Games Like A Total War Saga: FALL OF THE SAMURAI

Complete your Total War collection with this Definitive Edition of Total War: NAPOLEON, which includes all DLC and feature updates since the game’s release

Why similar: Strategy 30.6%, Historical 26.2%, RTS 11.9%, Grand Strategy 10.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 7%

Why You'll Like It: Features the most refined 19th-century gunpowder and artillery mechanics in the Total War series.

Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.

Why similar: Strategy 32.5%, Historical 25%, Grand Strategy 12% ★, RTS 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Introduces the global scale and early modern gunpowder warfare that paved the way for Fall of the Samurai.

Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is the first in the award-winning series to recreate epic conflict across ancient China. Combining a gripping turn-based campaign of empire-building & conquest with stunning real-time battles, THREE KINGDOMS redefines the series in an age of heroes & legends.

Why similar: Strategy 27.9%, Historical 26.1%, RTS 12.4%, Grand Strategy 9.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features the most advanced character-driven campaign mechanics and diplomacy in the Total War franchise.

Conquer Warring States Japan under one banner

Why similar: Historical 27.7%, RTS 25.4%, Strategy 21.9%, Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, Military 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, historically rich grand strategy experience focused on the unification of Japan.

Against a darkening background of famine, disease and war, a new power is rising in the great steppes of the East. With a million horsemen at his back, the ultimate warrior king approaches, and his sights are set on Rome… The next instalment in the multi award-winning PC series that combines turn-based strategy with real-time tactics,...

Why similar: Strategy 28.7%, Historical 23%, RTS 13.6%, Grand Strategy 11.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers a challenging, high-stakes campaign experience with significant tactical depth.

Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun is a turn-based tactical and strategic game set during the Sengoku era; primarily focusing on the Japanese Warring States period and Japanese Invasion of Korea.

Why similar: Strategy 29.6%, Samurai 25.2% ★, Historical 18.6%, Grand Strategy 10.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical game that focuses on the specific military challenges of the Japanese historical era.

Ultimate General: Civil War is a tactical real time strategy war-game. Experience the bloodiest period of U.S. history - the American Civil War of 1861-1865.

Why similar: RTS 21.9%, Strategy 19.6%, Historical 19.4%, Grand Strategy 16.2% ★, War 10%

Why You'll Like It: Offers unparalleled tactical depth for 19th-century line infantry and artillery combat.

Take command of the Union or the Confederacy. Prepare your nation for war, recruit and organize great armies and fleets under legendary commanders like Grant, Lee, Jackson or Farragut, plan cunning maneuvers on an epic campaign map and defeat your enemies in real-time battles!

Why similar: Strategy 40.6%, Historical 24.4%, RTS 16.1%, Grand Strategy 12.3% ★, War 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines deep 19th-century grand strategy with real-time tactical battles in a way that mirrors the campaign feel of the seed game.

From the multi-award-winning strategy series, A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia combines huge real-time battles with engrossing turn-based campaign, set at a critical flashpoint in history. Anglo-Saxons, Gaelic clans and Viking settlers clash for control. What Kingdom will you build?

Why similar: Strategy 27.7%, Historical 23.5%, RTS 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Grand Strategy 9.1% ★

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on a specific historical period with refined, streamlined campaign mechanics.

Spanning the most turbulent era in Western history, your quest for territory and power takes you through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and even onto the shores of the New World.

Why similar: Strategy 31.4%, Historical 20.9%, RTS 13.5%, Grand Strategy 11.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic entry in the series that remains highly relevant due to its deep modding community and historical scope.

Design warships the way you want them, command fleets, win the naval arms race for your nation!

Why similar: Historical 26.4%, Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, RTS 20.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, War 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the rapid evolution of naval technology, capturing the spirit of the naval modernization seen in the seed game.

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.

Why similar: Strategy 34.8%, RTS 26.5%, Historical 18.9%, War 7.4%, Multiplayer 5%

Why You'll Like It: An RTS that excels at depicting the transition to gunpowder and colonial-era warfare.

Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.

Why similar: Historical 36%, Strategy 27.8%, Grand Strategy 27% ★, Multiplayer 4.8%, Military 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: Perfect for players interested in the industrialization, political shifts, and global power dynamics of the 19th century.

Wage total war across the ancient world from the Aegean to Mesopotamia in this free addition to Total War: PHARAOH. Challenge the Bronze Age Collapse by building your own dynasty and leading your faction to victory with new cultures, new units and dramatic new battle mechanics.

Why similar: Strategy 30.9%, RTS 18.5%, Historical 17.2%, Grand Strategy 15.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Integrates modern Total War mechanics with a focus on regional historical conflict and management.

A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.

Why similar: Strategy 46.8%, Historical 20%, War 19.2%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Great Soundtrack 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a more personal, immersive perspective on feudal warfare and army leadership.

Experience the ultimate WWII RTS platform with COH2 and its standalone expansions. This package includes the base game, which you can then upgrade by purchasing The Western Front Armies, Ardennes Assault and/or The British Forces. More info in the "About This Game" section below.

Why similar: Strategy 69.2%, RTS 14.9%, Historical 7.2%, War 2.9%, Multiplayer 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: Masterful tactical RTS combat that emphasizes the importance of terrain and unit management in high-stakes engagements.

Use your power as a Feudal Lord to unite the land of the Rising Sun under your iron fist.

Why similar: Strategy 45.4%, Historical 32.1%, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy title specifically dedicated to the political maneuvering of the Japanese Sengoku period.

Steel Division 2 is a historically-accurate WW2 real-time strategy game set on the Eastern Front. Features 1:1-scale turn-based army management and real-time tactical battles with thousands of men at your order.

Why similar: Strategy 25.2%, RTS 22.4%, Historical 15.8%, Grand Strategy 10.2% ★, War 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides massive, historically authentic tactical battles that reward careful unit positioning and combined arms tactics.

For the first time in the series’ history, Strategic Command will be taking you to the 19th century battlefields of the American Civil War. You will control the armies, research, production and diplomatic policy of either the Union or the Confederacy during a time of innovation and dramatic battles.

Why similar: Strategy 44.8%, Historical 30.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, Multiplayer 5.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: An excellent turn-based wargame that captures the logistical and military challenges of 19th-century conflict.

Field of Glory: Empires is a grand strategy game in which you will have to move in an intricate and living tapestry of nations and tribes, each one with their distinctive culture.

Why similar: Strategy 33.4%, Historical 22.6%, Grand Strategy 16.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, War 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A deep grand strategy game that focuses on the rise and fall of civilizations through historical military management.

Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually solved by war.

Why similar: Strategy 36.7%, RTS 25.7%, Historical 21.2%, War 5.7%, Multiplayer 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RTS that emphasizes squad-based combat with a strong focus on historical atmosphere.

The forces of Lustria await your command. Choose your Legendary Lord, expand your armies, forge alliances in a strategic turn-based campaign, and unleash the might of your monstrous forces in fast-paced real-time battles.

Why similar: Strategy 36.7%, RTS 21.4%, Grand Strategy 15.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, War 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Represents the pinnacle of the modern Total War engine, offering immense variety in tactical unit interactions.

It is a time of war in Europe. Driven by new ideas of Enlightenment, the hearts of men and women across the continent are inflamed with dreams of freedom and glory. This is the moment for a military genius to forge himself a name to be remembered throughout all eternity. This is your moment.

Why similar: Strategy 39.1%, Historical 22.8%, RTS 22.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, War 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines turn-based empire management with real-time Napoleonic battles in a classic strategy format.

A Tactical Battle Simulator that allows you to command thousands of soldiers as a Union or Confederate General. The game features the most accurately created map, a non-linear battle campaign, complex morale, innovative control mechanics and smart AI.

Why similar: Strategy 35.7%, Historical 31.3%, RTS 22.1%, War 5.6%, Military 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on high-fidelity tactical combat from the same developers behind the Civil War series.

Fight the ‘Stalingrad on the Yangze’, as was sometimes called the Battle for Shanghai in 1937. Play as the Chinese willing to reclaim the whole city or as the Imperial Japanese forces in their counter-attack.

Why similar: Strategy 37.3%, Grand Strategy 18.4% ★, Historical 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, War 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A detailed turn-based wargame that focuses on specific historical military operations.

An exciting free-to-play Real Time Strategy game set in medieval times. Uniquely designed factions, customization options, singleplayer and multiplayer gameplay. Gather resources, raise an army and lead your civilization to victory in a classic RTS, brought to the modern age.

Why similar: Strategy 34%, RTS 30.3%, Historical 17.6%, War 7%, Multiplayer 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: An RTS that captures the feel of historical civilization building and tactical combat.

MEDIEVAL: Total War™ - Collection Edition is the compilation of the critically-acclaimed Medieval: Total War and its official expansion pack - Viking Invasion.

Why similar: Strategy 47.6%, Historical 22%, RTS 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Grand Strategy 7.6% ★

Why You'll Like It: The foundational experience for those interested in the evolution of the Total War franchise's historical scope.

Cossacks 3 is the return of RTS classics. Obtain resources, build cities and research technologies while taking command of great armies, crushing enemies in grand historical warfares on land and sea!

Why similar: Strategy 31.4%, RTS 24.9%, Historical 22.8%, War 9.5%, Multiplayer 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Classic RTS gameplay that features massive armies and the specific tactical feel of 18th and 19th-century warfare.

Inspired by The Iliad and brought to life through the award-winning strategy game series, A Total War Saga: TROY brings a blend of grand, turn-based empire management and spectacular real-time battles to the heart of the Trojan War.

Why similar: Strategy 23.6%, Historical 21.4%, RTS 19.1%, Grand Strategy 10.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%

SHOGUN: Total War™ is the first, original title in a 15 year series of award-winning strategy games. This Collection Edition also includes the Mongol Invasion Expansion Pack.

Why similar: Strategy 56.9%, Historical 20.6%, Grand Strategy 6.3% ★, RTS 5.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.2%

In Total War: PHARAOH, the newest entry in the award-winning grand strategy series, immerse yourself in ancient Egypt at the zenith of its power and experience the dramatic events that threaten its destruction.

Why similar: RTS 22.2%, Strategy 21.3%, Grand Strategy 16.1% ★, Historical 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%

Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars sends the player into the heroic XIX century where they assume the role of a commander to take part in the massive historical battles for the supremacy over Europe.

Why similar: Strategy 54.6%, RTS 23.8%, Historical 21.6%

Why You'll Like It: Specifically targets the era of line infantry and artillery warfare with a focus on formation management.

Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?

Why similar: Strategy 35.9%, Historical 21.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Grand Strategy 11.7% ★, War 5.3%

Embark on an epic journey across war-torn 19th-century Japan in this open-world action RPG from Team NINJA, the veteran studio behind "Nioh" and "NINJA GAIDEN."

Why similar: Historical 41.3%, Samurai 33.8% ★, Ninja 9.3% ★, Co-op 5.3%, Online Co-Op 3.8%

AGEod goes back to the Napoleonic era and delivers the most detailed and comprehensive strategy game ever created about a time of struggle and conquest that forged modern Europe.

Why similar: Strategy 46.3%, Historical 24.6%, Grand Strategy 11.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Multiplayer 4.1%

Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms is the official expansion to last year's award-winning Medieval II: Total War, presenting players with all-new territories to explore, troops to command, and enemies to conquer.

Why similar: Strategy 39.4%, Historical 22.3%, Grand Strategy 13.6% ★, RTS 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.8%

Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.

Why similar: RTS 49.3%, Strategy 42.5%, War 2.8%, Multiplayer 2.8%, Great Soundtrack 0.9%

Age of Empires, the pivotal real-time strategy game that launched a 20-year legacy returns with modernized gameplay, all-new 4K visuals, 8-person multiplayer battles and a host of other new features. Welcome back to history.

Why similar: Strategy 39.7%, RTS 28.3%, Historical 20.7%, Multiplayer 5%, War 2.3%

Enter Japan in the age of warring states. At the center of this role-playing, action-adventure simulation of combat, statesmanship and intrigue, you are a samurai warrior struggling for honor!

Why similar: Samurai 41.4% ★, Historical 23.7%, Strategy 18.2%, RTS 15.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%

A tactical strategy game with a background set in the Warring States Period.

Why similar: Strategy 71.2%, Historical 14.1%, RTS 10.3%, War 4.4%

This game is devoted to the key events of the XVII–XVIII centuries.

Why similar: Strategy 63.3%, Historical 18.5%, RTS 17.7%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Rise of Nations is back! Play the updated classic with full Steamworks integration and enhanced features!

Why similar: Strategy 38.2%, RTS 31.1%, Historical 17.9%, War 5.2%, Multiplayer 3.8%

Men of War: Vietnam brings the acclaimed real-time tactics series into a new theater of war – the jungles of Southeast Asia, 1968. Experience the chaos of the Vietnam War through two story-driven campaigns that reveal both sides of the conflict.

Why similar: Strategy 44.2%, RTS 19.1%, Historical 16.6%, War 8.4%, Co-op 3.9%

Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.

Why similar: Strategy 42.3%, Ninja 17.7% ★, Historical 15.2%, RTS 11.9%, Samurai 6.6% ★

Become a Daimyo of the Warring States period of Japanese history in NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION, a historical simulation game of conquest and domination. It is the 30th anniversary of this series and this current release, NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence, is the crown of the series.

Why similar: Historical 25.5%, Strategy 22.2%, RTS 21.7%, Grand Strategy 16.7% ★, War 8.9%

Become the samurai of legend, Sakamoto Ryoma and embark on an epic action adventure story set in a heated historical Japan. Turn the tide of battle with legendary gun and sword combat to change the course of history in search for justice.

Why similar: Samurai 50.9% ★, Historical 35.9%, Violent 4.7%, Great Soundtrack 3.7%, Action 3.1%

The cataclysmic conclusion to the Total War: WARHAMMER trilogy is here. Rally your forces and step into the Realm of Chaos, a dimension of mind-bending horror where the very fate of the world will be decided. Will you conquer your Daemons… or command them?

Why similar: Strategy 27.4%, RTS 23.7%, Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, War 7.7%

As King, it is your duty to lead your people in their struggle to raise your kingdom from its humble beginnings to a position of power and prestige. War, diplomacy and a burgeoning economy are the means by which you increase your power and expand your influence.

Why similar: Strategy 41.4%, RTS 18.2%, Historical 16.1%, Grand Strategy 15.6% ★, War 5.7%

Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection is a set of three historical turn-based strategies, in which you are going to take command of the armies in the greatest Medieval wars as well as take control of countries and nations during World War II.

Why similar: Strategy 50.8%, Historical 19.9%, Grand Strategy 12.5% ★, War 8.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.7%

Immerse yourself into the battles and intrigues between the Houses that shaped the Kingdom of Westeros and keep your spot on the Iron Throne by any means.

Why similar: Strategy 75.7%, RTS 24.3%

You take the part of the military and political leadership, trying to lead your nation to victory, in the midst of some of the toughest operations of the Civil War. You will build, organize and command your armies over one of the largest maps of the USA ever made for a Civil War game.

Why similar: Strategy 43.8%, Historical 28.5%, Grand Strategy 13.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Multiplayer 2.3%

Struggle for survival. Death before surrender! Experience the dramatic story and epic, action-packed battles of the Sanada clan during Japan's Warring States period.

Why similar: Historical 85.5%, Action 14.5%

In the simulation game series "Nobunaga's Ambition", players aim to unify Japan in the troubled times of the Warring States era. In this release we include "Officer Play" for the first time in the series, allowing players to advance from retainer to Castle Lord and then on to Daimyo.

Why similar: RTS 26%, Strategy 20.8%, Grand Strategy 18.6% ★, Historical 15.3%, War 11.3%

Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?

Why similar: Historical 24.3%, Strategy 21%, Grand Strategy 16.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, War 9.2%

Step into 1579 as Yasuke, the African samurai, and join Oda Nobunaga in his quest to unite Japan! Master precise katana combat, uncover secret gear, and unleash your ancestral power in this historically inspired action-packed journey through feudal Japan.

Why similar: Historical 71.8%, Ninja 21.8% ★, Violent 3.6%, Action 1.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Relive the celebrated real-time strategy classic Praetorians, re-imagined in high definition. Praetorians is set amidst the political machinations of an emerging Roman Empire.

Why similar: Strategy 72.5%, RTS 23.4%, Multiplayer 4%

Cossacks II: Battle for Europe is a standalone add-on for "Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars" presenting new nations with the possibility to wage multiplayer battles.

Why similar: Strategy 57.1%, Historical 22.5%, RTS 20.4%

The 14th entry of the the historical simulation series "Nobunaga's Ambition." Become a daimyō of the Warring States era, and unite the land! With "the creation of a new age" as the key concept, this title features beautifully recreated castle towns, dynamic battlefield action and dramatic event scenes.

Why similar: RTS 26%, Strategy 21%, Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, Historical 15.3%, War 12.4%