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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Historical, Singleplayer, Simulation.

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Driven by thirst for fame and fortune, you take command of a merchant caravan, guiding it to the farthest reaches of the world – the legendary Port Helmia. Along the way, dozens of difficult decisions await you, and each one could mean your end.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: 2025-12-18
Developer: Codex Cataphractarii
Genres: Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchPositive88% of 43 reviews2024
    Dev: HareSoft
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A game of strategy and management. The Sumerian Game is one of the earliest computer games. Developed and programmed between 1963 and 1965, it was designed to teach children math, economy and ancient history. The source code was lost but now you can play it again.

    Why similar: Text-Based 27.2%, Historical 26.4%, Management 18.3%, Strategy 18%, Resource Management 9.2%

  2. #2 MHL
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Marcotte
    Windows

    Recruit, train, equip, and build the ultimate team.

    Why similar: Strategy 65.6%, Text-Based 19.5%, Management 14.5%, Singleplayer 0.4%

  3. #3 Crypto Crisis
    96% matchMostly Positive77% of 53 reviews2019
    Dev: Armoured Beans
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Where were you during the rise of Bitcoin? Crypto Crisis is a simulation game which drops you into the beginnings of Bitcoin. Compete for and increase your share of block rewards by building and upgrading your mining rigs while carefully managing your resources.

    Why similar: Strategy 33.4%, Historical 28.8%, Management 18.1%, Resource Management 17.9%, Singleplayer 1.9%

  4. #4 Octal: Of Course They Are Linked
    95% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: EMadG
    Windows

    A strategy game about correlations and bending reality for profit. You’re hired to increase a company’s sales—by any means necessary. Link variables together and transform changes in the world into revenue. More penguins? Somehow, that means higher sales. Don’t question it. Optimize it.

    Why similar: Strategy 37.9%, Text-Based 34.3%, Management 14.7%, Resource Management 12.1%, Singleplayer 1%

  5. #5 东周拟战
    94% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: GameMan
    Windows

    The Spring and Autumn period was a period in Chinese history from approximately 710. No foreign version now.

    Why similar: Strategy 60.7%, Historical 39.3%

  6. #6 曲阿小将 Minor Leader
    94% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2019
    Dev: SunQ Games
    Windows

    《曲阿小将》是一款以三国为时代背景的策略类多人在线游戏,玩家将以历史上最神秘的三国武将——“曲阿小将”为第一视角,开启他传奇的一生。

    Why similar: Strategy 59.9%, Historical 40.1%

  7. #7 Cossacks: European Wars
    93% matchMostly Positive74% of 624 reviews2011
    Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC World Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 33%

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

    Why similar: Strategy 69.8%, Historical 28.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  8. #8 Late Night Empire
    91% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: ThroneGutter
    Windows

    Build your dream late-night TV empire in this deep management sim. Book celebrity guests, shape your show's identity, hire staff, craft unforgettable episodes, and battle rival networks for ratings, relevance, and cultural dominance in a living entertainment world of fame.

    Why similar: Strategy 40.1%, Text-Based 37.3%, Management 20.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%

  9. #9 Cossacks II: Battle for Europe
    91% matchVery Positive81% of 1,199 reviews2011
    Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC World Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%

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

    Why similar: Strategy 64.1%, Historical 35.9%

  10. #10 Concrete Coffin
    90% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: YMV
    Windows

    Become the Governor of people trapped in a concrete coffin. Manage resources and citizens, make cold decisions, and try to survive inside the shelter.

    Why similar: Text-Based 38.1%, Strategy 24.4%, Resource Management 21.9%, Management 14.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%

  11. #11 兵法:战国篇
    89% matchVery Positive81% of 143 reviews2020
    Dev: 奇正游戏
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Strategy 78%, Historical 22%

  12. #12 Battleplan: American Civil War
    89% matchMixed47% of 301 reviews2014
    Dev: The Mustard CorporationPub: KPL
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Battleplan: American Civil War introduces you to fastplay wargaming, a new kind of strategy game experience. Take command of either Confederate or Union troops and fight your way through eleven of the American Civil War’s most famous battles.

    Why similar: Strategy 63%, Historical 37%

  13. #13 Napoleon in Russia
    87% matchPositive75% of 12 reviews2020
    Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
    Windows

    Napoleons Invasion of Russia began on 24 June 1812 when the Grande Armée crossed the Neman River to engage and attempt to defeat the Russian army.

    Why similar: Strategy 82.7%, Historical 17.3%

  14. #14 Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars
    88% matchMixed57% of 648 reviews2011
    Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC World Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 44%

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

    Why similar: Strategy 64.1%, Historical 35.9%

  15. #15 Elon Tycoon
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: SmartTycoon
    Windows

    Elon Tycoon is the best economic strategy game to become the greatest industrial magnate💰 Go from a self-employment in the garage to the industry leader in the world💰 Manage, build and dominate - start your empire today💰💰💰

    Why similar: Historical 29.9%, Management 24.1%, Strategy 23.4%, Resource Management 20.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%

  16. #16 Vegas: Make It Big™
    86% matchMostly Positive73% of 165 reviews2006
    Dev: DeepredPub: Strategy First
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 61.5 hrs≥1hr: 28%

    Develop a state-of-the art Las Vegas resort complex, using all the money and management skill you can. Customers on the living, breathing Las Vegas boulevard are Notoriously hard to satisfy - can you win the hearts and wallets of Vegas? Amazing real-time 3D graphics show off your resort to the max.

    Why similar: Strategy 56.6%, Management 43.4%

  17. #17 Khaldun: Text Based Strategy
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: SkyWolf
    Windows

    Khaldun is a medieval-themed ASCII graphics kingdom management game. Take part in realistic war simulations and decide every detail of your kingdom, from its economy to its demographics! Your decisions will shape the life of a nation. Rise or be lost to history...

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  18. #18 Global Fortune
    85% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
    Dev: 9th Floor ArcadePub: 9th Floor Arcade Inc
    Windows · Mac

    Global Fortune is a business management game on a global scale. Build and manage a global supply chain, take advantage of regional specialties in production, and ship your products around the world to maximize your profits. How large can your corporate empire be?

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  19. #19 Confessional: Reality TV Manager
    83% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Mike Hurley
    Windows

    A reality TV production management game. Cast, create or download contestants, design your season, and watch drama unfold in the most complex relationship sim ever created. Scout hidden talent, manage moods, watch challenges play out, and survive dramatic tribal councils. Build your franchise.

    Why similar: Text-Based 41.9%, Management 32.1%, Strategy 12.1%, Resource Management 11.6%, Singleplayer 2.3%

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    84% matchMixed68% of 679 reviews2011
    Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC World Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%

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

    Why similar: Strategy 54.6%, Historical 44%, Singleplayer 1.5%

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    82% matchVery Positive82% of 77 reviews2018
    Dev: Duke Studio
    Windows

    "Hist Maker" is an element synthesis puzzle solving game with some levels which has the function of historical education. When you are in the turbulent flow of time and see for yourself that the history of humanity is torn apart, only the historical knowledge and logical ability in your mind can help us to reshape this world.

    Why similar: Strategy 51.5%, Historical 48.5%

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    79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
    Dev: Aesthmaris Studio
    Windows

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    81% matchVery Positive89% of 1,156 reviews2015
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    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%

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

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    80% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: FennixIndi
    Windows · Linux

    Project Viper is a point-and-click RPG. The key to mastery is the items you use and how you use them. Find a variety of unique items to exploit your enemies with. Progression is key to finding out who you truly are...

    Why similar: Text-Based 37.7%, Strategy 23.3%, Management 20.8%, Resource Management 16.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%

  25. #25 Freight Tycoon Inc.
    82% matchMixed51% of 489 reviews2014
    Dev: NikitaPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    Freight Tycoon is an economic simulation game which challenges players’ management skills. It puts one into the shoes of an owner of a cargo transportation company. One has to evaluate the profitability of contracts, contact customers, and appoint drivers to deliver goods.

    Why similar: Strategy 68.2%, Management 30.3%, Singleplayer 1.5%

  26. #26 pepeizq's Cities
    81% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2020
    Dev: pepeizq
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Build the city of your dreams but as a good ruler you must create jobs and attract people to grow the city.

    Why similar: Strategy 72.9%, Management 27.1%

  27. #27 Rise and Fall: Bronze Age
    77% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
    Dev: Ludwig LoreKhan
    Windows

    Rise & Fall: Bronze Age is a Grand Strategy game set in the Bronze Age between 3400BC and 1150BC. Expand your power by diplomacy and war and manage your troublesome elites. Feed your people, build temples for your gods and tombs for your rulers. How high can you rise before your empire falls ?

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  28. #28 Warsim: The Realm of Aslona
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,177 reviews2022
    Dev: Huw Millward
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Warsim is a deep, rich text based kingdom ruling sim unlike anything else, complete with charming ASCII graphics. Navigate the millions of different procedurally generated races, events and areas with a huge emphasis on player choice. Don't let its look fool you, there is depth in every direction.

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  29. #29 Way Nd Choice
    77% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2024
    Dev: GamjaGames
    Windows

    Way Nd Choice is a game that combines a resource management adventure with a text adventure, AI Illusts, AI Illusts. Explore the world and complete the given objectives by consuming health, sanity, and gold appropriately. It's important to choose your options based on your tendencies.

    Why similar: Text-Based 52.8%, Historical 26.9%, Strategy 16.4%, Singleplayer 3.9%

  30. #30 Castles
    79% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2017
    Dev: Quicksilver SoftwarePub: interplay
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Design and build your own castle and defend it in real-time battle.

    Why similar: Strategy 44.3%, Historical 24.8%, Management 15.5%, Resource Management 15.4%

  31. #31 Trains & Things
    78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
    Dev: bitshift
    Windows · Linux

    Build a logistics company from the ground up in this real time multiplayer focused economic strategy game

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  32. #32 Waterloo
    78% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2019
    Dev: Turcan Research SystemsPub: MIRROR Soft
    Windows · Linux

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    Why similar: Strategy 62.9%, Historical 37.1%

  33. #33 Children of the Nile: Enhanced Edition
    76% matchVery Positive85% of 465 reviews2008
    Dev: Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 45%

    Children of the Nile™ is a unique gem of a city-building game, unparalleled in both grandeur and attention to detail.As Pharaoh you will guide your people through thousands of years of history: from simple hunter-gatherers to the creation of an immortal civilization.

    Why similar: Historical 41.4%, Strategy 29.7%, Management 19.8%, Resource Management 8.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%

  34. #34 SCP : Facility Manager
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Little Door
    Windows

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  35. #35 Knights and Merchants
    75% matchVery Positive85% of 4,937 reviews2013
    Dev: Topware Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    KNIGHTS and MERCHANTS recreates the era of the Middle Ages. Apart from the purely fictitious geography of our world, all game elements and scenes are based on the Anglo-Saxon period, 1200 A.D. And we haven't used imaginary elements like fabled creatures, either. The player takes on the role of an ordinary captain in the Palace Guard.

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  36. #36 StockUp
    75% matchMostly Negative30% of 43 reviews2017
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    73% matchMixed66% of 32 reviews2020
    Dev: Crystal Clear Entertainment SB
    Windows

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  38. #38 Thirty Years' War
    74% matchMixed66% of 53 reviews2016
    Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows

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    71% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 46 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    Why similar: Text-Based 54.3%, Management 29.3%, Strategy 14.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%

  41. #41 Austerlitz
    73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
    Dev: Turcan Research SystemsPub: MIRROR Soft
    Windows · Linux

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  42. #42 Wars and Warriors: Joan of Arc
    72% matchVery Positive93% of 408 reviews2015
    Dev: Enlight Software LimitedPub: Retroism
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 49%

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    Why similar: Historical 55.7%, Strategy 42.5%, Singleplayer 1.8%

  43. #43 A Total War Saga: FALL OF THE SAMURAI
    73% matchMixed70% of 1,690 reviews2012
    Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
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  44. #44 Gladiatorum: Sacramentum
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Andrei Hliban
    Windows

    A deep management strategy sim blending political intrigue and character-driven narrative. Acquire and train gladiators with unique backstories and skills, manage your ludus from resources to staff, and navigate a world of political maneuvering and sabotage. Every choice leads to glory or ruin.

    Why similar: Historical 27.1%, Management 22.8%, Strategy 19.4%, Resource Management 19.1%, Text-Based 11%

  45. #45 Imperial Glory
    72% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,330 reviews2014
    Dev: Pyro StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%

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

    Why similar: Strategy 54.3%, Historical 44.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%

  46. #46 Heart in the Cell: Rebirth
    67% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
    Dev: Team Gingerbread Man
    Windows

    “Heart in the Cell: Rebirth” is a real-time strategy (RTS) game which integrates the UI itself into the combat system. Players will act as rebels and explore the secrets beneath the vast wings of Oniros Corporation in a world Of highly advanced artificial intelligence.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  47. #47 Castles II: Siege & Conquest
    71% matchPositive85% of 34 reviews2017
    Dev: Quicksilver SoftwarePub: Interplay
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    In this game of medieval diplomacy, treachery & power. To win you must survive. To survive you must scout the surrounding territories, defeat the local militias, subjugate the land with castles, feed the people, forge diplomatic alliances, appease the church and unite the land under your iron fist.

    Why similar: Strategy 53.4%, Historical 29.8%, Resource Management 16.8%

  48. #48 American Conquest: Fight Back
    71% matchMostly Positive72% of 607 reviews2011
    Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC World Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 45%

    American Conquest: Fight Back is the sequel to American Conquest. The most significant events of that glorious time have found their way into this title.

    Why similar: Strategy 57.8%, Historical 40.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%

  49. #49 Rise of Venice
    70% matchMixed61% of 515 reviews2013
    Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Venice: As a young man striving for success, power and wealth and with the support of your family, you begin to build up a trading empire across Genua, Tripoli, Rome, Alexandria and Constantinople in addition to many other significant cities from the Renaissance. This is where your story begins...

    Why similar: Strategy 44.2%, Historical 34.9%, Management 19.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%

  50. #50 古战三国 Ancient War: Three Kingdoms
    69% matchMixed62% of 131 reviews2019
    Dev: Ancient War Studios
    Windows

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    Why similar: Strategy 55.7%, Historical 44.3%

  51. #51 Widgets and Gidgets
    69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
    Dev: Dwarf Haven Games
    Windows

    You are a lowly gnome, making parts, earning shinnies, building (and repairing) machines on a quest to earn 1 million shinnies.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  52. #52 Onimod Land
    69% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2017
    Dev: Astralax
    Windows

    Onimod Land is real-time strategy game. The premise of the game centers around a conflict between inhabiting aboriginals and settlers from space as they both try to colonize a planet. Each race has a unique set of skills (technologies or magic spells). Network game supports up to 8 players.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  53. #53 Nemesis of the Roman Empire
    68% matchVery Positive92% of 101 reviews2016
    Dev: Haemimont Games
    Windows

    A real-time strategy game featuring 2 Massive Single Player Campaigns.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  54. #54 Darkwinds
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: MEGO GamesPub: Mego Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    In this new online card game, you must sail the dangerous seas of Thard, infested with ferocious pirates, dark spells and terrible creatures that will seek to sink you into the depths of oblivion. To survive, you must choose your crew wisely and create a powerful deck to defeat your opponents in order to become the most respected pirate...

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  55. #55 Wars and Battles: Normandy
    66% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2018
    Dev: Battle FactoryPub: Hunted Cow Games
    Windows

    Wars and Battles: Normandy is a turn-based wargame that simulates historical battles and campaigns around the battle for Normandy in June and July 1944.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  56. #56 Vincere Totus Astrum
    67% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2017
    Dev: GamesarePub: Clickteam
    Windows

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    Why similar: Strategy 100%

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