Games Like The Settlers: New Allies

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 50.5% ★, City Builder 30.3%, Strategy 15.5%, RTS 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: This classic entry shares the core DNA of the franchise with its focus on supply chains and tactical combat.

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

Why similar: City Builder 35.1%, Colony Sim 18.3% ★, Building 12.2%, Strategy 12.2%, Management 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the gold standard for complex economic management and supply chain logistics in a historical setting.

Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.7% ★, City Builder 23.1%, Economy 11.7%, Building 9.6%, Management 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the spirit of the original Settlers series with its focus on automation and resource transportation.

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 29.1%, Colony Sim 16.8% ★, Strategy 9.5%, Economy 8.1%, Simulation 7%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at combining real-time strategy with base-building elements in a thematic, Norse-inspired environment.

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 25.6% ★, City Builder 23.6%, Economy 12.6%, Building 10.2%, Management 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It masterfully blends deep medieval city-building with real-time tactical battles, mirroring the hybrid gameplay of the seed game.

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 40.9%, Colony Sim 12.8% ★, Economy 9%, Strategy 7.9%, Building 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its organic, grid-less building system offers a relaxing yet strategic approach to medieval town development.

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 26.4%, Colony Sim 23.9% ★, Building 14.3%, Economy 12.1%, Management 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a deep, challenging city-building experience with a strong emphasis on resource management and survival.

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 34.5%, Colony Sim 31.9% ★, Building 8.9%, Strategy 7.9%, Simulation 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: This accessible city-builder focuses on balancing population growth with the defense of your kingdom against external threats.

Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.

Why similar: City Builder 32%, Colony Sim 28.7% ★, Building 10.4%, Management 8.8%, Strategy 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It features unique vertical building mechanics and water physics that add a fresh layer to the traditional colony-sim experience.

In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.

Why similar: City Builder 29.1%, Colony Sim 26.5% ★, Building 11.1%, Management 8.3%, Economy 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a comprehensive survival-focused city-builder experience where every resource decision impacts your colony's longevity.

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 33.9%, Colony Sim 23.9% ★, Economy 8.3%, Management 7.4%, Strategy 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: This multiplayer-focused city-builder allows for competitive or cooperative expansion across a procedurally generated map.

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 37.3% ★, City Builder 36.5%, Strategy 8.4%, Simulation 6.1%, Economy 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: As a foundational title in the survival city-builder genre, it emphasizes the careful management of resources to survive harsh environments.

Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.

Why similar: City Builder 49.2%, Economy 16.3%, Strategy 12.9%, Simulation 8.4%, Building 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: It represents the pinnacle of the industrial-era city-building genre with deep production chains and trade mechanics.

Highrise City offers a new spin on City Simulations & Tycoon games expanding the economy and resource management aspect. Experience a modern take on the genre enriched with a complex resource based economy system.

Why similar: City Builder 26.5%, Colony Sim 25.7% ★, Economy 9%, Strategy 8.5%, Building 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It brings a modern, complex economic simulation to the city-building genre with a focus on large-scale infrastructure.

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.5% ★, City Builder 23.8%, Economy 12%, Building 10.3%, Management 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This roguelite city-builder provides a fast-paced, strategic experience that rewards efficient resource management and quick decision-making.

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 27.9% ★, City Builder 24.9%, Economy 9.5%, Building 8.3%, Strategy 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It combines colony-sim mechanics with a strong thematic focus on Viking culture and survival against the elements.

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 28.3% ★, City Builder 23.9%, Economy 9.5%, Building 9%, Management 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique perspective on feudal management by focusing on the lives of individual families within your settlement.

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 26.6%, Colony Sim 23.1% ★, Economy 9.3%, Building 8.8%, Strategy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a highly realistic and detailed simulation of 18th-century village life with a focus on organic growth.

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 37% ★, City Builder 25.5%, Strategy 13.8%, Simulation 10.8%, Economy 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a charming, classic approach to medieval city management with a focus on fulfilling the needs of your citizens.

A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, become the king, and lead the United Penguin Kingdom.

Why similar: City Builder 27.9%, Colony Sim 17.8% ★, Economy 12.8%, Strategy 9.8%, Management 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This quirky strategy game focuses on building a thriving penguin colony while managing resources and defending against predators.

A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.

Why similar: Colony Sim 37.5% ★, City Builder 22.6%, Building 8.6%, Strategy 6%, Base Building 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends colony-sim mechanics with light RPG elements, focusing on the personalities and needs of your settlers.

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 29% ★, City Builder 28%, Building 8.9%, Strategy 8%, Management 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a solid, traditional city-building experience with a focus on resource management and population growth.

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 38.6% ★, City Builder 37.5%, Strategy 7.4%, Building 7.1%, Simulation 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a detailed survival-oriented city-builder experience with a focus on agricultural management and seasonal changes.

This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.9% ★, God Game 19.7% ★, City Builder 19.2%, Building 8.6%, Crafting 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique take on the genre by letting you build a goblin tribe with a focus on raiding and expansion.

El Dorado is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to. Offer sacrifices to the Gods to earn their favor, but beware and don’t lose yourself in your riches.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.6% ★, God Game 20% ★, City Builder 18.8%, Economy 8.8%, Building 8%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the strategic planning and resource management required to build a prosperous city in a historical setting.

Paragon Pioneers is a city-building idle game in which you discover, conquer and then build on islands to fulfill the needs of your inhabitants. Even with limited time to play you can enjoy this deep simulation game and follow one of the countless ways to optimize your empire.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8% ★, City Builder 22.9%, Economy 10.6%, Building 10%, Crafting 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a streamlined, addictive city-building experience that focuses on efficient production and expansion.

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 30.4% ★, City Builder 28.9%, Economy 9%, Strategy 8.6%, Building 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This city-builder features a robust social system where the happiness and needs of your citizens are central to your success.

The World Turtle carries entire civilizations on its back through outer space, and the gentle Meeps are the only ones on a quest to save it. Cooperation, rather than conquest will save the day, so prepare to harvest, build, research, and explore the void in this wholesome turtleback builder.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8% ★, City Builder 23.4%, God Game 19.1% ★, Economy 9.6%, Strategy 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a creative twist on the genre by having you build a civilization on the back of a giant, wandering turtle.

Creo God Simulator is a game of city building, resource management, survival, and a ton of villager smiting. As the divinely chosen Creostrider, it's your job to build a society bit by bit, while convincing your new population to believe in you as their one true god.

Why similar: God Game 27.3% ★, City Builder 21%, Colony Sim 18.6% ★, Management 7.3%, Economy 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It leans into the god-game aspect of the genre, allowing you to influence the development of your civilization through divine intervention.

At the farthest reaches of the empire, a new Roman city is born! Manage and grow your city, please the gods, and survive against barbarians and mythological threats to achieve Roman Triumph!

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.6% ★, City Builder 19.9%, God Game 14.9% ★, Building 8.2%, Crafting 8.1%

You’re the ruler, but your heroes have minds of their own. Recruit heroes, set rewards, build a thriving kingdom and hope your warriors don’t run off chasing squirrels instead of fighting monsters.

Why similar: City Builder 23.8%, Colony Sim 23.3% ★, Economy 9.5%, God Game 9.4% ★, Strategy 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title adds a fantasy flair to the city-building genre with a focus on kingdom management and strategic expansion.

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 36.8%, Economy 15%, Strategy 12.5%, Building 12.4%, Simulation 9.3%

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: Colony Sim 24.2% ★, City Builder 21.3%, Economy 11.5%, Building 9.4%, Management 8.1%

Build your society of the future, colonize islands, and create sprawling megacities with multitudes of buildings, vehicles, and resources to manage.

Why similar: City Builder 49.6%, Strategy 16.8%, Economy 10.7%, Simulation 7.2%, Management 5.1%

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 59.9%, Strategy 32.1%, RTS 3.9%, Multiplayer 3.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world. Harvest, produce and trade resources from multiple production chains as you grow your settlement. Keep your folks happy and safe and tend to their needs in a living and changing world.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.4% ★, City Builder 24%, Economy 11.7%, Building 9.8%, Management 7.4%

Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.

Why similar: God Game 27.2% ★, Colony Sim 24.8% ★, City Builder 22.5%, Building 8.7%, Management 6%

A colony building game with an emphasis on unexpected events, online co-op, and managing a unique community. Build your colony, feed your colonists, research technologies, craft advanced weapons, explore the world, fight enemies and defend your property.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.9% ★, City Builder 23.2%, Building 9.9%, Crafting 9%, Management 7.5%

Dive into the captivating world of Paragon Pioneers 2, an engaging city-building idle game filled with extensive content promising months of immersive gameplay. Even with limited playtime, you can delve deep into this simulation, experimenting with various strategies to enhance your realm.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3% ★, City Builder 25%, Strategy 8.9%, Building 8.1%, Simulation 7.3%

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 29.8%, Colony Sim 24.6% ★, Economy 12.2%, Building 10.1%, Strategy 9.1%

A sandbox village simulation fundamentally about people, their thoughts and their needs. Luckily they are not alone in their burden, for you possess divine powers. And you would surely never add to the plight of the common man... Right?

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4% ★, City Builder 20.8%, God Game 20% ★, Management 7%, Economy 6.5%

ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.

Why similar: City Builder 38.9%, Colony Sim 21.9% ★, Building 13.3%, Strategy 10.5%, Relaxing 9.8%

An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.

Why similar: City Builder 22.9%, Colony Sim 22.9% ★, Economy 12.6%, Building 9.1%, Management 7.4%

Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?

Why similar: City Builder 26.1%, Colony Sim 25.8% ★, Building 10.3%, Economy 10.1%, Strategy 8.5%

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 27.7% ★, City Builder 26.8%, Building 10.8%, Management 9%, Strategy 6.3%

Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.

Why similar: City Builder 34.5%, Colony Sim 23.4% ★, Building 13.8%, Strategy 11.3%, Relaxing 7%

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: Strategy 28.5%, Base Building 19.6%, PvP 15.1%, 3D 13.8%, RTS 12.8%

Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.

Why similar: Colony Sim 35.6% ★, Economy 11.4%, Strategy 11.4%, Building 10.2%, Simulation 9.3%

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 31.5%, Strategy 19.5%, Economy 15.9%, Base Building 8.3%, PvP 7.6%

Aquatico is a classic city builder set within the depths of the sea. Strategically build an underwater colony atop the ocean floor and face the challenges that accompany oceanic life.

Why similar: City Builder 28.3%, Colony Sim 28.2% ★, Economy 11%, Building 9.4%, Strategy 8.2%

Build, expand, and rule a growing space colony. Explore tech, trade, and multiplayer.

Why similar: City Builder 42.2%, Colony Sim 40.8% ★, Strategy 9%, Simulation 7.9%

Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.6% ★, City Builder 23.3%, Building 12.5%, Management 8.8%, Strategy 7.6%

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 42.2%, Colony Sim 37.3% ★, Strategy 8.2%, Economy 4.8%, Simulation 4.7%

Establish and grow a pirate utopia during the Golden Age of Piracy. Create a resource-based economy, engage in real-time naval combat, and conduct diplomacy with rival powers. Explore the far reaches of the Caribbean in search of the ultimate fortune and glory.

Why similar: City Builder 26.8%, Colony Sim 24.2% ★, Management 8.7%, Strategy 8.5%, Economy 7.3%

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 24.9% ★, City Builder 21.6%, Economy 11.8%, Crafting 8.3%, Management 8.3%

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: City Builder 36.1%, Strategy 25.9%, Base Building 11.9%, RTS 9%, Multiplayer 5.2%

A vertical kingdom in the sky! Plan your ascent from the harsh Sand Zone, rising layer by layer as you and your Towertizens stand together against looming disasters. Build trade ports and vertical supply networks. Perform Rituals to shape miracles, and witness the prosperity of this rising nation.

Why similar: City Builder 21%, Colony Sim 20.4% ★, God Game 16.6% ★, Economy 9.6%, Building 8.4%

Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.

Why similar: Colony Sim 35% ★, City Builder 30.3%, Building 10.5%, Strategy 6.6%, God Game 5.5% ★