Games like Sim Empire

If Sim Empire left you wanting something competitive, you have options. These games line up well for what comes next.

Conquest of Empires 2
We insist on fair competition, and focus on testing players' strategic intelligence and teamwork. We are committed to creating a user-friendly game, so that every player can easily enter the game, enjoy the glory of the ancient civilization, and feel the endless fun of conquest.
Also in Co-op · Competitive
59% of 163 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33Free
Mandate Order
A war city-builder set in China's Warring States period. Build a stronghold without grids, run farms and industries through the seasons, recruit scholars from the Hundred Schools of Thought, and lead thousands of soldiers into real-time battles. One stronghold, many ways to rule it.
80% of 1,282 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 81$19.99
Oriental Empires
Turn-based 4X strategy set in ancient China. Grow a single settlement into an empire, raise armies of hundreds of soldiers, and watch your orders play out on one vast map of mountains, rivers and farmland. Deep, slow-burning and best with friends: up to 15 players can conquer or betray each other.
Also in Co-op · Competitive
80% of 2,593 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 24$29.99
Celestial Empire
Ancient China needs a governor, and the Emperor has picked you. Found a city among mountains and rivers, build production chains from farm to silk robe, trade with neighbouring settlements and keep the gods on your side through harsh winters. A calm, colorful city builder where every playthrough grows differently.
89% of 746 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$19.99
Primitive Society Simulator
Lead a Stone Age tribe from flint tools to bronze, feeding your people while five ancient nations circle. Part colony sim, part grand strategy: build, farm, fight, trade and make rivals pay tribute. Every run plays out differently, at your own pace.
83% of 657 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99
NationWar:Chronicles | 国战:列国志传
This is a sandbox game that is deeply rooted in the rich historical information of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The story of the game unfolds slowly in the eighth century BC on the vast and mysterious land of China.
68% of 383 Steam reviews are positive$10.99
Myth of Empires
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox where you start with bare hands and end up commanding armies. Gather, craft and build across civilizations with their own weapons and architecture, tame horses and beasts, raise fortresses, and fight for territory on land, on horseback and at sea, alone or with a guild behind you.
Also in Co-op · Competitive
68% of 15,600 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 604$29.99
Tiny Civilization
A whole civilization on one small board. Drag matching tiles together to gather food, industry and culture, guide humanity from the stone age to space, and outsmart wars, beasts and your own hunger along the way. Turn-based, hand-drawn and easy to learn, with more strategy under the surface than its cute look suggests.
92% of 2,149 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$1.99
Songs of Syx
Songs of Syx is a low fantasy city-builder where a scrappy village can grow into a metropolis and empire, simulated citizen by citizen. You lay out houses and streets, balance food, work and upkeep, and lead real-time battles with thousands of soldiers. Deep, systemic, and highly replayable.
94% of 9,190 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 656$24.99
Thriving City: Song
960 AD: the Song Dynasty is new, and you are its magistrate. Raise a village into a city of thousands, juggling farms, trade, exams and city walls while history pushes events at your gates. A hand-drawn, colorful city builder with story and endless modes, where every decision shapes how your chapter of the dynasty unfolds.
81% of 3,071 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 35$18.99
NationWar2:Chronicle
NationWar 2.0 is a big strategy game based on the theme of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period. There are more than 60 countries to choose from in the game. Map 1: 1 restores the mountainous landscapes and rivers of China.
78% of 383 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$16.99
Sumerians
Sumerians is a city building game set in ancient Mesopotamia. Attract new citizens and grow by expanding your irrigation system, building walls, palaces, temples and ziggurats. Research new technologies, manage your production, hire workers, and trade.
86% of 311 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$5.09

Cheaper than Sim Empire

Tiny Civilization

A whole civilization on one small board. Drag matching tiles together to gather food, industry and culture, guide humanity from the stone age to…

$1.99

Marble Age

Turn-based historical simulation strategy. Develop the Greek civilization from the small village to the great city-state when it will dominate the…

$1.49

Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete

Settle cities, guide research and diplomacy, and carry your people from the first village to a modern power across maps that never play out the same…

$0.99

Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries

Rule an ancient culture your own way: buy loyalty, send spies, sign treaties or march, and watch every match unfold differently.

$5.99

CivCity: Rome

Grow a small settlement into a busy Roman city, peeking inside its villas and baths while new technologies unlock along the way.

$2.49

Marble Age: Remastered

Marble Age is a turn-based historical strategy where your task is to turn a small Ancient Greek village into a flourishing Polis, powerful enough to…

$2.49

Ballads of Hongye: REBORN

Raise an ornate ancient Chinese county among mountains and rivers, and let festivals, seasons and small daily dramas bring it to life while you…

$1.99

Predynastic Egypt

Guide a small Nile settlement through 2,000 years of turn-based choices, balancing workers, food and faith as history unfolds.

$2.49

Bronze Age - HD Edition

What was it like to be a chief of a tribe in 6000 year B.C.?

$0.80

Children of the Nile: Alexandria

Children of the Nile: Alexandria is an addition to the base Children of the Nile game, adding a new mini-campaign focused on the rise of the city of…

$2.49

双雄风流传（Romantic Emperor）

In 双雄风流传（Romantic Emperor）, you will embark on an unprecedented gaming journey.

$2.18

Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord

Take charge of a state in a fractured China, court officers, run your cities and win wars where terrain and timing matter.

$0.99

Hidden gems like Sim Empire

Celestial Empire

Found a mountain city, grow it from farm fields to silk robes, and answer to the Emperor and the gods alike.

$19.99

SandTable War: Three Kingdoms

A tabletop-style grand strategy sandbox set in the Three Kingdoms period.

$9.99

Territory: Farming and Warfare

Grow a dozen hungry villagers into a kingdom of thousands. Assign jobs, keep everyone fed through winter, trade for silver, and raise walls against…

$11.99

Mandate Order

Raise a Warring States city from farms to armies, then march thousands of soldiers into real-time war.

$19.99

Primitive Society Simulator

Guide a Stone Age tribe through farming, crafting and trade while rival nations watch your borders, all in runs that unfold differently every time.

$19.99

Tiny Civilization

A whole civilization on one small board. Drag matching tiles together to gather food, industry and culture, guide humanity from the stone age to…

$1.99

Sumerians

Sumerians is a city building game set in ancient Mesopotamia.

$5.09

CivIdle

Found a settlement, research your way through the ages and watch your civilization expand one building at a time.

Free

Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim

Lead a Bronze Age civilization across hex maps, founding cities and choosing one move per turn, alone or against rivals in multiplayer.

$14.99

NationWar2:Chronicle

NationWar 2.0 is a big strategy game based on the theme of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period.

$16.99

Thriving City: Song

Grow a Song-era village into a bustling city of thousands, balancing farms, trade and exams as history knocks at your gates.

$18.99

Kingdoms Conquer / 攻城天下

Kingdoms Conquer is a Massive National Battles Card Strategy Game.

Free

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