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Games like Renaissance Kingdom Wars

If Renaissance Kingdom Wars is your kind of game, the closest matches are Medieval Kingdom Wars, Kingdom Wars 4 and Renaissance Kingdom Wars - Prologue — 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.

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About Renaissance Kingdom Wars: The year is 1510. As wars rage across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, it is the age of gunpowder and mercenaries - that changed the course of history. You can do it as well, going from a leader of men to the ruler of an empire in this unique mix of RTS and grand strategy.

2024ActionStrategyIndieSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Reverie World Studios
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Steam players who put hours into Renaissance Kingdom Wars 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.

  1. Medieval Kingdom Wars

    WHY THIS

    Shares city building and a challenging mood with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Top pick for Renaissance Kingdom Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat in a fusion of RTS and Grand Strategy genres. Rule, build, and serve your King as a minor lord in medieval Europe. Experience siege, field and naval combat with an unseen degree of brutality. Rogue-like progression, epic towns and battles await…

    2019ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Kingdom Wars 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Second-strongest match for Renaissance Kingdom Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    It's 1347, the time of the Hundred Years' War. In this historical grand strategy and RTS hybrid you play as one of 200 minor lords across medieval Europe, Africa or Middle East. Rise up to take over your Kingdom and be crowned, then fight to preserve your empire as Black Death descends on Europe.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Renaissance Kingdom Wars - Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Renaissance Kingdom Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    The year is 1510. In this grand strategy & RTS hybrid you play as one of a dozen characters across medieval Europe, Africa and Middle East. Start as a landless mercenary captain. Fight your way to become a minor lord. Rise up through Kingdoms hierarchy and be crowned, then expand your Kingdom.

    ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  4. World Warfare & Economics

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Renaissance Kingdom Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Take control of any nation and shape its future. Manage resources, trade, and taxes, engage in real-time warfare, navigate global diplomacy, and react to dynamic world events. Build a thriving economy, forge alliances, and command armies in a constantly evolving world!

    2023ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Stronghold: Warlords

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and an immersive mood with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Ranked #5 for Renaissance Kingdom Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!

    2021StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Stronghold: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Ranked #6 for Renaissance Kingdom Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.

    2023StrategySimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Dune: Spice Wars

    WHY THIS

    Shares faction politics, resource management and an immersive mood with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Ranked #7 for Renaissance Kingdom Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.

    2023Strategy34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Europa Universalis IV

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Ranked #8 for Renaissance Kingdom Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.

    2013StrategySimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Renaissance Kingdom Wars

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an immersive mood with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Reviewers of Renaissance Kingdom Wars cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.

    2013StrategySimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Reviewers of Renaissance Kingdom Wars cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Step into a brutal battle between three warring factions In Dawn of War III you will have no choice but to face your foes when a catastrophic weapon is found on the mysterious world of Acheron.

    2017ActionStrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Total War: WARHAMMER II

    WHY THIS

    Shares faction politics and an immersive mood with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Reviewers of Renaissance Kingdom Wars cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.

    2017ActionStrategy59.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Kingdom Wars 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Reviewers of Renaissance Kingdom Wars cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    It's 1347, the time of the Hundred Years' War. In this historical grand strategy and RTS hybrid you play as one of 200 minor lords across medieval Europe, Africa or Middle East. Rise up to take over your Kingdom and be crowned, then fight to preserve your empire as Black Death descends on Europe.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Stronghold: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Reviewers of Renaissance Kingdom Wars cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.

    2023StrategySimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Toe-tal War

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Renaissance Kingdom Wars cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Toe-tal War is a platformer where you kill people with your foot smell. Run and jump to make your feet smelly, change your shoes and socks to control the smell — then get close to enemies and stink them to death.

    IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Renaissance Kingdom Wars at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Renaissance Kingdom Wars on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Renaissance Kingdom Wars on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Renaissance Kingdom Wars on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Renaissance Kingdom Wars on Steam right now. Shares Action with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Renaissance Kingdom Wars on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Renaissance Kingdom Wars on Steam right now. Shares Action with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Renaissance Kingdom Wars on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Renaissance Kingdom Wars on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    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!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  4. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!

    2021IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  8. Counter-Strike 2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Reverie World Studios

Other recommendable Steam games by Reverie World Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Medieval Kingdom Wars

    WHY THIS

    Shares city building and a challenging mood with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Renaissance Kingdom Wars. Shares Action and Strategy with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat in a fusion of RTS and Grand Strategy genres. Rule, build, and serve your King as a minor lord in medieval Europe. Experience siege, field and naval combat with an unseen degree of brutality. Rogue-like progression, epic towns and battles await…

    2019ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Stars End

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Renaissance Kingdom Wars. Shares Action and Indie with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Stars End is a sci-fi survival sandbox set on the wild frontier of a distant star system. Play solo or host your own server as you craft, build, and battle to survive in a galaxy shaped by danger, discovery, and your own grit.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Kingdom Wars

    WHY THIS

    Shares real time combat with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Renaissance Kingdom Wars. Shares Strategy and Indie with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Kingdom Wars is a free to play 3D MMORTS with real-time siege combat, without the pay to win element so common in the genre. Kingdom Wars offers beautiful 3D online world, where players construct strongholds, direct citizens, complete quests and eventually manage a global empire.

    2013StrategyIndieSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  4. Kingdom Wars 2: Battles

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an intense mood with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Renaissance Kingdom Wars. Shares Strategy and Indie with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Battle to survive through brutal siege combat, fighting each other, and hordes of Zombies. Engage in complex crafting, castle construction and city building. Fight on beautiful, yet gory, battlefields in the epic story campaign, multiplayer skirmish and coop modes.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Renaissance Kingdom Wars. Shares Strategy and Indie with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    An intense real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy world of Orcs, Elves and Dragons. Kingdom Wars 2 combines the best of Zombie survival and crafting with complex fast-paced city building. Fight massive siege battles that turn beautiful landscapes into gory blood-soaked battlefields.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Kingdom Wars 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Renaissance Kingdom Wars. Shares Action and Strategy with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    It's 1347, the time of the Hundred Years' War. In this historical grand strategy and RTS hybrid you play as one of 200 minor lords across medieval Europe, Africa or Middle East. Rise up to take over your Kingdom and be crowned, then fight to preserve your empire as Black Death descends on Europe.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Knights of the Crusades

    WHY THIS

    Shares city building, real time strategy, open world and an atmospheric mood with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Renaissance Kingdom Wars. Shares Strategy and Indie with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    Travel to the Holy Land with the First Crusades. Rise from a humble knight to the founding father of a world-spanning holy order. Lead through war, faith, diplomacy, and cunning schemes. Experience a unique blend of RTS, city-building, and sandbox gameplay, and shape history!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Renaissance Kingdom Wars - Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Renaissance Kingdom Wars. Shares Action and Strategy with Renaissance Kingdom Wars.

    The year is 1510. In this grand strategy & RTS hybrid you play as one of a dozen characters across medieval Europe, Africa and Middle East. Start as a landless mercenary captain. Fight your way to become a minor lord. Rise up through Kingdoms hierarchy and be crowned, then expand your Kingdom.

    ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Renaissance Kingdom Wars

Does Renaissance Kingdom Wars run on Steam Deck?
Renaissance Kingdom Wars 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 Renaissance Kingdom Wars cost?
Renaissance Kingdom Wars is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Renaissance Kingdom Wars have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Renaissance Kingdom Wars supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to Renaissance Kingdom Wars?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Renaissance Kingdom Wars are Medieval Kingdom Wars, Kingdom Wars 4, Renaissance Kingdom Wars - Prologue.
Who developed Renaissance Kingdom Wars?
Renaissance Kingdom Wars was developed by Reverie World Studios and published by indie.io.

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