Games Like Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown

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: 4X 23.7% ★, Grand Strategy 14.8% ★, Colony Sim 12.3% ★, City Builder 11.3%, Base Building 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly detailed medieval city-building experience with tactical real-time battles that mirror the core gameplay loop of the seed game.

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: 4X 23.9% ★, City Builder 12.9%, Colony Sim 11.7% ★, Building 9.5%, RTS 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on survival and complex resource management within a challenging medieval environment.

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 14.7% ★, City Builder 12.9%, RTS 10.6%, Base Building 8.8%, Online Co-Op 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep city-building experience with a strong emphasis on cooperative gameplay and exploration.

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 24.5%, Colony Sim 17.3% ★, Base Building 10.4%, Management 6.9%, RTS 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Incorporates 4X grand strategy elements and multiplayer support, allowing for competitive or cooperative kingdom expansion.

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 18%, Colony Sim 14.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.7%, RTS 11.4%, Medieval 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: The classic blend of castle building and real-time strategy combat that serves as a foundational inspiration for the genre.

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 30.3%, Medieval 12%, Colony Sim 9.5% ★, Building 7.6%, Resource Management 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features a gridless building system and organic growth that emphasizes the social and economic management of a medieval settlement.

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: 4X 22% ★, Grand Strategy 15.1% ★, Colony Sim 12.5% ★, City Builder 11.6%, Base Building 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines city-building with roguelite strategy elements, demanding constant adaptation to survive harsh conditions.

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 25.8% ★, City Builder 22.4%, Base Building 15.6%, Survival 11.7%, Management 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that focuses on building multi-story structures and defending your people from external threats.

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: 4X 22.8% ★, Grand Strategy 14.8% ★, Colony Sim 12.7% ★, City Builder 11.6%, Base Building 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the social dynamics and simulation of noble families, adding a layer of political intrigue to city management.

Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.

Why similar: 4X 24.2% ★, Grand Strategy 14.8% ★, Colony Sim 13.6% ★, City Builder 12.6%, Base Building 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Supports massive populations and grand-scale management, perfect for players looking for deeper strategic complexity.

Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.

Why similar: City Builder 24.6%, Survival 16%, Medieval 15.6%, Online Co-Op 14.7%, Building 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: Blends survival, city-building, and third-person combat, offering a more personal perspective on leading a rebellion.

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 24.4% ★, City Builder 21.7%, Base Building 10%, Building 9.9%, Survival 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines colony simulation with survival elements as you manage a Norse settlement through environmental hazards.

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: 4X 23.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9% ★, City Builder 12.3%, RTS 10.9%, Base Building 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Directly bridges the gap between grand strategy map movement and real-time tactical combat 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 21.4%, Survival 10.1%, Medieval 8.2%, Base Building 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A survival city-builder that incorporates a social policy system to manage the happiness and needs of your citizens.

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 30.6% ★, City Builder 29.8%, Survival 9.2%, Medieval 6.6%, Strategy 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential survival city-builder that forces players to manage limited resources through harsh winters.

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 28.9% ★, City Builder 27.9%, Resource Management 9%, Medieval 8.6%, Building 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city-builder that requires careful planning to survive the harsh realities of medieval life.

Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.7% ★, City Builder 18.9%, Base Building 12.3%, Medieval 10.1%, Building 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that allows you to rule as a mortal or a god, focusing on the personalities and relationships of your subjects.

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 20.7%, Colony Sim 18.1% ★, Base Building 10.5%, Building 9.4%, Resource Management 8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly realistic and deep approach to city-building with a focus on historical accuracy and complex supply chains.

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: Grand Strategy 28.4% ★, Medieval 21.6%, RTS 15.6%, Strategy 12.7%, Real Time Tactics 8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the ultimate grand strategy experience for those who want to command vast armies and manage entire kingdoms.

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 21.2% ★, City Builder 20.4%, Medieval 9.5%, Resource Management 9%, Building 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A comprehensive city-builder that balances production chains with the need to defend against raids and natural disasters.

In 960 AD, the new Song Dynasty needs you! As magistrate, build a prosperous city from scratch. Develop bustling streets filled with businesses and entertainment, while navigating hidden crises of political strife and foreign invasions. How will you lead through these challenges?

Why similar: City Builder 23.7%, Real Time Tactics 14.8%, Base Building 13.1%, Resource Management 12.2%, Building 12%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a historical city-building experience with a focus on economic management and cultural development.

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 20.6% ★, City Builder 15.1%, Base Building 12.1%, Medieval 10.4%, Building 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the progression from a single peasant to a feudal lord through resource gathering and base construction.

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 25.4%, Colony Sim 23.6% ★, Medieval 10.2%, Building 8.9%, Base Building 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A more accessible city-builder that still provides the core challenge of defending your kingdom from dragons and Vikings.

Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

Why similar: City Builder 26.6%, Colony Sim 21.7% ★, Survival 11.9%, Base Building 11.1%, Strategy 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic city-builder that emphasizes exploration and survival against environmental threats.

Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

Why similar: City Builder 25.4%, Colony Sim 19.7% ★, Survival 12.2%, Resource Management 11.8%, Building 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: While set in an icy apocalypse, it is the gold standard for city-builders that force difficult moral choices and survival management.

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: 4X 22% ★, Grand Strategy 13.5% ★, Colony Sim 11.8% ★, City Builder 11.3%, Base Building 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A unique city-builder that focuses on tribal management and expansion within a fantasy setting.

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 17.3% ★, City Builder 15.8%, RTS 11.9%, Base Building 9.8%, Building 8.8%

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: Grand Strategy 29.7% ★, RTS 16.2%, 4X 15% ★, Medieval 14.3%, Strategy 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that simplifies the complexities of kingdom management while maintaining deep tactical control.

Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.

Why similar: Colony Sim 50.7% ★, Building 27.7%, Simulation 12.4%, Casual 5.5%, Singleplayer 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim set in the Scottish Highlands that focuses on family survival and adapting to the changing seasons.

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 23.1%, Colony Sim 21.3% ★, RTS 12.8%, Medieval 10.3%, Management 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style city-builder that emphasizes trade, diplomacy, and managing the needs of a growing population.

Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.

Why similar: 4X 21.8% ★, Grand Strategy 15.2% ★, Colony Sim 12.8% ★, City Builder 11.8%, Base Building 7.9%

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 36.2%, Colony Sim 32.1% ★, Survival 11.8%, Strategy 5.9%, RTS 5%

Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.

Why similar: Building 23.3%, Medieval 17.8%, Base Building 16.4%, Survival 14.2%, Multiplayer 11.2%

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 28% ★, Base Building 17%, Medieval 16%, Resource Management 14.1%, RTS 11.2%

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 20.2% ★, Resource Management 13%, Base Building 12.9%, Online Co-Op 12.4%, Medieval 10.9%

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 21.4%, Colony Sim 19.5% ★, Medieval 11.6%, Building 11%, Survival 8.7%

Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.

Why similar: Colony Sim 16.3% ★, City Builder 15.6%, RTS 11%, Base Building 10.3%, Medieval 8.6%

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: 4X 20.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.9% ★, City Builder 13.9%, RTS 12.5%, Base Building 7.6%

Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!

Why similar: City Builder 18.5%, Colony Sim 14% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Medieval 10.1%, Building 8.9%

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: 4X 20.5% ★, Grand Strategy 14.6% ★, Colony Sim 10.7% ★, City Builder 10.6%, RTS 9.1%

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: 4X 22.3% ★, Grand Strategy 15.2% ★, Colony Sim 12.4% ★, City Builder 11.6%, Base Building 7.8%

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: RTS 19.6%, Base Building 15.6%, Medieval 13.5%, Building 12.5%, Survival 10.4%

IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Colony Sim 19.1% ★, Survival 10.4%, Resource Management 10.4%, Base Building 10.3%

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 22.1%, Colony Sim 21.7% ★, RTS 17.8%, Medieval 9%, Building 6.7%

Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.1% ★, City Builder 16.6%, Building 10.2%, RTS 10.1%, Base Building 10.1%

Noble Legacy is a medieval city-builder in which you rule the lands as a Noble. Build your kingdom, manage your people, defend your realm, and master a deep economy, alone or with friends in co-op, every decision is yours. What kind of ruler will you be?

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1% ★, City Builder 21.6%, Medieval 13.9%, Building 12.9%, Base Building 10.7%

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 20.5%, Colony Sim 20.4% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Building 11%, Resource Management 10.4%

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: 4X 20.2% ★, City Builder 18.4%, RTS 14.7%, Colony Sim 10.7% ★, Base Building 7%

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 28.4%, RTS 18.5%, Building 13%, Strategy 8.2%, Management 8%

Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!

Why similar: 4X 32.9% ★, Colony Sim 16.2% ★, City Builder 16.1%, Base Building 9.1%, Resource Management 8.7%

Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.7% ★, City Builder 20.7%, Base Building 11.1%, Survival 10.4%, Building 10.4%

Tax, torture or treat your peasants! Rehabilitate criminals or sentence them to death? Decide as you enjoy jousting over a lavish banquet, all while under siege from the warmongering Lord Barclay.

Why similar: Colony Sim 16.8% ★, City Builder 16.6%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%, RTS 11.1%, Medieval 9.7%

An intense real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy world of Orcs, Elves and Dragons. Kingdom Wars 2 combines the best of Zombie survival and crafting with complex fast-paced city building. Fight massive siege battles that turn beautiful landscapes into gory blood-soaked battlefields.

Why similar: 4X 21.2% ★, Colony Sim 10.9% ★, City Builder 9.9%, RTS 9.1%, Real Time Tactics 7.3%

You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.

Why similar: 4X 22.4% ★, Grand Strategy 15.4% ★, Colony Sim 12.2% ★, City Builder 11.4%, Base Building 7.8%

The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.

Why similar: 4X 21.9% ★, Grand Strategy 15.5% ★, Colony Sim 12.1% ★, City Builder 11.9%, Base Building 8%

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: Colony Sim 28.4% ★, City Builder 20.9%, RTS 19%, Survival 12.6%, Resource Management 10.8%

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 32.7% ★, City Builder 28.2%, Building 13.3%, Survival 10%, Strategy 5.2%

New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1% ★, City Builder 20%, Base Building 11.6%, Building 11.2%, Survival 9.9%

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 17.7%, Colony Sim 17.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 13%, RTS 11.3%, Medieval 10.1%