Romestead
Rome fell, the dead walk at night, and your camp needs dinner.
77% of 4,977 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 357$13.99
Colony sims 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 colony sims.
Medieval Dynasty
Medieval Dynasty puts you in the mud with your future villagers: you chop the logs, raise the first hut, then talk people into moving in and keep them fed, watered, housed and working through summer heat and cold winters until the place runs without you.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Replayable
90% of 43,620 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,318$34.99Life is Feudal: Forest Village
Lead a handful of refugees on a harsh medieval island and turn them into a living village. You shape the land, plant crops, raise animals, and try to keep everyone fed, warm, and healthy through winter, disease, and the occasional tornado. Slow, simple, and easy to lose an evening to.
Also in Survival crafting and City builder · Dark, Replayable
65% of 5,246 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 61$24.99Going Medieval
Plague has emptied the world, and three travellers are yours to keep alive. Going Medieval is a colony sim about turning wilderness into a walled settlement: feed, clothe and house settlers with their own skills and moods, raise multi-storey forts, and hold the gates when raiders come.
Also in Survival crafting and City builder · Dark, Replayable
88% of 17,173 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,207$29.99First 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 Survival crafting and City builder · Replayable
75% of 594 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99Land of the Vikings
Lead a Viking village through seasons, hunger and storms until it grows into a small city. You assign each villager work that fits their traits, stock food and firewood for winter, trade for gold and send crews raiding. A relaxed colony sim with a Norse touch.
Also in Survival crafting and City builder · Replayable
72% of 1,979 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$25.99Noble Legacy
Granted stewardship of Greenwood before the Norman Conquest, you build a medieval settlement piece by piece, give every villager a job and a furnished home, and keep them fed through winter, sickness, and raids. Worth playing for colony sim fans who like ruling from the mud as well as the map.
Also in Survival crafting and City builder · Replayable
70% of 778 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 36$24.99Farthest Frontier
Guide a small band of settlers on the edge of the known world and grow their camp into a walled medieval town. You place homes and fields, plan harvests and crafts, treat disease, and hold off raiders. Slow, detailed, and demanding, it rewards colony sim fans who like watching every loaf and log find its way.
Also in Survival crafting and City builder · Dark, Replayable
86% of 24,701 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,164$34.99Bellwright
Framed for murder and on the run, you build a rebellion from a rough camp into fortified towns.
Also in Survival crafting and City builder · Dark, Tense
80% of 20,482 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,181$29.99Villagers
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 City builder
47% of 300 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99Settlement Survival
Lead a band of survivors to a new home and turn it into a bustling town. You shape the land, plant crops, hunt, gather, trade, and keep everyone housed, fed, and happy through seasons and disasters.
Also in Survival crafting and City builder · Replayable
85% of 7,783 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 254$19.99ASKA
Land on a mythic Viking shore with nothing and raise a working tribe from it. You chop, haul and hammer at first, then summon villagers, give them jobs and watch the settlement carry itself while winter and the Blood Moon test it. Best played slow, with friends if you can.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Dark, Replayable
79% of 10,646 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,102$24.99Necesse
Necesse is a top-down survival crafting game where you found a village in an infinite procedurally generated world and grow it into a working colony. You recruit settlers with particular skills, set them to farm, mine, cook and craft, then leave for dungeons, seas and boss fights while the village keeps running.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Replayable
92% of 24,756 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 545$14.99
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.
49% of 559 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$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…
59% of 112 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Seeds of Resilience
Ready to start anew? Build a village from scratch in Seeds of Resilience.
66% of 257 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
Folklands
Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world.
69% of 51 Steam reviews are positive$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.
71% of 329 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Territory: Farming and Warfare
Territory: Farming and Warfare starts you with a dozen villagers and lets you grow them into a kingdom of thousands.
84% of 746 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$11.99
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…
68% of 362 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
pyramida
A village builder / survival game. Expand your village by day and fight monsters at night.
84% of 710 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Of Life and Land
Lead villagers through wild lands where every animal and plant is fighting for its own place.
82% of 293 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$12.49
Community Inc
As a new Manager, build a happy community and trade with other races... for profit.
35% of 147 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Timber and Stone
Timber and Stone is a procedural city building game set in a medieval fantasy world.
45% of 633 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Hidden gems like Nested Lands
Territory: Farming and Warfare
Territory: Farming and Warfare starts you with a dozen villagers and lets you grow them into a kingdom of thousands.
84% of 746 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$11.99
The Last Plague: Blight
The Last Plague: Blight is a slow, realistic open-world survival game where you start starving and alone and build a camp from nothing.
88% of 1,438 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 54$16.99
Of Life and Land
Lead villagers through wild lands where every animal and plant is fighting for its own place.
82% of 293 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$12.49
The Wandering Village
Build a small survivor village on the back of Onbu, a giant wandering creature, and keep both village and host alive in a world poisoned by strange…
91% of 7,836 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 123$29.99
Border Town
Restore the former glory of Border Town in an open-world sandbox RPG set in a fantastical realm.
77% of 256 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
Settlements Rising
Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game.
79% of 423 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$18.99
Going Medieval
Plague has emptied the world, and three travellers are yours to keep alive.
88% of 17,173 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,207$29.99
Romestead
Rome fell, the dead walk at night, and your camp needs dinner.
77% of 4,977 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 357$13.99
Necesse
Necesse is a top-down survival crafting game where you found a village in an infinite procedurally generated world and grow it into a working colony.
92% of 24,756 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 545$14.99
Pathless Woods
Pathless Woods is a cute open-world survival game set in a land inspired by ancient China, where you gather, farm, cook, and build a home worth…
79% of 966 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$19.99
Grim Realms
A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves?
79% of 412 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$14.99
Tribe: Primitive Builder
You are the builder of an exiled tribe on a large island, chopping wood and stone by hand, raising huts and workshops, then assigning villagers to…
79% of 703 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$19.99
Newest colony sims like Nested Lands
Noble Fates
Noble Fates is a fantasy kingdom sim where you start with a handful of dwarves, elves, orcs, halflings or humans and build them into a lasting…
83% of 1,423 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 55$19.99
Wild West Pioneers
Lead pioneers into the frontier, raise a Town Hall, lay roads and homes, and keep production chains running from timber to tools.
75% of 612 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 128$19.99
Folklands
Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world.
69% of 51 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Romestead
Rome fell, the dead walk at night, and your camp needs dinner.
77% of 4,977 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 357$13.99
Going Medieval
Plague has emptied the world, and three travellers are yours to keep alive.
88% of 17,173 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,207$29.99
Territory: Farming and Warfare
Territory: Farming and Warfare starts you with a dozen villagers and lets you grow them into a kingdom of thousands.
84% of 746 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$11.99
Pioneers of Pagonia
Lead your Pagonians across fog-covered isles, raise buzzing settlements with 60+ buildings and 100+ goods, and win over scattered tribes through…
81% of 4,859 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 98$20.99
Farthest Frontier
Guide a small band of settlers on the edge of the known world and grow their camp into a walled medieval town.
86% of 24,701 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,164$34.99
Necesse
Necesse is a top-down survival crafting game where you found a village in an infinite procedurally generated world and grow it into a working colony.
92% of 24,756 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 545$14.99
Border Town
Restore the former glory of Border Town in an open-world sandbox RPG set in a fantastical realm.
77% of 256 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
Noble Legacy
Granted stewardship of Greenwood before the Norman Conquest, you build a medieval settlement piece by piece, give every villager a job and a…
70% of 778 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 36$24.99
The Wandering Village
Build a small survivor village on the back of Onbu, a giant wandering creature, and keep both village and host alive in a world poisoned by strange…
91% of 7,836 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 123$29.99