- #1 HammerHelm
97% matchMostly Positive80% of 384 reviews2021
Dev: SuperSixStudiosPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
HammerHelm is a unique blend of third-person adventuring and strategic town building. Create your dwarf character and build a flourishing town above ground. Complete quests, craft weapons and armor, defeat dangerous enemies and be the leader your townspeople need!
Why similar: City Builder 21.8%, Building 16.5%, Crafting 15.6%, Base Building 14.9%, Fantasy 9.7%
- #2 The Unexpected Quest Prologue
96% matchVery Positive85% of 131 reviews2020
Dev: RionixPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Adventure game with strategy and management elements in a medieval fantasy setting - drawing inspiration from classics such as Warcraft 3 and The Settlers. In this prologue, play through chapters 1, 2, and 3, where you learn to manage your resources as you build and battle to bring order to the world.
Why similar: City Builder 50%, Base Building 18.1%, Crafting 12.7%, Strategy 9.7%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
- #3 First Feudal
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 627 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 19.8%, Base Building 18.7%, Building 13.7%, Medieval 13.5%, Crafting 13%
- #4 A Hero's Rest: An RPG Town Simulator
95% matchMixed69% of 176 reviews2024
Dev: Vanargand Games
Windows
Build shops, craft items with hundreds of customization options, and manage your resources wisely to lead your Heroes to success. Immerse yourself as proprietor of a medieval fantasy town in a world abounding with Heroes and Monsters.
Why similar: City Builder 19.5%, Time Management 14.2%, Base Building 13.5%, Medieval 12%, Crafting 10.8%
- #5 Little Kingdom RTS
94% matchVery Positive86% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: MyDreamForeverPub: Andgo Games
Windows
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 24.1% ★, RTS 18.9%, Base Building 17%, Medieval 12.2%, Management 7.9%
- #6 Crafting Town
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Musa GUNGOR
Windows
Crafting Town Is : A Crafting game with Simulation&Building where you can Craft and Develop your Village, Source Management and Quests.
Why similar: Crafting 20.9%, Medieval 19.5%, Clicker 17.3%, Base Building 16.6%, Building 11.2%
- #7 Becastled
93% matchVery Positive82% of 5,494 reviews2025
Dev: Mana Potion Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 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: Base Building 25%, City Builder 23.3%, RTS 16.7%, Medieval 12.3%, Building 11.7%
- #8 Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
92% matchVery Positive84% of 2,178 reviews2025
Dev: Massive MiniteamPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Oddsparks is a blend of automation and real-time strategy for both the die-hard fans of the automation genre and the automation-curious. Explore a strange fantasy world, uncover the mysteries of the past, automate your workshops, and go on adventures with your odd & adorable Sparks!
Why similar: Building 20.4%, City Builder 18%, RTS 16.5%, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 10.8%
- #9 Into the Emberlands
91% matchVery Positive81% of 291 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny RoarPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Venture out into the Emberlands and uncover an ever-changing world filled with surprising encounters and mystical creatures! Save villagers who got lost in the Miasma, collect resources and rebuild your village to create a safe haven for your people.
Why similar: Exploration 29%, Cute 21.5%, Relaxing 21.1%, Strategy 15.9%, Casual 8.5%
- #10 Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition
91% matchMixed55% of 4,056 reviews2019
Dev: Klabater
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crossroads Inn, a real-time management sim, unfolds in Delcrys' unique fantasy realm. Construct and oversee your inn, delight traveling heroes, and achieve renowned status for your services across the kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 33.1%, Base Building 20.2%, Time Management 16.9%, Crafting 14%, Management 11.6%
- #11 Orrstead
90% matchVery Positive81% of 77 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: City Builder 26%, Base Building 16.2%, Building 14.5%, Management 13.3%, Medieval 13.2%
- #12 Underquest
89% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Otherside Bay Studio
Windows
Fantasy story-driven roguelite with chaotic inventory management. Combine items in real-time to create powerful skills and use them in fast-paced combat. Explore randomly generated dungeons in the Underkingdom and discover the secrets of its inhabitants!
Why similar: Fantasy 53%, Cute 24.8%, Strategy 18%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #13 Potion Tycoon
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 712 reviews2024
Dev: Snowhound GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Potion Tycoon is a management simulator with a witchy twist! Build and develop your very own magic shop. Manage resources, set up production lines, mix potions and sell them smartly to stay ahead of the competition. Welcome to the potion business!
Why similar: Management 30.1%, Building 26.6%, Medieval 19.3%, Fantasy 13.1%, Strategy 8.6%
- #14 Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,633 reviews2025
Dev: Rockbee TeamPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Lessaria is an RTS inspired by Majesty 👑 where you guide heroes with indirect control. Play through the campaign or relax in sandbox mode as you build your magical kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 25.8%, RTS 23.5%, Management 14.7%, Medieval 13.2%, Fantasy 10%
- #15 RPG Tycoon
89% matchMixed51% of 487 reviews2016
Dev: Skatanic StudiosPub: Macrocosmic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Hire heroes, send them on quests, get loot and make a profit as you expand from nothing into a bustling fantasy kingdom and attempt to win the coveted title of the greatest kingdom in all of the land!
Why similar: City Builder 28.3%, Management 24.2%, Building 16.3%, Medieval 10.2%, Fantasy 9.9%
- #16 Hearthlands
87% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.1 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: City Builder 31.3%, RTS 18.5%, Medieval 13.8%, Management 13.2%, Fantasy 8%
- #17 ValeGuard
84% matchMixed68% of 174 reviews2018
Dev: Lost Tower Games
Windows
ValeGuard is an RTS, Town-Management hybrid game that combines Turn-Based City-Building with Real-Time Combat. Each day you construct your defenses, train troops, and prepare for attack. When enemies come in the night, you defend with towers, troops, and heroes with powerful abilities.
Why similar: City Builder 19.3%, Base Building 16.5%, RTS 15.2%, Medieval 11.5%, Management 10.5%
- #18 Kingdom Tales: Dragons & Us
85% matchMixed53% of 60 reviews2014
Dev: Cateia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Embark on a magical journey in this entertaining and fun time management strategy game! In Kingdom Tales you will explore the land, gather, produce and trade resources, build, repair and take care of your citizens.
Why similar: Time Management 21.1%, City Builder 16%, RTS 15.3%, Building 13%, Management 12.6%
- #19 Dwarrows
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 134 reviews2020
Dev: Lithic Entertainment Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
A peaceful 3rd person adventure and town-building game. Gather, build, puzzle, explore, and quest in a beautifully handcrafted world.
Why similar: City Builder 25.5%, Base Building 19.8%, Fantasy 14.2%, Management 13.7%, Strategy 7.8%
- #20 The Warhorn
84% matchMixed54% of 345 reviews2019
Dev: Pigeons Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Warhorn is a medieval RPG mixed with city-building and management elements. Play as an adventurer who decided to leave his dull life as a lumberjack behind to explore a dangerous world full of puzzles in the pursuit of the most valuable relic mankind has ever seen: The Warhorn!
Why similar: Building 38.8%, Crafting 33.8%, Exploration 16.7%, Puzzle 10.7%
- #21 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
82% matchMixed69% of 360 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.
Why similar: City Builder 25.9%, Base Building 22.8%, Crafting 15.3%, Building 14.6%, Medieval 8.1%
- #22 Feudal Baron: King's Land
82% matchMixed43% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Sim Farm S.A.
Windows
Feudal Baron: King’s Land is classic-style city-builder. Turn a humble settlement into a medieval town, build workshops and churches, repel raids, and manage your subjects. Ensure steady supplies – or squeeze every last penny from the people.
Why similar: City Builder 20.1%, RTS 16.3%, Base Building 12.9%, Time Management 11.5%, Medieval 11.2%
- #23 The Last Haven
81% matchMixed61% of 1,526 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.
Why similar: Base Building 29.6%, City Builder 18.6%, RTS 14.3%, Strategy 10.5%, Building 10.1%
- #24 Lords of Solgrund
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: Sillylas
Windows
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 20.8%, RTS 16.2%, Base Building 14.9%, Building 12.3%, Medieval 11.7%
- #25 Dungeons & Kingdoms
81% matchMixed42% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Uncle Grouch GamingPub: Camlann Games
Windows
A medieval fantasy kingdom builder, management sim and dungeon delver RPG hybrid. Gather resources, manage villagers and build infrastructure. Then dive into the dungeons to face the monsters within. Or just unlock everything in a Creative "God Mode" and build the fantasy kingdom of your dreams.
Why similar: Base Building 25.9%, Medieval 21.1%, Building 20.4%, Management 18.3%, Exploration 8.1%
- #26 Cavern Adventurers
79% matchMixed66% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Build an underground network of caves in this fantasy-themed management sim.
Why similar: City Builder 46.6%, Building 13.6%, Exploration 12.2%, Fantasy 12.1%, Cute 8%
- #27 Outpath
78% matchVery Positive94% of 2,905 reviews2023
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Base Building 28.7%, Crafting 22.4%, Building 17%, Management 15.4%, Relaxing 7.7%
- #28 Founders' Fortune
79% matchVery Positive80% of 2,168 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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: City Builder 30%, Base Building 25.4%, Building 15.7%, Management 10.2%, Crafting 7.1%
- #29 Idle Medieval Tavern
78% matchMixed49% of 166 reviews2023
Dev: A-GamesPub: Matryoshka
Windows · Mac
Once upon a time, in a realm of danger and intrigue, you find yourself entrusted with the management of a quaint medieval tavern. This captivating idle game weaves a tale of daring quests, legendary heroes, and a thriving tavern that serves as the heart of a bustling community.
Why similar: Management 37.6%, Medieval 24.5%, Fantasy 17.9%, Strategy 12.8%, Casual 5.2%
- #30 Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 215 reviews2022
Dev: The Evergloom Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Desktopia is a city-builder game which simulates an evolving, medieval-esque village along the bottom of your desktop, allowing you to work, watch, or browse something else while you play.
Why similar: City Builder 38.4%, Clicker 25.8%, Medieval 10.1%, Fantasy 7.2%, Management 5.9%
- #31 Tavern Master
74% matchVery Positive92% of 12,821 reviews2021
Dev: Untitled Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!
Why similar: Management 22.9%, Building 19.4%, Medieval 15.3%, City Builder 13.6%, Time Management 9.2%
- #32 Make Your Kingdom
77% matchMixed58% of 195 reviews2022
Dev: yo_serjioPub: BigGame Publishing
Windows
Make Your Kingdom is a city-building game unique to its genre. Play as a founder of the settlement — help build your kingdom, carry the resources, talk to other settlers, motivate them and fight off hordes of orcs with your own sword!
Why similar: City Builder 24.8%, Base Building 15.6%, Building 14.5%, Management 13.3%, RTS 12.6%
- #33 Crownbound - Fantasy Kingdom Sim
75% matchMixed50% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Bart Mamzer
Windows
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 28.1%, RTS 24.2%, Medieval 11.3%, Fantasy 11.2%, Building 8.6%
- #34 Paragon Pioneers
76% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Tobias Arlt
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: City Builder 22.4%, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 13.5%, Building 13.5%, Medieval 12.2%
- #35 Dawnfolk
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 668 reviews2025
Dev: Darenn KellerPub: Astra Logical
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game. Gather resources, rebuild your realm, and protect your people from oppressive shadows. Can you unveil the secrets of the monoliths and bring light back to the world?
Why similar: City Builder 25.8%, Base Building 19.7%, Medieval 14.7%, Fantasy 9.5%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #36 Knights of the Crusades
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 165 reviews2025
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
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 24.8% ★, City Builder 20%, RTS 19.2%, Base Building 12.9%, Medieval 10.4%
- #37 Queen's Wish: The Conqueror
74% matchVery Positive83% of 365 reviews2019
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
At last, the Queen has given you power and freedom! The cost? You must rebuild her Empire. Will you? In this epic, indie fantasy adventure, you are free to explore, fight for fame and power, and shape the world as you choose. Escape into an unpredictable open-ended story and cunning tactical combat.
Why similar: Base Building 46%, Strategy 27.3%, Fantasy 22.9%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #38 Thronefall
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,563 reviews2024
Dev: GrizzlyGamesPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 26%, Action RTS 25.5% ★, Medieval 14.4%, Base Building 12.6%, Building 9.6%
- #39 Your Quest
76% matchMixed60% of 164 reviews2015
Dev: Oblivionburn Productions
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Your Quest is a casual 2D Strategy/RPG with progressive gameplay where you gather resources to construct a village, craft new weapons and armor, and try to survive the depths of a procedurally generated dungeon under the surface.
Why similar: Strategy 68.6%, Casual 31.4%
- #40 Foundation
69% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 38.3%, Medieval 15.1%, Management 9.9%, Building 9.8%, Base Building 8.9%
- #41 Airborne Kingdom
72% matchVery Positive87% of 2,333 reviews2022
Dev: The Wandering Band LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The sky city builder awaits. Create your own flying kingdom and lead it on a quest across an expansive world. Explore the varied landscape, build up a floating metropolis, aid struggling people below, uncover lost secrets and, ultimately, bring back the Airborne Kingdom legend.
Why similar: City Builder 33.7%, Base Building 25.3%, Building 17.8%, Exploration 9.2%, Relaxing 6.7%
- #42 Click Mage
69% matchVery Positive92% of 2,408 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Crow Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Click Mage is a unique 2D resource gatherer and building game. Mine and process resources, upgrade your clicking power and construct buildings on an idyllic island with beautiful pixel art graphics.
Why similar: Clicker 32.1%, Crafting 19.8%, Fantasy 11.3%, Medieval 9.7%, Relaxing 9.2%
- #43 Mittelborg: City of Mages
75% matchMixed63% of 115 reviews2019
Dev: Armatur GamesPub: Asterion Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Mittelborg: City of Mages is a strategic adventure with elements of rogue-like and resource management. You are crowned to be Chancellor of the city, but this power is a heavy burden. Face tough decisions, fight mystical tempests, look for the cause of upcoming chaos. Will Mittelborg have a future?
Why similar: City Builder 31%, Base Building 17.8%, Fantasy 17.7%, Management 16.7%, Strategy 13.9%
- #44 The Bonfire: Forsaken Lands
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 220 reviews2018
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Build, discover, craft and survive.Build your settlement in a snowy encampment, survive monster attacks and manage resources to uncover the secrets of the ancients.
Why similar: Strategy 72.7%, Relaxing 27.3%
- #45 United Penguin Kingdom
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 427 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 35.6%, Management 19.1%, Building 12.7%, Strategy 8.3%, Relaxing 7.5%
- #46 Civitatem
73% matchMixed63% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: LW Games
Windows
Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.
Why similar: City Builder 35.5%, Base Building 17.3%, Medieval 14.1%, Building 9.9%, Management 9.4%
- #47 Gord
71% matchMixed54% of 976 reviews2023
Dev: Covenant.devPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.
Why similar: Action RTS 35.2% ★, City Builder 25.1%, RTS 24.5%, Action-Adventure 7.4%, Strategy 6.1%
- #48 Cave Heroes
71% matchMixed56% of 124 reviews2023
Dev: VSTGames
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Lead a party of Cave Heroes to explore dungeons, battle monsters and defeat tough archdemons. Build your village, collect loot, rescue pets and much more in this idle RPG.
Why similar: Clicker 35.3%, Management 14.7%, Strategy 12.4%, Crafting 10.5%, Base Building 9.4%
- #49 Incremental Town RPG
70% matchMixed60% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: Overaction Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Incremental Town RPG lets you build and manage a thriving village. Master resource management, develop a robust economy, and enjoy a relaxing experience as you equip your settlement to conquer new lands and challenges!
Why similar: City Builder 21.6%, Base Building 20.7%, Clicker 14.1%, Management 12.9%, Building 10.7%
- #50 Border Town
67% matchVery Positive81% of 299 reviews2025
Dev: GoHoGamesPub: 2P Games
Windows
Restore the former glory of Border Town in an open-world sandbox RPG set in a fantastical realm. Explore the world, craft tools and weapons, cultivate fields, and socialise with your neighbours while dealing with dark forces that threaten to destroy everything you have built.
Why similar: Building 31.3%, Base Building 16.3%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Fantasy 12.4%, Top-Down 12.4%
- #51 The Last Alchemist
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 159 reviews2024
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Marvelous Europe
Windows
Master the wonders of alchemy! Solve alchemical puzzles by transforming and combining Essences. Craft items, tools and machines. Explore the enchanting world, gather peculiar resources, and befriend the Agari, adorable mushroom folk who will help you find the cure for your mysterious disease.
Why similar: Crafting 19.1%, Base Building 17.1%, Management 15.7%, Building 14%, Fantasy 12.2%
- #52 Kingdoms and Castles
67% matchVery Positive93% of 30,837 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 38.1%, Medieval 15%, Building 13.5%, Base Building 11.5%, RTS 7.2%
- #53 Folklands
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Bromantic GamesPub: Light Up Games
Windows · Linux
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: City Builder 25.3%, RTS 17%, Base Building 16.1%, Building 14.3%, Management 12%
- #54 Ratopia
65% matchVery Positive88% of 4,645 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: City Builder 25.4%, Base Building 22.7%, Building 18.8%, Management 14.7%, Exploration 5.9%
- #55 Hammerting
70% matchMixed57% of 2,576 reviews2021
Dev: Warpzone StudiosPub: Team17 Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.
Why similar: Base Building 24.3%, Crafting 17.6%, Building 17.3%, Management 17%, Fantasy 10.4%
- #56 Jacksmith: Weapons and Warriors
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,765 reviews2025
Dev: Flipline Studios
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Fire up the forge and craft your finest weapons in Jacksmith: Weapons and Warriors, a reforged adventure! Equip the local warriors with custom swords, bows, shields and more in your hands-on blacksmith shop. Follow the soldiers into battle as you push onward toward the evil wizard Dudley!
Why similar: Time Management 26.4%, Crafting 24.7%, Medieval 19.4%, Management 12.1%, Fantasy 7.4%
- #57 Legends of Ellaria
70% matchMixed57% of 827 reviews2021
Dev: Larkon Studio
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Legends of Ellaria is a unique blend of sandbox action-RPG and real-time strategy. Build a new kingdom for your people, construct and manage its cities, command your troops in epic battles and join them fighting in third-person action, and live adventures in an immersive high fantasy world.
Why similar: City Builder 19.4%, RTS 17.5%, Strategy 17.1%, Base Building 12.5%, Building 11.9%
- #58 Tilecraft
68% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Stephen HubbardPub: Hubbard Games
Windows · Mac
'Tilecraft: A New Horizon' is a minimalist and relaxing strategy game about discovering and building on your explored tiles. Explore a procedurally generated set of resources across the map in this unique and casual atmosphere.
Why similar: RTS 25.9%, Time Management 25.4%, Base Building 14.3%, Exploration 10.3%, Strategy 8.5%
- #59 The Pyraplex
67% matchVery Positive98% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A pyramid-building adventure of historic proportions!
Why similar: City Builder 42.2%, Building 24.1%, Strategy 10.3%, Cute 9%, Exploration 7.2%