Games like Northgard
If you like Northgard (real-time strategy, vikings and building), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
- In common: management and thinking
When you have energy and an hour for a match against the AI, friends or in ranked.
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
- In common: management and thinking
When you want a long classic strategy campaign: the main one has 32 scenarios, and there are two more.
Star Wars: Empire at War - Gold Pack
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: less co-op
When you have a long afternoon and fancy moving entire Star Wars fleets with calm planning.
Sid Meier's Civilization VI
- In common: management and thinking
When you have a whole afternoon and want to plan for the long term. Turn-based, at your own pace, no pressure.
Against the Storm
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: less multiplayer
When you want to build and manage without committing to a weeks-long game: each settlement is one session.
Frostpunk
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: less multiplayer
When you want an intense management game with tough decisions, in one afternoon.
Sid Meier's Civilization V
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: less co-op
When you have a long afternoon ahead and fancy planning unhurriedly, turn by turn.
Kingdom Two Crowns
- In common: building and management
- Difference: less multiplayer
When you want calm strategy without menus: it's controlled with two buttons and played at a leisurely pace.
Football Manager 2024
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: less multiplayer
When you have time and fancy managing: one season keeps you hooked for weeks.
Timberborn
- In common: management and building
- Difference: less multiplayer
When you want to build calmly and watch your dams transform the landscape.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Northgard
Real-time strategy with Viking clans colonising a newly discovered island. Limited territory, harsh winters and several ways to win: military, trade, wisdom or fame. Slower-paced than a classic RTS.
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