- #1 VIKING - Sagas of the Norse Lands
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Keliosis Studio
Windows
VIKING - Sagas of the Norse Lands is a city-builder where you forge your legend. Become a Jarl, transform a camp into a thriving city, manage your people's expansion, and build your legacy. Explore, fight, and erect monuments to etch your saga in history!
Why similar: Vikings 25.1% ★, City Builder 19.5%, RTS 13.4%, Sandbox 9.4%, Medieval 9%
- #2 CyberTown
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cyber GamesPub: GamePlanet
Windows
CyberTown - Is a game about interplanetary colonization where you create new cybernetic cities. Build, develop and strengthen your cities. Natural disasters, diseases, the needs of the population and much more will not let you get bored in this new cybernetic world.
Why similar: City Builder 21.9%, RTS 14.4%, Sandbox 10.4%, War 10.2%, Tactical 7.4%
- #3 Stronghold Crusader 2
95% matchMostly Positive72% of 17,899 reviews2014
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Stronghold Crusader 2 is the long awaited sequel to the original castle sim. After 12 years Stronghold returns to the desert with a new 3D engine and powerful Havok Physics. Crusader 2 recaptures the original game’s addictive, fast-paced gameplay and authentic castle simulation.
Why similar: City Builder 25.2%, Medieval 18.1%, RTS 17.3%, Strategy 14.8%, Historical 4.4%
- #4 Viking Frontiers
94% matchMixed54% of 522 reviews2025
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: GameHunters
Windows
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 24.8% ★, Medieval 13.1%, City Builder 12%, Open World 10.8%, Sandbox 9%
- #5 Stronghold 3 Gold
94% matchMostly Negative33% of 4,785 reviews2012
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Set 10 years after the original, Stronghold 3: Gold follows the vengeful story of The Wolf in the third installment of the award-winning castle building series. The Wolf has cheated death become even more bitter and twisted. Build castles, rally your troops and save medieval England!
Why similar: City Builder 28.5%, Medieval 16.8%, Strategy 14.9%, RTS 14.6%, Simulation 5.9%
- #6 Vikings Dynasty
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Digital Daredevils S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Embrace viking life and earn Valhalla’s blessing. Survive in the harsh norse environments and praise the Gods. Become a Jarl, control every aspect of your village and protect your community at all costs. Build and customize ships and explore the fjords in the unforgiving world of Vikings Dynasty.
Why similar: Vikings 40.2% ★, Open World 10%, Sandbox 9.9%, Survival 8.2%, Medieval 7.4%
- #7 Coastal Raids: The Viking Campaign
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maximan
Windows · Linux
Lead a band of Vikings who raid coastal villages and sail away. Sell your loot, recruit warriors, and set off on an adventure across Europe.
Why similar: Vikings 32.5% ★, Medieval 16.6%, Open World 10.4%, Strategy 8.8%, Simulation 7.9%
- #8 Warwolf Project
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silas Santos
Windows
A medieval real-time strategy game focused on castle building, medieval warfare, and economy.
Why similar: City Builder 24.9%, RTS 17.1%, Medieval 13%, Strategy 10.1%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #9 Land of the Vikings
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,222 reviews2023
Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 37% ★, City Builder 20.5%, Sandbox 7.7%, Survival 7.5%, Tactical 6%
- #10 Bread & Bravery
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ennoble Studios
Windows
Return to the era of knights and castles in a uniquely satisfying mix of Settlement Building, RTS and Castle Simulation genres. Manage complex and realistic medieval production chains, build your army and defences, satisfy the King and lead your people to prosperity. Will you succeed as a new lord?
Why similar: City Builder 20%, RTS 14.2%, War 12.4%, Medieval 11.7%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #11 Viking Frontiers: Prologue
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 478 reviews2025
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: GameHunters
Windows
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 23%, Sandbox 10.2%, Medieval 9.9%, Strategy 8%, Vikings 7.2% ★
- #12 Four Hundred Catapults
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ehskybox
Windows
A large-scale survival strategy game with up to 3000 units on the battlefield. Build and manage your settlement, produce resources, research weapons and technologies, and recruit your army to survive in the war against the Half Dead Legions.
Why similar: City Builder 21.2%, RTS 17.2%, Medieval 14.7%, War 12.4%, Survival 9.6%
- #13 Northgard: Definitive Edition
88% matchVery Positive85% of 68,241 reviews2018
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 25.4%, Vikings 23.6% ★, RTS 17.5%, War 9.3%, Strategy 7.3%
- #14 Cultures - Northland
87% matchVery Positive83% of 670 reviews2015
Dev: Funatics SoftwarePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Vikings are back! Get this RTS classic!
Why similar: City Builder 38.5%, Vikings 24.8% ★, RTS 20%, Strategy 16%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #15 Mythos: Build & Survive
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Madnetic Games
Windows
Mythos Slavic Builder is a combination of classic real-time strategy games and it's based on Slavic mythology. Grow your settlement, build up the economy, army and explore maps guarded by mythical creatures & other clans.
Why similar: Vikings 30.1% ★, City Builder 19.2%, RTS 14.1%, Medieval 12.2%, Survival 7.7%
- #16 Ancestors Legacy
86% 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: RTS 20.2%, Vikings 18.7% ★, Medieval 18.4%, Strategy 12.3%, War 10.6%
- #17 Builders of Greece: Prologue
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 616 reviews2023
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Immerse yourself in the beautifully recreated golden age of Hellenic city-states. Builders of Greece: Prologue, being a shortened version of the full game, is a great way to try your hand as a ruler of an ancient Greek city-state, practice your management skills, and learn basic game mechanics.
Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, RTS 15.6%, War 11.1%, Sandbox 11%, Tactical 7.2%
- #18 Foundation
84% matchVery Positive86% of 23,739 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: City Builder 39.4%, Medieval 16%, Sandbox 8.8%, RTS 6.9%, Strategy 6.7%
- #19 Cultures - 8th Wonder of the World
84% matchVery Positive83% of 511 reviews2015
Dev: Funatics SoftwarePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 35%
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 33.7%, Vikings 26% ★, RTS 21.2%, Strategy 19.1%
- #20 Barbarian Kingdom
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Manydev Studio
Windows
Among the sands of the desert, a settlement is emerging that has a chance to become an empire. Be the ruler and decide on its shape, build a well-functioning kingdom with enormous strength and prestige, or become a ruthless Barbarian conquering unconquered lands. What strategy will you choose?
Why similar: City Builder 22.2%, RTS 15.7%, War 13.7%, Sandbox 10.7%, Tactical 8.9%
- #21 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
82% 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 22.7%, War 19.8%, Open World 15.2%, Sandbox 11.5%, Strategy 8.7%
- #22 Bellwright
81% 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: City Builder 26.1%, Medieval 16.8%, Open World 15.1%, Survival 14.5%, War 6.7%
- #23 Valhalla Hills
82% matchMixed55% of 1,331 reviews2015
Dev: Funatics SoftwarePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Lead your people. Survive the wilderness. Fight for honor. Reclaim your eternal reward. A brand new strategy game from the developers of Cultures and The Settlers II.
Why similar: Vikings 40.2% ★, City Builder 34.1%, Strategy 13.5%, Simulation 9.5%, Indie 2.3%
- #24 Gutasaga
81% matchMixed63% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Veles
Windows
Gutasaga - 2D Strategy RPG pre-viking era game. Immerse yourself in the 550 - 600 AD saga. Be the Viking who opened trade routes with Constantinople. Encounter over 40 nations with unique cultures on your journey. Succeed in trading 205 historically recreated goods. Or try raids and piracy.
Why similar: Medieval 23.1%, RTS 18.5%, Sandbox 13.7%, Strategy 12.1%, RPG 11%
- #25 Builders of Greece
80% matchMixed56% of 582 reviews2025
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 28.7%, RTS 11.8%, Sandbox 10%, War 9.6%, Strategy 7.4%
- #26 Knights Province
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Krom Stern
Windows
Real-Time Strategy game focused around town-building and resource management
Why similar: City Builder 31.9%, Medieval 22%, RTS 21.6%, Strategy 20.8%, Indie 2%
- #27 Kenshi
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 112,221 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 71.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Why similar: Open World 21.3%, Sandbox 17.6%, City Builder 14.6%, Survival 14%, RPG 7.9%
- #28 A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA
78% 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 19%, Medieval 15.6%, Vikings 14.3% ★, War 14.2%, Strategy 13%
- #29 Builders of Egypt
76% matchMostly Negative35% of 470 reviews2025
Dev: Strategy Labs
Windows
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 27.7%, RTS 10.8%, War 10.1%, Historical 8.9%, Strategy 8.2%
- #30 Kingdom Wars
77% 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 24.3%, Strategy 15.8%, Medieval 15.7%, City Builder 12.9%, War 7.5%
- #31 Medieval Builders: Strongholds & Castles
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Madnetic Games
Windows
Craft, hunt, and survive in fantasy medieval world. Build your village, manage and defend castles and whole kingdoms. Become a local lord and a builder. Strongholds & Castles are waiting for you to manage them - alone or with your friends!
Why similar: City Builder 21.5%, Medieval 16.2%, Open World 11.9%, Sandbox 11.1%, Survival 9.6%
- #32 The Settlers® 7 : History Edition
76% matchMixed63% of 1,006 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 48.4%, Medieval 19.6%, Strategy 17.3%, RTS 14.7%
- #33 Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword
75% matchVery Positive88% of 13,953 reviews2011
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The standalone expansion for Mount & Blade! With Fire & Sword builds and expands upon the highly regarded combat system from Mount & Blade: Warband. Firearms have been introduced to the battlefield.
Why similar: Medieval 21.6%, Open World 17%, War 16.4%, RPG 9.7%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #34 Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
72% matchVery Positive92% of 10,644 reviews2025
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 23.2%, War 13.8%, Medieval 13.5%, RTS 12.7%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #35 PlayFortress
74% matchMixed50% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: PlayFortress
Windows
PlayFortress is a castle building game where the player controls characters such as the Lord, Master Mason and Engineer, using them to construct elaborate castle fortifications and settlements whilst managing their economy.
Why similar: City Builder 27.4%, Medieval 19.1%, Strategy 19.1%, Simulation 17.8%, Sandbox 13.6%
- #36 KINGDOMS
73% 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 22%, Open World 18.9%, Survival 12.7%, Sandbox 11.9%, Building 9.1%
- #37 VALHALL: Harbinger
73% matchMixed51% of 467 reviews2020
Dev: Blackrose Arts
Windows
VALHALL is a blend of multiple genres, combining first & third person directional physical combat slasher with a survival experience set in a brutal world of Vikings. Survive, feel Thor's power, become an einherjar, and enter the ultimate battlefield!
Why similar: Vikings 42.9% ★, Medieval 11%, Open World 10.4%, Survival 9.5%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #38 The Settlers® : Rise of an Empire - History Edition
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 743 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 43.6%, Strategy 20.3%, Medieval 19.8%, RTS 15.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #39 Little Fiefdom: Medieval
71% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: FengChen
Windows
A medieval sandbox build/war game. Start as a peasant, become a lord, manage your fiefdom. Gather resources, construct buildings, train people & an army to defend or attack.
Why similar: Medieval 28%, War 28%, Sandbox 17%, Building 11%, Simulation 9.4%
- #40 Towns
74% matchMostly Negative27% of 2,832 reviews2012
Dev: Xavi Canal, Ben PalgiPub: SMP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
The game brings a fresh new take on the city building/management genre by introducing many RPG features. In Towns you manage a settlement on top of an active dungeon. Instead of playing the hero who delves deep into the dungeon, how about playing the town that houses and caters to the hero's needs?
Why similar: City Builder 45.1%, Sandbox 18.9%, Strategy 9.1%, Simulation 8.7%, Survival 6.3%
- #41 Becastled
69% matchVery Positive82% of 5,534 reviews2025
Dev: Mana Potion Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!
Why similar: City Builder 27.7%, RTS 16%, Medieval 15.2%, War 13.9%, Strategy 9.7%
- #42 Chaos Theory
72% matchMostly Negative38% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Chaos Theory Studios Ltd.
Windows
Chaos Theory is an evolving virtual world set in a fantasy based reality. The 'Butterfly Effect' gameplay gives you a blend of RPG, RTS, and city building in a vast open sandbox environment. Manage all aspects to secure the future of your civilisation. You only have one life, so use it wisely...
Why similar: City Builder 16.7%, Strategy 15.6%, Simulation 15.2%, RPG 13.8%, Open World 10.5%
- #43 Legends of Ellaria
71% 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 16.9%, RPG 15.1%, City Builder 14.5%, RTS 10.5%, Open World 8.2%
- #44 Mount & Blade
71% matchVery Positive92% of 6,665 reviews2008
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Calradia is a land at war, offering great riches and even greater dangers to adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Free-form sand-box gameplay.
Why similar: Medieval 30.4%, Open World 19%, Sandbox 13.3%, RPG 12%, Strategy 7.8%
- #45 Orc Warchief: Strategy Story
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: G-DEVS.com
Windows
Lead the Horde and siege human castles! Build your orc war machine, harvest resources from the rubble, and upgrade your warriors. Smash walls, conquer fortresses, and fuel your rampage in this action-packed incremental game with an orcish soul.
Why similar: City Builder 18.9%, RTS 14.6%, War 14.3%, Sandbox 10.6%, Tactical 9.8%
- #46 Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
69% matchVery Positive86% of 92,769 reviews2021
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 76.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.
Why similar: RTS 25.2%, City Builder 19.8%, War 18%, Medieval 13.8%, Strategy 12.7%
- #47 Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 12,228 reviews2017
Dev: Brilliant Game Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Here is a sandbox like no other. Create massive battles with absolutely no limits. Want to see 10,000 chickens fight an army of Romans?? Sure, why not. Want to see a company of WW2 U.S soldiers fight 11,000 Medieval soldiers?? There are simply no limits to the carnage you can achieve in UEBS.
Why similar: War 27.8%, Sandbox 20.9%, Medieval 14%, Simulation 12.2%, Strategy 8.4%
- #48 Mandate Order
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Digital Sky
Windows
Mandate Order is a strategy game set in the Warring States period. Starting from barren lands, build strongholds integrating production, defense and military functions. Manage resources and the people's will, expand your territory, counter threats, and ultimately rise to prominence amidst the chaos.
Why similar: City Builder 25.5%, RTS 14.5%, Medieval 11.5%, War 10.3%, Historical 7.8%
- #49 Mercantile Might
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: SibeRaysGames
Windows
Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the Middle Ages and take on the role of a ruler who must transform a small town into a prosperous settlement.
Why similar: City Builder 32.6%, RTS 20.6%, Sandbox 15.1%, Strategy 14.2%, Medieval 11.4%
- #50 Of Life and Land
67% matchVery Positive86% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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: City Builder 22.7%, RTS 13.8%, Medieval 12.7%, Sandbox 9.3%, Open World 8.4%
- #51 Alek - The Lost Kingdom
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 408 reviews2021
Dev: Jessy LemieuxPub: Blackmyers Studio
Windows
Alek, the young man who will change Zarabon's World forever. In this adventure, you must rebuild the world of Zarabon in your image. Build villages and manage your production lines with the help of your villagers.
Why similar: City Builder 24.7%, War 15.9%, Open World 11.8%, Medieval 11.7%, Survival 9.6%
- #52 Kingdoms and Castles
67% 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: City Builder 33.5%, Medieval 15.8%, Sandbox 9.7%, RTS 9.3%, Strategy 6.7%
- #53 Voxelion
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CubeHeadsStudio
Windows
Build, mine and defend your colony in a fully destructible voxel world. Shape the terrain, manage production chains and face unpredictable challenges in the world of Voxelion.
Why similar: City Builder 28.8%, RTS 18.1%, Sandbox 13.3%, Strategy 13.2%, Simulation 11.3%
- #54 Villagers
69% matchMixed52% of 376 reviews2016
Dev: bumblebee.Pub: Avanquest Software Publishing Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 49.9%, Medieval 17.1%, Strategy 15.8%, Simulation 14.4%, Indie 2.8%
- #55 Bastion of Valor
66% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Badger Game Studios
Windows
Bastion of Valor is a strategy game where you build and develop your village, grow its population, and defend against raids. You can construct your village as you wish and assign tasks to your villagers. Your strategies will shape your village's future.
Why similar: City Builder 33.3%, Medieval 17.1%, Simulation 13.8%, Survival 13.6%, Strategy 12.5%
- #56 Lords of Solgrund
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: Sillylas
Windows
Lords of Solgrund combines elements of real time strategy, city building and other unique additions. The game features detailed animations, complex gameplay systems inspired by the early middle ages and elements of fantasy.
Why similar: City Builder 25.1%, RTS 15.7%, Medieval 14.5%, Sandbox 12.1%, Building 6.7%