Games Like Through the Ages

Twilight Struggle is a two-player game where players play as either the US or USSR during the Cold War. Using actual events from history, players must plan out their strategies in order to obtain world dominance. Play Twilight Struggle and change the course of history.

Why similar: Board Game 17%, Tabletop 15.4%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 12.6% ★, Historical 12.4%, Card Game 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Like Through the Ages, this is a card-driven historical strategy game where every decision carries significant weight.

Welcome to the Industrial Revolution! Lead your fast-growing business enterprise, build and develop new industries, multiply your income and don’t get distracted by your rivals. Show everyone you are the real deal!

Why similar: Board Game 25.6%, Tabletop 20.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Historical 8.7%, Economy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep, complex economic engine-building experience that mirrors the strategic intensity of Through the Ages.

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: Historical 20.4%, Turn-Based 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Economy 13.9%, Tactical 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A deep historical 4X strategy game that emphasizes character-driven decisions and long-term empire management.

In a world of fantasy, called Terra Mystica, 14 races are fighting together or individually against their opponents to gain power and territory. Using their resources smartly and terraforming wisely to gain supremacy and lead their own settlers to victory.

Why similar: Tabletop 33.8%, Board Game 32.3%, Turn-Based 13.7%, Strategy 11.7%, Multiplayer 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a deep, asymmetric strategic experience with complex resource management and engine building.

Concordia is a strategic, Euro-style board game. 🏺 Players take the roles of powerful Roman merchants and follow the Roman expansion with their trade routes, franchises, and production houses. 🏛️

Why similar: Board Game 16.1%, Tabletop 15.1%, Turn-Based 14.2%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 13.1% ★, Card Game 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a clever hand-management system that rewards efficient planning and historical expansion.

The taming of the Red Planet has begun! Corporations are competing to transform Mars into a habitable planet by spending vast resources and using innovative technology to raise temperature, create a breathable atmosphere, and make oceans of water.

Why similar: Board Game 27.9%, Tabletop 23.9%, Turn-Based 20.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Strategy 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It features a highly satisfying engine-building mechanic where you manage resources to develop a civilization-like project over time.

The award-winning board game of strategy and intrigue in the iconic universe of Dune. The Spice must flow.

Why similar: Board Game 29.1%, Tabletop 23.4%, Card Game 20.5%, Economy 13.4%, Strategy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully blends deckbuilding with worker placement to create a tense, strategic experience.

Scythe transports you to an alternate reality in 1920s Europa, one ravaged by the First World War. Take up the role of leader by assuming command of one of 5 factions, and set out to conquer the coveted "Factory". Lead your mechs to war and your people to victory!

Why similar: Board Game 23.8%, Turn-Based 18.6%, Tabletop 18.2%, Historical 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It combines engine building with area control, requiring players to balance military and economic growth carefully.

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: Turn-Based 21%, Historical 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Economy 14.4%, Strategy 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A historical 4X game that allows players to guide a civilization through various eras, echoing the progression of the seed game.

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: Historical 17.3%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 13.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Economy 12.9%, Resource Management 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a streamlined yet deep historical strategy experience focused on empire expansion and resource management.

Deep civilization-building strategy in a fast-paced card game! There are many paths to victory in this competitive card drafting game featuring 12 unique characters and hundreds of cards ranging from great pyramids and war elephants to sneaky spies and crafty merchants.

Why similar: Board Game 23%, Card Game 19.1%, Turn-Based 16.9%, Competitive 14%, Strategy 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, card-driven civilization builder that captures the essence of competing for resources and military dominance.

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: Board Game 16.2%, Historical 10.9%, Economy 10%, Turn-Based 9.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features a complex dice-placement engine that requires careful planning and resource balancing.

Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 24%, Historical 22%, Turn-Based 18.3%, Strategy 16%, Multiplayer 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive historical 4X experience that captures the essence of growing a civilization from ancient times to the modern era.

It's Raiding Season! Plunder your way to Viking adventure in the digital adaptation of the award-winning worker-placement board game!

Why similar: Board Game 19%, Tabletop 16.9%, Turn-Based 14.7%, Card Game 12.5%, Historical 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tight worker-placement game that focuses on resource management and strategic acquisition.

Expand a small kingdom to a mighty Dominion! Play the Spiel des Jahres winning boardgame beloved by millions around the world. Discover the game that defined a genre, Dominion was first to popularize deck-building and remains a staple of tabletop. This is the officially licensed implementation.

Why similar: Board Game 28.1%, Tabletop 24.8%, Card Game 22.7%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 12% ★, Strategy 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: As the quintessential deckbuilding game, it provides the core mechanical foundation that many modern strategy games rely upon.

ENDLESS™ Legend is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of ENDLESS™ Space and Dungeon of the ENDLESS™. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga. Create your own Legend!

Why similar: Turn-Based 38.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.7%, Strategy 22.2%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Tactical 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A unique 4X strategy game with deep faction mechanics and a strong focus on historical and fantasy development.

Might makes right in the wild wood! The award-winning board game of asymmetrical woodland warfare comes to cross-platform digital play! Combine subtle strategy and bold daring to guide your forest faction to victory!

Why similar: Board Game 23.8%, Tabletop 21.5%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 15% ★, Card Game 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: An asymmetric strategy game that requires deep understanding of different mechanics to achieve victory.

The OFFICIAL digital adaptation of the best-selling board game. ** ONLINE MULTIPLAYER NOW AVAILABLE !!! **

Why similar: Tabletop 35.8%, Board Game 35.5%, Card Game 14.3%, Strategy 10.8%, Multiplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A clean, elegant engine-building game focused on resource acquisition and efficient card play.

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: Historical 25.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.2%, Strategy 17.7%, Turn-Based 14.8%, Multiplayer 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game allows for the dynamic blending of cultures over time, offering a unique take on historical progression.

Wingspan is a relaxing, award-winning strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each bird you play extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your three habitats. Your goal is to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.

Why similar: Board Game 21.7%, Tabletop 18.1%, Card Game 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Economy 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly polished engine-building experience where players must optimize their resources to create the most effective board state.

This is an intense strategy board game in a steampunk world of corrupt capitalist gremlins who compete for money, political power and prestige. Save and invest, steal and extort, arrest and get arrested – in single-player and multiplayer, with ranks and ladders, team mode and spectator mode.

Why similar: Board Game 18.7%, Tabletop 14.3%, Politics 13.5% ★, Turn-Based 11.6%, Competitive 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: It combines card-driven strategy with resource management in a competitive, high-stakes environment.

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

Why similar: Turn-Based 18%, Historical 17.1%, Card Game 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced 4X game that uses deckbuilding to streamline the traditional civilization-building experience.

Field of Glory II is a turn-based tactical game set during the Rise of Rome from 280 BC to 25 BC.

Why similar: Historical 17.2%, Tabletop 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Strategy 13.1%, Turn-Based 10%

Why You'll Like It: A rigorous historical wargame that rewards deep tactical knowledge and strategic foresight.

Learn and play Go, the classic board game that has been played for thousands of years, and compete in the race to conquer the most land in the in-game world, or compete online against opponents around the real world.

Why similar: Board Game 17.5%, Tabletop 16.6%, Turn-Based 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 8.9% ★

Become the spirits of the land, and defend the island from colonizing Invaders spreading blight and destruction! Your spirits work with the native islanders to increase your power and drive the invading colonists from your island in this strategic area-control game.

Why similar: Board Game 34.4%, Tabletop 22.1%, Card Game 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%, Strategy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A complex cooperative game that requires deep strategic planning and synergistic engine building to succeed.

Lead your band of mercenaries in the land of Gloomhaven, work with unsavoury individuals, shape the fate of the region, fight your way through horrific places and get rich or die trying in this ruthless Tactical-RPG.

Why similar: Board Game 23%, Turn-Based 19.7%, Card Game 18.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: While more tactical, it offers deep card-management mechanics that will appeal to fans of complex board game strategy.

Discover Stone Age, the digital adaptation of the classic worker-placement board game. Roll dice, place Meeples wisely, and use tools to influence your luck. Compete for resources and outsmart your opponents in a race to become the most prosperous leader of the age!

Why similar: Board Game 25.3%, Tabletop 23.6%, Historical 15.2%, Resource Management 9.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.2%

CONTROL FANTASY RACES, SET OFF TO CONQUER NEW LANDS, OVERTHROW YOUR ENEMIES AND CLAIM THE VICTORY! In this digital adaptation of the legendary board game, dive into a world inhabited by whimsical fantasy races.

Why similar: Board Game 36.1%, Tabletop 23.8%, Turn-Based 15.9%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 8.6% ★, Strategy 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic area-control game that focuses on historical conquest and managing civilization decline.

The official adaptation of the famous board game Carcassonne! A modern classic tile-placement game based on the award winning game in which the players draw and place a tile with a piece of southern French landscape on it. The player can then decide to place one of his followers, called Meeples.

Why similar: Board Game 27%, Tabletop 22.4%, Turn-Based 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Multiplayer 8.3%

Plan and build a modern, scientifically managed zoo to support conservation projects in an acclaimed strategy board game.

Why similar: Board Game 34.4%, Tabletop 21.6%, Strategy 13.8%, Resource Management 12%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 11.1% ★

The complete 4th Edition experience of the classic fantasy adventure board game, Talisman. On your travels, you will need strength, courage and some good dice rolls to survive the dangers you face and beat your opponents to the centre of the board!

Why similar: Board Game 31.2%, Tabletop 26%, Turn-Based 13.8%, Card Game 10.1%, Multiplayer 7.7%

Are you ready to lead your druidic clan and cleanse the Valley of Life? Mystic Vale is a stunning digital version of the Origins award-winning AEG card game. Debuting the unique Card Crafting System, players take turns building powerful combos in order to stop the curse. Play online or local hotseat.

Why similar: Board Game 22.3%, Card Game 17.8%, Tabletop 17.5%, Turn-Based 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%

Lux Delux is a fast-paced turn-based-strategy game of risk and world domination, with so much more! Highly moddable, Lux has over 900 maps, diverse random map generators, a biohazard mode, an AI SDK, and an online multi-player league.

Why similar: Board Game 29.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Turn-Based 15.7%, Strategy 14.8%, Historical 10.8%

Ascension: Deckbuilding Game is now available for your PC and Mac, complete with 9 full expansion decks! Play alone or with friends to battle against the Fallen One for honor and victory. Conceived and designed by Justin Gary, Ascension will provide hours of engaging and strategic game play for enthusiasts and experienced gamers alike.

Why similar: Board Game 19.1%, Tabletop 18.3%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 15.2% ★, Turn-Based 14.7%, Card Game 14.4%

WAW is a unique historical strategy turn-based game, in a boardgame spirit, which aims at simulating in one single system ALL kind of wars and conflicts throughout the world (and beyond) from Prehistoric times to nowadays, on the operational or strategic levels.

Why similar: Board Game 35.6%, Turn-Based 21.4%, Strategy 19.8%, Historical 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%

Discover a fresh adaptation of the iconic, multi-award-winning board game. Play against fellow fans around the world, or take on state-of-the-art AI opponents. Build a railway empire, claim routes and dominate your competitors on the leaderboards in this fan-favourite modern classic!

Why similar: Board Game 17.8%, Tabletop 16.8%, Competitive 15.4%, Card Game 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%

Build and discover in Charterstone - a digital board game campaign. Shape your village into the new Eternal City!☁️🏙️☁️

Why similar: Tabletop 17.4%, Board Game 16.1%, Turn-Based 14.6%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 11.9% ★, Card Game 9.8%

Play the classic board game, Axis & Allies 1942 2nd Edition! Act as WWII powers in a turn-based strategy game that fits your screen and schedule— get notified on your turn and command armies at your own pace! Team up with friends, challenge the world’s top players, or go solo vs. A.I.

Why similar: Board Game 20.8%, Tabletop 18.4%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 15.2% ★, Historical 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%

Ragnarök is coming! The sky is falling and the end is upon you… In Blood Rage, the digital adaptation of the hit strategy board game, you lead a proud Viking clan in their final fight for glory.

Why similar: Board Game 21.7%, Tabletop 19.1%, Card Game 12.6%, Resource Management 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%

Gomoku: One of the most popular classic board games for all ages. Experience Zen style visuals, various levels of AI, seamless online multiplayer and Endgame challenges!

Why similar: Tabletop 22.9%, Board Game 21.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.4%, Strategy 7.3%

Armello is a grim fairy-tale board game come to life, with every match combining deep, tactical card play, rich tabletop strategy and RPG elements. Leverage subterfuge, spells and careful strategy to wrangle control of the game's chaotic odds as you quest for the throne.

Why similar: Board Game 22.4%, Turn-Based 18.2%, Tabletop 17.7%, Card Game 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%

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 21.8%, Historical 20.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Economy 12.6%, Strategy 9.7%

Ancient Egypt cards. Master power, wealth, faith and life. Work your way up from a small tribe to a flourishing Empire. Win the Gods' favor and become the mightiest Pharaoh.

Why similar: Card Game 28.5%, Board Game 24.4%, Historical 17.6%, Tabletop 17.6%, Strategy 9.6%

Lead your dynasty to victory in the new digital adaptation of the acclaimed board game!

Why similar: Board Game 25.7%, Tabletop 24.2%, Historical 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Strategy 7.9%

Embrace the technological evolution and build up your hydroelectric empire in Barrage, a turn-based strategy game where players compete to build majestic dams, exploit the power of running water, and bring their faction to victory!

Why similar: Tabletop 28.6%, Board Game 13.6%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 13.4% ★, Resource Management 12.8%, Strategy 11%

Lead empires that evolve or endure through the Ages. Build something you believe in with Sid Meier's Civilization® VII.

Why similar: Historical 22.6%, Economy 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.8%, Multiplayer 9.4%

A Game of Thrones: The Board Game – Digital Edition is the digital adaptation of the top-selling strategy board game from Fantasy Flight Games.

Why similar: Politics 21.9% ★, Board Game 21.1%, Tabletop 14.4%, Turn-Based 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%

Unmatched: Digital Edition is a highly asymmetrical game of card-driven battles between epic heroes from story and myth. ⚔️ Witness clashes you've never seen before in duels or team fights. 💥 In battle, there are no equals! 💥

Why similar: Board Game 22.3%, Tabletop 21.1%, Card Game 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.3%

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 23.1%, Historical 22.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Economy 12.7%, Resource Management 10.3%

This is the official digital adaption of the boardgame Viticulture by Jamey Stegmaier & Alan Stone.

Why similar: Board Game 44.9%, Turn-Based 21.6%, Strategy 19.6%, Multiplayer 8.7%, 2D 3.2%

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

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 29.3%, Turn-Based 22.2%, Historical 17.8%, Strategy 12.4%, Multiplayer 8.4%

This is a historical simulation game that promotes the development of civilization based on the match-3 Game. You'll need to gather resources, use skills, discover new technology, and lead humanbeing through a 10,000-year journey to the cosmos.

Why similar: Tabletop 29.2%, Board Game 28.9%, Historical 16.6%, Strategy 10.5%, Resource Management 9.7%

Lords of Waterdeep is an award winning strategy board game, set in the Dungeons & Dragons world of Waterdeep. Play as one of the masked Lords of the City of Splendor. Intrigue abounds as you recruit adventurers, via your agents, to quest on your behalf and spread your influence.

Why similar: Board Game 38.5%, Tabletop 31.6%, Turn-Based 13.1%, Strategy 11.5%, Multiplayer 5.3%

Can you drive the Secessionist into the Fort Sumter trap that gave Lincoln his historic victory? Can you successfully use the issue of States Rights to divide Northern opinion? Fort Sumter let’s you explore this seminal moment in American history in a fast-playing, easy-to-learn card driven game.

Why similar: Board Game 20.6%, Tabletop 18.9%, Card Game 15%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 13.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11%

Burgle your way to adventure in the award-winning board game!

Why similar: Board Game 29%, Tabletop 26.1%, Card Game 21.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Strategy 8.8%

Unique combination of turn-based 4X and historical grand strategy with a mythological twist. Explore the ancient world and build a world leading civilization. Survive, expand, conquer... and win!

Why similar: Historical 29.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.1%, Economy 20%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Strategy 10.2%

Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.

Why similar: Historical 20.1%, Turn-Based 19.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Economy 13.6%, Tactical 9.1%

Take one of the most modern, fun and engaging board games created in recent years. Match it with cutting-edge technology. Add a ridiculously well-crafted art style and a ton of extra content. This is the recipe to one of the most thrilling, charming and captivating strategy games you will ever find.

Why similar: Board Game 27.1%, Card Game 15.1%, Turn-Based 14%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 10.8% ★, Strategy 10%