Games Like Rise of Venice

You are a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League was flourishing. Your goal is to rise to the most successful and influential member of the Hanse, ultimately being elected Elderman, leader of the trading league.

Why similar: Trading 42.4%, Strategy 20.5%, Economy 16.9%, Historical 7.8%, Simulation 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same studio, this game offers the most similar experience in terms of historical trading, naval logistics, and economic management.

The Caribbean, in the turbulent 17th Century. The mighty kingdoms of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands fight over the colonies. And there you are, a young sea captain whose only goal is to become the most powerful man in the New World.

Why similar: Trading 40.1%, Strategy 17.5%, Economy 16.6%, Simulation 10.4%, Management 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title shares the same engine and core mechanics as the seed game, focusing on naval trade and combat in a Caribbean setting.

Become a fellow of the famous medieval Hanse trading association in the 13th century. Manage the politics, prestige and economic success in your city and the known parts of Europe!

Why similar: Trading 33.5%, Economy 17.6%, Strategy 15.7%, Historical 12.6%, Simulation 11%

Why You'll Like It: A beloved classic that provides a deep, authentic simulation of the Hanseatic League's trade and political systems.

Set sail and join the colonial powers of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands in their fight for supremacy of the Caribbean in the 17th century.

Why similar: Trading 35.3%, Economy 17.9%, Strategy 16.6%, Simulation 12.3%, Management 9%

Why You'll Like It: The modern evolution of the series, featuring turn-based naval combat and a refined economic simulation system.

Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.

Why similar: Economy 33%, Strategy 29.8%, Simulation 19.5%, Historical 10.3%, Management 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for production chain management and trade route optimization in a historical setting.

Rise from the humble role of a simple mayor governing a small settlement and rule over all of Europe.

Why similar: Trading 33.6%, Strategy 21.1%, Economy 15.9%, Simulation 12.2%, Historical 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on large-scale trade and economic expansion across a sprawling medieval map, mirroring the scale of the seed game.

The Guild 3 is a fascinating trade and life simulation that takes place during the late Middle Ages. Step into the shoes of a citizen, acquire businesses and mansions, produce goods and trade them, start intrigues in politics and society, love, hate, bribe, fight and live through good and bad times!

Why similar: Economy 35.9%, Strategy 18.9%, Simulation 17.1%, Trading 15.8%, Historical 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique blend of economic management and dynasty building within a historical European setting.

Economic booms, stock market crashes, oil crises, upswings, triumphs... Now you can become the greatest power in industry!

Why similar: Strategy 34.6%, Economy 26%, Simulation 25.8%, Management 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: A deep economic simulation that challenges players to master production chains and logistics networks.

In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition.

Why similar: Trading 21.7%, Strategy 20%, Economy 18.5%, Simulation 14%, Management 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: While focused on trains, it provides a highly satisfying economic management experience centered on logistics and trade.

Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.

Why similar: Trading 26.5%, Economy 25.4%, Strategy 17.3%, Management 17.1%, Simulation 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a complex, modern take on supply chain management and economic growth in a sandbox environment.

Tortuga - A Pirate’s Tale tells the journey of a pirate captain with a lust for gold and glory who assumes command of a fleet of pirate ships to strike the Caribbean.

Why similar: Simulation 23.3%, Economy 22.6%, Historical 21.9%, Strategy 17.5%, Management 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: Created by the same developers, this game emphasizes naval trade, fleet management, and strategic decision-making.

Relive the captivating gameplay of a true city-building classic with Anno® 1404 History Edition.

Why similar: Strategy 38.7%, Simulation 24.2%, Management 20.4%, Historical 8.2%, Economy 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic historical city-builder that places a heavy emphasis on complex trade routes and resource management.

Trade exotic goods, command fleets, and dominate 17th-century seas. This blend of real-time strategy and naval warfare lets you build a trading empire across Europe and Asia. Strategize trade routes, engage in epic naval battles, and expand your influence to become the ultimate maritime force.

Why similar: Trading 35.1%, Economy 18.3%, Historical 17.7%, Strategy 10.9%, Management 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the historical realities of maritime trade, naval combat, and the expansion of a commercial empire.

TransOcean – The Shipping Company is your ticket to the world of gigantic ships and transnational transport empires. Build a mighty fleet of modern merchant ships and conquer the seven seas.

Why similar: Economy 29.7%, Simulation 27.5%, Strategy 23.4%, Management 19.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses specifically on the logistics and management of a global shipping fleet, mirroring the naval trading aspect of the seed game.

The Caribbean in the 17th Century - Trade with over 60 towns, create your own production facilities, expand your trading empire and influence the development of the New World. As pirates and military fleets threaten your trade convoys, you'll need escort ships.

Why similar: Trading 39.8%, Strategy 25.7%, Economy 19.6%, Historical 14.8%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational title in the naval trading genre that established many of the mechanics found in the seed game.

As Governor of a Roman Province in the time-honoured Roman Empire, its fortune very much lies in your hands. Choose one of five Roman noble families such as Caesar’s Julii with different abilities to accomplish the comprehensive missions.

Why similar: Strategy 43.1%, Historical 33.7%, Simulation 22.7%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines city-building with historical strategy, focusing on the growth and management of a Roman settlement.

For centuries Europe has been dominated by the church and nobility. On the shoulders of ordinary people the servants of god and the noble families justified their power and wealth. This was the incontrovertible, divine world order. A truly dark era… In the 14th Century the world order is beginning to transform itself.

Why similar: Trading 28.8%, Economy 25.4%, Strategy 18.1%, Simulation 14.8%, Management 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic life-simulation game that emphasizes economic success and social climbing in a medieval city.

Establish and grow a pirate utopia during the Golden Age of Piracy. Create a resource-based economy, engage in real-time naval combat, and conduct diplomacy with rival powers. Explore the far reaches of the Caribbean in search of the ultimate fortune and glory.

Why similar: Strategy 24.2%, Historical 20.1%, Management 18.8%, Simulation 18.2%, Economy 18.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines city-building with naval management and trade, set in a thematic pirate-controlled archipelago.

Create and control the business empire of your dreams. This in-depth strategy game covers almost every aspect of business that could be encountered in the real world.

Why similar: Economy 40.6%, Strategy 20.5%, Simulation 20.1%, Management 18.7%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive hardcore business simulator that allows for unparalleled control over corporate strategy and market dominance.

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: Economy 24.9%, Historical 24.2%, Strategy 19.4%, Simulation 15.4%, Management 15.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly deep and complex simulation of logistics, production, and national economic management.

Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.

Why similar: Economy 25.6%, Strategy 24%, Historical 20%, Simulation 18%, Management 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: An upcoming historical strategy title that promises to refine the classic trade and city-building formula.

Winds Of Trade is a strategy game about running an ocean trading company in the 18th and 19th centuries. Building your trading empire will not be your only goal! Ruthless pirates, shady smugglers, wartime and fierce competitors will make the way to the top a long and hard road for you!

Why similar: Trading 32.7%, Economy 21.3%, Historical 15.6%, Management 12.1%, Strategy 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox trading game that captures the spirit of historical maritime commerce and economic exploration.

Become the captain of a flying ship! Sell items, gather resources and build your own trade company in the clouds!

Why similar: Trading 44.9%, Economy 21.8%, Management 13.8%, Strategy 11.9%, Simulation 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A charming trading simulation that focuses on building a fleet and managing resources across a fantasy world.

Live your medieval trader life! Buy low, sell high and explore the world! Buy ships, build businesses, find or train captains. Deal with pirates, manipulate mayors and challenge traders. React to hundreds of events that shape your very own procedurally-generated world!

Why similar: Trading 45.7%, Economy 24.1%, Management 13.1%, Strategy 10.3%, Simulation 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated maritime trading game that emphasizes the capitalism and management aspects of historical sea travel.

Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.

Why similar: Economy 44.6%, Management 34.1%, Simulation 20.2%, Singleplayer 1%

Why You'll Like It: A modern business management simulator that allows players to build a commercial empire from the ground up.

Set sail for the New World and shape the destiny of your empire. Lead one of seven European factions in this blend of colony management, exploration, and naval strategy. Build settlements, explore vast territories, and secure your legacy through diplomacy and tactical naval combat.

Why similar: Trading 31.3%, Economy 21.6%, Historical 20.9%, Strategy 12.7%, Management 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: Blends naval combat with colonial trading and economic development in the New World.

Rise from a cunning strategist to a powerful ruler. Master economic warfare, manipulate global events, and build industries or armies to conquer the world. Every decision in this modern Grand Strategy game shapes your ascent to power—will you rise through wealth or force?

Why similar: Economy 35.3%, Management 18.2%, Simulation 17.6%, Historical 16.7%, Strategy 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that prioritizes economic warfare and political influence over direct military conquest.

El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.

Why similar: Economy 32.1%, Strategy 29.3%, Simulation 19.6%, Management 18.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: While more political, it features a robust economic system centered on trade routes and resource production.

Achieve fame and wealth in the Principality of Mittelland! Found a dynasty, trade goods, prove your political skill, eliminate your rivals, and immortalize yourself in the history books! The classic political and economic simulation starting from the year 1600.

Why similar: Trading 32.3%, Economy 22.5%, Strategy 18.2%, Simulation 13.4%, Management 12.8%

Omerta - City of Gangsters is a simulation game with tactical turn-based combat. Taking the role of a fresh-from-the-boat immigrant, with dreams of the big life, the player will work his way up the criminal hierarchy of 1920’s Atlantic City.

Why similar: Strategy 42.2%, Management 27.9%, Simulation 21%, Historical 8.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.

Why similar: Trading 27.5%, Economy 18.4%, Historical 15.4%, Strategy 14.2%, Management 12%

In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.

Why similar: Strategy 30.3%, Economy 25.1%, Simulation 17.3%, Trading 14.5%, Management 11.7%

The Guild 2 is the shining successor of the ultra successful medieval life sim, Europe 1400. The Guild 2 is a unique mixture of RPG and life simulation in an immersive middle ages scenario. The player and his party become part of history and can even change it in real-time. Go back to the dark middle ages and found a new dynasty!

Why similar: Trading 30.7%, Strategy 23.4%, Simulation 21.4%, Economy 15.9%, Management 8%

It’s the year 1400- the late Middle Ages. Europe sees the dawn of the golden age of the new departures and the free spirit. Under the rule of the bourgeoisie and businessmen, more and more towns are emerging from the clutches of the aristocracy and are achieving independence, power and wealth.

Why similar: Strategy 33.9%, Economy 28.2%, Simulation 27.4%, Management 10.5%

Rebuild Pompeii from the ashes and lead it through centuries of politics, intrigue, and survival. Shape laws, expand trade across the Empire, guide your city through disasters, and command legions in optional real-time battles. Your legacy begins now.

Why similar: Economy 30.8%, Historical 28.7%, Strategy 21.4%, Simulation 17.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%

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: Strategy 33.8%, Historical 27.5%, Simulation 17.3%, Economy 12.3%, Management 8.4%

The perfect blend of Action, Adventure and RTS. Begin your journey as the lowly captain of a small vessel. End as the commander of a threatening fleet. Rise to glory how you see fit. Trade, fight, recruit, grow, pillage, ally, destroy & conquer.

Why similar: Simulation 52.7%, Strategy 47.3%

Explore the dangerous life, the accurate historic events and contemporary inventions of the North American/US 19th century. Acquire one of the most legendary steam machines and transform it into a fortress on rails.

Why similar: Strategy 24.8%, Simulation 21%, Economy 20.1%, Management 14.7%, Trading 10.4%

Strategy, trade and empire building on the old Silk Road. Spice Road is a town building, social and economic simulation game full of original challenges.

Why similar: Strategy 39.7%, Simulation 30.6%, Economy 20.6%, Management 9%

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: Trading 34.8%, Economy 20.2%, Historical 19.8%, Strategy 13.7%, Simulation 10.8%

Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building. Expand your business and dominate the world market for video games!

Why similar: Trading 29.6%, Economy 21.8%, Management 19.8%, Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 13.8%

Navigate the competitive industrial landscape of vibrant 1980's USA! Make strategic manufacturing decisions, optimize production chains, acquire technologies, and expand your global business network with key contacts. Opportunities await those savvy enough to capitalize on them!

Why similar: Trading 39.2%, Economy 21.1%, Management 14%, Strategy 13.6%, Simulation 11%

Starting as governor of a newly formed province in the Roman Empire your goal is simple: advance up the empire's political ladder to become the next Caesar.

Why similar: Strategy 45.7%, Historical 28%, Simulation 25.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%

It's the year 1850 - The world is changing. A new era of mass production and mass transportation has begun. For a smart businessman there are many opportunities. With a little money and good ideas you can establish a business empire.

Why similar: Strategy 37.6%, Simulation 32.2%, Economy 20.8%, Management 9.3%

Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon is a simulation game where you take on the role of a shipping entrepreneur. Carefully plan shipping routes, balance supply and demand across ports, and maximize profits to fuel your expansion. Build a worldwide network and rise as the definitive global magnate.

Why similar: Trading 29.9%, Economy 20.3%, Management 19.5%, Simulation 16%, Strategy 13.5%

Build your society of the future, colonize islands, and create sprawling megacities with multitudes of buildings, vehicles, and resources to manage.

Why similar: Strategy 38.2%, Economy 21.2%, Simulation 16.6%, Trading 14.4%, Management 8.8%

In Oil Enterprise, you enter the multi-million dollar business of black gold as a shrewd businessman. Accept the challenge and grow from a small-scale en-trepreneur, investing in your first oilfield, to a global oil magnate.

Why similar: Economy 29.1%, Strategy 28.6%, Simulation 22.6%, Management 19.7%

This Merchant Life is a trading strategy game set in the troubled medieval kingdom of Peregrine. Turn a rickety wooden cart, two horses and a few coins into a thriving entrepreneurial triumph!

Why similar: Trading 46.5%, Strategy 38.9%, Management 13.6%, Singleplayer 1%

Florence, the cradle of Italian Renaissance. The city is experiencing an unprecedented economic and cultural flourishing: will your family prevail and control the city?

Why similar: Economy 42%, Historical 34.1%, Strategy 22.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%

The year is 1510. As wars rage across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, it is the age of gunpowder and mercenaries - that changed the course of history. You can do it as well, going from a leader of men to the ruler of an empire in this unique mix of RTS and grand strategy.

Why similar: Economy 30.7%, Historical 28.8%, Strategy 23%, Simulation 16.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Return to the remote island nation of Tropico and expand your Dynasty’s reign from the early colonial period to beyond the 21st Century, facing new challenges including advanced trading mechanics, technology and scientific research, as well as cooperative and competitive MULTIPLAYER.

Why similar: Strategy 37.2%, Simulation 23.8%, Economy 21%, Management 10.2%, Historical 7.1%

Become a Gazillionaire by starting a tiny trading company and building a business empire!

Why similar: Strategy 46.1%, Simulation 35.6%, Economy 18.3%

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

Why similar: Strategy 58.8%, Historical 40.1%, Singleplayer 1%

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: Historical 25.6%, Strategy 21.4%, Economy 21%, Simulation 16.3%, Management 14.1%

Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. Players start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, the player constructs stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transport services. Build up your own Empire!

Why similar: Economy 36.5%, Strategy 23%, Management 21.8%, Simulation 18%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Start as a humble commoner and guide your family through generations in this family sim meets city builder. Climb the ranks of society to become the most influential family in the land. With wit, strategy, and a bit of luck, build your legacy - just try not to trip over your ambition!

Why similar: Economy 28.8%, Historical 24.5%, Strategy 17.6%, Management 16.9%, Simulation 12.3%