Games Like TFC: The Fertile Crescent

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 24.1%, Real Time Tactics 16.3%, RTS 15.3%, Base Building 12.4%, Isometric 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the intersection of castle-building and real-time siege warfare, perfect for fans of base-building strategy.

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

Why similar: RTS 21.7%, City Builder 20.6%, Base Building 12.5%, Strategy 9.9%, Real-Time 9.6% ★

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive classic RTS experience that mirrors the resource management and base-building depth found in The Fertile Crescent.

Play as mythological Gods and smite your enemies in this award-winning, mythological Real-Time Strategy classic given new life. Wage war across timeless campaigns, fierce skirmishes, and god-powered multiplayer modes.

Why similar: Action RTS 27.6% ★, RTS 20.1%, Base Building 16%, Online Co-Op 8.3%, Co-op 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a polished, mythological take on the classic RTS formula with deep base-building and unit management.

Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.

Why similar: City Builder 38.3%, Base Building 27.4%, Historical 24.2%, Strategy 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It masterfully blends intricate city-building with tactical real-time combat, capturing the grounded, historical feel of village development.

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

Why similar: RTS 34.3%, Strategy 14.2%, Historical 13.6%, Real-Time 10% ★, City Builder 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a grander scale of historical progression while maintaining the core RTS mechanics of resource gathering and base defense.

War Party is a strategy game where you enter a prehistoric world of Dinosaurs, Cavemen and Magic! Build up your chosen faction, gather resources, explore the land and command them against enemy tribes and wildlife! Will your story be about Life, Death or Balance? Can you survive?

Why similar: Real-Time 23.6% ★, RTS 16.6%, City Builder 16.1%, Base Building 13.3%, Historical 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A prehistoric RTS that directly mirrors the primitive base-building and resource-gathering loop of the seed game.

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: Action RTS 21.4% ★, RTS 15.1%, City Builder 12.7%, Base Building 10.3%, Historical 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features massive-scale historical warfare and complex resource management that will appeal to fans of traditional RTS games.

A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.

Why similar: RTS 21.8%, Real Time Tactics 18%, Base Building 16.1%, Tactical 10.1%, Co-op 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A unique 4X-RTS hybrid that places a heavy emphasis on resource management and territory control in a hostile environment.

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 22.1%, Base Building 15.2%, City Builder 14.9%, Action RTS 13.6% ★, Strategy 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A modern evolution of the classic RTS genre that emphasizes historical accuracy and strategic base development.

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: RTS 25.9%, City Builder 25.2%, Strategy 14%, Base Building 10.9%, Co-op 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival RTS that tasks players with building a fortified base to withstand waves of enemies, emphasizing defensive strategy.

In Total War: PHARAOH, the newest entry in the award-winning grand strategy series, immerse yourself in ancient Egypt at the zenith of its power and experience the dramatic events that threaten its destruction.

Why similar: RTS 34.5%, Historical 16.6%, Tactical 15.3%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Strategy 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Set in the Bronze Age, this title offers the most thematic alignment with the historical period and tactical warfare of the seed game.

War Selection is a compelling RTS game featuring base building, resource extraction and warfare. Evolve from a stone age tribe to a distinct industrial nation with unique game mechanics and battle for supremacy with dozens of players on a unique procedurally generated map.

Why similar: RTS 26.4%, Base Building 26.1%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Strategy 10.6%, Online Co-Op 8%

Why You'll Like It: Allows players to guide a civilization through historical eras, focusing on rapid expansion and base development.

Create and customize cities in Nebuchadnezzar, a classic isometric city-builder where careful planning and define your rise as a ruler in ancient Mesopotamia.

Why similar: City Builder 39.5%, RTS 20%, Isometric 16.5%, Historical 15.4%, Strategy 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated city-builder set in ancient Mesopotamia, focusing on the architectural and economic growth of early civilizations.

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: RTS 21.9%, Base Building 19.6%, City Builder 19.1%, Historical 10.7%, Strategy 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a strong focus on trade and economic development alongside traditional RTS base-building.

Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!

Why similar: City Builder 47.7%, Historical 23.9%, Base Building 15.8%, Strategy 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A survival city-builder that focuses on the challenges of early human development in the Stone and Bronze Ages.

Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.

Why similar: City Builder 24.5%, RTS 20.3%, Base Building 17.6%, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Co-op 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the joy of settlement building and resource management in a vibrant, fantasy-inspired world.

Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.

Why similar: RTS 44.9%, Strategy 13%, Base Building 12.7%, Real-Time 9.5% ★, Action RTS 7.8% ★

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style RTS that emphasizes base construction and unit production in a competitive environment.

In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

Why similar: City Builder 76.2%, Strategy 14.3%, RTS 5.1%, Historical 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: While purely a city-builder, it captures the intense focus on survival and resource management that drives the gameplay in The Fertile Crescent.

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 63.7%, Base Building 13.1%, RTS 13%, Strategy 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an organic approach to city-building with a strong emphasis on resource chains and village management.

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: RTS 25.5%, Real-Time 23.2% ★, Historical 14.5%, Strategy 12.3%, Tactical 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RTS that emphasizes squad-based combat and historical realism, perfect for those who enjoy the tactical side of the seed game.

Lead the revolution with an army of flamethrowing Boars, mustard gas-lobbing Skunks, and paratrooper-puking Owls. Tooth and Tail is a Real-Time-Strategy game featuring Single Player, Online Competitive Play, Split Screen, Replays, and more. Build a base, lead your army, eat your enemies!

Why similar: RTS 47%, Strategy 16%, Multiplayer 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Isometric 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: An action-RTS that simplifies base-building and resource collection into a fast-paced, tactical experience.

Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.

Why similar: City Builder 34.3%, Base Building 30.3%, Historical 24.4%, Strategy 9.4%, 2D 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: An innovative take on historical management that combines incremental mechanics with 4X-style expansion.

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 39.4%, Strategy 23.1%, Historical 18.8%, City Builder 9.4%, Multiplayer 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines grand strategy with real-time tactical combat, providing a deep look at managing a medieval kingdom.

The Settlers®: New Allies is a strategy game with an in-depth build-up experience and real-time strategic battles.

Why similar: City Builder 44.7%, Strategy 13.7%, Base Building 9.6%, Tactical 9%, PvP 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A modern entry in the classic series that prioritizes economic supply chains and village expansion over pure combat.

A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.

Why similar: City Builder 40.7%, Base Building 28.4%, Historical 23.3%, Strategy 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that focuses on the social and economic development of early human tribes.

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 23%, Real Time Tactics 16.3%, RTS 14.9%, Base Building 12.7%, Isometric 9.3%

CIRCLE EMPIRES returns! Expand your empire, circle by circle, in this fast-paced follow-up to the hit RTS. Gather resources, build armies, and defeat bosses (or your friends) in a world that changes with every game. With unique units and biomes, it's an addictive battle of wits and tactics.

Why similar: Action RTS 31.3% ★, RTS 16.2%, Real Time Tactics 15%, Base Building 11.7%, PvP 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced RTS that focuses on rapid expansion and territory control through unique circular map segments.

Athena Crisis is a modern retro turn-based strategy game that places you in command of 40+ units in your journey across the multiverse. Embark on a challenging single-player quest or dive into the thrill of ranked or casual multiplayer modes to become the best Athena Crisis player!

Why similar: Tactical 15.5%, Online Co-Op 13.6%, PvP 13.1%, Co-op 12.7%, Multiplayer 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical strategy game that offers a retro aesthetic and deep, turn-based tactical gameplay for fans of strategic depth.

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: RTS 22.4%, City Builder 18.7%, Base Building 14%, Historical 11.3%, Strategy 10.7%

As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!

Why similar: City Builder 31.3%, RTS 22.4%, Base Building 21.7%, Strategy 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%

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 30.4%, RTS 24.6%, Base Building 12.2%, Strategy 8.1%, Co-op 6.5%

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 20.2%, City Builder 15%, Isometric 12.5%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Base Building 11.4%

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 40.9%, Base Building 18.2%, RTS 11.6%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Co-op 8.1%

Little Kingdom RTS is an indie real-time strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Gather resources, build settlements, raise walls, and grow your small kingdom. Command an army of knights, archers, and mages to fight off rival kingdoms, orcs, and undead.

Why similar: Action RTS 28.4% ★, RTS 20.6%, Base Building 17.5%, Real Time Tactics 15.5%, Strategy 6.5%

An exciting free-to-play Real Time Strategy game set in medieval times. Uniquely designed factions, customization options, singleplayer and multiplayer gameplay. Gather resources, raise an army and lead your civilization to victory in a classic RTS, brought to the modern age.

Why similar: RTS 25.2%, Real-Time 19.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Historical 10%, Strategy 9.5%

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: Action RTS 28.4% ★, City Builder 22.4%, RTS 20.4%, Base Building 12.8%, Real Time Tactics 10.4%

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 28.1%, Base Building 20.5%, RTS 18.5%, Real Time Tactics 16.2%, Strategy 6.9%

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 64.8%, Historical 13.9%, Strategy 10.3%, RTS 9%, Multiplayer 2%

Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.

Why similar: City Builder 33.3%, Base Building 20.4%, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Co-op 11.6%, Multiplayer 9.4%

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: Action RTS 24% ★, Base Building 21.6%, Historical 19.7%, RTS 13.7%, Isometric 10.2%

The enemy attack on your base is imminent; secure your defenses, mobilize your troops, reinforce key positions, and get ready for the next battle. RTS Tactical Warfare will test your resilience and strategic prowess.

Why similar: RTS 21.3%, Real-Time 17% ★, Base Building 16.6%, Online Co-Op 8.6%, Co-op 8.4%

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 32%, Base Building 30.6%, RTS 21.7%, Strategy 10.4%, Tactical 5.2%

TOWER ▪ DEFENSE ▪ STRATEGY. Control Vessels. Utilize their uniquely deep set of towers. Create an everchanging defense. Play with friends. Protect your Basin at all costs. An absolute Tower Defense, Real-Time Strategy Hybrid

Why similar: Action RTS 29.7% ★, RTS 22.2%, Co-op 11.1%, Base Building 10.9%, Online Co-Op 9.7%

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: Base Building 25.7%, Online Co-Op 17.5%, Co-op 15.6%, PvP 13.7%, Multiplayer 12.3%

Embark on a journey of brotherhood and redemption in The Valiant, a squad-based RTS set in 13th Century Europe and the Middle East. Command and level-up your medieval knights as you fight through an epic SP campaign, then take your skills online in both cooperative and competitive MP modes.

Why similar: Action RTS 33.6% ★, RTS 27.3%, Strategy 9.8%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Online Co-Op 7.8%

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 32.8%, RTS 22.8%, Base Building 19.3%, Historical 17.6%, Strategy 7.5%

A return to the roots of real-time strategy, providing beautiful 2D visuals combined with all the features that we came to expect from old school classics. This remastered version is a culmination of all the improvements and new features based upon suggestions from the community.

Why similar: RTS 29.8%, Base Building 24.3%, Isometric 20.5%, Strategy 9.6%, Retro 7.6%

Welcome to the unique, turn-based strategy game set in the strange, flat world of the Square. Lead one of 16 distinct civilizations to victory by expanding your empire, researching technologies, and ultimately become ruler of the world! Play in single-player or multiplayer mode for up to 16 players.

Why similar: Action RTS 32.9% ★, Isometric 16.6%, Real Time Tactics 16.2%, Multiplayer 11.7%, PvP 9.6%

Perimeter is a real-time strategy game with a destructible world. Utilize the environment for resource gathering and defense against enemies. Immerse yourself in the millennia-spanning history of the Chains of Worlds and lead a faction in the struggle for survival.

Why similar: Action RTS 47.9% ★, RTS 28.1%, Strategy 9.4%, Base Building 7.9%, PvP 6.7%

Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.

Why similar: Action RTS 33.7% ★, RTS 19%, Base Building 15.8%, Tactical 8.5%, Co-op 7.4%

Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer.

Why similar: City Builder 37.3%, Historical 25.2%, Tactical 13.2%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Strategy 10.1%

Compete in hardcore PvP strategy in persistent game worlds where real time resource and troop management in coordination with other players is required to expand your kingdom from one village to hundreds as you conquer the map in this winner takes all medieval contest.

Why similar: Base Building 27.5%, Real Time Tactics 25.7%, Strategy 13.3%, Historical 10.8%, Tactical 10.5%

Sumerians is a city building game set in ancient Mesopotamia. Attract new citizens and grow by expanding your irrigation system, building walls, palaces, temples and ziggurats. Research new technologies, manage your production, hire workers, and trade.

Why similar: City Builder 33.1%, Real-Time 22.5% ★, Historical 16.7%, Base Building 15.4%, Strategy 12.3%

Build gorgeous kingdoms on floating islands by strategically placing buildings in this cozy City-Puzzler. Discover secret combinations, take on weekly challenges and explore randomly generated maps in various single- and multiplayer game modes.

Why similar: City Builder 28.8%, Isometric 16.6%, Online Co-Op 14%, Co-op 11.6%, Multiplayer 11%

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: Action RTS 30.4% ★, City Builder 19.1%, RTS 15.1%, Real Time Tactics 14.9%, Base Building 12.8%

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 45.4%, Base Building 38.2%, Strategy 11.9%, 2D 4.5%