Games Like Stronghold 2: Steam Edition

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: Colony Sim 18.2% ★, City Builder 16.3%, Economy 11.2%, Base Building 10.3%, Building 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the most modern and detailed experience of medieval city-building combined with tactical real-time combat that mirrors the complexity of the Stronghold series.

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: City Builder 15.2%, Colony Sim 12.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.2%, RTS 8.5%, Economy 8%

Why You'll Like It: This is the polished, modern iteration of the classic Stronghold experience, featuring the core castle-building and siege mechanics that defined the franchise.

The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.

Why similar: Colony Sim 12.1% ★, City Builder 10.9%, Real Time Tactics 9.5%, Military 8.5%, Real-Time 8.2% ★

Why You'll Like It: Widely considered the peak of the classic series, it focuses heavily on the intense siege warfare and desert-based resource management that fans of the franchise love.

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 26.1%, Colony Sim 24.8% ★, Medieval 9.9%, Building 8.5%, Base Building 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the joy of designing and defending a castle against invading forces in a charming, accessible, and highly focused building environment.

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 16.3%, Colony Sim 15.3% ★, Building 11.2%, RTS 10%, Economy 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title excels at deep medieval city-building and resource management, requiring players to survive harsh winters and defend their settlement from raiders.

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: Colony Sim 25.1% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Medieval 13.3%, RTS 8.7%, Military 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the siege defense aspect of Stronghold, tasking players with building massive fortifications to withstand waves of thousands of enemies.

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 29.3%, Medieval 11.1%, Colony Sim 9.5% ★, Economy 8.3%, Sandbox 7%

Why You'll Like It: A gridless medieval city-builder that emphasizes organic growth and complex production chains, perfect for those who enjoy the management side of Stronghold.

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: Colony Sim 10.7% ★, Real-Time 10.6% ★, City Builder 10.4%, Real Time Tactics 8.4%, Military 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: The latest entry in the series, it introduces new mechanics like the Warlord system to manage AI-controlled settlements within your tactical map.

Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.

Why similar: RTS 29%, Medieval 27.4%, Strategy 16.5%, Historical 9.3%, City Builder 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It blends grand strategy with real-time tactical battles, providing a broader scope of medieval governance and military command.

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: Colony Sim 22.6% ★, City Builder 19%, Economy 13.3%, Base Building 12.3%, Sandbox 10%

Why You'll Like It: This colony sim allows for vertical castle construction and detailed management of individual peasants, mirroring the micro-management feel of Stronghold 2.

42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.

Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, RTS 21.8%, Base Building 12.6%, Real-Time 12.3% ★, Strategy 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic RTS that shares the medieval setting and base-building focus, offering deep tactical combat and iconic castle construction.

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 17.5%, Base Building 14.7%, Colony Sim 14.5% ★, RTS 10.4%, Medieval 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated siege defense game where the primary goal is to build a fortified castle and protect your sun-worshipping population from dark forces.

Catapult werewolves over castle walls, incinerate troops with dragon fire and command the Knights of the Round Table! This remaster of the mythical ‘castle sim’ features Steam multiplayer, Workshop support, new maps, achievements and DLC campaigns.

Why similar: Colony Sim 10.9% ★, Real-Time 10.8% ★, City Builder 10.3%, Real Time Tactics 9%, Economy 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed spin on the Stronghold formula that introduces unique units and magical abilities to the traditional siege gameplay.

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: Colony Sim 18.7% ★, City Builder 16.5%, Economy 11%, Base Building 10.3%, Building 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A medieval colony sim that focuses on the social and political dynamics of a noble family, adding a layer of intrigue similar to the management aspects of Stronghold 2.

Relive the captivating gameplay of a true city-building classic with Anno® 1404 History Edition.

Why similar: City Builder 32.9%, Colony Sim 17.7% ★, Building 14.5%, Management 10.4%, Strategy 8%

Why You'll Like It: While less focused on combat, it is the gold standard for complex medieval supply chain management and city-building efficiency.

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: Colony Sim 23.3% ★, City Builder 21.5%, Economy 8.7%, Medieval 7.9%, Base Building 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city-builder that emphasizes social management and resource production within a medieval setting.

The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.

Why similar: Colony Sim 15% ★, City Builder 13.5%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%, RTS 9.2%, Economy 9%

Why You'll Like It: The original game that started it all, providing the purest form of the castle-building and siege mechanics that define the series.

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: City Builder 20.1%, Economy 13.3%, War 12.5%, Base Building 11%, Medieval 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the desperate perspective of those inside a besieged city, emphasizing resource scavenging and survival under constant fire.

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: Colony Sim 33.7% ★, City Builder 31.7%, Medieval 9.3%, Building 7.6%, Resource Management 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: This colony sim focuses on the harsh realities of medieval life, requiring careful planning of food and resources to survive the seasons.

A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.

Why similar: City Builder 26.6%, Colony Sim 19.3% ★, Base Building 10.4%, Economy 8.4%, Management 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-capable city-builder that allows for significant expansion and management of a growing medieval population.

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: City Builder 17.1%, RTS 13.5%, Real Time Tactics 13.5%, Economy 11.5%, Base Building 11%

Why You'll Like It: It combines grand strategy with real-time tactical battles, focusing on the brutal nature of medieval warfare and siege tactics.

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 36.1%, Medieval 21.7%, Building 16.2%, Open World 9.4%, War 9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines third-person combat with settlement management, allowing you to lead a rebellion and build a village from the ground up.

Stronghold Crusader 2 is the long awaited sequel to the original castle sim. After 12 years Stronghold returns to the desert with a new 3D engine and powerful Havok Physics. Crusader 2 recaptures the original game’s addictive, fast-paced gameplay and authentic castle simulation.

Why similar: City Builder 27.2%, RTS 19.1%, Medieval 18.1%, Strategy 12.7%, Building 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: The 3D successor to the Crusader series, maintaining the focus on desert warfare and tactical castle defense.

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 13.3%, Colony Sim 13.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 11.2%, War 7.6%, RTS 7.6%

Set 10 years after the original, Stronghold 3: Gold follows the vengeful story of The Wolf in the third installment of the award-winning castle building series. The Wolf has cheated death become even more bitter and twisted. Build castles, rally your troops and save medieval England!

Why similar: City Builder 25.8%, Medieval 14.2%, RTS 13.7%, Strategy 10.7%, Base Building 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A direct sequel in the series that continues the focus on castle construction and siege warfare with updated physics.

Cossacks 3 is the return of RTS classics. Obtain resources, build cities and research technologies while taking command of great armies, crushing enemies in grand historical warfares on land and sea!

Why similar: RTS 17.3%, City Builder 16.5%, War 14.5%, Base Building 11.8%, Economy 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A massive-scale RTS that focuses on historical warfare and base management, sharing the tactical depth found in Stronghold battles.

Build vibrant cities in a medieval world with this modernized version of The Settlers – Rise of an Empire. Each character leads their individual lives and can be observed by you at any time. Will you go down in history as a legendary king?

Why similar: City Builder 46.8%, Medieval 19.4%, Strategy 17.5%, RTS 16.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic management game that focuses on building efficient production chains and expanding your territory in a medieval world.

A massively multiplayer grand strategy game, Stronghold Kingdoms is about forging alliances, political mind games, city-building and castle sieges with thousands of other players!

Why similar: Real-Time 15.3% ★, City Builder 12.3%, Colony Sim 11.3% ★, Medieval 8.6%, RTS 8%

Why You'll Like It: A massively multiplayer take on the Stronghold formula that focuses on long-term kingdom management and political alliances.

Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.6% ★, City Builder 15.5%, Base Building 11.5%, Medieval 10.1%, Building 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down colony sim that starts with a single peasant and evolves into a complex, self-sustaining medieval castle.

Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.

Why similar: City Builder 21.8%, Colony Sim 20.6% ★, RTS 10.7%, Medieval 9.2%, Management 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style city-builder that focuses on economic management and building a thriving medieval kingdom without the distraction of direct combat.

Rise from the humble role of a simple mayor governing a small settlement and rule over all of Europe.

Why similar: City Builder 16%, Medieval 15.1%, Economy 13.8%, RTS 13.5%, War 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the trading and economic expansion side of the medieval era, offering a different but complementary experience to the Stronghold series.

With this modernized History Edition dive into the diversified mix of enthralling build-up matches and exciting real-time fights. Manifold landscapes await to be explored and populated. Includes the main game plus the two expansions.

Why similar: Colony Sim 41.2% ★, City Builder 24%, RTS 15.2%, Medieval 11.1%, Strategy 8.6%

For centuries Europe has been dominated by the church and nobility. On the shoulders of ordinary people the servants of god and the noble families justified their power and wealth. This was the incontrovertible, divine world order. A truly dark era… In the 14th Century the world order is beginning to transform itself.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.7% ★, Economy 17.4%, Medieval 14.4%, City Builder 12.3%, Strategy 5.9%

As King, it is your duty to lead your people in their struggle to raise your kingdom from its humble beginnings to a position of power and prestige. War, diplomacy and a burgeoning economy are the means by which you increase your power and expand your influence.

Why similar: Medieval 28.1%, RTS 22%, Strategy 16.3%, War 15.2%, Real-Time 9.5% ★

Build, manage and defend your medieval castle in this crazy sidescroller RTS game. Build walls, towers and traps to protect your fortress from enemy sieges before launching your own. Command powerful siege weapons and design the perfect strategy to take back the empire.

Why similar: City Builder 14.2%, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, RTS 12.6%, Military 11.5%, Base Building 10.3%

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: Colony Sim 22.4% ★, City Builder 18.3%, Medieval 10%, Economy 9.4%, Management 8.9%

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: Colony Sim 32.9% ★, City Builder 31.3%, Medieval 6.5%, Sandbox 6.2%, Strategy 5%

From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.

Why similar: City Builder 14.4%, Colony Sim 11.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 9.9%, Base Building 9.3%, RTS 8.4%

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 22.8%, RTS 15.4%, Medieval 12.2%, Base Building 11.5%, Management 9.4%

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: Colony Sim 22.1% ★, City Builder 20.7%, Medieval 9.1%, Building 8.3%, Base Building 8.3%

Let yourself be enchanted by the new world of Settlers with this modernized History Edition – in the midst of green forests and lush meadows, it will bustle again. You alone hold the fate of your kingdom in your hands. Which strategy will you choose?

Why similar: City Builder 50.7%, Medieval 19.1%, RTS 15.9%, Strategy 14.3%

Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is a complex city builder, where the fate of your kingdom hinges on your every decision. Explore this medieval land alone or with friends, make tough moral choices and conquer your foes in RTS combat. Will you struggle to survive, or find the strength to Thrive?

Why similar: Colony Sim 16.8% ★, City Builder 16.6%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%, RTS 11.1%, Medieval 9.7%

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 19.7%, Colony Sim 17.7% ★, Base Building 9.2%, Economy 8.9%, Building 8.3%

Space Colony: Steam Edition is a remaster of the real-time base builder and strategy game from Firefly Studios, creators of the Stronghold series. In Space Colony you colonize to survive, designing intergalactic bases that keep your crew productive, happy and defended against hostile alien threats.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1% ★, City Builder 18.6%, Base Building 10.4%, Economy 10.3%, Sandbox 9.4%

Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.7% ★, City Builder 22.6%, Medieval 9.2%, Strategy 8.5%, Economy 6.7%

In the world of Majesty, you are the ruler of the kingdom Ardania. At your service are your loyal and somewhat obnoxious subordinates, who have their own minds about how things should be done. In fact, Majesty is the only game where your heroes decide on their own what should be done and when, leaving you to try to control them through...

Why similar: RTS 24.9%, Strategy 23.1%, Base Building 19.1%, City Builder 18%, Simulation 8.4%

Relive the beginnings of the Anno® series with Anno® 1602 History Edition, updated and optimized for current computers.

Why similar: Colony Sim 22% ★, City Builder 19.7%, RTS 13.1%, Economy 8.7%, Building 7.5%

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 36.3%, Colony Sim 33.1% ★, Sandbox 5.7%, Economy 5.3%, Strategy 4.9%

In this real-time grand strategy game, command armies, build cities, and manage a dynamic economy. Establish automated supply routes within your territory to streamline production. Fortify your defenses and brace for intense battles. Can you lead your empire to dominance?

Why similar: City Builder 28.5%, RTS 20%, Economy 19.5%, Medieval 16.6%, Strategy 5.3%

Rise of Nations is back! Play the updated classic with full Steamworks integration and enhanced features!

Why similar: RTS 32.9%, Strategy 13.2%, War 12.2%, Real-Time 12.1% ★, City Builder 8.9%

It's 1347, the time of the Hundred Years' War. In this historical grand strategy and RTS hybrid you play as one of 200 minor lords across medieval Europe, Africa or Middle East. Rise up to take over your Kingdom and be crowned, then fight to preserve your empire as Black Death descends on Europe.

Why similar: Colony Sim 13.1% ★, City Builder 12.6%, Real Time Tactics 10.2%, RTS 9.7%, Military 7.6%

In the medieval era, assume the role of a lord and engage with other lords，develop fiefdoms, and employ strategies involving intrigue, warfare, and plunder. Expand your territory and strengthen your house lineage Or, be a god, manipulate the world? This game primarily strategic role-playing elements

Why similar: Medieval 21.1%, Management 15.2%, Sandbox 13.7%, War 13.4%, Economy 13.1%

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: RTS 24.8%, Medieval 18.3%, War 17.2%, Historical 15.6%, Strategy 12.9%

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 17.3%, Economy 11.6%, RTS 11.2%, Base Building 9.7%, Building 9.4%

Noble Legacy is a medieval city-builder in which you rule the lands as a Noble. Build your kingdom, manage your people, defend your realm, and master a deep economy, alone or with friends in co-op, every decision is yours. What kind of ruler will you be?

Why similar: Colony Sim 19% ★, City Builder 17.4%, Economy 11.9%, Medieval 10.6%, Building 9.6%

Welcome to the Empty Patch of Land. Can you create your own beautiful kingdom here? In this strategy in real time you can build farms, taverns, barracks, and more.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 35.6%, City Builder 35.4%, Economy 15.5%, Top-Down 6.9%, Strategy 6.6%

Experience the classic gameplay of 1503 A.D.: The New World, optimized for current computers with resolutions up to 4K.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.9% ★, City Builder 19.8%, RTS 13.1%, Economy 8.7%, Building 7.6%

The Guild 2 is the shining successor of the ultra successful medieval life sim, Europe 1400. The Guild 2 is a unique mixture of RPG and life simulation in an immersive middle ages scenario. The player and his party become part of history and can even change it in real-time. Go back to the dark middle ages and found a new dynasty!

Why similar: Medieval 25.7%, Economy 20.9%, Strategy 14.5%, Sandbox 12.3%, Management 12.3%

Rediscover the classic gameplay of 1701 A.D. and its expansion The Sunken Dragon in Anno® 1701 History Edition.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8% ★, City Builder 19.9%, RTS 13%, Economy 8.7%, Building 7.5%