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24 alternatives to Crown and Council

Mojang made a free casual strategy game

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Crown and Council launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Scrolls▲54

   Mojang's strategy card game

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Banished▲89

   City-building strategy survival game

   2015 · shiningrocksoftware.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Concrete Jungle▲64

   A city planning deck building game!

   2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Age of Empires: Castle Siege [CA Soft Launch]▲58

   a free-to-play medieval MMO tower defense

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Dominus▲78

   Multiplayer social strategy game

   2016 · dominusgame.net · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Kingdom Two Crowns▲96

   Minimal, side-scrolling, micro strategy game.

   2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Warlocks & Wizards▲55

   Make this battle your best or your last

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade▲70

   This was the game demoed at the September Apple Event.

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Freeciv, HTML5 open source version▲197

   Freeciv is a Free and Open Source empire-building strategy game inspired by the history of human civilization. The game commences in prehistory and your mission is to lead your tribe from the Stone Age to the Space Age.

   2014 · play.freeciv.org · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Kingdom Rush Origins▲93

    A prequel to one of the most addictive tower defense games

    2014 · kingdomrush.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Cities: Skylines▲76

    A modern take on the classic city builder

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Dunes War - Tower Defense▲61

    It's time for you to gather all free people of the country.

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Stencyl▲176

    Create amazing games without code

    2015 · stencyl.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Rival Kingdoms (iOS)▲57

    A Clash of Clans clone with sharper graphics/gameplay.

    2015 · rivalkingdomsgame.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Mars Colonies▲67

    A free old-school RTS... on Mars

    2015 · newgrounds.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Empires & Allies▲57

    A modern take on command and conquer

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    FreeCiv▲68

    Open source empire-building game inspired by Civilization

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Life is Feudal: Your Own▲75

    Medieval Multiplayer Builder with Crafting and More

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Craft The World▲73

    A unique sandbox strategy game mix of DF and Terraria.

    2015 · crafttheworld.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Bad Dinos▲53

    A New Kind of Tower-Defense Game

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Hearthstone▲36

    An accessible free-to-play card battler by the makers of WOW

    2014 · hearthstone.blizzard.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Kingdom Rush▲78

    The greatest tower defence game

    2015 · kingdomrush.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Skyhill▲65

    A turn-based survival crafting point-and-click game

    2015 · mandragoragames.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Cogmind▲57

    Sci-fi roguelike

    2015 · gridsagegames.com · its alternatives →

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