Games like Rise of Nations: Extended Edition

20 games, the closest and most played first.

1. Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
Age of Mythology is back!
Age of Mythology is back!
Age of Mythology is back! Choose your god and take to the battlefield in this classic, upgraded with full Steamworks integration and enhanced features.
NostalgiaMythologyClassic
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2. Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op…
42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor…
42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.
HistoricalCity BuilderRTS
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3. Company of Heroes 2
Experience the ultimate WWII RTS platform with COH2 and its standalone…
Experience the ultimate WWII RTS platform with COH2 and its standalone expansions.
Experience the ultimate WWII RTS platform with COH2 and its standalone expansions.
HistoricalWorld War IiWar
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4. Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval…
Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand…
Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage.
Grand StrategyHistoricalMedieval
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5. Battle Realms: Zen Edition
Return of the Classic, now remastered!
Return of the Classic, now remastered!
Return of the Classic, now remastered! Battle Realms is a fantasy RTS inspired by the stories told in martial- arts movies and oriental mythology.
ClassicFantasyRTS
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6. Cossacks 3
Cossacks 3 is the return of RTS classics.
Cossacks 3 is the return of RTS classics.
Cossacks 3 is the return of RTS classics.
HistoricalResource ManagementWar
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7. A Total War Saga: TROY
In this legendary age, heroes walk the earth.
In this legendary age, heroes walk the earth.
In this legendary age, heroes walk the earth. In an act that shocks the world, audacious Paris, prince of Troy, elopes with the beautiful queen of Sparta.
HistoricalWarViolent
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8. R.U.S.E.™
A one-of-a-kind real-time strategy game that allows players to bluff…
R.U.S.E. is back in its Definitive Edition, including all DLCs and Steam Deck support.
A one-of-a-kind real-time strategy game that allows players to bluff their enemies to lead their nation to victory.
HistoricalWorld War IiWar
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9. Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Complete Edition
Unite Japan and become Shogun in the updated, enhanced and complete…
Unite Japan and become Shogun in the updated, enhanced and complete edition of Total War…
Unite Japan and become Shogun in the updated, enhanced and complete edition of Total War: SHOGUN 2.
Grand StrategyHistoricalTurn Based Strategy
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10. A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA
From the multi-award-winning strategy series, A Total War Saga: Thrones…
From the multi-award-winning strategy series, A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia…
From the multi-award-winning strategy series, A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia combines huge real-time battles with engrossing turn-based campaign, set at a critical…
HistoricalMedievalWar
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11. Battle of Empires : 1914-1918
Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 is a story-driven RTS that brings to life…
Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 is a story-driven RTS that brings to life some of the most…
Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 is a story-driven RTS that brings to life some of the most brutal battles of the Great War.
HistoricalWarRTS
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12. Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a real-time tactics game set in World…
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a real-time tactics game set in World War II that puts you…
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a real-time tactics game set in World War II that puts you in command of a small squad of elite troopers.
ClassicWorld War IiStealth
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13. Men of War: Condemned Heroes
Lead the forgotten. Fight the impossible.
Lead the forgotten. Fight the impossible.
Command a Soviet penal battalion in this standalone real-time tactics game from the Men of War series.
HistoricalWorld War IiWar
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14. Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943
Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943 covers the events of 1943 in Tunisia…
Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943 covers the events of 1943 in Tunisia, North Africa.
Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943 covers the events of 1943 in Tunisia, North Africa.
HistoricalWorld War IiWar
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15. 8-Bit Armies
8-Bit Armies is a retro Real-Time Strategy game.
8-Bit Armies is a retro Real-Time Strategy game.
8-Bit Armies is a retro Real-Time Strategy game. With a colorful, blocky voxel art style, 8-Bit Armies is Petroglyph's most fast-paced, friendly, and accessible RTS game to date.
VoxelRTSPixel Graphics
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16. Conan Unconquered
From the Command & Conquer veterans at Petroglyph comes the first ever…
From the Command & Conquer veterans at Petroglyph comes the first ever survival RTS set in…
From the Command & Conquer veterans at Petroglyph comes the first ever survival RTS set in the savage world of Conan the Barbarian.
City BuilderRTSStrategy
17. Forged Battalion
Customize your unique faction in a new take on real-time strategy as…
Customize your unique faction in a new take on real-time strategy as you fight in a variety…
Customize your unique faction in a new take on real-time strategy as you fight in a variety of skirmish, solo, and multiplayer battles.
RTSBase BuildingStrategy
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18. Ground Control II: Operation Exodus
It’s 2741 and the universe is at war.
It’s 2741 and the universe is at war.
It’s 2741 and the universe is at war. The Terran Empire is laying siege to the NSA, a treaty of colonies that upholds freedom and democracy.
ClassicReal Time TacticsSci Fi
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19. Men of War: Red Tide
Experience the war where land meets sea.
Red Tide blends deep RTS tactics with the raw intensity of third-person combat.
Red Tide blends deep RTS tactics with the raw intensity of third-person combat.
HistoricalWorld War IiWar
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20. Men of War: Vietnam
Two sides. One brutal war.
Two sides. One brutal war.
Men of War: Vietnam brings the acclaimed real-time tactics series into a new theater of war – the jungles of Southeast Asia, 1968.
HistoricalWarReal Time Tactics
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1. Age of Mythology: Extended Edition

2. Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

3. Company of Heroes 2

4. Knights of Honor II: Sovereign

5. Battle Realms: Zen Edition

6. Cossacks 3

7. A Total War Saga: TROY

8. R.U.S.E.™

9. Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Complete Edition

10. A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA

11. Battle of Empires : 1914-1918

12. Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines

13. Men of War: Condemned Heroes

14. Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943

15. 8-Bit Armies

16. Conan Unconquered

17. Forged Battalion

18. Ground Control II: Operation Exodus

19. Men of War: Red Tide

20. Men of War: Vietnam