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1997PC

A landmark real-time strategy game where you guide an ancient civilization from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, gathering resources, building settlements and commanding armies. Historical campaigns and competitive multiplayer made it a genre classic.

  • Historical setting
  • Building and crafting
  • Economy and management
  • Tactical depth
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The closest matches for Age of Empires are Rise of Nations, Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War and Stronghold. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Age of Empires special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Rise of Nations

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2003PC

Brings what grabs you about Age of Empires: a historical setting, economy and management as well as building and crafting.

A real-time strategy game that blends civilization building across thousands of years, from ancient times to the modern age, with fast-paced warfare. Resource management, city growth and conquest interlock, with 18 playable nations.

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Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War

Historical setting

You grow a civilization and lead your armies through historical battles, with the option to take direct control of individual units. It blends economic management with tactical real-time combat.

Stronghold

Building and crafting

A medieval real-time strategy game where you build a castle, keep an economy of food and resources running, then defend it against sieges or storm enemy fortresses. The blend of castle design and city-builder management is what makes it special.

Cossacks: European Wars

Tactical depth

A classic real-time strategy game set in 17th and 18th century Europe, famous for commanding huge armies of thousands of units while managing an economy. Sixteen nations with their own units and technologies add variety.

Stronghold Crusader

Building and crafting

A classic castle-building RTS set during the Crusades, blending economic management, fortress design and siege warfare. Its skirmish battles against iconic AI lords like Saladin or Richard the Lionheart give it huge replay value.

Imperial Glory

Deep systems to master

Imperial Glory is a strategy game set in the Napoleonic era that combines a campaign map for diplomacy, economy and expansion with real-time land and naval battles. You lead one of five great powers toward dominance in Europe.

Empire Earth II

Historical setting

A real-time strategy game spanning all of human history from prehistory to the future. You lead nations through epochs, build economies and armies, and can pursue either military conquest or diplomacy.

Empire Earth III

Historical setting

A real-time strategy game where you lead a civilization through five epochs of history, gathering resources, expanding and building armies. Considered the weakest entry in the series, though it offers three factions and large-scale battles.

Stronghold Crusader HD

Historical setting

You build castles, manage food, taxes and population, and fight sieges drawn from the Crusades. The historical campaigns and over a hundred skirmish maps with sharp AI opponents are the highlights.

Stronghold: Warlords

Building and crafting

A real-time strategy game blending castle building and economy management with sieges in medieval East Asia. You command Mongols, samurai and imperial forces while dealing with rival warlords on a skirmish map.

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