8 Games with a fantasy setting like Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster that you should try

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We filtered the 39 games similar to Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster down to the 8 that fit the “Fantasy” category. WorldBox, Cult of the Lamb and My Time at Portia top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster.

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The best games with a fantasy setting like Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster. Each one has been evaluated across 6 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1WorldBoxClosest overall match

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloFantasyBase BuildingPixel ArtCozy

Steam👍 95%· 54K

Year 2018Dev Maxim KarpenkoOn Linux · Android · PC

✓ Fits the city builders cluster, with deep simulation, deep RPG systems and fantasy world

≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, cozy, relaxing feel and vibe relaxing

Where it drifts furthest from Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster: setting.

It predates Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#2Cult of the LambClosest on setting

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloFantasyBase BuildingMeleeCozy

Steam👍 96%· 124KRAWG👍 86%· 447OC84· 141

Year 2022Dev Massive Monster · Devolver DigitalPlaytime ~10hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the city builders cluster, with deep RPG systems, deep simulation and fantasy world

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, roguelike runs and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping visual pixel

Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland worshippers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.

Where it drifts furthest from Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster: visuals and progression.

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloFantasyBase BuildingCozyCasual

Steam👍 92%· 44KIGDB70· 10OC75· 70

Year 2019Dev Pathea Games · Team17On PS4 · Android · PC

✓ Fits the city builders cluster, with deep simulation, deep RPG systems and fantasy world

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and sandbox freedom, while skipping visual pixel

Where it drifts furthest from Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster: visuals and progression.

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloFantasyBase BuildingPixel ArtCozy

Steam👍 97%· 15K

Year 2024Dev Mister Morris GamesPlaytime ~18hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the city builders cluster, with deep simulation, fantasy world and single-player focus

≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, cozy, relaxing feel and vibe casual, while skipping deep RPG systems

Rusty's Retirement is an idle-farming simulator designed to sit at the bottom of your screen allowing you to work on other tasks while caring for your farm! Grow crops: Plant crops and watch Rusty get to work as he waters, nurtures, and harvests.

Where it drifts furthest from Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster: setting.

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#5Rise to RuinsClosest on visuals

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GenreStrategySubgenreTower Defense

SoloFantasyBase BuildingPixel ArtSandbox World

Steam👍 88%· 7.7KRAWG👍 68%· 40

Year 2019Dev Raymond Doerr · SixtyGig GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Shared with Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster: deep simulation, fantasy world and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: tower defense planning, survival mechanics and sandbox freedom, while skipping deep RPG systems

Follow Development About the Game Rise to Ruins is at heart a godlike village simulator, but it also throws in plenty of familiar game play mechanics from classic 90s era real-time strategy games like Warcraft, along with some tower defense and survival elements in an attempt to create a new kind…

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GenreStrategySubgenreGrand Strategy

SoloFantasyBase BuildingPixel ArtSandbox World

Steam👍 75%· 3.5KRAWG👍 50%· 39

Year 2016Dev Robotronic GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Shared with Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster: deep simulation, fantasy world and single-player focus

≠ Where it differs: brings sandbox freedom, survival mechanics and turn-based strategy, while skipping deep RPG systems

Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.

Where it drifts furthest from Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster: visuals.

It predates Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG

#7Prime World: Defenders

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GenreStrategySubgenreTower Defense

SoloFantasyTacticalCasual

Steam👍 76%· 1.1KRAWG👍 54%· 50MC58

Year 2013Dev Nival Interactive · NivalPlaytime ~5hOn PC · iOS · Android

✓ Like Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster, it's known for deep RPG systems, fantasy world and single-player focus

≠ Where it differs: brings tower defense planning, adventure storytelling and card game strategy, while skipping deep simulation

Just UpdatedNival officially announces that long awaited sequel of Prime World: Defenders is now available on iOS and Android! Prime World: Defenders 2 - new TD strategy game in the legendary Prime World series with unique combination of the tower defense and collectible card game!

It predates Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam Nintendo

#8Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloFantasyPixel ArtMeleeFirst Person

IGDB50· 1OC84· 44

Year 2021Dev DmAndyOn PC

✓ Shared with Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster: fantasy world, single-player focus and visual pixel

≠ Where it differs: brings turn-based strategy, card game strategy and adventure storytelling, while skipping deep RPG systems

Become the baron of a new vampire metropolis! Fend off eco-terrorist werewolves and rival vampires, build your wealth, and rise to the top in your empire. In early access until November 30th! Made for the official 2021 Vampire: the Masquerade game jam under Dark Pack.

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