8 Games with a fantasy setting like Reus 2 that you should try

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 40 games similar to Reus 2 down to the 8 that fit the “Fantasy” category. Rusty's Retirement, WorldBox and My Time at Portia top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Reus 2.

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The best games with a fantasy setting like Reus 2

8 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Reus 2. Each one has been evaluated across 14 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.

#1Rusty's RetirementClosest overall match

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloCozyRelaxingSandbox WorldFantasyManagementBase Building2D

Steam👍 97%· 15K

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

✓ Fits the city builders cluster, with deep simulation, sandbox freedom and cozy, relaxing feel

≠ Stands apart with vibe casual, setting scifi and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping puzzle design

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 Reus 2: visuals and setting.

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Steam

#2WorldBoxClosest on tone

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloCozyRelaxingSandbox WorldFantasyBase BuildingManagement

Steam👍 95%· 54K

Year 2018Dev Maxim KarpenkoOn Linux · Android · PC

✓ Fits the city builders cluster, with sandbox freedom, deep simulation and cozy, relaxing feel

≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, procedural generation and setting medieval, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from Reus 2: visuals and setting.

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloCozyRelaxingSandbox WorldFantasyExplorationBase Building

Steam👍 92%· 44KIGDB70· 10OC75· 70

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

✓ Fits the city builders cluster, with deep simulation, sandbox freedom and cozy, relaxing feel

≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from Reus 2: visuals.

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#4Cult of the LambClosest on setting

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloCozyFantasyBase BuildingExploration2D

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

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

✓ Fits the city builders cluster, with deep simulation, cozy, relaxing feel and fantasy world

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, deep RPG systems and roguelike runs, while skipping puzzle design

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 Reus 2: world.

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GenreStrategySubgenreGrand Strategy

SoloSandbox WorldFantasyBase BuildingManagement2D

Steam👍 75%· 3.5KRAWG👍 50%· 39

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

✓ Shared with Reus 2: deep simulation, sandbox freedom and turn-based strategy

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, roguelike runs and real-time strategy, while skipping puzzle design

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 Reus 2: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Reus 2.

It predates Reus 2 by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreStrategySubgenreGrand Strategy

SoloSandbox WorldFantasyBase BuildingManagementExploration

Steam👍 95%· 31KIGDB84OC90· 13

Dev Bay 12 GamesOn Linux · PC · Mac

✓ If you enjoyed Reus 2, expect deep simulation, sandbox freedom and turn-based strategy

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, deep RPG systems and roguelike runs, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from Reus 2: visuals.

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GenreStrategySubgenreTower Defense

SoloSandbox WorldFantasyBase BuildingManagement2D

Steam👍 88%· 7.7KRAWG👍 68%· 40

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

✓ Shared with Reus 2: deep simulation, sandbox freedom and sandbox world

≠ Its own twist: tower defense planning, survival mechanics and roguelike runs, while skipping puzzle design

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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