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1999PC

Horde is a strategy game rooted in Russian folk tales. You begin with your hero and a handful of warriors, build up a settlement, and grow it into a city with an army strong enough to defend your land from aggressive neighbors.

  • Fantasy setting
  • Tactical depth

The closest matches for Horde: The Northern Wind are Warlords Battlecry II, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition and Amazing Cultivation Simulator. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Horde: The Northern Wind special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Warlords Battlecry II

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2002PC

  • Fantasy setting
  • Tactical depth

A fantasy real-time strategy game where you create your own hero and level him up through a non-linear conquest campaign with RPG elements. Twelve distinct races with their own heroes, buildings and resources add plenty of variety.

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition

Fantasy setting

A classic isometric CRPG set in the Forgotten Realms: you lead a party across the Sword Coast, fighting in real time with pause under old-school D&D rules, through a sprawling tale of betrayal and divine heritage. The Enhanced Edition adds new companions and an extra adventure.

Circle Empires

Fantasy setting

Circle Empires is a fast real-time strategy game where you play a godlike ruler growing a tiny kingdom into an empire. The world is a network of linked circles that is generated anew each time, so no two runs play out the same way.

Master of Magic

Fantasy setting

A classic turn-based 4X strategy game where you play a wizard founding cities, raising armies and researching spells to conquer two parallel worlds. Its blend of empire building and rich magic makes it a cult favourite.

Stronghold Legends

Fantasy setting

A castle-building RTS that mixes the Stronghold formula with fantasy units and legendary figures like King Arthur, Siegfried and Vlad Dracul. You build fortresses, manage your economy and fight battles across three campaigns.

Dwarf Fortress

Fantasy setting

An immensely deep simulation where you build and manage a dwarven fortress or roam a procedurally generated, persistent world as an adventurer. Its interlocking systems produce chaotic, memorable stories, though the learning curve is notoriously steep.

Hearthlands

Fantasy setting

A city-building strategy game where you rule as a king in a procedurally generated world. You can't command subjects directly, instead managing resources, diplomacy, heroes and magic.

The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring

Fantasy setting

A classic real-time strategy game set in Middle-earth where you wage large battles for either the Fellowship's side or Sauron's forces. Units gain experience and grow stronger as they win fights.

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