- #1 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
97% matchVery Positive88% of 290,096 reviews2022
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 62.3 hrsMean: 154.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
Why similar: Medieval 42.1%, Sandbox 22.6%, Strategy 19.6%, RPG 14.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive sandbox medieval experience that perfectly captures the blend of large-scale RTS battles, RPG hero progression, and faction-based politics.
- #2 Manor Lords
96% matchVery Positive84% of 87,232 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Medieval 52.9%, Strategy 28.4%, Sandbox 17.7%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, realistic city-building experience paired with intense, tactical real-time combat that feels grounded and impactful.
- #3 Ancestors Legacy
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,588 reviews2018
Dev: Destructive Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually solved by war.
Why similar: Real-Time 22.7% ★, Medieval 21.5%, RTS 20.4%, Strategy 17.5%, Violent 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: A visceral, violent RTS that focuses on squad-based medieval combat and tactical positioning similar to the intensity of Veil of Crows.
- #4 Sons of Valhalla
95% matchMixed67% of 957 reviews2024
Dev: Pixel Chest
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Medieval 36%, Sandbox 27.9%, Strategy 18.9%, RPG 15.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines base-building and real-time combat with a side-scrolling perspective that emphasizes the chaotic nature of medieval warfare.
- #5 Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare
94% matchMixed65% of 12,409 reviews2019
Dev: KK Game Studio
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In the anarchic world of Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare, only the mightiest warlord rules. Start with a pistol and a few militias, you will set yourself on a wild and ambitious journey towards world domination. Enjoy the immersive combination of intense FPS and sandbox strategy.
Why similar: Strategy 26.8%, Sandbox 22.1%, RPG 16.1%, Real-Time 15% ★, RTS 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: While set in a modern context, its core loop of sandbox strategy, RPG progression, and tactical real-time combat is a direct mechanical cousin to Veil of Crows.
- #6 Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 35,815 reviews2006
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Medieval 41.7%, Strategy 30.5%, RTS 21.9%, Sandbox 5.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic grand-strategy title that offers the most robust real-time medieval siege and field battles available.
- #7 Bellwright
92% matchVery Positive81% of 19,796 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Medieval 61.4%, Strategy 19.4%, RPG 17.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival and strategy game where you lead a rebellion, manage a village, and engage in tactical medieval combat.
- #8 Medieval Kingdom Wars
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,606 reviews2019
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Medieval 31.5%, RTS 30.9%, Sandbox 22.1%, Strategy 15.5%
Why You'll Like It: A grand-strategy RTS that emphasizes the brutal reality of medieval warfare and the constant need to manage resources and defenses.
- #9 Going Medieval
91% matchVery Positive89% of 20,881 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 31.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Sandbox 44.7%, Strategy 29.4%, RPG 23.1%, Singleplayer 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the construction and destruction of medieval structures in a sandbox environment where survival and defense are paramount.
- #10 Shieldwall
91% matchVery Positive87% of 7,133 reviews2023
Dev: Nezon Production
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Shieldwall is a funny third-person tactical battle simulator with strategy elements. It allows you to feel like a squad leader right on the battlefield.
Why similar: Medieval 55.5%, Strategy 29.4%, Sandbox 13.1%, Singleplayer 2%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, chaotic action-RTS that captures the feeling of leading a medieval army into a bloody, large-scale melee.
- #11 Voor De Kroon
89% matchVery Positive88% of 609 reviews2022
Dev: Future Minimalism
Windows
Fight for control during the Friso-Hollandic Wars. Set in the medieval 13th century, the game features a strategy campaign and historical battles. Fight alongside your army in 3rd person battles and command your troops in this strategy-action game.
Why similar: Medieval 30.7%, Sandbox 22.4%, Gore 20.7%, Violent 14.2%, Strategy 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval sandbox game that emphasizes real-time tactical combat and the struggle for regional control.
- #12 BANNERMEN
90% matchMixed53% of 296 reviews2019
Dev: Pathos Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A singleplayer fast-paced classic RTS game in which you take on the role of a fallen lord on his journey back to become one of the mightiest in the medieval realm of Valtoria.
Why similar: Real-Time 30.9% ★, Medieval 20.9%, Violent 17.8%, RTS 17.6%, Strategy 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A traditional real-time strategy game that features base building and hero-led armies in a classic medieval setting.
- #13 Blackthorn Arena
89% matchMixed69% of 3,780 reviews2020
Dev: PersonaeGame StudioPub: Light Up Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Blackthorn Arena is a strategy/management sim with a real-time/turn based combat system, set in a world of mythical monsters and classic fantasy races. Play as the master of Blackthorn Arena, train your slaves into gladiators, forge them into your champions, and send them to fight for your glory!
Why similar: Medieval 41.1%, Sandbox 32.9%, Strategy 24.2%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy RPG that focuses on training gladiators and engaging in tactical, real-time combat within a gritty, violent setting.
- #14 Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2
87% matchVery Positive84% of 7,244 reviews2023
Dev: Brilliant Game Studios
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Welcome to Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2, the most ridiculous and insane battle simulator in existence! Create eye watering battles with hundreds of thousands, even millions of characters on screen! Jump into multiple campaigns in game or player made, or play in sandbox mode and FPS invasion
Why similar: Sandbox 38.5%, RTS 37.9%, Strategy 23.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers the ultimate sandbox experience for those who enjoy the sheer scale and gore of massive, physics-driven medieval battles.
- #15 Dead Monarchy
88% matchVery Positive82% of 137 reviews2023
Dev: Kevin Zhang
Windows
Dead Monarchy is an open-world, turn-based tactical RPG set in a low fantasy world. Personally lead and manage your mercenary company as the captain and embark on your personal quest to defeat the arena champions.
Why similar: Violent 26.3%, Gore 23.9%, Strategy 19.7%, RPG 16.2%, Medieval 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: An indie strategy RPG that leans into a dark, unforgiving world where every decision impacts the survival of your mercenary company.
- #16 Kingdom Wars 4
86% matchMixed66% of 239 reviews2021
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
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: RTS 30.3%, Medieval 30.1%, Sandbox 22.1%, Strategy 17.6%
Why You'll Like It: Blends grand strategy with real-time combat, offering a complex management experience for fans of medieval conquest.
- #17 KINGDOMS
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 4,083 reviews2015
Dev: Oreol
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
KINGDOMS is a procedural medieval RPG in a randomly generated open world. The main feature of KINGDOMS is a smart AI system that completely controls NPC behavior. As the player, you can fully interact with this massive world and become any person you want to be.
Why similar: Medieval 45.5%, Sandbox 26.2%, RPG 18%, Strategy 9.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world medieval sandbox that allows for deep role-playing and building within a persistent, evolving world.
- #18 Total War: ATTILA
84% matchVery Positive82% of 37,267 reviews2015
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Linux
Median: 17.4 hrsMean: 81.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Against a darkening background of famine, disease and war, a new power is rising in the great steppes of the East. With a million horsemen at his back, the ultimate warrior king approaches, and his sights are set on Rome… The next instalment in the multi award-winning PC series that combines turn-based strategy with real-time tactics,...
Why similar: Strategy 44.4%, RTS 34.9%, Medieval 19.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: A darker, more punishing entry in the Total War series that captures the grim, violent atmosphere of a collapsing medieval world.
- #19 Legends of Ellaria
84% 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: Strategy 33.6%, RPG 29.6%, RTS 14.7%, Sandbox 12.4%, Medieval 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines first-person RPG exploration with RTS base management, offering a unique hybrid experience.
- #20 Crown Wars: The Black Prince
82% matchMixed60% of 598 reviews2024
Dev: Artefacts StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
The War of Crowns rages on. Knights and brigands run rampant throughout the land, sowing destruction. From your castle base, rise to become the lord who leads the battle against the forces of evil in this turn-based tactics and strategy game.
Why similar: Medieval 29.1%, Strategy 24.7%, RPG 22.5%, Violent 21.7%, Singleplayer 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features tactical, turn-based combat with a focus on dark, medieval themes and hero development.
- #21 Invasion Machine
83% matchMixed66% of 624 reviews2020
Dev: Pixel Machine
Windows
Modern-warfare RTS/sandbox game inspired by the real conflicts in the Middle East. Fight a counter-insurgency war, protect the civilian population, casevac your wounded and decide how the world sees your struggle. And remember - no one gets left behind.
Why similar: RTS 19.8%, Strategy 19%, Real-Time 17.3% ★, Gore 15.4%, Violent 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical military simulation that shares the sandbox, mission-based approach to conquering territory.
- #22 Eyes of War
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 323 reviews2025
Dev: Good Mood Games
Windows · Linux
Eyes of War is a real-time strategy game set in the medieval era, offering both single-player and multiplayer experiences where you can control every unit in character mode. Build your castle, lead your army, and dominate the map. Eyes of War invites you to epic battles of the medieval era!
Why similar: RTS 43.7%, Medieval 29%, Strategy 26.2%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval RTS that focuses on tactical combat and unit control, providing a modern take on the classic real-time strategy formula.
- #23 The Dark Legions
82% matchVery Positive86% of 172 reviews2016
Dev: Marcell BaranyaiPub: Mascot Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
The Dark Legions is a 3d real-time strategy game in the medieval ages. You can command your army and build your empire through story driven missions. Or you can prove your strength against computer players, on randomly generated missions.
Why similar: Medieval 39.5%, RTS 33.3%, Strategy 27.2%
Why You'll Like It: A niche indie RTS that focuses on medieval combat and unit management in a fantasy-tinged world.
- #24 Extremely Realistic Siege Warfare Simulator
81% matchMixed54% of 362 reviews2022
Dev: Screambox Studio
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Extremely Realistic Siege Warfare Simulator is a physics-based tactical strategy game where you must lead a military force in a fantasy medieval world. Build an army. Construct siege equipment. Experience epic battles. Lead your people to victory!!
Why similar: RTS 35.8%, Sandbox 29.3%, Strategy 19.1%, RPG 15.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses entirely on the physics of castle destruction and siege tactics, mirroring the destructible environment appeal of the seed game.
- #25 Robber Knight
80% matchMixed65% of 303 reviews2022
Dev: Sartorian
Windows
RPG/Strategy. Lead your army through intense battles, make decisions that influence the story, and conquer vast lands. Play solo or fight side by side with up to 4 friends.
Why similar: Medieval 49.3%, Strategy 27.4%, RPG 21%, Singleplayer 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world RPG that captures the feeling of being a medieval mercenary carving out a living through combat and strategy.
- #26 Knights of the Crusades
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 169 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: RTS 30.9%, Sandbox 27.7%, Medieval 24.9%, Strategy 15.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox grand-strategy game that allows for city-building and real-time tactical management of medieval forces.
- #27 Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades
77% matchVery Positive83% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: JOTASOFT STUDIOS
Windows
New Real Time Strategy Game based on medieval times, where you will control powerful factions and empires, with large-scale epic battles, asymmetric civilizations, unit customization system with RPG elements, dynamic AI, 8K support and much more.
Why similar: RTS 34.3%, Medieval 28.4%, Strategy 20.2%, RPG 17.1%
- #28 Rooks Keep
79% matchMixed68% of 96 reviews2014
Dev: RuneStorm
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Rooks Keep is an arena-based, melee combat game. A variety of game-modes, characters, maps and mutators are available. It also has Chess modes, mod support and decapitation!
Why similar: Gore 35.1%, Violent 33.7%, Strategy 31.2%
Why You'll Like It: An action-strategy hybrid that features violent, gore-filled combat in a medieval arena setting.
- #29 Battle Brothers
77% matchVery Positive88% of 27,494 reviews2017
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 19.2 hrsMean: 93.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
Why similar: Medieval 35.6%, Sandbox 28.2%, Strategy 18.7%, RPG 15.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #30 Strategy & Tactics: Dark Ages
79% matchMixed59% of 194 reviews2017
Dev: HeroLabs
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Dark Ages is a tactical digital board game set in the violent world of alternate Middle Ages. Vikings against war elephants, musketeers against the Mongol cavalry, ancient phalanx legions against crusaders; the deadliest armies in history clashing in bloody war.
Why similar: Medieval 32.9%, RTS 20.5%, Sandbox 17.7%, Strategy 15.9%, RPG 13%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy simulation that covers the broad strokes of medieval warfare through a classic, board-game-inspired lens.
- #31 Norland
74% matchVery Positive82% of 9,913 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Medieval 41.8%, Sandbox 33.3%, Strategy 23%, Singleplayer 2%
- #32 Coronation
76% matchMixed65% of 106 reviews2021
Dev: Twin Sword Studio
Windows
Coronation, an online medieval sandbox with player-built settlements, dungeons & economy.
Why similar: Medieval 46.2%, Strategy 27.3%, Violent 26.5%
- #33 Kingdom Wars
76% matchMixed67% of 2,798 reviews2013
Dev: Reverie World Studios
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Kingdom Wars is a free to play 3D MMORTS with real-time siege combat, without the pay to win element so common in the genre. Kingdom Wars offers beautiful 3D online world, where players construct strongholds, direct citizens, complete quests and eventually manage a global empire.
Why similar: RTS 31.1%, Strategy 28.6%, Medieval 23.3%, RPG 11.7%, Sandbox 4.8%
- #34 Valorborn
72% matchMixed63% of 463 reviews2026
Dev: Laps Games
Windows
Dive into a living medieval fantasy sandbox RPG where the world moves with or without you and factions rise and fall. Become a thief, hunter, or sellsword, survive alone or with a party, and shape your story in a fully enterable world where every building, cave, and road hides opportunity or danger.
Why similar: Medieval 33.2%, Sandbox 30.2%, Strategy 18.2%, RPG 17.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #35 A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 14,744 reviews2018
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
From the multi-award-winning strategy series, A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia combines huge real-time battles with engrossing turn-based campaign, set at a critical flashpoint in history. Anglo-Saxons, Gaelic clans and Viking settlers clash for control. What Kingdom will you build?
Why similar: RTS 30.8%, Strategy 29.6%, Medieval 29.3%, Violent 6%, Sandbox 3.2%
- #36 Battle of Empires : 1914-1918
74% matchMixed69% of 2,101 reviews2015
Dev: Great War TeamPub: Best Way Soft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 is a story-driven RTS that brings to life some of the most brutal battles of the Great War. Each mission showcases the era’s most devastating weaponry — sabotage, stealth, trench warfare, gas attacks, artillery, and mobile infantry. BoE delivers the full WWI experience.
Why similar: RTS 37.3%, Strategy 33%, Gore 18.2%, Sandbox 10.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #37 Raid On Coasts
75% matchMixed46% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: Outlaw Wars
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Raid On Coasts is a real time strategy game set in a massive Middle East themed land mass to cause chaos and carnage on !
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #38 Kingdoms and Castles
71% matchVery Positive94% of 31,097 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.1 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: Medieval 37%, Sandbox 24.2%, Strategy 19.1%, RTS 18.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #39 Life is Feudal: Your Own
73% matchMixed66% of 12,061 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!
Why similar: Medieval 48.7%, Sandbox 32.9%, RPG 12.5%, Strategy 5.4%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #40 The Bloodline
70% matchVery Positive83% of 3,828 reviews2023
Dev: Shieldbearer StudiosPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Bloodline is a sandbox adventure RPG that lets you play your way. Reforge bonds between kingdoms, explore the wilds, craft and plan adventures and wield mighty weapons or magic as you prepare for what is to come…
Why similar: Medieval 36.1%, Sandbox 28.8%, RPG 16.9%, Strategy 16.4%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #41 Mud and Blood
71% matchVery Positive87% of 852 reviews2021
Dev: urbgames
Windows
Median: 22.0 hrsMean: 51.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Mud and Blood, the cult classic flash real time strategy game, returns with its signature take on infantry tactics. Command a small squad through brutal battles against unfair odds. This is combat. Experience the chaos and unceremonious violence of modern war, where every decision counts.
Why similar: RTS 32.3%, Sandbox 28%, Gore 21.1%, Strategy 17.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #42 Rising Lords
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 963 reviews2024
Dev: ArgonwoodPub: Deck13
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising Lords is a medieval turn-based strategy game with card and board game elements. Send your serfs to fight and die in your name... or let them prosper, and use them to your advantage!
Why similar: Medieval 52.7%, Strategy 26.1%, Sandbox 19.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #43 Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG
70% matchMixed69% of 10,552 reviews2023
Dev: gamigo US
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gloria Victis is an MMORPG with an emphasis on realism, set in a low-fantasy medieval open world. Enjoy MMO with skill-based non-target combat, open PVP with territory control, deep crafting system and player-driven economy – all that served with beautiful graphics and an immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Medieval 61.2%, RPG 21.6%, Sandbox 17.2%
- #44 Reign Of Kings
73% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!
Why similar: Medieval 48.5%, Sandbox 23.5%, Gore 18.7%, RPG 9.2%
- #45 We Who Are About To Die
69% matchVery Positive88% of 8,249 reviews2022
Dev: Jordy Lakiere
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Fight & strategize your way through spectacles and arenas - rise from lowly slave to Grand Champion and earn your freedom. Or... die trying. This Gladiator RPG Roguelite features in-depth career management and a unique physics simulated combat system. To those who are about to die, I salute you!
Why similar: Medieval 27%, Gore 22.3%, Sandbox 21.6%, Strategy 15.2%, RPG 12.6%
- #46 Ultimate General: Civil War
70% matchVery Positive89% of 8,464 reviews2017
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 45.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Ultimate General: Civil War is a tactical real time strategy war-game. Experience the bloodiest period of U.S. history - the American Civil War of 1861-1865.
Why similar: RTS 64.4%, Strategy 34.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #47 Great Houses of Calderia
69% matchMixed61% of 424 reviews2024
Dev: Resistance GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Great Houses of Calderia is a Feudal Grand Strategy game focusing on family dynamics & stories. Use your family strengths to compete against rivals to rise in the ranks of Calderia - produce, trade, scheme, bribe, and battle to build your legacy of power!
Why similar: Medieval 24.4%, Strategy 20.2%, Sandbox 19.9%, RPG 17.8%, RTS 16.8%
- #48 Olorun: Theocracy
72% matchMixed56% of 71 reviews2018
Dev: AJetBear Entertainment
Windows
Olorun: Theocracy is a medieval-style fantasy RPG, it supports from single player to 4 players cooperation. Olorun: Theocracy features abundant forging, combat systems and adventures. It's up to players to decide who they are, whether it's the humble people of the gods, or the filthy Exodius!
Why similar: Violent 39.8%, Gore 39.5%, RPG 20.6%
- #49 Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,572 reviews2022
Dev: Black Sea GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Medieval 35.2%, Strategy 29.9%, RTS 29%, Sandbox 5.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #50 Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin
69% matchMixed52% of 3,080 reviews2023
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Wage a campaign of brutal conquest in this realm-shattering real-time strategy game set in the Warhammer Age of Sigmar universe. Become a warlord and lead four unique factions to conquer the wild and savage Realm of Ghur in tense and tactical battles.
Why similar: RTS 62.8%, Strategy 37.2%
- #51 Dawn of Ages
68% matchMixed55% of 205 reviews2025
Dev: Stratosphere GamesPub: BoomBit
Windows
Experience authentic medieval warfare. Command vast armies in brutal mass battles, utilizing diverse weapons and tactics. Embark on historical campaigns against rival kingdoms or challenge real opponents in epic PvP wars.
Why similar: Medieval 63.1%, Strategy 34.2%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #52 Songs of Syx
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,211 reviews2020
Dev: Gamatron AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Medieval 38.4%, Sandbox 35.8%, Strategy 23.7%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #53 Age of Reforging: The Freelands
65% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,276 reviews2025
Dev: PersonaeGame StudioPub: Kunpan Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Age of Reforging: The Freelands is a medieval high-freedom sandbox adventure CRPG. You'll be a reforger in the freelands chosen by the Goddess to embark on a medieval adventure tour at your own pace, gathering teammates, fighting for survival, and craft your unique legend!
Why similar: Medieval 25%, Sandbox 23.8%, RTS 23.6%, Strategy 14.9%, RPG 12.7%
- #54 Stronghold 2: Steam Edition
67% matchVery Positive89% of 5,627 reviews2017
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Real-Time 33.1% ★, Medieval 21.8%, RTS 18%, Sandbox 17%, Strategy 10.2%
- #55 Noble Fates
66% matchVery Positive83% of 1,471 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Medieval 39.5%, Sandbox 37.6%, Strategy 22.9%
- #56 Godsworn
65% matchVery Positive93% of 820 reviews2024
Dev: Thunderoak Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Godsworn is a classic mythological RTS. Experience an epic fantasy retelling of the Baltic Crusades, where pagan gods and their tribes clash against crusaders and armies of heaven. Choose a divine hero, rally worshippers alongside mythical creatures, and smite the unworthy!
Why similar: Real-Time 41.6% ★, RTS 23%, Medieval 21.1%, RPG 13.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #57 Monarch : Medieval Remastered
64% matchVery Positive81% of 377 reviews2025
Dev: Mr.Lordy
Windows
In the medieval era, assume the role of a lord and engage with other lords,develop fiefdoms, and employ strategies involving intrigue, warfare, and plunder. Expand your territory and strengthen your house lineage Or, be a god, manipulate the world? This game primarily strategic role-playing elements
Why similar: Medieval 38.7%, Sandbox 23.3%, Strategy 20.9%, RPG 16.1%, Singleplayer 1%