Games Like Siege Survival: Gloria Victis

In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.

Why similar: Survival 22.3%, War 17.9%, Base Building 10.7%, Resource Management 9.3%, Crafting 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive inspiration for the civilian-focused survival gameplay found in the seed game.

Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

Why similar: City Builder 33.3%, Resource Management 17.5%, Survival 15.2%, Base Building 8.3%, Strategy 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an intense, high-stakes survival city-building experience where every resource decision carries heavy moral weight.

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 19.4%, Economy 14.8%, Base Building 12.9%, Historical 12.1%, Resource Management 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines deep medieval city-building with tactical combat and resource management in a realistic setting.

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Why similar: City Builder 19.7%, Economy 14.2%, Base Building 13%, Historical 12.1%, Resource Management 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite city-builder that forces players to manage scarce resources while surviving a hostile, ever-changing environment.

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 18.8%, Economy 14.6%, Base Building 12.8%, Historical 11.5%, Management 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based colony sim that emphasizes defensive building and survival in a post-plague medieval world.

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 43.8%, Survival 12.8%, Medieval 9%, Strategy 7.9%, Resource Management 7%

Why You'll Like It: The foundational survival city-builder that emphasizes the harsh realities of keeping a population alive through changing seasons.

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 17.4%, Economy 11.5%, Base Building 9.5%, Historical 9.3%, Resource Management 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging medieval city-builder that requires careful resource management to survive harsh weather and disease.

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 18.7%, Medieval 14.3%, Base Building 13.9%, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Survival 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Blends survival, crafting, and base building with a deep focus on the individual experience of living in a medieval world.

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 34.6%, Medieval 12.8%, Economy 10.9%, Resource Management 9.4%, Management 8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an organic approach to medieval city-building with a strong focus on resource production and management.

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: Crafting 53.5%, RPG 20.8%, Simulation 17.5%, Singleplayer 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A medieval colony simulator that focuses heavily on survival, family management, and preparing for brutal winters.

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 28.2%, Medieval 14.2%, Management 11%, Survival 10.9%, Economy 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city-builder that features complex production chains and environmental hazards.

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 40.8%, Base Building 19.1%, Management 15.3%, Survival 13.6%, Strategy 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city-builder where water management and resource efficiency are critical to your colony's survival.

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 28.8%, Survival 17.7%, Medieval 16.9%, Crafting 15.8%, War 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines medieval survival, base building, and tactical rebellion against an oppressive regime.

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 25.5%, Survival 11.5%, Economy 11.4%, Medieval 9.1%, Resource Management 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A medieval city-builder that balances social management and survival mechanics within a growing settlement.

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Base Building 28.2%, City Builder 22.3%, Survival 18.5%, Management 15.4%, Strategy 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides an unparalleled colony management experience where survival depends on balancing complex social and resource needs.

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: City Builder 17%, Base Building 13.3%, Resource Management 12.1%, Medieval 10.8%, Crafting 10%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the early stages of building and defending a medieval settlement with a strong emphasis on resource gathering.

Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.

Why similar: City Builder 37.3%, Resource Management 17.7%, Survival 16.5%, Strategy 8.8%, Base Building 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the high-stakes survival management of the original with even deeper societal and resource challenges.

Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

Why similar: City Builder 34.9%, Survival 14.7%, Base Building 14.3%, Strategy 9.9%, Simulation 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival city-builder that requires scavenging and managing resources to keep your colony alive.

Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

Why similar: City Builder 38.8%, Survival 15.8%, Base Building 14.8%, Strategy 7.8%, Resource Management 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A survival city-builder that challenges players to manage resources while dealing with radiation and environmental disasters.

Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.

Why similar: City Builder 34.2%, Base Building 19.5%, Medieval 17.4%, Survival 13.7%, Strategy 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling survival strategy game focused on defending your kingdom from nightly waves of enemies.

Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.

Why similar: Base Building 25.8%, Survival 19%, Crafting 14.5%, Resource Management 10.3%, Management 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused colony sim that emphasizes complex crafting, base building, and defending against threats.

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 19.9%, Economy 14.7%, Base Building 13.1%, Historical 12%, Resource Management 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A medieval kingdom management sim that focuses on the survival of your noble family amidst social and political turmoil.

Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?

Why similar: City Builder 22.8%, Resource Management 13%, Base Building 12.8%, Economy 12.6%, Immersive Sim 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A unique survival city-builder that requires managing logistics and resources on treacherous mountain terrain.

Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!

Why similar: City Builder 19.4%, Economy 12.4%, War 11.6%, Base Building 9.8%, Medieval 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features medieval castle building and defensive strategy with a focus on managing resources for war.

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: Base Building 13.7%, Economy 13.4%, Management 12.4%, Medieval 12.3%, Resource Management 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A medieval management sim that focuses on the economy and production chains of a blacksmith shop.

Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.

Why similar: City Builder 28.7%, Economy 17.6%, Base Building 16.3%, Medieval 13.1%, Survival 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A massive-scale city-builder that incorporates survival elements and deep management of a growing population.

Mr. Prepper is about being prepared. You know something is wrong. The risk of a nuclear war is in the air and you need to get ready for what's coming.

Why similar: Base Building 19.2%, Survival 16.4%, Crafting 14.6%, Resource Management 14.2%, Management 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the survival and resource management aspects of preparing for a looming crisis in a restrictive environment.

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 21.6%, Medieval 15.2%, Resource Management 15%, City Builder 14.4%, Time Management 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a lighter medieval management experience focused on building and resource flow within a tavern.

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 30.5%, Base Building 19.4%, Medieval 15.1%, Management 13.7%, Survival 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A medieval colony sim that emphasizes character-driven survival and the consequences of your leadership decisions.

Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!

Why similar: City Builder 24.1%, Historical 11.9%, Survival 10.7%, Economy 10.3%, Immersive Sim 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A historical city-builder that emphasizes the survival of your people through environmental management and long-term planning.

Build shops, craft items with hundreds of customization options, and manage your resources wisely to lead your Heroes to success. Immerse yourself as proprietor of a medieval fantasy town in a world abounding with Heroes and Monsters.

Why similar: City Builder 15.4%, Time Management 10.8%, Strategy RPG 10.4%, Resource Management 9.1%, Economy 9%

A medieval city under siege and a handful of civilians are all that keep the walls from falling. Mixing survival strategy and resource management, build your camp, craft supplies, and scavenge the occupied city to supply the last troops holding back the invaders.

Why similar: Time Management 9.8%, Economy 9.3%, Resource Management 8.7%, Strategy RPG 8.4%, Isometric 8.4%

Build your own military camp, manage the economy, recruit the best candidates and train them to become elite specialists. Send them on missions across the land to end the war once and for all!

Why similar: City Builder 16.6%, Economy 12.4%, Base Building 11.2%, Strategy RPG 11%, Isometric 10.4%

The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.

Why similar: Base Building 24.8%, City Builder 18.9%, Strategy 12.6%, Survival 12.3%, Resource Management 10.3%

IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

Why similar: City Builder 29.2%, Resource Management 14.8%, Base Building 12.7%, Survival 12.5%, Economy 10%

Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.

Why similar: City Builder 28.6%, Base Building 11.5%, Resource Management 10.8%, Medieval 10.6%, Strategy 8.6%

Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!

Why similar: City Builder 22.5%, Base Building 14.9%, Resource Management 12.8%, Economy 12.3%, Survival 10.5%

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 43.3%, Resource Management 15.8%, Medieval 12.4%, Survival 10.1%, Strategy 6.7%

Create and customize cities in Nebuchadnezzar, a classic isometric city-builder where careful planning and define your rise as a ruler in ancient Mesopotamia.

Why similar: City Builder 28.7%, Economy 18%, Isometric 14.2%, Historical 11.1%, Management 11.1%

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 22.5%, Economy 15.9%, Base Building 14.9%, Resource Management 13.5%, Management 11.3%

Develop a prestigious university of mages. Build rooms, train your students, fight orcs, slay the bureaucrats, manage your budget... a director's life is not a quiet one.

Why similar: Economy 17.8%, Base Building 16.7%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Management 12.4%, Resource Management 10.4%

Feudal Baron: King’s Land is classic-style city-builder. Turn a humble settlement into a medieval town, build workshops and churches, repel raids, and manage your subjects. Ensure steady supplies – or squeeze every last penny from the people.

Why similar: City Builder 22.4%, Resource Management 13.5%, Time Management 12.2%, Base Building 11.9%, Medieval 11.7%

Depraved is a city builder game with survival aspects, settled in the Wild West. Build towns and establish important outposts to supply your residents with food and other raw materials. Resist the seasons, dangerous animals, and bandits and conquer the Wild West.

Why similar: City Builder 21.6%, Economy 14.9%, Base Building 11.7%, Medieval 10.5%, Management 10%

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: Base Building 17.4%, Historical 16.8%, Resource Management 16.7%, Medieval 15.6%, Isometric 10.5%

Rebuild Pompeii from the ashes and lead it through centuries of politics, intrigue, and survival. Shape laws, expand trade across the Empire, guide your city through disasters, and command legions in optional real-time battles. Your legacy begins now.

Why similar: City Builder 19.4%, Economy 13%, Historical 10.2%, Isometric 10%, Medieval 10%

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: City Builder 27%, Base Building 24%, War 13.7%, Medieval 13.3%, Strategy 8.4%

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: City Builder 25.6%, Economy 14.6%, Medieval 13.7%, Management 13%, Resource Management 10.8%

Build your own Slavic settlement. Overcome the hardships of medieval life and don't anger the Gods!

Why similar: City Builder 30.7%, Isometric 16.2%, Survival 13.1%, Medieval 11.4%, Management 10.2%

Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.

Why similar: Economy 20.3%, Base Building 18.6%, Resource Management 15.6%, Crafting 14.5%, Management 13.9%

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 27%, Resource Management 13.5%, Medieval 11.7%, Base Building 11.4%, Management 9.5%

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 25.4%, Economy 13.9%, Base Building 11.4%, Historical 10.5%, Survival 10.4%

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 18.2%, Base Building 11.8%, Resource Management 10.1%, Economy 9.8%, Medieval 9.3%

Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.

Why similar: City Builder 20%, Base Building 14.6%, Survival 13.8%, Resource Management 12.9%, Isometric 10.8%

Marble Age is a turn-based historical strategy where your task is to turn a small Ancient Greek village into a flourishing Polis, powerful enough to conquer the known world!

Why similar: City Builder 18%, Economy 13.2%, Historical 13.2%, Survival 11.7%, Management 10.3%

DEAD IN VINLAND is a survival/management game, mixed with RPG and adventure elements, about a Viking family trying their best to survive on a mysterious island.

Why similar: Survival 28%, Resource Management 19.9%, Strategy 14.2%, RPG 14.2%, Simulation 9.6%

Turn-based kingdom management simulator focused on decision-making. Will you survive and lead the kingdom to prosperity, or die in agony? The throne awaits.

Why similar: City Builder 17.9%, Strategy RPG 16.2%, Medieval 15.4%, Historical 12.2%, Economy 12.1%

Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.

Why similar: City Builder 22.4%, Historical 11.4%, Economy 11.3%, Base Building 11.1%, Resource Management 9.8%

These are troubling times, Your Grace. The petitioners’ petty matters exceed our limited resources, to say nothing of the war. A careful balance must be struck. Your throne awaits.

Why similar: Medieval 19.7%, Resource Management 16.5%, Historical 15.8%, Management 14.3%, Choices Matter 13.9%

A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs

Why similar: City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 12.7%, Isometric 11.3%, Strategy RPG 11.2%, Immersive Sim 11%

The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.

Why similar: City Builder 20%, Economy 14.7%, Base Building 13.2%, Historical 12.2%, Resource Management 11.2%