Games like Going Medieval
If Going Medieval is your kind of game, the closest matches are RimWorld, Timberborn and Blacksmith Master — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Going Medieval is a strategy simulation that tasks players with establishing a settlement in a medieval world slowly reclaimed by wilderness. Developed by Foxy Voxel and published by Mythwright, the game combines colony management with voxel-based building and physics-based interactions, supported by robust modding tools. Colonists operate with significant autonomy, making independent decisions that shape the colony's development, while seasonal survival mechanics add strategic depth to resource management. Players describe the experience as atmospheric and contemplative, highlighting the vibrant autumn colors and textures that give the world visual character. Reviewers also note that the voxel building system feels tactile and precise, and the developer actively engages with community feedback to refine the experience. The game carries an 89% positive rating from over 8,300 Steam reviews and is marked as playable on Steam Deck, priced at $29.99.
About Going Medieval: 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.
Players who liked Going Medieval also play
Steam players who put hours into Going Medieval also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
RimWorld
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Going Medieval.
Top pick for Going Medieval fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Going Medieval.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Timberborn
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Going Medieval fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Going Medieval.
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
Blacksmith Master
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Going Medieval.
Third-strongest match for Going Medieval fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Going Medieval.
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
Manor Lords
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Going Medieval.
Ranked #4 for Going Medieval fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Going Medieval.
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.
Steel Artery: Train City Builder
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Going Medieval.
Ranked #5 for Going Medieval fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Going Medieval.
Build a living city on rails in this steampunk fantasy train-city builder. Manage multiracial colonies with thousands of autonomous citizens, balance their needs, manage the economy, and create logistics as you explore distant regions to ensure the prosperity of your Empire.
Norland
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Going Medieval.
Ranked #6 for Going Medieval fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Going Medieval.
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
Captain of Industry
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Going Medieval.
Ranked #7 for Going Medieval fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Going Medieval.
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Whiskerwood
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Going Medieval.
Ranked #8 for Going Medieval fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Going Medieval.
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Going Medieval
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RimWorld
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Going Medieval.
Reviewers of Going Medieval cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Going Medieval.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Cities: Skylines
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Going Medieval.
Reviewers of Going Medieval cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Going Medieval.
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
The Sims™ 4
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Going Medieval.
Reviewers of Going Medieval cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Going Medieval.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
Stranded: Alien Dawn
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Going Medieval.
Reviewers of Going Medieval cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Going Medieval.
Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.
The Sims™ Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Shares modding support with Going Medieval.
Reviewers of Going Medieval cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Going Medieval.
The original game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. Create a neighborhood of Sims and guide their lives through careers and romance. Or create chaos with open-ended gameplay that lets you shape their destinies.
Oxygen Not Included
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Going Medieval.
Reviewers of Going Medieval cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Going Medieval.
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Going Medieval at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Going Medieval on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Going Medieval.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Going Medieval on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Going Medieval.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Going Medieval on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Going Medieval.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Going Medieval on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Going Medieval.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Going Medieval on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Going Medieval.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Going Medieval on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Going Medieval.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Going Medieval on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Going Medieval.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Going Medieval.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Going Medieval.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Going Medieval.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Going Medieval.
The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Going Medieval.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Going Medieval.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
one night, hot springs
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Going Medieval.
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
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Frequently asked about Going Medieval
- Does Going Medieval run on Steam Deck?
- Going Medieval is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Going Medieval cost?
- Going Medieval is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Going Medieval?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Going Medieval are RimWorld, Timberborn, Blacksmith Master.
- Who developed Going Medieval?
- Going Medieval was developed by Foxy Voxel and published by Mythwright.
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