City Builder 16.6%, RTS 15.6%, Economy 12.9%
- #43 Empires of the Undergrowth
68% matchVery Positive94% of 17,329 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Grand Strategy 18.1% ★, Diplomacy 17.7% ★, 4X 15.5% ★, City Builder 12.6%, Base Building 9.8%
- #44 Oriental Empires
71% matchVery Positive81% of 2,990 reviews2017
Dev: Shining Pixel StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: 4X 33.5% ★, Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, War 10.2%, Strategy 9.8%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #45 Vedelem: The Golden Horde
70% 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 15.4%, City Builder 13.9%, Wargame 13.7%, Base Building 12.5%, Real Time Tactics 11.8%
- #46 Age of History 3
67% matchVery Positive85% of 17,231 reviews2024
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.8% ★, Diplomacy 21.4% ★, Wargame 15.9%, RTS 13.3%, Economy 9.8%
- #47 Veil of Crows
73% matchMixed51% of 479 reviews2018
Dev: Kerry FawdrayPub: Humble Sage Games
Windows
Veil of crows is a sandbox style real-time strategy game set in a chaotic medieval world. From violent, and overtly bloody battles, to completely destructible castles, RPG style hero development, and meaningful interactions with other factions. Trade, extort, and conquer!
Why similar: Medieval 31.8%, RTS 30.6%, Sandbox 22.1%, Strategy 15.5%
- #48 Lords of Solgrund
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: Sillylas
Windows
Lords of Solgrund combines elements of real time strategy, city building and other unique additions. The game features detailed animations, complex gameplay systems inspired by the early middle ages and elements of fantasy.
Why similar: City Builder 19.5%, RTS 16.9%, Economy 14.9%, Base Building 13.6%, Medieval 11.9%
- #49 World Warfare & Economics
70% matchMixed63% of 666 reviews2023
Dev: Okron Studio
Windows · Mac
Take control of any nation and shape its future. Manage resources, trade, and taxes, engage in real-time warfare, navigate global diplomacy, and react to dynamic world events. Build a thriving economy, forge alliances, and command armies in a constantly evolving world!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.6% ★, Diplomacy 17.4% ★, 4X 16.6% ★, RTS 11.9%, Real Time Tactics 9.7%
- #50 Whiskerwood
66% matchVery Positive93% of 2,769 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 18.1% ★, Grand Strategy 18% ★, 4X 15.1% ★, City Builder 12.8%, Base Building 9.9%
- #51 Avalon Lords: Dawn Rises
72% matchMixed53% of 165 reviews2016
Dev: Animus Interactive Inc
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
"Dive into 'Avalon Lords: Dawn Rises', an RTS set in a mystical medieval world. Build your kingdom, lead vast armies, and uncover Avalon's legends. Chapter 1 launches in October, featuring the Dawn faction. Join our Discord for sneak peeks!
Why similar: Action RTS 14.4% ★, Grand Strategy 13.3% ★, 4X 12.5% ★, City Builder 10.6%, Wargame 10.3%
- #52 For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 171 reviews2009
Dev: Crystal Empire GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 35.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Take up the reins of your country, guide domestic and foreign policy, navigate thousands of historical figures and events, engage in various struggles and lead your country to prosperity – all in the name of glory!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.1% ★, Diplomacy 20% ★, 4X 18.3% ★, Economy 8.8%, Sandbox 6.6%
- #53 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
65% matchVery Positive88% of 286,599 reviews2022
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 61.2 hrsMean: 152.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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: Medieval 36.6%, War 27.9%, Sandbox 19%, Strategy 12.4%, Simulation 4.2%
- #54 Siege Survival: Gloria Victis
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,722 reviews2021
Dev: Black Eye GamesPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A medieval city under siege and a handful of civilians are all that keep the walls from falling. Mixing survival strategy and resource management, build your camp, craft supplies, and scavenge the occupied city to supply the last troops holding back the invaders.
Why similar: City Builder 20.7%, Economy 15.5%, Base Building 14.1%, Medieval 12.7%, War 12.2%
- #55 Dawn of Ages
67% matchMixed54% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: Stratosphere GamesPub: BoomBit
Windows
Experience authentic medieval warfare. Command vast armies in brutal mass battles, utilizing diverse weapons and tactics. Embark on historical campaigns against rival kingdoms or challenge real opponents in epic PvP wars.
Why similar: Medieval 38.4%, War 21.1%, PvP 15.7%, Strategy 15.2%, Simulation 9.7%
- #56 Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
65% matchVery Positive86% of 91,161 reviews2021
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 75.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.
Why similar: RTS 24.3%, Base Building 15.6%, City Builder 13.9%, War 11.6%, Action RTS 11.4% ★
- #57 King and Kingdoms
69% matchMixed40% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Bad Button Studio
Windows
Factions, countries and empires that have truly existed in the real history await you. The only difference is that it is in your hand to rewrite their history. Become the ruler of any country you want and lead your nation from small village to the way to be the magnificent empire!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26% ★, Action RTS 23.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.1%, Medieval 10.7%, Base Building 10.1%
- #58 Kingdom's Life
68% matchMixed63% of 259 reviews2022
Dev: Strudio Company
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Kingdom's Life - Large turn-based global strategy game in pixel style. You have to create your own people and state. Can you lead the state to political, economic, technological and military triumph? It depends on you.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, 4X 22.1% ★, Wargame 12.7%, Economy 8.5%, Sandbox 8%
- #59 Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
67% matchMixed59% of 973 reviews2024
Dev: 瞬息万变工作室Pub: Moment HK
Windows
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: 4X 22.5% ★, Grand Strategy 21.9% ★, Wargame 17.1%, RTS 17.1%, Real Time Tactics 14.6%