Games Like SAELIG

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 21.8%, Medieval 15.5%, Life Sim 12.4%, Trading 8.3%, Simulation 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is the closest thematic relative to SÆLIG, focusing on dynasty building, economic manipulation, and social climbing in a medieval setting.

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: Economy 15.4%, Medieval 13%, Management 10.6%, City Builder 10.1%, Building 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A complex colony-sim that emphasizes the lives and relationships of noble families, mirroring the dynasty-management aspects of the seed game.

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: Building 16.4%, Crafting 15.8%, Medieval 15.2%, Open World 10.7%, Management 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines survival, crafting, and settlement management with a strong focus on building a legacy for your family over generations.

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 19.5%, Medieval 16%, Economy 13.1%, Management 9.3%, Building 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: An organic city-builder that prioritizes the needs and happiness of your citizens, capturing the atmospheric management feel of the seed game.

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: Economy 13.1%, Medieval 12.8%, Management 11.4%, City Builder 10.7%, Building 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy colony-sim where you oversee the social hierarchy and economic output of a medieval village.

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: Medieval 17.4%, Life Sim 13.1%, Crafting 12.9%, Building 12.8%, Open World 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A survival colony-sim that focuses heavily on the daily lives and generational progression of a family unit in the Scottish Highlands.

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: Medieval 18.8%, City Builder 14.7%, Historical 14.1%, Economy 10%, Simulation 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly detailed medieval city-builder that incorporates tactical combat and resource management similar to the strategic depth of SÆLIG.

A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

Why similar: Open World 16.8%, Management 14.4%, Strategy RPG 14.1%, Building 13.8%, Crafting 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an unparalleled sandbox experience where you start with nothing and must manage your own survival and economic growth in a harsh world.

Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!

Why similar: Medieval 29.3%, Open World 27.4%, RPG 20.2%, Sandbox 10.7%, Strategy 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep party management and RPG elements where you must balance the economic needs of your mercenary group while exploring a medieval world.

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: Economy 17.5%, Medieval 14.3%, Management 11.6%, Building 11.2%, City Builder 11%

Why You'll Like It: Allows you to manage a medieval workshop from the ground up, focusing on the production and economic success of your craft.

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: Economy 19.6%, Management 12.9%, City Builder 11.8%, Historical 11.2%, Crafting 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that emphasizes survival and building, requiring careful management of resources and the well-being of your villagers.

This Merchant Life is a trading strategy game set in the troubled medieval kingdom of Peregrine. Turn a rickety wooden cart, two horses and a few coins into a thriving entrepreneurial triumph!

Why similar: Trading 27.2%, RPG 14.8%, Medieval 14.5%, Strategy 14.1%, Management 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated merchant simulator that captures the struggle of building wealth through trade and negotiation in a medieval world.

Keep your stores afloat against unique threats like royal laws, wars and crazy fantasy events. Discover new items, craft, sell them, and create your Merchant Empire in the kingdom! - All in a hybrid 2D-3D style.

Why similar: Trading 31.3%, Medieval 15.1%, Management 13.5%, Open World 11%, RPG 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the granular details of running a shop, from sourcing goods to managing customers, mirroring the trading loop of SÆLIG.

Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.

Why similar: Life Sim 19.8%, Management 19.1%, Medieval 15.8%, Building 12.1%, Crafting 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Blends tavern management with RPG elements, allowing you to focus on the day-to-day operations of a business in a medieval setting.

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: Medieval 18.5%, Open World 16.2%, City Builder 14.3%, Crafting 13.8%, Building 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world survival with settlement management, giving you direct control over the growth and defense of your community.

You are a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League was flourishing. Your goal is to rise to the most successful and influential member of the Hanse, ultimately being elected Elderman, leader of the trading league.

Why similar: Trading 45.6%, Economy 21.2%, Strategy 13.7%, Simulation 6.6%, Historical 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses entirely on the trading and economic dominance aspects that are central to the merchant gameplay in SÆLIG.

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: Economy 15.4%, Medieval 14.5%, Management 13.9%, Crafting 9.7%, Building 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A management RPG that tasks you with running a blacksmith shop while navigating the political and social challenges of the medieval era.

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: Economy 15.5%, City Builder 14.4%, Management 11.8%, Historical 11.3%, Building 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic city-builder that focuses on the economic and social needs of a medieval village, emphasizing historical accuracy.

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: Economy 13.2%, Medieval 13%, City Builder 11.4%, Management 11.2%, Building 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A charming colony-sim that balances resource management and the needs of your population with a focus on sustainable growth.

Set sail and join the colonial powers of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands in their fight for supremacy of the Caribbean in the 17th century.

Why similar: Trading 30.4%, Economy 17.9%, Management 9.6%, Strategy 8.8%, Simulation 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a complex trading and logistics system that appeals to players who enjoy the economic strategy side of medieval life-sims.

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: Economy 20.2%, Building 18.1%, Medieval 16%, City Builder 14.4%, Management 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deep survival city-builder that tests your ability to manage complex supply chains and the health of your citizens.

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: Medieval 14.9%, Building 12.3%, Crafting 11%, Management 10.5%, City Builder 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that starts with a single character and expands into a full village, mirroring the progression from individual to dynasty.

Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.

Why similar: Trading 19.5%, Crafting 15.9%, Medieval 14.6%, Management 11.1%, Life Sim 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a unique management experience centered on the crafting and selling of goods, perfect for fans of the trading loop.

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: Medieval 14.7%, Economy 14.5%, City Builder 11.5%, Strategy RPG 10.2%, Crafting 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on managing the economy of a town that caters to adventurers, providing a unique twist on medieval management.

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: City Builder 28.1%, Medieval 18%, Building 12.4%, Strategy 10.5%, Simulation 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A detailed city-builder that requires careful management of resources and villagers to survive the harsh medieval environment.

In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

Why similar: City Builder 26.9%, Medieval 12.3%, Strategy 11.6%, Simulation 11.3%, Sandbox 9%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging survival city-builder that forces you to manage the delicate balance of food, shelter, and population growth.

Rise from the humble role of a simple mayor governing a small settlement and rule over all of Europe.

Why similar: Trading 26.8%, Medieval 14.7%, Economy 14.7%, Strategy 10.5%, Management 8%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that emphasizes the importance of trade routes and economic expansion across a large medieval map.

Medieval StartUp is a unique mix of tavern management, crafting, and exploration set in a rich medieval world. Manage your tavern, craft unique items, recruit staff, and explore a mysterious marsh full of hidden secrets and rare resources.

Why similar: Trading 22.8%, Economy 15.1%, Medieval 11.1%, Management 10.1%, Crafting 9.7%

Legend returns! King’s Bounty II is the long-awaited sequel to the legendary King’s Bounty video games franchise, one of the most iconic representatives of the turn-based RPG genre.

Why similar: Medieval 29.5%, RPG 26.3%, Strategy 24%, Fantasy 9.2%, Atmospheric 5%

Why You'll Like It: Blends tactical strategy with RPG elements, offering a broader view of the medieval world while maintaining character-driven progression.

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 19.4%, Medieval 15.1%, Management 12.2%, Life Sim 10.5%, Sandbox 10.3%

KINGDOMS is a procedural medieval RPG in a randomly generated open world. The main feature of KINGDOMS is a smart AI system that completely controls NPC behavior. As the player, you can fully interact with this massive world and become any person you want to be.

Why similar: Medieval 18.8%, Open World 15.7%, Building 14.5%, Crafting 10.6%, Sandbox 9%

The Guild 2 is the shining successor of the ultra successful medieval life sim, Europe 1400. The Guild 2 is a unique mixture of RPG and life simulation in an immersive middle ages scenario. The player and his party become part of history and can even change it in real-time. Go back to the dark middle ages and found a new dynasty!

Why similar: Trading 19.8%, Life Sim 14.1%, Medieval 13.2%, Economy 11.9%, Simulation 11.3%

Noble Legacy is a medieval colony sim where every villager has a purpose and every decision carries weight. Build a thriving settlement, recruit & manage your people, master a deep economy, and defend your realm as you forge a legacy worthy of the crown. What kind of ruler will you be?

Why similar: Economy 16%, Medieval 12.8%, Management 10.5%, City Builder 10.1%, Building 9.9%

Alek, the young man who will change Zarabon's World forever. In this adventure, you must rebuild the world of Zarabon in your image. Build villages and manage your production lines with the help of your villagers.

Why similar: Trading 15.9%, Economy 13.7%, City Builder 9.5%, Management 9.3%, Building 9.1%

Island Market Simulator – In this strategy and economy simulation game set in an island town, build your trade empire by starting with a small market. Produce your goods through farming, livestock, and supply chain management, and expand your business with seasonal dynamics and festivals!

Why similar: Trading 23.8%, Economy 15.9%, Management 10.2%, Building 9%, Life Sim 8.6%

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: Medieval 18.7%, City Builder 16.5%, Building 14.8%, Management 13.7%, Economy 12.9%

Run your own magic business! In Alchemist Shop Simulator you can trade magical wares, brew potions and take on special orders, meet many quirky clients, grow your ingredients in your garden, restock your shelves and manage prices. Keep expanding your business as you gain experience and wealth!

Why similar: Trading 28.5%, Economy 19.8%, Management 12.5%, Medieval 10.9%, Crafting 10.4%

Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.

Why similar: Trading 15.6%, Economy 14%, City Builder 12.6%, Management 11.5%, Simulation 9.2%

Soulash 2 is a sandbox RPG roguelike with a procedurally generated open world, simulated history, skill-based progression system, customizable abilities, material-based crafting, building, trading, and the possibility of total mayhem. Will you save your world or destroy it?

Why similar: Economy 24.4%, Open World 16.6%, Sandbox 15.8%, Crafting 14.8%, RPG 11.9%

Become a fellow of the famous medieval Hanse trading association in the 13th century. Manage the politics, prestige and economic success in your city and the known parts of Europe!

Why similar: Trading 33.9%, Economy 20.7%, Management 12%, Strategy 9.9%, Simulation 9.1%

Obenseuer is an urban survival RPG game, where you become a property manager of a rundown unfinished tenement building, in an isolated quarantine district of Obenseuer. Maintain and upgrade your tenement for rent, uncover the secrets of this infamous district and grow your wealth with your craft.

Why similar: Life Sim 18.9%, Management 18.7%, Strategy RPG 16.4%, Building 14.9%, RPG 12.8%

Having inherited an old forge, it is now up to you to run the shop. Gain riches and fame, upgrade your forge and gain access to new resources to expand your product selection. One day, word of your skill may reach the ears of more than just commoners.

Why similar: Trading 19.6%, Economy 15.7%, Medieval 13.9%, Management 11.4%, Historical 10.3%

Banker Simulator is a single-player game where you revive a bankrupt bank. With active and passive (idle) gameplay, make strategic decisions to grow your bank, satisfy customers, and tackle financial crises.

Why similar: Economy 20.7%, Management 12.7%, Building 11.9%, Crafting 10.8%, Sandbox 10.4%

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: Trading 23.3%, Economy 14.7%, City Builder 11.3%, Management 11.2%, Building 10.5%

Run an adventurers shop – a serious business in a fantasy environment. Stock your store with dangerous weapons, fancy hats, sturdy armour and magical potions.

Why similar: Management 23.7%, Simulation 19.7%, Economy 15.6%, RPG 15.6%, Medieval 6.5%

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: Economy 14.7%, City Builder 13.3%, Medieval 10.8%, Management 10.5%, Building 9.2%

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: Medieval 18.3%, Building 15.7%, City Builder 15.4%, Crafting 14.5%, Open World 8.5%

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: Medieval 18%, City Builder 16.3%, Management 15.3%, Building 14.3%, Sandbox 14.2%

Embark on an enchanting journey and brave ferocious creatures in an immersive medieval fantasy world. Will you settle a new homestead to live a life of farming and trade, or pick up the sword and take up the adventurers' path?

Why similar: Medieval 16%, Economy 12.6%, Crafting 12.3%, Sandbox 12%, Management 11.9%

Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!

Why similar: Management 23.6%, Building 18.1%, Medieval 17.4%, Simulation 11.8%, City Builder 7.4%

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: City Builder 15.4%, Building 13.5%, Management 13%, Crafting 12.5%, Life Sim 11.1%

Team up with your friends and build a thriving trade empire in this CO-OP strategy and economy simulation set on a lively island. Begin with a small market, share tasks, manage production chains, raise livestock, and dominate the economy together through changing seasons and dynamic festivals!

Why similar: Economy 17.9%, Management 12.6%, Medieval 11.8%, Life Sim 11.1%, Building 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: City Builder 15.9%, Medieval 15.3%, Building 11.9%, Management 11.7%, Economy 11.2%

Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.

Why similar: Economy 22.1%, Trading 19.8%, Management 15.9%, City Builder 11.7%, Simulation 8.1%

You’re a humble shopkeeper trying to live a peaceful new life, finding yourself surrounded by warring factions and dangerous creatures. Will you be able to carve out a new home for yourself and your customers in this open-world survival shopkeeping simulator?

Why similar: Economy 35.1%, Crafting 20.9%, Open World 20.6%, Simulation 13.2%, Atmospheric 10.2%