If you’ve journeyed through the silent shores of Kingdom Two Crowns, you know how deceptively simple mechanics combine with deep strategic layers – recruiting villagers, erecting defenses, expanding your kingdom at nightfall, and holding back waves of lurking Greed as the moon rises. That fragile balance of exploration, resource management, and survival makes every run feel like a new story.
When your crown has been claimed and your last wall survives or falls, you’ll likely crave another kingdom to nurture — or another world to defend.
If you’ve finished Kingdom Two Crowns and want something similar, here are games that capture the same magic — mixing base building, defense, survival, and strategic depth into compelling loops.
Kingdom Two Crowns
Release Date: December 11, 2018
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Kingdom: New Lands
Release Date: August 09, 2016
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Thronefall
Release Date: August 02, 2023
Genres: Strategy, Tactical, Indie, Fighting, Arcade
Kingdoms and Castles
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Darkest Dungeon
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Genres: Indie, Strategy, RPG
RimWorld
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Indie
They Are Billions
Release Date: December 12, 2017
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Indie
OCTOPATH TRAVELER II
Release Date: February 24, 2023
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Northgard
Release Date: February 22, 2017
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Indie
Frostpunk
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie