Games Like Ways of History

War Selection is a compelling RTS game featuring base building, resource extraction and warfare. Evolve from a stone age tribe to a distinct industrial nation with unique game mechanics and battle for supremacy with dozens of players on a unique procedurally generated map.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 46%, Strategy 41.7%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Indie 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the civilization progression from ancient times to the modern era with a focus on massive multiplayer real-time strategy.

Imperia Online brings you into a world, which exists in the times before the age of gunpowder. It is the world of the sharp blade, long bow and war horse. Experience the vast amount of gameplay mechanics and compete with thousands of players in a totally realistic medieval strategic simulation!

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 68.3%, Strategy 24.5%, Multiplayer 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic persistent strategy game that emphasizes empire building, diplomacy, and long-term development of your civilization.

A massively multiplayer grand strategy game, Stronghold Kingdoms is about forging alliances, political mind games, city-building and castle sieges with thousands of other players!

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 55.1%, Strategy 39.7%, Multiplayer 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a persistent, long-term world where players manage castles and territories in a massive multiplayer environment.

Take over the control of one of the mighty nations during the times of World War 2 in this persisting long-term strategy game. Conquer provinces, forge alliances and build up your economy in real-time. Research top secret weapons of World War 2 and become the one true superpower!

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 54%, Strategy 39.2%, Multiplayer 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a persistent, slow-paced grand strategy experience where players manage nations over several weeks of real-time gameplay.

An unique long-term strategy game with week-long matches with up to 101 players, set in the alternate reality of 1919.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 72.3%, Strategy 27.7%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on alternate-history grand strategy in a persistent world, perfect for players who enjoy long-term round-based warfare.

Claim your title as Shogun, Highland King, Northern Tsar or Desert Sultan and join this genre-redefining strategy game where you will wage constant war for real territorial conquest! Fortify your castle, fuel a massive army, and enter the ultimate fight for realm domination!

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 72.1%, Strategy 27.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a persistent medieval setting with deep base-building and alliance-based warfare mechanics.

Demise of Nations is a 4X turn-based grand strategy wargame covering the rise of Rome till the fall of modern civilization.

Why similar: Strategy 65.5%, Multiplayer 19.2%, Indie 15.4%

Why You'll Like It: It combines 4X strategy elements with a persistent multiplayer world, focusing on territorial expansion and economic management.

A unique space strategy game where thousands of players participate in one shared galaxy.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 66.7%, Strategy 27.7%, Multiplayer 3.6%, Indie 2%

Why You'll Like It: This space-themed persistent strategy game allows for long-term development of star systems and cooperative play.

Emporea is an oldschool fantasy strategy game, where cooperation with other players is necessary to achieve victory. Only the best alliance can win! Multiple realms available, with new ones starting every two weeks.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 63.8%, Strategy 28.9%, Indie 4.1%, Multiplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed persistent strategy game that emphasizes alliance cooperation and long-term empire growth.

Age of Conquest is a turn-based grand strategy wargame.

Why similar: Strategy 44.4%, Massively Multiplayer 38.1%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Indie 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based grand strategy game that features persistent multiplayer maps and complex geopolitical maneuvering.

Grand Strategy Game. How does reincarnation affect the evolution of a state ? Control the material well-being of your country with a backbone of spiritual growth. Religion. Economy. Diplomacy. War. Souls. Karma. Ideology. Tech. Stories. Single-Player. MMO.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 69.7%, Strategy 24.7%, Indie 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep simulation of nation-building with a focus on long-term strategic planning and persistent world interaction.

Build your cities, manage resources, train soldiers and fight for supremacy in a vast world with other player controlled empires

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 70.4%, Strategy 23.7%, Indie 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the core pillars of persistent strategy, including resource gathering and large-scale territorial control.

Helm your own ship, battle for supremacy in a multi-faction war, and conquer the cosmos in this science fiction turn-based strategy game. Select from more than 100+ diverse star ships and fight for territory across a 2D hex-based grid.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 72.8%, Strategy 24.4%, Indie 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: It features a persistent galaxy where players must manage resources and engage in tactical combat to expand their influence.

Kingdom Wars is a free to play 3D MMORTS with real-time siege combat, without the pay to win element so common in the genre. Kingdom Wars offers beautiful 3D online world, where players construct strongholds, direct citizens, complete quests and eventually manage a global empire.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 54%, Strategy 39.2%, Multiplayer 3.9%, Indie 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: It blends real-time strategy with persistent world elements, focusing on medieval warfare and economic development.

With 100+ truly unique units, Zero-K is an RTS of freedom and creativity, tempered by a decade of refinement. Sculpt land into a castle and throw invaders off it with a Jugglenaut. Explore a massive campaign, solo or co-op. Hop online for epic 32 player battles or fast paced 1v1, on 100s of maps.

Why similar: Strategy 73.4%, Multiplayer 14.4%, Indie 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: An open-source RTS that features massive-scale battles and complex unit interactions for players who enjoy deep strategy.

Operation: New Earth is an intense sci-fi multiplayer strategy game in which you must command an advanced military facility to defend Earth from a hostile alien invasion. Create an alliance, gather resources, and unlock advanced technology to level up your stronghold!

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 66.7%, Strategy 30.1%, Multiplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi strategy game offers persistent base building and alliance-based combat in a futuristic setting.

Build cities, command troops, and manage resources like in a traditional RTS, and also go on quests, chat with your friends, join guilds, and trade like an MMO. SAGA is an MMORTS with battling similar to the Total War series, mixed with city building from Stronghold.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 68%, Strategy 23.9%, Indie 5.8%, Multiplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a persistent world where players collect and manage armies to compete in large-scale strategic battles.

Take the role of a newly ascended deity in Gods and Idols. Carve your place among the stars in an open, dynamic, and massive MMORTS universe. Command the powers of the cosmos, form alliances, and use your worshipers as instruments to further your goals.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 62.3%, Strategy 24.2%, Multiplayer 7.5%, Indie 6%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a massive 4X experience where players act as gods influencing the development of civilizations over time.

An exciting free-to-play Real Time Strategy game set in medieval times. Uniquely designed factions, customization options, singleplayer and multiplayer gameplay. Gather resources, raise an army and lead your civilization to victory in a classic RTS, brought to the modern age.

Why similar: Strategy 85%, Multiplayer 15%

Why You'll Like It: While more focused on individual matches, it captures the civilization-building and tactical combat feel of the genre.

This Long Term Strategy Game lets you take control of the armed forces of your nation. Become responsible for its military expansion, technological research and economic development. Form alliances and wage total war for global dominance on the battlefields of World War 3.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 61.8%, Strategy 33.9%, Indie 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a persistent, grand-strategy experience focused on modern warfare and global domination.

Join the battle for EDYN, the ultimate multiplayer strategy game. Build settlements, command armies, and unify the realms in epic PvP warfare to etch your legacy into history. Raid, loot, make alliances, and unite to conquer the planet itself, with no Pay-To-Win mechanics to upset the playing field.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 74%, Strategy 26%

Why You'll Like It: A persistent simulation game that emphasizes long-term strategic growth and multiplayer interaction.

Миллидор – глобальная клиентская онлайн стратегия в лучших традициях классического fantasy. Миллидор дает возможность стать правителем своего королевства. Суровым, деспотичным воякой или, наоборот, дипломатичным торговцем – выбор за вами!

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 72.9%, Strategy 24.2%, Multiplayer 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A persistent, turn-based strategy game that focuses on long-term empire management and tactical combat.

[MARS] Total Warfare uses authentic Martian landscapes to create an intense RTS experience best described as a hybrid between team multiplayer and massively multiplayer online. Fight over natural resources vs human or AI opponents and conquer a crater ridden world, with pink sky and blue seas!

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 72.4%, Strategy 27.6%

Why You'll Like It: This RTS-focused game offers persistent elements where players compete for resources and territory on a massive scale.

WWII Online is a massive, persistent free-to-play MMO FPS driven entirely by players. Fight as Army, Air, or Naval forces and earn Victory Points to access more units. One global server. No scripts. Real outcomes. No zones. Huge world (300,000 km²). ENLIST NOW!

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 70.5%, Strategy 18.8%, Multiplayer 6.6%, Indie 4.1%

Wage war, trade, and build alliances to build the greatest nation the world will ever know.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 69.6%, Strategy 24.4%, Indie 6%

Why You'll Like It: A lightweight but persistent strategy game that focuses on managing small nations and expanding influence.

Grow your empire and dominate the world in this 100% free game, either through diplomacy or destruction. Forge alliances or go it alone, play as loyal men, elegant elves or brutish orcs.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 69.4%, Strategy 24.8%, Indie 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: This version provides a focused look at early-game city building and resource management in a persistent environment.

在你的眼里，文明是怎么样的？是石头长矛到飞机导弹的跨时代战场，还是从三国时代到骑士之剑的地域时空跨越，亦或是和无数历史英雄一起肩并肩作战和决策的机会，更是从生命最初的萌芽，到最伟大文明的艰辛进化旅程······ 这一切，相信在《帝国：权杖与文明》中，都能找到属于你的答案。

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 68.2%, Strategy 26.9%, Multiplayer 4.9%

My Lands is a free online RTS where dark and light forces fight for Black Gem and dominion in a vast fantasy world. Cooperation between players, joint economy development, creation of clans and alliances and elaboration of a team strategy serve as the very foundation of the game.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 49.9%, Strategy 44%, Multiplayer 3.9%, Indie 2.2%

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: Strategy 100%

Build your base and battle with other players to control the galaxy! Galaxy Control is an ultimate space combat strategy game with fast-paced combats! Gather minerals and extract uranium, defend your base with laser towers, missile turrets, cannons, walls and mines.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 70.8%, Strategy 29.2%

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: Strategy 85.6%, Multiplayer 14.4%

Art of War: Red Tides is a fair multiplayer strategy game that allows different teams on the same platform (e.g. smartphones, PC, etc.) to battle against each other. You will encounter players around the world!

Why similar: Strategy 73.3%, Multiplayer 20.6%, Indie 6.1%

Take over the control of one of the mighty nations during the times of World War 1 in the biggest WW1 strategy game of all time. Conquer provinces, forge alliances and build up your economy in real-time on persistent maps. Build experimental weapons of World War 1 and become the one true superpower!

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 52.3%, Strategy 40.7%, Multiplayer 7%

Immerse yorself into the harsh world of ruthless card battles!

Why similar: Strategy 88.5%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Indie 4%

Massively multiplayer online game in the world of magic and steam. Become a pirate or a trader, a carrier or a manufacturer in this unfriendly world inhabited by dragons.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 72.8%, Strategy 23.4%, Indie 2.4%, Multiplayer 1.4%

Easy to learn, hard to master. A simple & free RTS game.

Why similar: Strategy 80.3%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Indie 5.2%

Fleet up with thousands of players in The Infinite Black -- The wildly popular online space combat and adventure game! Command massive spaceships, form powerful corporations, and battle it out in never-ending intergalactic warfare!

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 69.9%, Strategy 24.5%, Indie 5.5%

3 Days War is a unique multiplayer strategy war game. Integrating the mechanics of RTS+4X, it allows dozens of players to engage in a three-day real-time strategy competitionon. Commanders, use your skills, strategies, games and even deception to become the ultimate winner!

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Therian Saga is a MMORPG that tries to stand out of the crowd by offering a compelling storytelling surrounded by a massive mathematical set of rules that define the world your hero will evolve in. It could be said that it borrows elements from old-time MUD games, strategy games and even tabletops RPG.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 67.4%, Strategy 23%, Multiplayer 6.4%, Indie 3.2%

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: Strategy 92.3%, Indie 7.7%

Ancestors Legacy Free Peasant Edition represents a part of the full product. Get a taste of medieval battles in this free version of the acclaimed historical RTS! 4 SP missions and 17 MP maps are now available to everyone. Challenge friends, AI, or take part in our League that will start in March!

Why similar: Strategy 87%, Multiplayer 13%

PlanetX is a real-time strategy MMO set on a spherical planet. Players expand territories, construct buildings, and manage resources to develop their empire. The ultimate goal is to conquer the entire planet by claiming all land plots and outpacing rivals in strategic growth and domination.

Why similar: Strategy 56.7%, Massively Multiplayer 39.6%, Multiplayer 2.3%, Indie 1.4%

Experience a new take on the competitive 4x genre with Arkheim - Realms at War: Team based strategy in a free to play MMO fantasy world, played in game rounds of 10 weeks each!

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 69.5%, Strategy 27.7%, Multiplayer 2.8%

This is a deep focus on the Spring and Autumn period of the Warring States period of the grand strategy and real-time combat fusion sandbox game.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Ascent is a PVE sandbox space MMO with 270 BILLION star systems and an emphasis on strong Sci Fi. It encourages Exploration, Colonization, Research, Asteroid mining, Farming, Trading, and Combat. Outside the tutorial sector, everything in-game has been built by players.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 72.1%, Strategy 22.8%, Indie 5.2%

Factions, countries and empires that have truly existed in the real history await you. The only difference is that it is in your hand to rewrite their history. Become the ruler of any country you want and lead your nation from small village to the way to be the magnificent empire!

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 63.5%, Strategy 28.5%, Multiplayer 8%

"Blood of Steel" is a fair competitive multiplayer online game. You will ride into a battlefield where thousands clash, employing unique four-directional slashing maneuvers and strategic formations to defeat your opponents, experiencing the charm of warfare in the age of cold weapons!

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 66%, Strategy 25.7%, Multiplayer 8.4%

Ymir is a 4X multiplayer strategy game combined with a city builder where each player develops a civilization of pigmen starting at the stone age.

Why similar: Strategy 53.8%, Massively Multiplayer 20.3%, Multiplayer 16%, Indie 9.9%

Build your army, dominate your region and lead your alliance to conquer the globe!

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 68.7%, Strategy 24.4%, Multiplayer 6.9%

Embark on a military strategy 4X RTS game, in a world where your battle tactics and your massive army are the keys to victory. Instant War delivers an amazing battlefield experience in a realistic military game. As a commander, you develop your military base and lead your army to victory!

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 50.3%, Strategy 46%, Multiplayer 3.6%

A real-time grand strategy game set in a low fantasy world. Recruit vast armies to conquer the world. Dominate through strategic resource management and production chains.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up!

Why similar: Strategy 83.5%, Indie 16.5%

Strategos is a real-time tactics wargame set in classical antiquity. Simulate large-scale battles with over 120 factions, and 250+ units, from the ancient world. Create custom battles, or take command of historical ones.

Why similar: Strategy 100%