- #1 Viking Frontiers: Prologue
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 499 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: Farming Sim 11.3%, City Builder 10.4%, Sandbox 8.3%, Medieval 7.6%, Historical 7.1%
- #2 Medieval Dynasty
96% matchVery Positive90% of 52,440 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Medieval 20%, Open World 16.6%, Sandbox 13.5%, Historical 11.5%, Immersive Sim 9%
- #3 Bellwright
96% matchVery Positive80% of 21,714 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 41.6 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: Open World 24.6%, Medieval 23.6%, City Builder 22%, Life Sim 7.9%, RPG 7.1%
- #4 Land of the Vikings
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,266 reviews2023
Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.4 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 43.9% ★, City Builder 16.8%, Sandbox 11.3%, Historical 10%, Strategy 7.1%
- #5 Chinese Frontiers
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 544 reviews2025
Dev: SolidGamesPub: Big Cheese Studio
Windows
Become a master builder in medieval China. Construct iconic landmarks brick by brick in first person, while managing villagers, production chains, and a growing settlement at your own pace.
Why similar: Medieval 15.1%, City Builder 13.7%, Sandbox 11.7%, Farming Sim 11.6%, Historical 11.1%
- #6 ASKA
94% matchVery Positive80% of 12,267 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 29.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A new Viking age dawns with you at its helm. Forge a thriving colony from nothing in this mythic open-world survival sim. Earn the gods' favor and survive in a land ruled by ancient terrors and unforgiving seasons. Rally unique villagers, expand your settlement and defend your tribe - solo or co-op!
Why similar: Vikings 57.8% ★, Sandbox 18.3%, Open World 15.6%, Simulation 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #7 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
93% matchMixed66% of 6,027 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 40.2%, Medieval 21.3%, Open World 11.6%, Strategy 11.6%, Simulation 7.7%
- #8 Sons of Valhalla
92% matchMixed67% of 993 reviews2024
Dev: Pixel Chest
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Horses 19.6% ★, Moddable 14.3%, Medieval 10.3%, Open World 8.9%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #9 Sengoku Dynasty
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,879 reviews2024
Dev: SuperkamiPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!
Why similar: City Builder 20.9%, Medieval 19.5%, Open World 18.6%, Historical 13.6%, Life Sim 12.2%
- #10 Soulmask
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,506 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 69.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
Why similar: Open World 46.1%, Sandbox 39.1%, Adventure 9.7%, Singleplayer 5.2%
- #11 Frozenheim
91% matchMixed69% of 3,930 reviews2022
Dev: Paranoid InteractivePub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 59.1% ★, Medieval 21.3%, Strategy 9.2%, Simulation 8.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #12 KINGDOMS
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 4,092 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 25.1%, Open World 24.9%, Sandbox 14.6%, RPG 10.6%, Simulation 5.9%
- #13 This Land Is My Land
89% matchMixed68% of 4,660 reviews2021
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Experience the frontier as a chief of a Native American tribe and resist the onset of the settlers. Explore the vast world full of hostile humans and animals while defining your narrative through the decisions you make.
Why similar: Open World 34.6%, RPG 15%, Historical 13.9%, Sandbox 13.7%, Simulation 10.1%
- #14 Farthest Frontier
86% matchVery Positive86% of 25,602 reviews2025
Dev: Crate Entertainment
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 25.5%, Medieval 23.2%, Historical 19%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Strategy 10.2%
- #15 Life is Feudal: Your Own
88% matchMixed66% of 12,071 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 57.9 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 29.8%, Open World 26.3%, Sandbox 20.1%, RPG 8.1%, Historical 4.9%
- #16 Wild West Legacy
87% matchMostly Negative37% of 2,143 reviews2024
Dev: Moon Punch StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Conquer the Wild West. Explore the open world of a fictitious American Midwest and survive the harsh environment. Convince other settlers to join you and manage your ever-growing settlements. Build a home, take care of your farm and become a legend in Wild West Legacy.
Why similar: Open World 30.6%, Life Sim 20.8%, RPG 15.4%, Simulation 12.6%, First-Person 11.1%
- #17 Alaska Gold Fever
85% matchVery Positive80% of 1,056 reviews2026
Dev: Baked GamesPub: Baked Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Step into the role of a gold prospector during the Alaskan gold rush and build your own empire from scratch. Mine resources, refine different forms of gold, and upgrade your tools to increase efficiency. Explore diverse mines, survive the harsh climate, and complete engaging story and side quests!
Why similar: Open World 25.3%, Historical 24.5%, Realistic 15.4%, Simulation 10.6%, First-Person 9.9%
- #18 Blacksmith Master
84% matchVery Positive84% of 2,773 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Moddable 22%, Medieval 15.9%, City Builder 14.7%, Open World 13%, Sandbox 12.4%
- #19 Lumberjack's Dynasty
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,822 reviews2021
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A unique life simulation where you are a lumberjack building up a business and founding a lasting dynasty for generations to come.
Why similar: Simulation 40.6%, Open World 25.8%, Realistic 8.8%, Life Sim 7.6%, First-Person 6.5%
- #20 Survival: Fountain of Youth
82% matchVery Positive85% of 4,528 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.
Why similar: Open World 19.2%, Sandbox 17.5%, Historical 16.7%, Realistic 12.4%, Immersive Sim 10.3%
- #21 Going Medieval
80% matchVery Positive89% of 21,464 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 32.6 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: Moddable 27.6%, City Builder 17.2%, Historical 15.3%, Sandbox 14.9%, RPG 8.4%
- #22 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
81% matchVery Positive88% of 298,242 reviews2022
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 62.4 hrsMean: 156.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 17.6%, Horses 14% ★, Open World 13.5%, Moddable 10.7%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #23 Noble Fates
81% matchVery Positive83% of 1,489 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Moddable 21.4%, City Builder 18.6%, Medieval 16.5%, Sandbox 16.1%, Character Customization 13.2%
- #24 Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 48,660 reviews2023
Dev: Toxic DogPub: Excalibur Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Builder. Farmer. Hunter. Trader. Ranching certainly isn’t your average job. Think you have the skills to turn your family’s rundown homestead into the most prosperous ranch in the valley? Then it’s time to head out into the wilderness in this captivating single and multiplayer open-world simulator.
Why similar: Horses 31.1% ★, Farming Sim 15.5%, Open World 13.6%, Sandbox 11.7%, Realistic 8.1%
- #25 Life is Feudal: MMO
83% matchMixed40% of 7,352 reviews2018
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 45.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the hardcore reality of the Middle Ages. Master survival, engage in deep-rooted RPG elements, navigate a bustling economy, build communities, and employ diplomatic strategy to thrive in Abella's vast expanse.
Why similar: Medieval 24.8%, Historical 19.7%, Sandbox 18.6%, Open World 15.5%, RPG 7.2%
- #26 Valhalla Hills
82% matchMixed55% of 1,332 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 44.8% ★, City Builder 26.2%, Strategy 17.2%, Simulation 11.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #27 Mount & Blade: Warband
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 172,245 reviews2010
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 121.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!
Why similar: Medieval 21.2%, Horses 14.6% ★, Open World 13.8%, Moddable 13.7%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #28 Norland
76% matchVery Positive82% of 10,516 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.6 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: Moddable 24.1%, City Builder 16.5%, Open World 14.7%, Historical 14.7%, Sandbox 13.8%
- #29 Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders
77% matchMixed69% of 1,123 reviews2024
Dev: MeanAstronautsPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders is an action-adventure RPG with base-building elements, where you take on the role of a classic hero who stands up to the tyranny and injustice that haunts Sherwood. Fight, craft, steal, and of course help the local people grow and prosper.
Why similar: Medieval 36.5%, Open World 26.9%, RPG 14.2%, Realistic 13.6%, Adventure 5.7%
- #30 VALHALL: Harbinger
79% matchMixed51% of 502 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 41.8% ★, Open World 13.6%, Medieval 12.4%, Historical 10.6%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #31 Of Life and Land
75% matchVery Positive86% of 368 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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: Moddable 16.1%, City Builder 13.4%, Medieval 12.5%, Farming Sim 11.3%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #32 Farmer's Dynasty - Final Harvest Edition
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,320 reviews2019
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Live – Build – Farm: Enjoy a unique mix of farming, constructing and life simulation that takes you to the countryside and holds plenty of challenging gameplay in stock!
Why similar: Farming Sim 29.6%, Life Sim 17.6%, Open World 12.9%, RPG 11.1%, Simulation 10.8%
- #33 The Viking Way
78% matchMixed43% of 378 reviews2020
Dev: Ice Lava Games
Windows
Experience the Viking way of life. Sail, explore, trade, build a fleet, and lead your fearless army to raid and conquest. Write your own story of the golden Viking age. You have many choices, and a leader can always find his own.
Why similar: Medieval 40%, Character Customization 17.7%, Historical 15.8%, RPG 13.7%, Action 7.2%
- #34 Clanfolk
74% matchVery Positive92% of 4,069 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: Farming Sim 20.3%, Medieval 19.4%, Open World 15.2%, Sandbox 14.9%, Life Sim 12.6%
- #35 Valand
76% matchMixed66% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: LOMS Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 25.9%, Medieval 19.7%, Historical 19.1%, Life Sim 17.9%, Simulation 11%
- #36 Alaskan Road Truckers
74% matchMixed62% of 3,270 reviews2023
Dev: Road Studio S.A.Pub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Brave the challenging conditions of Alaskan life in the definitive trucker simulator. Be the master of your own destiny as you take jobs, transport cargo and experience a sense of freedom on foot and in your cab.
Why similar: Open World 31.2%, Realistic 19.1%, Immersive Sim 17.9%, Simulation 11.7%, First-Person 10.3%
- #37 Lightyear Frontier
72% matchVery Positive84% of 4,735 reviews2024
Dev: FRAME BREAK
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.
Why similar: Farming Sim 30.6%, Open World 25.7%, Sandbox 21.7%, Simulation 9.7%, First-Person 9.2%
- #38 Saloon Simulator
71% matchVery Positive90% of 1,007 reviews2025
Dev: Glivi Games S.A.Pub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Start by running a saloon and carve your own place in the Wild West. Shape your bar, hire help, and get drawn into the lives and troubles of the people who gather around your counter. Out here, honest business is rarely enough. See what it takes to survive the frontier.
Why similar: Horses 34.4% ★, Historical 12.7%, Sandbox 11.8%, Life Sim 10.1%, Immersive Sim 9.1%
- #39 Patron
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,196 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 23%, Moddable 19.3%, Medieval 15.2%, Open World 11.7%, Strategy 10%
- #40 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
71% matchVery Positive82% of 10,551 reviews2024
Dev: Max Ent Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Why similar: Open World 24%, Sandbox 18.8%, City Builder 16.2%, Character Customization 13.8%, RPG 10%
- #41 Subsistence
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,861 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Open World 53.3%, Sandbox 26.9%, First-Person 7.5%, Action 5.2%, Adventure 4.1%
- #42 Denizen
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 914 reviews2024
Dev: Departure Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Make a living for yourself in a city full of opportunity while you meet a variety of locals, explore unique locations, and work your way to the top in this open-world life simulator.
Why similar: Open World 17.8%, Sandbox 16.3%, Life Sim 15%, RPG 10.6%, Character Customization 10%
- #43 SAELIG
73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,163 reviews2017
Dev: Atorcoppe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
SÆLIG is a game that blends together elements of simulation, strategy, RPG, and business management. Centred around the life of you and your family, you must try to survive and bring wealth and prosperity to your household.
Why similar: Medieval 18.7%, Open World 15.2%, Sandbox 11.2%, RPG 10.5%, Historical 9.2%
- #44 The Last Plague: Blight
69% matchVery Positive88% of 1,514 reviews2024
Dev: Original Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Last Plague: Blight is an authentic survival experience rooted in realism and immersion. Endure the hazards of a brutal open world, uncover the origins of a mysterious disease, and become humanity’s final hope of ending the Blight.
Why similar: Medieval 30.4%, Sandbox 20.2%, Realistic 18%, Open World 17.2%, Simulation 7.3%
- #45 Medieval Horse Dealer Simulator
68% matchVery Positive90% of 216 reviews2026
Dev: One Slice of Pizza Games
Windows
Trade horses, formulate feed, and breed generations of elite stallions, racehorses, draft mounts, war horses, and more. Train, auction, mine, forge, farm, run caravans, build a mercenary force, and deal with powerful lords. Dominate the medieval horse trade.
Why similar: Horses 38.7% ★, Medieval 16.4%, Farming Sim 15.1%, Life Sim 9.5%, Immersive Sim 9.2%
- #46 WW2 Rebuilder
70% matchVery Positive85% of 1,589 reviews2023
Dev: Madnetic Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build the new future of Europe! Flip, renovate, repair and rebuild places destroyed during World War 2. Get to know the history and stories of civilians. Play an immersive building simulator with grappling storytelling.
Why similar: City Builder 25.8%, Sandbox 16.4%, Realistic 15.6%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Simulation 11.4%
- #47 Settlement Survival
69% matchVery Positive85% of 8,102 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 41.7%, Sandbox 21%, Medieval 16.4%, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 9%
- #48 Founders' Fortune
70% matchVery Positive80% of 2,189 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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: City Builder 32.3%, Sandbox 20.4%, Strategy 12.4%, Character Customization 11.8%, Simulation 11.5%
- #49 Valheim
63% matchVery Positive94% of 555,289 reviews2026
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.9 hrsMean: 81.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Open World 54.4%, Sandbox 27.9%, Adventure 7.3%, Action 6.9%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #50 Ragnorium
70% matchMixed59% of 624 reviews2022
Dev: Vitali KirpuPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.
Why similar: Historical 22.1%, City Builder 21.2%, Sandbox 18.2%, Character Customization 14.3%, Strategy 8.8%
- #51 Mirthwood
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,381 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Embark on an enchanting journey and brave ferocious creatures in an immersive medieval fantasy world. Will you settle a new homestead to live a life of farming and trade, or pick up the sword and take up the adventurers' path?
Why similar: Farming Sim 18.5%, Medieval 16.4%, Sandbox 14.6%, Open World 10.4%, RPG 9.6%
- #52 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
66% matchVery Positive84% of 774 reviews2025
Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 22.6%, Open World 20.9%, Sandbox 18%, Medieval 17.9%, Strategy 9.9%
- #53 Valorborn
67% matchMixed61% of 545 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: Open World 21.6%, Medieval 21.1%, Sandbox 19.3%, RPG 11.6%, Character Customization 10.9%
- #54 Ancient Cities
69% matchMixed63% of 2,171 reviews2023
Dev: Uncasual Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!
Why similar: Moddable 26.6%, City Builder 18.4%, Historical 16.5%, Realistic 10.1%, Immersive Sim 10%
- #55 Mind the Vikings
72% matchMixed43% of 83 reviews2018
Dev: Miso Games
Windows
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 26.2%, Sandbox 21.2%, Immersive Sim 16.3%, Historical 15.9%, Strategy 11.5%
- #56 Forever Skies
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 9,059 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 30.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
Why similar: Open World 52.6%, First-Person 16.4%, Action 11.7%, Adventure 11.4%, Singleplayer 7.9%
- #57 Eastern Era
65% matchMixed66% of 3,354 reviews2026
Dev: FunYoo Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
To escape from pursuit, as the leader of your sect, guide your disciples to rise again! Engage in farming and hunting, train in martial arts, and forge weapons and armor. Build your sect's base and fortifications from the ground up to survive in this perilous, ambition-filled martial world!
Why similar: Moddable 18.9%, City Builder 12%, Open World 11.9%, Farming Sim 11.6%, Sandbox 11.5%
- #58 The Last Caretaker
63% matchVery Positive86% of 13,935 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 20.3 hrsMean: 37.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
Why similar: Open World 30.4%, Sandbox 27.2%, Immersive Sim 16%, First-Person 11.4%, Simulation 11.4%