Top 15 Age of Empires (series) Alternative and Similar Games | Dec 2024

Age of Empires is an epic real-time strategy game spanning 10,000 years, in which players are the guiding spirit in the evolution of small stone age tribes. Starting with minimal resources, players are challenged to build their tribes into great civilizations.

Gamers can choose from one of several ways to win the game, including: world domination by conquering enemy civilizations, exploration of the known world and economic victory through the accumulation of wealth.

1. CaesarIA

CaesarIA CaesarIA is an open source remake of Caesar III game released by Impressions Games in 1998, it aims to expand the possibilities of the classical city-building simulators and to add new features showing the city life. Now the game work with Windows, Linux, Mac, Haiku and Android.The original Caesar3 game......

2. Rise of Nations (Series)

Rise of Nations (Series) Rise of Nations is a real-time strategy computer game, developed by Big Huge Games and published by Microsoft on May 20, 2003. The development of the game was led by veteran Brian Reynolds, of Civilization II and Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. Concepts taken from turn-based strategy games have been added......

3. SpellForce (Series)

SpellForce (Series) SpellForce is a combination real-time strategy and role-playing video game. The game takes place in a broken world called Eo that was torn apart by a ritual called the Convocation. The ritual was performed by 13 powerful mages that in their greed for power caused the continents of the world......

4. Stronghold (series)

Stronghold (series) Stronghold Crusader is a RTS game from the series from Stronghold. In Stronghold Crusader the player can play as either the legendary Richard the Lionheart or the formidable Saladin. A mix of real-time strategy and city-building games, the game's desert setting requires strategies adapted to the environment and its lack......

5. Empire Earth (Series)

Empire Earth (Series) Empire Earth, also known as EE, is a real-time strategy video game developed by Stainless Steel Studios and released on November 23, 2001. It is the first game in the Empire Earth series: Empire Earth, Empire Earth II, Empire Earth III. You can still buy this game on GOG.com :......

6. Europa 1400: The Guild (Series)

Europa 1400: The Guild (Series) Europa 1400: The Guild (also titled Europa 1400 or The Guild) is a simulation game set in Europe from the year 1400 up to 1815. In it, the player tries to guide a family dynasty to power and wealth, starting from one character of limited means. Players can choose from......

7. Empire Rome Rising

Empire Rome Rising Transform your small city into a major power and test yourself against players from around the globe. Help Rome rise again using your strategy, courage and diplomacy. Can you build an empire to take on the world?......

8. Travian

Travian Master the art of ancient tactics as Roman, Gaul or Teuton!TRAVIAN is a multiplayer strategy browser game. As a player in TRAVIAN, you will build your own empire, recruit a mighty army, and fight with your allies for game world domination.......

9. Empires!

Empires! Empires! is a real-time strategy game about building and ruling a historical empire.Beginning with a small village, your task is to build a large, flourishing empire!Take control of your citizens and guide them to gather resources, construct new buildings and research new technologies. It may not be easy to survive......

10. Roads of Rome (series)

Roads of Rome (series) The Roman Empire is flourishing, everything seems to be quiet and peaceful. Our well-known characters, Julia and Victorius, are absolutely happy awaiting the birth of their first child, and it looks like there’s nothing threatening the glory of the Great Kingdom. However, one day a messenger arrives in Rome spreading......

11. LandGrabbers

LandGrabbers LandGrabbers, recognized as the Best Casual Game of the Year at the 2011 Russian Game Developers Conference (KRI 2011)!Imagine that you are in the Middle Ages. It’s the time of castles, knights and the Crusades. Now imagine that you are a brilliant military leader with your own troops. What could......

12. Endless Legend

Endless Legend Endless Legend is a turn based 4X fantasy-strategy game developed by Amplitude Studios and published by Iceberg Interactive for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X in September 2014. The purpose of the game is to dominate the world "Auriga" with one of the eight races through either diplomacy or war......

13. Tentlan

Tentlan In the heart of the rainforest, a stunning view opens up to a white limestone city - your city in Tentlan. Travel back to mysterious cultures, become a mighty emperor, and experience the maya civilization in your own skin!Features:• Individual, cooperative, or competitive gameplayBuild great cities on your own, in......

14. ANNO (series)

ANNO (series) ANNO is a city-building and economic simulation video game series, with real-time strategy elements.The series includes:- (1998) Anno 1602 - Creation of a New World (in the US and Australia released as 1602 A.D.), a real time strategy game- (2003) Anno 1503 (known in the US as 1503 A.D.: The......

15. 0 A.D.

0 A.D. 0 A.D. is a free, open-source, cross-platform real-time strategy (RTS) game of ancient warfare. In short, it is a historically-based war/economy game that allows players to relive or rewrite the history of Western civilizations, focusing on the years between 500 B.C. and 500 A.D. The project is highly ambitious, involving......