The Best Medieval Kingdom Sim Games
Run a medieval kingdom — manage resources, grow your population, field an army, and rule the map. The best medieval kingdom sim games, ranked by depth.
There’s a special satisfaction in running a medieval kingdom — managing resources, growing your population, fielding an army, and ruling your corner of the map. Here are the best medieval kingdom sim games that let you do exactly that, ranked by depth.
What a great kingdom sim needs
- ▸Resource and population systems with real trade-offs.
- ▸Buildings that meaningfully shape your economy and army.
- ▸A reason to defend and expand — a living world around you.
- ▸Long-term progression worth investing in.
The picks
1. Prestige: Kingdom War — deepest kingdom management
Eleven building types to level 20, each pulling against the others: your Main Building caps population, your Warehouse caps storage, your Croplands decide how big an army you can feed. Mismanage crop and your troops starve. Then expand into a multi-city empire and fight for the server. Free to play — the spiritual successor to Haypi Kingdom.
2. Forge of Empires
Superb city-progression through historical eras; lighter on live war.
3. Travian
Village-building and alliance warfare on a persistent shared world.
Bottom line
See our best kingdom-building games and best city-building strategy games.
Frequently Asked Questions
For a kingdom you truly run — 11 building types with competing trade-offs, population caps, and an army your crop must feed — Prestige: Kingdom War is the deepest free option. Forge of Empires is the best through-the-ages builder.
Play Prestige: Kingdom War
Free to play on iOS and Android. Build your first city, train an army, and join the war.