Games like Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
If you like Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete (strategy, turn-based and historical), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
- In common: long sessions and thinking
When you can give it a few afternoons: one review says a game can be finished in under ten hours.
Sid Meier's Civilization V
- In common: long sessions and thinking
When you have a long afternoon ahead and fancy planning unhurriedly, turn by turn.
Sid Meier's Civilization VI
- In common: long sessions and thinking
When you have a whole afternoon and want to plan for the long term. Turn-based, at your own pace, no pressure.
Stellaris
- In common: long sessions and management
- Difference: more story
When you have hours and want to write your own space opera.
X-COM: Terror From the Deep
- In common: thinking and long sessions
- Difference: harder
When you already know UFO Defense and want another campaign: same engine, set under the sea and reputedly harder.
X-COM: UFO Defense
- In common: thinking and long sessions
- Difference: more intense
When you feel like weighing every move: in combat, each soldier spends time units to move, shoot or kneel.
Crusader Kings II
- In common: long sessions and management
- Difference: more story
When you've got a long afternoon and fancy stories that write themselves: the base game has been free on Steam since 2019.
Star Wars: Empire at War - Gold Pack
- In common: long sessions and thinking
- Difference: less progression
When you have a long afternoon and fancy moving entire Star Wars fleets with calm planning.
Against the Storm
- In common: management and thinking
When you want to build and manage without committing to a weeks-long game: each settlement is one session.
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: more story
When you want a long classic strategy campaign: the main one has 32 scenarios, and there are two more.
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 Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
Turn-based 4X strategy from 2001: you guide a civilisation through history, founding cities, researching and negotiating. Culture pushes out your borders and some units need specific resources. Both expansions are included.
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