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Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century. Victoria II is a grand strategy game played during the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country, guiding...

Why similar: Grand Strategy 51.8% ★, Real-Time with Pause 19.5% ★, Strategy 15.3%, Historical 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: As the direct successor, it refines the core economic and political simulation mechanics that defined the original game.

Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 46.7% ★, Real-Time with Pause 24.2% ★, Historical 15%, Strategy 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: This modern iteration provides a deep, overhauled look at the 19th-century socioeconomic landscape with a focus on industrialization and diplomacy.

Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 41.9% ★, Real-Time with Pause 28.9% ★, Strategy 14.7%, Historical 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the quintessential Paradox grand strategy experience with vast historical scope and complex diplomatic systems.

Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 44.6% ★, Strategy 21.9%, Real-Time with Pause 18.9% ★, Historical 14.6%

Why You'll Like It: While set in the medieval period, it excels at the character-driven political simulation that complements the nation-building of Victoria.

Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 69.7% ★, Strategy 12.4%, Historical 10.2%, Real-Time with Pause 7.8% ★

Why You'll Like It: A classic title that introduced the deep, emergent narrative gameplay that makes Paradox grand strategy games so replayable.

Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 45.8% ★, Strategy 22.1%, Real-Time with Pause 17.9% ★, Historical 14.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly detailed focus on the military and industrial logistics required to manage a nation during global conflict.

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: Grand Strategy 55.7% ★, Strategy 25.9%, Historical 14.2%, Real-Time with Pause 4.3% ★

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes population and political mechanics that feel like a spiritual ancestor to the POP system found in Victoria.

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: Strategy 81.2%, Historical 18.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the industrial revolution era through complex supply chain management and city-building mechanics.

Europa Universalis III Complete includes the original Europa Universalis III as well as the expansions In Nomine and Napoleons Ambition Europa Universalis III delves deeply into the areas of exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 50.6% ★, Real-Time with Pause 18.5% ★, Strategy 17.3%, Historical 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational grand strategy title that offers a challenging and deep historical sandbox experience.

An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 40.8% ★, Real-Time with Pause 29.8% ★, Strategy 15.1%, Historical 14.2%

Why You'll Like It: It features an incredibly deep geopolitical simulation that requires long-term strategic planning on a global scale.

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: Grand Strategy 56.8% ★, Strategy 23.2%, Historical 20%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the most complex economic and logistical simulation currently available, mirroring the industrial management challenges of the Victoria series.

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 40.8% ★, Strategy 39.7%, Historical 19.5%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses specifically on the military and political logistics of the 19th century, matching the historical setting of the seed game.

Pride of Nations is a turn-based historical strategy game set in the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country and guides it through industrialization, military conquest, and colonization.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 52.4% ★, Strategy 32.9%, Historical 14.7%

Why You'll Like It: Specifically designed to simulate the 19th-century colonial era, it mirrors the global expansion mechanics of Victoria.

Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. From World War II through the Cold War and into the future, re-live or re-imagine the tensions and crises of our recent history! Guide your nation through the era of your choice in Campaigns, Scenarios, and Sandboxes, as you make every effort to become Supreme Ruler!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 44.5% ★, Real-Time with Pause 34.2% ★, Strategy 13.2%, Historical 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a massive, global-scale geopolitical simulation that emphasizes military and economic management.

Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron game. The game features a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century. Play from the outbreak of the Great War up until the onset of the Cold War.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 58.4% ★, Strategy 26.7%, Historical 14.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a granular historical simulation that covers the transition from the 19th to the 20th century.

Hearts of Iron III lets you play the most engaging conflict in world history, World War 2, on all fronts as any country and through multiple different scenarios. Guide your nation to glory between 1936 and 1948 and wage war, conduct diplomacy and build your industry in the most detailed World War 2 game ever made.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 51.5% ★, Real-Time with Pause 19% ★, Strategy 17.7%, Historical 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Known for its extreme complexity, it offers the most detailed military and industrial simulation in the Hearts of Iron series.

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: Grand Strategy 58.3% ★, Strategy 21.4%, Historical 20.4%

Why You'll Like It: It masterfully blends 4X strategy with character-driven political management, creating a unique historical simulation.

“he Who Fears Being Conquered Is Sure Of Defeat.”The war-game March of the Eagles focuses on the dramatic conflicts of Europe during 1805 to 1820. Explore one of the defining periods in European history with this experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy, Paradox Development Studio.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 44.4% ★, Strategy 26.4%, Real-Time with Pause 18.1% ★, Historical 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focused on the Napoleonic era, it serves as a perfect historical precursor to the timeframe of the Victoria series.

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 44.1% ★, Strategy 24.1%, Real-Time with Pause 19.4% ★, Historical 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: An early Paradox attempt at integrating population-based management into a grand strategy framework.

Take up the reins of your country, guide domestic and foreign policy, navigate thousands of historical figures and events, engage in various struggles and lead your country to prosperity – all in the name of glory!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 50.8% ★, Strategy 19.2%, Historical 17.5%, Real-Time with Pause 12.5% ★

Why You'll Like It: A classic engine-based historical strategy title that provides a pure, traditional grand strategy experience.

Lead your people to glory and write a new chapter of history in Realpolitiks II, a real-time grand strategy game where you lead any contemporary nation in an attempt to secure world dominance.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 61.7% ★, Strategy 38.3%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on modern political and diplomatic simulation, allowing players to manage a nation's internal and external affairs.

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: Grand Strategy 51.5% ★, Strategy 31.3%, Historical 17.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides deep strategic management and historical depth for players who enjoy complex nation-building.

Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 58% ★, Strategy 21.4%, Historical 20.6%

Why You'll Like It: It combines city-building with social and economic management, capturing the feel of managing a growing population.

Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 55.9% ★, Strategy 33.3%, Historical 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines real-time grand strategy with deep management elements in a cohesive historical setting.

Use your power as a Feudal Lord to unite the land of the Rising Sun under your iron fist.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 46.3% ★, Strategy 27.6%, Historical 15.9%, Real-Time with Pause 10.3% ★

Why You'll Like It: It serves as the foundation for the character-driven political systems that later became a staple in Paradox games.

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: Grand Strategy 32.4% ★, Strategy 26.4%, Real-Time with Pause 24.7% ★, Historical 16.5%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique focus on supply lines and logistics that will appeal to fans of Victoria's economic management.

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: Grand Strategy 62.7% ★, Strategy 19.3%, Historical 18%

Taking place from 1936-64, Arsenal of Democracy lets you play as any nation during the era of WW2, complete with detailed models for economics, diplomacy, research, and intelligence. Warfare is also fully represented with all three branches of operations: land, sea, and air.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 56% ★, Strategy 44%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a refined and challenging military and economic management experience for historical strategy fans.

Includes Hearts of Iron II plus the two expansions, Doomsday and Armageddon When Germany is defeated in 1945, the Allies and the new Soviet alliance fight for supremacy. World War III is drawing closer. Play as the ruler of one of 175 countries through World Wars II and III.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 54% ★, Strategy 33%, Historical 13%

Why You'll Like It: The classic foundation for modern military grand strategy, offering a deep and challenging historical experience.

Includes Railroad Tycoon II and the expansion The Second Century It can take you from New York to South Africa. It can take you from the year 1804 to the year 2000. It can take you from penniless manual laborer to powerful multi-millionaire.

Why similar: Strategy 87.4%, Historical 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the industrial infrastructure and trade networks that were the backbone of 19th-century economic growth.

Age of History II is a grand strategy wargame that is simple to learn yet hard to master.Your objective is to use military tactics and cunning diplomacy to either unify the world, or conquer it.Will the world bleed out or bow before you? The choice is yours..

Why similar: Grand Strategy 50.4% ★, Strategy 28%, Historical 21.5%

Real-Time Strategy Game. Guide your nation through the most violent era in modern history. Play massive campaigns as one of the principal nations, set-piece scenarios of famous battles, or set your own victory condition and play as any nation in the world in Sandbox mode.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 43% ★, Real-Time with Pause 25.7% ★, Strategy 16.7%, Historical 14.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly detailed geopolitical and military simulation that rewards careful long-term planning.

As King, it is your duty to lead your people in their struggle to raise your kingdom from its humble beginnings to a position of power and prestige. War, diplomacy and a burgeoning economy are the means by which you increase your power and expand your influence.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 49.2% ★, Strategy 38.6%, Historical 12.2%

Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 72.6% ★, Strategy 27.4%

Lead your country through the Victorian age, expand your empire as you go head to head with the great powers of the world.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 65.7% ★, Strategy 25.8%, Historical 8.5%

Select an era, a nation and lead it to greatness or decay. Develop the economy and society, or focus on military and territorial expansion. In Nations you can rule your people for centuries – from ancient times to the modern day and beyond. You shape your state, history and map of the world.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 48.1% ★, Strategy 29.4%, Historical 22.5%

Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 43.6% ★, Strategy 34.7%, Historical 21.7%

Europe is in turmoil. The lands are fragmented into petty fiefs and the Emperor struggles with the Pope. At this very moment the Pope has declared that those who go to liberate the Holy Land will be freed of all sins. Gather prestige and piety and the world will whisper your name in awe.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 54.1% ★, Strategy 36.2%, Historical 9.7%

Become the leader of any contemporary country in this streamlined real-time grand strategy game. Use diplomacy, espionage, military and economic power to deal with other nations, while tackling issues such as terrorism, financial crises and medical epidemics, all in an effort to achieve global domination!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 50.3% ★, Strategy 38.6%, Historical 11%

Guide your very own civilization's destiny in this abstract strategy sim. Master a complex node system, overcome unique challenges, and evolve your society from humble beginnings to the mastery of the atom. Can your civilization *really* withstand the test of time?

Why similar: Grand Strategy 42% ★, Real-Time with Pause 26.9% ★, Strategy 16.6%, Historical 14.5%

Conquer the ancient Greek world in Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece, an epic strategy wargame that expands and refines the award-winning Hegemony: Philip of Macedon with brand new content and features.

Why similar: Strategy 30.7%, Real-Time with Pause 29.5% ★, Grand Strategy 22.3% ★, Historical 17.4%

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 75.7%, Historical 24.3%

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is the third offering in the award winning Civilization IV series. A re-imagining of the classic Colonization game Sid Meier created in 1994, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is a total conversion of the Civilization IV engine into a game experience in which players will lead a European...

Why similar: Strategy 58.3%, Historical 26.4%, Grand Strategy 15.3% ★

The New World lies before you with all its peril, promise and infinite possibility. Your colonists anxiously follow you to shore. The treasures of an entire continent await you.

Why similar: Strategy 71.6%, Historical 28.4%

The city builder strategy game Imperium Romanum is set in the time-honoured Roman Empire. As governor of a Roman province, you will devise a strategy to build a well organised, prosperous and commanding settlement. Its fortune very much lies in your own hands.

Why similar: Strategy 85.8%, Historical 14.2%

Colonial Conquest is a conquest simulation set in the Victorian age of warfare and expansion of the late 1800's and early 1900's.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 45% ★, Strategy 32.5%, Historical 22.6%

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: Grand Strategy 58.4% ★, Strategy 22.9%, Historical 18.7%

Spanning the most turbulent era in Western history, your quest for territory and power takes you through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and even onto the shores of the New World.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 44.8% ★, Strategy 35.8%, Historical 19.4%

You take the part of the military and political leadership, trying to lead your nation to victory, in the midst of some of the toughest operations of the Civil War. You will build, organize and command your armies over one of the largest maps of the USA ever made for a Civil War game.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 40.3% ★, Strategy 39%, Historical 20.7%

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords is the first expansion pack for the award-winning game that has become an instant world-wide hit. Paying homage to some of history's greatest military leaders, the expansion delivers six unique and interesting scenarios, giving players the chance to change the course of history with the help of their...

Why similar: Strategy 83.3%, Historical 16.7%

The Great War is a turn-based grand strategy game based on the epic struggles of the WWI era. Experience the battles of attrition and punishing artillery barrages. Play as any nation of the period as the modern world of industrialized warfare replaces an age of kings with a struggle of ideologies.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 57.7% ★, Strategy 25.8%, Historical 16.6%

AGEod goes back to the Napoleonic era and delivers the most detailed and comprehensive strategy game ever created about a time of struggle and conquest that forged modern Europe.

Why similar: Strategy 43.6%, Grand Strategy 37.5% ★, Historical 18.9%

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: Grand Strategy 42.8% ★, Strategy 38.7%, Historical 18.5%

Play as the leader of a civilization, make it prosper and stand the test of time. Orbi Universo is a strategy/simulation game in which you manage your civilization with an abstract and complex node system and you make your society evolve through different periods, from cavemen to the Modern Era.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 45.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, Historical 17.8%, Strategy 16.9%

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

Why similar: Strategy 80.8%, Historical 19.2%

Build a nation starting at any point in human history and compete for supremacy in this epic turn-based strategy game. Engage in diplomacy, fight wars, and go head-to-head with other leaders from history.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 58.8% ★, Strategy 23.4%, Historical 17.7%

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: Strategy 41.7%, Grand Strategy 22.3% ★, Real-Time with Pause 19.7% ★, Historical 16.2%