Games Like Valhalla Hills

The Vikings are back! Get this RTS classic!

Why similar: City Builder 47.1%, Strategy 26.7%, Vikings 26% ★, Singleplayer 0.3%

Why You'll Like It: Sharing the same developer DNA, this game features the same focus on individual unit management and charming Viking-themed progression.

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 39.5%, Vikings 31.6% ★, Strategy 15.5%, Simulation 10.4%, Management 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the Viking aesthetic while adding a layer of strategic territory expansion and clan management.

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: City Builder 61.9%, Strategy 38.1%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same lineage of designers, this title offers the quintessential supply chain and settlement management experience that inspired Valhalla Hills.

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: Vikings 43.3% ★, City Builder 27.8%, Mythology 11.5%, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title directly tackles the Viking colony-sim genre with a focus on building, survival, and managing the unique needs of your people.

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 71.9%, Strategy 16.8%, Simulation 8.8%, Indie 1.5%, Management 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the evolution of a settlement through the ages, emphasizing survival and resource management in a way that feels very similar to Valhalla Hills.

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

Why similar: City Builder 52%, Strategy 20.3%, Simulation 13.1%, Fantasy 7.7%, Management 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Created by the original designer of The Settlers, this game focuses on the same satisfying logistics and exploration mechanics.

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

Why similar: City Builder 65.2%, Strategy 18%, Simulation 11.9%, Indie 2.9%, Management 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: As a foundational survival city-builder, it mirrors the challenge of keeping a small population alive through harsh winters and resource scarcity.

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 66.1%, Strategy 15.4%, Simulation 11.9%, Management 3.9%, Indie 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its organic, grid-less building system provides a relaxing and creative city-building experience that complements the management style of the seed game.

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: Vikings 64.8% ★, Strategy 14%, Simulation 10.6%, Management 5%, Fantasy 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful blend of city-building and real-time strategy that captures the atmosphere of a Norse settlement perfectly.

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 65.9%, Strategy 16.4%, Simulation 11.3%, Management 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: While featuring beavers instead of Vikings, the complex water management and supply chain logistics provide a deep, rewarding city-building experience.

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 69.3%, Strategy 19%, Simulation 9%, Management 2.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a lighthearted, accessible approach to city-building and defense that mirrors the whimsical tone of Valhalla Hills.

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 54.7%, Strategy 23.6%, Simulation 16.5%, Indie 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the classic isometric city-building aesthetic and focuses on the growth and management of a medieval community.

Solve the mystery surrounding the 8th Wonder of the World with your heroes and banish evil from the Earth! Play this RTS-Classic.

Why similar: City Builder 41.4%, Strategy 32.6%, Vikings 26% ★

Why You'll Like It: Another entry in the classic series that shares the specific unit-management mechanics and historical-fantasy charm of the seed game.

Lethis - Path of Progress is a city-builder in a victorian steampunk setting.

Why similar: City Builder 61.1%, Strategy 18.9%, Simulation 13.4%, Indie 4.5%, Management 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style city-builder that emphasizes the production chains and logistical puzzles found in the best of the genre.

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: City Builder 55.5%, Strategy 21.4%, Simulation 14.6%, Management 7.5%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: This colony-sim allows for intricate multi-level building and survival management, capturing the feeling of establishing a home in a harsh land.

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 58.3%, Strategy 22%, Simulation 13.2%, Management 5.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: A highly detailed and realistic settlement builder that rewards careful planning and management of individual villager needs.

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

Why similar: City Builder 57.3%, Strategy 23.9%, Simulation 13.5%, Management 4.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: Widely considered the peak of the Anno series, it offers unparalleled depth in supply chain management and trade logistics.

A unique blend of City Building, Social Management, Exploration and Adventure gameplay, Distant Kingdoms brings a rich fantasy world to life. Help the Humans, Dwarves, Elves and Orcs of Talam, begin anew in the fabled land of Ineron.

Why similar: City Builder 57.7%, Strategy 18.1%, Simulation 14.8%, Indie 5.7%, Fantasy 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed city-builder that mixes traditional management with exploration and RPG elements.

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: City Builder 71.1%, Strategy 16.9%, Simulation 9.5%, Indie 1.4%, Management 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: This survival city-builder forces you to manage your villagers' health and resources through changing seasons and environmental threats.

Bastide is a 13th-century city-building strategy game where you lead a village of peasants toward survival and prosperity. You must contend with bandits, starvation, disease, and brutal winters as you work to develop your settlement into a fortified town.

Why similar: City Builder 45.3%, Strategy 28.5%, Simulation 19.3%, Indie 7%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city-builder that tasks you with managing the growth and safety of a medieval village.

This city-building strategy game puts you as the chieftain of a tribe driven away from their homeland. Now you must rebuild and defend your tribe from both the elements and your old enemies.

Why similar: City Builder 57.1%, Strategy 21.7%, Simulation 15%, Indie 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused city-builder that emphasizes the planning and construction of a settlement in a procedurally generated world.

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 51.1%, Strategy 23.6%, Simulation 15.4%, Indie 6.4%, Management 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist medieval city-builder that focuses on the core loop of gathering resources and expanding your village.

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: Simulation 69%, Indie 26.6%, Singleplayer 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A deep simulation game that focuses on the daily lives and survival of a family unit, echoing the management style of the Cultures series.

Build your own Slavic settlement. Overcome the hardships of medieval life and don't anger the Gods!

Why similar: City Builder 57.6%, Strategy 20.2%, Simulation 13.5%, Management 5%, Indie 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down city-builder that emphasizes survival and the harsh realities of building a settlement in a cold, unforgiving environment.

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: City Builder 63.8%, Strategy 22.8%, Simulation 8%, Management 4.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: A social-focused city-builder that emphasizes the management of citizen needs and complex production chains.

Rise of Man is a pre historic strategy game with city building and survival elements. Can you guide your people through the ages and conquer all the challenges ahead of them.

Why similar: Strategy 49.5%, Simulation 36%, Indie 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: This simulation game focuses on the progression of a civilization, mirroring the developmental arc found in Valhalla Hills.

SugarMill comes to break the rules of village building simulation. Get ready to deal with food expiration, thirst, real-world measurements, and transportation of goods with horse-drawn carriages.

Why similar: City Builder 45.8%, Strategy 26.4%, Simulation 19.7%, Indie 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Why You'll Like It: This simulation focuses on the logistical challenges of managing a colonial settlement with a strong emphasis on production chains.

Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.

Why similar: City Builder 49.9%, Strategy 22.8%, Simulation 15.9%, Management 5.6%, Indie 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy city-builder that challenges you to build a sustainable colony in a futuristic, yet resource-constrained setting.

Survival of your people - that's the only thing that matters. Become the leader of a newly founded Viking settlement and lead it to safety and glory. Gather, build, craft, hunt, raid and follow your Gods to endure hardships of nature and save your clan from violent destruction.

Why similar: City Builder 48.3%, Strategy 22.9%, Simulation 15.4%, Vikings 13% ★, Singleplayer 0.3%

Immerse yourself in the beautifully recreated golden age of Hellenic city-states. Builders of Greece is a city management game that lets you display your strategic and economic mastery. Build your Polis from scratch, make meaningful decisions, trade, fight and expand to become the ultimate ruler.

Why similar: City Builder 44.4%, Mythology 21.7%, Strategy 15.6%, Simulation 11.1%, Indie 4.3%

Take on the role of leading a camp of weary peasants, make strategic decisions to fight for survival against the elements. If you're capable, the camp will grow into a settlement, and then a hamlet. Do you have what it takes to grow it into a city?

Why similar: City Builder 33.8%, Strategy 33.1%, Simulation 23.4%, Indie 9.7%

Survival of your people - that's the only thing that matters. Become the leader of a newly founded Viking settlement and lead it to safety and glory. Gather, build, craft, hunt, raid and follow your Gods to endure hardships of nature and save your clan from violent destruction.

Why similar: Vikings 45.3% ★, City Builder 25.5%, Strategy 17.3%, Simulation 11.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%

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

Why similar: City Builder 55.3%, Strategy 21.3%, Simulation 15.2%, Management 7.2%, Singleplayer 1%

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 65.3%, Strategy 12.3%, Simulation 12.1%, Management 6.6%, Indie 3.1%

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: City Builder 55.2%, Strategy 21.5%, Simulation 15.4%, Management 7%, Singleplayer 0.9%

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: City Builder 57.1%, Strategy 20.5%, Simulation 14.3%, Management 7%, Singleplayer 1%

Arrange Viking villages in the islands to expand their domains, in this logic puzzle game! After years of battles, a group of Vikings decided to conquer new lands. Under the protection of the god Njord, a new clan sets out in search of glory!

Why similar: Vikings 52.8% ★, City Builder 32.1%, Strategy 11.4%, Fantasy 3.7%

Start with nothing and build up your viking settlement in harsh Nordic climate in this survival strategy town building game. Start with nothing and prepare for winter. Set forth on raids on other viking settlements and defend yourself from them.

Why similar: City Builder 40.8%, Mythology 25.1%, Strategy 14.8%, Simulation 9.7%, Management 4.9%

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: City Builder 55.2%, Strategy 21.4%, Simulation 15.3%, Management 7.1%, Singleplayer 1%

Exciting adventures of young Ingolf await you! New story filled with magic, treachery and brave feats. Are you ready?

Why similar: Vikings 57.7% ★, Strategy 25.4%, Simulation 16.9%

Valand is a Viking Age city builder. With your own strength you have to rebuild the whole settlement and bring it to prosperity.

Why similar: City Builder 73.1%, Simulation 21.7%, Management 5.2%

Children of the Nile™ is a unique gem of a city-building game, unparalleled in both grandeur and attention to detail.As Pharaoh you will guide your people through thousands of years of history: from simple hunter-gatherers to the creation of an immortal civilization.

Why similar: City Builder 59.8%, Strategy 19.7%, Simulation 16%, Management 4.3%, Singleplayer 0.2%

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

Why similar: City Builder 57.7%, Strategy 22.5%, Simulation 11.9%, Management 4.7%, Indie 3.2%

Sons of Valhalla is a roguelike strategy game set in the Viking Age. Build fortresses, gather warriors, and lay siege to enemy strongholds, engaging in personal combat as you raid and conquer across England.

Why similar: Strategy 49.2%, Simulation 33.1%, Fantasy 15.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Lead a fearless horde of Viking dwarves, strengthen them with legendary equipment, conquer unknown lands, and witness the colossal destruction they leave behind. How far will you be able to take your warriors? The journey to glory begins now!

Why similar: Vikings 77.1% ★, Strategy 16.7%, Fantasy 6.2%

Builders of Egypt is a city-building economic strategy taking place in the Nile Valley. Immerse yourself in a world full of pyramids, where you will become a part of the ancient world. Create history, be history!

Why similar: City Builder 45.7%, Strategy 18.5%, Mythology 15.1%, Simulation 11.3%, Indie 4.6%

Let yourself be enchanted by the new world of Settlers with this modernized History Edition – in the midst of green forests and lush meadows, it will bustle again. You alone hold the fate of your kingdom in your hands. Which strategy will you choose?

Why similar: City Builder 67.3%, Strategy 32.7%

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 69.5%, Strategy 23.3%, Management 7.3%

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 52.8%, Strategy 18.6%, Simulation 12.9%, Management 5.1%, Indie 5%

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: City Builder 67.3%, Strategy 17.6%, Simulation 9%, Indie 2.2%, Management 1.8%

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: City Builder 42.1%, Mythology 25.2%, Strategy 15.5%, Simulation 11.2%, Management 5.3%

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 63.8%, Strategy 17%, Simulation 12.2%, Management 6.9%

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 56.4%, Strategy 24.5%, Simulation 16.2%, Management 2.5%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Survival strategy game set in a world inspired by Slavic mythology and the nature of Eastern Europe. Build your settlement, protect its dwellers, and help them prepare for the coming Darkness.

Why similar: City Builder 39%, Mythology 23.6%, Strategy 18.9%, Simulation 14.1%, Indie 3.6%

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 60.5%, Strategy 39%, Singleplayer 0.5%