Games like Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
If Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI is your kind of game, the closest matches are Old World, Sid Meier's Civilization VII and Sid Meier's Civilization® V — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its endless replayability, tactical positioning matters and writing quality is exceptional. 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 →Sid Meier's Civilization VI is a turn-based strategy game released in 2016 by Firaxis Games. Players build and manage empires across history using mechanics like a district-system for city planning and faction-politics for diplomacy. The game supports multiplayer and extensive modding, with procedural generation ensuring each playthrough differs. Players describe it as challenging and immersive, highlighting endless-replayability and how tactical positioning matters in gameplay. Currently priced at $5.99 USD, it holds an 85% positive rating from over 105,000 Steam reviews and runs in a playable state on Steam Deck.
About Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI: 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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Old World
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Top pick for Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
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?
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Second-strongest match for Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
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!
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Third-strongest match for Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics, procedural generation and an immersive mood with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Ranked #4 for Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.
Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Ranked #5 for Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer.
The Battle of Polytopia
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Welcome to the unique, turn-based strategy game set in the strange, flat world of the Square. Lead one of 16 distinct civilizations to victory by expanding your empire, researching technologies, and ultimately become ruler of the world! Play in single-player or multiplayer mode for up to 16 players.
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics, procedural generation and an immersive mood with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Ranked #7 for Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer.
ZEPHON
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Ranked #8 for Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
From the developers of Warhammer 40,000: Gladius, ZEPHON is a post-apocalyptic 4X strategy game built on Proxy’s unique tactical combat system. Guide survivors through a turbulent future, navigating unexpected disasters, eldritch horror and cyberpunk monstrosities. What will you do to survive?
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Sid Meier's Civilization VII
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Reviewers of Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
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!
Cities: Skylines
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and an immersive mood with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Reviewers of Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Reviewers of Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
With over 6 million units sold and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier's Civilization is recognized as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all-time. Now, Sid Meier and Firaxis Games will take this incredibly fun and addictive game to new heights by adding new ways to play and win, new...
ANNO: Mutationem
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an immersive mood with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Reviewers of Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI cross-mention this title as a similar play.
ANNO: Mutationem is an action-adventure game with RPG elements set in a cyberpunk world, featuring a unique mix of pixelated 2D & 3D graphic style with a rich, dark and bizarre plot.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Reviewers of Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Anno 1800
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Reviewers of Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.
Kingdoms Rise and Fall
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Kingdoms Rise and Fall is a captivating Real-Time Strategy game that takes you on an epic journey through different eras, spanning the entirety of history and beyond! Kingdoms Rise & Fall focuses more on culture, science, and keeping your nation happy over time.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI at current Steam store prices.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Tower Wizard
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Hexcells Plus
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Hexcells Plus is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.
Lords of the Realm II
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
The great Lords of England have their eyes on the the English throne! Muster an army and overrun your enemies' castles in this classic, nail-biting strategy game that blends turn-based and real-time gameplay.
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Cube Escape: Paradox
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
DORONKO WANKO
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Firaxis Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
XCOM® 2
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
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!
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and a challenging mood with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!
XCOM®: Chimera Squad
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
Marvel's Midnight Suns
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
FIGHT AND STRATEGIZE LIKE A SUPER HERO IN THE DARKER CORNERS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Play as The Hunter, a legendary demon slayer who must lead a team of Super Heroes and supernatural warriors facing apocalyptic threats.
Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and a challenging mood with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.
Sid Meier's Pirates!
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Sail the Caribbean, marauding all on the high seas or ally your ship and crew as a privateer in search of riches - the life you choose is up to you. Face dogged enemies, raid unsuspecting villages, woo fair maidens, avoid capture or dig for buried treasure. Discover what it takes to become one of the most famous pirates in history!
Frequently asked about Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
- Does Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI run on Steam Deck?
- Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI cost?
- Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI are Old World, Sid Meier's Civilization VII, Sid Meier's Civilization® V.
- Who developed Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI?
- Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI was developed by Firaxis Games, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux) and published by 2K, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux).
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