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Games like Critias Empire

If Critias Empire is your kind of game, the closest matches are Colonial Winds, Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim and Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic — picked from the ranked list below. 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.

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About Critias Empire: Turn-Based 4X-like Strategy: Build the peaceful kingdom of Atlantis into a flourishing civilization. Plan carefully or be ready to adapt as the ancient Gods of Olympus rain down floods, earthquakes, volcanoes and all types of disaster.

StrategySimulationWindowsby Crystalline Green Ltd.
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Steam players who put hours into Critias Empire 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.

  1. Colonial Winds

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Critias Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Critias Empire.

    Grow your colony from a small outpost into a thriving nation in this city-building game. Step into the shoes of a colonial governor as you build production chains, establish trade, meet the needs of your citizens, and guide your settlement toward self-rule.

    StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  2. Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Critias Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Critias Empire.

    Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer.

    2022StrategySimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Critias Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Critias Empire.

    Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.

    2024StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Whiskerwood

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Critias Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Critias Empire.

    Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.

    2025StrategySimulationEarly Access29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Nova Roma

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Critias Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Critias Empire.

    The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.

    2026StrategySimulationEarly Access29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Critias Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Critias Empire.

    Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is the third offering in the award winning Civilization IV series. A re-imagining of the classic Colonization game Sid Meier created in 1994, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is a total conversion of the Civilization IV engine into a game experience in which players will lead a European...

    2008Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Ymir

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Critias Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Critias Empire.

    Ymir is a 4X multiplayer strategy game combined with a city builder where each player develops a civilization of pigmen starting at the stone age.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Rogue Hex

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Critias Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Critias Empire.

    Play your cards right to conquer the world in the Roguelite 4x. Explore mysterious lands, survive against the barbarian horde, and grow your stone age empire into the stars!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation13.39 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Critias Empire.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Critias Empire.

    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!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  3. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Critias Empire.

    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!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Critias Empire.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Critias Empire.

    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.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Crusader Kings II

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Critias Empire.

    Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.

    2012StrategySimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Supermarket Together

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Critias Empire.

    The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!

    2024IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Crystalline Green Ltd.

Other recommendable Steam games by Crystalline Green Ltd., ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Flight of Light

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Crystalline Green Ltd., the studio behind Critias Empire.

    Rhythm-racing - Fly through fantastical worlds, or race your friends in time to the music!

    2017CasualRacing8.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Train Metropolis

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Crystalline Green Ltd., the studio behind Critias Empire. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Critias Empire.

    Train Themed Idle Clicker. Build and manage your railway company, helping the city expand and thrive.

    2025StrategySimulationCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Mars Rapid Transit

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Crystalline Green Ltd., the studio behind Critias Empire. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Critias Empire.

    Train tycoon game set on Mars. Engineer a fast and efficient train network, build a thriving business and grow a dynamic economy.

    StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  4. Ambient Dark

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Crystalline Green Ltd., the studio behind Critias Empire. Shares Simulation with Critias Empire.

    "Your departure has been delayed. Please enjoy our complimentary lounge to relax, work, study or sleep." Ambient Dark is a music experience. Listen to soothing ambient soundtracks and watch the spaceships silently glide past the window.

    2025SimulationCasualEarly Access4.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Critias Empire

What games are most similar to Critias Empire?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Critias Empire are Colonial Winds, Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim, Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic.
Who developed Critias Empire?
Critias Empire was developed by Crystalline Green Ltd..

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