Total War (Series) Alternatives
Total War is described as 'Total war is a turn based/ RTS strategy game, you play in different historical battles'. There are more than 10 games similar to Total War for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Steam and Wine. The best alternative is Stronghold. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try CaesarIA or Widelands. Other Total War like games are Europa Universalis (Paid), Empire Earth (Paid), Tropico (Paid) and SpellForce (Paid).
- Stronghold Crusader is a RTS game from the series from Stronghold. Represent entire series of Stronghold games.
- 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.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Wine
- Steam
- Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and a multiplayer mode. The game was inspired by Settlers II™ (© Bluebyte) but has significantly more variety and depth to it. Still, it is easy to get started through playable tutorials.
Widelands vs Total War opinions
Total War has a tactical and a strategic dimension - Widelands, like Settlers, has no tactics. - Europa Universalis IV gives you control of a nation to guide through the years in order to create a dominant global empire.
- Empire Earth, also known as EE, is a real-time strategy video game developed by Stainless Steel Studios and released on November 23, 2001. It is the first game in the Empire Earth series: Empire Earth, Empire Earth II, Empire Earth III. Represent entire series of Empire Earth games.
Discontinued
You can still buy this game on GOG.com
- 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. Represent entire series of Tropico games.
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Wine
- 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. Represent entire series of SpellForce games.
- Advanced Strategic Command is a free, turn based strategy game. It is designed in the tradition of the Battle Isle series from Bluebyte. ASC can be played both against the AI and against other human players, using hotseat or PlayByMail.