Games like Civilization IV®: Warlords
If Civilization IV®: Warlords is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sid Meier's Civilization® IV, Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword and Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Civilization IV®: Warlords: Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords is the first expansion pack for the award-winning game that has become an instant world-wide hit. Paying homage to some of history's greatest military leaders, the expansion delivers six unique and interesting scenarios, giving players the chance to change the course of history with the help of their...
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Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Top pick for Civilization IV®: Warlords fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
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...
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Second-strongest match for Civilization IV®: Warlords fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV®: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for Civilization IV - the 2005 PC Game of the Year that has become a worldwide hit.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Third-strongest match for Civilization IV®: Warlords fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is the third offering in the award winning Civilization IV series. A re-imagining of the classic Colonization game Sid Meier created in 1994, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is a total conversion of the Civilization IV engine into a game experience in which players will lead a European...
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Ranked #4 for Civilization IV®: Warlords fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Ranked #5 for Civilization IV®: Warlords fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Ranked #6 for Civilization IV®: Warlords fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
Old World
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Ranked #7 for Civilization IV®: Warlords fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
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?
Oriental Empires
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Ranked #8 for Civilization IV®: Warlords fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.
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Tiny Civilization
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Shares a contemplative mood with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Reviewers of Civilization IV®: Warlords cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
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.
Sid Meier's Pirates!
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Reviewers of Civilization IV®: Warlords cross-mention this title as a similar play.
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!
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Reviewers of Civilization IV®: Warlords cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Reviewers of Civilization IV®: Warlords cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is the third offering in the award winning Civilization IV series. A re-imagining of the classic Colonization game Sid Meier created in 1994, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is a total conversion of the Civilization IV engine into a game experience in which players will lead a European...
Idle Civilization
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Reviewers of Civilization IV®: Warlords cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
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...
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Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Civilization IV®: Warlords at current Steam store prices.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under Civilization IV®: Warlords on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
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!
Bejeweled® 3
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Priced ~80% under Civilization IV®: Warlords on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
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
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Priced ~80% under Civilization IV®: Warlords on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
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.
Majesty Gold HD
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Priced ~50% under Civilization IV®: Warlords on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
The High Definition edition of Majesty Gold contains main game, the Northern Expansion Pack as well as 2 new quests and several other graphics and gameplay updates.Majesty is a Real-time strategy game with indirect control – your heroes have a will of their own!
Bomber Crew
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Priced ~52% under Civilization IV®: Warlords on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!
Turmoil
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Priced ~48% under Civilization IV®: Warlords on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Priced ~80% under Civilization IV®: Warlords on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.
Party Hard
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Civilization IV®: Warlords on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.
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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
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!
Crusader Kings II
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
Dota Underlords
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.
FPS Chess
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Battle a friend in this fast paced 1v1 class-based first-person shooter. Chess takes a back-seat to FPS as you win duel after duel and capture the opponent's pieces until you've beaten their king and won the game.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Take on Duelists around the world with "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links"! Step into a world that crosses dimensions and connects all Duelists. In Duel World, any location transforms into a Duel Field where heated Duels unfold!
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 Civilization IV®: Warlords.
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.
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The epic story of evolution, technology, humanity, and dinosaurs is yours to tap.
Toribash
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Toribash is an innovative free-to-play online turn-based fighting game where you’re able to design your own moves. Complete control over character's body, hundreds of game mods and bloody mess with full body dismemberment - you've never been able to annihilate your enemies like that before!
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Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Civilization IV®: Warlords. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Civilization IV®: Warlords. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
XCOM® 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Civilization IV®: Warlords. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
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 contemplative mood with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Civilization IV®: Warlords. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
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 an epic mood with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Civilization IV®: Warlords. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!
XCOM®: Chimera Squad
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Civilization IV®: Warlords. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
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 epic mood with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Civilization IV®: Warlords. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
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 an epic mood with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Civilization IV®: Warlords. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
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.
Frequently asked about Civilization IV®: Warlords
- Does Civilization IV®: Warlords run on Steam Deck?
- Civilization IV®: Warlords 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 Civilization IV®: Warlords cost?
- Civilization IV®: Warlords is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Civilization IV®: Warlords?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Civilization IV®: Warlords are Sid Meier's Civilization® IV, Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization.
- Who developed Civilization IV®: Warlords?
- Civilization IV®: Warlords was developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K.
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