- #1 Medieval Dynasty
97% matchVery Positive90% of 50,786 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 36.2 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 13%, Building 12.9%, Base Building 11.5%, Medieval 10.6%, Survival 9%
Why You'll Like It: This is the direct sibling to Sengoku Dynasty, sharing the same core loop of survival, village management, and medieval life simulation.
- #2 Bellwright
96% matchVery Positive81% of 19,796 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 18.9%, Survival 11.5%, Open World 10.6%, Medieval 10.5%, Crafting 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar progression from a lone survivor to a leader of a growing village, complete with combat and resource management.
- #3 ASKA
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 11,689 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A new Viking age dawns with you at its helm. Forge a thriving colony from nothing in this mythic open-world survival sim. Earn the gods' favor and survive in a land ruled by ancient terrors and unforgiving seasons. Rally unique villagers, expand your settlement and defend your tribe - solo or co-op!
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.7%, Base Building 14.4%, Survival 10%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Crafting 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on tribal management and survival, requiring you to lead villagers in a harsh, open-world environment.
- #4 Manor Lords
95% matchVery Positive84% of 87,232 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 22.1 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 24.6%, Base Building 17.1%, Historical 14.5%, Medieval 13.4%, Colony Sim 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly balances deep city-building mechanics with tactical medieval combat and realistic village growth.
- #5 Going Medieval
94% matchVery Positive89% of 20,881 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 31.6 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: City Builder 21%, Colony Sim 18.5%, Base Building 15.1%, Historical 12.1%, Survival 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: This colony-sim emphasizes vertical building and survival against environmental threats in a medieval setting.
- #6 Soulmask
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 21,464 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 68.1 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 18.7%, Base Building 15.5%, Open World 11.3%, Survival 10.9%, Building 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers deep tribe management and survival mechanics where you recruit NPCs to help automate your base-building efforts.
- #7 Kenshi
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 112,221 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 71.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 21.9%, Survival 16.3%, City Builder 15.5%, Base Building 14.2%, Building 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: This sandbox RPG offers unparalleled freedom to build a base and manage a faction in a brutal, unforgiving world.
- #8 Enshrouded
92% matchVery Positive86% of 101,648 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 45.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Why similar: Base Building 19.2%, Open World 16.7%, Survival 14.8%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Crafting 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: This open-world survival game features excellent building mechanics and a strong focus on exploration and RPG progression.
- #9 Myth of Empires
91% matchMixed67% of 17,381 reviews2024
Dev: Angela GamePub: Imperium Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 15.3 hrsMean: 229.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox game featuring a high degree of freedom and multiple civilizations. Players must survive, craft, create, and lead troops in their quest to conquer PVE or PVP territory and build their own empire. Xizhou Civilization Pack is now officially released!
Why similar: Base Building 16.5%, Building 14.7%, Open World 12.9%, Survival 11.9%, Medieval 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A massive open-world survival game that emphasizes building, crafting, and large-scale warfare in a historical setting.
- #10 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
91% matchVery Positive88% of 290,096 reviews2022
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 62.3 hrsMean: 154.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
Why similar: Medieval 32.2%, Open World 24.4%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Historical 10.8%, RPG 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feudal warfare and RPG elements of the era, allowing you to rise from a wanderer to a lord.
- #11 Farthest Frontier
90% matchVery Positive86% of 24,477 reviews2025
Dev: Crate Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 26.9 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: City Builder 20.5%, Colony Sim 14.3%, Building 12.4%, Base Building 11.7%, Historical 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This city-builder focuses heavily on the survival aspects of managing a medieval settlement through harsh seasons.
- #12 Norland
89% matchVery Positive82% of 9,913 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 18.0 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: City Builder 17.2%, Colony Sim 14.5%, Base Building 12%, Historical 9.8%, Medieval 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A complex kingdom management sim that focuses on the lives and social dynamics of your noble family and subjects.
- #13 Foundation
89% matchVery Positive86% of 23,739 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.6 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 38.1%, Medieval 13.3%, Colony Sim 9.2%, Building 7.9%, Base Building 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a more organic approach to medieval city-building, focusing on community growth and resource chains.
- #14 Valheim
87% matchVery Positive94% of 534,015 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.8 hrsMean: 76.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Base Building 14.2%, Survival 13.7%, Open World 12.7%, Online Co-Op 12.7%, Building 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a compelling mix of exploration, survival, and base-building in a world inspired by Norse mythology.
- #15 Dawn of Man
88% matchVery Positive87% of 17,712 reviews2019
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 30.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.
Why similar: City Builder 41.6%, Colony Sim 28.4%, Survival 12.7%, Historical 8.4%, Open World 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city-builder that challenges you to guide your people through the ages of human development.
- #16 Blacksmith Master
86% matchVery Positive84% of 2,580 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.5 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: City Builder 18.9%, Colony Sim 15.7%, Base Building 13.2%, Medieval 10.4%, Building 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the crafting and economic management side of medieval life, letting you build a business empire.
- #17 The Guild 3
86% matchMixed61% of 7,892 reviews2022
Dev: Purple LampPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 16.0 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: Life Sim 27.2%, Medieval 21.8%, Open World 9.7%, Building 8.8%, Multiplayer 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the life-sim and economic management aspects of medieval society, allowing you to build a dynasty.
- #18 Kingdoms Reborn
85% matchVery Positive91% of 9,605 reviews2020
Dev: Earthshine
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.2 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 28.5%, Colony Sim 15.4%, Base Building 12.5%, Medieval 6.9%, Management 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-compatible city-builder that allows you to manage a settlement while interacting with others in an open world.
- #19 Settlements Rising
82% matchVery Positive81% of 426 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: City Builder 23.6%, Colony Sim 18.8%, Base Building 10.5%, Medieval 9.6%, Building 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A detailed city-builder that emphasizes resource management and the survival of your villagers.
- #20 Wild West Legacy
84% matchMostly Negative37% of 2,125 reviews2024
Dev: Moon Punch StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
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 16.6%, Base Building 15.4%, Life Sim 13.8%, Crafting 11.3%, Open World 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Built on a similar engine, this game translates the survival and building mechanics into a frontier western setting.
- #21 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
84% matchMixed66% of 5,998 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.7 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: City Builder 32.3%, Colony Sim 25.7%, Medieval 8.8%, Resource Management 8.1%, Survival 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval city-builder that focuses on the survival of your villagers through farming and resource gathering.
- #22 Patron
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,163 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.6 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: City Builder 23.4%, Colony Sim 19%, Survival 10.4%, Base Building 8.7%, Medieval 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city-builder that incorporates social dynamics and political decisions into your town management.
- #23 Timberborn
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 39,576 reviews2026
Dev: Mechanistry
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 42.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
Why similar: City Builder 29.5%, Colony Sim 20.3%, Base Building 14.5%, Building 10.7%, Survival 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A unique city-builder that focuses on water management and survival in a world where you must adapt to droughts.
- #24 Frozenheim
82% matchMixed70% of 3,869 reviews2022
Dev: Paranoid InteractivePub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 19.7%, Base Building 17%, Resource Management 12.9%, Medieval 12.2%, Online Co-Op 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A Viking-themed city-builder that blends resource management with tactical combat and base defense.
- #25 Clanfolk
81% matchVery Positive92% of 3,845 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.1 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 21.3%, Life Sim 18.1%, Medieval 15.4%, Crafting 13.4%, Building 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that prioritizes survival and family management in the harsh Scottish Highlands.
- #26 V Rising
79% matchVery Positive89% of 134,242 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.0 hrsMean: 57.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
Why similar: Base Building 19.9%, Open World 15.5%, Survival 15.4%, Crafting 12.3%, Online Co-Op 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It features top-tier base-building and survival mechanics with a strong focus on combat and progression.
- #27 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
79% matchVery Positive82% of 9,989 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Why similar: Base Building 13.7%, City Builder 12.2%, Survival 10.5%, Crafting 9.1%, Open World 9%
Why You'll Like It: This survival game offers unique base-building mechanics and exploration from a perspective that changes how you interact with the environment.
- #28 Banished
81% matchVery Positive90% of 43,119 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 37.3%, Colony Sim 29.3%, Survival 10.8%, Medieval 7.2%, Resource Management 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: The classic survival city-builder that forces you to manage resources carefully to keep your population alive through winter.
- #29 Noble Fates
80% matchVery Positive83% of 1,471 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: City Builder 23%, Colony Sim 20.2%, Base Building 15.5%, Medieval 10.7%, Building 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that gives you direct control over a ruler, blending RPG elements with base-building and management.
- #30 Chinese Frontiers
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 516 reviews2025
Dev: SolidGamesPub: Big Cheese Studio
Windows
Plan, build, and unwind in medieval China. Lead villagers, fine-tune production, and craft iconic Chinese landmarks brick by brick. Roam passes, deserts, and river valleys; farm, cook, and decorate. Master new crafts, earn imperial favor, and turn smart design into lasting legacy.
Why similar: City Builder 13.9%, Historical 11.6%, Medieval 11%, Crafting 10.3%, Life Sim 10.1%
- #31 Noble Legacy
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 682 reviews2025
Dev: Studio 369Pub: Ultimus Rex LLC
Windows
Noble Legacy is a medieval city-builder in which you rule the lands as a Noble. Build your kingdom, manage your people, defend your realm, and master a deep economy, alone or with friends in co-op, every decision is yours. What kind of ruler will you be?
Why similar: City Builder 19%, Colony Sim 15.2%, Life Sim 11.4%, Base Building 10.6%, Medieval 10.6%
- #32 Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders
76% matchMixed69% of 1,072 reviews2024
Dev: MeanAstronautsPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Base Building 16.2%, Medieval 16%, Open World 11.7%, Building 10.6%, Crafting 10.5%
- #33 Nightingale
75% matchMixed67% of 17,932 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.
Why similar: Base Building 14.2%, Survival 12.2%, Open World 11.7%, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Crafting 10.9%
- #34 Nested Lands
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 444 reviews2026
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.
Why similar: City Builder 19.3%, Life Sim 12.1%, Medieval 10.6%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 9.5%
- #35 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
73% matchVery Positive85% of 739 reviews2025
Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: City Builder 18.4%, Colony Sim 15.4%, Base Building 11.8%, Crafting 9%, Survival 8.6%
- #36 Pioneers of Pagonia
72% matchVery Positive82% of 5,292 reviews2025
Dev: Envision Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.1 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: City Builder 17.8%, Colony Sim 15.6%, Base Building 12.6%, Medieval 9.7%, Building 8.8%
- #37 Life is Feudal: Your Own
76% matchMixed66% of 12,061 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!
Why similar: Medieval 19.2%, Open World 16.8%, Survival 15.3%, Crafting 15.1%, Building 12.9%
- #38 Life is Feudal: MMO
77% matchMixed40% of 7,344 reviews2018
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the hardcore reality of the Middle Ages. Master survival, engage in deep-rooted RPG elements, navigate a bustling economy, build communities, and employ diplomatic strategy to thrive in Abella's vast expanse.
Why similar: Base Building 17.4%, Historical 14.9%, Medieval 14.8%, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 11.1%
- #39 Settlement Survival
73% matchVery Positive86% of 7,916 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.5 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: City Builder 25.3%, Colony Sim 17.7%, Medieval 12.1%, Building 10.9%, Survival 9.7%
- #40 Korea Dynasty (조선메타실록)
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 273 reviews2023
Dev: Happy Daram Inc.
Windows
This game is a 3D open world survival exploration game that survives in the Korea Dynasty. Players Begin with slaves, change their status in Joseon, survive, and escape. Once free, travel around the country, explore hundreds of ruins, hunt, and collect what you need to survive.
Why similar: City Builder 16.1%, Base Building 12.4%, Life Sim 11.1%, Historical 9.9%, Medieval 9.3%
- #41 ContractVille
71% matchVery Positive81% of 5,944 reviews2025
Dev: MYM Games StudiosPub: FiftyEight Studios
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Plan, design, build, and decorate your dream house in an open-world. Smash walls, sketch your layout, then build and decorate every inch—inside and garden. In an open world, tackle each renovation solo or with up to 4 friends. Pick up that hammer and start creating - Your dream house is waiting!
Why similar: City Builder 18.8%, Base Building 13%, Life Sim 11.5%, Building 10.8%, Open World 10.1%
- #42 KINGDOMS
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 4,083 reviews2015
Dev: Oreol
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 18.9%, Open World 18.4%, Building 16.4%, Survival 14%, Crafting 12.5%
- #43 Sapiens
72% matchVery Positive83% of 2,122 reviews2022
Dev: Majic Jungle
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.1 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: City Builder 20.2%, Colony Sim 17.6%, Base Building 13%, Life Sim 9.6%, Building 8.4%
- #44 Founders' Fortune
73% matchVery Positive80% of 2,181 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.1 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 27.7%, City Builder 21.7%, Base Building 16.1%, Building 9.2%, Survival 7.6%
- #45 Pax Dei
70% matchMixed57% of 10,968 reviews2025
Dev: Mainframe Industries
Windows
Median: 16.5 hrsMean: 70.7 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 21.4%, Medieval 17.2%, Crafting 15.7%, Open World 15.2%, Multiplayer 9.3%
- #46 Occupy Mars: The Game
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,070 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 34.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
Why similar: Colony Sim 14.2%, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 9.8%, Building 8.8%
- #47 Land of the Vikings
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,222 reviews2023
Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 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: City Builder 24.6%, Colony Sim 21.2%, Base Building 11.7%, Survival 9.9%, Historical 9.5%
- #48 Eden Crafters
67% matchVery Positive86% of 2,425 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 11.8%, Colony Sim 11.3%, Open World 10.4%, Building 9.8%
- #49 No One Survived
69% matchMixed65% of 7,645 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
Why similar: Survival 19.7%, Open World 17%, Crafting 12.6%, Building 9.9%, Multiplayer 9.4%
- #50 Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown
70% matchMixed60% of 444 reviews2025
Dev: Zugalu EntertainmentPub: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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: City Builder 18.6%, Colony Sim 14.1%, Base Building 11.6%, Medieval 10.1%, Building 8.9%
- #51 First Feudal
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 634 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 17.5%, City Builder 16.8%, Base Building 13.9%, Medieval 10.2%, Building 9.5%
- #52 Vampires: Bloodlord Rising
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,580 reviews2026
Dev: Mehuman GamesPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
In this dark, open-world adventure, you awaken as a Vampire Lord. Build and customize your castle. Hunt for blood, fight, craft, and gather. Command your loyal servants. Shapeshift into a bat to explore the night and survive the relentless Inquisition, solo or in 4-player co-op.
Why similar: Base Building 18.9%, Open World 13.3%, Crafting 13.2%, Survival 12.8%, Online Co-Op 12%
- #53 Of Life and Land
68% matchVery Positive86% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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: City Builder 18.6%, Colony Sim 14.9%, Base Building 12.7%, Medieval 8.9%, Historical 8.8%
- #54 Humanica
67% matchVery Positive94% of 149 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 20.7%, Colony Sim 14%, Base Building 11.8%, Historical 9.5%, Survival 9.4%
- #55 Viking Frontiers
69% matchMixed54% of 522 reviews2025
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: GameHunters
Windows
Survival of your people - that's the only thing that matters. Become the leader of a newly founded Viking settlement and lead it to safety and glory. Gather, build, craft, hunt, raid and follow your Gods to endure hardships of nature and save your clan from violent destruction.
Why similar: City Builder 20.8%, Medieval 19.6%, Open World 18.2%, Historical 13.6%, Life Sim 12.6%
- #56 Voidtrain
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,447 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Why similar: Base Building 15.9%, Survival 12.4%, Co-op 11.6%, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 10.9%
- #57 Windrose
64% matchVery Positive88% of 44,950 reviews2026
Dev: Kraken Express
Windows
Median: 19.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!
Why similar: Crafting 17%, Survival 16.1%, Online Co-Op 15.9%, Base Building 15.6%, Building 13.6%
- #58 Mirthwood
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,338 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 17.5%, Life Sim 16.6%, Crafting 15.7%, Survival 12.9%, Open World 11.1%
- #59 Dune: Awakening
65% matchMostly Positive70% of 76,118 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 47.7 hrsMean: 97.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.
Why similar: Base Building 17.1%, Open World 12%, Survival 11.9%, Building 11.8%, Crafting 11.8%
- #60 Life is Feudal: Arden
68% matchMixed41% of 857 reviews2025
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Life is Feudal: Arden is a new free-to-play open-world MMORPG set in the Middle Ages, built on the foundation of Life is Feudal: MMO. Engage in thrilling PvP combat, navigate political intrigue, master a variety of professions and craft unique items. Forge your own path to power and greatness!
Why similar: Building 13.3%, Historical 13.1%, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 12.6%, Medieval 11.6%