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Games like Bastide

  • 16 games
  • Updated May 5, 2026

Players who liked Bastide also play

The closest matches to Bastide: Banished, Farthest Frontier, Settlements Rising, Life is Feudal: Forest Village, and Ostriv. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Shares population growth and seasonal cycle with Bastide.

    • $19.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2014
  2. Rank 02

    Why this

    Also City Builder and Medieval, like Bastide.

    • $34.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2025
  3. Rank 03

    Why this

    Shares seasonal cycle with Bastide.

    • $18.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2025
  1. Rank 05

    Ostriv

    Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Bastide.

    • $24.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2020
  2. Rank 06

    Against the Storm

    Why this: Shares crafting chains with Bastide.

    • $29.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2023
  3. Rank 07

    Patron

    • $19.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • 2021
  4. Rank 08

    Foundation

    • $34.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2025

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Bastide

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Banished

    Shares population growth and seasonal cycle with Bastide.

    • 90% of 25,649 reviews
  2. 2
    Farthest Frontier

    Also City Builder and Medieval, like Bastide.

    • 87% of 10,450 reviews
  3. 3
    Settlements Rising

    Shares seasonal cycle with Bastide.

    • 81% of 183 reviews
  4. 4
    Life is Feudal: Forest Village

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 63% of 2,129 reviews
  5. 5
    Ostriv

    Same atmospheric mood as Bastide.

    • 93% of 2,755 reviews
  6. 6
    Against the Storm

    Shares crafting chains with Bastide.

    • 95% of 18,297 reviews
  7. 7
    Patron

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 74% of 1,572 reviews
  8. 8
    Foundation

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 86% of 10,915 reviews
  9. 9
    Of Life and Land

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 82% of 159 reviews
  10. 10
    New Home: Medieval Village

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 61% of 70 reviews
  11. 11
    Founders' Fortune

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 78% of 738 reviews
  12. 12
    Going Medieval

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 89% of 8,390 reviews
  13. 13
    Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation, Casual

    • 70% of 253 reviews
  14. 14
    Stranded: Alien Dawn

    Shares resource scarcity with Bastide.

    • 83% of 5,404 reviews
  15. 15
    Land of the Vikings

    Same challenging mood as Bastide.

    • 71% of 1,115 reviews
  16. 16
    King under the Mountain

    Shares settlement layout and crafting chains with Bastide.

    • 63% of 67 reviews
  17. 17
    Kingdoms Reborn

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 90% of 4,395 reviews
  18. 18
    Manor Lords

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation, Early Access

    • 87% of 38,294 reviews
  19. 19
    First Feudal

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 71% of 235 reviews
  20. 20
    Medieval Dynasty

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 89% of 18,687 reviews
  21. 21
    Diplomacy is Not an Option

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 84% of 4,634 reviews
  22. 22
    Dwarf Fortress

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 95% of 23,734 reviews
  23. 23
    Let Them Trade

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 84% of 477 reviews
  24. 24
    Endzone - A World Apart

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 76% of 3,338 reviews
Bastide — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2020
  • Developer: MedievalNexus
  • Price: $12.99checked Oct 31
  • 78% of 134 reviews
  • Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Casual, Early Access
  • Platforms: Windows

Players highlight

  • Deep economic planning without artificial urgency
  • Developer actively listens to community feedback
  • Laborers transport logs directly to construction
  • Atmospheric
  • Challenging
  • Contemplative

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    Frostpunk

    Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Bastide.

    • $2.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2018
  • Settlement Survival

    Why this: Also City Builder and Medieval, like Bastide.

    • $5.37 (Price checked Nov 5)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2022
  • Patrician III

    Why this: Same relaxing mood as Bastide.

    • $4.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • 2010

About Bastide

The closest matches to Bastide: Banished, Farthest Frontier, Settlements Rising, Life is Feudal: Forest Village, and Ostriv. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Bastide is your kind of game, the closest matches are Banished, Farthest Frontier and Settlements Rising — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and contemplative, and single out its crafting chains and labor allocation. 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.

About Bastide: Build. Survive. Thrive. Bastide is a 13th-century city-building strategy game where you transform a vulnerable peasant village into a fortified town. Manage your workforce and protect your people from the constant threats of starvation, disease, winter, and bandits.

Is Bastide worth buying?

  • 78% of 134 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • Early Access: unfinished, and it can change a lot before release.
  • Price: $12.99 (checked Nov 7).
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 24 h when they wrote their review.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

Top critical reviews

The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.

“This game seems very half-baked, or just quarter-baked.... so many features in the game don't even work. So much guess work because any progress made in a production building is invisible, with no way to tell what is going on…”
2 h played
More negative reviews on Steam ↗

People who play it also play: Banished, Farthest Frontier, Settlements Rising

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Frequently asked about Bastide

Can I run it?

How much does Bastide cost?

Bastide is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).

What games are most similar to Bastide?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bastide are Banished, Farthest Frontier, Settlements Rising.

Who developed Bastide?

Bastide was developed by MedievalNexus.