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Games like Theocracy

If Theocracy is your kind of game, the closest matches are Making History: The First World War, Europa Universalis IV and SandTable War: Three Kingdoms — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and epic. 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 Theocracy: Classic 4X turn-based strategy game, where you manage a theocratic empire, conquer and convert pagans and enemies by divine power or brute force, cast mighty miracles and enact dogmas. Advance and expand your theocracy into dominant world empire. And if necessary... release the Kraken!

2022StrategyIndie8.99 USDWindowsby Marcel Strbak
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Addictive one more turn gameplay loopExponential miracle costs force disciplined playReligious conversion replaces traditional city foundingChallengingContemplativeEpic

Players who liked Theocracy also play

Steam players who put hours into Theocracy 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. Making History: The First World War

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Theocracy.

    Top pick for Theocracy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Theocracy.

    A turn-based WWI Grand Strategy game. Rush to field new modern weaponry and survive the horrendous attrition battles. Join the global conflict between the Great Powers of the age and forge a new world order for freedom or tyranny.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Europa Universalis IV

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Theocracy.

    Second-strongest match for Theocracy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Theocracy.

    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.

    2013StrategySimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. SandTable War: Three Kingdoms

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Theocracy.

    Third-strongest match for Theocracy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Theocracy.

    "SandTable War: Three Kingdoms" is a strategic simulation game set during the Three Kingdoms period. Here you can play as various factions from Three Kingdoms history to conquer cities and lands, unify the realm. With abundant historical officers and scenarios, come restore the Han Dynasty!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation8.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Europa Universalis V

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Theocracy.

    Ranked #4 for Theocracy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Theocracy.

    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.

    2025Strategy53.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX with Power Up Kit

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Theocracy.

    Ranked #5 for Theocracy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Theocracy.

    "Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ⅸ with Power Up Kit" is an expanded version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ⅸ," which was released in 2003 as the 9th game in the series. RTK Ⅸ is a strategy based simulation game based in China's chaotic Three Kingdoms period.

    2017Strategy14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Planar Conquest

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Theocracy.

    Ranked #6 for Theocracy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Theocracy.

    Become an all-powerful Sorcerer Lord and lead one of 8 different races to the ultimate victory. Explore multiple planes of existence, raid dungeons, and conquer cities. Expand your armies, cast mighty spells, and summon godly creatures to do your bidding. Fight the enemies in D20 OGL battles.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. HUMANKIND™

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Theocracy.

    Ranked #7 for Theocracy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Theocracy.

    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™.

    2021Strategy49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Three Kingdoms: Innovatory

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Theocracy.

    Ranked #8 for Theocracy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Theocracy.

    This is a classic historical simulation + real-time strategy game, where you will go back to the era of the Three Kingdoms and play as various renowned sovereigns.

    2024StrategyIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Theocracy

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Master of Magic

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Theocracy.

    Reviewers of Theocracy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Theocracy.

    Take up the role of a great wizard, wield powerful spells, command fantasy races and challenge your rivals in this remake of a cult turn-based strategy classic. Do you have what it takes to become Master of Magic?

    2022StrategyIndieRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Stronghold Crusader 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Theocracy.

    Reviewers of Theocracy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Theocracy.

    Stronghold Crusader 2 is the long awaited sequel to the original castle sim. After 12 years Stronghold returns to the desert with a new 3D engine and powerful Havok Physics. Crusader 2 recaptures the original game’s addictive, fast-paced gameplay and authentic castle simulation.

    2014StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Idle Civilization

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Theocracy.

    Reviewers of Theocracy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Theocracy.

    Take command of a pair of villagers and help them build a mighty civilization that will spread across the world and conquer it. Idle Civilization is a civilization builder management game where you will oversee the growth of your people into a mighty kingdom through building, research, warfare, religion, diplomacy, culture, heroic...

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Dominion

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Theocracy.

    Reviewers of Theocracy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Theocracy.

    Expand a small kingdom to a mighty Dominion! Play the Spiel des Jahres winning boardgame beloved by millions around the world. Discover the game that defined a genre, Dominion was first to popularize deck-building and remains a staple of tabletop. This is the officially licensed implementation.

    2024StrategyFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Tiny Civilization

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Theocracy.

    Reviewers of Theocracy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Theocracy.

    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.

    2022Strategy1.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Theocracy at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Theocracy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Theocracy.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Theocracy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Theocracy.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Theocracy on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Theocracy.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Theocracy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Theocracy.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~89% under Theocracy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Theocracy.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Theocracy on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Theocracy.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Theocracy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Theocracy.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Theocracy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Theocracy.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Moonring

    WHY THIS

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

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. Crusader Kings II

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2012StrategySimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Limbus Company

    WHY THIS

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

    As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.

    2023FreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

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

    Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.

    2020StrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. KARDS - The WW2 Card Game

    WHY THIS

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

    KARDS, The World War II Card Game, combines traditional CCG gameplay with innovative mechanics inspired by classic strategy games and real battlefield tactics. Take command and challenge other players in grand-scale warfare on the ground, air, or seas.

    2020StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. World of Guns: Gun Disassembly

    WHY THIS

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

    World of Guns: Gun Disassembly lets you delve into the inner workings of guns from the largest gears to the smallest screws

    2014ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Theocracy

Does Theocracy work on Steam Deck?
Theocracy is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Theocracy cost?
Theocracy is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Theocracy?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Theocracy are Making History: The First World War, Europa Universalis IV, SandTable War: Three Kingdoms.
Who developed Theocracy?
Theocracy was developed by Marcel Strbak and published by Atlantis Workshop.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Theocracy.

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