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Looking for games like Tenants of the Shade? Here are top open world city builder recommendations with a historical focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Songs of Syx, Settletopia or Ascendant Realms.

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  1. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 6,007 reviews

    As a king in the world of Syx, you lead your people from small colonies to prosperous mega-cities and empires. You manage everything from individual subject's needs to global diplomacy, trade and a scheming nobility that might try to usurp you from time to time. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Songs of Syx.

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  2. Settletopia is a fantasy colony simulation game with multiplayer support. Develop a small settlement into a thriving multi-settlement civilization that spans the world. Build and Expand Your CivilizationBegin with a humble village and transform it into a thriving civilization. Manage multiple settlements, establish transportation routes, and lead your people through prosperity and danger. Cons… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Settletopia.

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  3. JOURNEY THROUGH THE AGES TO ASCEND YOUR EMPIRE Build a nation from nothing into a thriving empire. Grow your economy, manage resources, and secure prosperity. Raise a powerful army, expand your borders, and crush your enemies. Lead your realm to victory and carve your legacy into history. MASTER WAR ACROSS ERAS From tactical skirmishes to massive sieges, adapt your strategy to the evolvi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ascendant Realms.

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  4. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 50 reviews

    https://store.steampowered.com/widget/2111020/ BUILD Gather resources from your environment to build a colony for your group and prepare their adventures. Make them cozy to improve their mood, farm and raise animals to provide food while facing changing weather and seasons. Then get new recruits when you are ready to meet their needs and expand until building a massive fortress. TRAIN Prepar… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Edge Islands.

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  5. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    77% User Score Based on 47 reviews

    Citizens is a blend between turn based city builder and a puzzler for strategy masterminds. Build a thriving settlement, extract and process resources and manage your population by catering to their needs, thus allowing you to build bigger and better! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Citizens: Far Lands.

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  6. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 10,003 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 2 reviews

    Build a multi-story fortress out of clay, wood, and stone. Your villagers will have needs, feelings, and agendas shaped by the world and its history, and it's up to you to keep them content and... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Going Medieval.

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  7. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, gameplay
    95% User Score Based on 55 reviews

    Like prologue ? Buy full with discount About the Game Citizens: Prologue is a turn-based hybrid of a city builder and strategic puzzler where you create beautiful cities, manage resources, plan long term investments, trade with foreign civilisations and look after your subjects. Explore beautiful islands, deal with difficult problems, and think about your next move very carefully, for it coul… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Citizens: Far Lands - Prologue.

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  8. Engage in tile-based tactical real-time combat, where every maneuver and flanking action can turn the tide of battle. Position your units carefully to outsmart your opponents and secure victory on the field. Oversee the survival and prosperity of your city through deep seasonal yield management. Store grain for the winter, adapt to unpredictable hazards, and balance rations, taxes, and happines… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Iterum.

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  9. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    76% User Score Based on 1,625 reviews

    Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pioneers of Pagonia.

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  10. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    63% User Score Based on 262 reviews

    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? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown.

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    61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization
    61% User Score Based on 220 reviews

    Fata Deum is a god game asking the player "With the power of a god, who will you become?". As a powerful god the player fights against up to four other (AI) gods to rule a fantastic world and its citizens. These citizens act self-sufficient and need to be convinced to follow the player. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fata Deum.

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  12. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    74% User Score Based on 1,898 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 5 reviews

    From victuals to Vikings, lead your village and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions and enemy raids, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Land of the Vikings.

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  13. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    70% User Score Based on 166 reviews

    Roadmap About the GameKingdom's Deck is a game about survival and growing your kingdom. As the ruler of the land, you must navigate the challenges of staying alive, taking care of your people's requirements, building a powerful army, and protecting your fort from approaching threats Step into the role of the king, entrusted with the fate of an entire realm. Your journey is guided by your co… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kingdom's Deck.

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  15. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    67% User Score Based on 296 reviews

    TFM: The First Men is a strategy simulation enriched with character-driven base building, party-based exploration, and tactical real-time with pause combat. Inspired by the creation stories, Knights and Merchants, and Rimworld. Build your settlement with the help of various paths and crafts. Use countless traits, items, and skills to make the first men in your image. Raise and train children and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TFM: The First Men.

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  16. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 15,212 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 5 reviews

    Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to sustain your advancing town. Produce craft items for villagers to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Farthest Frontier.

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  17. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    87% User Score Based on 5,222 reviews

    In this city-builder, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. With limited supplies you will claim land, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather supplies, build your city, expand commerce, and develop trades to build a bustling and unique town with a large population. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Settlement Survival.

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    69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    68% User Score Based on 235 reviews
    Critic Score 58%Based on 2 reviews

    The quiet hamlets of the Vale stand defenseless... No walls, no moats, not even a presentable fence. You'll have to use your resources wisely to transform each village from farm-town to fortress. Build defenses, train troops, and hold the line with powerful heroes in ValeGuard, a Defensive Strategy game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ValeGuard.

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  20. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 1,188 reviews

    The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nova Roma.

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  21. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 362 reviews

    Roadmap Join Our Discord About the Game Roman Triumph is a survival city-builder / colony-sim set in Roman times where you must lead your people, build a city from the ground up and fortify it with walls, ballistae, archer towers and other Roman defenses to survive against the hordes of Barbarians, ferocious Hydra, Minotaur, Cerberus, and other mythological beasts. In order for yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder.

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  22. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    65% User Score Based on 322 reviews

    Once there was a prosperous village of Martials, now none of it remains. As the son of the former Master, you will lead your followers to rebuild this village. Recruit followers and enter the mysterious illusional domain, acquire lost wonders. Will you see the rebirth of ancestors’ glory again? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Lost Village.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    83% User Score Based on 2,876 reviews

    The Empire has fallen, leaving in its place multiple successor kingdoms. The lords and ladies of these petty kingdoms squabble for control and influence – whether with cloak and dagger or sword and shield, families feud amongst themselves and against each other as greater threats cast a shadow across the land. Famines wreak havoc on the lives of the peasantry, warfare and disunity threaten the soc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Norland.

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  24. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    90% User Score Based on 52,442 reviews

    Upcoming medieval strategy game for PC that combines deep, organic and realistic city building with large scale, tactical battles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Manor Lords.

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  25. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 147 reviews

    Inspired by classic god games, survival city-builders and roguelike deck-builders, in These Doomed Isles you'll craft your deck of cards to raise islands from the sea, build settlements for your followers and keep them alive as famine threatens, forests burn and raiders loom on the horizon. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to These Doomed Isles.

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  26. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 957 reviews

    Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ozymandias.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    93% User Score Based on 4,788 reviews

    Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities. Ostriv aims to raise the bar of city-building experience by adding a huge amount of possibilities and removing annoying limitations. It allows for truly organic town layouts without the grid and angle restrictions on a three-dimension… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ostriv.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    84% User Score Based on 1,088 reviews

    A 3D Fantasy Kingdom Sim driven by intelligent characters with a rich simulation of opinions and memories. Build, Craft, Farm, Mine, Hunt, Defend, and more! Command from the sky or take control in third person as your story goes where the people, your actions, and their reactions take it. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Noble Fates.

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  29. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    71% User Score Based on 361 reviews
    Critic Score 62%Based on 5 reviews

    Rising Lords is a medieval turn-based strategy game with card and board game elements. Send your serfs to fight and die in your name... or let them prosper, and use them to your advantage! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rising Lords.

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  30. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 7,900 reviews

    Kingdom Reborn is a city-builder with multiplayer and open world. Guide your citizens. Grow from a tiny village to a prosperous city. Upgrade your houses and technology through eras. With multiplayer, you can cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in the same open world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kingdoms Reborn.

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  31. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    89% User Score Based on 2,394 reviews

    Enjoy the complete medieval experience in The Stronghold Collection, featuring five real-time strategy games. Create and defend your castle stronghold as you expand your lands, survey the castle life in your domain, host great jousting festivals and feasts, or conduct public executions to keep the peasantry in line. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Stronghold Collection.

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  32. Rulers of Cospaia brings the charm of a medieval board game to life in a vivid, fully interactive digital world. Played on a hex-based map inspired by classic tabletop design, the game challenges you to develop your city, manage resources, and outsmart your rivals in fast-paced strategic matches. Easy to learn yet rich in tactical depth, Rulers of Cospaia blends city-building, resource management… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rulers of Cospaia.

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  33. Welcome:Great Powers At War puts you in control of a customizable hero that you create by determining their race, class, and name. Pick a faction to champion—you can lead humans, orcs, elves, or even the undead—and use your battlefield prowess to guide your people to victory across multiple worlds in fantasy-themed turn-based hex combat. Your goal: Conquer the enemy factions and claim their worlds… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Great Powers At War.

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  34. Set in a gritty, fictional 1960s universe—the same world as Black Border—it’s a colony sim / base-building / grand strategy hybrid where you rebuild a war-ravaged region, fortify your defenses, and control key trade routes that every convoy depends on. Even though it shares a universe with Black Border, Border Base is an entirely new experience and genre, pushing us into exciting new territory. Ev… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Border Base.

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  35. The First Explorers® is a Settlers-like game, that offers the perfect mix of organic city-building and RTS in a bustling world. Set in the time of antiquity in Europe, you will play as the Romans, Carthaginians or Gauls. Are you ready to raise an army backed by a thriving economy? Every building is assembled piece by piece. In what kind of world is The First Explorers® set? The game is set… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The First Explorers®.

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  36. A homage to classic real-time strategy games. Gather resources, build an empire, and command powerful armies to conquer the world. Lead six unique tribes, expand your territory, and engage in epic battles with hundreds of units on screen. Dominate in 18 missions and procedurally generated maps! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Settle and Battle: New Empires.

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  37. Our Kickstarter is LIVE — Back Us Now! CivEconomy is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter. Early backers get exclusive rewards, backer credits, and the chance to directly shape the game's development. Less pretty, more witty. The civilization economics simulator for players who think. CivEconomy: From Bronze to Iron Experience the Bronze Age like never before - where every family's story s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CivEconomy.

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  39. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    100% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Keziah’s Realm is an immersive survival game where you and 144 NPCs are scattered across a vast map divided into 36 procedurally generated chunks, each belonging to one of eight unique biomes. From the very start, you must forage for resources, craft essential items, and defend yourself to survive the perilous first night. From then on collaboration is key; forming clans with other survivors allow… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Keziah's Realm.

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  40. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    89% User Score Based on 2,393 reviews

    Stronghold 2: Steam Edition allows players to experience true ‘castle life’ gameplay. Entertain your subjects or rule with an iron fist, dispensing medieval justice to overworked and malnourished peasants. With powerful barons jostling for power over a disintegrating kingdom, it is up to you to stem the tides of ambition and unite the land under the one true King! With an intricate economy, siege … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stronghold 2: Steam Edition.

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  41. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    76% User Score Based on 393 reviews

    After returning from war you claim your inheritance: Greenwood—a neglected realm on the brink of collapse. As its new Lord, you must guide your kingdom to greatness, not from a distant throne, but by walking its cobbled streets and verdant fields. In this third-person kingdom builder, you must raise your realm from rubble with a builder’s touch—every hall, heath, and castle wall crafted to your de… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Noble Legacy.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story
    84% User Score Based on 55 reviews

    Ascension(宗门志) Rebuild Your Sect A cultivation 4X strategy game. It's a strange new world out there. Travel far and wide, growing your sect into unfounded territories. Stop by cities you've never heard of. Explore mysterious and wondrous lands known to none. Face almighty beasts in battle. Anything is possible here, and each choice you make shifts the threads of your fate. Your sect… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ascension.

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    36%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization
    58% User Score Based on 12 reviews

      In Exile, you lead a band of displaced settlers, cast out into an unforgiving land where only resourcefulness and resilience will secure a future. It's your decisions—the paths you clear, the shelters you raise, the hope you kindle—that will determine whether this small village endures or fades into the wild.   Through each season, you’ll be the one deciding how your village survives, adapts,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Exile.

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  44. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    81% User Score Based on 97 reviews

    A quirky combination of roguelite and city builder mixed into one! Sitting atop a vast network of mystical caves is your little gnome village. Send out your team of gnomes on rogue-lite runs to bring back resources so you can expand your tiny kingdom. As you grow your village, you’ll unlock new abilities, uncover new biomes, and take on bizarre creatures and extraordinary vegetation lurking underg… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EcoGnomix.

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  45. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    71% User Score Based on 124 reviews

    Weekly Challenge About the Game The year is 401 AD, spring is in the air as the sun is slowly setting. What seems like a completely normal night by the river of the Rhine is turning out to be the beginning of the end for the world's longest lasting empire! Yield! Fall of Rome is a turn-based 4X strategy game with fast-paced tactical gameplay set in the time of the imminent fall of the Roma… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Yield! Fall of Rome.

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  46. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 4,608 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 3 reviews

    Once upon a Village.. Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is the ideal laid back City builder. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, trade and use diplomacy to ally or challenge your neighbors, and most importantly, find yourself a prince or princess and live happily ever after! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fabledom.

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  47. 56%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    74% User Score Based on 27 reviews

    Earth of Oryn is an Early Access game. Buy now if you enjoy early-stage city builders, want to be part of shaping a game as it evolves and support its development. If you are looking for a polished, feature-complete experience, it is strongly recommended to wait. This is not a finished or content-rich experience yet. While the core city-building and survival systems are playable, many mechanics… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Earth of Oryn.

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  48. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    68% User Score Based on 1,494 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 13 reviews

    Build a nation and lead your people throughout history to the pinnacles of human achievement as you explore new lands, develop arts and culture, conduct diplomacy, and go head-to-head with your rivals to prove you are the greatest ruler ever known. It's Your World Now. The Deluxe Edition Includes •Ara: History Untold Base Game •Exclusive Leader Collection - featuring five exclusive leaders not … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ara: History Untold.

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  49. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization
    97% User Score Based on 64 reviews

    » EMBARK ON A GRAND ADVENTURE WITH PARAGON PIONEERS 2! « Dive into the captivating world of Paragon Pioneers 2, an engaging city-building idle game filled with extensive content promising months of immersive gameplay. Discover and conquer customizable islands, carefully shaping your empire to satisfy the needs of your citizens. Even with limited playtime, you can delve deep into this simulation, e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paragon Pioneers 2.

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  50. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    77% User Score Based on 52 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 3 reviews

    Dive into Planetiles, where strategy and creativity converge. Build and transform barren planets into flourishing worlds. Outwit natural disasters, develop vibrant habitats, and navigate complex challenges. Embrace a boardgame-like depth with thoughtful If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planetiles.

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