Games like Empires Apart
If Empires Apart is your kind of game, the closest matches are Stronghold: Warlords, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition and Company of Heroes 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its civilizations play completely differently, atmospheric and challenging. 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 →Empires Apart is a free-to-play strategy game developed by DESTINYbit and published by Slitherine Ltd., set in medieval times. Released in 2018, it challenges players with fast-paced real-time combat across six unique civilizations, each featuring civilization-specific passives and hero units that play completely differently from one another. Players highlight the modular civ customization as a significant source of replayability, while the fast-paced gameplay incorporates modernized controls compared to classic RTS games. The experience includes puzzle-like challenges, skirmish mode with AI difficulty scaling, and online co-op multiplayer with reportedly quick matchmaking. Reviewers describe the atmosphere as both atmospheric and contemplative despite the intense gameplay, and the architecture and unit designs receive particular praise for their uniqueness. Currently holding a 67% positive rating from 1003 Steam reviews, the game is not supported on Steam Deck.
About Empires Apart: An exciting free-to-play Real Time Strategy game set in medieval times. Uniquely designed factions, customization options, singleplayer and multiplayer gameplay. Gather resources, raise an army and lead your civilization to victory in a classic RTS, brought to the modern age.
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Stronghold: Warlords
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Shares a challenging mood with Empires Apart.
Top pick for Empires Apart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Empires Apart.
Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Empires Apart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Empires Apart.
42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.
Company of Heroes 2
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Empires Apart.
Third-strongest match for Empires Apart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Empires Apart.
Experience the ultimate WWII RTS platform with COH2 and its standalone expansions. This package includes the base game, which you can then upgrade by purchasing The Western Front Armies, Ardennes Assault and/or The British Forces. More info in the "About This Game" section below.
Ancestors Legacy
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Empires Apart.
Ranked #4 for Empires Apart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Empires Apart.
Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually solved by war.
Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
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Shares an intense mood with Empires Apart.
Ranked #5 for Empires Apart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Empires Apart.
Act of Aggression – Reboot Edition brings the techno-thriller RTS game Act of Aggression to a higher level. The Reboot Edition offers a full gameplay overhaul in skirmish mode against the AI and in your multiplayer battles.
Stronghold Kingdoms
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Empires Apart.
Ranked #6 for Empires Apart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Free To Play with Empires Apart.
A massively multiplayer grand strategy game, Stronghold Kingdoms is about forging alliances, political mind games, city-building and castle sieges with thousands of other players!
Men of War: Assault Squad 2
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Shares an intense mood with Empires Apart.
Ranked #7 for Empires Apart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Empires Apart.
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.
A Total War Saga: FALL OF THE SAMURAI
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Ranked #8 for Empires Apart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Empires Apart.
Experience the dramatic conflict of samurai culture and modern weaponry between the Imperial throne and the last Shogunate in 19th century Japan.
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Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
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Shares a challenging mood with Empires Apart.
Reviewers of Empires Apart cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Empires Apart.
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
Stronghold Crusader 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Empires Apart.
Reviewers of Empires Apart cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Empires Apart.
Stronghold Crusader 2 is the long awaited sequel to the original castle sim. After 12 years Stronghold returns to the desert with a new 3D engine and powerful Havok Physics. Crusader 2 recaptures the original game’s addictive, fast-paced gameplay and authentic castle simulation.
Age of Empires® III (2007)
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Empires Apart.
Reviewers of Empires Apart cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Empires Apart.
Microsoft Studios brings you three epic Age of Empires III games in one monumental collection for the first time.
SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel
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Shares an intense mood with Empires Apart.
Reviewers of Empires Apart cross-mention this title as a similar play.
SC2VN is a visual novel about the South Korean StarCraft 2 scene. You play as Mach, a foreign semi-pro trying to make it in eSports who soon learns that success in StarCraft takes more than in-game strategy.
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Empires Apart cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Empires Apart.
42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.
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Frequently asked about Empires Apart
- Does Empires Apart work on Steam Deck?
- Empires Apart is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- Is Empires Apart free to play?
- Yes — Empires Apart is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- Does Empires Apart have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Empires Apart supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Empires Apart?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Empires Apart are Stronghold: Warlords, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, Company of Heroes 2.
- Who developed Empires Apart?
- Empires Apart was developed by DESTINYbit and published by Slitherine Ltd..
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