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20 games like Rome: Total War

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    Medieval II: Total War

    Take command of your armies and expand your reign. Conquer, destroy, rebuild and improve the cities of the greatest medieval nations of the Western and Middle Eastern world. Employ diplomacy to manipulate your allies…

    Real Time Strategy (RTS)SimulatorStrategy
    • PC
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • +2
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    Empire: Total War

    Empire: Total War introduces a host of revolutionary new features, including true 3D naval combat. For the first time in the Total War series, you will be able to intuitively command single ships or vast fleets upon…

    Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
    • PC
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • +2
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    Napoleon: Total War

    Napoleon: Total War is the new chapter in the critically acclaimed Total War series and opens up a new narrative layer to the genre-defining franchise. From the early Italian campaign to the battle of Waterloo…

    Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
    • PC
    • Mac
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    Medieval: Total War

    Experience the middle Ages in all their blood-soaked magnificence. From the lush grasslands of Western Europe to the arid deserts of Northern Africa, from the first Crusade to the fall of Constantinople, implement…

    Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
    • PC
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    Stronghold Crusader

    Stronghold: Crusader is the successor to Firefly Studios's 2001 game Stronghold. Crusader has much in common with the original Stronghold, but differs from its predecessor in the fact that the game is no longer set in…

    Real Time Strategy (RTS)SimulatorStrategy
    • PC
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    Shogun: Total War

    Set against the backdrop of the Sengoku Jidai (Warring States) period from the 15th to the beginning of the 17th century, Shogun: Total War is a real-time tactics and turn-based strategy game with a strong focus on…

    Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
    • PC
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    Sid Meier's Civilization IV

    Sid Meier and Firaxis Games will take this incredibly fun and addictive game to new heights by adding new ways to play and win, new tools to manage and expand your civilization, all-new easy to use mod capabilities and…

    SimulatorStrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
    • PC
    • Mac
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    Sid Meier's Civilization V

    Sid Meier's Civilization V is a turn-based strategy game in which players lead a civilization from the ancient era through the future. Players found cities, research technologies, build improvements, train military…

    SimulatorStrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
    • PC
    • Mac
    • Linux
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    XCOM 2

    XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance…

    SimulatorStrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
    • PC
    • Switch
    • PS4
    • +3
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    Hearts of Iron IV

    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…

    Real Time Strategy (RTS)SimulatorStrategy
    • PC
    • Mac
    • Linux
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    Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

    Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is the eagerly awaited sequel to the acclaimed medieval combat simulator and role-playing game Mount & Blade: Warband. Set 200 years before, it expands both the detailed fighting system and…

    SimulatorStrategyTactical
    • PC
    • PS5
    • Xbox
    • +2
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    Sid Meier's Civilization VI

    Civilization VI is a 4X turn-based strategy game in which players guide a civilization from its founding as a small settlement through multiple eras of development. Players explore a procedurally generated map, found…

    SimulatorStrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
    • PC
    • Switch
    • PS4
    • +5
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    Darkest Dungeon

    Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the…

    StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Tactical
    • PC
    • Switch
    • PS4
    • +5
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    Manor Lords

    Manor Lords is a strategy game that allows you to experience the life of a medieval lord. Grow your starting village into a bustling city, manage resources and production chains, and expand your lands through…

    Real Time Strategy (RTS)SimulatorStrategy
    • PC
    • XB1
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    Anno 1800

    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…

    Real Time Strategy (RTS)SimulatorStrategy
    • PC
    • PS5
    • Xbox
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    Age of Empires IV

    One of the most beloved real-time strategy games returns to glory with Age of Empires IV, putting you at the center of epic historical battles that shaped the world. Featuring both familiar and innovative new ways to…

    Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyHistorical
    • PC
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    RimWorld

    A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade…

    Real Time Strategy (RTS)SimulatorStrategy
    • PC
    • Mac
    • Linux
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    Crusader Kings III

    Crusader Kings III is the newest generation in the medieval role-playing grand strategy game series Crusader Kings. Expand and improve your realm, whether a mighty kingdom or modest county. Use marriage, diplomacy and…

    SimulatorStrategyHistorical
    • PC
    • PS5
    • Xbox
    • +2
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    Stellaris

    Stellaris is a real-time 4X grand strategy game set in a procedurally generated galaxy. Players control an interstellar civilization, exploring star systems connected by hyperlane networks, colonizing habitable worlds…

    Real Time Strategy (RTS)SimulatorStrategy
    • PC
    • PS5
    • Xbox
    • +4
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    Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

    Take control of a powerful civilization. Lead them through 1000 years of the Middle Ages to riches and greatness. Will you Intimidate the world into following you by using military force? Rule the world with honor and…

    Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyHistorical
    • PC
    • Mac
    • PS2
    • +1