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2012 PC 4.99 € 👍 90 % Very positive, 73,809 reviews on Steam

A medieval grand strategy game where you guide a dynasty rather than a nation across generations, navigating marriages, succession crises, plots and assassinations. Its systems generate memorable, often darkly absurd emergent stories.

What defines Crusader Kings II:

Choices with consequences
Open world
Tactical depth
Challenging difficulty

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The closest matches for Crusader Kings II are Europa Universalis IV, Europa Universalis III and The Guild 2. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Crusader Kings II special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Europa Universalis IV

90 %

2013 PC 49.99 € 👍 87 % Very positive, 134,436 reviews on Steam

Choices with consequences
Open world
Tactical depth

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.

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Europa Universalis III

Open world

A grand strategy classic where you steer one of over 250 nations from 1453 to 1789 through trade, diplomacy, colonization and war. Enormous historical depth and freedom, but a steep learning curve.

The Guild 2

Realistic visuals

A medieval life and economy sim where you build a dynasty across generations by running businesses, marrying, climbing political offices and taking down rivals through lawsuits, intrigue or force. It is quirky and complex, and it generates its own emergent stories.