Games Like Age of History II

Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.3% ★, Diplomacy 15.2% ★, World War I 14.3% ★, World War II 12.7% ★, War 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is the direct follow-up to Age of History II, keeping the same accessible world-conquest formula while expanding the strategic systems and scenarios.

Ages of Conflict is a versatile Map Simulation game where you create and observe custom AI nations battle it out across an infinite number of worlds. Paint beautiful maps and scenarios, and command nations to change history into your liking!

Why similar: Political Sim 19.3% ★, Historical 15.7%, Diplomacy 13.6% ★, Politics 12.9% ★, World War II 11.3% ★

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same satisfying alternate-history nation sandbox on a world map, with borders constantly shifting through wars, diplomacy, and AI-driven expansion.

A turn-based grand strategy game, simple for newbies yet challenging for masters. As the leader of a nation, you will conquer territories and advance in military, technology, culture, or politics. Choose from historical scenarios or create your own with an editor.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, Historical 9.7%, Turn-Based 9.4%, Political 9.3% ★, Diplomacy 9.3% ★

Why You'll Like It: Its turn-based, map-painting grand strategy design feels very close to Age of History II, especially if you like simple controls, sandbox conquest, and custom scenarios.

Age of Conquest is a turn-based grand strategy wargame.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.9% ★, War 20.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Strategy 12.2%, Historical 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is another lightweight turn-based conquest game centered on diplomacy, territorial expansion, and ruling historical factions on big maps.

Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 24% ★, Historical 16%, World War II 15.4% ★, War 15.1%, Strategy 10%

Why You'll Like It: If you want a much deeper version of leading a nation through war, alliances, and world domination on a historical map, this is one of the strongest upgrades from Age of History II.

Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.9% ★, Historical 20%, Diplomacy 14.3% ★, Political 12% ★, Strategy 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same nation-level expansion and diplomacy loop as Age of History II, but with far more detail in statecraft, warfare, and historical progression.

Lead your people to glory and write a new chapter of history in Realpolitiks II, a real-time grand strategy game where you lead any contemporary nation in an attempt to secure world dominance.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.3% ★, Political Sim 22.1% ★, Strategy 16.8%, Politics 12% ★, Political 10.2% ★

Why You'll Like It: Its globe-spanning political sandbox, military interventions, and diplomacy-heavy nation management make it a strong fit for players who like modern-era world control.

Dominate the classical Mediterranean in Imperator: Rome, a grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. Navigate the dangerous waters of politics and diplomacy as you build up your provinces and conquer foreign lands. Now available with special content and the digital artbook.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.3% ★, Historical 17.1%, Political Sim 16.4% ★, Strategy 12.6%, Political 7.1% ★

Why You'll Like It: It channels the same appeal of taking a historical state and expanding it across a map through war, diplomacy, and internal management.

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: Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Political Sim 15.7% ★, Historical 15.4%, Diplomacy 10.8% ★, Politics 9.5% ★

Why You'll Like It: This is a strong match if your favorite part of Age of History II is running a nation over time and shaping the world through politics, economy, and diplomacy.

Become the leader of any contemporary country in this streamlined real-time grand strategy game. Use diplomacy, espionage, military and economic power to deal with other nations, while tackling issues such as terrorism, financial crises and medical epidemics, all in an effort to achieve global domination!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.6% ★, Political Sim 18.6% ★, Diplomacy 17.9% ★, Strategy 14.4%, Politics 12.6% ★

Why You'll Like It: Like Age of History II, it focuses on steering a country through diplomacy, conflict, and expansion on a simplified world map rather than tactical battles.

Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century. Victoria II is a grand strategy game played during the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country, guiding...

Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.9% ★, Historical 16%, Political Sim 14.2% ★, Politics 9.8% ★, Strategy 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is a classic nation-management grand strategy for players who enjoy the political and historical side of Age of History II as much as the conquest.

SuperPower 2 is the only global geopolitical simulation game which allows players to control entire countries. Players control countries in 3 major areas: political, economic and military, but this time, in a beautiful real-time 3D environment.

Why similar: Political Sim 32.2% ★, Grand Strategy 23.1% ★, Politics 14.7% ★, Strategy 11.8%, War 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its modern geopolitical sandbox of treaties, warfare, economics, and nation control is very close in spirit to Age of History II’s global conquest fantasy.

Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 46.6% ★, Historical 14.6%, Political Sim 14.6% ★, Strategy 7.2%, Diplomacy 4.4% ★

Why You'll Like It: It gives you the same historical sandbox feeling of growing a realm through war and political maneuvering, just with a stronger dynasty focus.

Take over the control of one of the mighty nations during the times of World War 1 in the biggest WW1 strategy game of all time. Conquer provinces, forge alliances and build up your economy in real-time on persistent maps. Build experimental weapons of World War 1 and become the one true superpower!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 19% ★, War 17.6%, Historical 16.5%, World War I 12.9% ★, Strategy 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its long-form multiplayer world map, diplomacy, and slow-burn territorial warfare closely match the appeal of guiding a nation through global conflict.

Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.7% ★, Historical 21.5%, Strategy 13%, War 12.8%, Political 10% ★

Why You'll Like It: Although more character-driven, it still offers a compelling historical grand-strategy sandbox built around expansion, diplomacy, vassals, and map control.

Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. From World War II through the Cold War and into the future, re-live or re-imagine the tensions and crises of our recent history! Guide your nation through the era of your choice in Campaigns, Scenarios, and Sandboxes, as you make every effort to become Supreme Ruler!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.9% ★, Political Sim 13% ★, World War II 10.8% ★, War 9.5%, Historical 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is another nation-level sandbox where you manage diplomacy, military production, and territorial expansion across large historical scenarios.

Hearts of Iron III lets you play the most engaging conflict in world history, World War 2, on all fronts as any country and through multiple different scenarios. Guide your nation to glory between 1936 and 1948 and wage war, conduct diplomacy and build your industry in the most detailed World War 2 game ever made.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 35.9% ★, World War II 20.2% ★, Historical 17.6%, Strategy 10.7%, War 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is a more simulation-heavy version of the same core fantasy of taking command of a country and trying to reshape world history through war.

What if Germany won the Battle of Britain? What if Moscow fell in 1942?You’re in charge. Anything can happen and history will never repeat itself in this classic WWII grand strategy game MAKING HISTORY II: The War of the World. Are you ready to battle for global dominance?

Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.4% ★, World War II 19.7% ★, Strategy 15.3%, Historical 14.3%, Turn-Based 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is a detailed historical grand strategy focused on diplomacy, production, and military expansion in a way that parallels Age of History II’s scenario-driven play.

Real-Time Strategy Game. Guide your nation through the most violent era in modern history. Play massive campaigns as one of the principal nations, set-piece scenarios of famous battles, or set your own victory condition and play as any nation in the world in Sandbox mode.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 22% ★, Historical 16%, War 13.7%, World War II 13.5% ★, Politics 9.1% ★

Why You'll Like It: Its nation management and big-map historical warfare make it a good fit for players who want a heavier but still similar world-conquest experience.

Choose a nation and prepare for the greatest conflict in human history, World War II. Build your military and industrial power, form alliances and race to achieve the advanced technologies that will bring total victory in this global-wide turn-based Grand Strategy struggle.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Historical 15.2%, War 14.5%, World War II 13.8% ★, Turn-Based 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a comparable nation-control experience centered on historical war planning, alliances, and global strategy rather than unit-level tactics.

Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron game. The game features a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century. Play from the outbreak of the Great War up until the onset of the Cold War.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.9% ★, World War II 18.7% ★, Historical 16.9%, Strategy 12.2%, World War I 11.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: It is a classic map-based historical grand strategy with strong emphasis on nation choice, alternate history, and global warfare.

The Great War is a turn-based grand strategy game based on the epic struggles of the WWI era. Experience the battles of attrition and punishing artillery barrages. Play as any nation of the period as the modern world of industrialized warfare replaces an age of kings with a struggle of ideologies.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, World War I 13.8% ★, Historical 12.7%, War 11.2%, Strategy 8%

Why You'll Like It: It brings the same nation-led historical sandbox to World War we, with diplomacy, production, and territorial maneuvering at center stage.

Take control of any nation and shape its future. Manage resources, trade, and taxes, engage in real-time warfare, navigate global diplomacy, and react to dynamic world events. Build a thriving economy, forge alliances, and command armies in a constantly evolving world!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Political Sim 17.4% ★, War 12.9%, Diplomacy 11.9% ★, Political 9.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: This modern geopolitical sim is a good match if you like controlling a whole country and balancing military ambition with diplomacy and internal development.

Includes Hearts of Iron II plus the two expansions, Doomsday and Armageddon When Germany is defeated in 1945, the Allies and the new Soviet alliance fight for supremacy. World War III is drawing closer. Play as the ruler of one of 175 countries through World Wars II and III.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 39.2% ★, Strategy 20.8%, Historical 20.3%, World War II 19.8% ★

Why You'll Like It: Its older, scenario-based global war design captures some of the same direct strategic clarity that makes Age of History II easy to sink time into.

A turn-based WWI Grand Strategy game. Rush to field new modern weaponry and survive the horrendous attrition battles. Join the global conflict between the Great Powers of the age and forge a new world order for freedom or tyranny.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.1% ★, Historical 15.4%, World War I 13.9% ★, War 10.2%, Turn-Based 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Like Age of History II, it lets you rewrite history from a national perspective through military planning, diplomacy, and broad strategic decisions.

Politics, religion, war. They are nothing without a legacy that can stand the test of time. Lead any nation, and turn it into a mighty kingdom in one of the most compelling grand strategy games ever created.

Why similar: Historical 42.7%, Strategy 33.7%, Grand Strategy 15.9% ★, Multiplayer 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on ruling and expanding a historical realm on a grand-strategy map, making it appealing if you want more depth without losing the map-level empire feel.

Use war, trade or diplomacy to satisfy your grandest ambitions and dominate five centuries of history in the newest version of Europa Universalis, Paradox Interactive's flagship historical grand strategy game.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.4% ★, Historical 20%, Diplomacy 12.6% ★, War 11.4%, Strategy 8.6%

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: Grand Strategy 26.2% ★, Historical 18.8%, War 15.1%, Strategy 13.8%, Turn-Based 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its turn-based empire management and historical expansion offer a more structured but still very compatible alternative for Age of History II fans.

Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.

Why similar: Historical 22.7%, Grand Strategy 19% ★, Turn-Based 14.6%, Strategy 13.8%, War 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: This turn-based historical empire builder fits well for players who mainly want territorial expansion, diplomacy, and long-form strategic campaigns on a large map.

A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, Historical 15.5%, War 14.4%, World War II 11.9% ★, Diplomacy 11.7% ★

Fantasy Map Simulator: Create and watch imaginary worlds evolve over centuries. Design maps, simulate nations and their politics, and control destinies. See empires rise and fall on your desktop wallpaper. A unique simulation for history buffs and creative minds.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.7% ★, Political Sim 20% ★, War 15.8%, Politics 12.8% ★, Alternate History 9.7%

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: Grand Strategy 19.9% ★, Historical 14.9%, War 13.2%, Diplomacy 12.2% ★, Turn-Based 8.9%

Take over the control of one of the mighty nations during the times of World War 2 in this persisting long-term strategy game. Conquer provinces, forge alliances and build up your economy in real-time. Research top secret weapons of World War 2 and become the one true superpower!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.9% ★, War 17.5%, World War II 16.6% ★, Historical 13.2%, Strategy 11.2%

Select an era, a nation and lead it to greatness or decay. Develop the economy and society, or focus on military and territorial expansion. In Nations you can rule your people for centuries – from ancient times to the modern day and beyond. You shape your state, history and map of the world.

Why similar: Historical 23.8%, Grand Strategy 23.7% ★, Political Sim 14.5% ★, Strategy 12.5%, Diplomacy 9.9% ★

Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.9% ★, Historical 13.7%, War 11.7%, Diplomacy 10.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%

Addictive yet chill. An immersive Cold War sandbox. Revive the Cold War in this classic strategy game—easy to pick up, yet challenging and deep, offering endless replayability.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.5% ★, Political Sim 18.9% ★, Historical 16.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Strategy 7.1%

Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

Why similar: War 52.3%, Strategy 31.5%, Simulation 9.2%, Multiplayer 3.5%, Casual 1.9%

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 19.8%, Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, War 16%, Historical 15.6%, World War II 12% ★

Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.9% ★, Historical 14.4%, War 13.1%, Diplomacy 12.1% ★, Turn-Based 8.8%

Crisis in the Kremlin is a global real-time political strategy about the Socialist world in its final decade. Shape the fate of the world as you manage economy, foreign relations, and domestic policy. Engage with countries across the globe, using diplomacy or even proxy wars to expand your reach.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Political Sim 16.9% ★, Historical 15.9%, Politics 12% ★, Political 9.7% ★

This Long Term Strategy Game lets you take control of the armed forces of your nation. Become responsible for its military expansion, technological research and economic development. Form alliances and wage total war for global dominance on the battlefields of World War 3.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.7% ★, Strategy 17.5%, Diplomacy 17.4% ★, Politics 15.5% ★, Alternate History 7.3%

Making History® delivers the open-ended gameplay of strategy-game classics, but with compelling new economic, military, and diplomatic systems and deep research that lets you play with real historical challenges.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.7% ★, Strategy 21.5%, World War II 18.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Historical 13%

Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected...

Why similar: Political Sim 21.3% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Politics 15.5% ★, Diplomacy 13.7% ★, Political 13.1% ★

A game of diplomacy and war in the atomic age. Safeguard your closest allies and change unfavorable regimes without giving away your long-term ambitions. Every action risks an enemy reprisal, and if nobody backs down from a standoff, we all lose.

Why similar: Political Sim 19.7% ★, Historical 13%, Diplomacy 12.6% ★, Strategy 12.5%, War 12.2%

Lead your country through the Victorian age, expand your empire as you go head to head with the great powers of the world.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 34.8% ★, War 23.2%, Strategy 11.8%, Historical 9.6%, Diplomacy 8% ★

Unique combination of turn-based 4X and historical grand strategy with a mythological twist. Explore the ancient world and build a world leading civilization. Survive, expand, conquer... and win!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.6% ★, Historical 16%, War 13.1%, Diplomacy 10.8% ★, Political 9.8% ★

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: Historical 27.1%, Grand Strategy 24.5% ★, Strategy 20.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Turn-Based 7%

Doodle Empires is an alternate history sandbox game all about drawing your own nations with your own histories and stories in a variety of maps. Watch your world take shape and evolve over time, and decide which nations will rise and which nations will fall.

Why similar: Historical 31.9%, Alternate History 18%, Strategy 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Sandbox 10.8%

Geopolitical management game with real-time shifting borders and a streamlined gameplay, designed to minimize all burdensome chores while allowing an absolute strategic control, from military recruitment and deployment, to diplomatic and economic management.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.7% ★, Diplomacy 17.7% ★, War 16.5%, Political Sim 11.6% ★, Strategy 8.8%

Taking place from 1936-64, Arsenal of Democracy lets you play as any nation during the era of WW2, complete with detailed models for economics, diplomacy, research, and intelligence. Warfare is also fully represented with all three branches of operations: land, sea, and air.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 47.9% ★, Strategy 32.5%, World War II 19.6% ★

Get ready to take part in the world war! It depends only on your choice who you will be - a winner or a loser! It's time to press the red button!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Political Sim 13.6% ★, War 11.1%, Historical 10%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%

Unity of Command II is the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed strategy games of all time; a game critics called 'the perfect gateway' into computer war games.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.7% ★, World War II 18.9% ★, Turn-Based 12.1%, Strategy 12%, Historical 10.4%

Build a nation starting at any point in human history and compete for supremacy in this epic turn-based strategy game. Engage in diplomacy, fight wars, and go head-to-head with other leaders from history.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 32% ★, Historical 20.7%, Diplomacy 15.7% ★, Strategy 11%, Alternate History 11%

A turn-based strategy game where you can experience WWII campaigns and explore alternate history scenarios made by the community.

Why similar: Historical 22.4%, Diplomacy 16.6% ★, World War II 16.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Strategy 10.3%

Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?

Why similar: Political Sim 34.8% ★, Strategy 13.5%, Grand Strategy 11.4% ★, Historical 9.2%, Diplomacy 7.6% ★

A Giant Strategy Sandbox experience set in Warlord China. *Tons of playable factions! *Communist insurgents, * Boxers like rebels, *Greedy warlords, *Mongol riders, *A mad russian baron, *Shanghai gangsters, *And armored trains!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.6% ★, Political Sim 13.6% ★, War 13%, Diplomacy 10.8% ★, Historical 10.2%

The Emperor and State is a turn-based strategy game that simulates the rule of an ancient feudal monarch. It involves the administration, policy adjustment, diplomatic checks and balances, national wars, as well as the emperor's self-cultivation, the cultivation of successors and so on.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.2% ★, Historical 15.9%, Diplomacy 13% ★, War 12.5%, Politics 11% ★

In the unique world of this political simulator, you travel to Europe, 1932-1935, to become the party leader in one of the following countries: Germany, France, or England. You have a real chance to become the winner of WWII even before it begins...

Why similar: Strategy 21.5%, Politics 18.5% ★, Political 14.5% ★, Historical 12.4%, Simulation 8.3%

In Power & Revolution, become a Head of State of one or several countries of your choice and extend your influence on the world, or play as a legal or illegal opposition leader and get ready for the conquest to power!

Why similar: Political Sim 35.4% ★, Politics 19.7% ★, Grand Strategy 13.8% ★, Strategy 12.4%, Political 8.8% ★