Games like Knights of the Crusades
If Knights of the Crusades is your kind of game, the closest matches are Medieval Kingdom Wars, Kingdom Wars 4 and Cataclismo — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and epic. 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 →About Knights of the Crusades: 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!
Players who liked Knights of the Crusades also play
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Medieval Kingdom Wars
WHY THIS
Shares diplomacy, city building and a challenging mood with Knights of the Crusades.
Top pick for Knights of the Crusades fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Knights of the Crusades.
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…
Kingdom Wars 4
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Knights of the Crusades.
Second-strongest match for Knights of the Crusades fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Knights of the Crusades.
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.
Cataclismo
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Knights of the Crusades.
Third-strongest match for Knights of the Crusades fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Knights of the Crusades.
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
StarFringe: Adversus
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Knights of the Crusades.
Ranked #4 for Knights of the Crusades fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Knights of the Crusades.
This is the story about the beginning of the conquest of outer space by earthlings. It began as a global idea of saving mankind from hunger and lack of resources, and ended as a brutal and merciless war in space far from Earth.
Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Knights of the Crusades.
Ranked #5 for Knights of the Crusades fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Knights of the Crusades.
Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
WHY THIS
Shares city building and an atmospheric mood with Knights of the Crusades.
Ranked #6 for Knights of the Crusades fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Knights of the Crusades.
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Farthest Frontier
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Knights of the Crusades.
Ranked #7 for Knights of the Crusades fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Knights of the Crusades.
Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.
Diplomacy is Not an Option
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Knights of the Crusades.
Ranked #8 for Knights of the Crusades fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Knights of the Crusades.
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
Reviewers mention these as similar to Knights of the Crusades
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Mount & Blade
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and a challenging mood with Knights of the Crusades.
Reviewers of Knights of the Crusades cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Knights of the Crusades.
Calradia is a land at war, offering great riches and even greater dangers to adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Free-form sand-box gameplay.
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Knights of the Crusades.
Reviewers of Knights of the Crusades cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Knights of the Crusades.
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.
Crusader Kings II
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Knights of the Crusades.
Reviewers of Knights of the Crusades cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Knights of the Crusades.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
Kingdom Wars
WHY THIS
Shares real time combat with Knights of the Crusades.
Reviewers of Knights of the Crusades cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Knights of the Crusades.
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.
Total War: WARHAMMER II
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an epic mood with Knights of the Crusades.
Reviewers of Knights of the Crusades cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Knights of the Crusades.
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.
Toe-tal War
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Knights of the Crusades cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Knights of the Crusades.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Knights of the Crusades at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Knights of the Crusades on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Knights of the Crusades.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Knights of the Crusades on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Knights of the Crusades.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Knights of the Crusades on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Knights of the Crusades.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Knights of the Crusades on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Knights of the Crusades.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Knights of the Crusades on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Knights of the Crusades.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Knights of the Crusades on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Knights of the Crusades.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
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 Knights of the Crusades.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Knights of the Crusades.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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!
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Knights of the Crusades.
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 Knights of the Crusades.
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!
Meteor 60 Seconds!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Knights of the Crusades.
Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Knights of the Crusades.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Knights of the Crusades.
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.
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More from Reverie World Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by Reverie World Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Medieval Kingdom Wars
WHY THIS
Shares diplomacy, city building and a challenging mood with Knights of the Crusades.
Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Knights of the Crusades. Shares Strategy and Indie with Knights of the Crusades.
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…
Stars End
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with Knights of the Crusades.
Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Knights of the Crusades. Shares Indie and Simulation with Knights of the Crusades.
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.
Kingdom Wars
WHY THIS
Shares real time combat with Knights of the Crusades.
Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Knights of the Crusades. Shares Strategy and Indie with Knights of the Crusades.
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.
Kingdom Wars 2: Battles
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Knights of the Crusades.
Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Knights of the Crusades. Shares Strategy and Indie with Knights of the Crusades.
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.
Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Knights of the Crusades.
Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Knights of the Crusades. Shares Strategy and Indie with Knights of the Crusades.
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.
Kingdom Wars 4
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Knights of the Crusades.
Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Knights of the Crusades. Shares Strategy and Indie with Knights of the Crusades.
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.
Renaissance Kingdom Wars
WHY THIS
Shares city building, real time strategy, open world and an atmospheric mood with Knights of the Crusades.
Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Knights of the Crusades. Shares Strategy and Indie with Knights of the Crusades.
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.
Renaissance Kingdom Wars - Prologue
WHY THIS
Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Knights of the Crusades. Shares Strategy and Indie with Knights of the Crusades.
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.
Frequently asked about Knights of the Crusades
- Does Knights of the Crusades run on Steam Deck?
- Knights of the Crusades 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 Knights of the Crusades cost?
- Knights of the Crusades is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Knights of the Crusades?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Knights of the Crusades are Medieval Kingdom Wars, Kingdom Wars 4, Cataclismo.
- Who developed Knights of the Crusades?
- Knights of the Crusades was developed by Reverie World Studios and published by indie.io.
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