- #1 Hearthlands
97% 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 31%, God Game 14.5% ★, Diplomacy 13.7% ★, Isometric 12.2%, Economy 10.7%
- #2 The Settlers: New Allies
96% matchMixed49% of 1,156 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft DüsseldorfPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Settlers®: New Allies is a strategy game with an in-depth build-up experience and real-time strategic battles.
Why similar: City Builder 28.7%, God Game 27.2% ★, Economy 13.6%, Building 11.3%, Strategy 9.9%
- #3 Shop Legends
96% matchMixed44% of 203 reviews2024
Dev: Cloudcade
Windows
Immerse yourself in an Idle Simulation Tycoon RPG like no other, where you are tasked with managing a thriving item shop, crafting legendary gear for customers, commanding mighty heroes to loot rare artifacts & blueprints all while challenging top-ranked shopkeepers in an epic business adventure!
Why similar: City Builder 43.3%, Economy 27.2%, Strategy 13.3%, Cute 10.9%, Casual 5.3%
- #4 Lords of Solgrund
94% 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 32.5%, Economy 22.4%, Isometric 19.5%, Building 17.6%, Strategy 8%
- #5 Heian City Story
94% matchVery Positive89% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A city-building sim with a historical twist
Why similar: City Builder 36.9%, Building 12.7%, Strategy 12.4%, Top-Down 9.9%, Cute 8.2%
- #6 Paragon Pioneers
93% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Tobias Arlt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Paragon Pioneers is a city-building idle game in which you discover, conquer and then build on islands to fulfill the needs of your inhabitants. Even with limited time to play you can enjoy this deep simulation game and follow one of the countless ways to optimize your empire.
Why similar: City Builder 36.4%, Economy 22.3%, Building 20.1%, Top-Down 10.3%, Stylized 5.3%
- #7 City idle
92% matchMostly Positive72% of 219 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: Economy 25.1%, Building 21.5%, Strategy 17.6%, Exploration 13.5%, Cute 11.7%
- #8 World Turtles
91% matchMixed67% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Re: cOg Mission
Windows · Mac · Linux
The World Turtle carries entire civilizations on its back through outer space, and the gentle Meeps are the only ones on a quest to save it. Cooperation, rather than conquest will save the day, so prepare to harvest, build, research, and explore the void in this wholesome turtleback builder.
Why similar: City Builder 25.3%, God Game 19.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.2%, Economy 13.7%, Building 6.4%
- #9 Empire Architect
91% matchMixed65% of 171 reviews2017
Dev: Batholith Entertainment
Windows
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 38.3%, Economy 17.4%, Building 14.9%, Isometric 12.7%, Strategy 11.7%
- #10 Microcivilization
89% matchVery Positive80% of 1,383 reviews2026
Dev: Ondrej Homola
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.
Why similar: 4X 29.1% ★, God Game 16.6% ★, Diplomacy 16.4% ★, City Builder 15.8%, Economy 9.3%
- #11 Defense of the Oasis
90% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: Mind Control Software
Windows
One part Minesweeper, one part Civilization. With every click of the mouse your empire grows stronger. But will it be strong enough to withstand the barbarian hordes?
Why similar: 4X 39.3% ★, Building 12.9%, Economy 11.8%, Strategy 9.9%, Top-Down 8.7%
- #12 Wyrmsun
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 282 reviews2015
Dev: Andrettin
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Wyrmsun is a real-time strategy game which features elements of mythology, history and fiction.
Why similar: Strategy 57.5%, Building 42.5%
- #13 Knights of the Crusades
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 169 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: 4X 22.6% ★, City Builder 22.1%, Wargame 17%, Diplomacy 17% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.8%
- #14 Legends of Ellaria
88% matchMixed57% of 827 reviews2021
Dev: Larkon Studio
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Legends of Ellaria is a unique blend of sandbox action-RPG and real-time strategy. Build a new kingdom for your people, construct and manage its cities, command your troops in epic battles and join them fighting in third-person action, and live adventures in an immersive high fantasy world.
Why similar: Strategy 41.2%, City Builder 33.6%, Building 19%, Exploration 6.3%
- #15 Ancient Cities
86% matchMixed63% of 2,122 reviews2023
Dev: Uncasual Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 44.5%, Economy 22.6%, Building 13.5%, Strategy 13.4%, Exploration 5.9%
- #16 Folklands
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Bromantic GamesPub: Light Up Games
Windows · Linux
Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world. Harvest, produce and trade resources from multiple production chains as you grow your settlement. Keep your folks happy and safe and tend to their needs in a living and changing world.
Why similar: City Builder 30.1%, Economy 20.5%, Isometric 17.7%, Building 16.2%, Exploration 8.3%
- #17 The Unexpected Quest
86% matchVery Positive80% of 202 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 37.6%, Building 20.4%, Top-Down 11.8%, Exploration 10.3%, Strategy 8.6%
- #18 Project Rebearth
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 174 reviews2026
Dev: Program Sam
Windows · Mac · Linux
A massive online multiplayer where everyone plays on an exact replica of planet earth. The game is set 1000 years into the future where you rebuild society. Grow your town, trade with other players, face challenges and discover the rich history of this suspiciously empty planet.
Why similar: City Builder 39.6%, Building 17.2%, Top-Down 13.9%, Strategy 12.8%, Exploration 9.8%
- #19 Fabledom
82% matchVery Positive85% of 7,484 reviews2024
Dev: Grenaa GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is a laid-back City builder. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, interact with your neighbors and defend your kingdom from magical creatures. All to find true love and live happily ever after!
Why similar: Diplomacy 31.5% ★, City Builder 30.1%, Economy 18.3%, Strategy 6.1%, Cute 5.9%
- #20 Goblins of Elderstone
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 399 reviews2023
Dev: Outerdawn
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.0 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: 4X 24.2% ★, Diplomacy 19.7% ★, City Builder 17.7%, God Game 17.1% ★, Building 10.1%
- #21 Reprisal Universe
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 403 reviews2014
Dev: electrolyte
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Reprisal Universe places you in charge of the very elements themselves. Raise and lower land to expand your tribes, harness the power of fire and water. Explore the hidden mysteries of the Universe and gather your people together once again.
Why similar: God Game 36.2% ★, City Builder 31%, Isometric 20.5%, Strategy 8.5%, Casual 3.8%
- #22 Circle Empires
82% matchVery Positive90% of 4,132 reviews2018
Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Circle Empires is a fresh take on the RTS genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.
Why similar: Strategy 72.3%, Casual 27.7%
- #23 Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades
81% matchVery Positive83% of 89 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: City Builder 30%, Real Time Tactics 25.4%, Wargame 24.8%, Strategy 9.7%, 3D 5.1%
- #24 The Pyraplex
81% matchVery Positive98% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A pyramid-building adventure of historic proportions!
Why similar: City Builder 40.7%, Building 21.3%, Strategy 13.8%, Cute 11%, Casual 6.9%
- #25 Let Them Trade
78% matchVery Positive86% of 1,081 reviews2025
Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Build a network of cities that produce and trade resources, upgrade your castle, and protect the cities from cheeky bandits. Tinker with the economy at your own pace, and watch the charming wooden world grow into a lively and thriving kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 29.5%, Economy 20.6%, Building 13.3%, Top-Down 9.5%, Cute 7.2%
- #26 Imperiums: Greek Wars
80% matchVery Positive86% of 541 reviews2020
Dev: Kube Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Unique combination of turn-based 4X and historical grand strategy with a mythological twist. Explore the ancient world and build a world leading civilization. Survive, expand, conquer... and win!
Why similar: 4X 41.9% ★, Diplomacy 24.7% ★, Economy 16%, Strategy 7.2%, Exploration 6.1%
- #27 Paragon Pioneers 2
79% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Tobias Arlt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dive into the captivating world of Paragon Pioneers 2, an engaging city-building idle game filled with extensive content promising months of immersive gameplay. Even with limited playtime, you can delve deep into this simulation, experimenting with various strategies to enhance your realm.
Why similar: City Builder 32.1%, Building 13.1%, Top-Down 10.7%, Economy 10.6%, Strategy 10.6%
- #28 Age of Mythology: Retold
76% matchVery Positive90% of 22,435 reviews2024
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 38.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Play as mythological Gods and smite your enemies in this award-winning, mythological Real-Time Strategy classic given new life. Wage war across timeless campaigns, fierce skirmishes, and god-powered multiplayer modes.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 40.4%, Top-Down 25.8%, Strategy 20.9%, 3D 13%
- #29 EcoGnomix
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 293 reviews2024
Dev: Irox GamesPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
A quirky mix of roguelite and city builder. Build a lively little city above, by looting mystical caves with a team of gnomes below! Use multiple runs to unlock upgrades and abilities to help your gnomes venture deeper into the dangerous underground.
Why similar: City Builder 27.9%, Economy 16.8%, Isometric 14.8%, Building 14.3%, Roguelike 10.5%
- #30 Citadelum
78% matchVery Positive84% of 1,016 reviews2024
Dev: Abylight BarcelonaPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 36.6%, Economy 21.3%, Building 19.4%, Isometric 9.7%, Strategy 7.8%
- #31 Creo God Simulator
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 239 reviews2025
Dev: MKSM Design LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Creo God Simulator is a game of city building, resource management, survival, and a ton of villager smiting. As the divinely chosen Creostrider, it's your job to build a society bit by bit, while convincing your new population to believe in you as their one true god.
Why similar: God Game 33.6% ★, City Builder 27.5%, Isometric 14.5%, Economy 11.5%, Strategy 7.1%
- #32 Next Run
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 66 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: Roguelike 30.7%, City Builder 25.5%, Building 16.4%, Strategy 16.3%, Exploration 11.1%
- #33 Atlas Architect
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 226 reviews2021
Dev: Danial RashidiPub: Rashidi Interactive
Windows
A creative game where your imagination is your limit.
Why similar: God Game 22.4% ★, City Builder 18.8%, Building 16.6%, Top-Down 8.8%, Exploration 7.7%
- #34 Religion inc.
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: GameFirst
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Create your own unique religion in god simulator strategy sandbox games
Why similar: God Game 37.9% ★, Isometric 20%, Top-Down 12.1%, Strategy 11%, Stylized 7.9%
- #35 Monster United
74% matchVery Positive86% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: 追风的鱼
Windows
This is a casual auto-battler game where you need to build your monster legion as you climb the tower! Random levels, rich alliances, and an equipment talent system provide countless possibilities for gameplay strategies, offering both casual relaxation and strategic depth!
Why similar: Roguelike 21.6%, Top-Down 21.2%, Strategy 20%, Cute 17%, Casual 10.8%
- #36 Shanshui Haven
72% matchVery Positive99% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: LeeT Game
Windows
"Shanshui Haven" is a casual city-building game, offering a relaxing and engaging experience with strategic elements.
Why similar: City Builder 33.7%, Isometric 21.6%, Top-Down 11.2%, Building 11.2%, Strategy 10.4%
- #37 Seven Kingdoms 2 HD
75% matchVery Positive81% of 400 reviews2015
Dev: Enlight Software Limited
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Get ready for an exciting real-time strategy game experience like no other with Seven Kingdoms 2! Say goodbye to the monotony of resource gathering and army building, its unique gameplay offers a thrilling blend of city management, trade, industry, espionage, diplomacy, and conquest!
Why similar: 4X 29% ★, Diplomacy 22.5% ★, Economy 16.2%, Isometric 13.7%, Real Time Tactics 11%
- #38 Demon Castle Story
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 164 reviews2026
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Demon Castle Building Dungeon Management Simulation
Why similar: City Builder 38.5%, Strategy 19.4%, Casual 10.7%, Top-Down 9.5%, Building 8.1%
- #39 Age of Goblins
72% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Bruno Valla
Windows
AoG is a real-time strategy game (RTS) with simplified mechanics and cute visuals, but VERY challenging at times. Lead your goblin tribe into what they do best: expand, conquer, and exterminate each other. Any resemblance to humans is purely coincidental.
Why similar: 4X 48.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 26.9%, Strategy 8.9%, Top-Down 8.1%, Colorful 4.7%
- #40 Champions of Anteria™
75% matchMixed48% of 163 reviews2016
Dev: Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Champions of Anteria is a tactical Real Time Strategy Game that will allow players to lead and develop their group of cheerful champions into tactical action battles, to save the legendary Kingdom of Anteria.
Why similar: City Builder 57.5%, Strategy 42.5%
- #41 Crownbound - Fantasy Kingdom Sim
71% matchMixed50% of 78 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 32.4%, Economy 17.1%, God Game 11.9% ★, Strategy 9.9%, Building 9.1%
- #42 Kaya's Prophecy
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 231 reviews2025
Dev: Jérémie & ThibautPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Kaya’s Prophecy is a unique card based village builder! establish your village, gather resources, and craft tools and buildings in a vibrant world. Explore and combat various challenges and other groups in this colourful, deck-builder while appeasing your god to earn his favour.
Why similar: City Builder 35.6%, Roguelike 15.5%, Building 12.4%, Strategy 11%, Stylized 8.5%
- #43 Imagine Earth
71% matchVery Positive82% of 955 reviews2021
Dev: Serious Bros.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build your own global colonies on distant worlds. Manage energy and resource supplies and produce goods for space trade. Form economic and diplomatic alliances or take over competing corporations. Conduct research to protect your colonists from disasters and avoid a climate crisis.
Why similar: Diplomacy 26.4% ★, City Builder 22.4%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Economy 14.8%, Top-Down 10.7%
- #44 Pandora's Toybox
68% matchVery Positive83% of 327 reviews2026
Dev: BetaLabPub: 2P Games
Windows
Become a God, build a civilization. In this dynamic Roguelite God Simulator, guide human civilization on a procedurally generated pixel world. Watch your people grow, defend them against heretics, and build an immortal legacy.
Why similar: God Game 52.7% ★, Building 21.9%, Roguelike 13.1%, Strategy 12.3%
- #45 Countryballs at War
69% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: SHN Games
Windows
Countryballs at War is a grand strategy wargame that combines turn-based empire building with real-time battles. Lead any countryball nation, expand your territory through conquest or diplomacy, and rise as the ultimate superpower.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 35.1%, Wargame 31.3%, Strategy 19.4%, Cute 7.5%, Colorful 6.8%
- #46 Yaoling: Mythical Journey
67% matchVery Positive90% of 3,470 reviews2025
Dev: RAYKA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Yaoling: Mythical Journey is a creature collecting Eastern fantasy RPG featuring an world filled with rich stories and unique Yaolings. Tasked to uncover a mysterious evil, you embark on a journey with your Yaolings, forming new friendships, engage in intense battles, and face countless challenges!
Why similar: Strategy 25.6%, Cute 22.6%, Stylized 22.3%, Exploration 19.5%, Casual 10%
- #47 Republic of Pirates
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 487 reviews2024
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Establish and grow a pirate utopia during the Golden Age of Piracy. Create a resource-based economy, engage in real-time naval combat, and conduct diplomacy with rival powers. Explore the far reaches of the Caribbean in search of the ultimate fortune and glory.
Why similar: City Builder 37.1%, Diplomacy 25% ★, Economy 13.3%, Strategy 10.9%, Building 10.6%
- #48 Empires and Tribes
69% matchMixed66% of 419 reviews2023
Dev: White Vertex Studios
Windows · Mac
Empires and Tribes is a unique hybrid of a medieval city builder and a role-playing game. You will undertake the duties of a mayor in the 13th century and manage the expansion of your city, ensure the production of resources and raise a powerful army to protect yourself from rival principalities.
Why similar: City Builder 47.7%, Building 26.2%, Economy 10.7%, Strategy 10%, 3D 5.4%
- #49 Kingdoms and Castles
67% matchVery Positive94% of 31,097 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.1 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 53.8%, Building 17.6%, Economy 15.1%, Strategy 11.2%, Colorful 2.2%
- #50 Kingdom Tales: Dragons & Us
73% matchMixed53% of 60 reviews2014
Dev: Cateia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Embark on a magical journey in this entertaining and fun time management strategy game! In Kingdom Tales you will explore the land, gather, produce and trade resources, build, repair and take care of your citizens.
Why similar: City Builder 33.1%, Building 24.8%, Strategy 18.2%, Casual 9.1%, Cute 8.3%
- #51 Smelogs Playground
69% matchVery Positive91% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Nifty Productions
Windows
Smelogs Playground is a Free-to-Play Real-Time Strategy game with charming aesthetics and a simple but effective gameplay mechanism. Take over the playful and rocky Smelogs to compete against each other for fun and honor!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 42.1%, Strategy 23.3%, Colorful 13.6%, Building 12.6%, Casual 6.7%
- #52 Colonize Prologue
70% matchMixed64% of 511 reviews2022
Dev: RembrosoftPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Colonize Prologue is a combination of survival game and building strategy that takes place during the colonization period - the 17th century. It tells the story of a settlement in the new world and all the difficulties encountered by the early settlers.
Why similar: City Builder 35.5%, Economy 19.7%, Building 17.6%, Isometric 15.1%, Strategy 7.9%
- #53 Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
68% matchMixed59% of 975 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 36.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 23.8%, Wargame 23.5%, Strategy 7.1%, Stylized 5%
- #54 Celestial Empire
65% matchVery Positive90% of 668 reviews2025
Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 35.7%, Economy 25.1%, Building 19.5%, Strategy 10.6%, Exploration 9%
- #55 AlexanderBall: A Countryball Tale
67% matchVery Positive90% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Red Thorn Interactive
Windows · Mac
Ascend to the Macedonian throne as Alexander the Great and relive his conquests! Fighting alongside redoubtable and quirky commanders, recruit numerous types of balls for your army, construct countless cities named Alexandria, and build an empire that stretches to the ends of the known world!
Why similar: 4X 33.8% ★, Diplomacy 32% ★, Economy 24.6%, Strategy 9.7%
- #56 CivIdle
64% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,037 reviews2025
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 78.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up!
Why similar: 4X 49.3% ★, City Builder 26.5%, Building 12.2%, Strategy 7.2%, Exploration 4.8%