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Games like Sid Meier's Civilization V

2010USK 12PC, Steam Deck playable95 % positive−75 % 29.99 € 7.49 €

The classic 4X strategy game: you guide a civilization across millennia, from its first settlement to the space age. Hex-based combat, city-states and multiple paths to victory create the famous "one more turn" pull.

  • Historical setting
  • Turn-based combat
  • Economy and management
  • Tactical depth
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In short: Games like Sid Meier's Civilization V

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Sid Meier's Civilization V special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Rome: Total War

97 %Match

2004USK 12PC, Steam Deck playable94 % positive

Brings what grabs you about Sid Meier's Civilization V: a historical setting, economy and management as well as turn-based combat.

A landmark strategy game that pairs turn-based empire management on a campaign map with massive real-time battles involving thousands of soldiers. Lead a Roman family or a rival power as you manage provinces, forge alliances and command legions in the field.

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Turn-based combat

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Total War: Rome II

Deep systems to master

Combines a turn-based campaign map where you manage an ancient empire with huge real-time battles in which you tactically command entire armies. Diplomacy, economy and generalship all feed into one another.

Total War: Shogun 2

Tactical depth

Combines a turn-based campaign map with huge real-time battles in Sengoku-era Japan. Diplomacy, intrigue, province building and agents like ninjas give strategic depth both on the map and on the battlefield.

Medieval II: Total War

Turn-based combat

A turn-based grand campaign of diplomacy, city building and dynastic scheming across medieval Europe and the Middle East, paired with massive real-time battles involving thousands of troops. A landmark entry in the Total War series for anyone who wants to rewrite medieval history.

Old World

Turn-based combat

A turn-based 4X game set in classical antiquity where you lead a dynasty rather than just an empire. Character-driven events, court intrigue and family members add narrative twists on top of classic city building and warfare.

Europa Universalis IV

Sandbox with your own goals

A deep grand strategy sandbox where you guide any of hundreds of nations from the late Middle Ages to the Napoleonic era through diplomacy, trade, colonization and war. Its complexity is daunting at first, but crafting your own alternate world history is endlessly absorbing.

Endless Space

Turn-based combat

A turn-based space 4X game where you lead one of several factions to explore star systems, grow an empire, research technology and command fleets. The mystery of the ancient Endless and the substance Dust fuels the race for the galaxy.

Tropico 5

Sandbox with your own goals

As the dictator of a Caribbean island you manage economy, politics and your dynasty across several eras, wrapped in satirical humor and Latin flair. New to this entry are trade, research and multiplayer for up to four players.

Empire: Total War

Deep systems to master

An 18th-century grand strategy game: manage your empire on a turn-based campaign map, then fight real-time land battles and the series' first fully 3D naval battles with sailing ships and musket lines.

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