Games like Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
If you like Age of Mythology: Extended Edition (real-time strategy, mythology and classic), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Star Wars: Empire at War - Gold Pack
- In common: management and thinking
When you have a long afternoon and fancy moving entire Star Wars fleets with calm planning.
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
- In common: management and thinking
When you have energy and an hour for a match against the AI, friends or in ranked.
Northgard
- In common: management and thinking
When you want an hour-long strategy game, against the AI or against friends.
Sid Meier's Civilization VI
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: less story
When you have a whole afternoon and want to plan for the long term. Turn-based, at your own pace, no pressure.
Sid Meier's Civilization V
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: less story
When you have a long afternoon ahead and fancy planning unhurriedly, turn by turn.
Crusader Kings III
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: more progression
When you have a whole afternoon and fancy intrigue and plans spanning generations.
Stellaris
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: more progression
When you have hours and want to write your own space opera.
X-COM: UFO Defense
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: less multiplayer
When you feel like weighing every move: in combat, each soldier spends time units to move, shoot or kneel.
Football Manager 2024
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: more progression
When you have time and fancy managing: one season keeps you hooked for weeks.
XCOM 2
- In common: thinking and management
- Difference: less competitive
When you feel like thinking and have an hour or two: each mission is a small tactical drama.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
The 2002 classic, remastered: as the Greeks, Egyptians, Norse or Atlanteans you gather food, wood, gold and divine favour, pick a god each time you advance an age and summon mythical creatures and powers like a meteor shower.
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