Games like Stronghold HD (2012)
by Firefly Studios
The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.
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$14.99Stronghold: Definitive Edition
Nov 7 · Firefly Studios
Both: City Builder · Real Time Tactics · Medieval
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.
City BuilderStrategyReal Time TacticsMedievalRTSBuildingSandboxEconomyColony SimBase Building👍 9,788
$14.99Stronghold 2: Steam Edition
Oct 5 · Firefly Studios
Both: City Builder · Real Time Tactics · Medieval
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.
City BuilderReal Time TacticsMedievalColony SimSandboxBuildingWarEconomyManagementMilitary👍 4,882
$14.99Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition
Sep 15 · Firefly Studios
Both: City Builder · Real Time Tactics · Colony Sim
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.
City BuilderReal Time TacticsColony SimSandboxBuildingManagementEconomyMedievalWarMilitary👍 2,299
$39.99Stronghold: Warlords
Mar 9 · Firefly Studios
Both: City Builder · Real Time Tactics · Colony Sim
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!
City BuilderReal Time TacticsColony SimBuildingMedievalSandboxMilitaryWarEconomyManagement👍 4,450
$9.99Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
Oct 21 · Firefly Studios
Both: City Builder · Real Time Tactics · Medieval
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.
MilitaryCity BuilderReal Time TacticsMedievalColony SimBuildingBase BuildingStrategyWarSandbox👍 17,566
$29.99Stronghold 3 Gold
May 25 · Firefly Studios
Both: City Builder · Medieval · RTS
Set 10 years after the original, Stronghold 3: Gold follows the vengeful story of The Wolf in the third installment of the award-winning castle building series. The Wolf has cheated death become even more bitter and twisted. Build castles, rally your troops and save medieval England!
StrategyCity BuilderMedievalSimulationRTSResource ManagementMultiplayerHistoricalBase BuildingSandbox👍 3,009
FreeStronghold Kingdoms
Feb 27 · Firefly Studios
Both: Medieval · City Builder · Building
A massively multiplayer grand strategy game, Stronghold Kingdoms is about forging alliances, political mind games, city-building and castle sieges with thousands of other players!
StrategyFree to PlayMassively MultiplayerMedievalCity BuilderMultiplayerBuildingBase BuildingRTSWar👍 278
$39.99Stronghold Crusader 2
Sep 22 · Firefly Studios
Both: Medieval · City Builder · RTS
Stronghold Crusader 2 is the long awaited sequel to the original castle sim. After 12 years Stronghold returns to the desert with a new 3D engine and powerful Havok Physics. Crusader 2 recaptures the original game’s addictive, fast-paced gameplay and authentic castle simulation.
StrategyMedievalCity BuilderRTSMultiplayerSimulationHistoricalCo-opBuildingResource Management👍 12,621
-50%$9.99Kingdoms and Castles
Jul 20 · Lion Shield, LLC
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim · Sandbox
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
$19.99Becastled
Oct 22 · Mana Potion Studios
Both: Base Building · City Builder · Medieval
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!
Base BuildingStrategyCity BuilderMedievalBuildingRTSColony SimWarMilitarySingleplayer👍 5,352
$9.99Castle Story
Aug 17 · Sauropod Studio
Both: Colony Sim · Building · Sandbox
Castle Story is a creative voxel-based strategy game in which you can build castles one brick at a time using an army of little creatures called Bricktrons. Design and build your own castles, expand your territory in a vast landscape and defend your Bricktrons against onslaughts of hostile creatures.
Colony SimStrategyBuildingSandboxMultiplayerSurvivalOpen World Survival CraftIndieTower DefenseSingleplayer👍 9,281
-80%$2.79Seeds of Resilience
Jun 13 · Subtle Games
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim · Building
Ready to start anew? Build a village from scratch in Seeds of Resilience. Learn to choose the right items, understand nature's patterns, use real life-based constructions and craft techniques in this turn-based tycoon game.
City BuilderColony SimBuildingSurvivalSandboxBase BuildingManagementEconomyNatureStrategy👍 257
$29.99Diplomacy is Not an Option
Oct 4 · Door 407
Both: Medieval · Base Building · Colony Sim
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
Resource ManagementMedievalHistoricalZombiesBase BuildingColony SimRTSDifficultAction RTSSurvival👍 10,910
$9.99Knights and Merchants
Oct 14 · Topware Interactive
Both: Colony Sim · Medieval · City Builder
KNIGHTS and MERCHANTS recreates the era of the Middle Ages. Apart from the purely fictitious geography of our world, all game elements and scenes are based on the Anglo-Saxon period, 1200 A.D. And we haven't used imaginary elements like fabled creatures, either. The player takes on the role of an ordinary captain in the Palace Guard.
StrategyColony SimMedievalCity BuilderRTSSimulationClassicSingleplayerHistoricalMultiplayer👍 2,792
$14.99Medieval Kingdom Wars
Jan 3 · Reverie World Studios
Both: RTS · Medieval · Base Building
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
$19.99Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
Feb 26 · HandyGames
Both: Colony Sim · City Builder · Medieval
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.
StrategySimulationCasualColony SimCity BuilderMedievalBuildingEconomyResource ManagementSandbox👍 865
$19.99Kingdom Two Crowns
Dec 11 · Fury Studios, Coatsink
Both: Tower Defense · City Builder · Building
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
$34.99Foundation
Jan 31 · Polymorph Games
Both: City Builder · Medieval · Sandbox
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
City BuilderSimulationMedievalStrategySandboxManagementResource ManagementBuildingRelaxingEconomy👍 23,045
$4.99clickyland
Jun 3 · Sokpop Collective
Both: Tower Defense · Base Building · City Builder
clickyland is a tower defense village builder where clicks are your main resource. Use clicks to harvest resources, fight enemies and manage your village, but use them wisely as you only get 20 clicks every day! Can you reach day 100?
StrategyTower DefenseBase BuildingCity Builder3DSingleplayerRTSSurvivalMedieval👍 622
$14.99Rise to Ruins
Oct 14 · Raymond Doerr
Both: Tower Defense · Colony Sim · City Builder
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.
Tower DefenseColony SimCity BuilderStrategySurvivalPixel GraphicsBase BuildingGod GameSimulationIndie👍 7,233
-50%$7.99Hearthlands
Apr 28 · Four White Cats
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim · Medieval
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.
City BuilderStrategySimulationIndieColony SimManagementMedievalSingleplayerRTSFantasy👍 306
$24.99Lords and Villeins
Nov 10 · Honestly Games
Both: Colony Sim · City Builder · Medieval
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!
Colony SimCity BuilderStrategyPixel GraphicsManagementSimulationMedieval2DBuildingSandbox👍 733
$29.99Going Medieval
Mar 17 · Foxy Voxel
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · City Builder
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.
Colony SimBase BuildingStrategyVoxelSurvivalManagementCity BuilderSingleplayerSandboxNature👍 17,036
-50%$5.99The Settlers® : Heritage of Kings - History Edition
Jan 22 · Ubisoft Blue Byte
Both: Colony Sim · City Builder · RTS
With this modernized History Edition dive into the diversified mix of enthralling build-up matches and exciting real-time fights. Manifold landscapes await to be explored and populated. Includes the main game plus the two expansions.
StrategyColony SimCity BuilderRTSMedieval👍 819
$14.99Territory: Farming and Warfare
Feb 4 · Wit Studio
Both: Base Building · City Builder · Sandbox
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.
SingleplayerSimulationBase BuildingCity BuilderStrategySandboxAutomationPixel GraphicsResource ManagementBuilding👍 738
$19.99Castle Craft
Apr 19 · Twin Earth
Both: City Builder · Medieval · Base Building
Will your castle survive the relentless onslaught, or collapse under pressure? Build, manage resources, and outsmart your foes in a world where everything can be destroyed. Use strategy and creativity to turn the chaos into your greatest advantage!
VoxelSurvivalThird PersonMagicActionCity BuilderHack and SlashMedievalBase BuildingSandbox👍 480
$14.99Forts
Apr 19 · EarthWork Games
Both: Base Building · Building · Sandbox
Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent’s buildings to rubble!
Base BuildingMultiplayerStrategyPhysicsDestructionBuildingModdableSandbox2DMilitary👍 21,226
$34.99Medieval Dynasty
Sep 23 · Render Cube
Both: Building · Medieval · Base Building
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.
BuildingCraftingMultiplayerMedievalSurvivalCo-opOpen WorldBase BuildingSandboxImmersive Sim👍 43,086
-90%$0.49Call Of The Mighty Warriors
Mar 1 · Jaison Robson Gusava, SC Jogos
Both: Tower Defense · Real Time Tactics · RTS
Two kingdoms in battle against each other, the king Bennevert called for the legendary mighty mercenaries to defend strategic posts in dangerous lands in the battlefield. Are you prepared to be a mercenary?
Tower DefenseStrategyFantasyIndieCasualAdventureActionReal Time TacticsTacticalRTS👍 293
FreeExtremely Realistic Siege Warfare Simulator
Sep 7 · Screambox Studio
Both: RTS · Sandbox · Building
Extremely Realistic Siege Warfare Simulator is a physics-based tactical strategy game where you must lead a military force in a fantasy medieval world. Build an army. Construct siege equipment. Experience epic battles. Lead your people to victory!!
Early AccessActionWarRTSStrategySandboxBuildingRPGWargamePvP👍 193
$29.99The Guild 3
Jun 14 · Purple Lamp, GolemLabs
Both: Economy · Medieval · Sandbox
The Guild 3 is a fascinating trade and life simulation that takes place during the late Middle Ages. Step into the shoes of a citizen, acquire businesses and mansions, produce goods and trade them, start intrigues in politics and society, love, hate, bribe, fight and live through good and bad times!
EconomyLife SimMedievalSimulationStrategyRPGMultiplayerOpen WorldSandboxBuilding👍 7,121
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Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
$14.99Besiege
Feb 18 · Spiderling Studios
Both: Sandbox · Medieval · Building
Besiege is a physics building game about constructing medieval machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Conquer the campaign or skirmish with friends in Multiplayer!
SimulationSandboxPhysicsDestructionMedievalBuildingModdableMultiplayerPvEPvP👍 48,053
$19.999-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
Aug 26 · Petroglyph
Both: RTS · Real Time Tactics · Sandbox
Unleash voxel warfare in 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far. Lead a modern military, build bases, unlock units, and attack in all-out war. Engage on land, sea and air in over two dozen missions, online skirmishes, or co-op. Easy to learn, a challenge to master.
Action RTSRTSWargameReal Time TacticsSandboxColorfulPvPBase BuildingStrategyTactical👍 945


