Games like Millennia
If Millennia is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sid Meier's Civilization VII, Old World and Imperialist — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Millennia is a challenging long-form turn-based 4X strategy and simulation game released in 2024, published by Paradox Interactive and developed by C Prompt Games. The core experience centers on guiding a civilization across 10,000 years of alternate history through era progression, region-based growth, and intricate supply chains. Players describe the game as atmospheric and contemplative, with an alternate-ages system that lets civilizations regress or leap forward unpredictably. Reviewers highlight supply chains as creating meaningful resource decisions, while vassal management adds depth to empire expansion. The game maintains competitive dynamics into the late game thanks to its systemic depth, with players describing the overall experience as epic in scope. Millennia is playable on Steam Deck and currently holds a 68% positive rating from 1,892 Steam reviews at $39.99 USD.
About Millennia: Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.
Players who liked Millennia also play
Steam players who put hours into Millennia also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Millennia.
Top pick for Millennia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Millennia.
The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!
Old World
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Millennia.
Second-strongest match for Millennia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Millennia.
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
Imperialist
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Millennia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Millennia.
Can you exploit the New World to control the Old? Lead your nation over five centuries of history in this 4X Strategy game. Build production chains, manage logistics, grow your Empire, and outmanoeuvre rivals diplomatically or on the battlefield, to become history's first Superpower.
Europa Universalis IV
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Millennia.
Ranked #4 for Millennia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Millennia.
Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.
HUMANKIND™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Millennia.
Ranked #5 for Millennia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Millennia.
Rewrite history by shaping a civilization as unique as you are. Combine 60 cultures from the Ancient Era to the Modern Age to lead your empire to victory. Build thriving cities, outsmart rivals in epic battles, spread your influence and leave your mark on HUMANKIND™.
Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Millennia.
Ranked #6 for Millennia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Millennia.
Build a nation starting at any point in human history and compete for supremacy in this epic turn-based strategy game. Engage in diplomacy, fight wars, and go head-to-head with other leaders from history.
Oriental Empires
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Millennia.
Ranked #7 for Millennia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Millennia.
Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.
Europa Universalis V
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Millennia.
Ranked #8 for Millennia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Millennia.
Use war, trade or diplomacy to satisfy your grandest ambitions and dominate five centuries of history in the newest version of Europa Universalis, Paradox Interactive's flagship historical grand strategy game.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Millennia
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Surviving Mars
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Millennia.
Reviewers of Millennia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Millennia.
There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.
Victoria 3
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Millennia.
Reviewers of Millennia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Millennia.
Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.
Old World
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Millennia.
Reviewers of Millennia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Millennia.
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
HUMANKIND™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Millennia.
Reviewers of Millennia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Millennia.
Rewrite history by shaping a civilization as unique as you are. Combine 60 cultures from the Ancient Era to the Modern Age to lead your empire to victory. Build thriving cities, outsmart rivals in epic battles, spread your influence and leave your mark on HUMANKIND™.
Tiny Civilization
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Millennia.
Reviewers of Millennia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Millennia.
This is a historical simulation game that promotes the development of civilization based on the match-3 Game. You'll need to gather resources, use skills, discover new technology, and lead humanbeing through a 10,000-year journey to the cosmos.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Millennia at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Millennia on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Millennia.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Millennia on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Millennia.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Millennia on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Millennia.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Schedule I
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Millennia on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Millennia.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Millennia on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Millennia.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Millennia on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Millennia.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Euro Truck Simulator 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Millennia on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Millennia.
Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.
Balatro
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Millennia on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Millennia.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Millennia.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Millennia.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Millennia.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Millennia.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Millennia.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Millennia.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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Frequently asked about Millennia
- Does Millennia run on Steam Deck?
- Millennia is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Millennia cost?
- Millennia is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Millennia have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Millennia supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Millennia?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Millennia are Sid Meier's Civilization VII, Old World, Imperialist.
- Who developed Millennia?
- Millennia was developed by C Prompt Games and published by Paradox Interactive.
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