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2019PCSteam Deck playable42 % positive14.99 €

A Year of Rain is a real-time strategy game where you build bases and lead powerful heroes through fantasy campaigns. Its standout features are co-op campaigns for all three factions and 2v2 modes like Skirmish.

  • Building and crafting
  • Playing together in co-op
  • Economy and management
  • Fantasy setting

The closest matches for A Year of Rain are Age of Mythology: Retold, SpellForce 3 and The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes A Year of Rain special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Age of Mythology: Retold

96 %Match

2024PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable90 % positive29.99 €

  • Building and crafting
  • Economy and management
  • Tactical depth

A remake of the classic real-time strategy game where you build an economy and army for Greek, Norse, Egyptian and other cultures, then summon mythical creatures and godly powers onto the battlefield. Updated visuals and an orchestral soundtrack bring the original into the modern era.

SpellForce 3

Building and crafting

SpellForce 3 fuses classic real-time strategy, with base building and armies, with a hero-driven RPG campaign featuring party management, skill trees and loot in the high fantasy world of Eo.

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II

Building and crafting

A real-time strategy game set in Middle-earth, featuring base building, powerful hero units and large battles between Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Goblins in the North. It adds a turn-based War of the Ring conquest mode on a map of Middle-earth and popular multiplayer skirmishes.

Battle Realms

Fantasy setting

A real-time strategy game set in a feudal Japan-inspired fantasy world with a streamlined economy of rice and water instead of heavy base building. Peasants are trained into specialized warriors and powerful heroes, while Kenji's campaign follows clan rivalry and reclaiming a throne.

Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard

Fantasy setting

A real-time strategy game set in D&D's Eberron world that blends base building and army command with RPG hero units, gear and quests. Two campaigns plus skirmish and multiplayer modes add variety.

Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos

Fantasy setting

A landmark real-time strategy game that blends base building with powerful hero units that level up in battle. Its gripping campaign, including Arthas' fall, defined Warcraft lore, while its multiplayer and map editor became legendary.

Northgard

Co-op or multiplayer

An approachable real-time strategy game where you guide a Viking clan across a new continent territory by territory, surviving brutal winters, mythical creatures and rival clans. Multiple victory paths and distinct clans keep matches varied, especially in multiplayer.

Circle Empires Rivals

Playing together in co-op

A fast-paced multiplayer real-time strategy game where you grow a small kingdom across a world of connected circles, hunting monsters and gathering loot, either teaming up with friends or turning against them.

Age of Mythology

Building and crafting

A classic real-time strategy game where you lead Greek, Egyptian or Norse civilizations, calling on god powers, heroes and mythical beasts like cyclopes and minotaurs. Its globe-trotting campaign following Arkantos and deep competitive multiplayer made it a genre favorite.

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans

Building and crafting

The origin of the Warcraft series: as Humans or Orcs you build bases, gather resources and lead armies in real time through two twelve-mission campaigns. A classic that helped shape the real-time strategy genre.

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