Games Like Winter

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

Why similar: Mythology 42.6%, Building 23.4%, Strategy 11.3%, Exploration 9.6%, Simulation 7.1%

Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.

Why similar: Building 31.3%, Exploration 25.7%, Difficult 24.4%, Adventure 9.1%, Singleplayer 5.2%

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: Mythology 58%, Building 24.4%, Strategy 11.3%, Simulation 6.3%

Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 34.9%, Exploration 20.9%, Adventure 14.2%, Simulation 10.1%, Indie 8.2%

Gather resources and strategically build up your Viking settlement by day, fortifying it to withstand the relentless onslaught of skeletons by night

Why similar: Building 48.9%, Strategy 24.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Simulation 7.7%, Action 6.9%

Lead troops in tense tactical battles, just you and your brain against the dying world. Can you save it? Manage a mercenary company, scavenge supplies, build an army. Go on a quest! Burn down a village or two... Explore the rich medieval fantasy world in a mix of LOTR, Warhammer, FTL and Total War.

Why similar: Strategy RPG 65.9%, Strategy 22.8%, Singleplayer 7.5%, Indie 3.8%

Build, discover, craft and survive.Build your settlement in a snowy encampment, survive monster attacks and manage resources to uncover the secrets of the ancients.

Why similar: Strategy 43.7%, Simulation 34.1%, Indie 22.2%

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

Why similar: Strategy 40.7%, Simulation 24.3%, Casual 19.3%, Indie 15.6%

Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.

Why similar: Building 31.6%, Pixel Graphics 22%, Strategy 21.2%, Simulation 13.3%, Indie 7.6%

Little Kingdom RTS is an indie real-time strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Gather resources, build settlements, raise walls, and grow your small kingdom. Command an army of knights, archers, and mages to fight off rival kingdoms, orcs, and undead.

Why similar: Building 32.1%, Pixel Graphics 25.9%, Strategy 24.1%, Simulation 13.5%, Action 4.4%

Build. Survive. Thrive. Bastide is a 13th-century city-building strategy game where you transform a vulnerable peasant village into a fortified town. Manage your workforce and protect your people from the constant threats of starvation, disease, winter, and bandits.

Why similar: Strategy 39.3%, Simulation 22.5%, Casual 15.7%, Indie 12.7%, Action 9.9%

Build a new home for your goblins! Grow your settlement from a little encampment to a bustling city in a beautiful procedurally generated northern forest. Fish, farm, explore the forest and harness the spirits in a unique fantasy citybuilder inspired by Finnish mythology.

Why similar: Mythology 48.9%, Nature 23%, Strategy 11.7%, Simulation 7.1%, Casual 5.9%

Winter Burrow is a cozy woodland survival game about a mouse returning home to restore their childhood burrow. Explore, gather resources, craft, knit warm sweaters, bake pies and meet the locals.

Why similar: Nature 33.2%, Building 28%, Exploration 21.3%, Simulation 5.8%, Casual 5.1%

Vilset is a strategic simulator based on the principle of survival of people, who turned out to be beyond the limits of their civilization.

Why similar: Building 53.3%, Exploration 21.6%, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 5.6%, Singleplayer 4%

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: Mythology 57.1%, Strategy 24%, Simulation 11.2%, Indie 6.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%

In this city builder and tower defense game, you will command a small band of ship wrecked colonists. Progress from struggling to survive the elements to a thriving kingdom that will smash the demon hordes that dare attack your settlement.

Why similar: Mythology 44.8%, Building 28.2%, Strategy 13%, Difficult 8.6%, Indie 3.7%

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: Building 43.3%, Pixel Graphics 23%, Simulation 12%, Casual 9.3%, Indie 7.2%

Create and customize your own campground in this charming pixel art sim game.

Why similar: Strategy 22.2%, Nature 17.1%, Simulation 15.7%, Building 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%

Evertown is a RTS (real-time strategy) game with some survival elements. The goal is to raise your town to make it safe (the longest you can).

Why similar: Strategy 33%, Simulation 16.4%, Casual 14.5%, Adventure 14.1%, Indie 12.7%

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: Building 50.7%, Exploration 18.7%, Strategy 12.6%, Simulation 10.4%, Indie 4.2%

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: Building 58.9%, Strategy 22.3%, Simulation 9.6%, Indie 3.7%, Singleplayer 2.9%

You will be playing as an Elf Master. Build your own manor and grow crops, farm, research, cook, and handcraft by yourself. Your mission is to fight against evil monsters and protect the world from corruption. The most important thing is staying alive.

Why similar: Difficult 20.9%, Building 16.7%, Strategy 15.9%, Adventure 11.2%, Exploration 9.7%

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

Why similar: Strategy 39.9%, Simulation 22.8%, Adventure 20.5%, Action 13.7%, Singleplayer 3.1%

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

Why similar: Strategy 34.6%, Building 31.1%, Simulation 19.5%, Indie 8.3%, Casual 6.5%

Soldier to the assault! Deploy your troops and destroy the enemy army!

Why similar: Strategy 29.5%, Simulation 19.1%, Casual 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Indie 9.9%

A survival roguelike where a frog digs through freezing snow, uncovers treasures, unlocks upgrades, and battles mystical creatures. Find the escape door — or defeat the final boss to survive.

Why similar: Mining 58.5% ★, Exploration 20.3%, Strategy 13%, Action 4.5%, Singleplayer 3.7%

Life is Hard is a godsim town simulator game developed by a two-man-team. Your main aim here is to manage your town. Expand your domain, prevent famine, make war, trade with others, attract new people. Make history!

Why similar: Strategy 37.5%, Simulation 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 18.7%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 12%

Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.

Why similar: Building 43.5%, Exploration 23.3%, Simulation 12.2%, Strategy 9.3%, Adventure 6.3%

Gather resources by day, build and recruit by noon, defend your village by night! A new minimalism sandbox survival with countless new ideas – Craft Hero

Why similar: Strategy RPG 33%, Building 26.5%, Strategy 11%, Simulation 7.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%

Gods of the Fallen Land is an action-strategy game centered around base building and villager management. Take on the role of a leader trying to rebuild humanity in a broken and dangerous world. Lead your followers into battle and make strategic decisions on what to develop and build to survive.

Why similar: Strategy 58.8%, Indie 20.7%, Action 20.5%

Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world. Harvest, produce and trade resources from multiple production chains as you grow your settlement. Keep your folks happy and safe and tend to their needs in a living and changing world.

Why similar: Building 44%, Exploration 29.9%, Strategy 16.3%, Simulation 9.9%

Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.

Why similar: Mythology 72.6%, Strategy 14.6%, Adventure 9.2%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Forge an empire under the watchful eyes of the gods! Take care of your people, develop efficient production chains and trade with other landlords. Ensure their survival through harsh winters and disasters.

Why similar: Mythology 39.2%, Building 21.6%, Exploration 13.2%, Strategy 9.8%, Story Rich 7.9%

Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?

Why similar: Building 34.9%, Nature 19.1%, Strategy 17.4%, Difficult 13.8%, Simulation 8.6%

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: Strategy 39%, Pixel Graphics 29%, Simulation 22.3%, Singleplayer 9.6%

From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.

Why similar: Military 33.5%, Building 24.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Strategy 12.4%, Simulation 8.8%

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: Mythology 50.9%, Building 27.4%, Strategy 14.4%, Simulation 6.1%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Winter War is the story of the Soviet onslaught on tiny Finland from November 1939 to March 1940, at the beginning of WW2. Can the Finns hold beyond the reasonable and receive the long awaited Allied intervention? Or will the Russian bear crush them and force them to lose their border lands?

Why similar: Military 41.1%, Strategy 37%, Simulation 13%, Singleplayer 4.7%, Indie 4.2%

Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game. Gather resources, rebuild your realm, and protect your people from oppressive shadows. Can you unveil the secrets of the monoliths and bring light back to the world?

Why similar: Exploration 32.4%, Pixel Graphics 24.9%, Strategy 24.2%, Casual 12.4%, Singleplayer 6%

Erzurum is a winter survival game which you will struggle against freezing temperatures, the wild nature, hunger and thirst.

Why similar: Nature 50.6%, Exploration 35.2%, Adventure 9.8%, Singleplayer 4.4%

Here is Scarecropia! Lead at most 400 people to build a settlement. Arm your village to fight against the Goblin army, or invest limited resources in yourself to become unparalleled! Take every cost to survive!

Why similar: Building 46.2%, Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Strategy 18.1%, Simulation 10.1%, Action 7.5%

Wyrmsun is a real-time strategy game which features elements of mythology, history and fiction.

Why similar: Strategy 33.4%, Building 29.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Adventure 12.9%, Indie 10%

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: Building 49.7%, Exploration 30.8%, Simulation 13.1%, Singleplayer 6.5%

Pixel Survivors is a god management game. Create some land and build structures to keep your small society settled. See how long you can keep your village alive!

Why similar: Simulation 30.8%, Strategy 27.6%, Casual 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Indie 9.4%

One part Minesweeper, one part Civilization. With every click of the mouse your empire grows stronger. But will it be strong enough to withstand the barbarian hordes?

Why similar: Mythology 41.6%, Logic 17.4%, Building 14.7%, Exploration 12.1%, Strategy 9.4%

As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!

Why similar: Strategy 40.9%, Pixel Graphics 38.8%, Action 12.2%, Singleplayer 8.1%

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: Strategy 37.5%, Building 35.2%, Simulation 22.9%, Singleplayer 4.4%

Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!

Why similar: Building 50%, Strategy 24.6%, Simulation 12%, Singleplayer 7.1%, Indie 6.5%

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: Mining 44.6% ★, Building 18.7%, Exploration 12.6%, Story Rich 9.4%, Simulation 5.3%

Adventure game with strategy and management elements in a medieval fantasy setting - drawing inspiration from classics such as Warcraft 3 and The Settlers. Embark on quests, hunt down treasures and manage your resources as you build, battle, cast magic and brew potions to bring order to the world.

Why similar: Building 43.8%, Exploration 29%, Strategy 15.2%, Casual 7.1%, Singleplayer 4.9%

A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.

Why similar: Strategy 35.8%, Pixel Graphics 34.8%, Simulation 16.1%, Indie 8.7%, Singleplayer 4.7%

Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.

Why similar: Building 50.9%, Strategy 29%, Simulation 14.7%, Singleplayer 5.5%

Rise up in a search for immortality in this strategy sim and management game based on Chinese mythology. Rebuild your sect and train new disciples through the path of cultivation. Research magic and gather mystical artifacts, face ancient dangers and other sects in your path to spiritual ascension.

Why similar: Mythology 63%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 12.9%, Building 6.2%, Indie 2.8%

Face the judgment of winter’s deadly toll as you lead the first Viking clans to settle Iceland in this non-violent, rogue-lite survival base builder.

Why similar: Building 38.5%, Strategy 29.6%, Exploration 27%, Singleplayer 4.8%

Card Survival: Fantasy Forest is a card-based deep survival simulator and the next installment in the Card Survival Series. Carve yourself a home in a primordial forest that has a will of its own. A day-to-day life simulator in a world where nature reigns with mystery, beauty and sometimes cruelty.

Why similar: Simulation 44.1%, Adventure 32.8%, Indie 23.2%

Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!

Why similar: Building 35.3%, Nature 34.6%, Strategy 17.7%, Simulation 12.3%

Wartile is a cool-down based strategy game in which you control a warband of Viking figurines in a miniature universe inspired by Norse mythology. Unravel its secrets and rein the powers of the gods.

Why similar: Strategy RPG 66.4%, Strategy 20%, Adventure 9.2%, Singleplayer 4.4%

A village builder / survival game. Expand your village by day and fight monsters at night. Learn how to survive, and try to prevent your imminent demise . . .

Why similar: Strategy 73.8%, Indie 26.2%