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Games like Colonial Conquest

If Colonial Conquest is your kind of game, the closest matches are SGS NATO's Nightmare, SGS Operation Downfall and Making History: The First World War — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and lighthearted. 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 Colonial Conquest: Colonial Conquest is a conquest simulation set in the Victorian age of warfare and expansion of the late 1800's and early 1900's.

2015StrategyIndieSimulationWindows · macOSby Argonauts Interactive, Collectif Nemoïd
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Factory based production limits unit growth to starting zonesNaval units enable global troop deploymentRetro charm of a 1980s grand strategy classicChallengingContemplativeLighthearted

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Steam players who put hours into Colonial Conquest 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. SGS NATO's Nightmare

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Colonial Conquest.

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

    What if the Warsaw Pact had attacked NATO in the mid-1980s. Or the other way around? Study this titanic conflict, within its most emblematic theater, Germany and Central Europe. Will you be able to achieve your goals without escalating into an uncontrollable nuclear conflict?

    2023StrategySimulation34.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. SGS Operation Downfall

    WHY THIS

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

    Project Manhattan failed! Operation Downfall, the Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands is set in motion. Start with Operation Olympic to capture Kyushu, and move on with Coronet, the landing near Tokyo. Force Japan surrender with the largest amphibious operation in history.

    2022StrategySimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Making History: The First World War

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Colonial Conquest.

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

    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 ↗
  4. Seres Universalis:Three Kingdoms

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Colonial Conquest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Colonial Conquest.

    Return to the Three Kingdoms period. On the grand strategic tactical battlefield, use terrain for defense setup and resource allocation to shift the battle situation. Control the war via hexagonal grid movement and tactical ability activation, and unify the realm.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Cascade: Hindcast

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Colonial Conquest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Colonial Conquest.

    Cascade: Hindcast is an alternate-history grand strategy game where monthly political and military decisions reshape a living war map. Use hindsight, spend scarce political capital, and watch borders, armies, and consequences move in real time.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  6. Bomber Command

    WHY THIS

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

    Take command of what would become the greatest air armada in history! Build, plan, coordinate, and command your forces into a mighty aerial armada against a smart German economy that adapts to your attacks, researches tech, and smartly reacts to your moves. Take over the Bomber Command.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Colonial Conquest.

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

    Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection is a set of three historical turn-based strategies, in which you are going to take command of the armies in the greatest Medieval wars as well as take control of countries and nations during World War II.

    2016Strategy9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Age of History 2: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Colonial Conquest.

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

    The grand strategy classic returns with improved gameplay, a massive 13,892 province map, expanded diplomacy and wartime capitulation, new civilizations and scenarios, atomic weapons, smarter AI, enhanced visuals, UI upgrades, and major performance improvements.

    2026StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Colonial Conquest

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. Risk

    WHY THIS

    Shares a lighthearted mood with Colonial Conquest.

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

    Draft! Attack! Fortify! Play the original game of strategy and world domination — now for your PC. Enjoy the classic look and fun of RISK in an exciting new interactive experience. Play two ways as you strategize over the map and set out to conquer the world.

    2013StrategyCasualSteam ↗
  2. Total War: WARHAMMER II

    WHY THIS

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

    Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.

    2017ActionStrategy59.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Eiyu*Senki – The World Conquest

    WHY THIS

    Shares a lighthearted mood with Colonial Conquest.

    Reviewers of Colonial Conquest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Colonial Conquest.

    A mysterious hero from the heavens and the young ruler of Zipang, Himiko, set their sights on ending the eternal war burning around them, but to bring peace to the world they must first conquer it.

    2017StrategySimulationCasual14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Victoria

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Colonial Conquest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Colonial Conquest.

    Join Victoria on her ghost hunt through the USA. Help her fight against supernatural creatures.

    2019IndieCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Toe-tal War

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Colonial Conquest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Colonial Conquest.

    Toe-tal War is a platformer where you kill people with your foot smell. Run and jump to make your feet smelly, change your shoes and socks to control the smell — then get close to enemies and stink them to death.

    IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Colonial Conquest.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

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

    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. 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 Colonial Conquest.

    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. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Colonial Conquest.

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Totally Accurate Battlegrounds

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Colonial Conquest.

    Grab your balloon crossbow and trusty inflatable hammer, because things are about to get wobbly! Be the last weirdo standing in the world-leading physics-based Battle Royale game.

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. World of Warships

    WHY THIS

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

    Immerse yourself in thrilling naval battles and assemble an armada of over 800 ships from the first half of the 20th century — from stealthy destroyers to gigantic battleships. Change the look of your ship, choose upgrades to suit your play style, and go into battle with other players!

    2017ActionStrategySimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Crusader Kings II

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2012StrategySimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Colonial Conquest

Does Colonial Conquest have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Colonial Conquest supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
What games are most similar to Colonial Conquest?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Colonial Conquest are SGS NATO's Nightmare, SGS Operation Downfall, Making History: The First World War.
Who developed Colonial Conquest?
Colonial Conquest was developed by Argonauts Interactive, Collectif Nemoïd and published by Plug In Digital, Argonauts Interactive.

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 Colonial Conquest.

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