- #1 Milord
97% matchMixed66% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: iBright GamesPub: Null State Protocol
Windows · Mac
Milord is a Kingdom Management RPG with city-building mechanics. Immerse yourself in a world where your decisions shape your fiefdom's destiny. Rule wisely as you construct, strategize, and navigate the challenges of leadership. Will you rise to glory or crumble under the weight of your choices?
Why similar: City Builder 18.2%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Resource Management 14.4%, Strategy 12.8%, Simulation 12.8%
- #2 Choice of Life: Middle Ages
96% matchVery Positive89% of 1,774 reviews2020
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A card game in a Medieval setting where you make decisions on which not only your life will depend, but also the future of the kingdom!
Why similar: Turn-Based 30.1%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Strategy 14.6%, Simulation 8.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%
- #3 Civitatem
96% matchMixed63% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: LW Games
Windows
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 25.1%, Strategy 17.5%, Simulation 14.4%, Resource Management 9.3%, Survival 8.6%
- #4 The Unexpected Quest Prologue
95% matchVery Positive85% of 131 reviews2020
Dev: RionixPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Adventure game with strategy and management elements in a medieval fantasy setting - drawing inspiration from classics such as Warcraft 3 and The Settlers. In this prologue, play through chapters 1, 2, and 3, where you learn to manage your resources as you build and battle to bring order to the world.
Why similar: City Builder 34.4%, Strategy 18.3%, Simulation 18.2%, Adventure 9%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #5 Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2
94% matchVery Positive95% of 967 reviews2022
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Explore your kingdom and rule wisely in the card game - Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2
Why similar: Turn-Based 26.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Strategy 12.3%, Simulation 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%
- #6 The Succession of Changing Kings
94% matchVery Positive88% of 482 reviews2026
Dev: KwaKwaGames
Windows
Turn-based kingdom management simulator focused on decision-making. Will you survive and lead the kingdom to prosperity, or die in agony? The throne awaits.
Why similar: City Builder 23.6%, Choices Matter 19.3%, Management 13.2%, Simulation 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%
- #7 Mythic Battlegrounds: Demonic Siege
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: DochiGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based strategy game where your tactical decisions are key to surviving relentless waves of enemy attacks. While battles unfold automatically, your choices before the clash, such as resource management, unit training, and skill selection, are critical to securing victory.
Why similar: Strategy 18.8%, Resource Management 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Fantasy 12.7%, Tactical 12.5%
- #8 KingSim
92% matchVery Positive85% of 209 reviews2020
Dev: Fuzzy Pixel Game Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become the King in a story-driven 8-bit style game, where choice matters. And try not to die instantly...
Why similar: City Builder 24.4%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Management 14.9%, Simulation 13.9%, Strategy 13.5%
- #9 Spellcaster University
91% matchVery Positive83% of 4,213 reviews2021
Dev: Sneaky Yak Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Develop a prestigious university of mages. Build rooms, train your students, fight orcs, slay the bureaucrats, manage your budget... a director's life is not a quiet one.
Why similar: Simulation 17.2%, Base Building 17%, Management 16.4%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Resource Management 12.6%
- #10 Silmaris: Dice Kingdom
90% matchMixed66% of 98 reviews2020
Dev: PyrogenPub: Mi-Clos Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unforgiving storytelling adventure with dice rolls and turn-based management. Make the right choices and roll the dice to rally the monarchs to your medieval kingdom by diplomacy, war or deception.
Why similar: Turn-Based 40.7%, Resource Management 17.5%, Indie 16.9%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Fantasy 6.1%
- #11 RPG Tycoon
91% matchMixed51% of 487 reviews2016
Dev: Skatanic StudiosPub: Macrocosmic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Hire heroes, send them on quests, get loot and make a profit as you expand from nothing into a bustling fantasy kingdom and attempt to win the coveted title of the greatest kingdom in all of the land!
Why similar: City Builder 20.7%, Management 16.9%, Simulation 14.9%, Strategy 14.9%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #12 The Unexpected Quest
89% matchVery Positive80% of 201 reviews2020
Dev: Rionix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Adventure game with strategy and management elements in a medieval fantasy setting - drawing inspiration from classics such as Warcraft 3 and The Settlers. Embark on quests, hunt down treasures and manage your resources as you build, battle, cast magic and brew potions to bring order to the world.
Why similar: City Builder 31%, Base Building 17.8%, Fantasy 17.7%, Management 16.7%, Strategy 13.9%
- #13 Nordhold
87% matchVery Positive88% of 3,019 reviews2025
Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?
Why similar: City Builder 19.2%, Strategy 13.2%, Base Building 10.6%, Management 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%
- #14 Gord
89% matchMixed54% of 976 reviews2023
Dev: Covenant.devPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.
Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Survival 16.2%, Strategy 15.6%, Resource Management 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.6%
- #15 Against the Storm
85% matchVery Positive95% of 35,504 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: City Builder 22.5%, Resource Management 13.2%, Strategy 13.2%, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 12.2%
- #16 Hearthlands
88% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.
Why similar: City Builder 30%, Strategy 16%, Simulation 13.8%, Management 12%, Resource Management 11.2%
- #17 Crownbound - Fantasy Kingdom Sim
86% matchMixed50% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Bart Mamzer
Windows
You’re the ruler, but your heroes have minds of their own. Recruit heroes, set rewards, build a thriving kingdom and hope your warriors don’t run off chasing squirrels instead of fighting monsters.
Why similar: City Builder 35.9%, Strategy 21.6%, Simulation 19.2%, Fantasy 16.7%, Base Building 4.9%
- #18 Medieval Legacy
86% matchVery Positive85% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Ninetoplay
Windows
Start as a humble commoner and guide your family through generations in this family sim meets city builder. Climb the ranks of society to become the most influential family in the land. With wit, strategy, and a bit of luck, build your legacy - just try not to trip over your ambition!
Why similar: Management 16.9%, Strategy 16.6%, Choices Matter 16%, Resource Management 13.2%, Simulation 13.1%
- #19 Mistward
84% matchMixed61% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Mistward is a survival city-builder set on a mysterious island enshrouded in a poisonous mist! Create light sources to keep the mist at bay, build houses and command humans to gather resources. Explore the island and find a way out!
Why similar: City Builder 27.2%, Strategy 17.5%, Simulation 15.6%, Survival 9.8%, Fantasy 9.6%
- #20 1980
83% matchVery Positive89% of 681 reviews2020
Dev: Merxon22
Windows · Mac
Welcome to the 1980s! This is a city which just started to develop, and you're in charge of this small urban village. How will the city's future be tied to this place? Manage your land, construct new buildings, explore the stories, and find out the ultimate fate of this urban village!
Why similar: City Builder 25%, Strategy 23%, Management 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Hand-drawn 9.6%
- #21 Dead In Vinland
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,795 reviews2018
Dev: Ishtar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
DEAD IN VINLAND is a survival/management game, mixed with RPG and adventure elements, about a Viking family trying their best to survive on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Turn-Based 26.7%, Survival 15.3%, Strategy 14.7%, Simulation 12.3%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #22 Marble Age
82% matchVery Positive83% of 741 reviews2015
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Turn-based historical simulation strategy. Develop the Greek civilization from the small village to the great city-state when it will dominate the world!
Why similar: Turn-Based 22.1%, City Builder 11.7%, Strategy 10%, Survival 9.9%, Simulation 8.7%
- #23 Siege Survival: Gloria Victis
81% 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 21.6%, Resource Management 12.5%, Survival 12.1%, Strategy 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #24 Mind Over Magic
78% matchVery Positive87% of 4,302 reviews2025
Dev: SparkypantsPub: Klei Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mind Over Magic is a colony sim set at the site of a cursed magic school. Build and optimize your own magical academy, train powerful Mages, and master mighty relics in order to battle through the Underschool, a mysterious underground dungeon that holds the key to liberation from a deadly curse.
Why similar: Survival 16.5%, Management 14.7%, Base Building 13.5%, Simulation 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.4%
- #25 Robothorium
82% matchMostly Positive70% of 368 reviews2019
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Robothorium is a cyberpunk dungeon crawler with turn-based fights, where all your choices will have a direct impact on your revolution against Humankind. Deep Strategy, Crafting, Party Based management, Talents and so much more in this roguelike!
Why similar: Turn-Based 47.1%, Strategy 27.8%, Indie 8.3%, Roguelike 6.5%, Fantasy 4.3%
- #26 Empire of Ember
81% matchMixed66% of 148 reviews2022
Dev: Poleaxe Games LLC
Windows
Become a battlemage, build a city, and command your troops in this fantasy warfare simulator. Jump into the fray and use your might, magic, and wits to fight enemies in battles of up to a hundred units and fully destructible city siege combat. The fate of an empire is in your hands.
Why similar: City Builder 32.8%, Strategy 21.5%, Base Building 18.4%, Fantasy 17.2%, Indie 6.7%
- #27 The Dragoness: Command of the Flame
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 167 reviews2022
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Dragoness mixes HOMM-like exploration, city-building and turn-based strategic combat, with a roguelite twist. Choose your battles, paths and skills as you explore a world ravaged by war. Gather and manage your army of beasts, collect resources and expand your city.
Why similar: Strategy 22.9%, Fantasy 18.8%, Tactical 17.9%, Resource Management 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%
- #28 Goblins of Elderstone
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 394 reviews2023
Dev: Outerdawn
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?
Why similar: City Builder 20.4%, Strategy 12.2%, Resource Management 12.1%, Survival 11.8%, Base Building 11.2%
- #29 Fantasy Town Regional Manager
79% matchVery Positive80% of 91 reviews2021
Dev: Caps Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run a fantasy town for adventurers. Save it from monsters. Save it from itself. Watch it crumble to dust. Do it all again.
Why similar: City Builder 32.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Strategy 14.9%, Fantasy 12.9%, Management 11.5%
- #30 Sigil of the Magi
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: YongjustyongPub: The Iterative Collective
Windows
Sigil of the Magi blends roguelike deckbuilding with turn-based combat for a deep tactical experience. Navigate a world full of dangers and mystique as you craft your deck, obtain relics, and prepare your party of champions for any challenges ahead!
Why similar: Strategy 20.4%, Roguelike 20%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.8%, Fantasy 17.5%, Adventure 12%
- #31 Next Run
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fantasy strategy RPG with roguelike elements. A game about choice: every mechanic is an alternative to another. Fight or bribe, craft or trade, build or cast. Find your own path and reach victory.
Why similar: Strategy 20.4%, Roguelike 17.9%, City Builder 16.1%, Resource Management 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%
- #32 Archmage Rises
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 429 reviews2023
Dev: Defiance Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Experience the freedom normally only found in a tabletop RPG. Empowered with magic, you will create your own story, and experience real consequences from the decisions you make. Will you be the world’s savior... or its destroyer? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17.1%, Simulation 15%, Strategy 14.7%, Base Building 14.6%, Roguelike 12.6%
- #33 Knock on the Coffin Lid
74% matchVery Positive84% of 2,838 reviews2024
Dev: RedBoon
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Investigate your own death, find ways to break free from a time loop, choose a hero who will ascend to the throne and rule the Northern gate! The fates of whole nations of the land of Midian depend on your choices.
Why similar: Turn-Based 39.8%, Fantasy 17.9%, Strategy 15.3%, Roguelike 12.5%, Indie 5.8%
- #34 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
77% matchMixed69% of 360 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.
Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, Survival 17%, Strategy 13.9%, Resource Management 12.9%, Simulation 12.2%
- #35 Foundation
71% 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%, Strategy 12.4%, Simulation 11.9%, Resource Management 9.4%, Management 8.6%
- #36 City idle
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 214 reviews2023
Dev: Grest Games OÜ
Windows
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: Strategy 36.5%, Simulation 33.9%, Management 15.5%, Base Building 7.4%, Resource Management 5.8%
- #37 Thriving City: Song
73% matchVery Positive81% of 3,278 reviews2024
Dev: White Star StudioPub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 22.5%, Resource Management 12.9%, Strategy 12.7%, Simulation 12%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #38 Yes, Your Grace
73% matchVery Positive87% of 13,642 reviews2020
Dev: Brave At NightPub: No More Robots
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
These are troubling times, Your Grace. The petitioners’ petty matters exceed our limited resources, to say nothing of the war. A careful balance must be struck. Your throne awaits.
Why similar: Turn-Based 26.9%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Resource Management 11.5%, Management 10.8%, Strategy 10.7%
- #39 Marble Age: Remastered
75% matchVery Positive86% of 388 reviews2020
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Marble Age is a turn-based historical strategy where your task is to turn a small Ancient Greek village into a flourishing Polis, powerful enough to conquer the known world!
Why similar: Turn-Based 22.9%, City Builder 13.2%, Strategy 12%, Survival 10.5%, Simulation 10.3%
- #40 Bastide
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 346 reviews2020
Dev: MedievalNexus
Windows
Bastide is a 13th-century city-building strategy game where you lead a village of peasants toward survival and prosperity. You must contend with bandits, starvation, disease, and brutal winters as you work to develop your settlement into a fortified town.
Why similar: City Builder 32.5%, Strategy 31%, Simulation 26.3%, Indie 10.2%
- #41 Odd Realm
72% matchVery Positive85% of 992 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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: City Builder 16.2%, Strategy 12.2%, Base Building 11.9%, Survival 11.7%, Simulation 11.6%
- #42 Luckitown
74% matchVery Positive84% of 262 reviews2022
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Luckitown is a turn-based tower defense where you roll dice to build new structures and cast spells to defend your town.
Why similar: City Builder 22.2%, Strategy 16%, Simulation 15.7%, Resource Management 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%
- #43 dotAGE
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,581 reviews2023
Dev: Michele Pirovano
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Village elder, help us! The Apocalypse is approaching, and we need your guidance to survive. Assign your workers and build a thriving village against the pending doom. DotAGE is the merciless survival roguelite turn-based city builder. Will you fulfill the Prophecy?
Why similar: Turn-Based 28.8%, City Builder 18%, Resource Management 12.9%, Survival 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%
- #44 Our Adventurer Guild
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,084 reviews2024
Dev: GreenGuy
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 40.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become the new Guild Master of the Adventurer Guild and lead your adventurers in explorations and turnbased tactical battles. Will the Guild thrive under your leadership? Or will it finally disband under it?
Why similar: Management 23.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Strategy 11.8%, Fantasy 11.3%
- #45 Siege of Dungeon
72% matchVery Positive85% of 299 reviews2023
Dev: Binary Tree StudioPub: FirePillar2
Windows
Siege of Dungeon is a strategic team-based rogue-lite, where you challenge strong, cunning monsters and combine relics and skills to build up your team in turn-based combat. What’s waiting for you deep in the dungeon? Could it be a rare treasure or the beginning of despair...?
Why similar: Tactical 21.7%, Strategy 21.2%, Fantasy 17.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Roguelike 16.5%
- #46 Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind
73% matchVery Positive82% of 476 reviews2019
Dev: A SharpPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Life between myths. Lead the Riders clan into legend or obscurity as you explore an ancient world. Plan ahead as you navigate this challenging storybook strategy game, immersing you in the land of old gods and magic also seen in King of Dragon Pass.
Why similar: Turn-Based 23.1%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Strategy 10.8%, Simulation 10.3%, Hand-drawn 9.6%
- #47 Dawnfolk
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 668 reviews2025
Dev: Darenn KellerPub: Astra Logical
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game. Gather resources, rebuild your realm, and protect your people from oppressive shadows. Can you unveil the secrets of the monoliths and bring light back to the world?
Why similar: City Builder 20.7%, Resource Management 12.5%, Strategy 12%, Survival 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #48 Farlanders
69% matchVery Positive92% of 569 reviews2023
Dev: Andriy BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.
Why similar: Turn-Based 22.5%, City Builder 16.4%, Resource Management 9.4%, Base Building 8.6%, Strategy 8.3%
- #49 Kainga: Seeds of Civilization
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 763 reviews2022
Dev: Erik RempenPub: Silk Softworks
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Welcome to the mystical world of Kainga, an unusual roguelite village-builder! Take control of a Thinker and, with the help of your people, grow a unique town to complete short challenges while discovering the world and adapting to the pressures of the environment, beasts and other tribes.
Why similar: City Builder 29.5%, Strategy 13.7%, Resource Management 13.7%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Management 8.5%
- #50 Edge Islands
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: LS Games
Windows
Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!
Why similar: Strategy 16.9%, City Builder 16%, Base Building 15%, Simulation 12.2%, Management 11.6%
- #51 The City Must Grow
70% matchVery Positive81% of 70 reviews2021
Dev: Tunaic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A new city will be established on a flat plain and its administration has been given to you. In order to keep the administration in your hands, the city needs to develop continuously.
Why similar: City Builder 32.9%, Simulation 16.3%, Resource Management 13.1%, Strategy 11.3%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #52 Hexagod
67% matchVery Positive89% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: Aarimous
Windows · Mac · Linux
A satisfying roguelike village builder set in the eye of an apocalyptic storm. Place hexagon tiles, unlock adjacency bonuses, and find powerful relics to create game breaking synergies. Prove you are worthy of becoming the next Hexagod… before the storm destroys it all.
Why similar: City Builder 26.2%, Strategy 12.8%, Roguelike 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Base Building 11.4%
- #53 Hammerting
69% matchMixed57% of 2,576 reviews2021
Dev: Warpzone StudiosPub: Team17 Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.
Why similar: Resource Management 17.6%, Base Building 17.6%, Management 17.1%, Simulation 16.2%, Strategy 16.2%
- #54 Crown Gambit
65% matchVery Positive97% of 350 reviews2025
Dev: WILD WITSPub: Playdigious Originals
Windows · Mac
Play as three intrepid paladins through a terrible war of succession to save a sinister medieval kingdom from political turmoil. Pick a side amongst noble families to choose the future monarch and crush those who stand in your way through board-shattering tactical card combat!
Why similar: Turn-Based 28.7%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Strategy 12.9%, Fantasy 10.9%, Simulation 10.4%
- #55 Insurmountable
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 947 reviews2021
Dev: ByteRockers' GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Confront various terrains as a lonely mountaineer and endure the countless dangers of climbing! Many tough decisions await you in a risky environment. Make your way up and down the mountain, overcoming insurmountable heights!
Why similar: Resource Management 11.5%, Strategy 11.3%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Survival 11.1%, Tactical 10.4%
- #56 Heart of the Machine
63% matchVery Positive93% of 1,838 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
Why similar: City Builder 22.4%, Strategy 13.4%, Resource Management 12.9%, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 12.4%
- #57 The Tribe Must Survive
67% matchMixed68% of 206 reviews2024
Dev: Walking Tree Games GmbH
Windows · Mac
The Tribe Must Survive is a survival base builder strategy game set in a harsh Lovecraftian Stone Age. Build your camp, overcome disasters and uncover new areas. Manage fears and diminish internal conflicts, as your Tribe grows. Every decision matters. Will your Tribe survive?
Why similar: Choices Matter 12.8%, Resource Management 12.6%, Survival 12.5%, Strategy 12.2%, Base Building 11.2%
- #58 Siege Survival: Gloria Victis Prologue
67% matchVery Positive87% of 982 reviews2020
Dev: Black Eye GamesPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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: Resource Management 17.5%, Strategy 15.5%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Survival 14.1%, Simulation 12.8%
- #59 The Thaumaturge
64% matchVery Positive83% of 5,424 reviews2024
Dev: Fool's TheoryPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Thaumaturge is a character-driven RPG with a rich story, morally ambiguous choices, and turn-based combat. In a city on the brink of change, use your mystical powers to read emotions, uncover motives, and command folklore-inspired demons — while resisting the temptation of your own pride.
Why similar: Choices Matter 38.3%, Fantasy 23.9%, Atmospheric 15.1%, Adventure 14.5%, Singleplayer 8.2%
- #60 Heads Will Roll
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 183 reviews2021
Dev: 1917 Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you taste the life of a medieval soldier.
Why similar: Choices Matter 29.7%, Survival 19.9%, Adventure 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Roguelike 10.5%