Games like Empire Earth III
If Empire Earth III is your kind of game, the closest matches are Empire Earth: Gold Edition, Empire Earth II: Gold Edition and Last Stand: Defense — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Empire Earth III: In Empire Earth III it’s you who creates history. Build your empire from three distinct factions or create a custom faction of your choosing. Lead your people to supremacy in technology, politics and economy, from ancient times to the future. Your quest for world domination is finally at hand.
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Steam players who put hours into Empire Earth III 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.
Empire Earth: Gold Edition
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Top pick for Empire Earth III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
With dozens of hours of gameplay set across a rich tapestry of time, Empire Earth: Gold Edition offers real-time strategy for the ages. Choose any point in time - from the discovery of fire to the laser battles of the future - and command your civilization with one goal: make Earth your Empire.
Empire Earth II: Gold Edition
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Second-strongest match for Empire Earth III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
Empire Earth II: Gold Edition refines the series’ time-spanning gameplay with a host of new features. With advanced AI, picture-in-picture control, dynamic weather and many other additions, this RTS doesn’t just stand the test of time – it annihilates it.
Last Stand: Defense
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Third-strongest match for Empire Earth III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
"Last Stand:Defense" is a tower defense-themed Rogue-like game. Players need to defend against waves of enemies by building bases, matching talents, and performing delicate operations during battles. Remember, every choice you make will affect the final outcome of the battle!
IDUN - Frontline Survival
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Ranked #4 for Empire Earth III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
A defense RTS where you can move turrets at will. Extract resources, upgrade technology, and defend against enemy swarms in a gripping space campaign. Hold the line, set up your turrets, and brace for screen-filling hordes!
Creeper World 4
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Ranked #5 for Empire Earth III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
The unstoppable fluid enemy has returned and destroyed every world in its path! Defend against Creeper as it floods across the 3D terrain in this real time strategy game where the enemy is a fluid.
Geo-Political Simulator 5
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Ranked #6 for Empire Earth III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
The new 5th edition of the hyperrealistic global simulator game where you play as the Head of State or as the opposition or the president of a large multinational company, with a completely redesigned interface, a new ultra-detailed map, complete control of companies and new scenarios for 2024.
After Long Night
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Ranked #7 for Empire Earth III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.
Company of Heroes 3
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Ranked #8 for Empire Earth III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
Company of Heroes 3 combines heart-pounding combat with deeper strategic choices in a stunning Mediterranean theatre of war. In Company of Heroes 3, every battle tells a story...what's yours?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Empire Earth III at current Steam store prices.
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under Empire Earth III on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
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.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
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Priced ~50% under Empire Earth III on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~50% under Empire Earth III on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
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Priced ~50% under Empire Earth III on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
Nubby's Number Factory
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Priced ~50% under Empire Earth III on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
Monster Train
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Priced ~50% under Empire Earth III on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Nodebuster
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Priced ~70% under Empire Earth III on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
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.
KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
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.
Istrolid
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
In Istrolid you design your own unique spaceships from a large number of parts to fit your strategy and play style. With no set units or factions you are free to create a fleet where each ship has its own balanced strengths and weaknesses, from basic fighters and bombers to hulking battleships and speedy destroyers.
SOVL: Fantasy Warfare
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
SOVL is a ruleset for playing fantasy wargames. It can be played with miniatures on a table or digitally on Steam.
Star Realms
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
Star Realms is a hugely popular space combat deckbuilding game. Download and play today (note: base set is required to play online) to find out why Star Realms is the winner of SXSW 2014 Board Game of the Year, 7 Golden Geek Awards from BoardGameGeek, and 2 Dice Tower awards!
Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
Infinitode 2 - a strategy in the Tower Defense genre, in which the player will have to build towers to protect his base from endless waves of enemies. The game features huge maps, lots of towers, resource miners, upgrade tree and map editor.
Dwarfs - F2P
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
Dwarfs!? is an addictive, fast paced arcade-like experience, with plenty of difficulty levels and game modes, in the tradition of great games such as “Lemmings” and “Dwarf Fortress”.
Zombie Defense
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
A modern hybrid of the classic RTS and modern Tower Defense. Recruit soldiers, place them on slots and let them shoot incoming waves of zombies by their own. Order supplies, throw grenades, order airstrikes and many more... Perfect mix of strategy, tactics and micromanagement.
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Frequently asked about Empire Earth III
- How much does Empire Earth III cost?
- Empire Earth III is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Empire Earth III?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Empire Earth III are Empire Earth: Gold Edition, Empire Earth II: Gold Edition, Last Stand: Defense.
- Who developed Empire Earth III?
- Empire Earth III was developed by Mad Doc Software, Xtended Realiities and published by Rebellion.
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