Games like Total War: PHARAOH
If Total War: PHARAOH is your kind of game, the closest matches are Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES, Old World and Total War: THREE KINGDOMS — 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 →Total War: PHARAOH is a historical strategy game released in 2023 by Creative Assembly, set during the Bronze Age. Players navigate challenging grand strategy gameplay that reviewers describe as atmospheric and immersive, managing elements including civil war court systems, resource trade diplomacy, and unique building progression for their cities. The game features bronze-age unit balancing and an outpost system that restores stamina and reshapes army movement across massive campaign maps. Players highlight that every battle map has unique terrain and city quirks, cities reward unique building construction, and diplomacy involves meaningful resource negotiations rather than simple gold trading. The game costs $39.99 USD, supports solo play only, and is not currently supported on Steam Deck. It holds a 65% positive rating from 2243 Steam reviews.
About Total War: PHARAOH: In Total War: PHARAOH, the newest entry in the award-winning grand strategy series, immerse yourself in ancient Egypt at the zenith of its power and experience the dramatic events that threaten its destruction.
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Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES
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Top pick for Total War: PHARAOH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.
Wage total war across the ancient world from the Aegean to Mesopotamia in this free addition to Total War: PHARAOH. Challenge the Bronze Age Collapse by building your own dynasty and leading your faction to victory with new cultures, new units and dramatic new battle mechanics.
Old World
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Total War: PHARAOH.
Second-strongest match for Total War: PHARAOH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.
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?
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
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Shares a challenging mood with Total War: PHARAOH.
Third-strongest match for Total War: PHARAOH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is the first in the award-winning series to recreate epic conflict across ancient China. Combining a gripping turn-based campaign of empire-building & conquest with stunning real-time battles, THREE KINGDOMS redefines the series in an age of heroes & legends.
A Total War Saga: FALL OF THE SAMURAI
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Ranked #4 for Total War: PHARAOH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.
Experience the dramatic conflict of samurai culture and modern weaponry between the Imperial throne and the last Shogunate in 19th century Japan.
ENDLESS™ Legend 2
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Total War: PHARAOH.
Ranked #5 for Total War: PHARAOH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.
Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
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Shares a contemplative mood with Total War: PHARAOH.
Ranked #6 for Total War: PHARAOH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.
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!
Total War: WARHAMMER III
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Shares an immersive mood with Total War: PHARAOH.
Ranked #7 for Total War: PHARAOH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.
The cataclysmic conclusion to the Total War: WARHAMMER trilogy is here. Rally your forces and step into the Realm of Chaos, a dimension of mind-bending horror where the very fate of the world will be decided. Will you conquer your Daemons… or command them?
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
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Shares an immersive mood with Total War: PHARAOH.
Ranked #8 for Total War: PHARAOH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
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Total War: WARHAMMER III
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Shares an immersive mood with Total War: PHARAOH.
Reviewers of Total War: PHARAOH cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.
The cataclysmic conclusion to the Total War: WARHAMMER trilogy is here. Rally your forces and step into the Realm of Chaos, a dimension of mind-bending horror where the very fate of the world will be decided. Will you conquer your Daemons… or command them?
A Total War Saga: TROY
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Inspired by The Iliad and brought to life through the award-winning strategy game series, A Total War Saga: TROY brings a blend of grand, turn-based empire management and spectacular real-time battles to the heart of the Trojan War.
Oriental Empires
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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.
Rome: Total War™ - Collection
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Control and conquer the greatest empire ever known to man.
Crusader Kings II
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Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION
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Nobunaga's Ambition, the first of the series, was released in 1983. Players assume the mantle of either Nobunaga Oda or Shingen Takeda and strive to conquer the entire land (17 areas in the Kansai and central Japan region). They manage their country to make it rich, then prepare their military forces.
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
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The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
Hexen Hegemony
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Hexen Hegemony is a TPS (Third Person Shooter) game that makes it possible to fight against other witches with hundreds of different magic combinations. Enjoy team strategy, competition and spoils in 4 vs 4 matches. Remember, winners takes everything on the world of hexen.
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Left 4 Dead 2
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Bloons TD 6
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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.
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Total War: WARHAMMER III
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Shares an immersive mood with Total War: PHARAOH.
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Total War: WARHAMMER II
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Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
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Shares a challenging mood with Total War: PHARAOH.
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Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
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Shares an immersive mood with Total War: PHARAOH.
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Total War: SHOGUN 2
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Total War: PHARAOH.
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Total War: SHOGUN 2 is the perfect mix of real-time and turn-based strategy gaming for newcomers and veterans alike.
Total War: WARHAMMER
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Shares a challenging mood with Total War: PHARAOH.
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Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
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Shares an immersive mood with Total War: PHARAOH.
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Frequently asked about Total War: PHARAOH
- Does Total War: PHARAOH work on Steam Deck?
- Total War: PHARAOH is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Total War: PHARAOH cost?
- Total War: PHARAOH is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Total War: PHARAOH have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Total War: PHARAOH supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Total War: PHARAOH?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Total War: PHARAOH are Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES, Old World, Total War: THREE KINGDOMS.
- Who developed Total War: PHARAOH?
- Total War: PHARAOH was developed by CREATIVE ASSEMBLY and published by SEGA.
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