Games Like Colonial Conquest

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 37.5% ★, Historical 30.3%, Alternate History 13.2%, Strategy 12.8%, Simulation 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive grand strategy experience for the Victorian era, focusing on the complex geopolitical and economic shifts of the time.

Pride of Nations is a turn-based historical strategy game set in the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country and guides it through industrialization, military conquest, and colonization.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.4% ★, Turn-Based 22.1%, Historical 19.3%, Strategy 19.3%, Simulation 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same studio as many historical wargames, it focuses specifically on the Victorian era's colonial competition.

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 25.6% ★, Wargame 24.8%, Historical 22.4%, Alternate History 11.8%, Strategy 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the ultimate map-painting experience with deep historical simulation and empire-building mechanics.

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

Why similar: Historical 33.2%, Grand Strategy 26.5% ★, Strategy 23.7%, Turn-Based 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the colonial expansion and naval warfare themes of the 18th and 19th centuries.

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: Turn-Based 23.2%, Grand Strategy 22.1% ★, Historical 18.7%, Wargame 16.1%, Strategy 15.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deep turn-based grand strategy game that emphasizes empire management and historical military expansion.

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 25.7%, Historical 25%, Turn-Based 24.3%, Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizing the Ageod engine, it offers a high level of historical detail and turn-based military management similar to Colonial Conquest.

Age of History II is a grand strategy wargame that is simple to learn yet hard to master.Your objective is to use military tactics and cunning diplomacy to either unify the world, or conquer it.Will the world bleed out or bow before you? The choice is yours..

Why similar: Historical 26.6%, Grand Strategy 24.7% ★, Turn-Based 17%, Strategy 15.5%, Alternate History 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A streamlined, map-based grand strategy game that allows for total control over historical nations.

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 22.7%, Strategy 19.1%, Grand Strategy 17.5% ★, Wargame 17.4%, Turn-Based 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a deep, turn-based simulation of 19th-century warfare with a focus on historical accuracy.

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is the third offering in the award winning Civilization IV series. A re-imagining of the classic Colonization game Sid Meier created in 1994, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is a total conversion of the Civilization IV engine into a game experience in which players will lead a European...

Why similar: Turn-Based 35.8%, Historical 24.2%, Strategy 23.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Grand Strategy 5.6% ★

Why You'll Like It: A classic turn-based strategy game specifically dedicated to the mechanics of colonial expansion and management.

Strategic Command: World War I is a new chapter in the Strategic Command Franchise. Relive this momentous conflict from the opening shots of 1914 to the final offensives. Strategic Command: World War I covers all the main aspects and theatres of the war.

Why similar: Strategy 53.2%, Wargame 39.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a similar turn-based wargame experience with a focus on the global scale of early 20th-century conflict.

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 27.8% ★, Historical 20.1%, Turn-Based 15.1%, Strategy 14%, Alternate History 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It covers the same historical timeframe as Colonial Conquest with a focus on the geopolitical tensions of the era.

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

Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.2% ★, Strategy 19.4%, Turn-Based 18.6%, Historical 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A simple, accessible turn-based strategy game that focuses on global map domination.

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: Turn-Based 27.8%, Historical 23.7%, Grand Strategy 16.9% ★, Strategy 16%, Simulation 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a unique turn-based historical strategy experience with a focus on ancient and medieval empire management.

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 23.8% ★, Turn-Based 22.9%, Historical 21%, Alternate History 10.9%, Strategy 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A refined turn-based 4X game that adds character-driven narrative to the traditional empire-building formula.

The ultimate wargame set in the age of Pike and Shot is back. You are now in full charge of your nation’s armies, throughout a long campaign in the struggle for dominance.

Why similar: Wargame 29.5%, Turn-Based 24.2%, Historical 22.4%, Strategy 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, turn-based wargame that captures the feel of historical military maneuvers with great precision.

American Revolution is a sandbox strategy game featuring the epic historical period during the rebellion of the American colonies against the British Empire.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.5% ★, Wargame 31.1%, Historical 23.7%, Strategy 11.8%, Simulation 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a grand-strategy approach to the American Revolution with a focus on tactical and logistical management.

WAW is a unique historical strategy turn-based game, in a boardgame spirit, which aims at simulating in one single system ALL kind of wars and conflicts throughout the world (and beyond) from Prehistoric times to nowadays, on the operational or strategic levels.

Why similar: Strategy 34.9%, Turn-Based 33.5%, Historical 18.5%, Indie 7.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A modular, turn-based wargame platform that covers a wide variety of historical conflicts with a similar aesthetic to Colonial Conquest.

“he Who Fears Being Conquered Is Sure Of Defeat.”The war-game March of the Eagles focuses on the dramatic conflicts of Europe during 1805 to 1820. Explore one of the defining periods in European history with this experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy, Paradox Development Studio.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 39.3% ★, Strategy 26.3%, Historical 24.9%, Simulation 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the Napoleonic era, providing a tight, grand-strategy experience centered on European dominance.

Relive over a thousand years of Great Britain's history in this epic game of conquest and domination. From Roman legions to the Norman Conquest led by William the Conqueror, explore the fate of numerous nations and fight to become king.

Why similar: Wargame 36.9%, Strategy 20.2%, Historical 18.4%, Simulation 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based historical wargame that focuses on the struggle for control over the British Isles.

Victory and Glory: The American Civil War is a game of grand strategy and fast-play tactical battles where you take the role of either the Union or the Confederates and attempt to win.

Why similar: Strategy 29.5%, Wargame 27.5%, Turn-Based 22.6%, Simulation 14.1%, Indie 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based wargame that emphasizes historical events and strategic decision-making.

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 23.5% ★, Turn-Based 22.9%, Historical 18.9%, Alternate History 12.6%, Strategy 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A modern turn-based 4X game that allows players to guide their nation through various historical eras.

Command armies, manage resources, and build an empire in this real-time strategy wargame from Longbow Games. Will Rome fulfil its destiny to rule the ancient world or will history be rewritten to forge a new Etruscan, Gallic, or Greek hegemony!

Why similar: Historical 23.5%, Wargame 22.4%, Grand Strategy 18.4% ★, Strategy 16.8%, Alternate History 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It blends grand strategy with real-time tactical combat, offering a deep look at historical empire building.

The Armchair Historian brings you a new turn-based strategy game set in the Victorian Era. As muskets become rifles and infantry is confronted by modernizing artillery, it is imperative to adapt to a rapidly changing battlefield. This is a new age, not of courage and chivalry, but of Blood and Iron.

Why similar: Historical 53%, Strategy 24.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, PvP 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical strategy game that focuses on the military doctrines of the 19th century.

Conquer the New world: In the 16th Century, Spanish explorers and soldiers reached the shores of America. The search for gold, fame, and adventure drove these travelers into a treacherous wilderness where they faced hunger, disease, and dangerous predators. In their wake, the Aztec Empires lay in ruins.

Why similar: Turn-Based 46.9%, Historical 23.7%, Strategy 18.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.4%, Indie 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines turn-based strategy with exploration and colonial-themed narrative choices.

A turn-based strategy game based off the Napoleonic Wars! Lead, attack, buy, and communicate. Learn how to play difficult 4x grand strategy games by starting with simple strategy. *Disclaimer, this game is made by a teenager for a school project*

Why similar: Wargame 31.2%, Grand Strategy 23.3% ★, Historical 17.3%, Alternate History 11.6%, Strategy 10%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical wargame that focuses on the military engagements of the Napoleonic period.

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: Wargame 32.3%, Grand Strategy 29.2% ★, Historical 13.3%, Alternate History 10.3%, Strategy 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It covers a massive historical span, including the Victorian era, with complex simulation of national management.

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 46.5% ★, Strategy 20.6%, Historical 15.1%, Simulation 9.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 4.6%

Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features. Players take the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation, with the goal of reconquering a devastated planet.

Why similar: Wargame 29.3%, Turn-Based 25.3%, Grand Strategy 23.1% ★, Strategy 10.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, hex-based turn-based wargame that focuses on logistics and military command in a complex environment.

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: Turn-Based 22.2%, Wargame 21.2%, Grand Strategy 16.8% ★, Strategy 13.3%, Historical 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly polished, turn-based operational wargame experience that emphasizes supply lines and movement.

In American Conquest, Players set sail from Europe to discover new world and conquer its innumerable riches.

Why similar: Strategy 49.7%, Historical 49.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: An RTS classic that focuses on the colonial era and the military conflicts of the Americas.

Rise of Prussia Gold is the new and improved version of AGEODs Seven Years War (1757-1763) game set in Europe. This hugely detailed strategy game was initially released by AGEOD in 2010 and the Gold version adds numerous improvements and additional scenarios that take the game to the next level.

Why similar: Wargame 24.8%, Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Historical 19.1%, Turn-Based 17.5%, Strategy 14.7%

Why You'll Like It: Another Ageod title that excels at providing a realistic, turn-based simulation of 18th-century military campaigns.

Discover the uncharted during the Age of Exploration in this strategy game of exploration, combat and colony management.

Why similar: Turn-Based 43.2%, Strategy 30.5%, Historical 26.4%

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 28.9%, Grand Strategy 21.5% ★, Historical 20.6%, Turn-Based 14.6%, Alternate History 9.3%

Relive iconic battles of the American Civil War. Take command of both the Union and Confederate forces in this exciting turn-based strategy game.

Why similar: Wargame 34.1%, Strategy 32.5%, Turn-Based 28.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 4.9%

Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures.

Why similar: Strategy 50.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 45.1%, Singleplayer 4.8%

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: Wargame 39.1%, Historical 28.1%, Strategy 22.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%

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: Wargame 23.3%, Turn-Based 17%, Historical 16.4%, Grand Strategy 16.4% ★, Strategy 9.1%

Marble Age is a turn-based historical strategy where your task is to turn a small Ancient Greek village into a flourishing Polis, powerful enough to conquer the known world!

Why similar: Turn-Based 34.4%, Historical 28%, Strategy 17.3%, Simulation 8.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.6%

Army General is a turnbased strategy game that depicts the desert warfare in Northern Afrika and parts of the Mediterranean sea during World War II.

Why similar: Turn-Based 45.1%, Strategy 40.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Indie 2.6%

It is 1965 and the US ground war in Vietnam is in full swing. As a US Army commander, wage a counter-insurgency (COIN) war to secure the Ia Drang valley, on the border with Cambodia.

Why similar: Turn-Based 25.5%, Historical 24.5%, Wargame 21.2%, Strategy 20.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.6%

Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion, colonization and social upheaval, to emerge as one of the great world powers by the dawn of the 20th century in Victoria Complete.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 45% ★, Strategy 32.5%, Historical 22.6%

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: Wargame 35.6%, Grand Strategy 26.5% ★, Historical 19.1%, Strategy 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 4.3%

In the medieval era, assume the role of a lord and engage with other lords，develop fiefdoms, and employ strategies involving intrigue, warfare, and plunder. Expand your territory and strengthen your house lineage Or, be a god, manipulate the world? This game primarily strategic role-playing elements

Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.1% ★, Historical 26.4%, Wargame 20.7%, Strategy 13.7%, Simulation 6.4%

From Village to Empire is an indie turn based strategy game with a historical setting. Build cities, research technologies, and train units to discover new lands and conquer the world!

Why similar: Turn-Based 29.4%, Strategy 26.6%, Historical 24.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%, Indie 5.8%

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 45% ★, Historical 29.2%, Strategy 15%, Alternate History 6%, Simulation 4.3%

Conquer the ancient Greek world in Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece, an epic strategy wargame that expands and refines the award-winning Hegemony: Philip of Macedon with brand new content and features.

Why similar: Historical 41%, Strategy 32.3%, Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, Indie 5.9%

Field of Glory II is a turn-based tactical game set during the Rise of Rome from 280 BC to 25 BC.

Why similar: Wargame 25.7%, Historical 22%, Strategy 21.3%, Turn-Based 14.5%, Simulation 8.9%

Napoleon's Eagles is the classic board game War & Peace for computer. Be Napoleon – or stand against him – in a series of short scenarios that cover the epic battles of the age, or in a multiplayer-only grand campaign that may – or may not – end on the field of Waterloo.

Why similar: Wargame 33.2%, Grand Strategy 22.6% ★, Historical 19.5%, Strategy 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.7%

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 26.6%, Wargame 25.4%, Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Strategy 15.4%, Alternate History 8.6%

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: Historical 35.8%, Wargame 32.9%, Strategy 22.3%, Simulation 6.5%, Indie 2%

An unique long-term strategy game with week-long matches with up to 101 players, set in the alternate reality of 1919.

Why similar: Wargame 26.1%, Grand Strategy 25.7% ★, Historical 16%, Alternate History 15.5%, Strategy 11.2%

Ageod’s To End All Wars is a grand strategy game set during World War One. Players will take control over one of the major powers that so desperately fought for control over Europe and to end all wars.

Why similar: Wargame 30.6%, Grand Strategy 29.4% ★, Strategy 29.1%, Simulation 10.9%

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: Wargame 40.9%, Grand Strategy 30.3% ★, Alternate History 15.2%, Strategy 12.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Steam Squad - a classical tactical wargame with honest physics simulation of battles set in an alternative universe during the First World War. Players acting for the 3 of the superpowers - the Holy Roman, British and Tianxian Empires complete 30 missions with squads of up to 8 units.

Why similar: Turn-Based 39.6%, Strategy 22.1%, Wargame 20.5%, Alternate History 13.7%, Indie 4.1%

"Age of Gladiators" is a single-player strategy/management sim set at the height of the bloody gladiatorial games in ancient Rome. As your fighters increase in level, it will be up to you to decide how to forge their attributes and abilities.

Why similar: Turn-Based 25%, Historical 20.2%, Grand Strategy 15.6% ★, Strategy 13.6%, Alternate History 11.7%

Richard the Third is an epic two-player wargame that recreates the bloody dynastic struggle in the 15th century between the royal houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England.

Why similar: Strategy 30.7%, Wargame 29.4%, Historical 20.2%, Simulation 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 4.9%

Rediscover the classic gameplay of 1701 A.D. and its expansion The Sunken Dragon in Anno® 1701 History Edition.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 39.1% ★, Historical 22.9%, Strategy 18.9%, Simulation 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%

A stand-alone turn-based war chess game with the theme of Chinese history. The core gameplay is territorial competition, and diplomacy, construction, combat and other gameplay will also revolve around territorial competition.

Why similar: Wargame 22.8%, Grand Strategy 21.1% ★, Historical 20.2%, Turn-Based 17.5%, Strategy 9.2%

A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+

Why similar: Strategy 34.2%, Alternate History 33%, Grand Strategy 24.1% ★, PvP 7.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%

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 29.8% ★, Wargame 22.2%, Historical 21.6%, Alternate History 11.1%, Strategy 10.3%