- #1 Noble Fates
97% matchVery Positive83% of 1,483 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 19.1%, City Builder 14.8%, Base Building 10.4%, Sandbox 8.4%, Medieval 7.7%
- #2 Norland
96% matchVery Positive82% of 10,349 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.4 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: Colony Sim 16.4%, City Builder 13.2%, Base Building 9.6%, Economy 8.6%, Medieval 8%
- #3 Sengoku Dynasty
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,793 reviews2024
Dev: SuperkamiPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!
Why similar: City Builder 15.8%, Colony Sim 13.4%, Base Building 10.6%, Medieval 8.4%, Open World 7.6%
- #4 Blacksmith Master
95% matchVery Positive83% of 2,724 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 15.9%, City Builder 13.1%, Base Building 9.5%, Economy 8.9%, Medieval 8%
- #5 Bellwright
94% matchVery Positive80% of 21,324 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 41.4 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 22.3%, Survival 14.4%, Medieval 13.6%, Open World 13.4%, Crafting 12.8%
- #6 Foundation
93% matchVery Positive87% of 24,128 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 27.2 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 27.3%, Medieval 10.6%, Colony Sim 9.7%, Economy 7.8%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #7 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
94% matchMixed66% of 6,015 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 30.1%, City Builder 25.9%, Resource Management 9%, Medieval 7.8%, Building 6.4%
- #8 Manor Lords
91% matchVery Positive84% of 90,512 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 23.2 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: City Builder 21.9%, Base Building 15.4%, Medieval 13%, Colony Sim 9.6%, Economy 6.3%
- #9 Founders' Fortune
92% matchVery Positive80% of 2,189 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.6%, City Builder 14.9%, Base Building 11.4%, Building 7.4%, Sandbox 6.1%
- #10 Going Medieval
89% matchVery Positive89% of 21,328 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 20.2%, City Builder 15.6%, Base Building 11.7%, Economy 11%, Crafting 8.8%
- #11 Kingdoms Reborn
91% matchVery Positive90% of 9,712 reviews2020
Dev: Earthshine
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 24.9%, Colony Sim 19.7%, Base Building 11.2%, Economy 8.1%, Management 7.6%
- #12 Lords and Villeins
90% matchMostly Positive71% of 977 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 20.2%, City Builder 15.1%, Medieval 8.4%, Management 7.9%, Economy 7.9%
- #13 Medieval Dynasty
88% matchVery Positive90% of 52,032 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Crafting 16%, Building 15.6%, Base Building 12.3%, Medieval 12.2%, Survival 10%
- #14 Patron
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,194 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 22.4%, City Builder 18.7%, Survival 8.9%, Economy 7.8%, Base Building 7.3%
- #15 Settlements Rising
87% matchVery Positive81% of 435 reviews2025
Dev: The Catalyst Crew
Windows
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 19.8%, City Builder 17.2%, Resource Management 8.1%, Base Building 7.8%, Medieval 7.8%
- #16 Settlement Survival
86% matchVery Positive85% of 8,054 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 20.4%, City Builder 20%, Building 10%, Management 8.2%, Survival 8.2%
- #17 Nova Roma
84% matchVery Positive94% of 2,244 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Colony Sim 16.6%, City Builder 15.1%, Base Building 10.6%, Economy 9.9%, Building 8.1%
- #18 Kingdoms and Castles
85% matchVery Positive94% of 31,383 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.2 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: Colony Sim 17%, City Builder 16.1%, Base Building 7.7%, Economy 7.6%, Resource Management 6.9%
- #19 First Feudal
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 644 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.9%, City Builder 11.7%, Base Building 10.1%, Resource Management 7.9%, Medieval 7.8%
- #20 Land of the Vikings
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,258 reviews2023
Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 23.1%, City Builder 18.3%, Economy 9.2%, Base Building 9%, Building 8%
- #21 Farthest Frontier
82% matchVery Positive86% of 25,375 reviews2025
Dev: Crate Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Colony Sim 16.8%, City Builder 16.7%, Building 11.7%, Economy 9.9%, Base Building 9.7%
- #22 Of Life and Land
83% matchVery Positive86% of 364 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 16.9%, City Builder 14.4%, Base Building 10.2%, Medieval 7.7%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #23 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
82% matchVery Positive84% of 764 reviews2025
Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 16.7%, City Builder 13.6%, Base Building 9%, Crafting 8%, Building 7.4%
- #24 Pompeii: The Legacy
80% matchVery Positive82% of 280 reviews2026
Dev: Siscia Games
Windows
Rebuild Pompeii from the ashes and lead it through centuries of politics, intrigue, and survival. Shape laws, expand trade across the Empire, guide your city through disasters, and command legions in optional real-time battles. Your legacy begins now.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.6%, City Builder 19.6%, Economy 12.2%, Medieval 10.3%, Base Building 9%
- #25 Dungeons & Kingdoms
81% matchMixed43% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Uncle Grouch GamingPub: Camlann Games
Windows
A medieval fantasy kingdom builder, management sim and dungeon delver RPG hybrid. Gather resources, manage villagers and build infrastructure. Then dive into the dungeons to face the monsters within. Or just unlock everything in a Creative "God Mode" and build the fantasy kingdom of your dreams.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.8%, Base Building 10.8%, Economy 10.2%, Medieval 9.5%, Building 9%
- #26 House of Legacy
78% matchVery Positive83% of 3,942 reviews2025
Dev: S3 StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Step into the shoes of a fallen clan leader, starting with nothing but a crumbling estate and a handful of hopes, rising through careful planning, trade, and diplomacy to become one of the most powerful families in the land. Now it’s time to forge a legendary dynasty that leaves its mark on history.
Why similar: City Builder 19.6%, Sandbox 12.2%, Economy 12%, Management 11.9%, Base Building 10.6%
- #27 Anvil Saga
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,826 reviews2023
Dev: Pirozhok StudioPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Anvil Saga is a management sim with RPG elements where you take control of a blacksmith shop amidst the Hundred Years' War. Each decision you make impacts the story and gameplay.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.5%, Base Building 12%, Management 10.3%, Medieval 10.3%, Economy 9.9%
- #28 Ostriv
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,621 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 36.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 18.2%, Colony Sim 17.8%, Base Building 9.7%, Economy 8.3%, Building 7.8%
- #29 Stonehearth
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 13,072 reviews2018
Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.7%, City Builder 23.5%, Building 10.7%, Sandbox 10.3%, Survival 8.3%
- #30 Whiskerwood
75% matchVery Positive92% of 3,269 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Colony Sim 17.7%, City Builder 14.4%, Base Building 10.3%, Economy 9.8%, Building 8%
- #31 Medieval Legacy
77% matchVery Positive87% of 67 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: Economy 22%, Medieval 18.8%, Sandbox 17.7%, Management 16%, Resource Management 12.5%
- #32 Sapiens
77% matchVery Positive81% of 2,162 reviews2022
Dev: Majic Jungle
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 22%, City Builder 17.3%, Base Building 11.5%, Building 8.5%, Crafting 8.4%
- #33 A Hero's Rest: An RPG Town Simulator
76% matchMixed69% of 180 reviews2024
Dev: Vanargand Games
Windows
Build shops, craft items with hundreds of customization options, and manage your resources wisely to lead your Heroes to success. Immerse yourself as proprietor of a medieval fantasy town in a world abounding with Heroes and Monsters.
Why similar: City Builder 16.8%, Base Building 10.6%, Medieval 10.1%, Resource Management 9.4%, Economy 9.1%
- #34 Humanica
74% matchVery Positive93% of 175 reviews2026
Dev: PanfachDev
Windows
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 17.3%, Colony Sim 17.1%, Base Building 10.3%, Management 8.6%, Survival 8.4%
- #35 The Guild 3
76% matchMixed60% of 8,003 reviews2022
Dev: Purple LampPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 25.4%, Medieval 20%, Open World 8.5%, Building 8.4%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #36 Soulmask
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,226 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 69.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.7%, Base Building 16.1%, Crafting 13.3%, Sandbox 11.6%, Survival 11.4%
- #37 Valorborn
73% matchMixed62% of 532 reviews2026
Dev: Laps Games
Windows
Dive into a living medieval fantasy sandbox RPG where the world moves with or without you and factions rise and fall. Become a thief, hunter, or sellsword, survive alone or with a party, and shape your story in a fully enterable world where every building, cave, and road hides opportunity or danger.
Why similar: Sandbox 10.9%, Medieval 10.4%, Open World 10.1%, Building 10.1%, Crafting 9.9%
- #38 Fata Deum - The God Sim
73% matchMixed60% of 460 reviews2025
Dev: 42 Bits EntertainmentPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.9%, City Builder 14.1%, Base Building 9.5%, Sandbox 7.7%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #39 Wild West Legacy
74% matchMostly Negative37% of 2,142 reviews2024
Dev: Moon Punch StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Conquer the Wild West. Explore the open world of a fictitious American Midwest and survive the harsh environment. Convince other settlers to join you and manage your ever-growing settlements. Build a home, take care of your farm and become a legend in Wild West Legacy.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24%, Base Building 15.9%, Crafting 13.4%, Building 12.6%, Open World 11.7%
- #40 Milord
73% matchMixed66% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: iBright GamesPub: InEv Creative
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 26.7%, Medieval 22.7%, Resource Management 20.4%, Top-Down 12.3%, RPG 9.1%
- #41 City Tales - Medieval Era
70% matchVery Positive90% of 607 reviews2026
Dev: Irregular ShapesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 25.6%, Economy 16.1%, Building 14.5%, Resource Management 11.6%, Management 10.9%
- #42 Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown
72% matchMixed59% of 453 reviews2025
Dev: Zugalu EntertainmentPub: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 10.8 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: Colony Sim 19.7%, City Builder 17.9%, Base Building 11.5%, Medieval 10.7%, Building 10%
- #43 Airborne Empire
69% matchVery Positive87% of 924 reviews2026
Dev: The Wandering Band LLCPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4%, City Builder 18.3%, Resource Management 10.4%, Open World 9.4%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #44 Frozenheim
72% matchMixed69% of 3,911 reviews2022
Dev: Paranoid InteractivePub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 24.3%, Economy 19.4%, Resource Management 15%, Base Building 14.9%, Medieval 11.3%
- #45 Clanfolk
71% matchVery Positive92% of 4,027 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 26.8%, Medieval 14%, Crafting 13.2%, Sandbox 12.3%, Building 12.2%
- #46 ALL WILL FALL
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,385 reviews2026
Dev: All Parts ConnectedPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1%, City Builder 16.5%, Base Building 13.4%, Sandbox 9.1%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #47 Corsair Cove
67% matchVery Positive86% of 3,074 reviews2026
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.8%, City Builder 15.4%, Base Building 10.9%, Economy 9.9%, Building 8.2%
- #48 Outland Kingdoms
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: GBL
Windows
Colony building RPG with detailed characters, driven by procedurally generated Stories. Build a hut, a village, a town, a city, a kingdom. 5 different races. Ally with unique factions. Rule an Undead empire. Craft Legendary items. Tame creatures. Enslave enemies. It's all here.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.3%, City Builder 18.4%, Base Building 10%, Building 8.7%, Medieval 8.4%
- #49 Edge Islands
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 100 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: Colony Sim 23.7%, Base Building 14.3%, City Builder 11.4%, Building 10.7%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #50 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
67% matchVery Positive82% of 1,472 reviews2026
Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 20%, City Builder 17.9%, Base Building 11%, Resource Management 9.8%, Building 9.4%
- #51 TFM: The First Men
71% matchMixed60% of 413 reviews2022
Dev: Gathering Tree
Windows
An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.2%, Base Building 15.8%, Building 7.3%, Sandbox 7.2%, City Builder 6.7%
- #52 AColony
69% matchVery Positive89% of 141 reviews2023
Dev: ZeroTris
Windows
A colony building game with an emphasis on unexpected events, online co-op, and managing a unique community. Build your colony, feed your colonists, research technologies, craft advanced weapons, explore the world, fight enemies and defend your property.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4%, City Builder 15.2%, Base Building 12.1%, Crafting 8.5%, Building 8.5%
- #53 Celestial Empire
66% matchVery Positive90% of 718 reviews2025
Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.6 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 19.3%, Colony Sim 17.3%, Economy 13.7%, Building 11.1%, Sandbox 11%
- #54 Republic of Pirates
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 536 reviews2024
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Colony Sim 24.2%, City Builder 23.9%, Resource Management 12.9%, Management 11.1%, Economy 8.5%
- #55 Pioneers of Pagonia
65% matchVery Positive81% of 5,473 reviews2025
Dev: Envision Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.3%, City Builder 15.1%, Base Building 11%, Economy 10.8%, Resource Management 9.1%
- #56 Empires and Tribes
69% matchMixed66% of 420 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 22%, Base Building 13.8%, Building 12.6%, Crafting 12.4%, Medieval 12.3%
- #57 Pax Dei
66% matchMixed57% of 11,286 reviews2025
Dev: Mainframe Industries
Windows
Median: 17.7 hrsMean: 73.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Welcome to a vast, social sandbox MMO inspired by the legends of the medieval era. Here, myths are real, ghosts exist, and magic is unquestioned. Join thousands of players as you explore the land, build your home, forge your reputation, and craft your own stories. What world will you make?
Why similar: Base Building 16.3%, Medieval 13.9%, Crafting 13.7%, Sandbox 13.2%, Open World 11.9%
- #58 Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders
67% matchMixed69% of 1,108 reviews2024
Dev: MeanAstronautsPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders is an action-adventure RPG with base-building elements, where you take on the role of a classic hero who stands up to the tyranny and injustice that haunts Sherwood. Fight, craft, steal, and of course help the local people grow and prosper.
Why similar: Medieval 14.2%, Base Building 13.5%, Crafting 10.1%, Open World 9.9%, Building 9.9%