21 Simulation games like Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition that you should try

Of everything here, this is the nearest thing to Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition — the two agree on genre, tone and world. To that it adds 2D presentation and multiplayer gameplay. Its own ground is tactical combat and fantasy world.

Matches like this one are rare: it meets Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition on genre, tone and world. The common ground extends to an isometric view and multiplayer gameplay. It sets itself apart with tactical combat and fantasy world.

It shares the essentials of what Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition does: a sandbox world, historical setting and multiplayer gameplay. The common ground extends to 2D presentation and base building. It sets itself apart with tactical combat and fantasy world.

What carries over from Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition is a sandbox world, historical setting and multiplayer gameplay. To that it adds base building and an isometric view. They part company on game mode: this one brings single-player focus.

Genre puts it alongside Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition, and so does a sandbox world, multiplayer gameplay and an isometric view. Where the two diverge is tone and setting: punishing difficulty and a sci-fi setting.

Same family as Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition: strong narrative focus, historical setting and multiplayer gameplay. The common ground extends to base building and an isometric view. Where the two diverge is setting and progression: a sci-fi setting.

Same family as Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition: a sandbox world, a medieval setting and multiplayer gameplay. To that it adds resource management and 2D presentation. They part company on tone and game mode: this one brings a casual, approachable feel and fantasy world.

The genre is the same as Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition’s, and with it a sandbox world, multiplayer gameplay and an isometric view. Where the two diverge is tone and game mode: a casual, approachable feel and single-player focus.

On paper it is what Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition is — exploration and discovery, open world exploration, and multiplayer gameplay — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. They part company on tone and setting: this one brings dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting.

The genre is the same as Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition’s, and with it exploration and discovery, open world exploration, and multiplayer gameplay. To that it adds an isometric view. They part company on tone and setting: this one brings punishing difficulty and a sci-fi setting.

It meets Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition on real-time strategy, a sandbox world and a medieval setting. The common ground extends to multiplayer gameplay and base building. Where the two diverge is genre and visuals: a top-down view.

Held in common with Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition: real-time strategy, a sandbox world and a medieval setting. To that it adds multiplayer gameplay and base building. They part company on genre and visuals: this one brings a top-down view.

Same family as Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition: strong narrative focus, open world exploration and base building. Both also lean on 2D presentation. The distance is in game mode and setting — its own ground is a casual, approachable feel and fantasy world.

The genre is the same as Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition’s, and with it strong narrative focus, open world exploration and base building. To that it adds 2D presentation. They part company on game mode and tone: this one brings cozy, relaxing feel and single-player focus.

Shelved next to Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition for good reason: a sandbox world, base building and 2D presentation. The distance is in game mode and setting — its own ground is procedural generation and fantasy world.