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Bastide

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2020

Should you play it?

Build. Survive. Thrive. Bastide is a 13th-century city-building strategy game where you transform a vulnerable peasant village into a fortified town. Manage your workforce and protect your people from the constant threats of starvation, disease, winter, and bandits.

What works

  • Deep survival and resource management mechanics
  • Frequent developer updates and community engagement
  • Low price for early access
  • Immersive medieval atmosphere and lighting
  • Freedom in building placement

Things to keep in mind

  • Numerous bugs and ai issues
  • Poor optimization and performance problems
  • Lack of tutorial and unclear mechanics
  • Limited content and building variety
  • Minimal multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Endzone - A World Apart

  • Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients

  • Dawn of Man

  • Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder

  • New Cycle

  • Farthest Frontier

Less violent

Games that feels like Bastide but with less combat and destruction

  • Banished

  • Celestial Empire

  • Patron

  • Celestial Empire: Prologue

  • Chinese Frontiers: Prologue

  • Pompeii: The Legacy

More fantastical

Games that feels like Bastide but with more imaginative fiction

  • Becastled

  • HammerHelm

  • Land of the Vikings

  • Townsmen VR

  • Citadelum

  • Going Medieval

More social

Games that feels like Bastide but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Sengoku Dynasty

  • ASKA

  • Siege Survival: Gloria Victis Prologue

  • Force of Nature

  • Pioneers of Pagonia

  • The Settlers® : Rise of an Empire - History Edition

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Bastide: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy.

Last update: 21/08/2026