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Door 407 · 2025 · Windows

Steam: 92 % positive of 856 reviews, as of Oct 28

Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware is a free prequel to the original game. In a medieval fantasy world, you are to build settlements, raise huge armies, and defend against massive hordes of enemies. Learn how Ironbrow clan shaped the world's map the first time - if you survive, that is.

24 games that play like Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Diplomacy is Not an Option, Kingdoms and Castles and Stronghold: Definitive Edition.

Player tags

  • Strategy
  • City Builder
  • Colony Sim
  • Tower Defense
  • RTS
  • Base-Building
  • Building
  • 3D
Map region: Historical Strategy
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Best matches

Plays and looks like Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware

These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.

By gameplay

Plays like Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Medieval Kingdom Wars75 % positive of 2,237Shared: Strategy · City Builder · RTS
  2. Kingdom Ascension82 % positive of 201Shared: Strategy · RTS · Base-Building
  3. Stronghold 2: Steam Edition87 % positive of 4,933Shared: Strategy · City Builder · Colony Sim
  4. Songs of Syx93 % positive of 9,113Shared: Strategy · City Builder · Colony Sim
  5. Crownhold85 % positive of 550Shared: Strategy · City Builder · Tower Defense
  6. Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)97 % positive of 17,639Shared: Strategy · City Builder · Colony Sim
  7. Going Medieval87 % positive of 17,138Shared: Strategy · City Builder · Colony Sim
  8. Cataclismo88 % positive of 3,960Shared: Strategy · City Builder · RTS
  9. Risen Kingdom77 % positive of 435Shared: Strategy · Colony Sim · Tower Defense
  10. Empires and Tribes66 % positive of 392Shared: Strategy · City Builder · Colony Sim
  11. Foundation86 % positive of 23,388Shared: Strategy · City Builder · Colony Sim
  12. Knights and Merchants87 % positive of 2,802Shared: Strategy · City Builder · Colony Sim

By look

Looks like Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Knights of Honor II: Sovereign76 % positive of 5,017
  2. Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder82 % positive of 751
  3. Timberborn96 % positive of 39,101
  4. Foundation86 % positive of 23,388
  5. Rise of Nations: Extended Edition93 % positive of 13,459
  6. HUMANKIND™67 % positive of 22,246
  7. Ymir72 % positive of 844
  8. Norland81 % positive of 9,043
  9. War Selection84 % positive of 23,793
  10. Kingdoms Reborn89 % positive of 8,887
  11. Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition91 % positive of 10,869
  12. Age of Empires: Definitive Edition84 % positive of 14,408

At a glance

What games like Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware: Strategy (24 of 24), City Builder (20) and Colony Sim (15).
  • They came out between 2009 and 2026, 2 of them after Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware (2025).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) (97 % positive of 17,639).

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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