Games like Age of Mythology: Retold
If you like Age of Mythology: Retold (real-time strategy, mythology and remake), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
- In common: management and thinking
When you want a long classic strategy campaign: the main one has 32 scenarios, and there are two more.
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.
Star Wars: Empire at War - Gold Pack
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: less co-op
When you have a long afternoon and fancy moving entire Star Wars fleets with calm planning.
Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: less action
When you can give it a few afternoons: one review says a game can be finished in under ten hours.
RimWorld
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: less multiplayer
When you have a long afternoon and fancy managing: each session writes a new chapter for your colony.
Sid Meier's Civilization VI
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: less action
When you have a whole afternoon and want to plan for the long term. Turn-based, at your own pace, no pressure.
Factorio
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: less competitive
When you have many hours ahead and a sharp mind: "five more minutes" turns into three hours.
Sid Meier's Civilization V
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: less action
When you have a long afternoon ahead and fancy planning unhurriedly, turn by turn.
Stellaris
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: less action
When you have hours and want to write your own space opera.
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: Retold
A 2024 remake of the mythological RTS on a new engine: Greeks, Norse, Egyptians and Atlanteans, god powers that recharge and cost more favour each time, and the three classic campaigns across 50 missions. The Chinese, Japanese and Aztecs are paid DLC.
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