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
$34.99Northgard: Definitive Edition
Mar 7 · Shiro Games
Both: City Builder · RTS · Base Building
Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!
StrategyCity BuilderRTSSimulationBase BuildingMultiplayerColony SimBuildingEconomyTactical👍 54,478
$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
$39.99Manor Lords
Apr 26 · Slavic Magic
Both: City Builder · Base Building · Sandbox
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.
StrategyCity BuilderSimulationBase BuildingGrand StrategyHistoricalManagementSandboxBuildingResource Management👍 76,922
$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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$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
$14.99Bad North: Jotunn Edition
Nov 16 · Plausible Concept, Oskar Stålberg
Both: Real Time Tactics · Tower Defense · RTS
Bad North is a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite. Defend your idyllic island kingdom against a horde of Viking invaders, as you lead the desperate exodus of your people. Command your loyal subjects to take full tactical advantage of the unique shape of each island.
WargameVikingsReal Time TacticsTower DefenseMinimalistSurvivalAction RoguelikeRTSWarAuto Battler👍 12,351
Kingdom Builders
Jun 24 · ebb & flow games
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim · Building
City Builder meets Action RPG! Build your kingdom building by building, having villagers join your side. Lead them to expand your empire, defeating foes hindering your empire's growth.
City BuilderStrategyColony SimAction RPGBuildingExplorationActionRPGParty-Based RPGTop-Down👍 237
$19.99Odd Realm
Aug 16 · Unknown Origin Games Inc
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Sandbox
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Colony SimBase BuildingSimulationManagementResource ManagementStrategySandboxSurvivalProcedural GenerationBuilding👍 955
$18.99Castle Flipper
May 26 · ▲ Pyramid Games
Both: Building · Medieval
Castle Flipper is your unique chance to become a medieval royal craftsman. Build your own Kingdom and re-arrange the castle at your own discretion. Breathe a whole new life into the old rooms and maybe one day you will become a King!
BuildingCasualRelaxingFamily FriendlyMedievalImmersive SimDesign & IllustrationEducationIndieExploration👍 1,027
AOD: Art Of Defense
Dec 1 · Sateda
Both: Tower Defense · Real Time Tactics · RTS
AOD is a new gameplay in the traditional tower defence genre. You must protect your base from waves of approaching enemies. Build and improve your towers and units and destroy your enemies in any way you can. Don't be weak, destroy them all, show who's in charge!
Tower DefenseReal Time TacticsWargamePvERTSStrategyBuildingSurvivalIsometric2D
$19.99Cossacks 3
Sep 20 · GSC Game World
Both: RTS · Base Building
Cossacks 3 is the return of RTS classics. Obtain resources, build cities and research technologies while taking command of great armies, crushing enemies in grand historical warfares on land and sea!
StrategyRTSWarMultiplayerHistoricalResource ManagementSingleplayerBase BuildingAction RTSPvP👍 12,407
$2.99Planet TD
Jan 6 · MD Games
Both: Tower Defense · Real Time Tactics · RTS
6 different types of towers! 4 planets with different characteristics! 25 different enemies. Drones, Tanks, Biorobotic enemies and many different ground and air vehicles! Snowy and Glacial maps, Desert and Arid lands! Prepare to defend the solar system against invaders!
Tower DefenseReal Time TacticsAuto BattlerTactical3D PlatformerCasualStrategyRTS2D PlatformerWargame👍 124
$4.99Minimalist Tower Defense
Jan 25 · Happy213
Both: Tower Defense · Real Time Tactics · Base Building
Collect resources and establish a defense line before dark And then Facing countless enemies
Tower DefenseStrategyReal Time TacticsTop-Down2DMinimalistPost-apocalypticBase BuildingWargameCasual👍 1,832
-40%$8.99The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator
Dec 18 · PeatyTurf
Both: Sandbox · Medieval · Base Building
Put your engineering and problem solving skills to the test in this sandbox physics building game! Enjoy the freedom of completely gridless 3D sandbox building combined with hilarious ragdoll third person controls, offering a truly unique and hilarious "Enjeniring" experience!
SandboxPhysicsParkourMedievalBase BuildingFunnyThird PersonSingleplayerSimulationBuilding👍 682
$9.99Epic Fantasy Battle Simulator
Aug 30 · Mutiny Software
Both: Sandbox · RTS · Medieval
Welcome to Epic Fantasy Battle Simulator, the most immersive medieval battle simulator to date! Throw tens of thousands of soldiers into battle, enjoy the show, or take control of one of them to prove your valor! The only limit is your imagination! Or maybe your CPU?
Early AccessSimulationActionSandboxStrategyAction RTSRTSSingleplayerThird PersonMedieval👍 426
$14.99Element TD 2 - Tower Defense
Apr 2 · Element Studios
Both: Tower Defense · Real Time Tactics
Element TD 2 sees you combine powerful elements to create unique towers. Prove your defenses against challenging foes, and compete or cooperate with others to determine who has mastered the elements.
Tower DefenseReal Time TacticsMultiplayerFantasyStrategyPvEPvPTeam-BasedCompetitiveCharacter Customization👍 2,876
Total War Battles: KINGDOM
Apr 9 · CREATIVE ASSEMBLY
Both: Medieval · RTS · City Builder
The Cross Platform, bite-sized Total War – Easy to pick up, quick-fire strategy gaming sessions where you can expand your realm and fight battles no matter which device you choose.
StrategyFree to PlayMedievalMultiplayerWarSingleplayerRTSActionCity BuilderCasual
$44.99Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
Dec 6 · Black Sea Games
Both: Medieval · RTS · Sandbox
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.
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