- #1 Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,567 reviews2025
Dev: Brave At Night
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Rule your crumbling kingdom as you try to satisfy the petty needs of your people in this cinematic kingdom management RPG. Balance your resources, collect taxes, hire agents and make difficult decisions to see your kingdom prosper or fail.
Why similar: Medieval 11%, LGBTQ+ 10.5%, Life Sim 9.8%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Historical 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Directly continues the emotional medieval court management and petitioner-focused gameplay of the original game.
- #2 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
96% matchVery Positive88% of 13,129 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Choices Matter 30.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Medieval 14.2%, Story Rich 11.5%, RPG 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an intensely story-driven choices-matter experience where managing a character's life and societal standing dictates their grim fate.
- #3 Reigns
96% matchVery Positive87% of 8,136 reviews2016
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.
Why similar: Medieval 24.2%, Choices Matter 22.7%, Life Sim 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, RPG 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the binary decision-making and precarious balancing act of ruling a kingdom through a streamlined swiping mechanic.
- #4 Suzerain
95% matchVery Positive92% of 11,925 reviews2020
Dev: Torpor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.1%, Choices Matter 22.2%, Multiple Endings 17.4%, Story Rich 11.7%, RPG 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on political maneuvering, managing limited state resources, and making deeply consequential choices as a newly elected leader.
- #5 We. The Revolution
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,489 reviews2019
Dev: PolyslashPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
As a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal, preside over complicated cases of ordinary citizens, dangerous criminals, and enemies of the revolution in revolutionary Paris. Make judgments, plot political intrigue, and try to not lose your own head!
Why similar: Turn-Based 29.2%, Historical 25.8%, Choices Matter 19%, Story Rich 9.3%, Strategy 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Places you in a position of authority during a turbulent historical period, balancing judicial rulings with family and political survival.
- #6 Mind Scanners
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,476 reviews2021
Dev: The Outer ZonePub: Brave At Night
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Greetings. Your Mind Scanner request has been approved. Your duty is to diagnose and treat the citizens of The Structure. The patient list is long so don't waste your time. We’ll let you see your daughter soon...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Management 15.7%, Choices Matter 15%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines resource management with difficult moral decisions as you interact with citizens and handle their personal plights.
- #7 This Is the Police 2
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 6,594 reviews2018
Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interpret the law as you see fit! Run the sheriff’s department, manage your cops, make tough decisions – and try to keep out of prison yourself – in this story-driven mixture of adventure, strategy, and turn-based tactical combat.
Why similar: Turn-Based 33.7%, Management 18.3%, Strategy 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Story Rich 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes the stressful management of personnel and resources while dealing with morally grey narrative situations.
- #8 Crusader Kings III
91% matchVery Positive90% of 143,901 reviews2020
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 29.1 hrsMean: 151.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.
Why similar: Medieval 21.6%, Historical 18.8%, Management 13.1%, Life Sim 12.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers deep medieval leadership simulation with a strong focus on interpersonal drama, ruling dynasties, and hard choices.
- #9 Not Tonight
92% matchVery Positive82% of 2,794 reviews2018
Dev: PanicBarnPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Person of European Heritage #112: Welcome to Relocation Block B, your new home. Your designated role is 'Bouncer'. Work hard, stay out of trouble, and we might let you stay in the UK.
Why similar: Life Sim 39.8%, Pixel Graphics 17.4%, Simulation 13.5%, RPG 12.5%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a bleak, story-rich management loop where you must carefully evaluate citizens and make harsh survival choices.
- #10 Norland
89% 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: Historical 31%, Management 23.1%, Resource Management 22.8%, Strategy 10.7%, Simulation 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Simulates medieval kingdom management with a focus on family dynamics, political intrigue, and resource survival.
- #11 Beholder 3
91% matchMixed65% of 2,874 reviews2022
Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: Alawar
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 50.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
When a high-ranking security officer saves you from prison, you end up a pawn in her schemes. Now you must eliminate anyone standing in the way of her secret plans and try to get your life back while working two jobs. No tenant, employee or superior is safe from your spying.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Management 14.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Puts you in a position of state surveillance and moral compromise, balancing authority demands with personal survival.
- #12 Death and Taxes
90% matchVery Positive86% of 8,579 reviews2020
Dev: Placeholder Gameworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Multiple Endings 16.8%, Story Rich 12.6%, Simulation 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Employs a paper-pushing decision mechanic similar to managing petitioners, where every choice alters the lives of others.
- #13 Anvil Saga
89% matchMixed70% of 1,838 reviews2023
Dev: Pirozhok StudioPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Anvil Saga is a management sim with RPG elements where you take control of a blacksmith shop amidst the Hundred Years' War. Each decision you make impacts the story and gameplay.
Why similar: Medieval 15.8%, Management 13.1%, Historical 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Resource Management 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a medieval management experience where you must balance customer requests, business growth, and difficult faction choices.
- #14 Graveyard Keeper
88% matchVery Positive85% of 56,175 reviews2018
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
Why similar: Medieval 21%, Management 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 20.5%, RPG 13.8%, Simulation 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Shares a similar pixel-art aesthetic and resource management loop mixed with dark narrative undertones.
- #15 Siege Survival: Gloria Victis
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,769 reviews2021
Dev: Black Eye GamesPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A medieval city under siege and a handful of civilians are all that keep the walls from falling. Mixing survival strategy and resource management, build your camp, craft supplies, and scavenge the occupied city to supply the last troops holding back the invaders.
Why similar: Medieval 20.2%, Historical 16.3%, Resource Management 15.5%, Choices Matter 14%, Management 13.9%
Why You'll Like It: Puts desperate resource management at the forefront as you try to keep a besieged medieval castle and its inhabitants alive.
- #16 Choice of Life: Middle Ages
86% matchVery Positive89% of 1,847 reviews2020
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A card game in a Medieval setting where you make decisions on which not only your life will depend, but also the future of the kingdom!
Why similar: Turn-Based 17.8%, Medieval 14.6%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Life Sim 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Employs card-based choices that dictate your survival, wealth, and status in a harsh medieval setting.
- #17 Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
86% matchVery Positive92% of 7,607 reviews2017
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
12th century, England: In a time of poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and safety for its people. In their struggle to survive, lives and destinies intertwine. Based on Ken Follett's world-bestseller ‘The Pillars of the Earth’.
Why similar: Medieval 32.7%, Choices Matter 28.3%, Story Rich 13.8%, Historical 12.4%, Indie 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: Immerses you in a rich medieval story where choices significantly alter the lives of characters and the fate of a massive building project.
- #18 Spellcaster University
85% matchVery Positive83% of 4,334 reviews2021
Dev: Sneaky Yak Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Develop a prestigious university of mages. Build rooms, train your students, fight orcs, slay the bureaucrats, manage your budget... a director's life is not a quiet one.
Why similar: Management 21.8%, Choices Matter 20.6%, Medieval 19.1%, Resource Management 15.4%, Simulation 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on academy management and resource allocation with frequent event choices that test your leadership style.
- #19 Kingdom Two Crowns
84% matchVery Positive90% of 39,881 reviews2018
Dev: Fury StudiosPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
Why similar: Medieval 40.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Fantasy 15.6%, Strategy 12.8%, Simulation 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a minimalist medieval monarch experience where you spend coin and manage resources to protect your expanding domain.
- #20 Rebel Inc: Escalation
84% matchVery Positive82% of 7,594 reviews2021
Dev: Ndemic CreationsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.
Why similar: Historical 40.9%, Management 29.2%, Strategy 13.9%, Simulation 12.2%, Singleplayer 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: Tests your ability to balance stabilization efforts, civilian needs, and scarce resources in a volatile region.
- #21 Growing Up
83% matchVery Positive88% of 3,729 reviews2021
Dev: Vile Monarch
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?
Why similar: Life Sim 18.9%, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Management 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Centers heavily on life-sim choices and guiding a character through formative years with long-lasting narrative consequences.
- #22 Papers, Please
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 80,633 reviews2013
Dev: Lucas PopePub: 3909
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 20.8%, Multiple Endings 19.7%, Simulation 15.6%, Indie 13.8%, Story Rich 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features the same stressful, bureaucratic petitioner-screening loop where personal empathy clashes with state survival.
- #23 Frostpunk
81% matchVery Positive93% of 137,667 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Why similar: Resource Management 42.4%, Strategy 18%, Management 16%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Simulation 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Presents society survival management where every brutal law and resource decision weighs heavily on your moral conscience.
- #24 Reigns: Her Majesty
82% matchVery Positive82% of 1,309 reviews2017
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Reigns: Her Majesty is the revolutionary follow-up to the smash swipe ‘em up hit Reigns.
Why similar: Life Sim 28.9%, Choices Matter 19.8%, Medieval 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Strategy 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the witty, choice-driven monarch simulation with fresh narrative dilemmas and societal balancing acts.
- #25 The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,712 reviews2026
Dev: Schisma GamesPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
This is a narrative role-playing game telling the story of a crown prince of the Blessed Arknian Empire. You possess great power, but are also burdened by duty. Can you change the world and stay true to yourself? Every decision comes with a cost.
Why similar: Life Sim 21.1%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Medieval 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
- #26 Pentiment
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,846 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Why similar: Historical 26.2%, Medieval 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Immerses you in historical narrative choices where your words and investigations shape the fate of a medieval community.
- #27 The Council
81% matchVery Positive84% of 5,731 reviews2018
Dev: Big Bad WolfPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.
Why similar: Choices Matter 35%, Historical 17%, RPG 16.2%, Story Rich 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Centers around gripping narrative conversations, political manipulation, and high-stakes choices among nobility.
- #28 The Succession of Changing Kings
77% matchVery Positive86% of 547 reviews2026
Dev: KwaKwaGames
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Turn-based kingdom management simulator focused on decision-making. Will you survive and lead the kingdom to prosperity, or die in agony? The throne awaits.
Why similar: Medieval 24.6%, Historical 17.6%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Management 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.8%
- #29 Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2
78% matchVery Positive94% of 1,007 reviews2022
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore your kingdom and rule wisely in the card game - Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2
Why similar: Turn-Based 17.8%, Medieval 15%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #30 Sovereign Tower
75% matchVery Positive94% of 3,742 reviews2026
Dev: WILD WITS GAMESPub: Curve Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Play as the Sovereign of a magical tower in this story-rich, Round Table management RPG. Recruit eccentric Knights, assign quests and balance egos whilst carving out your kingdom's destiny. If destiny doesn’t go your way, keep turning back time, uncover secrets and rewrite fate again and again.
Why similar: Medieval 22.3%, Choices Matter 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Management 13.9%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #31 Long Live The Queen
80% matchVery Positive95% of 7,170 reviews2013
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Rule the world or die trying!Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end.Now power is up for grabs.
Why similar: Medieval 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Fantasy 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on managing a young royal's schedule, stats, and critical decisions to survive deadly court politics.
- #32 Tyranny
79% matchVery Positive86% of 13,461 reviews2016
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.
Why similar: Choices Matter 32.7%, RPG 28.7%, Story Rich 16.4%, Turn-Based 9.2%, Fantasy 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Puts players in a position of judicial authority where every edict and interaction shapes the conquered fantasy realm.
- #33 Milord
76% matchMixed66% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: iBright GamesPub: InEv Creative
Windows · Mac
Milord is a Kingdom Management RPG with city-building mechanics. Immerse yourself in a world where your decisions shape your fiefdom's destiny. Rule wisely as you construct, strategize, and navigate the challenges of leadership. Will you rise to glory or crumble under the weight of your choices?
Why similar: Medieval 19%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Resource Management 13%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #34 The Reeve
76% matchVery Positive87% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Gray Muscat
Windows · Mac
You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town!
Why similar: Medieval 20%, Management 13.5%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #35 KingSim
77% matchVery Positive84% of 212 reviews2020
Dev: Fuzzy Pixel Game Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Become the King in a story-driven 8-bit style game, where choice matters. And try not to die instantly...
Why similar: Medieval 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Historical 10.6%, Management 10.6%
- #36 Beholder: Conductor
73% matchVery Positive91% of 5,479 reviews2025
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A Beholder series spin-off. Become a conductor of the Determination Bringer train: monitor passengers, report incidents, and carry out important Ministry assignments — whose level of secrecy depends only on your loyalty. And remember: mission success is very important to you!
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Management 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 10%
- #37 The King is Watching
71% matchVery Positive89% of 10,637 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
Why similar: Medieval 33.1%, Resource Management 25.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, Fantasy 14.2%, Strategy 11.6%
- #38 Kingdom: New Lands
75% matchVery Positive85% of 12,403 reviews2016
Dev: NoioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Kingdom: New Lands builds upon the award-winning gameplay and mystery of Kingdom by introducing an abundance of new content to the IGF-nominated title while maintaining the simplicity and depth that legions of monarchs have come to experience and enjoy.
Why similar: Soundtrack 41.9% ★, Medieval 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Fantasy 9%, Strategy 8.8%
- #39 Kingdoms and Castles
74% matchVery Positive94% of 31,455 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.2 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 21.2%, Resource Management 18.2%, Management 17.8%, Choices Matter 16%, Historical 12.1%
- #40 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,040 reviews2020
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Medieval 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Management 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #41 Beholder 2
73% matchVery Positive87% of 8,182 reviews2018
Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!
Why similar: Choices Matter 31.4%, Multiple Endings 21.2%, Story Rich 15.1%, Strategy 13.1%, Simulation 10.8%
- #42 For the People
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 817 reviews2020
Dev: Brezg StudioPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
For the People is a mix of a political management sim and a visual novel, putting players in the shoes of an idealistic young state official tasked with shaping the future of a communist factory town. Will the party provide for the people, or are the people just cogs in its machine?..
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Management 16.5%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Story Rich 9%
- #43 Medieval Legacy
70% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Ninetoplay
Windows
Start as a humble commoner and guide your family through generations in this family sim meets city builder. Climb the ranks of society to become the most influential family in the land. With wit, strategy, and a bit of luck, build your legacy - just try not to trip over your ambition!
Why similar: Medieval 16.1%, Life Sim 14.2%, Historical 13.7%, Management 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #44 Plebby Quest: The Crusades
72% matchVery Positive85% of 2,909 reviews2020
Dev: PiedPipers TeamPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Survive ambitious rulers dreaming of an empire, outsmart treacherous neighbors longing to burn your spoils, and navigate the religion’s predictably unreasonable demands; you need ask only one question as you build your legacy – “Will you burn them, or be burnt?”
Why similar: Medieval 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, RPG 12.8%, Strategy 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #45 Keep Driving
68% matchVery Positive94% of 6,576 reviews2025
Dev: YCJY Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
An atmospheric management RPG about life on the open road. Pick up hitchhikers, work odd jobs, customize and repair your car, and map your route across the country. Use upgrades, skills and items to overcome challenges. And remember to take it easy. You’re young. You have time.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 24.1%, Resource Management 22.9%, Multiple Endings 19.7%, RPG 17.8%, Indie 6.6%
- #46 Black Book
70% matchVery Positive92% of 6,753 reviews2021
Dev: MorteshkaPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
“Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.
Why similar: Turn-Based 39.2%, Choices Matter 20.9%, RPG 11.3%, Story Rich 11.1%, Fantasy 9.3%
- #47 Crown Gambit
68% matchVery Positive95% of 482 reviews2025
Dev: WILD WITS GAMESPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Play as three intrepid paladins through a terrible war of succession to save a sinister medieval kingdom from political turmoil. Pick a side amongst noble families to choose the future monarch and crush those who stand in your way through board-shattering tactical card combat!
Why similar: Turn-Based 19.9%, Medieval 16.9%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #48 Heads Will Roll: Reforged
70% matchVery Positive83% of 1,731 reviews2023
Dev: 1917 StudiosPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you play as a young medieval soldier who over the course of battles and adventures becomes the most formidable and respected knight of his era. Or, if he’s not lucky enough, perishes in the chaos of the Hundred Years' War.
Why similar: Turn-Based 19.3%, Medieval 17.1%, Historical 15.7%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%
- #49 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
68% matchVery Positive93% of 44,849 reviews2022
Dev: niceplay gamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.
Why similar: Medieval 20.4%, Life Sim 13.7%, Management 13.5%, Historical 11.8%, Resource Management 11.3%
- #50 Silmaris: Dice Kingdom
72% matchMixed66% of 98 reviews2020
Dev: PyrogenPub: Mi-Clos Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unforgiving storytelling adventure with dice rolls and turn-based management. Make the right choices and roll the dice to rally the monarchs to your medieval kingdom by diplomacy, war or deception.
Why similar: Turn-Based 28.2%, Medieval 23.7%, Resource Management 16.6%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Indie 9.9%
- #51 Rebel Cops
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,849 reviews2019
Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Lead a ragtag squad of cops in rebellion against their town's new criminal power and see how long you can hold out in this unforgiving turn-based spin-off game from This Is the Police. You'll be desperately short on supplies, and a single shot can cost a cop their life.
Why similar: Turn-Based 61.9%, Strategy 29.5%, Indie 4.9%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #52 Travellers Rest
69% matchVery Positive88% of 18,257 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.
Why similar: Life Sim 26.1%, Management 17.2%, Medieval 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #53 Gamedec - Definitive Edition
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,755 reviews2021
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.
Why similar: Choices Matter 33.5%, Multiple Endings 24.5%, Story Rich 19.1%, RPG 18.2%, Singleplayer 4.8%
- #54 Reigns: Game of Thrones
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,043 reviews2018
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Reigns: Game of Thrones is the heir to the award-winning HBO® TV series Game of Thrones® and the smash-hit swipe ‘em up series Reigns from Nerial and Devolver Digital.
Why similar: Choices Matter 22.5%, Medieval 22.3%, RPG 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Indie 7.1%
- #55 Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,502 reviews2021
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Legend of Keepers is the perfect mix between Dungeon Defender and Roguelite. You have been hired as a dungeon manager by the Dungeons Company. Your job is simple: protect their dungeons!
Why similar: Turn-Based 33.9%, Management 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.3%, Strategy 10.1%, Fantasy 10.1%
- #56 Road 96 🛣️
67% matchVery Positive92% of 26,373 reviews2021
Dev: DigixartPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Hitchhike your way to freedom in this crazy procedurally generated road trip. No one's road is the same!
Why similar: Soundtrack 28.1% ★, Choices Matter 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Story Rich 12.1%
- #57 Lakeburg Legacies
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,459 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Take fate into your own hands in Lakeburg Legacies, a social-based village management sim where love is your favourite resource. Play matchmaker to create the most effective, and most loved up, couples and help your kingdom thrive. How long will it take you to crown a sovereign?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.2%, Medieval 18.6%, Management 15.4%, Resource Management 12%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #58 Lords of Infinity
66% matchVery Positive95% of 217 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead an ancient and crumbling noble house in a rich gunpowder fantasy setting. Lie, bribe, and conspire to secure power and prestige – or to save a doomed kingdom from itself.
Why similar: Management 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, RPG 20.2%, Choices Matter 15%, Casual 9%
- #59 Partisans 1941
66% matchVery Positive82% of 8,770 reviews2020
Dev: Alter GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Partisans 1941 is a real-time tactics game with stealth elements, set on the eastern front of WW II. As an army commander behind enemy lines you gather a group of Partisans to wage guerilla warfare against the German occupants.
Why similar: Historical 45.5%, Strategy 38.8%, Indie 8.5%, Singleplayer 7.1%
- #60 This Is the Police
67% matchVery Positive82% of 11,246 reviews2016
Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?
Why similar: Management 31%, Choices Matter 25.8%, Story Rich 15%, Strategy 14.9%, Simulation 6.4%