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20 games like Empire: 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)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
    • PC
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • +2
  2. 2

    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
  3. 3

    Rome: Total War

    Set during the rule of the late Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire, Rome: Total War is a real-time tactics and turn-based strategy game that takes place across Europe, North Africa and the Near East. The player…

    Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
    • PC
    • Mac
    • iOS
    • +1
  4. 4

    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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    Europa Universalis IV

    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.

    Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyFantasy
    • PC
    • Mac
    • Linux
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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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    Stronghold Crusader II

    Stronghold Crusader 2 is the long awaited sequel to Stronghold: Crusader, the original 'castle sim'. After 12 years Stronghold returns to the deserts of the Middle East circa 1189, with a new 3D engine and realistic…

    Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyFantasy
    • PC
  8. 8

    Sid Meier's Colonization

    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. Finally, the much-anticipated follow-up…

    StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Fantasy
    • PC
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • +1
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    Total War: Shogun 2

    In Total War: Shogun 2 you choose from one of 9 (10 with Ikko-Ikki dlc) clans, each with their own unique traits and skills and each with their own RPG-style warlord to lead them. Use a mixture of diplomacy, political…

    Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
    • PC
    • Mac
    • Linux
  10. 10

    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
  11. 11

    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…

    StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Fantasy
    • PC
    • Switch
    • PS4
    • +5
  12. 12

    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…

    StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Fantasy
    • PC
    • Mac
    • Linux
  13. 13

    Fire Emblem: Three Houses

    Fire Emblem: Three Houses is a tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and Koei Tecmo for the Nintendo Switch. Players take the role of a professor at Garreg Mach Monastery, where they teach and…

    StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Tactical
    • Switch
  14. 14

    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…

    StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Tactical
    • PC
    • Switch
    • PS4
    • +3
  15. 15

    Dragon Age: Inquisition

    Dragon Age: Inquisition is a role-playing game and the third main game in the Dragon Age series. It is set in the Thedas continent, the same fantasy world as the two previous games. It consist of two large countries…

    StrategyTacticalFantasy
    • PC
    • PS4
    • XB1
    • +2
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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)StrategyFantasy
    • PC
    • XB1
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    Plants vs. Zombies

    Plants vs. Zombies is a tower defense game in which players protect their suburban home from waves of approaching zombies by placing various plants on a grid-based lawn. Each plant has a unique defensive function, from…

    Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyTactical
    • PC
    • Mac
    • iOS
    • +4
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    XCOM: Enemy Unknown

    XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turn-based tactics game with a strategic management layer, and a reimagining of the 1994 strategy title UFO: Enemy Unknown. Players lead a squad of soldiers through turn-based combat missions…

    StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Tactical
    • PC
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • +4
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    Baldur's Gate III

    An ancient evil has returned to Baldur's Gate, intent on devouring it from the inside out. The fate of Faerun lies in your hands. Alone, you may resist. But together, you can overcome.

    StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Fantasy
    • PC
    • PS5
    • Xbox
    • +2
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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…

    StrategyTacticalHistorical
    • PC
    • PS5
    • Xbox
    • +2