- #1 Bergfried
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quid Pro Games
Windows
Build realistic medieval castles and defend them against rival knights. Bergfried is a strategy game featuring organic castle building and tactical siege battles. Manage your lands, plan your defenses and lead your troops to victory!
Why similar: Colony Sim 14.1%, City Builder 11.9%, RTS 9.8%, Wargame 8.3%, Tower Defense 8.2%
- #2 Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
96% matchVery Positive92% of 10,965 reviews2025
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 33.0 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: Colony Sim 13.8%, City Builder 13.3%, Real Time Tactics 10.3%, RTS 9.1%, Tower Defense 8.5%
- #3 Stronghold HD (2012)
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,345 reviews2013
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 15.2%, City Builder 12.8%, RTS 10.7%, Real Time Tactics 10.7%, Tower Defense 9.9%
- #4 Stronghold: Definitive Edition
95% matchVery Positive86% of 10,135 reviews2023
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 14.5%, Colony Sim 13%, Real Time Tactics 10.9%, RTS 10%, Tower Defense 8.3%
- #5 Warwolf Project
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silas Santos
Windows
A medieval real-time strategy game focused on castle building, medieval warfare, and economy.
Why similar: City Builder 17.2%, RTS 15%, Tower Defense 9.5%, Wargame 9.1%, Real Time Tactics 7.9%
- #6 Age of Respair
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Respair Games
Windows
Age of Respair is a medieval strategy castle-builder. Build massive castles with fortifications while managing resources and production chains. Assemble a large army and lay siege to enemy castles. Lead your people and bring respair to your kingdom🏰⚔️
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.6%, City Builder 15.4%, Real Time Tactics 12.1%, RTS 10.1%, Tower Defense 5.8%
- #7 Kingdom Of Force
93% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Razer TeamPub: Hydra Game Studio
Windows
KOF is a magic background real-time strategy game, which is based on the method of dispatching troops to occupy the city, and combines the elements of resource collection, construction, upgrading, tower defense and so on.
Why similar: Colony Sim 14.8%, RTS 14%, City Builder 13.6%, Tower Defense 12.1%, Real Time Tactics 11.7%
- #8 Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 20,920 reviews2013
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 16.8%, City Builder 14.2%, Real Time Tactics 11.6%, Sandbox 7.3%, RTS 6.5%
- #9 Stronghold: Warlords
91% matchMixed65% of 5,270 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: Colony Sim 15.5%, City Builder 14.3%, Real Time Tactics 10.8%, RTS 9.7%, Sandbox 6.5%
- #10 Pitchfork Battles
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kvass Da Valenki
Windows
Gain power over resources, build powerful kingdoms and strengthen your army to protect your people from enemies. Send your heroes into battle and lead your army to victory, become a great ruler who will be remembered forever.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.3%, City Builder 15.1%, RTS 13.3%, Wargame 12.5%, Real Time Tactics 11.2%
- #11 The Stronghold Collection
90% matchVery Positive89% of 5,675 reviews2009
Dev: FireFly Studios
Windows
Enjoy the complete medieval experience in The Stronghold Collection, featuring five real-time strategy games. Create and defend your castle stronghold as you expand your lands, survey the castle life in your domain, host great jousting festivals and feasts, or conduct public executions to keep the peasantry in line.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16%, City Builder 14.4%, Real Time Tactics 11%, RTS 10.5%, Sandbox 7%
- #12 Stronghold 2: Steam Edition
89% matchVery Positive89% of 5,674 reviews2017
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Tax, torture or treat your peasants! Rehabilitate criminals or sentence them to death? Decide as you enjoy jousting over a lavish banquet, all while under siege from the warmongering Lord Barclay.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16%, City Builder 14.4%, Real Time Tactics 11%, RTS 10.5%, Sandbox 7%
- #13 Lord of the Wilds
88% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: AuroraDawnGames
Windows
Lord of the Wilds is a strategy game where you build and defend your territory in a wild land. Gather resources, train armies, and face threats from rival lords, orcs, and undead. Strategize to conquer the wilderness.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.1%, City Builder 15.1%, Wargame 14%, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, RTS 9.9%
- #14 Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition
89% matchVery Positive88% of 2,681 reviews2016
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 16.1%, City Builder 14.3%, Real Time Tactics 11.7%, RTS 9.5%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #15 Tactical Warfare: Siege Survival
87% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2024
Dev: Mizrab
Windows
Immerse yourself in Tactical Warfare, a captivating mini-game of the base game where you defend your base against relentless enemy waves. Strategize, fortify, and survive to emerge victorious. Wishlist now for exclusive access to the playtest and full game on November 29, 2024!.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.4%, City Builder 14.7%, RTS 12.8%, Tower Defense 10.7%, Wargame 9.9%
- #16 LouLan Kingdom
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MockingCrown Games
Windows
Loulan Kingdom is a city-building survival and real-time strategy game. As the ruler of Loulan, you must build your city amid a perilous desert oasis, grow your power through the Silk Road, and fight to protect your kingdom—until the very end.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.7%, City Builder 16.5%, Wargame 14.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.9%, RTS 12.2%
- #17 Romans: Age of Caesar
86% matchMixed46% of 461 reviews2022
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 33.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Build Rome Together! A co-operative grand strategy MMO from a team of veteran city builders, Romans: Age of Caesar is the latest historical strategy game from Firefly Studios.
Why similar: Colony Sim 15.5%, City Builder 13.2%, RTS 11.3%, Wargame 10.1%, Real Time Tactics 9.6%
- #18 After Long Night
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 445 reviews2025
Dev: 疯狗工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.4%, RTS 14.5%, City Builder 12.8%, Wargame 9%, Tower Defense 8.2%
- #19 Voxelion
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CubeHeadsStudio
Windows
Build, mine and defend your colony in a fully destructible voxel world. Shape the terrain, manage production chains and face unpredictable challenges in the world of Voxelion.
Why similar: City Builder 19.7%, RTS 15.3%, Wargame 11%, Real Time Tactics 10.9%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #20 Kings Town
85% matchMixed58% of 24 reviews2020
Dev: Leturs Labs
Windows
Build up your own civilization in the time of kings and kingdoms. Become the manager of a little town and make it to a great city. Defend it from other kingdoms and destroy them.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.4%, City Builder 15.5%, RTS 14.7%, Wargame 12.6%, Real Time Tactics 12%
- #21 Bread & Bravery
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ennoble Studios
Windows
Return to the era of knights and castles in a uniquely satisfying mix of Settlement Building, RTS and Castle Simulation genres. Manage complex and realistic medieval production chains, build your army and defences, satisfy the King and lead your people to prosperity. Will you succeed as a new lord?
Why similar: City Builder 15.5%, RTS 13.9%, Colony Sim 13.6%, Real Time Tactics 7.7%, Sandbox 6.5%
- #22 Four Mini Kingdoms War
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: Pixel Fox Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
This is an RTS game less than 300MB, but it already contains many interesting game mechanics, There are many types of soldiers and tactics for you to choose. Support LAN online battle. Special Thanks for Pixel Art UwU~ I hope you will be interested in more RTS games after playing :)
Why similar: RTS 17.2%, Tower Defense 14.8%, City Builder 13.6%, Wargame 11.3%, Real Time Tactics 9.7%
- #23 Kingdom Wars 4
82% matchMixed66% of 239 reviews2021
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
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 14.2%, City Builder 12.8%, RTS 12.1%, Wargame 10.8%, Real Time Tactics 9.7%
- #24 Firearms and Fantasy
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Orange_Universe
Windows
A strategy game that blends base-building, war-chess-style progression, and otherworld exploration. In a world beset by internal and external crises, you are called to command a modern army through a portal, repel escalating threats, and seize vital resources.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20%, RTS 18%, Real Time Tactics 14.3%, Wargame 12.6%, Isometric 8.8%
- #25 Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware
79% matchVery Positive92% of 717 reviews2025
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware is a free prequel to the original game. In a medieval fantasy world, you are to build settlements, raise huge armies, and defend against massive hordes of enemies. Learn how Ironbrow clan shaped the world's map the first time - if you survive, that is.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21%, City Builder 17.9%, RTS 14.5%, Tower Defense 13.4%, Strategy 6.5%
- #26 Insect Empires
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Insect Empires TeamPub: Countryball Team
Windows
Choose between 4 factions and wage war against your enemies in this real-time strategy game. Insect Empires is a cartoon style Isometric real-time strategy game about colony type insects. Choose your faction and wage war against any foe!
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.3%, City Builder 14.8%, RTS 12.3%, Tower Defense 9.3%, Wargame 9.3%
- #27 Towers & Goblins: The Last Stand
80% matchPositive87% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Axella Games
Windows
Build towers, manage resources, and lead units to defend your kingdom against goblins. Every decision you make determines your kingdom's fate.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.9%, City Builder 15.8%, RTS 14.9%, Tower Defense 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 10.1%
- #28 Wood'N'Destroy
79% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Abyssal Interactive
Windows · Linux
Wood’N’Destroy is a real-time strategy game where you build your base, gather resources, and command your army to destroy your enemies. Expand your economy, develop new technologies, and dominate the battlefield.
Why similar: Colony Sim 15.6%, City Builder 13%, RTS 11.3%, Tower Defense 10.6%, Wargame 10.6%
- #29 Scarecropia
78% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: JYP Studio
Windows
Here is Scarecropia! Lead at most 400 people to build a settlement. Arm your village to fight against the Goblin army, or invest limited resources in yourself to become unparalleled! Take every cost to survive!
Why similar: Colony Sim 15.4%, City Builder 12.7%, Wargame 12.2%, Real Time Tactics 11.1%, Tower Defense 11%
- #30 VENOY
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mathis WischeroppPub: LaboratoryGames
Windows
VENOY is a relaxing roguelite real-time strategy game with deep settler logistics, true sandbox freedom and exciting meta progression. Build your medieval colony, optimize production chains and defend it against enemies!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24%, RTS 19.3%, City Builder 18.4%, Sandbox 9.3%, Strategy 9.2%
- #31 Alpha Lyrae Discovery
78% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: xe2050Pub: WELOVEBOT CO., LTD.
Windows
Alpha Lyrae (Vega) is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra. You were sent to Alpha Lyrae system, and your first object is to discover and to transmit data back. The last and only message from the previous team: "It is a rich and soft planet. They are everywhere."
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.4%, City Builder 18.6%, Tower Defense 15.1%, Sandbox 9.6%, RTS 9.4%
- #32 Tutankhamun – Builders of the Eternal
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: TreeByte Software
Windows
A 3D city-builder where you farm the Nile, worship powerful gods, train armies, trade with distant regions, and construct monumental works worthy of ancient Egypt.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.3%, City Builder 21.5%, Strategy 10.6%, Isometric 9.8%, Simulation 9.4%
- #33 Kingdoms Rise and Fall
77% matchNegative15% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Little Dreams GamingPub: Little Dreams Games
Windows
Kingdoms Rise and Fall is a captivating Real-Time Strategy game that takes you on an epic journey through different eras, spanning the entirety of history and beyond! Kingdoms Rise & Fall focuses more on culture, science, and keeping your nation happy over time.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1%, City Builder 19.9%, RTS 15.8%, Wargame 10.4%, Simulation 9.2%
- #34 Powerplay
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frantic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Powerplay is an RTS with a focus on resources and industry. Create supply chains, transport, and explore in this thrilling base builder. Grow into a powerful industrial nation, but don't spread too thin! Resources are finite and "the others" can reclaim what is theirs at any time.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.5%, RTS 16.5%, City Builder 15.1%, Wargame 10.2%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #35 Final War: Frozen Defense
75% matchMixed46% of 110 reviews2025
Dev: HaoPlay Limited
Windows
Strategy Tower Defense, RTS Battles on the World Map
Why similar: RTS 17.1%, Tower Defense 15.5%, Wargame 15.1%, City Builder 14.5%, Real Time Tactics 11.3%
- #36 Civica: Italian Renaissance
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Vertex Studios
Windows · Mac
Build your Italian empire in this realistic medieval RTS that combines truly organic city building and immersive roleplaying. City-states compete for influence, families such as the Medici try to divide power among themselves and artists create masterpieces that define an entire era.
Why similar: City Builder 24.1%, Colony Sim 21.4%, RTS 17.3%, Simulation 8.4%, Strategy 8.3%
- #37 Dwarven Rampart
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alaabale
Windows
Raise massive armies and fight thousands of enemies. Dwarven Rampart is a fantasy roguelite strategy game where you build dwarven cities and fight massive fights. How long can you survive?
Why similar: RTS 14.5%, City Builder 13.7%, Tower Defense 13.5%, Colony Sim 12.9%, Real Time Tactics 9.9%
- #38 Towerfolk
72% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: 99 Interactive
Windows
In a medieval world, gather resources, build your city, and manage your people. Deal with theft and internal conflicts, complete royal missions, and fight enemies on the battlefield. Use strategy and economic management to keep your city thriving.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.3%, City Builder 18%, Wargame 10.5%, Tower Defense 9.2%, Real Time Tactics 8%
- #39 Sylox
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonz
Windows
Sylox is a short, minimalist base-building game with a touch of worker placement and strategic expansion. Assign workers to key tasks, unlock new buildings, expand, and defend your growing base against increasing enemy attacks.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.4%, City Builder 22.5%, Tower Defense 17.2%, Strategy 8.6%, Economy 6.8%
- #40 Colonize Prologue
74% matchMixed64% of 513 reviews2022
Dev: RembrosoftPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Colonize Prologue is a combination of survival game and building strategy that takes place during the colonization period - the 17th century. It tells the story of a settlement in the new world and all the difficulties encountered by the early settlers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.4%, City Builder 19%, RTS 12.4%, Sandbox 9.7%, Economy 7.9%
- #41 Not My Base!
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Hyper Cloud Games
Windows · Mac
Build, defend, adapt… or just watch your base burn. Not My Base! is a Tower Defense game where you build up your defenses and fight through various levels. Strengthen your fortifications, choose your upgrades, and craft new strategies to withstand the chaos and havoc unleashed by angry armies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.1%, Real Time Tactics 14.9%, Wargame 10%, Strategy 9.3%, Isometric 9.3%
- #42 Crowncity
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Haon Games
Windows
Building and managing a late medieval city is a series of challenges. Build wells to provide drinking water, markets to provide bread and food, and theaters to collect performance tax. Stage mode continues an interesting story and journey, random map mode fills each game with a new experience.
Why similar: City Builder 21.6%, Colony Sim 10.3%, Historical 9.4%, Economy 9.1%, Building 9%
- #43 Stronghold Kingdoms
74% matchMixed64% of 9,535 reviews2012
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 85.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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: City Builder 13.8%, Colony Sim 13.5%, RTS 11%, Strategy 9.4%, Wargame 8.7%
- #44 Seventh Colony
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GeneralFR
Windows
Seventh Colony is a steampunk colony-management and alien horde-defense game set within a fortified industrial settlement surrounded by a hostile volcanic wasteland.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.1%, City Builder 18%, Tower Defense 15.9%, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, Wargame 12.6%
- #45 Colonization Simulator
71% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Imperian Online Rakovnik
Windows
Colonize rich planets with vegetation or deserted moons. Build a functional and prosperous colony. Take care of your colonists. Experience adventures on distant worlds or build a colony on planets in our solar system.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, City Builder 16.2%, RTS 13%, Sandbox 10%, Isometric 7.1%
- #46 Timber
71% matchMixed38% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: CaliCosDev Studio
Windows · Mac
Build and manage your industrial empire unlike ever before. Dive into Timber: where strategic resource management meets the forest.
Why similar: City Builder 21%, RTS 18.7%, Real Time Tactics 14.8%, Isometric 10.4%, Simulation 7%
- #47 Sengoku Voxel Castle With Zundamon
69% matchVery Positive95% of 117 reviews2024
Dev: KC Project
Windows
Build castles on voxel terrain based on real Japanese geographic data, and defeat over 1,000 samurai and ninja enemies. Shape the terrain freely using blocks. The game features over 100 technologies and buildings inspired by medieval Japanese history.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.4%, City Builder 14.2%, RTS 13.9%, Tower Defense 12.3%, Wargame 12.1%
- #48 The First Explorers®
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Buchwald Interactive
Windows
The First Explorers® is a settlers-like game, that offers the perfect mix of organic city-building and RTS in a bustling world. Set in the time of antiquity in Europe, you will play as the Romans, Carthaginians or Gauls. Are you ready to raise an army backed by a thriving economy?
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.2%, City Builder 19.5%, RTS 17.2%, Economy 10.5%, Building 7.3%
- #49 玩具帝国 Toy Empires
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 二维公民
Windows
Toy Empires is a unique fast-paced, micro-management-free real-time strategy game. All you have to do is make the purest decisions and games!
Why similar: RTS 18.7%, Wargame 17%, Tower Defense 16.4%, Real Time Tactics 15.2%, Strategy 6.7%
- #50 Aztecs: The Last Sun
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 118 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: Colony Sim 19.5%, City Builder 16.9%, RTS 11.9%, Economy 8.5%, Historical 7.7%
- #51 Village Empires
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: djva caravana
Windows
Build a mighty empire and lead your army to victory to become a great emperor who will be remembered forever.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.4%, City Builder 19.5%, Isometric 9.4%, Sandbox 8.8%, War 7.1%
- #52 Defender's Dynasty
68% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Hyper Cloud Games
Windows · Mac
A 2D Strategic Base Defender game set in Medieval times. As relentless Waves of enemy forces threaten your Stronghold, you must gather Resources, Fortify your Defenses and lead your Rebellion. Prepare to strengthen your Base and manage your Resources. But beaware of the Storms!
Why similar: City Builder 19.6%, Tower Defense 15.9%, Real Time Tactics 13%, Colony Sim 11.1%, RTS 11%
- #53 King of the Universe
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Diana Nilsson
Windows · Linux
Help the kingdom of Kish conquer all of ancient Mesopotamia in this historical realtime strategy game. Fight all other empires in the region to earn the ancient title of Lugal Kiški: King of the Universe.
Why similar: City Builder 15.5%, Wargame 13.9%, RTS 13.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.8%, Isometric 8.7%
- #54 Sea Drillers
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marian Studios
Windows
An isometric Tycoon, where you can control any Worker in First Person. Build an Oil Rig and extract Oil for Endless Profits. Beware of Greedy Pirates!
Why similar: Colony Sim 19%, City Builder 15.7%, RTS 14.1%, Real Time Tactics 11.6%, Isometric 8.4%
- #55 Becastled
66% matchVery Positive82% of 5,563 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 21%, Colony Sim 18.7%, RTS 15.5%, Base Building 9.6%, Strategy 7.6%
- #56 Feudal Craft
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: anratio
Windows
Immerse yourself in an exciting medieval settlement simulator where you will have to fight for your place in the feudal hierarchy. Use a smart strategy to develop your settlement. After all, it is the skills and equipment of each peasant that can make the difference.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.9%, City Builder 15.1%, RTS 13.4%, Tower Defense 8.9%, Economy 7.4%
- #57 Tlatoani: Aztec Cities
65% matchVery Positive86% of 166 reviews2026
Dev: Perspective GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Give rise to wonders of the Aztec Civilization as you build your own magnificent metropolis in this ancient city builder. From humble beginnings build, trade, manage and conquer to become Tlatoani (Emperor).
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.7%, City Builder 15.9%, RTS 12.9%, Isometric 8.9%, Sandbox 8%
- #58 Orrstead
67% matchVery Positive80% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8%, City Builder 20.9%, Sandbox 10.9%, Isometric 9.4%, Building 8.1%
- #59 Hearthlands
69% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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: Colony Sim 22.9%, City Builder 22.7%, RTS 13.7%, Isometric 7.8%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #60 ATLASPIA: The Tower Manager
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IGM Studio
Windows · Mac
This is a tower-building simulation where you place offices, homes, shops, restaurants, hotels, and more inside a growing high-rise. People move autonomously toward their destinations, using elevators as the building comes to life. Balance profit and expansion as you create a busy tower of your own.
Why similar: City Builder 22%, Colony Sim 19.4%, Real Time Tactics 11.4%, Sandbox 10.3%, Simulation 10.2%