Cover of Archeo: Shinar

Similar games

Games like Archeo: Shinar

2019PC72 % positive10.79 €

You run an archaeology expedition company, sending employees across a world map to dangerous places to recover finds. The tone is tongue-in-cheek, and lost staff are simply replaced.

  • Economy and management
  • Historical setting
  • A party of several characters
  • Tactical depth

Where to buy

* Affiliate link. Prices are synced regularly and may have changed in the shop since.

In short: Games like Archeo: Shinar

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Archeo: Shinar special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

Similar in what way?

0 of 3

Up to three areas count more, the rest steps back.

Not for me Exclude horror, turn-based combat, pixel art …

Games where this is clearly part of it are left out, no matter how well the rest fits.

10 games with a similar feel, sorted by match · How is this calculated?

Best match

Sid Meier's Colonization

89 %Match

1994USK 6PC96 % positive6.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Archeo: Shinar: a historical setting, economy and management as well as tactical depth.

A turn-based 4X strategy game set in the colonial era: you lead a European power in the New World, founding settlements, trading goods, managing resources, and ultimately fighting for independence from the Crown.

Where to buy

* Affiliate link. Prices are synced regularly and may have changed in the shop since.

Pizza Connection 2

Calm and deliberate

A business tycoon sim where you build a pizza restaurant empire, manage recipes, staff and prices, and outmaneuver rivals. Mafia-flavored humor, sabotage and expansion across multiple cities add spice.

Turmoil

Economy and management

Turmoil is a lighthearted Wild West oil-rush management game where you dowse for oil, buy land and sell crude at fluctuating prices, outwitting rival tycoons to take over the town.

Tropico 2: Pirate Cove

Lots of humour

As a Pirate King you build and run an island cove, keep your pirates and prisoners in line, and send ships out to plunder. This humorous management-strategy sequel to Tropico swaps dictators for Caribbean buccaneers.

News Tower

Economy and management

This management sim has you build a newspaper empire in 1930s New York by directing staff, choosing which stories to run and earning reader trust. You balance profit, independence and credibility.

Game Dev Tycoon

Calm and deliberate

Start a tiny game studio in an 80s garage and grow it through gaming history by mixing genres, topics and development focus to hit the right formula. A relaxed, addictive management sim full of nods to real consoles and companies.

Sid Meier's Civilization

Historical setting

The founding classic of 4X strategy: guide a civilization from 4000 BC to the space age, researching technologies, founding cities and competing through diplomacy or conquest. This is where the famous 'just one more turn' compulsion began.

Corsair Cove

Economy and management

A pirate-themed management strategy game where you build a haven with intricate production chains, govern a rowdy crew, and send a fleet out to challenge the Crown.

Nantucket

Historical setting

As Ishmael, you sail the world's oceans in the golden age of whaling, managing your ship and crew while hunting Moby Dick. A slow-paced seafaring strategy game built around trade, discovery and a literary backdrop.

Merchants of Kaidan

Calm and deliberate

A trading simulator set in feudal Japan where you start with a single cart and build a merchant career through market knowledge, smart buying and selling, and negotiation, with light RPG elements.

Feedback