Games Like Kingdoms and Castles (Series) Similar City Building Games like Kingdoms and Castles (Series)

Kingdoms and Castles is described as 'A medieval city building game where you construct castles to protect your peasants from a living and dangerous world' and is a city building game in the games category. There are more than 10 games similar to Kingdoms and Castles for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Steam, Linux, Mac and Wine apps. The best Kingdoms and Castles alternative is RimWorld. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Dwarf Fortress or Crown of the Gods. Other Kingdoms and Castles like games are Tropico, Banished, Stronghold and Frostpunk.

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A medieval city building game where you construct castles to protect your peasants from a living and dangerous world.

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Kingdoms and Castles alternatives page was last updated Nov 27, 2019
  1. RimWorld icon
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    RimWorld follows three survivors from a crashed space liner as they build a colony on a frontier world at the rim of known space. Inspired by the space western vibe of Firefly, the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, and the epic scale of Dune and Warhammer 40,000.

    22 RimWorld alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam

    RimWorld Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Moddable
    3.  Base building
    4.  Endless gameplay
    5.  Strategy planning
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    • RimWorld is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Kingdoms and Castles.

    • RimWorld is the most popular commercial alternative to Kingdoms and Castles.

    • RimWorld is Paid and ProprietaryKingdoms and Castles is also Paid and Proprietary
  2. Dwarf Fortress icon
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    Dwarf Fortress is a single-player fantasy simulator. You can control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated, persistent world. The world is procedurally generated with distinct civilizations spanning centuries of detailed history, multitude of towns, bodies...

    26 Dwarf Fortress alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Dwarf Fortress Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Building game
    3.  Infinite hierarchical depth
    4.  Terraforming
    5.  Battle simulation
    6.  Squad based
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    • Dwarf Fortress is the most popular free alternative to Kingdoms and Castles.

    • Dwarf Fortress is Free and ProprietaryKingdoms and Castles is Paid and Proprietary
  3. Tropico icon
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    Tropico is a series of construction and management simulation computer games developed by PopTop Software and published by Gathering of Developers in April 2001. Feral Interactive has developed and published a number of the games.

    25 Tropico alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine

    Tropico Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Single player
    3.  Endless gameplay
    4.  Politics
    5.  Production Chains
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  4. Banished icon
     19 likes

    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.

    46 Banished alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
    • Steam

    Banished Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Logistics
    3.  Production Chains
    4.  Medieval
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    Comments about Banished as an Alternative to Kingdoms and Castles
     
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    It is the closest to kingdoms and castles. Both focus on city building and management instead of strategy and warfare.

    Positive commentNov 25, 2019
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    • Banished is Paid and ProprietaryKingdoms and Castles is also Paid and Proprietary
  5. Stronghold icon
     24 likes

    Stronghold Crusader is a RTS game from the series from Stronghold.

    In Stronghold Crusader the player can play as either the legendary Richard the Lionheart or the formidable Saladin. A mix of real-time strategy and city-building games, the game's desert setting requires str.

    36 Stronghold alternatives
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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
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  6. Frostpunk icon
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    As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and its infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?.

    9 Frostpunk alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • GOG.com
    • Playstation
    • Xbox

    Frostpunk Features

    1.  Endless gameplay
    2.  Single player
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  7. The Settlers icon
     2 likes

    The Settlers is a video game series. The first game in the series is The Settlers (1993). There are eight games in the series, including remakes. All the games were developed by the German studio Blue Byte, and were published by either Blue Byte or Ubisoft, the company that...

    18 The Settlers alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Uplay

    The Settlers Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Multiplayer
    3.  Single player
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  8. Stonehearth icon
     7 likes

    Stonehearth is a game of exploration and survival in an epic fantasy setting. Build your town, care for your hearthlings, and defend against marauding invaders.

    46 Stonehearth alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
    • Steam

    Stonehearth Features

    1.  Customizable Buildings
    2.  Building game
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  9. Deep Sea Tycoon icon
     4 likes

    Deep Sea Tycoon is a 2003 video game developed by Anarchy Enterprises and published by Unique Entertainment. This game involves you building an underwater city in 3D. It has a sequel, Deep Sea Tycoon 2, developed by Pixel after Pixel.

    29 Deep Sea Tycoon alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The game's page is no longer available at the official website. It is however available via Archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20140207232644/http://www.anarchyent.com/deepseatycoon/index.asp

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  10. Gnomoria icon
     19 likes

    Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom!.

    15 Gnomoria alternatives
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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam

    Gnomoria Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Squad based
    3.  Isometric view
    4.  Building game
    5.  Graphical component
    Discontinued

    No updates since release, also see Steam reviews: http://store.steampowered.com/app/224500/

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  11. Planetbase icon
     5 likes

    Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish an outpost on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, manufacture bots, and build a fully self-sufficient colony.

    20 Planetbase alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Xbox
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  12. Crown of the Gods icon
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    Crown of the Gods is an empire-building MMO real-time strategy game made by Gaming Addict Studios that is not, and never will be, pay to win.

    25 Crown of the Gods alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    Crown of the Gods Features

    1.  Web-Based
    2.  Multiple languages
    3.  Mmo
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    • Crown of the Gods is the most popular Web-based alternative to Kingdoms and Castles.

    • Crown of the Gods is Free and ProprietaryKingdoms and Castles is Paid and Proprietary
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