Games Like Shieldwall

Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.

Why similar: War 26%, Funny 12.7%, Historical 10.2%, Simulation 9.7%, Strategy 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive physics-based battle simulator that shares the same humorous, colorful, and chaotic DNA as Shieldwall.

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: War 27.4%, Medieval 26.8%, Strategy 9.7%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Historical 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This offers the most immersive experience of leading squads into massive medieval battles from a third-person perspective.

Lead a Roman expeditionary force into the heart of Ancient Britain! Recruit, promote, and upgrade your legionaries while constructing a series of fortified marching camps. Use Roman tactics and strategies to conquer the entire island and become Warlord!

Why similar: Rome 59.8% ★, Historical 18.2%, Strategy 9%, Action 4%, Sandbox 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on Roman-era tactical conquest and squad management in an open-world setting, mirroring Shieldwall's historical theme.

Welcome to Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2, the most ridiculous and insane battle simulator in existence! Create eye watering battles with hundreds of thousands, even millions of characters on screen! Jump into multiple campaigns in game or player made, or play in sandbox mode and FPS invasion

Why similar: Simulation 22.3%, Strategy 20.1%, Third Person 15.6%, Sandbox 14.1%, Colorful 12%

Why You'll Like It: It allows for the creation of massive, sandbox-style battles with thousands of units, perfect for those who enjoy the scale of Shieldwall.

Become a master strategist in this physics-based Real-Time Tactics game! Command minifig-inspired armies and customize strategies with hand-drawn formations. Conquer unique campaigns for all five armies and unleash massive battles in both single-player and multiplayer modes. Victory awaits!

Why similar: War 20.7%, Medieval 15.6%, Historical 15.5%, Funny 8.1%, Comedy 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique, stylized aesthetic and tactical combat where you draw formations to command your troops in battle.

Commander in the ranks. Soldier at heart. Choose a faction and deploy and command your army into massive physics-driven WWII battles to the last man standing. Destroy everything on sight with an insane amount of units that will behave tactically.

Why similar: War 30.9%, Strategy 16.2%, Simulation 15.3%, Action 7.4%, Sandbox 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It applies the same 'funny simulator' logic to World War II, offering a similar sandbox experience with different historical units.

A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.

Why similar: Medieval 47.9%, Strategy 24.8%, Colorful 10%, Action 9.6%, 3D 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends minimalist city-building with tactical defense, capturing the strategic squad-command feel in a polished, accessible package.

Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually solved by war.

Why similar: Medieval 29.9%, Historical 21.8%, War 20.2%, Strategy 18.9%, Multiplayer 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A squad-based RTS that emphasizes tactical positioning and historical medieval combat, offering a more serious take on the genre.

Dive into a sandbox full of action and customization! Choose from different game modes like deathmatch, conquest, king of the hill, zombie survival and many more. Create your own scenarios and content in the easy to use in-game editors or use one of the 50k+ workshop items from other players...

Why similar: War 28.9%, Historical 13.2%, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 10.5%, Sandbox 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A highly customizable sandbox simulator that allows you to pit various historical and fantasy units against each other.

Besiege is a physics building game about constructing medieval machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Conquer the campaign or skirmish with friends in Multiplayer!

Why similar: Medieval 29.5%, PvP 14.7%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Simulation 12.3%, Strategy 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: While focused on construction, its physics-based destruction and medieval setting provide a similar sandbox satisfaction to Shieldwall.

Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!

Why similar: War 49.6%, Funny 10.6%, Sandbox 8.4%, Action 7.2%, Strategy 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Though modern-themed, its low-poly aesthetic and focus on large-scale, single-player battlefield chaos make it a great mechanical match.

Fight on multiple fronts in Holdfast: Nations At War - A multiplayer first and third-person shooter set during the great Napoleonic Era and WW1. Charge into battle with over 150 players per server!

Why similar: War 31.2%, Historical 23.4%, Multiplayer 11%, PvP 8.9%, Third Person 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of line infantry combat and squad coordination in a historical setting with a strong emphasis on community and chaos.

The ultimate physics-based, sandbox battle simulator where you can create funny battles between all sorts of ragdoll creatures! You can also make your own monsters with the unit creator or even join the battles yourself in the first-person mode!

Why similar: War 32.6%, Funny 13.7%, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 10.1%, Sandbox 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides the same sandbox joy as Shieldwall but swaps soldiers for creatures and monsters in a physics-driven environment.

A FPS WW1 & Revolutionary War battle simulator with a focus on Workshop Content, rag-doll physics, intelligent AI, massive battles, procedural AI cover system, real-time building system and FPS combat!

Why similar: War 42.8%, Historical 19.8%, Simulation 10.1%, Sandbox 8.7%, Strategy 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A World War we sandbox game that emphasizes large-scale infantry combat and tactical positioning in a single-player environment.

Lead. Fight. Win.

Why similar: Rome 26.7% ★, War 21.2%, Strategy 10.1%, Medieval 9.6%, Simulation 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A smaller-scale tactical game that focuses on the formation-based combat of ancient armies.

Extremely Realistic Siege Warfare Simulator is a physics-based tactical strategy game where you must lead a military force in a fantasy medieval world. Build an army. Construct siege equipment. Experience epic battles. Lead your people to victory!!

Why similar: War 33%, PvP 11.2%, Funny 10.7%, Strategy 8.9%, Simulation 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the tactical and physics-based aspects of medieval sieges, requiring careful planning and unit management.

Conqueror's Blade gives you a chance to be a true warlord. Commanding medieval troops in epic 15 vs. 15 siege battles, conquering cities with allies in the open world or fighting against players from all over the world – it's you who make the choice.

Why similar: War 29.6%, Medieval 25.4%, PvP 14%, Strategy 9.7%, Third Person 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A massive multiplayer game that lets you command your own unit of troops while fighting alongside other players in medieval sieges.

Welcome to Polygon Fantasy Battle Simulator, the most colorful medieval fantasy battle simulator in existence! Throw tens of thousands of soldiers into battle, enjoy the show, or take direct control of one of them to prove your valor!

Why similar: War 21.3%, Simulation 13.8%, Strategy 13.4%, Historical 13.3%, Action 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a straightforward, colorful, and casual approach to battle simulation with a focus on fantasy units.

Build a wooden fort, place your units, watch the mayhem!

Why similar: War 32.5%, Funny 13.1%, Simulation 11.7%, Strategy 10.8%, Physics 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A quirky, physics-based auto-battler that features toy-like soldiers, echoing the lighthearted tone of Shieldwall.

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: War 38.7%, Medieval 35.6%, Strategy 21.9%, Indie 2%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines base-building with tactical defense against waves of enemies, sharing the medieval siege theme.

The Ultimate Gladiator Simulator. Fight & strategize through spectacles and arenas. Rise from slave to Champion and earn your freedom or... die trying. This Gladiator RPG Roguelite features in-depth career management and unique physics simulated combat. Those who are about to die, I salute you!

Why similar: Rome 40.5% ★, Medieval 16.5%, Historical 13.3%, Strategy 7.2%, Simulation 7%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the gritty, tactical, and physics-based combat of Roman gladiatorial arenas with a focus on individual skill and squad survival.

Rise of Liberty is a FPS single-player massive Revolutionary War battle simulator. Fire deafening cannons into the thick of the battle, stand in line formation and fire devastating volleys into the enemy. Gather your men for these monumental battles and defeat the enemy!

Why similar: War 46.2%, Funny 14.6%, Strategy 9.8%, Sandbox 8.5%, Action 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A single-player sandbox shooter that focuses on large-scale historical battles with a focus on fun over strict realism.

Strategos is a real-time tactics wargame set in classical antiquity. Simulate large-scale battles with over 120 factions, and 250+ units, from the ancient world. Create custom battles, or take command of historical ones.

Why similar: Rome 41.7% ★, War 15.7%, Historical 13.6%, Medieval 12.5%, Strategy 7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical wargame that focuses on real-time unit management and historical battlefield tactics.

From the multi-award-winning strategy series, A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia combines huge real-time battles with engrossing turn-based campaign, set at a critical flashpoint in history. Anglo-Saxons, Gaelic clans and Viking settlers clash for control. What Kingdom will you build?

Why similar: Historical 27.5%, War 22.2%, Medieval 20.7%, Strategy 16.3%, Multiplayer 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a more traditional, grand-strategy approach to the medieval warfare and historical setting found in Shieldwall.

Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

Why similar: War 18.1%, Historical 13.9%, Medieval 11.5%, Comedy 9.8%, Simulation 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A collection of experimental, physics-based games from the creators of TABS, perfect for fans of the 'funny simulator' genre.

Command your TOY SOLDIERS in epic, action-packed battles.

Why similar: Strategy 33.8%, Historical 20.6%, Simulation 19.5%, Action 16.4%, Casual 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic tower-defense game that uses a toy-based theme to simulate historical warfare, similar in spirit to modern sandbox simulators.

Voor de Kroon is an immersive medieval strategy-action game with historically inspired arms and armor. Fight historical battles and command your troops from the front line or the RTS camera. Use the Warforge editor to reshape the entire game and build your own medieval campaigns.

Why similar: War 30.8%, Medieval 23.6%, Historical 18.9%, Simulation 7.6%, Strategy 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A medieval strategy game that combines real-time tactics with a sandbox world, focusing on unit control.

Chivalry 2 is a multiplayer first person slasher inspired by epic medieval movie battles. Players are thrust into the action of every iconic moment of the era - from clashing swords, to storms of flaming arrows, to sprawling castle sieges and more.

Why similar: Medieval 24.1%, War 20.9%, Historical 17.9%, Multiplayer 9.6%, PvP 9.5%

Spartans vs Persians, Ogres vs Chickens, Marines vs Archers. Create your own units, customize their AI and watch them fight!

Why similar: War 26.9%, Medieval 20.1%, Simulation 17.9%, Strategy 16.4%, Funny 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A simple, action-oriented strategy game that focuses on medieval combat and unit management.

Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Medieval 31.3%, Historical 31.2%, War 23.3%, Strategy 7.1%, Simulation 7%

In the anarchic world of Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare, only the mightiest warlord rules. Start with a pistol and a few militias, you will set yourself on a wild and ambitious journey towards world domination. Enjoy the immersive combination of intense FPS and sandbox strategy.

Why similar: War 33.4%, Strategy 27.5%, Action 15.3%, Sandbox 9.5%, Simulation 5%

Why You'll Like It: While modern, it offers a unique blend of FPS combat and squad-based strategy that feels like a more serious cousin to Shieldwall.

Do you want to become part of great battles? Lead the alien army in tactical-voxel simulator game Make War.

Why similar: War 33.1%, Strategy 13.7%, Funny 13.2%, Simulation 12.3%, Comedy 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical strategy game where you place units to influence the outcome of battles, focusing on sandbox experimentation.

Here is a sandbox like no other. Create massive battles with absolutely no limits. Want to see 10,000 chickens fight an army of Romans?? Sure, why not. Want to see a company of WW2 U.S soldiers fight 11,000 Medieval soldiers?? There are simply no limits to the carnage you can achieve in UEBS.

Why similar: War 35.4%, Medieval 15.2%, Simulation 13.4%, Strategy 8.6%, Funny 8.6%

Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent’s buildings to rubble!

Why similar: Multiplayer 22.6%, Strategy 19.5%, Funny 17.3%, Physics 14.7%, Sandbox 10.7%

Goofy Ragdolls and Physics Simulated duels that will challenge your tactics. Customise & Upgrade your Gladiator, dismember opponents in the arena and climb the Leaderboard. All for free!

Why similar: Rome 49.4% ★, Medieval 11.6%, PvP 9.3%, Multiplayer 7.5%, Simulation 5.7%

Jump into a realtime strategy, action filled battlefield, deploy relentless soldiers, unlock powerful troops and vehicles, upgrade your army, decimate the enemy. If that's not enough, jump into a chaotic Zombie mode, with traps, fun upgrades, and a new gameplay!

Why similar: War 45.4%, Historical 17.4%, Strategy 14.7%, Simulation 9.5%, Action 6.5%

Against a darkening background of famine, disease and war, a new power is rising in the great steppes of the East. With a million horsemen at his back, the ultimate warrior king approaches, and his sights are set on Rome… The next instalment in the multi award-winning PC series that combines turn-based strategy with real-time tactics,...

Why similar: Rome 30.8% ★, War 23.5%, Historical 19.2%, Strategy 12%, Medieval 6.9%

FIREWORKS MANIA is a small casual explosive simulator game where you play around with fireworks, create beautiful firework shows or just blow stuff up.

Why similar: Multiplayer 18%, Funny 16.8%, Comedy 12.4%, Simulation 11.6%, Sandbox 11.1%

Battle Cry of Freedom brings brutal real-time first and third-person combat set in the 19th Century America, presenting players with the opportunity to re-fight the American Civil War as either the Union or the Confederates.

Why similar: War 29.8%, Historical 26.2%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Simulation 10.1%, Strategy 9.7%

Test your mettle as a commander in a Tactical Roguelike Auto Battler where positioning and unit combinations are key! Write your own story in Roguelike mode, try out over 100 unique challenges or create interesting battles with the Sandbox tool!

Why similar: War 29.6%, Medieval 23%, Funny 10.8%, Strategy 7.7%, Simulation 7.6%

War of Rights is a first person multiplayer game featuring massive 400 player battles with a focus on historical authenticity, teamplay and immersion. It is set during the perilous days of the American Civil War, in the Maryland Campaign of September, 1862.

Why similar: War 37.4%, Historical 30.4%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Simulation 8%, Strategy 6.4%

Demolish your friends with hundreds of upgradable weapons shot from your customizable tank in this action-packed online multiplayer tanks game. Earn XP to level up and unlock new tanks, weapons, and gear. Fight against or alongside your friends for strategic team or free-for-all matches.

Why similar: Multiplayer 32.8%, Strategy 22.3%, Funny 11.9%, Action 10.9%, Colorful 7.7%

Battle on the Front Lines with funny, crazy physics. Create your own battles between men and test out everything to the limits.

Why similar: Strategy 26.2%, Simulation 26%, Action 15.5%, Adventure 9.2%, Casual 8.5%

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: Medieval 31%, Historical 23.1%, Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 8.9%, Funny 8%

Build the best ludus in the world! and survive in ancient Rome.

Why similar: Rome 54.7% ★, Simulation 10.2%, Historical 10.2%, Strategy 8.6%, Action 5.4%

Inspired by The Iliad and brought to life through the award-winning strategy game series, A Total War Saga: TROY brings a blend of grand, turn-based empire management and spectacular real-time battles to the heart of the Trojan War.

Why similar: War 30.9%, Historical 24.3%, Strategy 13.4%, Simulation 10.5%, Multiplayer 7.7%

Bad North is a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite. Defend your idyllic island kingdom against a horde of Viking invaders, as you lead the desperate exodus of your people. Command your loyal subjects to take full tactical advantage of the unique shape of each island.

Why similar: War 65.2%, Strategy 19.1%, Simulation 15.7%

Take part of history’s greatest battle of Green VS. Tan. Fight amongst and against others online. Jump, shoot and roll your way into victory with fast paced objective based gameplay. Sometimes the greatest battles are fought by the smallest of soldiers.

Why similar: Multiplayer 36.2%, Funny 28.4%, Action 19.9%, Colorful 7.9%, Indie 5.6%

Step into the boots of a medieval engineer and master the art of siege warfare. In Medieval Machines Builder, you design, build, and operate powerful war machines capable of bringing down even the strongest fortress walls 🏰

Why similar: Medieval 33.4%, Funny 14.7%, Simulation 13.9%, Physics 10.1%, Sandbox 8.4%

Welcome to Epic Fantasy Battle Simulator, the most immersive medieval battle simulator to date! Throw tens of thousands of soldiers into battle, enjoy the show, or take control of one of them to prove your valor! The only limit is your imagination! Or maybe your CPU?

Why similar: War 27.9%, Medieval 22.2%, Third Person 10.9%, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 10.5%

Total War: ROME REMASTERED lets you relive the legacy that defined the award-winning strategy game series. Remastered to 4K with multiple improvements to visuals as well as refinements to gameplay, it’s time to revisit a true classic. Not everyone gets a second chance to conquer the Roman Empire.

Why similar: Rome 53.3% ★, War 14.2%, Historical 14%, Strategy 10%, Action 4.1%

Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North is a gripping, tactical RPG that lets you build a powerful band of adventurers and partake in a grand adventure.

Why similar: Strategy 34%, Medieval 33.8%, Action 13.2%, Indie 10.5%, Adventure 8.5%

Experience authentic medieval warfare. Command vast armies in brutal mass battles, utilizing diverse weapons and tactics. Embark on historical campaigns against rival kingdoms or challenge real opponents in epic PvP wars.

Why similar: Medieval 23.4%, War 17.5%, Historical 15.8%, PvP 9.9%, Strategy 9.9%

Experience (mildly) accurate historical battles from the Napoleonic era, but from the perspective of DUCKS! Duckoleon is a multiplayer FPS/TPS with strategic elements. Exciting combat with units ranging from line infantry to cavalry and artillery, historical uniforms, cute ducks and much more!

Why similar: Historical 28.1%, PvP 19.6%, War 18.4%, Funny 16%, Colorful 7.9%

Rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat in a fusion of RTS and Grand Strategy genres. Rule, build, and serve your King as a minor lord in medieval Europe. Experience siege, field and naval combat with an unseen degree of brutality. Rogue-like progression, epic towns and battles await…

Why similar: War 31.3%, Medieval 30.8%, Strategy 11.7%, PvP 10.8%, Simulation 8.3%

In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!

Why similar: Medieval 44.9%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Historical 10.4%, Strategy 10.4%, Sandbox 6.5%

Join massive multiplayer battles in Over The Top: WWI - an intense shooter set in the gritty backdrop of World War I. Pick your class, choose from a vast arsenal, including rifles, artillery, airplanes, and powerful tanks, and experience the chaos of fully destructible battlefields.

Why similar: War 26.8%, Historical 22.3%, Multiplayer 11.7%, PvP 10.3%, Third Person 10.1%

Land on the beaches of Gallipoli and fight intense 50-player objective-based battles on the Ottoman Fronts! Experience WW1 trench warfare and desert expeditions as one of 10 historic classes, armed with authentic weaponry. Gallipoli brings the most immersive WW1 FPS battles yet.

Why similar: War 25.7%, Historical 24.6%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Simulation 11%, PvP 11%

Total Conflict: Resistance is a unique symbiosis of global strategy, tactics and first-person action. Realistic mass battles, many types of armored vehicles, weapons, uniforms, unique mechanics, immersive free gameplay. Lead any state and bring it to greatness!

Why similar: War 61.4%, Strategy 15%, Simulation 13.6%, Action 10%