Kingdom: New Lands similar games & best alternatives

Kingdom: New Lands

Mac, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, Linux, Xbox One, iOS • 2016

Should you play it?

Kingdom: New Lands builds upon the award-winning gameplay and mystery of Kingdom by introducing an abundance of new content to the IGF-nominated title while maintaining the simplicity and depth that legions of monarchs have come to experience and enjoy.

What works
  • Beautiful pixel art and atmospheric music
  • Addictive and challenging gameplay
  • Encourages exploration and discovery
  • Simple controls with deep strategy
  • Free dlc for existing owners
Things to keep in mind
  • Limited social and cooperative features
  • Repetitive gameplay loop
  • Lack of tutorial and in-game explanations
  • No save during runs leading to frustration
  • Ai limitations and occasional annoyances

What to play next

Similar games, hidden gems, and fresh directions from this game.

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Necrosmith 2

  • Cauldron

  • Kingdom: Classic

  • Seablip

  • The Universim

  • One Military Camp

  • Organ Trail: Director's Cut

  • Grim Nights

  • The King is Watching
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Approaching Infinity

  • Goblins of Elderstone

  • Gold Gold Adventure Gold
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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot for a screenshot preview, score, and top score gaps; click to compare in the panel on the right.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Kingdom: New Lands: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fellowship, Violence, Survival, Cooperation. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Idle, Relaxation.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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  • Competence

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  • Competition

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  • Continuation

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  • Cooperation

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    "Primarily a single-player experience with limited social or cooperative gameplay."

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  • Creativity

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  • Domination

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    "Interactions are cooperative or solo; no evidence of domination or power over others."

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  • Escapism

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  • Exploration

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    "Unlocking and discovering new islands and resources is a core motivating factor."

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  • Expression

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  • Fantasy

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  • Fellowship

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  • Health

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  • Idle

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    "Some waiting and time passing between events, but players must maintain attention during timed tasks."

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  • Intimacy

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    "No evidence of close social relationships or emotional sharing."

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  • Leadership

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  • Progression

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  • Status

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  • Story

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  • Strategy

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