Games Like Predynastic Egypt

Strategy simulator of the Great Pyramids period, where you take your path from the unification of Egyptian tribes to the foundation of The First Empire. Developed with the assistance of Egyptologists.

Why similar: Turn-Based 11.6%, Historical 9.8%, 4X 8.8% ★, Survival 7.9%, Building 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team, this game serves as a direct spiritual successor focusing on the management and development of Ancient Egypt.

Turn-based historical simulation strategy. Develop the Greek civilization from the small village to the great city-state when it will dominate the world!

Why similar: Turn-Based 13.4%, Historical 10.5%, 4X 9.9% ★, Survival 8.9%, Difficult 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title shares the same developer and core mechanics of managing a small settlement through historical challenges and technological growth.

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 12.6%, Historical 10%, 4X 8.9% ★, Survival 8.5%, Building 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: An updated version of the original, offering refined mechanics for managing a civilization from its humble beginnings.

What was it like to be a chief of a tribe in 6000 year B.C.? Oh, you know, the usual - feed your people, build them shelters, defend them from raids of neighbors. And if you are lucky, sooner or later you will build a kingdom and become their king!

Why similar: Turn-Based 12.1%, 4X 10.6% ★, Historical 9.6%, City Builder 8.4%, Survival 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the same historical era and strategic survival elements found in Predynastic Egypt.

Builders of Egypt is a city-building economic strategy taking place in the Nile Valley. Immerse yourself in a world full of pyramids, where you will become a part of the ancient world. Create history, be history!

Why similar: City Builder 22.6%, Historical 21.1%, Building 15.7%, Strategy 10.4%, Management 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A detailed city-builder that emphasizes the historical development and architectural growth of Egyptian civilization.

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: City Builder 33.4%, Historical 25.2%, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 12.5%, Management 11%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the lives of individual citizens and the management of the Nile's resources, mirroring the historical depth of the seed game.

Immerse yourself in Ancient Egypt from the age of the great pyramids to the final years of the New Kingdom.

Why similar: City Builder 41.6%, Historical 29.2%, Strategy 16.2%, Simulation 11.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive classic city-builder that captures the essence of managing and expanding an Egyptian empire.

The legendary city-builder returns! Lead the creation of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this HD remake with modernized UI. Build monuments, manage your population and explore 4,000 years of history through over a hundred hours of gameplay.

Why similar: City Builder 22.7%, Historical 16.9%, Building 15.1%, Management 11.2%, Resource Management 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A modern, faithful remake of the classic city-builder that brings the challenge of managing ancient Egyptian society to current hardware.

Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.

Why similar: City Builder 40.2%, Survival 20%, Historical 14.4%, Strategy 10.6%, Simulation 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This survival city-builder tasks you with guiding a tribe from the Stone Age through the ages, emphasizing resource management and environmental adaptation.

Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!

Why similar: City Builder 22.3%, Historical 18.6%, Survival 15.9%, Strategy 9.8%, Building 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city builder that emphasizes the historical development of early human settlements.

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 22.6% ★, Historical 16.7%, City Builder 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Management 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A streamlined 4X strategy game that focuses specifically on the Bronze Age, allowing for quick but deep historical empire management.

Sumerians is a city building game set in ancient Mesopotamia. Attract new citizens and grow by expanding your irrigation system, building walls, palaces, temples and ziggurats. Research new technologies, manage your production, hire workers, and trade.

Why similar: City Builder 22.6%, Historical 19%, Strategy 14%, Simulation 13.4%, Building 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A historical city-builder that focuses on the development of early Mesopotamian civilization, sharing similar management themes.

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 24.4% ★, Turn-Based 19.9%, Historical 17.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Management 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A historical grand strategy game that emphasizes character-driven narratives and the development of ancient civilizations.

Create and customize cities in Nebuchadnezzar, a classic isometric city-builder where careful planning and define your rise as a ruler in ancient Mesopotamia.

Why similar: City Builder 24.2%, Building 16%, Historical 15.8%, Management 11.1%, Education 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style city builder that focuses on the economy and management of ancient Mesopotamian cities.

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 24.3% ★, Turn-Based 23%, Historical 19.2%, Strategy 11.6%, Simulation 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game focused on the historical development of ancient Chinese dynasties.

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 26.2% ★, Turn-Based 20.6%, Historical 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Strategy 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 4X strategy game that allows you to guide a civilization through thousands of years of history and technological change.

Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.

Why similar: City Builder 21.1%, Historical 18.1%, Building 12.9%, Survival 11.8%, Management 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A historical city-builder that emphasizes realistic resource management and the slow, steady growth of a rural community.

Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.

Why similar: Historical 23.6%, City Builder 22.7%, Survival 18.1%, Management 14.1%, Strategy 10%

Why You'll Like It: A colony survival game that requires careful management of resources and architecture to ensure the survival of your people.

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 42.8%, Strategy 27.3%, Simulation 18.3%, Indie 7.9%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A deep historical strategy game that focuses on the military and logistical challenges of the ancient world.

In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

Why similar: City Builder 35.9%, Survival 16.9%, Strategy 11.2%, Simulation 9.3%, Resource Management 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential survival city-builder where managing resources and preparing for harsh winters is vital to your settlement's success.

Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.

Why similar: Building 46.7%, Simulation 23.5%, 2D 11.7%, Indie 10.6%, Singleplayer 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A colony simulation game that focuses on the survival and growth of a family unit, capturing the tribal management feel of the seed game.

Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.

Why similar: City Builder 18.4%, Building 17%, Resource Management 12.5%, Survival 11.4%, Management 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A colony simulation game that focuses on building a base and managing resources from a primitive starting point.

A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.

Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Historical 22.3%, Building 17.9%, Management 12.9%, Resource Management 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management of a tribal society, emphasizing agriculture and social development.

El Dorado is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to. Offer sacrifices to the Gods to earn their favor, but beware and don’t lose yourself in your riches.

Why similar: City Builder 15.5%, Historical 13.7%, Building 12.2%, Survival 11.4%, Education 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that focuses on the historical development and resource management of ancient civilizations.

Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

Why similar: City Builder 27.5%, Survival 20.2%, Resource Management 13.8%, Building 11.1%, Strategy 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes survival management game that forces players to make difficult moral and logistical choices to keep their society alive.

Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.

Why similar: City Builder 31.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Strategy 16.5%, Resource Management 11.9%, Atmospheric 11%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic environmental management game that focuses on the restoration of ecosystems, sharing the atmospheric and thoughtful pace of the seed game.

Age of Pyramids is a sandbox city builder and simulator set in Ancient Egypt. You take on the city governor and architect’s mantle to build the most incredible city on Earth. You will have to gather dozens of resources to maintain happiness of your people and prosperity.

Why similar: City Builder 36.3%, Historical 21.1%, Strategy 20.2%, Simulation 11.5%, Resource Management 9%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy and city-building game centered on the construction and management of ancient Egyptian monuments.

Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.

Why similar: City Builder 26.4%, Strategy 13.8%, Survival 12%, Simulation 11.2%, Building 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A medieval city-builder that focuses on the survival and growth of a small village into a thriving town.

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 22.3%, 4X 21.2% ★, Historical 17.7%, Strategy 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that focuses on the rise and fall of ancient civilizations through deep historical simulation.

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: Historical 40%, Strategy 29.1%, Simulation 16.6%, Management 11.3%, Singleplayer 3%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that provides an incredibly detailed look at the political and social management of the ancient world.

A pyramid-building adventure of historic proportions!

Why similar: Historical 19.3%, City Builder 17.6%, Building 13.5%, Resource Management 9.2%, Strategy 8.8%

The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.

Why similar: 4X 17.7% ★, Historical 15.3%, City Builder 14.8%, Building 11.5%, Survival 10%

Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home!

Why similar: Survival 20.9%, City Builder 19.6%, Building 14.9%, Historical 12.4%, Simulation 11.1%

Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.

Why similar: Turn-Based 17.7%, City Builder 14.4%, Building 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Survival 8.7%

Children of the Nile: Alexandria is an addition to the base Children of the Nile game, adding a new mini-campaign focused on the rise of the city of Alexandria. Using the unique city-building dynamics of Children of the Nile, you will carve out a new dynasty to rule all of Egypt, and build the greatest city of the ancient world!

Why similar: City Builder 35.7%, Simulation 19%, Historical 16.7%, Strategy 16%, Management 11%

Dive into the sands of ancient Egypt in 'Egypt Frontiers.' As a master builder, construct majestic monuments, manage resources, and shape history in this captivating simulation game. Are you ready to leave your mark on the Frontiers of Egypt?

Why similar: Historical 21.8%, Building 18%, Education 15.8%, Management 12.6%, Family Friendly 8.7%

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Why similar: 4X 17.9% ★, Historical 14.9%, City Builder 14.4%, Building 11.5%, Survival 10.6%

Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.

Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Building 12.7%, Strategy 12%, Management 11.9%, Resource Management 11.2%

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: 4X 20.1% ★, Turn-Based 16.1%, Historical 13.1%, Strategy 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%

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 19.1% ★, Turn-Based 17.3%, Historical 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Difficult 8.8%

Empire Architect is an ancient city-building real time strategy game, with elements from grand strategies sprinkled in for good measure. The levels are procedurally generated, and you have limited control over your subjects

Why similar: City Builder 25.3%, Building 14.4%, Historical 12.1%, Strategy 11.4%, Simulation 11.1%

Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.

Why similar: City Builder 24%, Building 18.4%, Management 13.3%, Resource Management 11.2%, Strategy 8.8%

Embrace your duties as a new provincial governor. Experience the beauty of ancient China, design the city of your dreams, and take care of your people’s needs. Earn the Gods’ favor to maintain the Mandate of Heaven for the ruling dynasty.

Why similar: City Builder 19.4%, Historical 17.9%, Building 14.7%, Management 11.2%, Strategy 10.3%

​Immerse yourself in ancient Egypt with PyramidValley, a management game where you develop your pharaonic city by constructing iconic monuments and gathering various resources to ensure prosperity.

Why similar: City Builder 46.3%, Simulation 33%, Strategy 12%, 2D 8.7%

Immerse yourself in the beautifully recreated golden age of Hellenic city-states. Builders of Greece is a city management game that lets you display your strategic and economic mastery. Build your Polis from scratch, make meaningful decisions, trade, fight and expand to become the ultimate ruler.

Why similar: City Builder 26%, Historical 19.4%, Building 16%, Strategy 10.3%, Simulation 9.2%

Rule Tenochtitlan in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Expand the capital, perform sacred rituals, and withstand the coming darkness. Build, grow, sacrifice, survive - or watch the last sun set forever.

Why similar: City Builder 18.7%, Historical 17.8%, Building 14.4%, Survival 14.3%, Resource Management 10.8%

Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!

Why similar: City Builder 19.2%, Historical 15.7%, Survival 14.2%, Building 11.5%, Management 10.9%

Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.

Why similar: City Builder 35.3%, Building 12.1%, Management 9.7%, Strategy 9.3%, Resource Management 9.2%

President for A Day: Floodings is a turn-based strategy game where YOU are the President of Pakistan. With two weeks to Election Day, the monsoon could not come at a worse time. And in its wake comes famine, cholera, rebels, and much more. Can you save the nation in its hour of need?

Why similar: Turn-Based 36.8%, Education 23.5%, Strategy 20.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Indie 8.3%

In Memoriapolis, you're not just building a city, you're shaping a living, evolving civilization. Travel through five major eras, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Leave your mark on history by navigating the power struggles between rival factions.

Why similar: City Builder 25.8%, Historical 18.1%, Building 16.4%, Management 11.8%, Resource Management 9.3%

Mittelborg: City of Mages is a strategic adventure with elements of rogue-like and resource management. You are crowned to be Chancellor of the city, but this power is a heavy burden. Face tough decisions, fight mystical tempests, look for the cause of upcoming chaos. Will Mittelborg have a future?

Why similar: Turn-Based 22.2%, City Builder 12.1%, Strategy 11.2%, Survival 10.8%, Simulation 9.5%

Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.

Why similar: 4X 25.7% ★, Historical 17.9%, City Builder 15.1%, Building 11.2%, Resource Management 10.9%

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 22.6% ★, Historical 14.6%, City Builder 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Strategy 11.8%

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 18.2% ★, Historical 14.9%, City Builder 14.5%, Building 11.6%, Survival 10.4%

Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.

Why similar: Historical 20.5%, Survival 18.9%, City Builder 16.9%, 4X 14.6% ★, Resource Management 10.3%

Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

Why similar: City Builder 29.2%, Survival 19.9%, Strategy 14.4%, Simulation 11.8%, Building 9.5%

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: City Builder 16.8%, Historical 15.8%, 4X 15.5% ★, Building 12.1%, Management 9.1%

Ready to start anew? Build a village from scratch in Seeds of Resilience. Learn to choose the right items, understand nature's patterns, use real life-based constructions and craft techniques in this turn-based tycoon game.

Why similar: City Builder 22.9%, Building 17.9%, Survival 16.6%, Management 12.1%, Strategy 7.4%

Monuments Renovator is a game in which you play the role of a professional monument renovator. You choose from among the world's greatest monuments, restore them to their former glory and learn about history and architecture.

Why similar: Historical 19.1%, Building 16.4%, Management 12.1%, Education 11.7%, Resource Management 10%

Forge an empire under the watchful eyes of the gods! Take care of your people, develop efficient production chains and trade with other landlords. Ensure their survival through harsh winters and disasters.

Why similar: Historical 20.3%, City Builder 19.8%, Building 15.9%, Management 10%, Resource Management 9.5%