Games like The Guild II Renaissance
If The Guild II Renaissance is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Guild II, The Guild 3 and Coins, Crown & Cabal — 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 →The Guild II Renaissance is a medieval dynasty simulation released in 2010 by Runeforge Game Studio and published by THQ Nordic. Players establish and manage business empires across 14th-century Europe, building intricate production chains from raw materials to finished goods. The game emphasizes dynasty management across generations, incorporating family dynamics and political intrigue as central mechanics alongside combat systems and automation pathfinding. Players describe the experience as atmospheric and immersive, with challenging strategic depth spanning economics, politics, and personal relationships. The simulation supports long play sessions, priced at $9.99 USD, and holds a 79% positive rating from 1,563 Steam reviews. The game is not supported on Steam Deck and is solo-only.
About The Guild II Renaissance: For centuries Europe has been dominated by the church and nobility. On the shoulders of ordinary people the servants of god and the noble families justified their power and wealth. This was the incontrovertible, divine world order. A truly dark era… In the 14th Century the world order is beginning to transform itself.
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The Guild II
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Shares dynasty management, political intrigue and an immersive mood with The Guild II Renaissance.
Top pick for The Guild II Renaissance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Guild II Renaissance.
The Guild 2 is the shining successor of the ultra successful medieval life sim, Europe 1400. The Guild 2 is a unique mixture of RPG and life simulation in an immersive middle ages scenario. The player and his party become part of history and can even change it in real-time. Go back to the dark middle ages and found a new dynasty!
The Guild 3
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Shares family dynamics and an immersive mood with The Guild II Renaissance.
Second-strongest match for The Guild II Renaissance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Guild II Renaissance.
The Guild 3 is a fascinating trade and life simulation that takes place during the late Middle Ages. Step into the shoes of a citizen, acquire businesses and mansions, produce goods and trade them, start intrigues in politics and society, love, hate, bribe, fight and live through good and bad times!
Coins, Crown & Cabal
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Third-strongest match for The Guild II Renaissance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Guild II Renaissance.
Build a flourishing trade empire by amassing wealth, influence and power. Outsmart your rivals through political and economic moves and dominate commerce in your county.
Tropico 5
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Shares a contemplative mood with The Guild II Renaissance.
Ranked #4 for The Guild II Renaissance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Guild II Renaissance.
Return to the remote island nation of Tropico and expand your Dynasty’s reign from the early colonial period to beyond the 21st Century, facing new challenges including advanced trading mechanics, technology and scientific research, as well as cooperative and competitive MULTIPLAYER.
Banished
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Shares a contemplative mood with The Guild II Renaissance.
Ranked #5 for The Guild II Renaissance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Guild II Renaissance.
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Tropico 6
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Guild II Renaissance.
Ranked #6 for The Guild II Renaissance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Guild II Renaissance.
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
Foundation
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Shares a contemplative mood with The Guild II Renaissance.
Ranked #7 for The Guild II Renaissance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Guild II Renaissance.
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Grand Ages: Medieval
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Shares resource trading and a contemplative mood with The Guild II Renaissance.
Ranked #8 for The Guild II Renaissance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Guild II Renaissance.
Rise from the humble role of a simple mayor governing a small settlement and rule over all of Europe.
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The Guild II
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Shares dynasty management, political intrigue and an immersive mood with The Guild II Renaissance.
Reviewers of The Guild II Renaissance cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Guild II Renaissance.
The Guild 2 is the shining successor of the ultra successful medieval life sim, Europe 1400. The Guild 2 is a unique mixture of RPG and life simulation in an immersive middle ages scenario. The player and his party become part of history and can even change it in real-time. Go back to the dark middle ages and found a new dynasty!
Patrician IV
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Shares an immersive mood with The Guild II Renaissance.
Reviewers of The Guild II Renaissance cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with The Guild II Renaissance.
You are a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League was flourishing. Your goal is to rise to the most successful and influential member of the Hanse, ultimately being elected Elderman, leader of the trading league.
Patrician III
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Shares an immersive mood with The Guild II Renaissance.
Reviewers of The Guild II Renaissance cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Guild II Renaissance.
Become a fellow of the famous medieval Hanse trading association in the 13th century. Manage the politics, prestige and economic success in your city and the known parts of Europe!
Hearthlands
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Shares a contemplative mood with The Guild II Renaissance.
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Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.
Capitalism 2
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Shares a contemplative mood with The Guild II Renaissance.
Reviewers of The Guild II Renaissance cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Guild II Renaissance.
Create and control the business empire of your dreams. This in-depth strategy game covers almost every aspect of business that could be encountered in the real world.
The Guild 3
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Shares family dynamics and an immersive mood with The Guild II Renaissance.
Reviewers of The Guild II Renaissance cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Guild II Renaissance.
The Guild 3 is a fascinating trade and life simulation that takes place during the late Middle Ages. Step into the shoes of a citizen, acquire businesses and mansions, produce goods and trade them, start intrigues in politics and society, love, hate, bribe, fight and live through good and bad times!
The Guild - Europa 1410
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Reviewers of The Guild II Renaissance cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Guild II Renaissance.
Forge your path to power in medieval Europe. Choose your profession and master trade, politics, and intrigue to climb the social ladder and found a dynasty. Secure your legacy and dominate history in this immersive economic simulation.
Kenshi
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Shares a challenging mood with The Guild II Renaissance.
Reviewers of The Guild II Renaissance cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Guild II Renaissance.
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
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Priced ~50% under The Guild II Renaissance on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Guild II Renaissance.
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Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under The Guild II Renaissance on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Guild II Renaissance.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
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Priced ~50% under The Guild II Renaissance on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Guild II Renaissance.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~70% under The Guild II Renaissance on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Guild II Renaissance.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
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Priced ~50% under The Guild II Renaissance on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Guild II Renaissance.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
The Test
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Priced ~80% under The Guild II Renaissance on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Guild II Renaissance.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Nubby's Number Factory
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Priced ~50% under The Guild II Renaissance on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Guild II Renaissance.
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with The Guild II Renaissance.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
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Frequently asked about The Guild II Renaissance
- Does The Guild II Renaissance work on Steam Deck?
- The Guild II Renaissance is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does The Guild II Renaissance cost?
- The Guild II Renaissance is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Guild II Renaissance?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Guild II Renaissance are The Guild II, The Guild 3, Coins, Crown & Cabal.
- Who developed The Guild II Renaissance?
- The Guild II Renaissance was developed by Runeforge Game Studio and published by THQ Nordic.
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