- #1 Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
97% matchVery Positive88% of 87,981 reviews2013
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 24.8 hrsMean: 114.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Emperor Edition is the definitive edition of ROME II, featuring an improved politics system, overhauled building chains, rebalanced battles and improved visuals in both campaign and battleEmperor Edition contains all free feature updates since its release in 2013, which includes bug fixes, balancing, Twitch.
Why similar: Rome 31.7% ★, Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, Historical 13.9%, Strategy 8.6%, Real Time Tactics 6.5%
- #2 Total War: ATTILA
96% matchVery Positive82% of 37,613 reviews2015
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.5 hrsMean: 81.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Rome 22.2% ★, Grand Strategy 21.5% ★, Historical 16%, War 11.8%, RTS 9.9%
- #3 Roman Empire Wars
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Emperor Games
Windows
Become an Emperor and guide your Legions to victory. Battle foreign armies and crush your enemies in a tactical real-time strategy game and show the whole Europe glory of the Roman Empire.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Rome 21.8% ★, Historical 13.6%, RTS 11%, War 10.8%
- #4 Total War: ROME REMASTERED
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 13,663 reviews2021
Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 39.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Total War: ROME REMASTERED lets you relive the legacy that defined the award-winning strategy game series. Remastered to 4K with multiple improvements to visuals as well as refinements to gameplay, it’s time to revisit a true classic. Not everyone gets a second chance to conquer the Roman Empire.
Why similar: Rome 31% ★, Grand Strategy 23.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 10.9%, RTS 10.4%, Historical 9.4%
- #5 Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar
94% matchMixed60% of 449 reviews2014
Dev: Longbow Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar takes you to the plains and forests of ancient Gaul where Julius Caesar wages a decade long war to subjugate the barbarian hordes. Hegemony Rome will immerse you in the history like no other real time strategy game ever before, forcing you to pay close attention to the changing seasons and rapidly...
Why similar: Rome 37.5% ★, Historical 16.1%, Grand Strategy 14.4% ★, RTS 13.2%, Strategy 12.5%
- #6 Alea Jacta Est
93% matchMostly Positive72% of 137 reviews2014
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
“ALEA JACTA EST” (The Die is Cast) is what Caesar said as he crossed the Rubicon River when he learned that the Senate had removed him from his command. Crossing that small Italian river was equivalent to disobeying Rome’s orders and entering into open rebellion in this historical turn-based strategy wargame .
Why similar: Rome 44.9% ★, Grand Strategy 29% ★, Historical 15.4%, Strategy 10.7%
- #7 Imperator: Rome
92% matchMixed66% of 26,873 reviews2019
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 37.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Rome 39.2% ★, Grand Strategy 34.5% ★, Historical 13.6%, Strategy 7.5%, War 3.5%
- #8 Latiarum
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MrArcivorum
Windows
A classic RTS set in Ancient Rome. Play three campaigns as Rome, the barbarian tribes, or Spartacus’ rebels. Build bases, gather resources, raise armies, and destroy your enemies. Battle other players online or fight bots in sandbox mode.
Why similar: Rome 40% ★, RTS 15.6%, Historical 14.1%, Real Time Tactics 12.8%, Action RTS 6.6% ★
- #9 Divided Empire: SENGOKU
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Composition GS
Windows
Lead your clan through Japan's turbulent Sengoku period. Craft wise strategies to expand your domain and use cunning tactics to defeat your enemies on the battlefield. Emerge victorious, restore order, and claim the title of Shogun!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.9% ★, Historical 16.8%, RTS 14.3%, Real Time Tactics 12%, War 10.9%
- #10 Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients
90% matchVery Positive82% of 558 reviews2015
Dev: Longbow Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Rome 30.6% ★, Grand Strategy 20.4% ★, Historical 16%, RTS 12%, Real Time Tactics 11.7%
- #11 Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,393 reviews2021
Dev: Grand Engineer Corps
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 97.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Grand Strategy 28% ★, Historical 20.6%, RTS 14.1%, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, Strategy 12.7%
- #12 Europa Universalis: Rome - Gold Edition
89% matchMixed68% of 241 reviews2008
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Europa Universalis Rome Gold combines the epic strategy title Europa Universalis Rome with the expansion pack Vae Victis. Experience one of the most defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 39.9% ★, Rome 32.6% ★, Historical 17.3%, Strategy 10.1%
- #13 Muskets VR
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Swordmaster2k Games
Windows
Put on your VR headset and fix that bayonet. Muskets VR is an immersive real-time strategy shooter set in the Napoleonic era. Prepare your musket, take charge of your troops, and head forth into battle at Waterloo.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.4% ★, RTS 14.7%, Action RTS 11.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 10.8%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #14 Grand Tactician: Napoleonic Wars (1792-1815)
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grand Engineer Corps
Windows
Fight the campaigns and battles of Napoleon from the French Revolutionary Wars all the way to Waterloo’s muddy, crimson fields.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.1% ★, Historical 18.2%, Real Time Tactics 14.7%, RTS 14.4%, War 9.1%
- #15 Carthage: Bellum Punicum
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MindebytePub: Aquila Interactive
Windows
Lead Hannibal's epic campaign to crush the Roman Republic. Command individually rendered legions, manage complex supply lines, master realistic real-time tactics, and outplay challenging enemies in the Second Punic War to claim your place in history.
Why similar: Rome 29.8% ★, Grand Strategy 20.7% ★, Historical 12.6%, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, RTS 8.5%
- #16 Total War: PHARAOH
85% matchMixed63% of 5,407 reviews2023
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Grand Strategy 32.3% ★, RTS 17.1%, War 12.8%, Rome 12.2% ★, Historical 11.5%
- #17 Rome: Total War™ - Alexander
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 922 reviews2007
Dev: The Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Rome: Total War - Alexander is the second official expansion pack to Rome: Total War. An entirely new campaign map that stretches from Macedonia to Greece and into the heart of the ancient Persian Empire New campaign game that tasks players with matching the exploits of Alexander the Great as he swept across Central Asia and dominated...
Why similar: Rome 30.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, Historical 17.4%, RTS 16.8%, Strategy 14.3%
- #18 Strategos
83% matchVery Positive86% of 247 reviews2026
Dev: Strategos GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Strategos is a real-time tactics wargame set in classical antiquity. Simulate large-scale battles with over 120 factions, and 250+ units, from the ancient world. Create custom battles, or take command of historical ones.
Why similar: Rome 36.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.9%, Historical 13.7%, RTS 11.9%, War 9.4%
- #19 Ancient Wars: Sparta Definitive Edition
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 494 reviews2022
Dev: JOTASOFT STUDIOS
Windows
One of the most innovative Real-Time Strategy Games comes back totally renewed and improved to the smallest detail, with epic large scale battles, new civilizations, unit customization system never seen before in a game, 8K support, and much more.
Why similar: Rome 29.7% ★, RTS 11.8%, Action RTS 11.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 10.6%, Historical 10.5%
- #20 Praetorians
84% matchVery Positive81% of 707 reviews2014
Dev: Pyro StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Praetorians is set amidst the political machinations of an emerging Roman Empire. You will be transported back to the dusty battlefields of Egypt, the combat theaters of Gaul and finally to the heart of the Empire itself, Italy in the crusade to become Emperor.
Why similar: Rome 50.4% ★, RTS 17.5%, Strategy 11.7%, Historical 11.5%, War 7.9%
- #21 Historia Realis: Rome
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucas Molina
Windows · Mac · Linux
Be a Roman in this grand strategy game with deep historical realism. Serve in the legions, run for political office, get married and educate your heirs. Make friends, outwit rivals and seduce lovers as thousands of other characters live out their own tragedies and triumphs!
Why similar: Rome 36% ★, Grand Strategy 26.7% ★, Historical 13.7%, Strategy RPG 9.9%, Sandbox 6.2%
- #22 Bellfortis
81% matchVery Positive91% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Bellfortis is a strategy game from the early Middle Ages. Expand your kingdom, use politics and power. Strategic planning on the map alternates with realtime battles of armies. Play as a grand strategy or on smaller local maps, build, recruit armies and fight!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.3% ★, Historical 15.1%, RTS 11.8%, Real Time Tactics 10.8%, War 9.9%
- #23 Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
82% matchVery Positive92% of 27,474 reviews2010
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Grand Strategy 27.7% ★, Historical 24.7%, War 11.8%, RTS 11.6%, Strategy 10.6%
- #24 Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
81% matchVery Positive82% of 93,466 reviews2019
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 89.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Unite Ancient China under your rule through a thrilling blend of turn-based empire building and real-time battles. Use the Guanxi System and diplomacy to forge alliances, and build powerful armies with hundreds of unique infantry, cavalry and war machine units.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.3% ★, Historical 24.9%, War 15.9%, RTS 12.3%, Strategy 9.9%
- #25 Killing Horizon
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Radioactive-Software
Windows
Killing Horizon is an online hybrid Real-Time Strategy/3rd Person/1st Person Shooting game where players can fight for control over large battlefields, gathering planetary resources to expand their faction's hold on the planet.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.1% ★, RTS 15.3%, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, Strategy RPG 14.4%, War 7.5%
- #26 Spell Legion
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alberto Suárez
Windows
A RTS/action RPG strategy game with the combination of a Top-down/Third person view, letting you to Command your Army with orders and increase it using buildings along all factions in a Unique Fantasy World.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 16%, RTS 15.6%, Action RTS 12.3% ★, Strategy RPG 12.1%
- #27 Ad Victoriam
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nagari Studios
Windows
Ad Victoriam lets you experience large scale immersive battles and lead Caesar's legions to victory in a groundbreaking simulator! You can start up custom battles or play a full strategy game as you conquer Gaul and establish the Roman Empire!
Why similar: Rome 36.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.7%, Historical 13%, War 10%, RTS 9.7%
- #28 Kratoria
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ShinyScouter
Windows
Kratoria is an upcoming RTS/City-Building Game with RPG and Roguelike Elements, set in the world of Antiquity.
Why similar: Rome 34.1% ★, RTS 16%, Historical 14.5%, Strategy RPG 12.9%, War 9.8%
- #29 Ultimate General: Civil War
78% matchVery Positive89% of 8,574 reviews2017
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 45.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Grand Strategy 27.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, RTS 14%, War 12.8%, Historical 12%
- #30 Kingdom Heroes 8
77% matchMixed54% of 14,704 reviews2021
Dev: USERJOY Technology Co.,Ltd.
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 36.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The " Kingdom Heroes" series is a classic horizontal battle single-player game developed by Userjoy, which has been released seven generations since 1998. The latest sequel, " Kingdom Heroes 8", will feature a new look and exciting battles, interpreting the magnificent era of the Three Kingdoms.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.4%, RTS 13.7%, Historical 12.9%, Strategy RPG 12.2%
- #31 Gallic Wars: Battle Simulator
77% matchMixed55% of 33 reviews2020
Dev: MadGamesmithPub: WIG Publishing
Windows
Time to conquer ROME! Become a commander of Gallic Warriors and destroy Roman Empire in this Rouge-like strategy game.
Why similar: Rome 37.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, RTS 13.3%, Historical 12.1%, War 10.1%
- #32 Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,631 reviews2024
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Grand Strategy 31.9% ★, Rome 20% ★, RTS 14.6%, Historical 13.5%, Strategy 8.7%
- #33 King and Kingdoms
76% matchMixed41% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: Bad Button Studio
Windows
Factions, countries and empires that have truly existed in the real history await you. The only difference is that it is in your hand to rewrite their history. Become the ruler of any country you want and lead your nation from small village to the way to be the magnificent empire!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.8%, Action RTS 13.6% ★, Historical 11.8%, Strategy RPG 9.8%
- #34 大城主战略版
76% matchMixed65% of 126 reviews2021
Dev: wywl
Windows
《大城主攻略版》是一款拥有沉浸式体验感以三国时代为背景的战争策略类游戏。军阀四起,天下大乱,玩家化身一代君王带领传世神将征战乱世。天时地利,攻城略地;排兵布阵,革图易虑,全方位展现东方战争艺术的魅力,跟随主公以国之名,平定天下,创太平盛世!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24% ★, Historical 13.9%, RTS 13.2%, Real Time Tactics 13.1%, Strategy RPG 11.9%
- #35 Heavyarms Assemble: WWII
75% matchMixed66% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: XR Studio
Windows
This is a strategy game with the theme of WWII. As a battlefield commander, maintaining your army's motivation and satisfaction, promoting your generals, managing your own economy, dealing with your friends' armies, and real time grand battle. What kind of commander will you become in the process?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.5% ★, Historical 15.2%, Real Time Tactics 13.5%, RTS 11.5%, Strategy RPG 10.9%
- #36 The Ninth Legion
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CaCaw!
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Ninth Legion is a RTS narrative strategy game, set during the fateful final campaign the LEGIO IX HISPANA, Rome's famous missing legion.
Why similar: Rome 34.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.1%, Action RTS 16% ★, RTS 13.7%, Historical 12.9%
- #37 Fall of an Empire
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: JG Games
Windows
In a crumbling realm, hold back collapse in this grand strategy epic. Fall of an Empire has you balance deadly politics, manage resources, and command battles to survive invasions and intrigue in a vast, Roman-inspired world.
Why similar: Rome 42.1% ★, Grand Strategy 29.2% ★, War 10.5%, RTS 8.8%, Strategy 5.2%
- #38 Grow Empire: Rome
74% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Games Station
Windows
Hey Caesar! Defend your fortress and build your roman empire
Why similar: Rome 33.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Historical 11.8%, RTS 10.2%, Action RTS 10.2% ★
- #39 Pax Augusta
73% matchMixed70% of 651 reviews2025
Dev: Roger GassmannPub: Senatis
Windows
Pax Augusta is probably the most authentic ancient city-building simulation. Build flourishing cities and look after your citizens. Earn gold with production and trade of goods and build impressive monuments. Strengthen your influence and become a Roman emperor!
Why similar: Rome 51.6% ★, Grand Strategy 21.9% ★, Historical 17.2%, Strategy 7.5%, PvE 1.8%
- #40 WarTable: Democracy is Optional
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Player One
Windows
WarTable is a real-time strategy sandbox where teams of up to nine players take command of a host nation. Build your military, shape your government, forge alliances—or betray them. In WarTable, strategy is everything, and democracy is just one of many options.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.5%, Action RTS 15.2% ★, RTS 15.2%, War 8.7%
- #41 By Sword & Road
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jan Fidler
Windows
Minimalistic RTS game about logistics and war! On this battlefield, supply lines are everything - cut them off and your enemies will wither, or use special abilities to gain the advantage. The game features an original story campaign and skirmish challenges. Conquer your enemies by Sword & Road!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.6% ★, Action RTS 16.4% ★, RTS 14.9%, Historical 13.6%, Real Time Tactics 8.5%
- #42 Huaxia: Warring States
70% matchMixed64% of 748 reviews2026
Dev: 秦川汉渚
Windows
Forge your epic in Huaxia: Warring States. Form your clan, conquer the lands, and build an empire. The fate of heaven & earth lies within you hands.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, Historical 12.8%, Strategy RPG 12.6%, War 10.9%
- #43 Three Kingdoms: Battle of Generals
71% matchMixed66% of 89 reviews2023
Dev: Youkia International Limited
Windows
Three Kingdoms: Battle of Generals is a multi-player online real-time strategy game based on the Three Kingdoms history which recreates realistic landscapes in the world map. Look out for flank attacks and road blocks from your enemies when you explore the open world and build your city.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.9%, Strategy RPG 12.1%, RTS 12%, Historical 10.6%
- #44 Tribe Nation
71% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Random Worlds s.r.o.
Windows
Tribe Nation is a real-time strategy with roguelike elements, set during the Gallic Wars. Lead your Celtic tribe across Europe in search of a new homeland. Strategize on a randomly generated hex battlefields, adapt to unexpected events, craft, upgrade, and equip. Make your tribe a nation.
Why similar: Rome 31.2% ★, RTS 14.4%, Historical 12.8%, Real Time Tactics 12.5%, War 11.7%
- #45 LEGION
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Osmiakov
Windows
Multiplayer RTS with massive battles: full squads control, realistic unit behavior and fun.
Why similar: Rome 27.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.4%, Action RTS 15.7% ★, RTS 13.1%, Historical 11.2%
- #46 Aggressors: Ancient Rome
72% matchVery Positive82% of 281 reviews2018
Dev: Kubat SoftwarePub: Kube Games
Windows
A mix of deep gameplay and rich historical flavor, Aggressors: Ancient Rome lets you relive history as the ruler of one of the mighty civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean. Choose one of twenty available factions and conquer the world.
Why similar: Rome 40.8% ★, Grand Strategy 24.6% ★, Historical 16.4%, Strategy 7.6%, Tactical 6.3%
- #47 大三国时代
69% matchVery Positive94% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: 大三国时代项目组
Windows
三国策略攻城游戏《大三国时代》火爆来袭,通过指令操作部队作战,让你体验运筹帷幄,决胜千里的感觉,全尺寸大地图,自由攻城掠地,策略兵种搭配,多样武将选择,快来和兄弟们一起开创属于你们的大三国时代!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.6% ★, Historical 15.3%, War 12.7%, Real Time Tactics 12.5%, Strategy RPG 12.3%
- #48 Mainland
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AddRaiser
Windows
Enter a cooperative medieval realm, forge alliances, lead armies, and engage in epic battles. Shape history with dynamic politics, or test your mettle against others in fierce player-vs-player combat.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.6% ★, War 12.8%, Strategy RPG 11.8%, Real Time Tactics 11.7%, Action RPG 9.4%
- #49 Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades
69% matchVery Positive83% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: JOTASOFT STUDIOS
Windows
New Real Time Strategy Game based on medieval times, where you will control powerful factions and empires, with large-scale epic battles, asymmetric civilizations, unit customization system with RPG elements, dynamic AI, 8K support and much more.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.9% ★, RTS 13.5%, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, Action RTS 13% ★, Strategy RPG 12.3%
- #50 Field of Glory: Empires
70% matchVery Positive82% of 869 reviews2019
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 30.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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: Rome 37% ★, Grand Strategy 26.4% ★, Historical 13.6%, War 9.7%, Strategy 7.4%
- #51 Empire of the Ants
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,154 reviews2024
Dev: Tower FivePub: Microids
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Conquer enemy nests and lead your colony through the perils of the forest in this groundbreaking RTS. Empire of the Ants is a photorealistic, third-person real-time strategy game where you command your insect legions in epic battles.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.8%, RTS 13.9%, War 10.5%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #52 Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
70% matchVery Positive91% of 37,985 reviews2009
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 44.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32% ★, Historical 24.5%, Strategy 11.8%, War 11.2%, RTS 10%
- #53 Roma Invicta
68% matchVery Positive83% of 249 reviews2022
Dev: Puntigames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Roma Invicta combines action packed real-time battles with turn-based strategy on a big campaign map. Supply your legions and conquer ancient Gaul turn by turn. Fight by yourself or hand over your soldiers to the AI and enjoy the spectacle.
Why similar: Rome 43.4% ★, Action RTS 14.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.1%, Historical 12.9%, War 6.7%
- #54 The Tower Of Babel
67% matchNegative15% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: SmartOliveGames LtdPub: HandMade Games
Windows
Play the most popular story from the bible. The tower of babel is a unique tower - builder and RPG. Pick a leader, hire workers, manage the economy of the building site and the lives of your workers. Remember you have 7 days to complete the tower before language barrier becomes a major problem.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.9%, RTS 14.3%, Strategy RPG 13.4%, Historical 8.4%
- #55 BOKOSUKA WARS II
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pygmy Studio
Windows
Bokosuka Wars won the 1984 ASCII Software Contest; a pioneering simulation RPG. This sequel by the original creator features ideas and systems not realized on the original. Two-Player Co-op play recommended!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 24.6%, RTS 17.4%, War 17%, Strategy RPG 15.6%, RPG 7%
- #56 NationWar:Chronicles | 国战:列国志传
68% matchMixed69% of 444 reviews2019
Dev: Yiming
Windows
This is a sandbox game that is deeply rooted in the rich historical information of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The story of the game unfolds slowly in the eighth century BC on the vast and mysterious land of China.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.5% ★, Historical 14.9%, RTS 13.5%, Real Time Tactics 11.5%, War 11.1%
- #57 SONS OF POSEIDON
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BIGFIN GAMES
Windows
First-person naval strategy and colony building game set in ancient Greece. Found a colony, gather resources, and build your fleet. Embark on missions to pilot your ship and command your fleet. Sink enemy vessels from the helm of your ship, or board them and deal the killing blow.
Why similar: Rome 32.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.1%, Action RTS 12.4% ★, Historical 12.3%, Strategy RPG 11.7%
- #58 Cavalry Charge·Three Kingdoms
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Chengdu Liudao Wuyu Technology Co., Ltd
Windows
Three Kingdoms Cavalry Charge is a game that combines the historical theme of the Three Kingdoms with strategic elements. The game features a connected large-scale map design, supporting national wars with up to ten thousand players on the same map.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.7% ★, RTS 20.1%, Real Time Tactics 17.8%, Historical 10.4%, Strategy 10.2%
- #59 Romans: Age of Caesar
67% matchMixed46% of 464 reviews2022
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Build Rome Together! A co-operative grand strategy MMO from a team of veteran city builders, Romans: Age of Caesar is the latest historical strategy game from Firefly Studios.
Why similar: Rome 28.7% ★, Grand Strategy 24% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.9%, RTS 12.2%, Historical 10.9%