Games Like Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt

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: Colony Sim 37.7% ★, City Builder 27.5%, Strategy 9.1%, Medieval 7.7%, Simulation 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the casual, accessible building style of the seed game while adding fun tower-defense elements.

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 41.8% ★, City Builder 27.6%, Strategy 9.2%, Simulation 7.8%, Medieval 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic survival city-builder that set the standard for managing limited resources and population needs in a harsh environment.

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: Colony Sim 33.9% ★, City Builder 25.1%, Medieval 9.5%, Simulation 7.2%, Building 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on complex resource chains and population management within a challenging survival framework.

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 35.3%, Colony Sim 16.4% ★, Strategy 9.9%, Simulation 9.8%, Medieval 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique, grid-less building system that perfectly captures the charm of creating an organic medieval village.

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 34.6% ★, City Builder 21.5%, Strategy 10%, Simulation 9.2%, Economy 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers the definitive modern medieval city-building experience with deep organic growth and strategic management.

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 35.1% ★, City Builder 19.9%, Strategy 9.1%, Medieval 8%, Simulation 8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique focus on managing social structures and families within a growing medieval settlement.

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 48% ★, City Builder 19.5%, Strategy 7.5%, Simulation 7.5%, Building 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, casual colony-sim that emphasizes building and managing the happiness of your settlers.

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 40.8% ★, City Builder 23.9%, Strategy 11.1%, Simulation 9.7%, Economy 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D colony-sim that allows for detailed multi-story building and deep management of medieval settlers.

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: Colony Sim 31.1% ★, City Builder 24%, Strategy 10.9%, Simulation 8.4%, Medieval 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly realistic and immersive approach to medieval town planning and economic simulation.

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: Colony Sim 33.1% ★, City Builder 24.3%, Strategy 10.3%, Simulation 9.2%, Medieval 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This medieval city-builder features a similar top-down perspective and a focus on economic stability.

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: Colony Sim 33.4% ★, City Builder 24.8%, Strategy 10%, Building 9.5%, Medieval 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game challenges players to build a thriving town while managing complex survival mechanics and seasonal threats.

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: Colony Sim 28.2% ★, City Builder 23.1%, Strategy 10.2%, Medieval 8.6%, Economy 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic title that balances traditional city-building with the strategic defense of your medieval castle.

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 38.5% ★, City Builder 24.6%, Strategy 10.6%, Medieval 6.6%, Economy 5%

Why You'll Like It: A social-focused city-builder that balances resource management with the complex needs of your growing population.

Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.

Why similar: Colony Sim 38.6% ★, City Builder 24.5%, Medieval 9.4%, Strategy 8.9%, Economy 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Visually similar to the seed game, it offers a relaxing and straightforward city-building experience.

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: Colony Sim 34.3% ★, City Builder 32.9%, Strategy 8%, Medieval 6.2%, Simulation 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-capable city-builder that features similar resource management and progression systems.

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 28.1%, Colony Sim 26.7% ★, Strategy 14.4%, Economy 8.4%, Simulation 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: While the setting is different, the casual city-building and resource management mechanics are very similar.

Villagers is a beautifully illustrated and richly detailed town-building game where you build a thriving community using the people and resources around you. Success or failure depends on your ability to create a town that can grow and prosper, and overcome the harsh realities of medieval life!

Why similar: City Builder 44.6%, Strategy 23.2%, Simulation 20.9%, Medieval 10.5%, Indie 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the flow of goods and the specific needs of your villagers to keep your town thriving.

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 35.7%, Strategy 19.9%, Simulation 16.7%, Medieval 10%, Resource Management 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A simple and charming medieval city-builder that focuses on the basics of survival and expansion.

Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!

Why similar: Simulation 28.7%, Strategy 26.4%, Building 9.9%, Economy 8.9%, City Builder 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers excellent management and production mechanics that will appeal to fans of the seed game's economy.

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 39.5% ★, City Builder 23.3%, Strategy 10%, Medieval 8.7%, Simulation 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It combines medieval colony management with fantasy elements and deep character-driven interactions.

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 54.7% ★, Simulation 15.2%, Building 10.5%, Sandbox 7.7%, Casual 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A historical colony-sim that focuses on family survival and long-term settlement development.

Make your own metropolitan utopia! Stores, mansions, towers--anything goes!

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.3% ★, City Builder 26%, Simulation 15.4%, Strategy 13.9%, Casual 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A casual management game that features a similar progression loop and satisfying city-building mechanics.

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 42.7% ★, City Builder 27.9%, Strategy 8%, Medieval 6%, Simulation 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes the survival aspects of medieval town management in a realistic, unforgiving setting.

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: Colony Sim 35.2% ★, City Builder 24.3%, Strategy 11.7%, Simulation 10.6%, Medieval 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends strategy and simulation with a strong focus on kingdom building and management.

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 35.2% ★, City Builder 22.9%, Strategy 9.4%, Simulation 8.3%, Medieval 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It combines colony-sim elements with resource management to create a balanced town-building experience.

A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.

Why similar: Colony Sim 48.1% ★, City Builder 27.6%, Strategy 10.8%, Simulation 7.4%, Sandbox 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: It blends city-building with survival and tower-defense mechanics for a more intense management experience.

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 34.3% ★, City Builder 22.3%, Medieval 8%, Strategy 7.6%, Building 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox city-builder that gives players the freedom to manage and grow their settlement at their own pace.

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: Colony Sim 35.2% ★, City Builder 26.1%, Strategy 10.3%, Medieval 9.9%, Simulation 9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a minimalist, side-scrolling take on kingdom management that captures the essence of ruling a realm.

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 35.7% ★, City Builder 23.3%, Strategy 10.1%, Medieval 8.2%, Simulation 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a solid mix of colony-sim management and base-building in a medieval-inspired setting.

A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!

Why similar: Colony Sim 35.2% ★, City Builder 22.1%, Strategy 11.5%, Simulation 11.2%, Casual 5.3%

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 36.5% ★, City Builder 18.2%, Medieval 8.7%, Simulation 8.6%, Strategy 8.5%

The Promised Land, a brave new world , the hole nation – all this lies in your hands! Become a true leader, a chosen one, a father of nation! Guide your colony to the victory of the modern superpower! We collected all the best that is in games of this genre, arched by exciting mini-games and carefully turned it into the deep and...

Why similar: Colony Sim 55.9% ★, Strategy 13.3%, City Builder 12.9%, Casual 8.3%, Simulation 5.6%

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 48% ★, Strategy 15%, Simulation 14.3%, Economy 6.7%, Building 6.5%

Casual city building. Become an architect. Manage the small polis. Construct an idyllic ancient Roman city with plenty of houses. Work your way to the top through the campaign mode, or create your own scenarios.

Why similar: Colony Sim 53% ★, Simulation 15%, City Builder 11.9%, Strategy 7.2%, Casual 7%

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

Why similar: City Builder 32.4%, Colony Sim 25% ★, Strategy 16.3%, Simulation 11.8%, Building 7.9%

Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3% ★, City Builder 17.6%, Strategy 17.2%, Simulation 15.6%, Building 7.3%

The legendary city-builder returns! Lead the creation of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this HD remake with modernized UI. Build monuments, manage your population and explore 4,000 years of history through over a hundred hours of gameplay.

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.7% ★, City Builder 28%, Simulation 9.2%, Strategy 7.3%, Building 7.1%

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 39% ★, City Builder 20.7%, Strategy 9.7%, Building 7.8%, Simulation 7.6%

Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.

Why similar: Colony Sim 41.8% ★, City Builder 23.6%, Strategy 10.3%, Simulation 9%, Sandbox 5.5%

Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is a laid-back City builder. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, interact with your neighbors and defend your kingdom from magical creatures. All to find true love and live happily ever after!

Why similar: Colony Sim 36% ★, City Builder 24.6%, Simulation 8.6%, Strategy 7.9%, Economy 7.4%

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 38.9% ★, City Builder 24.7%, Strategy 8%, Economy 7.9%, Simulation 7.3%

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 30.3%, Colony Sim 23% ★, Economy 8.6%, Strategy 8.5%, Building 7.6%

HEXAROMA is a charming village builder set on a tiny island village where you start your Hexling colony! Place your buildings, and manage Hexling villagers on a hexagonal island. Plan your placements wisely, grow your settlement, optimize your colony and help your villagers thrive.

Why similar: Colony Sim 38.8% ★, City Builder 22.7%, Strategy 9.4%, Simulation 8%, Medieval 7.6%

Citizens is a blend between turn based city builder and a puzzler for strategy masterminds. Build a thriving settlement, extract and process resources and manage your population by catering to their needs, thus allowing you to build bigger and better!

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.1% ★, City Builder 20.9%, Strategy 8.5%, Medieval 8.2%, Simulation 7.9%

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 32.4% ★, City Builder 20.9%, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 8.8%, Medieval 8%

Build a rabbit town while defending it from the fluffy empire's invasions.

Why similar: Colony Sim 36.2% ★, City Builder 24.4%, Strategy 11.5%, Economy 6.4%, Medieval 6.3%

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 37.2% ★, City Builder 22.1%, Strategy 11.5%, Simulation 11%, Medieval 5.1%

Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.1% ★, City Builder 20.3%, Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 8.9%, Economy 6.5%

Recruit adventurers and monsters to create your own RRG-style town!

Why similar: Colony Sim 39.6% ★, City Builder 23.6%, Simulation 12.5%, Strategy 12.5%, Casual 5.6%

Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!

Why similar: Colony Sim 45.7% ★, City Builder 15.8%, Simulation 12.3%, Strategy 7.5%, Economy 5.3%

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: Colony Sim 23.7% ★, City Builder 21.7%, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 12.4%, Building 6.4%

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: Colony Sim 34.4% ★, City Builder 23.4%, Strategy 11.1%, Simulation 8.4%, Building 6.5%

Build the town of Heropolis.Gather your strongest heroes and destroy Evilcorp!

Why similar: Colony Sim 39.2% ★, City Builder 22.7%, Simulation 15.4%, Casual 8.1%, Strategy 5.3%

Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.

Why similar: Colony Sim 48.7% ★, City Builder 28.4%, Strategy 11.5%, Simulation 8.8%, Resource Management 1.4%

Build a network of cities that produce and trade resources, upgrade your castle, and protect the cities from cheeky bandits. Tinker with the economy at your own pace, and watch the charming wooden world grow into a lively and thriving kingdom.

Why similar: City Builder 33.7%, Medieval 12.8%, Economy 11.5%, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 10%

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 46.7% ★, City Builder 27.2%, Strategy 8.6%, Building 6.7%, Simulation 5.6%

Townsmen VR uses the exciting possibilities of virtual reality to further enhance the classic city building game with entirely new gameplay experiences and interactive mechanics. It combines elements of a God-game simulation and a classic building game with the interactive possibilities of VR.

Why similar: City Builder 30%, Simulation 16%, Strategy 15.9%, Medieval 10.4%, Building 7.4%

Create your own amusement park with a variety of rides, mascots, and activities!

Why similar: Colony Sim 35% ★, Simulation 16.4%, City Builder 15.5%, Strategy 15%, Casual 7.1%