Games Like Village Empires

Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!

Why similar: Colony Sim 17.4%, City Builder 15.9%, War 9.4%, Military 8.3%, Sandbox 6.5%

The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.1%, City Builder 16.2%, War 11.4%, Military 10.6%, Sandbox 7.4%

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: Colony Sim 17.7%, City Builder 16%, War 9.8%, Military 8.5%, Sandbox 6.9%

Enjoy the complete medieval experience in The Stronghold Collection, featuring five real-time strategy games. Create and defend your castle stronghold as you expand your lands, survey the castle life in your domain, host great jousting festivals and feasts, or conduct public executions to keep the peasantry in line.

Why similar: Colony Sim 17.7%, City Builder 16%, War 9.8%, Military 8.5%, Sandbox 6.9%

Embark on a journey to build a prosperous settlement in this colony sim with a richly simulated economy. Manage the land, citizens’ salaries, taxes, and laws. Experience a detailed world where every action has a reaction, and even the smallest events can shatter the kingdom’s fate.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.7%, City Builder 20.8%, Crafting 12.5%, Sandbox 9.6%, Economy 6.8%

Catapult werewolves over castle walls, incinerate troops with dragon fire and command the Knights of the Round Table! This remaster of the mythical ‘castle sim’ features Steam multiplayer, Workshop support, new maps, achievements and DLC campaigns.

Why similar: Colony Sim 18.3%, City Builder 16.2%, War 9.4%, Military 8%, Sandbox 7.2%

Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9%, City Builder 19%, Crafting 8.9%, Sandbox 7.3%, Medieval 6.9%

Build a castle! Grow economy, recruit troops from Europe and the Holy Land, man the walls and towers! Place traps and defeat attackers with arrows, wood and stone, fire, disease and cold steel! Survive the Third Crusade and conquer enemy lands in Castleon!

Why similar: Colony Sim 21%, City Builder 19.2%, War 12.3%, Military 11.5%, Isometric 8.1%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.1%, City Builder 23.6%, Sandbox 12%, Crafting 10.1%, Isometric 6.8%

Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9%, City Builder 16.7%, Crafting 11.7%, Medieval 7.3%, Sandbox 7.1%

Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.2%, City Builder 21.2%, Sandbox 9.9%, Isometric 9.1%, Medieval 6.9%

Build your colony on a floating island, keep your settlers happy and manage your resources wisely. Turn limited space into an advantage, create a peaceful town and enjoy a strategic life in the sky.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, City Builder 27.3%, Strategy 9%, Medieval 8.2%, Crafting 7.5%

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: Colony Sim 19.9%, City Builder 19.3%, War 11.2%, Sandbox 7.3%, Isometric 7.1%

Can you build an entire country? An infrastructure and economy management sim. Lead a nation to prosperity by strategically placing towns and factories. Choose between bidding teams to build connections, while paying attention to citizen feedback on Social Bird to avoid civil unrest.

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6%, City Builder 20.9%, War 10.7%, Sandbox 9.5%, Strategy 6.8%

A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.

Why similar: Colony Sim 38.2%, City Builder 20.9%, Sandbox 7.3%, Building 6.2%, Base Building 5.3%

Become a workshop owner! Build base, plan manufacture, hire workers, trade and finally decide the outcome of the war between the kingdoms.

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.9%, City Builder 18.7%, Crafting 14.7%, Medieval 8.5%, Building 7.9%

LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.

Why similar: Colony Sim 37.3%, City Builder 32.8%, Medieval 6.4%, Strategy 5.7%, Building 4.9%

Tokeis is a board-like real-time city builder about growing your town from a tiny tile to a hexagonal empire. Collect tokens, manage resources, reorganize inefficiencies, and fortify your economy. Handle the harsh weather and defend against raiders trying to steal your riches!

Why similar: City Builder 21.9%, Colony Sim 19.9%, Sandbox 9.6%, Economy 8.4%, Management 7.7%

Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.

Why similar: Colony Sim 36.2%, City Builder 28.3%, Sandbox 10.5%, Building 7.8%, Crafting 7.7%

Noble Legacy is a medieval colony sim where every villager has a purpose and every decision carries weight. Build a thriving settlement, recruit & manage your people, master a deep economy, and defend your realm as you forge a legacy worthy of the crown. What kind of ruler will you be?

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, City Builder 17.6%, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 8.5%, Medieval 6.8%

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 23%, Colony Sim 20.5%, War 11.6%, Military 9.1%, Strategy 8.2%

Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1%, City Builder 22.3%, Crafting 9.7%, Sandbox 7.2%, Management 6%

Paragon Pioneers is a city-building idle game in which you discover, conquer and then build on islands to fulfill the needs of your inhabitants. Even with limited time to play you can enjoy this deep simulation game and follow one of the countless ways to optimize your empire.

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.5%, City Builder 21.3%, Crafting 13.7%, Medieval 7.5%, Building 7.4%

Grow a small colony into a vast, world-spanning civilization. Play solo or with friends as you gather resources, build cities, manage colonist needs, explore uncharted lands, establish logistics, raise armies, forge alliances, and wage wars—all in a living world.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.1%, City Builder 20.9%, Crafting 9.8%, Sandbox 9.7%, Management 7.1%

Building and managing a late medieval city is a series of challenges. Build wells to provide drinking water, markets to provide bread and food, and theaters to collect performance tax. Stage mode continues an interesting story and journey, random map mode fills each game with a new experience.

Why similar: City Builder 24.7%, Colony Sim 11.8%, Medieval 8.8%, Sandbox 8.7%, Building 8.5%

Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1%, City Builder 21.7%, Crafting 11%, Sandbox 9.3%, Building 6.2%

In a medieval world, gather resources, build your city, and manage your people. Deal with theft and internal conflicts, complete royal missions, and fight enemies on the battlefield. Use strategy and economic management to keep your city thriving.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21%, City Builder 20.6%, Crafting 11.8%, War 10.9%, Medieval 8.1%

Build, advance, reshape! For all those who have missed relaxing strategy classics. LowPolis is a friendly-paced city builder game where you become the ruler of a rising community. Begin with a handful of resources and pave your way to a truly majestic kingdom!

Why similar: City Builder 30.9%, Colony Sim 28%, Strategy 11.1%, Building 9%, Medieval 8.7%

Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8%, City Builder 25.5%, Isometric 8.4%, Medieval 7.2%, Sandbox 7.2%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 38.4%, City Builder 34.1%, Strategy 6.9%, Sandbox 6.3%, Medieval 4.8%

Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, City Builder 25%, Medieval 7.4%, Sandbox 7%, Building 6.3%

Make Your Kingdom is a city-building game unique to its genre. Play as a founder of the settlement — help build your kingdom, carry the resources, talk to other settlers, motivate them and fight off hordes of orcs with your own sword!

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8%, City Builder 23.3%, Sandbox 8.7%, Crafting 8.6%, Management 7.9%

Wood needed! Return to the green roots of Stronghold in this narrative prequel to the original 'castle sim'. Immerse yourself in a cinematic campaign, hone your siegecraft with new mechanics in skirmish mode and customise your castles with a wide selection of castle pieces and cosmetics.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.3%, City Builder 19.6%, Isometric 9.4%, Sandbox 8.8%, War 7.1%

Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.

Why similar: Colony Sim 36.4%, City Builder 19%, Crafting 12%, Isometric 8.4%, Strategy 6.4%

Build realistic medieval castles and defend them against rival knights. Bergfried is a strategy game featuring organic castle building and tactical siege battles. Manage your lands, plan your defenses and lead your troops to victory!

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.7%, City Builder 20.8%, Isometric 9.5%, Sandbox 8.7%, Strategy 6.1%

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 37.4%, Colony Sim 13.1%, Medieval 9.4%, Sandbox 8.2%, Strategy 6.4%

Colonize rich planets with vegetation or deserted moons. Build a functional and prosperous colony. Take care of your colonists. Experience adventures on distant worlds or build a colony on planets in our solar system.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.5%, City Builder 18.5%, Sandbox 10.3%, Isometric 7.8%, Crafting 7.4%

This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3%, City Builder 23.9%, Crafting 8.1%, Sandbox 7.2%, Strategy 7%

Using your knowledge and expertise, make your way through the planet, scavenge its resources and plunder until you are the most powerful factory owner in the universe!

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.5%, City Builder 22.8%, Sandbox 10.7%, Top-Down 6.8%, Strategy 6.5%

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 19.5%, Colony Sim 17.2%, War 12.1%, Sandbox 7.3%, Medieval 7.1%

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: Colony Sim 27%, City Builder 26.8%, Medieval 9.3%, Building 8.1%, Sandbox 7.8%

Lead a 14th-century Anatolian tribe from a small camp to a great Sancak. Build your dynasty, manage characters with real personalities, survive seasons and raids — a deep colony management game. Made solo over 2 years.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.1%, City Builder 21.4%, Military 11.1%, Top-Down 6.1%, Economy 6%

Angkor: The Holy City is a unique village-builder game about growing a thriving town under the all-seeing eyes of the Gods. Construct intricate temples to honor them and research technologies to counter their wrath, all while expanding your village and contending with an ever-growing population.

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.8%, City Builder 23.3%, Sandbox 8.6%, Building 7%, Economy 6.4%

Take command of a remote military air base during World War II. Build your own airfield, manage iconic aircraft and oversee your crew’s well-being. Prepare them against air raids and send your pilots on dangerous missions. Survive and help your nation win the war!

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.5%, City Builder 17.4%, War 10.3%, Military 9.6%, Sandbox 7.6%

Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.2%, City Builder 26.6%, Strategy 7%, Medieval 6.5%, Economy 5.9%

VENOY is a relaxing roguelite real-time strategy game with deep settler logistics, true sandbox freedom and exciting meta progression. Build your medieval colony, optimize production chains and defend it against enemies!

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, City Builder 22.6%, Strategy 11.1%, Sandbox 10.3%, Management 5.8%

Rebuild civilization in a world consumed by the blight. Manage survivors, defend against the dead, and transform a fragile camp into a thriving frontier settlement.

Why similar: Colony Sim 35.6%, City Builder 25.6%, Crafting 8.5%, Strategy 7.7%, Management 7.5%

Cast into an idyllic wilderness, will you endure? A sandbox city-building game featuring a deceptively cheerful world: build freely —no grids— plus a fully simulated economy, intricate production chains, deep research tree, and growth you can feel. Can your people survive the winter?

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3%, City Builder 22.8%, Sandbox 10%, Economy 7.4%, Building 6.9%

Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.

Why similar: Colony Sim 39.4%, City Builder 24.4%, Strategy 11.7%, Medieval 6.6%, Sandbox 4.5%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1%, City Builder 23.2%, Sandbox 9.4%, Medieval 8%, Economy 7.2%

Frontera is primarily a fantasy city builder with emphasis on producing items for unit wants and combat. Units have four stats trainable at buildings that will also sell technology. Available items and production will grow strong enough to challenge the monsters that infest the rest of the island.

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.3%, City Builder 27.2%, Crafting 12.5%, Economy 8.6%, Building 8.4%

Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.

Why similar: City Builder 22.7%, Colony Sim 20.4%, Isometric 9.1%, Sandbox 8.4%, Medieval 7.7%

Welcome to Resort Galactica, a hotel simulator set in space where you design, build, and manage an extravagant resort among the stars. Care for your guests based on each species' individual needs. Expand your hotel with restaurants, leisure centres, and entertainment floors.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1%, City Builder 19.4%, Sandbox 11.3%, Building 8.4%, Management 7.5%

Become a mayor of a small town in a medieval city builder with advanced villager management. Develop a settlement in lands teeming with demons and other evil spirits. Consider the traits, desires and abilities of residents to survive and prosper.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.1%, City Builder 25%, Medieval 7.8%, Building 7.3%, Management 6.8%

In this management game you’ll control the simulation on multiple levels. Build, connect, create a sustainable industry, with the help of Andy everything is possible. In the end, everything is just Numbers and Nodes

Why similar: City Builder 29.7%, Colony Sim 21%, Crafting 18.7%, Strategy 11.3%, Sandbox 7.6%

A tile-based city re-builder set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5%, City Builder 30.7%, Building 8.7%, Management 8.4%, Economy 8.3%

Gnome Glen is a relaxing survival colony sim / city builder that blends cozy charm with satisfying depth. Gather resources, build homes, farm crops, research techs and watch your gnome village come to life.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1%, City Builder 21.5%, Sandbox 9.4%, Economy 7.3%, Medieval 6.2%

Sylox is a short, minimalist base-building game with a touch of worker placement and strategic expansion. Assign workers to key tasks, unlock new buildings, expand, and defend your growing base against increasing enemy attacks.

Why similar: Colony Sim 37.9%, City Builder 27%, Strategy 10.1%, Top-Down 6%, Economy 5.8%