Games Like Steppe: The Last Defence

Harrowlands is a medieval fantasy colony sim where you shape a thriving settlement in a vast, mystical realm. Master intricate base-building mechanics and guide your inhabitants through the complex social bonds that define their world.

Why similar: City Builder 21.4%, Base Building 16.2%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Strategy RPG 10.6%, Management 9.5%

Embark on an strategy RPG adventure in the land of Macca. Tackle a variety of maps large and small. Listen to the original soundtrack, and learn the mechanics to tackle difficult challenges.

Why similar: Faith 35.4% ★, Strategy RPG 21.5%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Fantasy 6.6%, Choices Matter 4.8%

Take the throne at 18. Rule until you die. Marry, raise heirs, free your towns from scheming rivals, and carve through dungeons with an evolving arsenal — one ruler, one lifetime, one unforgettable reign. An adventure packed kingdom life-sim where every year counts.

Why similar: Faith 22.7% ★, Medieval 16.3%, Management 13.4%, Strategy RPG 12%, Choices Matter 9.5%

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 37.7%, Medieval 15.2%, Sandbox 9.9%, Management 9.2%, Base Building 8.1%

Lead the King’s Council for generations as the consequences of your decisions decide the kingdom’s resources and political standing. Form alliances, solve dilemmas, and prepare for the final uprising that was foretold by an ancient prophecy

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 22.2% ★, Strategy RPG 16.1%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Base Building 13%, Medieval 8.6%

Real-time strategy game Manage your troops in real-time battles and issue your orders to lead your army to victory.

Why similar: City Builder 19.7%, Strategy RPG 17.1%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Base Building 11.3%, Choices Matter 7.1%

Lead survivors to build a new home in an unknown wilderness. Develop your settlement, defend against threats, and explore the world alongside a lord who truly lives among your people. Let your lord act independently, or take direct control and write your own frontier legend.

Why similar: City Builder 27%, Strategy RPG 15.6%, Sandbox 14.9%, Medieval 14.3%, Base Building 10.8%

Be the Ruler: Britannia is a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure RPG set in early medieval England. You are the king. Found a dynasty, and play your descendants later. Wear the crown, gain allies, plot, defend lands. Play many times to discover the full possibilities!

Why similar: Strategy RPG 17.5%, Base Building 15.6%, Medieval 12.7%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Management 11.1%

Troubadours is a management simulation game where you lead artists in a fantasy medieval world. Build your troupe’s camp to meet their needs, manage musical acts, play their shows, and deal with the drama and comedy generated by their colorful personalities.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 22.2% ★, Medieval 12.9%, Management 11.8%, Sandbox 11.4%, City Builder 11.3%

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: Faith 28.2% ★, City Builder 23.4%, Base Building 14%, Medieval 13.3%, Management 10.7%

A pixel-art cultivation life sim where you forge your own path as a rogue cultivator — explore, build, trade, or master lost Mohist machinery across a procedurally generated world. Wishlist on Steam.

Why similar: City Builder 22.2%, Strategy RPG 17.8%, Faith 16.3% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Strategy 10.6%

Lost Heaven Station is a game BASE Build-Colony-Sim for players to manage crew to survive in their train and travel to find a ‘Lost Heaven’

Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, Base Building 18%, Sandbox 12.6%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Management 9.7%

A board game where you play as a Duke sent to build and protect a village at the edge of the realm. Every choice you make will shape its future. But be aware: the board itself may not be all it seems... Will your village thrive or crumble beneath truths yet unknown? Are you really just... a Duke?

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 21.6% ★, City Builder 21.3%, Lore-Rich 13%, Medieval 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%

Lords of Solgrund combines elements of real time strategy, city building and other unique additions. The game features detailed animations, complex gameplay systems inspired by the early middle ages and elements of fantasy.

Why similar: City Builder 22.5%, Base Building 15%, Medieval 12.9%, Sandbox 12.8%, Management 11.5%

Build the town of your dreams in this cosy fantasy city-builder. Pass policies which impact future gameplay, unravel the mysteries which led to the horrifying downfall of your predecessors and try to keep things together as invisible forces claw at the edges of your hard-fought peace.

Why similar: City Builder 21.9%, Dynamic Narration 16.3% ★, Medieval 12.3%, Management 11.4%, Base Building 10.7%

A roguelite city builder where you brew for a different king every run. Explore a wilderness that changes each time, raise the farms and mills that turn its ingredients into beer, and build an economy strong enough to satisfy whatever your king demands.

Why similar: City Builder 29.8%, Medieval 17.5%, Management 13.9%, Strategy 13.6%, Base Building 13.3%

Revival and Exploration is an oriental simulation game. Decorate your town with diverse landscapes and buildings, recruit residents to live in, and build a thriving city! You can also lead armed residents on traveling to different landscapes such as grassland, desert, snow, and volcanoes.

Why similar: City Builder 26.6%, Strategy RPG 20.3%, Base Building 13.1%, Sandbox 9.4%, Management 7.6%

Protect your civilization against rising barbarian hordes! Take control of Aldrin, a captain of the guard with a suddenly huge weight on his shoulders. Make impactful decisions as you fight off waves of enemies and build up your city. Carefully balance your resources to make sure you can survive!

Why similar: City Builder 31.3%, Strategy RPG 26%, Medieval 11.3%, Choices Matter 7.4%, Fantasy 6.2%

You don't command the heroes — you bait them. Wayward Crown is a kingdom-management sim where every adventurer has their own greed, glory, and fear. Place bounties, build a town, balance the gold, and watch your realm run itself.

Why similar: City Builder 28.2%, Medieval 14.3%, Base Building 13.8%, Strategy RPG 12.7%, Artificial Intelligence 12.1%

Colony building RPG with detailed characters, driven by procedurally generated Stories. Build a hut, a village, a town, a city, a kingdom. 5 different races. Ally with unique factions. Rule an Undead empire. Craft Legendary items. Tame creatures. Enslave enemies. It's all here.

Why similar: City Builder 23.4%, Strategy RPG 18.3%, Base Building 13%, Medieval 11.1%, Management 7.9%

Latticefall is a slow-burn colony sim. The disaster doesn't strike — it creeps: an infection seeps quietly across the land. Build your settlement, hold the line, and reclaim ground one step at a time — paused and deliberate, never twitchy. Every advance has a price; you see it before you commit.

Why similar: City Builder 25.2%, Strategy RPG 18.2%, Sandbox 13.8%, Simulation 9.8%, Strategy 9.8%

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 28%, Medieval 13.2%, Base Building 13.1%, Management 10.3%, Artificial Intelligence 9.3%

Build and defend your dream village using structures specific to the elf orc and human races. Chat with NPCs containing artificial intelligence language models as if you were talking to someone from daily life.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 32.7%, City Builder 27.1%, Base Building 18.6%, Medieval 14.5%, Strategy 7.1%

Free sandbox RPG at kingdom scale: trade, craft, fight, buy land, raise a family, and leave a legacy in Year 1500 Omnivael. No main quest — Early Access starts in Mystria.

Why similar: City Builder 23.7%, Artificial Intelligence 16.3%, Sandbox 13.1%, Base Building 12.4%, Medieval 11.4%

That Game About a Cult is a dark comedy, stealth-management game set in Inquisition-era Spain. Build and lead a secret cult temple, train Acolytes, perform heretical rituals, and above all else - avoid being burned at the stake.

Why similar: Faith 29.2% ★, Strategy RPG 14.4%, Base Building 12.9%, City Builder 12.2%, Management 8.7%

Seconded is a strategy-driven tavern management game about assigning the right companion to the right problem under pressure and uncertainty. Each request hides its true requirements, forcing you to read situations carefully rather than rely on explicit instructions.

Why similar: Strategy RPG 30.2%, Medieval 17.4%, Management 16.5%, Fantasy 10.2%, Strategy 9.7%

Drill Deal is a unique simulator in a fun style that will draw you for hours. It's a building simulator like never before. Feel the thrill of a drill hitting underwater oil fields. Sell the precious substance and make your oil rig more efficient.

Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, Management 19%, Base Building 18.6%, Simulation 10.6%, Strategy 8.9%

Step into the shoes of a young merchant on a journey where you'll trade goods, recruit a diverse array of mercenaries, engage in tactical combat, and make critical decisions that shape both your path and the unfolding story.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 30% ★, Strategy RPG 19.1%, Medieval 12.7%, Management 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%

Build your city and survive elections in this city-building management sandbox. Choose campaign promises, manage approval, and aim for three terms. Your choices shape the story and outcome. Will you develop the city or use your power to build your personal fortune?

Why similar: City Builder 29.5%, Management 14.3%, Sandbox 13.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Story Rich 7.4%

Re-experience the thrill and challenges of managing a Gladiator arena in this management/simulation game. With new content, new graphics, Quality of Life updates, and all DLCs packed into this new experience, this is how Blackthorn Arena was meant to be experienced.

Why similar: City Builder 19.3%, Medieval 14.2%, Base Building 13.3%, Strategy RPG 13.2%, Management 12.7%

Island survival RTS, with mysteries behind every corner. Assign your pawns to gather, craft, fight, study, and do other errands for your kingdom. Every randomly generated island holds unique secrets to be uncovered. As the Duke of Pawnholm, will you lead your pawns to prosperity ...or to calamity?

Why similar: City Builder 23.7%, Base Building 17.2%, Sandbox 15%, Management 11.6%, Strategy 7.2%

Build and grow a cozy fantasy village around a mysterious dungeon. Gather resources through quick mini-games, upgrade your districts, manage your supplies, and face the various events that shape village life.

Why similar: City Builder 33.1%, Medieval 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Simulation 10.4%, Strategy 8.9%

Oniria Dreamscapes is a cozy city-builder set on a living dream planet. Build your surreal voxel city, expand your settlement across a globe shaped by dreams, explore forgotten landscapes and balance dreams and nightmares, shaping the destiny of Oniria.

Why similar: City Builder 24.6%, Dynamic Narration 20.5% ★, Management 12.7%, Sandbox 10.8%, Strategy 7.2%

Start as a humble commoner and guide your family through generations in this family sim meets city builder. Climb the ranks of society to become the most influential family in the land. With wit, strategy, and a bit of luck, build your legacy - just try not to trip over your ambition!

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 25.2% ★, Medieval 14.3%, Sandbox 13.2%, Management 12%, Choices Matter 8.5%

Dive into Crossroads Inn 2, a real-time tavern management sim set in the vibrant fantasy realm of Delcrys. Customize and manage your inn, create intricate menus, and lead your staff to fame. Craft your tale, shape your world!

Why similar: Strategy RPG 17.6%, Base Building 15.2%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Sandbox 12.3%, Management 11.3%

A real-world city-building simulation where you shape the future of downtown Windsor–Detroit. Zone, redevelop, and experiment with growth using real map data in a living urban sandbox.

Why similar: City Builder 31.5%, Sandbox 17%, Simulation 12.9%, Strategy 12.9%, Base Building 7.3%

Become a mayor of a small town in a medieval city builder with advanced villager management. Develop a settlement in lands teeming with demons and other evil spirits. Consider the traits, desires and abilities of residents to survive and prosper.

Why similar: City Builder 27.8%, Base Building 18.3%, Medieval 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Management 11.3%

Hire heroes, send them on quests, get loot and make a profit as you expand from nothing into a bustling fantasy kingdom and attempt to win the coveted title of the greatest kingdom in all of the land!

Why similar: City Builder 24.2%, Management 19.6%, Sandbox 9.7%, Medieval 8.9%, Simulation 8.4%

Forge a medieval community with intelligent and quirky villagers. Gather resources and transform the village into a town, or simply listen to captivating stories from various simulated and evolving lives. All in a beautiful, relaxing, and immersive fantasy world.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 25.7%, Base Building 18.6%, City Builder 17.8%, Sandbox 12.1%, Medieval 11.9%

Milord is a Kingdom Management RPG with city-building mechanics. Immerse yourself in a world where your decisions shape your fiefdom's destiny. Rule wisely as you construct, strategize, and navigate the challenges of leadership. Will you rise to glory or crumble under the weight of your choices?

Why similar: Strategy RPG 21.1%, City Builder 17.9%, Medieval 15.7%, Choices Matter 11%, Fantasy 6.7%

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 21.4%, Base Building 18.8%, Medieval 14.8%, Sandbox 10.9%, Management 10.8%

《剑侠图》是一款以近代历史中武侠为题材的模拟经营游戏。作为盛世武林中人，体验多个地区，各种行业的生活，一幅纷繁多样的画卷将缓缓展现。游历江湖乃是吾辈之愿，无论蛮夷之地或锦绣之城，至此，踏上江湖之路。

Why similar: City Builder 21.5%, Strategy RPG 20.3%, Management 12.3%, Base Building 11.9%, Simulation 10%

Awaken as a forgotten AI on an alien world, your every choice reshapes your technology, environment, and identity. Automate deeply transformative factories in a chill open world, where the story evolves uniquely around you.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 42.6% ★, Artificial Intelligence 15.7%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Sandbox 8.7%, Management 5.7%

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 36%, Base Building 16.3%, Medieval 14.6%, Strategy 11.5%, Simulation 10%

Fengshen Realm is an AI-driven, top-down 2D cultivation sandbox RPG. Begin as a mortal in a world that lives on without you, with no fixed story or quests. Survive, cultivate, craft, trade, explore, found a sect, make laws, expose spies, command armies, and reshape the realms.

Why similar: Strategy RPG 26.7%, Sandbox 18.7%, Artificial Intelligence 14.6%, Management 11.2%, Simulation 10%

Build magical villages across serene, ever-changing realms. Create thriving settlements, gather arcane energy, then teleport to new lands and start anew. Discover endless possibilities as you construct settlements across the Arcane Realms.

Why similar: City Builder 32%, Sandbox 17.6%, Medieval 11%, Strategy 9.5%, Base Building 9.3%

Build your own airport from the ground up! Construct terminals, runways, and refueling stations, manage baggage handling and catering, research new technologies, and expand your grounds. Become the most successful airport manager – tile by tile!

Why similar: City Builder 36.2%, Simulation 16.4%, Strategy 15.5%, Management 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%

A dark theological inspection game where you examine smuggled Scripture fragments, compare verses, uncover altered or fabricated passages, and decide what belongs in the Bible being rebuilt by the resistance.

Why similar: Faith 44.9% ★, Strategy RPG 16.3%, Dynamic Narration 14.6% ★, Choices Matter 10.9%, Story Rich 5.7%

A tactical exploration building game where you explore the uncharted depths of Tethys; scavenging resources and lost technologies, to survive the dangers of the abyss. As the Overseer, lead expeditions of Knights through the dark trenches and the unknown, and help them rebuild their lost Kingdom.

Why similar: City Builder 21.8%, Base Building 16.1%, Medieval 13.3%, Management 11.6%, Sandbox 11.2%

A charming strategic survival game where you build a village. Explore the island you have found yourself on, discover new technologies, but don’t forget to gather resources for harder times. Will you survive the freezing winter?

Why similar: City Builder 29.2%, Base Building 25.4%, Sandbox 13.1%, Strategy 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%

Become a Tsar! Create your own settlement and expand it into a stronghold to protect your people in a handcrafted side-scroller pixel art adventure game. Construct your town, gather resources, and fight enemies like a real tsar.

Why similar: City Builder 21.2%, Base Building 16%, Medieval 12.6%, Management 11.5%, Sandbox 10.3%

Save fantasy creatures and protect them until releasing them into their natural habitat. Build your shelter, explore the neighboring region, and encounter a series of events.

Why similar: City Builder 34.6%, Sandbox 19.9%, Simulation 10.2%, Exploration 9.1%, Management 8.7%

Lessaria is an RTS inspired by Majesty 👑 where you guide heroes with indirect control. Play through the campaign or relax in sandbox mode as you build your magical kingdom.

Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Strategy RPG 16.6%, Management 12.5%, Medieval 12.1%, Sandbox 11.1%

Command a damaged scout ship in a living space colony survival sim. Wake your crew from cryostasis, secure water and food, build fragile settlements, trade or smuggle between factions, and survive the stories that emerge.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 29.8% ★, Base Building 19.7%, Management 13.2%, Sandbox 12%, Story Rich 7.3%

Build cities, shape a world.Cities XL Platinum lets you design, build and link up cities of all shapes and sizes around the Cities XL planet!Build more impressive cities than ever before! Cities XL Platinum offers a huge variety of over 1,000 buildings and constructions (including 50 brand new structures), that you can freely place on...

Why similar: City Builder 53%, Simulation 14.9%, Sandbox 12.9%, Management 11.9%, Strategy 7.3%

Take your place as the head of a VTuber agency, run the company, and guide your VTubers as they grow in this management simulation. Type what you want to say, choose how the company responds, and handle each crisis your way.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 34.1% ★, Management 18.9%, Artificial Intelligence 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Simulation 10.9%

Step into the role of a medieval medicus! Manage your own medieval potion shop! Craft potions, serve customers, expand your workspace, and grow your reputation in a relaxing isometric simulation with strategic resource management.

Why similar: City Builder 23.6%, Sandbox 16.9%, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 12.1%, Medieval 11.6%

Build and manage a thriving summer camp. Provide your campers with a place to catch fish, kayak, and tell ghost stories around the campfire. Will you create the ultimate summer camp? Or will your reputation as camp director plummet from a bunch of unhappy campers?

Why similar: City Builder 29.4%, Base Building 17.6%, Sandbox 15.5%, Management 13.4%, Simulation 7.9%