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Games like Sid Meier's Civilization V
10 games similar to Sid Meier's Civilization V, a Turn-based strategy (TBS), Strategy, Simulator game, drawn from IGDB's similarity data. Each pick below notes the genres it shares with Sid Meier's Civilization V.
01Shares StrategyRise of Nations spans thousands of years of history like Civilization V, letting you guide one of 18 civilizations through epochs from bronze age to modern warfare. Both games emphasize management of resources, military units, and technological advancement across historical periods. Rise of Nations blends turn-based strategy depth with real-time action, offering a faster-paced alternative while maintaining the same historical scope and civilization-building focus.
02Shares SimulatorStrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Civilization IV shares the same turn-based 4X foundation as V, where you build cities, research technologies, and compete for victory through domination, culture, or science. Both games use a grid-based perspective and feature barbarians, biblical quotes, and historical figures. Civilization IV offers the core experience that V refines, making it ideal for players seeking the original formula with mod support and multiplayer options.
03Shares SimulatorStrategyEuropa Universalis IV shares Civilization V's grand strategy scope, letting you build an empire across centuries through diplomacy, warfare, and economic management. Both games use a bird's-eye map view and reward players for dominating the world through multiple paths. Where Civ V spans human history from ancient times forward, Europa Universalis IV focuses on a narrower historical period with greater depth in medieval and Renaissance politics.
04Shares SimulatorStrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Civilization III shares Civilization V's core 4X structure, where you build an empire across historical eras by founding cities, managing resources, and advancing through technologies. Both games let you pursue multiple victory conditions and navigate diplomacy with AI opponents. The grid-based movement and turn-based strategy remain central, though Civilization III's earlier design emphasizes empire management and economic balance over the tactical depth of V's later systems.
05Shares StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Endless Legend shares Civilization V's hex-based turn-based strategy foundation, where you build cities, research technologies, and manage resources across a fantasy world. Both games pursue the 4X formula of exploration, expansion, and conquest, though Endless Legend layers in magic alongside traditional industry and science. The isometric perspective and multiplayer options create a familiar strategic sandbox for players seeking Civilization's core loop in a different setting.
06Shares SimulatorStrategyBoth games layer strategy across construction and management, from building bases to deploying units. Supreme Commander accelerates Civilization V's tech progression into real-time combat, replacing turns with continuous tactical decision-making across a single battlefield. Where Civilization V spans epochs and continents, Supreme Commander compresses the conflict into one sci-fi war, but the core loop of resource management, unit composition, and technological advancement remains central to victory.
07Shares SimulatorStrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Rome: Total War shares Civilization V's turn-based strategy structure and historical setting spanning ancient warfare. Both games emphasize military unit construction, from archers to catapults, and territorial conquest across a world map. Rome: Total War narrows the scope to a single historical period and region, replacing Civilization's multiple victory conditions with a focused campaign to control provinces and seize political power.
08Shares SimulatorStrategyBoth games center on city building and management from an isometric perspective, requiring you to balance infrastructure, resources, and growth. Cities: Skylines strips away Civilization V's military and diplomatic layers to focus entirely on urban planning, economy, and services. If you enjoyed the settlement and construction aspects of Civilization V, Skylines offers deeper, more specialized city management with mod support through Steam Workshop.
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09Both games build alternate histories where technology shifts the balance of power, and both reward players for overcoming challenges across difficulty levels. Civilization V's turn-based strategy unfolds across eras of warfare and advancement, while Wolfenstein: The New Order compresses that arc into a single campaign where you fight through decades of Nazi technological dominance. Each game explores how innovation reshapes conflict.
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10Shares SimulatorStrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Medieval II: Total War shares Civilization V's turn-based strategy structure and historical scope, letting you expand your realm across a medieval world map through construction, diplomacy, and warfare. Both games emphasize managing multiple fronts at once, from city development to military campaigns. Medieval II layers real-time tactical battles on top of its turn-based empire building, adding visceral combat depth to the 4X formula.
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10 games similar to Sid Meier's Civilization V: Rise of Nations, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Europa Universalis IV, Sid Meier's Civilization III, Endless Legend, Supreme Commander, Rome: Total War, Cities: Skylines.
Most of these games share Strategy, Historical, Simulator, Fantasy and Warfare with Sid Meier's Civilization V, based on IGDB's similarity data. Each pick has a short note explaining what it has in common with Sid Meier's Civilization V.