Games like Evony
Free city-building war strategy games for Evony: The King's Return players, ranked by our review score.
Updated · Ranked by our review scores. Partner links never change the order. How we rate
Scores on this list come from our research reviews: official sources and player reviews, not our own play time. Each score follows a fixed formula. When we play a game, its score can change and the order with it.
At a glance
| # | Game | Our score | Pay to win | Steam reviews | Min. RAM | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forge of Empires | 7.2 | Strong | — | — | 503.4 MB |
| 2 | Lords Mobile | 7.1 | Strong | 60% of 1,771 | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| 3 | Vikings: War of Clans | 7.1 | Strong | — | 4 GB | 500 MB |
| 4 | Tribal Wars | 6.8 | Strong | 71% of 845 | 512 MB | 200 MB |
Our ranking
Ranked by our review scores1. Forge of Empires
7.2/10Best for building a city through the ages
InnoGames' city builder takes a city from the Stone Age into future eras, with plunder raids, a PvP Arena and Guild Battlegrounds. It runs in a browser and on iOS and Android. Diamonds buy speed-ups and random prize-wheel spins with no listed odds, and event boosts carry into PvP, so it rates as strongly pay to win.
Pay to win: StrongLoot boxes: Yes2. Lords Mobile
7.1/10Best for a kingdom war game on Steam
IGG's kingdom-building war game with hero RPG elements is free on Steam, Epic, iOS and Android, and its PC minimum is 2 GB of RAM. IGG publishes drop rates in 80 tables. Paid Jewels, chests, boosts and auto-renewing subscriptions feed PvP armies.
Pay to win: StrongLoot boxes: Yes3. Vikings: War of Clans
7.1/10Best for clan wars in a Norse setting
Plarium's Norse strategy MMO has been on iOS since 2015 and also runs on Android, and on Windows and Mac through Plarium Play with synced progress. It needs only 4 GB of RAM on PC. Gold and Bank packages buy boosts to military stats, and there is no official drop-rate page for its loot boxes.
Pay to win: StrongLoot boxes: Yes4. Tribal Wars
6.8/10Best for slow, long PvP campaigns
InnoGames' medieval strategy MMO has run in browsers since 2003, and each world is a persistent PvP map where tribes conquer each other's villages. Premium Points turn into resources, faster builds and automation with no permanent cap.
Pay to win: StrongLoot boxes: Yes
How we picked games like Evony
Evony: The King's Return is Top Games' free medieval strategy MMO: build a city, train an army and fight on a shared world map with an alliance. Each game below shares that loop of city building and PvP with alliances, clans or tribes, and has a research review on this site. The order follows review scores only; Lords Mobile and Vikings: War of Clans tie at 7.1 and are listed alphabetically. Evony itself scores 7.1 in its research review.
Pay to win in strategy MMOs
All four rate as strongly pay to win, and so does Evony: in each one, money buys resources, speed-ups or military boosts that count in PvP. The difference is disclosure. IGG publishes drop rates for Lords Mobile and Top Games publishes odds for Evony, while Forge of Empires lists no odds for its prize wheels, Vikings: War of Clans has no official drop-rate page, and Tribal Wars lists none for its paid event rerolls.
Which ones run on PC?
Lords Mobile is on Steam and Epic, Vikings: War of Clans runs on Windows and Mac through Plarium Play, and Tribal Wars has a Steam client. Forge of Empires and Tribal Wars also run in a browser. Evony's PC routes are Google Play Games and a Microsoft Store edition.
FAQ
What is the best game like Evony?
On our ranking, Forge of Empires, with 7.2 out of 10. It is InnoGames' browser and mobile city builder with plunder raids, a PvP Arena and Guild Battlegrounds.
Is there a game like Evony that is not pay to win?
Not among the games we have reviewed so far: all four here rate as strongly pay to win, like Evony. Elvenar, a city builder without player combat, rates as mildly pay to win.