City builders like Nested Lands

If Nested Lands left you wanting something dark and replayable, you have options. You will find a few strong contenders among these city builders.

Going Medieval
Plague has emptied the world, and three travellers are yours to keep alive. Going Medieval is a colony sim about turning that rough camp into a walled medieval town: raise multi-storey halls and workshops, feed temperamental settlers, and hold the gates when raiders come calling.
Also in Colony sim and Survival crafting · Dark, Replayable
88% of 17,173 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,164$29.99
Life is Feudal: Forest Village
A harsh medieval city builder where a handful of refugees becomes a village that lives or dies by winter. You lay out houses, farms, orchards and windmills, juggle food, firewood and vitamins, and watch one bad season undo hours of careful planning.
Also in Colony sim and Survival crafting · Dark, Replayable
65% of 5,246 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 65$24.99
First Feudal
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
Also in Colony sim and Survival crafting · Replayable
75% of 594 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99
Land of the Vikings
Found a Viking village and grow it into a thriving northern city. You chop wood, farm, fish the fjords, stockpile for winter, trade for gold, and raid for fame, while each villager with their own traits finds work, family, and trouble.
Also in Colony sim and Survival crafting · Replayable
72% of 1,979 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$25.99
Noble Legacy
Noble Legacy puts you in charge of Greenwood in the years before the Norman Conquest, building a medieval settlement piece by piece. You attract villagers, assign jobs, run production chains, trade the surplus, and hold the whole thing together through winter, sickness, and raids. For city builder fans who want to walk their own streets as well as govern them.
Also in Colony sim and Survival crafting · Replayable
70% of 778 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 36$24.99
Farthest Frontier
Raise a medieval town from wild forest to walled city in Farthest Frontier. You feed settlers through seasons, rot crops, cure plagues, and hold off raiders, all while 190 buildings and a deep farming system keep your to-do list full.
Also in Colony sim and Survival crafting · Dark, Replayable
86% of 24,709 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,143$34.99
Bellwright
Framed for the prince's murder, you return home to build a rebellion one settlement at a time. Good for city builder fans who want management with swords drawn.
Also in Colony sim and Survival crafting · Dark, Tense
80% of 20,489 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,237$29.99
Settlement Survival
Lead a group of survivors and turn empty land into a lived-in medieval town. You place houses, farms, mines and workshops, keep food, water, heat and jobs balanced, and ride out seasons and disasters. Flexible building, terraforming and trade routes give city builder fans plenty to plan around.
Also in Colony sim and Survival crafting · Replayable
85% of 7,783 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 254$19.99
Villagers
Villagers is a beautifully illustrated and richly detailed town-building game where you build a thriving community using the people and resources around you. Success or failure depends on your ability to create a town that can grow and prosper, and overcome the harsh realities of medieval life!
Also in Colony sim
47% of 300 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$14.99
Settlements Rising
Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.
Also in Colony sim · Replayable
79% of 423 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$18.99
Founders' Fortune
Founders' Fortune is a bright fantasy village builder where you raise a settlement from bare hands to walled town. You design every house plank by plank, grow seasonal crops, cook meals, trade, research, and keep each villager fed, housed, and in a decent mood while goblins and winter test your plans.
Also in Colony sim and Survival crafting · Replayable
81% of 1,864 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$21.99
Viking Frontiers
Survival of your people - that's the only thing that matters. Become the leader of a newly founded Viking settlement and lead it to safety and glory. Gather, build, craft, hunt, raid and follow your Gods to endure hardships of nature and save your clan from violent destruction.
Also in Colony sim
49% of 559 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$6.39

Cheaper than Nested Lands

Viking Frontiers

Survival of your people - that's the only thing that matters. Become the leader of a newly founded Viking settlement and lead it to safety and glory.

$6.39

Civitatem

Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and…

$12.99

Seeds of Resilience

Ready to start anew? Build a village from scratch in Seeds of Resilience.

$13.99

Folklands

Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world.

$8.99

Bastide

Build. Survive. Thrive. Bastide is a 13th-century city-building strategy game where you transform a vulnerable peasant village into a fortified town.

$12.99

Territory: Farming and Warfare

Grow a dozen villagers into a kingdom of thousands in this pixel-art colony sim.

$14.99

The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores

Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious…

$11.99

pyramida

A village builder / survival game. Expand your village by day and fight monsters at night.

$2.99

Of Life and Land

Lead villagers through wild lands where every animal and plant is fighting for its own place.

$12.49

Outlanders

Outlanders is a cozy town-building strategy game where charming, hard-working folk build a simpler life with you.

$9.99

Timber and Stone

Timber and Stone is a procedural city building game set in a medieval fantasy world.

$4.99

Community Inc

As a new Manager, build a happy community and trade with other races... for profit.

$2.99

Hidden gems like Nested Lands

Territory: Farming and Warfare

Grow a dozen villagers into a kingdom of thousands in this pixel-art colony sim.

$14.99

Noble Fates

Noble Fates is a fantasy kingdom sim where you start with a handful of Dwarves, Elves, Orcs, Halflings or Humans and grow them into a lasting kingdom.

$19.99