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2025PC

24 games that share what Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown does well: historical, real-time strategy and isometric. Each one shows critic and player scores, how long it takes to beat, and the cheapest way to play it today.

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  • Manor Lords

    2024PC · Xbox

    4X, grand strategy

    Critics
    unknown
    Players
    84%
    Steam
    To beat
    ~10h
    IGDB

    $25.99was $39.99−35%

    Best PC price · Nuuvem · $2.60/hr

    In Game Pass

  • Multiplayer

    Stonehearth

    2013PC

    Colony sim, city building

    Critics
    unknown
    Players
    76%
    Steam
    To beat
    unknown

    $19.99

    Best PC price · Steam

  • Multiplayer

    Pioneers of Pagonia

    2025PC

    Colony sim, city building

    Critics
    82
    Metacritic
    Players
    81%
    Steam
    To beat
    unknown

    $20.99was $34.99−40%

    Best PC price · GOG

  • Multiplayer

    Stronghold: Warlords

    2021PC

    Real time tactics, colony sim

    Critics
    65
    Metacritic
    Players
    65%
    Steam
    To beat
    unknown

    $3.99was $39.99Historical low

    Best PC price · Steam

  • Multiplayer

    A Total War Saga: Troy

    2020PC

    4X, grand strategy

    Critics
    76
    IGDB
    Players
    71%
    Steam
    To beat
    unknown

    $6.09was $49.99−88%

    Best PC price · GameBillet

  • Multiplayer

    Medieval Kingdom Wars

    2017PC

    4X, grand strategy

    Critics
    unknown
    Players
    76%
    Steam
    To beat
    unknown

    $3.51was $14.99−77%

    Best PC price · GameBillet

  • Banished

    2014PC

    Colony sim, city building

    Critics
    73
    Metacritic
    Players
    90%
    Steam
    To beat
    ~12h
    IGDB

    $6.79was $19.99−66%

    Best PC price · Steam · $0.57/hr

  • Multiplayer

    Steel Division 2

    2019PC

    Grand strategy, real-time strategy

    Critics
    73
    Metacritic
    Players
    79%
    Steam
    To beat
    unknown

    $9.99was $39.99−75%

    Best PC price · Steam

  • Multiplayer

    Northgard

    2018PC · PS · Xbox · Switch · iOS · Android

    4X, colony sim

    Critics
    81
    Metacritic
    Players
    85%
    Steam
    To beat
    unknown

    $9.79was $34.99−72%

    Best PC price · Steam

    In EA Play

  • Becoming Saint

    2025PC

    Real time tactics, medieval

    Critics
    unknown
    Players
    64%
    Steam
    To beat
    unknown

    $4.49was $14.99Historical low

    Best PC price · IndieGala Store

  • Multiplayer

    Dawn of Discovery

    2009PC

    City building, medieval

    Critics
    82
    Metacritic
    Players
    89%
    Steam
    To beat
    unknown

    $0.99

    Best PC price · Steam

  • Multiplayer

    Age of Empires IV

    2021PC

    4X, city building

    Critics
    81
    Metacritic
    Players
    85%
    Steam
    To beat
    unknown

    $26.79was $39.99−33%

    Best PC price · Steam

    In Game Pass

  • Against the Storm

    2023PC · PS · Xbox · Switch

    4X, grand strategy

    Critics
    91
    Metacritic
    Players
    94%
    Steam
    To beat
    ~24h
    IGDB

    $8.99was $29.99−70%

    Best PC price · Steam · $0.37/hr

  • Pharaoh

    1999PC

    Historical, real-time strategy

    Critics
    unknown
    Players
    86%
    IGDB
    To beat
    unknown

    No price yet

  • Ostriv

    2020PC

    Colony sim, city building

    Critics
    unknown
    Players
    94%
    Steam
    To beat
    unknown

    $19.99was $24.99Historical low

    Best PC price · GOG

  • Multiplayer

    DwarfHeim

    2020PC

    4X, city building

    Critics
    unknown
    Players
    52%
    Steam
    To beat
    unknown

    $18.71was $24.99−25%

    Best PC price · Fanatical

  • Multiplayer

    Tzar: The Burden of the Crown

    2000PC

    Medieval, real-time strategy

    Critics
    unknown
    Players
    90%
    Steam
    To beat
    unknown

    $1.25was $4.99−75%

    Best PC price · GOG

  • Kingdoms and Castles

    2017PC · PS · Xbox

    4X, colony sim

    Critics
    unknown
    Players
    93%
    Steam
    To beat
    ~40h
    IGDB

    $9.99was $19.99−50%

    Best PC price · Steam · $0.25/hr

  • Multiplayer

    Oriental Empires

    2016PC

    4X, grand strategy

    Critics
    74
    Metacritic
    Players
    80%
    Steam
    To beat
    unknown

    $4.49was $29.99−85%

    Best PC price · Steam

  • Builders of Greece

    2025PC

    City building, real-time strategy

    Critics
    unknown
    Players
    53%
    Steam
    To beat
    unknown

    $5.59was $19.99−72%

    Best PC price · Steam

  • Multiplayer

    Frozenheim

    2022PC

    Colony sim, medieval

    Critics
    67
    Metacritic
    Players
    70%
    Steam
    To beat
    unknown

    $4.69was $19.99−77%

    Best PC price · Fanatical

  • Multiplayer

    Total War: Warhammer III

    2022PC

    Grand strategy, real time tactics

    Critics
    86
    Metacritic
    Players
    72%
    Steam
    To beat
    unknown

    $7.79was $59.99−87%

    Best PC price · Fanatical