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Kingdom Builder is a strategy world-building game where you create a kingdom by placing settlers' houses. You work to build settlements with positions and orientations that meet three specific criteria chosen at the start. This, along with special Location abilities that let you move and grow your settlement in different ways, creates a game that is both simple to learn and has considerable depth.
Unfortunately, Kingdom Builder is not available on Android, Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox X|S or iOS. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme:
Release Date: 01/01/2011
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Players: 2-4
Genres: Strategy, World Building (Collecting and Sequencing)
Accessibility: 20 features
Components: Board, Dice, Placeables, Score Board and Tokens
Developer: Real Queen Games (@Real_QueenGames)
Costs: Purchase cost
Here are our hand-picked short list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Kingdom Builder. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Kingdom Builder.
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Everdell is a strategy game where you lead a group of animals seeking to build their home in woodland. You play by placing workers, playing cards and collecting resources.
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Takenoko is a world-building game where you cultivate a bamboo garden for a Japanese Emperor. You play by placing Garden tiles, adding Irrigation pieces and making Bamboo stacks grow.
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Dorf Romantik is a cooperative world-building game where you strategically place tiles to create countryside regions to score points in a variety of ways. Play is solitaire-like, but rather than matching suits you're matching landscape.
Catan is a strategy game set on an uninhabited island where you accumulate, spend and trade resources to build the biggest kingdom.
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Carcassonne is a strategy game where you lay tiles to create a medieval landscape of farms, rivers and cities.
Carcassonne is a strategy game where you lay tiles to create a medieval landscape of farms, rivers and cities. Each new tile must match the roads, rivers, farms and cities of those around it.
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Santorini is a strategy game where you place buildings on a Greek island in an effort to get your character to the top. This creates a chess-like three-dimensional competitive puzzle that changes as each player adds pieces to the village.
Here are our hand-picked long list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Kingdom Builder. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Kingdom Builder.
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Cascadia is a collecting world-building game where you create habitats for the wildlife of the Pacific Northwest. You balance building habitats and placing wildlife to score points.
Machi Koro is a world-building game where you create a thriving city full of different buildings and landmarks.
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Root is a strategy adventure where different factions battle for control of a fantasy wilderness. You deploy your armies and heroes, fight and move in different ways because each faction plays uniquely.
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If you like the sound of Kingdom Builder but find it too complex or challenging, the games in this section offer a similar experience but with a lower Skill Rating.
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Mini Metro is a sequencing strategy game where you create an ordered, efficient underground train system. It sounds like hard work, but the simple Tube-map visuals, calm music, and streamlined interactions make this relaxing, like sudoku.
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Sprawlopolis is a game where you work together to build a new city by placing cards. It's a tiny game comprising just 18 cards but creates endless city-building challenges where you have to balance costly roads and point-scoring neighbourhoods.
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If you like the sound of Kingdom Builder but it doesn’t offer the accessibility you require, the games in this section offer a similar experience but with more Accessibility Features. You can view a full breakdown in our Kingdom Builder Accessibility Report.
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