Games Like Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era

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: 4X 12.1% ★, Diplomacy 11% ★, Grand Strategy 10.1% ★, Moddable 7% ★, Turn-Based 6.4%

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: 4X 12.2% ★, Diplomacy 11% ★, Grand Strategy 10.1% ★, Moddable 6.9% ★, Turn-Based 6.4%

An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.

Why similar: 4X 12.6% ★, Diplomacy 11.8% ★, Grand Strategy 10.6% ★, Moddable 7.5% ★, Historical 6.3%

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: 4X 15.5% ★, Grand Strategy 12.2% ★, Diplomacy 11.7% ★, Turn-Based 7.8%, Alternate History 7.7%

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: 4X 15.8% ★, Grand Strategy 12.5% ★, Diplomacy 11.2% ★, Moddable 8.7% ★, Historical 7.5%

Build grand cities, raise mighty armies, and fight massive battles to vanquish your foes in this turn-based strategy RPG auto battler. Powerful heroes at the head of unique factions bring endless possibilities as they lead armies of the dead, the living, and everything in between.

Why similar: 4X 13.8% ★, Diplomacy 13% ★, Grand Strategy 11.6% ★, Turn-Based 9.2%, Moddable 7.4% ★

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 13% ★, 4X 11.4% ★, Moddable 9.4% ★, Turn-Based 8.9%, War 8.3%

Take up the reins of your country, guide domestic and foreign policy, navigate thousands of historical figures and events, engage in various struggles and lead your country to prosperity – all in the name of glory!

Why similar: 4X 16.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16.1% ★, Diplomacy 14.7% ★, Historical 9.6%, Alternate History 8.4%

Become a strategeist and lead one of hundreds of nations on the globe across centuries of conflict and diplomacy in this grand strategy game. Balance war, politics, and internal institutions to shape the fate of your empire, and secure your legacy in history.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 16.7% ★, Diplomacy 14.4% ★, Historical 9.6%, 4X 9.5% ★, Alternate History 8.3%

Greetings your Excellency. Time to rebuild, reform and prepare for new challenges in the People's Republic of Basenji. In this thrilling political strategy, you will appoint ministers and lead the country to success. Be careful — you may find yourself replaced in the next election.

Why similar: 4X 15.5% ★, Grand Strategy 13.2% ★, Diplomacy 12.7% ★, Turn-Based 9.1%, Historical 7.5%

The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!

Why similar: 4X 15.4% ★, Diplomacy 15.2% ★, Grand Strategy 14.1% ★, Historical 7.9%, Military 7.4%

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 14.8% ★, 4X 14.5% ★, Diplomacy 14.1% ★, Moddable 9.2% ★, Historical 8.9%

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: 4X 22.7% ★, Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, Diplomacy 15.6% ★, Alternate History 11.5%, Historical 9.3%

Alliance of the Sacred Suns is a sci-fi grand-strategy RPG that begins with your coronation as the head of an interstellar Empire, and ends with your demise. Manage feuding noble houses and the schemes of would-be usurpers as you try to revive the glory of an Empire on the brink of collapse.

Why similar: 4X 17.1% ★, Grand Strategy 13.6% ★, Moddable 10% ★, Turn-Based 9.7%, War 7.5%

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: 4X 22.3% ★, Turn-Based 13.6%, Grand Strategy 12.5% ★, Historical 12%, Military 8.7%

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: 4X 14.9% ★, Grand Strategy 14.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Historical 11%, Turn-Based 10%

Take control of a country from its very first beginnings and lead it successfully to become a global hegemon. In a complex simulation of economy, diplomacy and warfare the path you chose to triumph is up to you.

Why similar: 4X 18.2% ★, Diplomacy 15.7% ★, Grand Strategy 14.6% ★, Alternate History 9.4%, Economy 8.6%

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 16.7% ★, Moddable 10.1% ★, 4X 9.2% ★, Historical 8.3%, War 7.8%

With over 6 million units sold and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier's Civilization is recognized as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all-time. Now, Sid Meier and Firaxis Games will take this incredibly fun and addictive game to new heights by adding new ways to play and win, new...

Why similar: 4X 23.3% ★, Turn-Based 16.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Historical 10.2%, Grand Strategy 8.2% ★

Hexarchy is an innovative, fast-paced, historical 4x strategy game where you use cards and deckbuilding to make your decisions. Single-player and online multiplayer.

Why similar: 4X 17.6% ★, Grand Strategy 13.7% ★, Turn-Based 9.6%, War 8.5%, Historical 8.4%

A world where officers hide their names and abilities. Can you spot Zhuge Liang? A hardcore turn-based strategy simulation for true Three Kingdoms devotees.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 15.7% ★, 4X 13.6% ★, Diplomacy 10.6% ★, Historical 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%

Rewrite history by shaping a civilization as unique as you are. Combine 60 cultures from the Ancient Era to the Modern Age to lead your empire to victory. Build thriving cities, outsmart rivals in epic battles, spread your influence and leave your mark on HUMANKIND™.

Why similar: 4X 24.4% ★, Grand Strategy 15.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Historical 10.8%, Strategy 7.3%

Set in a post-apoc version of Earth, Revival is a 4x strategy game where the world and its rules can change at key moments, creating a deep and highly replayable experience.

Why similar: 4X 18.6% ★, Diplomacy 16.4% ★, Grand Strategy 15.1% ★, Turn-Based 10%, Economy 7.9%

What could be better than having a million dollars, a billion? This will not make you all powerful in the world, your goal will not only be to make lots of money, but to print money and become a Federal reserve system

Why similar: Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, Economy 14.4%, Management 9.7%, Turn-Based 9.6%, Historical 7.6%

点燃你的战魂，投身乱世掀起惊天风暴！化身铁血诸侯，号令三国名将，统领无敌雄师，在真实还原的三国版图上纵横沙场，血战四方！

Why similar: 4X 19.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16.8% ★, Historical 9.9%, Alternate History 8.9%, War 8.9%

What will be the strategy game if you throw out all the grind from it, all the boring annoying actions and leave only strategy and tactics? It became interesting to us and as a result we received Generals & Rulers. Try it now!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.1% ★, Turn-Based 11.1%, War 9.6%, Military 9.6%, Historical 8.8%

You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.

Why similar: Diplomacy 16.1% ★, 4X 15.6% ★, Grand Strategy 14.8% ★, Moddable 11.3% ★, Historical 8.8%

The 6th release of the "Nobunaga's Ambition" historical simulation game series has been reborn at the STEAM store as "Tenshouki with Power-up Kit HD Version." Players become the rulers of their clans and aim to unify the country under their leadership.

Why similar: Diplomacy 19.4% ★, Grand Strategy 14.7% ★, Turn-Based 10.9%, War 9.5%, Military 9.5%

The second game in the series, "Nobunaga's Ambition-Nation" was released in 1986. It became the first of the series to be released outside of Japan under the name, "Nobunaga's Ambition." Players take the role of one of the main characters of the period, Nobunaga Oda, Shingen Takeda, Kenshin Uesugi, or others and try...

Why similar: Diplomacy 20.8% ★, Grand Strategy 14.7% ★, Turn-Based 11.1%, Military 10.3%, War 10%

Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.

Why similar: 4X 15.9% ★, Grand Strategy 14.8% ★, Diplomacy 14.7% ★, Moddable 11.1% ★, Historical 8.9%

Nobunaga's Ambition, the first of the series, was released in 1983. Players assume the mantle of either Nobunaga Oda or Shingen Takeda and strive to conquer the entire land (17 areas in the Kansai and central Japan region). They manage their country to make it rich, then prepare their military forces.

Why similar: Diplomacy 22.1% ★, Grand Strategy 15% ★, Turn-Based 11.7%, War 10.8%, Military 10%

Conquer a vast procedurally generated star system in Falling Frontier, a sci-fi RTS where intel and logistics are decisive factors. Design ships and raid enemy supply lines, lay minefields and construct recon stations, and ambush enemy forces within asteroid fields and nebulae.

Why similar: 4X 19.5% ★, Grand Strategy 16.6% ★, Diplomacy 15.3% ★, Moddable 11.5% ★, Military 7.1%

"Nobunaga's Ambition: Sengoku Gun'yuden" is the third in the series and was released in Japan in 1988 and later in the US as "Nobunaga's Ambition II." In this simulation game, players take on the role of a Daimyo of the Warring States period, attract followers, and use strategy and tactics to gain control of the 38...

Why similar: Diplomacy 21.4% ★, Grand Strategy 14.9% ★, Turn-Based 11.5%, Military 10.6%, War 10.3%

The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.

Why similar: 4X 23.7% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, Moddable 8.9% ★, War 7.3%, Military 7.2%

"NOBUNAGA’S AMBITION: Shoseiroku with Power Up Kit" is an expanded version of "NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Shoseiroku," which was released in 1997 as the 7th game in the series. In Shoseiroku, the theme is "The Warring States from the viewpoint of a Castle Daimyou.

Why similar: Diplomacy 21.2% ★, Grand Strategy 15.1% ★, Turn-Based 11.4%, Military 10.5%, War 10.1%

Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, 4X 16% ★, Turn-Based 14.1%, Historical 10.3%, Grand Strategy 8.1% ★

Save humanity from the brink of extinction in this sci-fi strategy game of survival. Travel among the stars to seek out resources, establish and develop colonies to sustain civilization, and grow your military might to push back against an overwhelming threat.

Why similar: 4X 18.3% ★, Diplomacy 17% ★, Grand Strategy 15.2% ★, Moddable 12% ★, Military 8.1%

"NOBUNAGA’S AMBITION: Haouden with Power Up Kit" is an expanded version of "NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Haouden," which was released in 1992 as the 5th game in the series. Up to now in the series, warfare was focused on whole countries. Haouden changes that focus towards individual castles.

Why similar: Diplomacy 21.4% ★, Grand Strategy 14.5% ★, Turn-Based 11.2%, Military 10.8%, War 10.2%

《万民长歌：三国》是一款单机 · 历史 · 战争策略游戏。在无缝连续、真实还原的3D沙盘地图上，玩家可以自选视角、以自己的意志重演三国。来体验真实的三国策略——真实的沙盘，真实的二十四节气，真实的百姓，真实的战争！

Why similar: 4X 24.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, Historical 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, War 9.3%

"NOBUNAGA’S AMBITION: Reppuden with Power Up Kit" is an expanded version of "NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Reppuden," which was released in 1999 as the 8th game in the series. Reppuden is a strategy based simulation game in which players delve into the lives of the heroes who roamed the chaotic Warring States period.

Why similar: Diplomacy 21.3% ★, Grand Strategy 14.5% ★, Turn-Based 11.5%, Military 10.5%, War 10.3%

Lead multiple branches of your noble house in a living, persistent online 4X grand strategy. Expand fiefdoms, command vassals, master warfare, and outwit rivals through diplomacy, espionage, and schemes. With NO pay-to-win, only strategy will determine the legacy you carve in history.

Why similar: 4X 18.1% ★, Diplomacy 16.5% ★, Grand Strategy 15.1% ★, Moddable 11.7% ★, War 8.2%

"NOBUNAGA’S AMBITION: Bushou Fuunroku" is the 4th in this orthodox simulation game series, released in 1990. The theme is "Culture&Technology." Tea ceremonies and the gathering of tea items add a cultural element, while the creation of guns and plated ships express the technology of the time.

Why similar: Diplomacy 22.7% ★, Grand Strategy 15.8% ★, Turn-Based 12%, Military 11.3%, War 10.9%

Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 16.1% ★, Diplomacy 14% ★, 4X 14% ★, Moddable 9.9% ★, Historical 9.8%

Lead your country in one of the most difficult periods of post-war history. At this time, you will have to choose between the strong, or become a great power. To go west or east? It's up to you to decide.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.9% ★, Diplomacy 16.2% ★, Alternate History 10.9%, War 10.6%, Historical 10.5%

Sid Meier's Civilization IV®: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for Civilization IV - the 2005 PC Game of the Year that has become a worldwide hit.

Why similar: 4X 29% ★, Turn-Based 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Historical 9.6%, Moddable 9.6% ★

A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.

Why similar: 4X 18.7% ★, Diplomacy 17.2% ★, Grand Strategy 15% ★, Management 9.1%, War 8.6%

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: 4X 27.9% ★, Turn-Based 18.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Historical 12.9%, Strategy 9.6%

Forge empires, incite revolutions, and reshape society in Gilded Destiny, the definitive grand strategy game of the Industrial Age. Take command of your chosen nation and lead it to glory through masterful diplomacy, sweeping industrialization, and decisive warfare.

Why similar: Diplomacy 15.6% ★, Grand Strategy 14.6% ★, 4X 13.2% ★, Moddable 10.3% ★, Historical 8.5%

Terrol is a grand strategy game focused on capturing and holding strategic resources. The objective is simple: control all resources and destroy rival empires.

Why similar: 4X 22.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.7% ★, War 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Turn-Based 8.8%

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: 4X 23% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Diplomacy 14% ★, Historical 10%, Alternate History 8.8%

Take command of a civilization that has just achieved faster-than-light travel in Galactic Civilizations IV, the newest entry in the award-winning space 4X strategy game series. Explore the galaxy, colonize worlds, shape cultures, make alliances, fight wars and pioneer new technologies.

Why similar: 4X 20.6% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9% ★, Diplomacy 17.4% ★, Moddable 12.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%

Ascend to the Macedonian throne as Alexander the Great and relive his conquests! Fighting alongside redoubtable and quirky commanders, recruit numerous types of balls for your army, construct countless cities named Alexandria, and build an empire that stretches to the ends of the known world!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.9% ★, Diplomacy 13.6% ★, 4X 12% ★, Historical 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%

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: 4X 17.4% ★, Grand Strategy 17.1% ★, Turn-Based 11.8%, Historical 9.9%, War 8.5%

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: 4X 15.7% ★, Grand Strategy 15% ★, Historical 10.3%, Turn-Based 10.2%, Alternate History 8.3%

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: Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, Historical 14.6%, War 13.2%, Diplomacy 12% ★, Turn-Based 9%

In an enormous strategic area stretching from Paris to Breslau, from Hamburg to Vienna, control everything from major strategic territorial decisions to tactical battle manoeuvres.

Why similar: 4X 29.3% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Military 8.1%, Strategy 7.9%

Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.

Why similar: 4X 17.9% ★, Diplomacy 17.7% ★, Grand Strategy 15.4% ★, Moddable 12.4% ★, Historical 9.4%

Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer.

Why similar: 4X 19.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.1% ★, Historical 9.9%, Economy 8.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%