Age of Empires (Series) Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to Age of Empires is 0 A.D., which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are OpenRA, Warzone 2100, Age of Mythology and StarCraft. RTS Games like Age of Empires are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and the web.

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  1. Cossacks icon
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    Historically accurate campaigns and realistically recreated battles where you can manage up to 8,000 units on the field at once. Cossacks Anthology includes: Cossacks: European Wars, Cossacks: The Art of War, and Cossacks: Back to War.

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    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  2. Dune Legacy icon
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    Dune Legacy is an effort by a handful of developers to revitalize the first-ever real-time strategy game. Based from Dune II

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  3. Stronghold icon
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    Stronghold Crusader is a RTS game from the series from Stronghold.

    In Stronghold Crusader the player can play as either the legendary Richard the Lionheart or the formidable Saladin. A mix of real-time strategy and city-building games, the game's desert setting requires str.

    36 Stronghold alternatives

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    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Wine
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  4. Settle your people on fertile land, gather resources and construct your village, as the commander of a Bronze Age civilization in the Near East.

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    • Mac
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    • Discord
    • Indie DB
    • itch.io
    • Steam
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  5. Build your empire and journey through the ages: With Forge of Empires, we bring our award-winning strategy game to your iPad and iPhone. Build your city and develop it from the Stone Age to modern times (and beyond).

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  6. DomiNations icon
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    From legendary game designer Brian Reynolds (Civilization II, Rise of Nations), DomiNations is an epic new strategy game of exploration, advancement, and conquest. Lead your Nation to ultimate victory throughout all of human history – from the Stone Age to the Space Age!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  7. Spring 1944 icon
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    Spring:1944 is a WWII themed game based on the open source Spring Engine. Our goal is to create four fully functional sides (US, Germany, USSR, Britain) with period-accurate units and strengths. Realism is a primary design goal, second only to creating a game that is fun and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Tropico icon
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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.

    25 Tropico alternatives

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  9. Earth icon
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    Earth 2140, 2150 and 2160 are 2-D real-time strategy computer games created in 1997, 1999 and 2000 by Polish-based Reality Pump Studios and published by TopWare Interactive (later acquired by Zuxxez Entertainment).

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
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  10. Empires! icon
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    Empires! is a real-time strategy game about building and ruling a historical empire.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows Phone
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  11. Annex: Conquer the World is a indie real time strategy game. Play as one of four factions, over 30 tech trees, original maps, and tileset.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment and based on Games Workshop's tabletop wargame Warhammer 40,000.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
    • Steam
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