Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom vs Stonehearth
A side-by-side look at Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom and Stonehearth. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom is a city-building game set in ancient China, developed by BreakAway Games and published by Sierra Entertainment in 2002. Players take on the role of an imperial official tasked with building thriving cities through zoning spaces, managing resources, and keeping citizens happy.
Stonehearth
Stonehearth is a strategy game and city builder where you control a growing settlement of settlers exploring and taming a procedurally generated world. You guide your little citizens as they dig mines, farm the land, build roads, craft tools, erect buildings, and perform other jobs to expand and improve their home.