Choose Rise of Nations: Extended Edition
Choose Rise of Nations: Extended Edition if it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 94.8% positive across 7,793 reviews.
Rise of Nations: Extended Edition vs Colony Siege
Rise of Nations: Extended Edition and Colony Siege both land in Strategy, Simulation on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Strategy, Simulation on Steam. Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (2014) is 6 years older than Colony Siege (2020). Rise of Nations: Extended Edition scores higher on Steam reviews (94.8% positive) than Colony Siege (91.4% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Colony Siege
Choose Colony Siege if you want the Online Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2020) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Colony Siege launched in 2020.
Both Rise of Nations: Extended Edition and Colony Siege sit in Strategy and Simulation on Steam and both list Multi-player, Steam Leaderboards, and Co-op, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Rise of Nations: Extended Edition |  Colony Siege | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2014 | 2020 |
| Genres | Strategy, Simulation | Strategy, Simulation |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Playable |
| Price | 19.99 USD | 19.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 94.8% positive (7,793 reviews) | 91.4% positive (140 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | SkyBox Labs, Big Huge Games | Finifugal Games |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, Simulation on Steam.
- Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (2014) is 6 years older than Colony Siege (2020).
- Rise of Nations: Extended Edition scores higher on Steam reviews (94.8% positive) than Colony Siege (91.4% positive).
- Colony Siege is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (19.99 USD vs. 19.99 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Steam Deck: Rise of Nations: Extended Edition is Deck Unsupported, Colony Siege is Deck Playable.
Rise of Nations: Extended Edition vs Colony Siege — FAQ
- Which is better, Rise of Nations: Extended Edition or Colony Siege?
- On Steam reviews Rise of Nations: Extended Edition scores higher (94.8% positive) than Colony Siege (91.4% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Rise of Nations: Extended Edition is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Rise of Nations: Extended Edition or Colony Siege first?
- If you want chronology, Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (2014) came out before Colony Siege (2020). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Rise of Nations: Extended Edition and Colony Siege similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, Simulation on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Do both Rise of Nations: Extended Edition and Colony Siege have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Rise of Nations: Extended Edition ships Co-op; Colony Siege ships Online Co-op, Co-op.