- #1 This War of Mine
97% matchVery Positive94% of 97,008 reviews2014
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 22.4%, War 18%, Base Building 10.7%, Resource Management 9.2%, Crafting 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive inspiration for the civilian-focused survival gameplay found in the seed game.
- #2 Manor Lords
96% 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 23.5%, Base Building 15.4%, Historical 14.6%, Medieval 13.4%, Economy 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deep medieval city-building with tactical combat and resource management in a realistic setting.
- #3 Frostpunk
96% matchVery Positive93% of 134,607 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 33.6%, Resource Management 17.3%, Survival 15.3%, 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.
- #4 Against the Storm
95% matchVery Positive95% of 35,994 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 18.1%, Economy 12.6%, Base Building 11.8%, Historical 10.7%, Resource Management 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite city-builder that forces players to manage scarce resources while surviving a hostile, ever-changing environment.
- #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 19%, Economy 14.4%, Base Building 12.9%, Historical 11.6%, 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.
- #6 Farthest Frontier
93% 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 17.7%, Economy 11.3%, Base Building 9.5%, Historical 9.3%, Resource Management 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging medieval city-builder that requires careful resource management to survive harsh weather and disease.
- #7 Banished
94% 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 44%, Survival 12.8%, Medieval 8.9%, Strategy 7.9%, Resource Management 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: The foundational survival city-builder that emphasizes the harsh realities of keeping a population alive through changing seasons.
- #8 Medieval Dynasty
92% 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 18.7%, Medieval 14.4%, Base Building 14%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Survival 11.8%
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.
- #9 Foundation
91% 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 35%, Medieval 12.8%, Economy 10.7%, Resource Management 9.3%, Management 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an organic approach to medieval city-building with a strong focus on resource production and management.
- #10 Clanfolk
91% 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: Medieval 36.8%, Crafting 33.9%, RPG 13.2%, Simulation 11%, Singleplayer 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval colony simulator that focuses heavily on survival, family management, and preparing for brutal winters.
- #11 Timberborn
89% 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 36.1%, Base Building 16.7%, Management 13.2%, Resource Management 12.4%, Survival 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city-builder where water management and resource efficiency are critical to your colony's survival.
- #12 Settlement Survival
90% 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 28.4%, Medieval 14.2%, Management 11%, Survival 11%, Economy 10%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city-builder that features complex production chains and environmental hazards.
- #13 Patron
89% 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 25.7%, Survival 11.6%, Economy 11.3%, Medieval 9.1%, Base Building 9%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval city-builder that balances social management and survival mechanics within a growing settlement.
- #14 Bellwright
87% 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 29%, Survival 17.9%, Medieval 16.9%, Crafting 15.6%, War 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines medieval survival, base building, and tactical rebellion against an oppressive regime.
- #15 RimWorld
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 239,676 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.8 hrsMean: 262.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 28.3%, City Builder 22.4%, Survival 18.5%, Management 15.3%, Strategy 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an unparalleled colony management experience where survival depends on balancing complex social and resource needs.
- #16 First Feudal
88% 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: City Builder 17.1%, Base Building 13.3%, Resource Management 11.9%, 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.
- #17 Norland
84% 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 18.1%, Economy 12.6%, Base Building 11.9%, Historical 10.8%, Medieval 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval kingdom management sim that focuses on the survival of your noble family amidst social and political turmoil.
- #18 Surviving the Aftermath
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,528 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 35%, Survival 14.7%, Base Building 14.3%, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival city-builder that requires scavenging and managing resources to keep your colony alive.
- #19 Frostpunk 2
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 25,920 reviews2024
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 37.6%, Resource Management 17.4%, Survival 16.4%, 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.
- #20 Endzone - A World Apart
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,875 reviews2021
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 39%, Survival 15.8%, Base Building 14.8%, Strategy 7.8%, Resource Management 6%
Why You'll Like It: A survival city-builder that challenges players to manage resources while dealing with radiation and environmental disasters.
- #21 Kingdom Two Crowns
83% matchVery Positive90% of 38,241 reviews2018
Dev: Stumpy🐙SquidPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 34.4%, Base Building 19.5%, Medieval 17.3%, 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.
- #22 Stranded: Alien Dawn
82% matchVery Positive84% of 11,043 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 26.1%, Survival 19.3%, Crafting 14.6%, Management 10.1%, Resource Management 10%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused colony sim that emphasizes complex crafting, base building, and defending against threats.
- #23 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
81% matchVery Positive83% of 1,397 reviews2026
Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 23.2%, Resource Management 12.9%, Base Building 12.8%, Economy 12.4%, Immersive Sim 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A unique survival city-builder that requires managing logistics and resources on treacherous mountain terrain.
- #24 Stronghold: Warlords
82% matchMixed65% of 5,254 reviews2021
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 19.6%, Economy 12.2%, War 11.7%, 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.
- #25 Anvil Saga
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,803 reviews2023
Dev: Pirozhok StudioPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 13.8%, Economy 13.3%, Management 12.4%, Medieval 12.3%, Resource Management 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval management sim that focuses on the economy and production chains of a blacksmith shop.
- #26 Songs of Syx
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,211 reviews2020
Dev: Gamatron AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 28.9%, Economy 17.4%, Base Building 16.4%, 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.
- #27 Tavern Master
79% matchVery Positive92% of 12,957 reviews2021
Dev: Untitled Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 21.7%, Medieval 15.2%, Resource Management 14.9%, City Builder 14.5%, Time Management 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a lighter medieval management experience focused on building and resource flow within a tavern.
- #28 Mr. Prepper
79% matchVery Positive80% of 5,365 reviews2021
Dev: Rejected GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 19.5%, Survival 16.5%, Crafting 14.7%, Resource Management 14%, 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.
- #29 Noble Fates
78% 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 30.7%, Base Building 19.5%, Medieval 15%, Management 13.5%, Survival 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval colony sim that emphasizes character-driven survival and the consequences of your leadership decisions.
- #30 Ancient Cities
78% matchMixed63% of 2,122 reviews2023
Dev: Uncasual Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 20.8%, Historical 12.8%, Immersive Sim 11.2%, Economy 11.2%, Survival 10%
Why You'll Like It: A historical city-builder that emphasizes the survival of your people through environmental management and long-term planning.
- #31 A Hero's Rest: An RPG Town Simulator
77% matchMixed70% of 178 reviews2024
Dev: Vanargand Games
Windows
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 15.6%, Time Management 10.8%, Strategy RPG 10.4%, Resource Management 8.9%, Economy 8.9%
- #32 Siege Survival: Gloria Victis Prologue
77% matchVery Positive87% of 983 reviews2020
Dev: Black Eye GamesPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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 9.1%, Resource Management 8.6%, Strategy RPG 8.5%, Isometric 8.4%
- #33 One Military Camp
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 727 reviews2023
Dev: Abylight BarcelonaPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 16.7%, Economy 12.3%, Base Building 11.2%, Strategy RPG 11.1%, Isometric 10.5%
- #34 Blacksmith Master
73% 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 20%, Economy 14.4%, Base Building 13.1%, Resource Management 11.6%, Medieval 11.5%
- #35 The Last Haven
76% matchMixed61% of 1,529 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 19.6%, Strategy 12.4%, Survival 12.2%, Resource Management 10.3%
- #36 Kingdoms and Castles
74% matchVery Positive94% of 31,097 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: City Builder 27.9%, Resource Management 12.3%, Medieval 11.9%, Management 10.2%, Economy 8.3%
- #37 Pompeii: The Legacy
72% matchVery Positive84% of 237 reviews2026
Dev: Siscia Games
Windows
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 19.7%, Economy 13%, Historical 10.4%, Isometric 10%, Medieval 9.9%
- #38 Aztecs: The Last Sun
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 112 reviews2026
Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Rule Tenochtitlán in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Confront the Moon Goddess and her generals. Delve into the intricate story, survive the nights in the Sandbox mode, or build freely in the Creative mode. The last sun is yours to save, or… lose!
Why similar: City Builder 16.5%, Economy 11.8%, Base Building 10%, Resource Management 9.7%, Immersive Sim 9.5%
- #39 Civitatem
75% matchMixed63% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: LW Games
Windows
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 28.8%, Base Building 11.6%, Medieval 10.6%, Resource Management 10.6%, Strategy 8.6%
- #40 Oxygen
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 879 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 22.7%, Base Building 15%, Resource Management 12.6%, Economy 12.1%, Survival 10.5%
- #41 Depraved
75% matchMixed61% of 1,240 reviews2019
Dev: Evil Bite
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 21.8%, Economy 14.7%, Base Building 11.8%, Medieval 10.5%, Management 10%
- #42 IXION
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,230 reviews2022
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 29.6%, Resource Management 14.6%, Base Building 12.8%, Survival 12.6%, Economy 9.8%
- #43 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
74% 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 43.6%, Resource Management 15.5%, Medieval 12.4%, Survival 10.1%, Strategy 6.7%
- #44 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
70% 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 22.9%, Base Building 13.8%, Crafting 12.4%, Survival 10.9%, Management 10.8%
- #45 Feudal Baron: King's Land
73% matchMixed42% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Sim Farm S.A.
Windows
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 22.6%, Resource Management 13.3%, Time Management 12.2%, Base Building 12%, Medieval 11.7%
- #46 Nebuchadnezzar
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,804 reviews2021
Dev: Nepos GamesPub: Astra Logical
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 29%, Economy 17.7%, Isometric 14.2%, Historical 11.2%, Management 11%
- #47 Settlements Rising
69% 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 27.3%, Resource Management 13.3%, Medieval 11.6%, Base Building 11.4%, Management 9.4%
- #48 Becastled
66% matchVery Positive82% of 5,534 reviews2025
Dev: Mana Potion Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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%
- #49 Grimgrad
71% matchMixed53% of 87 reviews2023
Dev: Juvty WorldsPub: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Build your own Slavic settlement. Overcome the hardships of medieval life and don't anger the Gods!
Why similar: City Builder 30.8%, Isometric 16.2%, Survival 13.2%, Medieval 11.3%, Management 10.1%
- #50 Dawn of Man
69% 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 47.8%, Survival 14.8%, Historical 10.2%, Economy 7.5%, Strategy 7.2%
- #51 Hammerting
70% matchMixed57% of 2,582 reviews2021
Dev: Warpzone StudiosPub: Team17 Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 20.2%, Base Building 18.7%, Resource Management 15.5%, Crafting 14.6%, Management 13.9%
- #52 Of Life and Land
67% 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 18.4%, Base Building 11.8%, Resource Management 10%, Economy 9.6%, Medieval 9.3%
- #53 Ostriv
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,467 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 36.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 22.7%, Historical 11.5%, Economy 11.1%, Base Building 11.1%, Resource Management 9.8%
- #54 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
70% matchMixed70% of 364 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 20.1%, Base Building 14.6%, Survival 13.9%, Resource Management 12.7%, Isometric 10.9%
- #55 Diplomacy is Not an Option
65% matchVery Positive85% of 11,951 reviews2024
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Historical 16.8%, Resource Management 16.2%, Base Building 16.2%, Medieval 15.4%, Isometric 11.1%
- #56 Land of the Vikings
67% 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 25.7%, Economy 13.7%, Base Building 11.5%, Historical 10.5%, Survival 10.4%
- #57 The Succession of Changing Kings
65% matchVery Positive88% of 509 reviews2026
Dev: KwaKwaGames
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 18%, Strategy RPG 16.3%, Medieval 15.4%, Historical 12.3%, Economy 11.9%
- #58 Ascent of Ashes
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 298 reviews2025
Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
Windows
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 17.6%, Base Building 12.7%, Isometric 11.3%, Strategy RPG 11.3%, Immersive Sim 10.9%
- #59 Lords and Villeins
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 966 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 25.9%, Economy 14.4%, Medieval 13.7%, Management 12.9%, Resource Management 10.7%
- #60 Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
64% matchVery Positive92% of 10,644 reviews2025
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Gird your loins and sharpen your steel! Besiege 20 unique enemy lords and battle friends online, in this expanded remaster of the classic 'castle sim'. Relive history with new units, opponents, visuals, audio, campaigns, skirmish trails, co-op and larger maps.
Why similar: City Builder 21%, War 12.7%, Economy 12.4%, Medieval 11%, Base Building 10.7%