Games Like Stronghold: Warlords

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 14.9%, Colony Sim 12.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 11.9%, RTS 7.8%, Economy 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This modern update provides the most polished and faithful experience of the classic castle-building gameplay that defined the series.

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 17.3% ★, City Builder 15.7%, Economy 10.4%, Base Building 9.1%, Building 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It combines deep, organic medieval city-building with large-scale tactical battles that feel grounded and realistic.

Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.

Why similar: RTS 19.8%, City Builder 16.1%, War 13.5%, Base Building 13.5%, Medieval 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a highly polished real-time strategy experience with a strong emphasis on siege mechanics and historical accuracy.

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 23.8% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Medieval 11.6%, Historical 11.5%, Military 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the frantic, defensive nature of Stronghold by tasking players with building massive fortifications to survive against overwhelming waves of enemies.

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 22.1% ★, City Builder 18.9%, Economy 12.8%, Base Building 11.3%, Historical 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game adds a vertical dimension to castle building, allowing for complex 3D construction and detailed colony management.

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 16.1%, Colony Sim 14.9% ★, Building 11%, RTS 9.2%, Economy 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep, challenging medieval city-building experience with complex production chains and survival-based resource management.

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 26.4%, Colony Sim 24.7% ★, Medieval 9%, Building 8.6%, Base Building 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A more accessible approach to castle building that still emphasizes the importance of defensive walls and managing a growing population.

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 27.1%, Medieval 24.7%, Strategy 15.4%, Historical 13.2%, City Builder 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title blends grand strategy with real-time tactical battles, offering a broader scope of medieval governance and warfare.

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 18.2%, Colony Sim 14.9% ★, Base Building 14.1%, RTS 10.1%, War 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, focused base-building game that centers entirely on building a fortress and defending it against nightly attacks.

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

Why You'll Like It: This entry introduces more complex social and economic management systems, including crime and estate administration.

Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually solved by war.

Why similar: Real-Time 22.9% ★, RTS 20.7%, Medieval 16.3%, Historical 12%, War 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A squad-based real-time strategy game that focuses heavily on tactical positioning and medieval combat mechanics.

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 27.1%, RTS 17.8%, Medieval 16.3%, Strategy 11.8%, Historical 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D evolution of the classic Crusader formula, featuring updated graphics and new tactical unit interactions.

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 29.4%, Medieval 10.1%, Colony Sim 9.4% ★, Economy 8.1%, Building 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique, grid-less approach to medieval city-building with a focus on organic growth and complex production chains.

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 19.4%, Economy 12.4%, War 11.6%, Base Building 9.8%, Medieval 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It shifts the perspective to the gritty reality of surviving inside a besieged city, focusing on resource management and stealth.

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: City Builder 15.7%, RTS 15.3%, War 13.3%, Base Building 10.4%, Historical 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It excels at large-scale historical warfare, particularly with its focus on gunpowder units and massive army management.

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 17.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, RTS 13.1%, Economy 11.5%, Base Building 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game bridges the gap between grand strategy and real-time siege battles with a focus on the brutal nature of medieval warfare.

Spanning the most turbulent era in Western history, your quest for territory and power takes you through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and even onto the shores of the New World.

Why similar: Medieval 20.7%, Historical 15.6%, War 14.9%, RTS 14.4%, Strategy 11%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for combining grand strategy with massive, real-time tactical siege battles.

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 26.7%, Colony Sim 19.1% ★, Base Building 9.7%, Economy 8.2%, Management 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused city-builder that incorporates card-based mechanics and complex resource management in a medieval setting.

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 22.6% ★, City Builder 21.1%, Economy 8.2%, Medieval 7%, Building 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that emphasizes social management and survival, requiring players to balance the needs of their citizens with economic growth.

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 21.3% ★, City Builder 15.5%, Base Building 10.6%, Building 9.7%, Medieval 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that focuses on the early stages of building a medieval settlement, from gathering resources to managing individual villagers.

Lead your Viking clan onto unknown shores and carve out a future for your people in the fjords of Frozenheim. Gather resources, expand, and watch your settlement grow to a bustling town that will withstand the harshness of winter and wrath of other clans.

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1% ★, Economy 18.4%, War 12.8%, Base Building 12%, Medieval 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A Norse-themed city-builder that balances economic development with real-time tactical combat and exploration.

Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.

Why similar: Colony Sim 17.2% ★, City Builder 15.9%, Economy 10.3%, Base Building 9.2%, Building 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: While featuring ants, it offers a brilliant take on colony-sim and base-building mechanics that mirror the defensive strategies of castle sims.

Warlords Under Siege is a mix of RTS and Roguelike genre, where you build a small city and defend it against continuous waves of enemies. Improve your assortment of weapons with each playthrough, unlocking new possibilities to beat the ever-increasing threat.

Why similar: City Builder 28.5%, RTS 16.1%, Building 15.4%, Base Building 14.3%, Medieval 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: It blends tower defense mechanics with real-time strategy, focusing on building defenses against persistent waves of enemies.

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 41.9% ★, City Builder 24.8%, RTS 14.7%, Medieval 10.3%, Strategy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic real-time strategy game that prioritizes complex production chains and building a thriving economy.

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 22.9%, Historical 21.7%, War 16.3%, Medieval 16.3%, Strategy 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A focused historical grand strategy title that emphasizes regional management and tactical siege warfare.

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 13.2%, Colony Sim 13% ★, Real Time Tactics 11%, War 7.2%, RTS 7%

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

Why similar: RTS 30.8%, Historical 12.5%, Strategy 12.4%, War 11.7%, Real-Time 10.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: A historical real-time strategy game that covers the evolution of warfare from the ancient world to the modern era.

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 32.3% ★, City Builder 31.1%, Medieval 5.9%, Sandbox 5.8%, Strategy 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive survival city-builder that challenges players to manage limited resources and survive harsh medieval winters.

Castle Story is a creative voxel-based strategy game in which you can build castles one brick at a time using an army of little creatures called Bricktrons. Design and build your own castles, expand your territory in a vast landscape and defend your Bricktrons against onslaughts of hostile creatures.

Why similar: Colony Sim 43.8% ★, Building 20.3%, Sandbox 15.1%, Strategy 7.6%, RTS 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based building game that allows for creative fortress construction and tactical defense against invading creatures.

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 11.1%, Real Time Tactics 9.6%, Military 8.5%, Real-Time 7.5% ★

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 10.8% ★, City Builder 10.4%, Real-Time 9.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 8.9%, Economy 6.1%

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 14.8% ★, City Builder 13.5%, Real Time Tactics 11.8%, Economy 8.7%, RTS 8.6%

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

Why similar: City Builder 32.9%, Colony Sim 17.4% ★, Building 14.4%, Management 9.8%, Strategy 7.5%

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 17.8% ★, City Builder 15.9%, Economy 10.2%, Base Building 9.2%, Building 8.4%

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 14.5%, Real Time Tactics 13.5%, RTS 12%, Military 11.6%, Base Building 9.7%

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 14.2% ★, City Builder 12.7%, Colony Sim 11.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 8%, Medieval 8%

Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!

Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, RTS 15.5%, Colony Sim 13.6% ★, Economy 8.1%, War 7.9%

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 26.2%, RTS 21.2%, Strategy 15.7%, War 15.1%, Historical 13.1%

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 12.8%, Real Time Tactics 10.2%, RTS 9.2%, Military 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 25.7%, Medieval 12.7%, RTS 12.7%, Strategy 10%, Base Building 5.9%

Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.

Why similar: City Builder 24.9%, RTS 13.5%, Economy 12.6%, Building 10.5%, Sandbox 10%

From the Command & Conquer veterans at Petroglyph comes the first ever survival RTS set in the savage world of Conan the Barbarian. Play solo or team up in multiplayer in Conan Unconquered’s action-packed co-op Mode where you build a shared stronghold and fend off the hordes together.

Why similar: City Builder 30.6%, RTS 26%, Strategy 13.6%, Base Building 10.8%, Management 10.1%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.3% ★, City Builder 19.8%, RTS 12.1%, Economy 8.3%, Building 7.4%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4% ★, City Builder 19.6%, RTS 12.2%, Economy 8.4%, Building 7.5%

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 48.8%, Medieval 18.3%, Strategy 17.1%, RTS 15.8%

Empires and Tribes is a unique hybrid of a medieval city builder and a role-playing game. You will undertake the duties of a mayor in the 13th century and manage the expansion of your city, ensure the production of resources and raise a powerful army to protect yourself from rival principalities.

Why similar: Real-Time 20.2% ★, City Builder 19.7%, Building 10.8%, RTS 10.3%, Base Building 9.9%

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 35.6%, Colony Sim 31.9% ★, Historical 6.4%, Sandbox 5.3%, Economy 5%

A singleplayer fast-paced classic RTS game in which you take on the role of a fallen lord on his journey back to become one of the mightiest in the medieval realm of Valtoria.

Why similar: Real-Time 18.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.9%, City Builder 13.8%, Colony Sim 12.3% ★, RTS 10.8%

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.

Why similar: City Builder 18.4%, RTS 17.4%, Base Building 15.4%, Military 14.4%, War 10.9%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.5% ★, City Builder 19.6%, RTS 12.2%, Economy 8.3%, Building 7.4%

Eyes of War is a real-time strategy game set in the medieval era, offering both single-player and multiplayer experiences where you can control every unit in character mode. Build your castle, lead your army, and dominate the map. Eyes of War invites you to epic battles of the medieval era!

Why similar: RTS 17.1%, City Builder 15.5%, Real Time Tactics 11.3%, Isometric 10.5%, Base Building 9.5%

Age of Empires, the pivotal real-time strategy game that launched a 20-year legacy returns with modernized gameplay, all-new 4K visuals, 8-person multiplayer battles and a host of other new features. Welcome back to history.

Why similar: City Builder 21.9%, RTS 21.6%, Base Building 13.4%, Historical 11.2%, Real-Time 11% ★

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 21.6%, Colony Sim 20.1% ★, RTS 10%, Medieval 8.2%, Management 7.3%

Sons of Valhalla is a roguelike strategy game set in the Viking Age. Build fortresses, gather warriors, and lay siege to enemy strongholds, engaging in personal combat as you raid and conquer across England.

Why similar: War 19.6%, Military 16.9%, Medieval 16.1%, Historical 14%, Sandbox 14%

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 17.2%, Economy 11.2%, RTS 10.4%, Building 9.3%, Base Building 9%

Travel to the Holy Land with the First Crusades. Rise from a humble knight to the founding father of a world-spanning holy order. Lead through war, faith, diplomacy, and cunning schemes. Experience a unique blend of RTS, city-building, and sandbox gameplay, and shape history!

Why similar: City Builder 22.3%, RTS 16.7%, Sandbox 12.5%, Real Time Tactics 12.2%, Base Building 10.4%

Besiege is a physics building game about constructing medieval machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Conquer the campaign or skirmish with friends in Multiplayer!

Why similar: Building 28.8%, Medieval 27.9%, Sandbox 25.9%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 7.9%

In "Kingdom Monarch", you are a monarch and can build the kingdom of your dreams! You need to build city walls, assign jobs to villagers, recruit soldiers, repel hordes of monsters at night, and expand your village during the day.

Why similar: City Builder 17.2%, Colony Sim 16.3% ★, Base Building 11.1%, RTS 10.4%, Military 9.5%

Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.8% ★, City Builder 20%, Economy 9.5%, Building 8.4%, Base Building 7.9%

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 28.4%, Economy 18.8%, RTS 18.7%, Medieval 14.9%, Open World 6.5%