Free (as in freedom) open-source RTS Age of Empires engine. Written from scratch in C++, Python, Cython, Qt/QML, OpenGL/GLSL, Vulkan, ...
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
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Empire Earth (Series) Alternatives
Empire Earth has been discontinued. Similar games include 0 A.D., which is free and open source. Other options are FreeCiv, Age of Empires, Warzone 2100 and Warcraft III. You're spoiled for choice with RTS Games like Empire Earth: we list more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone.
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MegaGlest is an open source 3D-real-time strategy game, where you control the armies of one of seven different factions: Tech, Magic, Egyptians, Indians, Norsemen Persian or Romans. The game is setup in one of 14 naturally looking settings, which -like the unit models- are...
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
29 Travian alternativesJoin the famous expert strategy game with thousands of real players, directly in your browser.
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- Freemium
- Proprietary
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- Online
Germany
EU
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Tribal Wars is a browser-based game set in the Middle Ages. Every player controls a small village, striving for power and glory.
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- Freemium
- Proprietary
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- Online
- Germany
- EU
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36 Stronghold alternativesStronghold 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.
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- Paid
- Proprietary
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- Windows
- Wine
United Kingdom
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12 Europa Universalis alternativesEuropa Universalis IV gives you control of a nation to guide through the years in order to create a dominant global empire.
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- Paid
- Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Steam
Sweden- EU
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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...
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Globulation 2 is an innovative Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game which reduces micro-management by automatically assigning tasks to units.
Imperial Domination II is a turn-based strategy game, set after the conquests of Alexander the Great and before the rise of the Romans. Expand your empire by trade, diplomacy, knowledge or just brute force. It's up to your to decide the fate of Europe.
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- Free
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Windows
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21 Total War alternativesTotal war is a turn based/ RTS strategy game, you play in different historical battles.
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- Paid
- Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Steam
- United Kingdom
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
- Germany
- EU
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SpellForce is a combination real-time strategy and role-playing video game. The game takes place in a broken world called Eo that was torn apart by a ritual called the Convocation. The ritual was performed by 13 powerful mages that in their greed for power caused the continents...
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- Paid
- Proprietary
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- Windows
- Linux
- Wine
- Steam
Austria- EU
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