Age of Empires (Series) AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Simulation Games

The best Simulation Games alternative to Age of Empires is CaesarIA, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Age of Empires and five of them are Simulation Games so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Simulation Games alternatives to Age of Empires are Tropico, The Patrician, LandGrabbers and TERRA NOVA : Strategy of Survival.

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    CaesarIA

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    CaesarIA is an open source remake of Caesar III game released by Impressions Games in 1998, it aims to expand the possibilities of the classical city-building simulators and to add new features showing the city life. Now the game work with Windows, Linux, Mac, Haiku and Android.

    31 CaesarIA alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Wine
    • Steam
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    different game play and concept

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    I enjoy the city build experience

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    • Most users think CaesarIA is a great Age of Empires alternative.

    • CaesarIA is Free and Open SourceAge of Empires is Paid and Proprietary
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    Tropico

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    Tropico is a series of construction and management simulation computer games developed by PopTop Software and published by Gathering of Developers in April 2001. Feral Interactive has developed and published a number of the games.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
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    The Patrician

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    The Patrician is the title of a series of historical trading simulation computer games for the PC, Amiga and Atari ST published by Ascaron Entertainment. In the games, the player assumes the role of a merchant in any of several cities of the Hanseatic League, accumulating money...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    LandGrabbers

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    LandGrabbers, recognized as the Best Casual Game of the Year at the 2011 Russian Game Developers Conference (KRI 2011)!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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