The Best 21 Empires! Alternatives

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    0 A.D.

    0 A.D. is a free, open-source, cross-platform real-time strategy (RTS) game of ancient warfare.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD

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    Age of Empires

    Age of Empires is an epic real-time strategy game spanning 10,000 years, in which players are the guiding spirit in the evolution of small stone age tribes.

    Commercial Windows Mac

  • Warcraft III

    Set a generation before the events of the original Warcraft began, Warcraft II is a real-time strategy game by Blizzard Entertainment.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Age of Mythology

    Age of Mythology is based on building towns, gathering resources, creating armies, and ultimately destroying enemy units and buildings. In this way, players are able to defeat and conquer rival towns and civilizations.

    Commercial Windows Steam

  • Stronghold

    Stronghold Crusader is a RTS game from the series from Stronghold. In Stronghold Crusader the player can play as either the legendary Richard the Lionheart or the formidable Saladin.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux Wine

  • Banished

    In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland.

    Commercial Windows Steam

  • Empire Earth

    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.

    Commercial Windows Java Mobile

  • CaesarIA

    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.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Android Steam

  • openage

    free (as in freedom) open-source rts http://alternativein.com/software/age-of-empires-iii/ engine. written from scratch in c++14 and python, using opengl + glsl.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Linux

  • Caesar

    As a provincial governor charged with spreading the glory of Rome your mission is clear – build cities, foster trade and industry, make money. How you accomplish this is up to you.

    Commercial Windows

  • Stonehearth

    Stonehearth is a game of exploration and survival in an epic fantasy setting. Build your town, care for your hearthlings, and defend against marauding invaders.

    Commercial Windows Linux Steam Amazon

  • Tropico

    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.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Golden Age of Civilizations

    Here comes the Golden Age of Civilizations, a semi turn-based MMO strategy game, inspired by but not following the classic games of the genre, such as Age of Empires...

    Free Web

  • Bos Wars

    Bos Wars (formerly known as Battle of Survival) is a futuristic real time strategy game (RTS). It is possible to play against human opponents over LAN, internet, or...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Dominus

    Dominus is a free multiplayer browser strategy game. Grow in power by conquering other player's castles and making them your vassal. Vassals send their lord part...

    Free Open Source Web

  • Travian

    Master the art of ancient tactics as Roman, Gaul or Teuton! TRAVIAN is a multiplayer strategy browser game. As a player in TRAVIAN, you will build your own empire...

    Free Web

  • LandGrabbers

    LandGrabbers, recognized as the Best Casual Game of the Year at the 2011 Russian Game Developers Conference (KRI 2011)! Imagine that you are in the Middle Ages. It’s...

    Freemium Android Tablet iPad

  • The Patrician

    The Patrician is the title of a series of historical trading simulation computer games for the PC, Amiga and Atari ST published by Ascaron Entertainment. In the games...

    Commercial Windows