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VENOY is a relaxing roguelite real-time strategy game with deep settler logistics, true sandbox freedom and exciting meta progression. Build your medieval colony, optimize production chains and defend it against enemies!

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.3%, RTS 17.9%, City Builder 15.9%, Base Building 10.2%, Strategy 6.9%

Age of Respair is a medieval strategy castle-builder. Build massive castles with fortifications while managing resources and production chains. Assemble a large army and lay siege to enemy castles. Lead your people and bring respair to your kingdom🏰⚔️

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.2%, City Builder 16%, Base Building 12.9%, RTS 11.4%, Real Time Tactics 10.9%

Poly Kingdom: Siege is a medieval kingdom-building and strategy game where you rule as a living king in a dynamic, open world. Build your settlement, command armies, and defend your realm in a feudal society shaped by war, economy, and survival.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, RTS 16.4%, Base Building 14.3%, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, Destruction 7.6%

Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, Dwarves 21.7% ★, City Builder 15.9%, Base Building 13%, Management 6.6%

Build towers, manage resources, and lead units to defend your kingdom against goblins. Every decision you make determines your kingdom's fate.

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.3%, RTS 15.7%, City Builder 15.4%, Base Building 13.2%, Real Time Tactics 8.6%

Goblins live for about 20 days. Build a colony that outlasts them. Grow food, dig into the hillside, organize workshops and hauling, and prepare for raids. Raise the next generation and turn a woodland settlement into a fortress of their own.

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.7%, Base Building 16.4%, City Builder 16.3%, Resource Management 7.4%, Management 7.3%

Rule a fantasy realm where heroes don't take orders - they take bribes. Build your settlement, place gold bounties on deadly monsters, and entice autonomous warriors, rogues, and mages to fight for your cause. Expand, defend, and let coin do the commanding in this indirect-control RTS.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2%, RTS 21.7%, Base Building 14%, Real Time Tactics 10%, Strategy 8.8%

Raise massive armies and fight thousands of enemies. Dwarven Rampart is a fantasy roguelite strategy game where you build dwarven cities and fight massive fights. How long can you survive?

Why similar: RTS 14.7%, Colony Sim 14.2%, City Builder 12.9%, Base Building 11.9%, Dwarves 11.3% ★

The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.

Why similar: Colony Sim 22%, City Builder 15.9%, RTS 14.3%, Base Building 11.8%, Real Time Tactics 11.4%

Loulan Kingdom is a city-building survival and real-time strategy game. As the ruler of Loulan, you must build your city amid a perilous desert oasis, grow your power through the Silk Road, and fight to protect your kingdom—until the very end.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25%, City Builder 17%, RTS 13.5%, Base Building 11.6%, Real Time Tactics 11.5%

A unique blend of RTS, Tycoon, and Tower Defense, where you are the architect, mayor, and commander of a growing village (and conurbation of villages). Your goals are simple: build a prosperous community, optimize production chains, and survive the horrors that emerge from the dark.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1%, City Builder 17.3%, RTS 9%, Voxel 8.2% ★, Resource Management 7.2%

Return to the era of knights and castles in a uniquely satisfying mix of Settlement Building, RTS and Castle Simulation genres. Manage complex and realistic medieval production chains, build your army and defences, satisfy the King and lead your people to prosperity. Will you succeed as a new lord?

Why similar: Colony Sim 16.3%, City Builder 15.9%, RTS 15.4%, Base Building 12.2%, Real Time Tactics 6.9%

Build your Italian empire in this realistic medieval RTS that combines truly organic city building and immersive roleplaying. City-states compete for influence, families such as the Medici try to divide power among themselves and artists create masterpieces that define an entire era.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.3%, City Builder 23.3%, RTS 18%, Strategy 7%, Simulation 6.4%

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 38.6%, City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 15.6%, Building 5.1%, Sandbox 4.6%

Recovery Syndicate is a prequel to Abeyance, in which you are the leader of one of the factions trying to reconstruct the economy of the galaxy. You must build and manage your colony's resources carefully, while watching out for rival factions who are also vying for supremacy.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.2%, RTS 16.1%, City Builder 16%, Base Building 12.2%, Real Time Tactics 11.1%

Quriocity is a sci-fi city builder game set on a bare alien planet very similar to Earth. Build and upgrade a wide variety of units to extract resources and provide services, such as maintenance, food production, education, entertainment and many more.

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9%, City Builder 19.5%, Base Building 13.1%, RTS 11.8%, Resource Management 6.2%

Explore an epic fantasy medieval world where dwarves fight for survival in a hostile universe. Guide your colony of dwarves through unique challenges, tough moral choices, and unforgettable encounters. Explore, mine, build, trade to ensure the prosperity of your people.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, City Builder 19.7%, RTS 17.8%, Real Time Tactics 10.9%, Strategy 5.6%

Build a fortress, command your army, and survive escalating Monster Tides in a fantasy base-building RTS. Explore the wilderness with your hero, claim Places of Power, and shape every run through powerful Oaths and Decrees.

Why similar: Colony Sim 35%, Base Building 21.6%, RTS 14.8%, City Builder 9.8%, Strategy 5.8%

Angkor: The Holy City is a unique village-builder game about growing a thriving town under the all-seeing eyes of the Gods. Construct intricate temples to honor them and research technologies to counter their wrath, all while expanding your village and contending with an ever-growing population.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7%, City Builder 19.1%, RTS 10.8%, Base Building 10.7%, Resource Management 6.1%

Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.1%, City Builder 18.3%, RTS 13.6%, Real Time Tactics 11.8%, Base Building 10.6%

Build, mine and defend your colony in a fully destructible voxel world. Shape the terrain, manage production chains and face unpredictable challenges in the world of Voxelion.

Why similar: City Builder 20.6%, RTS 17.4%, Voxel 11.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 9.7%, Strategy 8.2%

Conquer and destroy the dirty Humans by sending swarms of bugs to crush their home worlds. Evolve your Buggos into stronger, faster, more murderous creatures that can rip the Human defenses to shreds! No one can stop your evolutionary powers. You are the evil Buggo Hivemind!!!

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.9%, Base Building 18.1%, City Builder 16.2%, RTS 14.7%, Strategy 8.8%

Guide pioneering settlers among Venusian clouds in this space colonisation city builder. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, balance buoyancy and weight to stay afloat in the treacherous Venusian atmosphere, and build a self-sufficient colony while navigating storms and acidic clouds.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, City Builder 19.2%, Base Building 15.3%, RTS 11.5%, Resource Management 6.1%

From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.

Why similar: Colony Sim 16.8%, City Builder 16.3%, Base Building 13.6%, RTS 12.3%, Real Time Tactics 9.1%

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 27.3%, Colony Sim 24.7%, Base Building 13.8%, RTS 8.9%, Management 6.4%

The medieval world is waiting for you! Stand up for your people and help them defend their freedom! Build your village, win battles and tournaments, and lead your settlement to prosperity in colony sim RPG Our Freedom: Prologue!

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.9%, City Builder 19.1%, Base Building 16.9%, Strategy 9%, Simulation 7.2%

Command the sands of Egypt in this epic RTS! Build magnificent cities, lead mythic armies, and harness the power of the gods. Shape the Nile, forge alliances, and rise to become Pharaoh in a world of strategy, intrigue, and breathtaking battles. Your legacy awaits—rule wisely!

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.2%, City Builder 18.7%, Base Building 14.6%, RTS 11.4%, Management 7.2%

Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware is a free prequel to the original game. In a medieval fantasy world, you are to build settlements, raise huge armies, and defend against massive hordes of enemies. Learn how Ironbrow clan shaped the world's map the first time - if you survive, that is.

Why similar: Colony Sim 26%, City Builder 18.6%, RTS 16.2%, Base Building 12.8%, Strategy 5.8%

A city builder with a twist - Putting the focus of the game on the peasants who live and grow in your community. Cater for them, deal with their shortcomings and just maybe they will thrive.

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.1%, City Builder 21.7%, Base Building 12.2%, Medieval 8.3%, Strategy 6%

After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6%, RTS 16.6%, City Builder 13.7%, Base Building 13.2%, Real Time Tactics 6.9%

Colonize rich planets with vegetation or deserted moons. Build a functional and prosperous colony. Take care of your colonists. Experience adventures on distant worlds or build a colony on planets in our solar system.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2%, City Builder 15.7%, Base Building 14.9%, RTS 13.6%, Sandbox 6.3%

Visit the mythical land of Shangri-La! Govern the legendary state, build cities, take care of its citizens, protect them, provide with spiritual and political guidance. Let yourself be amazed by its mountain beauty. Help Shangri-La defend against enemies who do not share its peaceful vision.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1%, City Builder 19.2%, RTS 16.4%, Base Building 12.9%, Building 5.7%

Catapult werewolves over castle walls, incinerate troops with dragon fire and command the Knights of the Round Table! This remaster of the mythical ‘castle sim’ features Steam multiplayer, Workshop support, new maps, achievements and DLC campaigns.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.8%, City Builder 15.8%, RTS 11.2%, Real Time Tactics 11.2%, Base Building 9.9%

Rebuild civilization in a world consumed by the blight. Manage survivors, defend against the dead, and transform a fragile camp into a thriving frontier settlement.

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.5%, City Builder 21.2%, Base Building 16.1%, Management 7%, Simulation 6.1%

Gird your loins and sharpen your steel! Besiege 20 unique enemy lords and battle friends online, in this expanded remaster of the classic 'castle sim'. Relive history with new units, opponents, visuals, audio, campaigns, skirmish trails, co-op and larger maps.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.9%, City Builder 17.8%, RTS 13%, Real Time Tactics 11.6%, Base Building 10.7%

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%, Voxel 13.5% ★, City Builder 13.4%, RTS 12.9%, Base Building 11.2%

Build an epic kingdom inside a mountain in this underground city builder. Mine and build in a vast procedurally generated 3D world. Gather resources, research technology, train warriors and engineers, forge weapons, fight monsters and manage hundreds of units. Become the King of the Dwarves!

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.3%, Dwarves 15.4% ★, City Builder 13.2%, RTS 12%, Base Building 9.6%

Build, manage, and expand a medieval voxel colony in a procedurally generated world. Gather resources, assign AI-controlled villagers, reshape the terrain, survive changing seasons, and grow your settlement block by block.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, City Builder 18.4%, Base Building 14.1%, Voxel 12.3% ★, Sandbox 5.4%

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: Colony Sim 22.4%, City Builder 16.2%, Base Building 12.6%, Real Time Tactics 11.5%, RTS 8%

Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!

Why similar: Base Building 22.2%, Colony Sim 21.2%, City Builder 20%, RTS 16%, Medieval 6.9%

Tokeis is a board-like real-time city builder about growing your town from a tiny tile to a hexagonal empire. Collect tokens, manage resources, reorganize inefficiencies, and fortify your economy. Handle the harsh weather and defend against raiders trying to steal your riches!

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.6%, City Builder 19.4%, RTS 13.4%, Base Building 10.3%, Management 7.7%

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 27.7%, City Builder 15.9%, Base Building 15.2%, Resource Management 7.1%, Medieval 7%

Kingdoms in Arms is a strategy game where you build and manage your kingdom. Build cities, outposts and military camps to conquer the whole island. Besiege your enemies castles and bring down their walls with your siege engines like catapults and trebuchets. Control your armies in real time.

Why similar: RTS 21.2%, Colony Sim 19.7%, Base Building 15.8%, City Builder 13%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%

A strategic city-building game set in a fantasy universe that allows you to create your own fantastical civilization. Define your architectural style using a building editor, customize your people, manage your city, and restore the past glory of your civilization!

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.8%, City Builder 18.5%, RTS 14.1%, Base Building 11.3%, Sandbox 5.6%

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 22%, City Builder 16.4%, RTS 13.6%, Base Building 13%, Management 6.1%

Lead survivors through a crumbling city, building a thriving colony amidst chaos. Manage resources, construct buildings and defences, and deploy units to protect your people. Every decision shapes your colony's fate in this strategic survival management game.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.2%, City Builder 21.1%, RTS 18%, Destruction 9.2%, Strategy 8.1%

Build a living colony beneath a dying surface. Dig rooms, organize workers and keep food, power and morale in balance. Face breakdowns, earthquakes and difficult choices as you explore the deep and turn a fragile refuge into a civilization.

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.5%, City Builder 20.7%, Underground 12.6% ★, Base Building 10.7%, Management 8%

With this modernized History Edition dive into the diversified mix of enthralling build-up matches and exciting real-time fights. Manifold landscapes await to be explored and populated. Includes the main game plus the two expansions.

Why similar: Colony Sim 45.7%, City Builder 21.3%, RTS 17.8%, Strategy 8.6%, Medieval 6.6%

Build and Manage a Rat City. Run it into the ground. Literally. Keep your Rats happy and productive. Create for them a glorious colony in the dirt! The never ending demand for the production of products to consume is all consuming. Wait, is this real life? No, it's RAT CITY!

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.8%, City Builder 22.5%, Base Building 14.4%, Management 7.8%, Resource Management 6.4%

Build and defend a space colony where every unit of power and every crew assignment matters. Expand production, research new technologies, shape the battlefield with walls and weapons, and adapt your strategy against alien swarms across nine campaign operations.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7%, RTS 20.5%, City Builder 19.3%, Real Time Tactics 10.1%, Strategy 8.5%

Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1%, City Builder 20.3%, Base Building 12.8%, Management 7.5%, Sandbox 6.9%

Trollskog is an open-world citybuilder RTS, with economic engine-building, tactical battles and player choice. Explore a forested world inspired by Swedish folklore, filled with both friendly and hostile NPCs, solve quests and secure resources through force or diplomacy.

Why similar: Colony Sim 37.1%, RTS 35.9%, City Builder 15.5%, Base Building 7.2%, Strategy 4.3%

Tax, torture or treat your peasants! Rehabilitate criminals or sentence them to death? Decide as you enjoy jousting over a lavish banquet, all while under siege from the warmongering Lord Barclay.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21%, City Builder 16.2%, RTS 12.6%, Base Building 10.8%, Real Time Tactics 10.7%

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 29%, City Builder 22%, Base Building 11.2%, Resource Management 6.8%, Medieval 6.6%

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 36.6%, Base Building 20%, City Builder 7.6%, Real Time Tactics 6.4%, Management 5.6%

Build a living kingdom where villagers work and survive on their own. Assign roles, keep your people fed, automate your systems, and defend against growing threats. Your kingdom lives or falls by your decisions.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.7%, Voxel 14.1% ★, Base Building 10.9%, City Builder 8.7%, Resource Management 6.8%

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 32.3%, Colony Sim 13.4%, Medieval 8.3%, RTS 7.6%, Base Building 7.6%

Cannon Island is a roguelike city builder, where you colonize procedurally generated islands and fight rivals. Wise building placement and resource management are the key to victory.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.4%, City Builder 22.7%, Base Building 16%, RTS 13.4%, Management 7.6%