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Goodgame EmpireOur first pick01
Castle builder MMO

Goodgame Empire

The most complete castle fantasy on our list. Build walls and workshops, balance food, wood and stone, recruit from a deep unit roster, then push out into three more kingdoms with their own climates. Alliances and pacts turn the map into politics, and weekly updates keep long-time rulers busy.

Castle buildingArmy commandAlliance wars
Desktop browser; mobile app also available
Strategic depth8
The opening month9
Fairness to free rulers7
Alliance life9
Imperia OnlineDeepest economy02
Real-time empire MMO

Imperia Online

A medieval empire builder from Bulgaria’s Imperia Online JSC, running since 2005. Wood, iron, stone and gold feed 29 structures; swordsmen, spearmen, archers, cavalry and siege engines fight in field battles, fortress sieges and pillages. Patient players colonize, annex and turn beaten rivals into vassals.

Real-time buildingSiege enginesAnnex or vassalize
Desktop browser; mobile app also available
Strategic depth9
The opening month6
Fairness to free rulers7
Alliance life8
Khan WarsPick a nation03
Nation-based war MMO

Khan Wars

XS Software’s long-running empire game starts with a choice of twelve nations, each carrying a bonus to economy, battle strength or trading. Recruit from up to 28 units, including siege machines and nation-specific troops, spy before you strike, and join a guild to besiege citadels and hold territory.

12 playable nations28 unit typesGuild citadel sieges
Desktop browser; mobile app also available
Strategic depth8
The opening month7
Fairness to free rulers8
Alliance life8
Lords & KnightsBest on the go04
Pocket war MMO

Lords & Knights

Xyrality’s medieval strategy MMO hands you one castle and its knights, then asks you to grow it into a fortress and an empire. Research technologies, run missions, trade, and plan wars of conquest with hundreds of allies. Built to work as smoothly in a phone app as in a browser.

Castle buildingResource managementReal-time war
Desktop browser; mobile app also available
Strategic depth7
The opening month8
Fairness to free rulers8
Alliance life9
Throne: Kingdom at WarHero-led wars05
Hero and order MMO

Throne: Kingdom at War

Plarium’s kingdom MMO casts you as a Lord descended from the great King. Upgrade farms, lumber mills, mines and quarries, study in the Academy, train knights, spearmen, ranged, cavalry, siege and scouts, craft armour and weapons for your Hero, and join an Order for real-time battles against rivals worldwide.

Town & troop classesOrder siegesHero crafting
Desktop browser; mobile app also available
Strategic depth7
The opening month8
Fairness to free rulers6
Alliance life8
KingsAgeClassic grid06
Village conquest classic

KingsAge

Gameforge’s browser strategy game gives you a small castle, a few acres and a handful of settlers, then asks you to build a thriving town. Raise sawmills, quarries and warehouses, train archers and knights, scout before you strike, and expand by taking settlements with noblemen alongside an alliance.

Resource villagesScout then strikeAnnex with noblemen
Desktop browser
Strategic depth6
The opening month6
Fairness to free rulers8
Alliance life6

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