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Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is a complex city builder, where the fate of your kingdom hinges on your every decision. Explore this medieval land alone or with friends, make tough moral choices and conquer your foes in RTS combat. Will you struggle to survive, or find the strength to Thrive?
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$19.99Driftland: The Magic Revival
Apr 18 · Star Drifters
Both: 4X · Grand Strategy · City Builder
After a devastating war between ancient mages, a powerful spell is all that holds together the shattered planet of Driftland. Take on the role of a powerful mage capable of moving and connecting floating lands, develop a mighty empire, and restore Driftland to its former glory!
RTS4XGod GameGrand StrategyCity BuilderEconomyManagementSurvivalStrategyTop-Down👍 1,440
$29.99Bellwright
Apr 23 · Donkey Crew
Both: Survival · City Builder · Medieval
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.
SurvivalOpen WorldCity BuilderMedievalCraftingOnline Co-OpMultiplayerBuildingSimulationRPG👍 20,141
-70%$4.49Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
Oct 11 · The Secret Games Company
Both: Grand Strategy · 4X · City Builder
Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer.
Grand StrategyTurn-Based Strategy4XStrategyHistoricalManagementEconomyCity BuilderTurn-Based TacticsHex Grid👍 1,308
$19.99Banished
Feb 18 · Shining Rock Software LLC
Both: City Builder · Survival · Medieval
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.
City BuilderColony SimStrategySimulationSurvivalIndieSingleplayerSandboxMedievalResource Management👍 37,899
$19.99Kingdom Two Crowns
Dec 11 · Fury Studios, Coatsink
Both: City Builder · Medieval
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.
Tower DefenseMinimalistCity BuilderBuildingSingleplayerBase BuildingMedievalStrategyFantasyAtmospheric👍 31,274
$44.99Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
Dec 6 · Black Sea Games
Both: Medieval · Grand Strategy · 4X
Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.
StrategySimulationMedievalGrand StrategyRTSHistoricalMultiplayerSingleplayer4XSandbox👍 4,935
$44.99Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator
Jan 17 · Illwinter Game Design
Both: 4X · Grand Strategy
In Dominions 6 you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to old dragons or an enormous tree. Dominions is a deep 4x turn based strategy game with a very large variety of spells and units.
Strategy4XTurn-Based StrategyAsynchronous MultiplayerGrand StrategyGod GameFantasyWargameHand-drawnAuto Battler👍 1,687
-50%$9.99Kingdoms and Castles
Jul 20 · Lion Shield, LLC
Both: City Builder · 4X
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.
City BuilderColony SimResource ManagementManagementSimulationStrategySandboxBuildingBase Building4X👍 30,316
$29.99Norland
Jul 18 · Long Jaunt
Both: City Builder · Grand Strategy
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.
StrategySimulationCity BuilderBase BuildingColony SimGrand StrategyManagementHistoricalBuildingSandbox👍 8,912
$29.99Against the Storm
Dec 8 · Eremite Games
Both: City Builder · Grand Strategy
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
StrategySimulationCity BuilderBase BuildingBuildingGrand StrategyManagementResource ManagementHistoricalColony Sim👍 33,296
$14.99Medieval Kingdom Wars
Jan 3 · Reverie World Studios
Both: Grand Strategy · Medieval · City Builder
Rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat in a fusion of RTS and Grand Strategy genres. Rule, build, and serve your King as a minor lord in medieval Europe. Experience siege, field and naval combat with an unseen degree of brutality. Rogue-like progression, epic towns and battles await…
Grand StrategyRTSMedievalBase BuildingCity BuilderStrategyDiplomacyEconomyAction RTSWargame👍 2,233
$19.99Sorcerer King: Rivals
Sep 22 · Stardock Entertainment
Both: 4X · Grand Strategy
Explore a rich fantasy world, go on quests for powerful weapons, and forge a new civilization in Sorcerer King: Rivals. Can you build a civilization to topple the malevolent Sorcerer King and become a god yourself?
4XTactical RPGGrand StrategySandboxPvETurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyStrategy RPGBuildingCharacter Customization👍 255
$29.99Sengoku Dynasty
Nov 7 · Superkami
Both: City Builder · Survival · Medieval
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!
City BuilderSurvivalOpen WorldBase BuildingMedievalLife SimMultiplayerBuildingCraftingRPG👍 6,594
$49.99Crusader Kings III
Sep 1 · Paradox Development Studio
Both: Medieval · Grand Strategy
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.
StrategyMedievalGrand StrategySimulationRPGHistoricalManagementCharacter CustomizationLife SimSandbox👍 96,939
$19.99Kingdoms Reborn
Nov 2 · Earthshine
Both: City Builder · Medieval
A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.
City BuilderColony SimBase BuildingMultiplayerManagementStrategyCo-opEconomyResource ManagementMedieval👍 8,859
$19.99Yield! Fall of Rome
Aug 11 · Billionworlds
Both: 4X · City Builder
Forge your Kingdom amidst the Ruins of Rome in this turn-based 4X strategy game! As the world crumbles, rebuild civilization and shape your people’s destiny. Unleash your strategic prowess, conquer provinces, and crush all who stand in your way.
Turn-Based CombatTurn-Based StrategyStrategy4XCity BuilderBuildingTurn-Based TacticsMultiplayerCo-opProcedural Generation👍 219
$39.99Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith
Nov 27 · Illwinter Game Design
Both: Grand Strategy · 4X
In Dominions 5 you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to huge titans or large monuments. Dominions is a deep 4x turn based strategy game with a very large variety of spells and units.
StrategyTurn-Based StrategyFantasyIndieGod GameGrand Strategy4XTurn-BasedMultiplayerMagic👍 1,925
