# Games like Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword

> The closest matches to Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword: Sid Meier's Civilization® IV, Civilization IV®: Warlords, Old World, Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition, and Rome: Total War™ - Collection. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Sid Meier's Civilization® IV](https://imho.run/games/3900/sid-meier-s-civilization-iv) — Also 4X and Grand Strategy, like Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. 1,884 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3900/)
2. [Civilization IV®: Warlords](https://imho.run/games/3990/civilization-iv-warlords) — A frequent pick in Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword players' libraries, and another Strategy. 286 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3990/)
3. [Old World](https://imho.run/games/597180/old-world) — A frequent pick in Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword players' libraries, and another RPG. 3,708 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/597180/)
4. [Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition](https://imho.run/games/202200/galactic-civilizations-ii-ultimate-edition) — Also 4X and Grand Strategy, like Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. 797 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/202200/)
5. [Rome: Total War™ - Collection](https://imho.run/games/4760/rome-total-war-collection) — Also Grand Strategy and Turn-Based, like Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. 8,718 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4760/)
6. [Age of Wonders III](https://imho.run/games/226840/age-of-wonders-iii) — Shares mod support with Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. 4,560 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/226840/)
7. [Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection](https://imho.run/games/42890/sword-of-the-stars-complete-collection) — Also 4X and Turn-Based, like Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. 517 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/42890/)
8. [Master of Orion](https://imho.run/games/298050/master-of-orion) — Also 4X and Grand Strategy, like Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. 4,703 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/298050/)
9. [Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition](https://imho.run/games/214950/total-war-rome-ii-emperor-edition) — Also Grand Strategy and Turn-Based, like Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. 31,620 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/214950/)
10. [ENDLESS™ Legend](https://imho.run/games/289130/endless-legend) — Also 4X and Grand Strategy, like Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. 9,207 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/289130/)
11. [Stellaris](https://imho.run/games/281990/stellaris) — Also 4X and Grand Strategy, like Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. 75,169 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/281990/)
12. [Field of Glory: Empires](https://imho.run/games/1011390/field-of-glory-empires) — Also 4X and Grand Strategy, like Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. 484 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1011390/)
13. [Europa Universalis IV](https://imho.run/games/236850/europa-universalis-iv) — Also 4X and Grand Strategy, like Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. 47,407 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/236850/)
14. [Panzer Corps 2](https://imho.run/games/1072040/panzer-corps-2) — Also Grand Strategy and Turn-Based, like Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. 1,815 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1072040/)
15. [Making History: The Calm & the Storm](https://imho.run/games/6250/making-history-the-calm-the-storm) — A frequent pick in Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword players' libraries, and another Action. 361 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/6250/)
16. [Millennia](https://imho.run/games/1268590/millennia) — Also 4X and Grand Strategy, like Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. 1,892 Steam reviews, 68% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1268590/)
17. [Space Empires IV Deluxe](https://imho.run/games/1610/space-empires-iv-deluxe) — Also 4X and Turn-Based, like Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. 214 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1610/)
18. [Oriental Empires](https://imho.run/games/357310/oriental-empires) — Also 4X and Grand Strategy, like Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. 793 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/357310/)
19. [HUMANKIND™](https://imho.run/games/1124300/humankind) — Also 4X and Grand Strategy, like Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. 12,174 Steam reviews, 69% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1124300/)
20. [Aggressors: Ancient Rome](https://imho.run/games/783210/aggressors-ancient-rome) — Also 4X and Grand Strategy, like Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. 161 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/783210/)
21. [Warlock - Master of the Arcane](https://imho.run/games/203630/warlock-master-of-the-arcane) — Also 4X and Grand Strategy, like Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. 649 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/203630/)
22. [Terra Invicta](https://imho.run/games/1176470/terra-invicta) — Also 4X and Grand Strategy, like Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. 6,142 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1176470/)
23. [Call to Power II](https://imho.run/games/572050/call-to-power-ii) — Shares unit stacking with Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. 84 Steam reviews, 61% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/572050/)
24. [Knights of Honor II: Sovereign](https://imho.run/games/736820/knights-of-honor-ii-sovereign) — Also 4X and Grand Strategy, like Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. 2,133 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/736820/)

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## About Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword is a turn-based empire-building strategy game released in 2007 by Firaxis Games, available for $5.99 USD. Players engage with battle-tactics, city-naming, long-term-strategy, unit-stacking, and mod-support mechanics. Reviewers highlight the experience as challenging, contemplative, epic, and nostalgic. Players note that city-naming adds fun to multiplayer sessions, the game is described as the last Civilization built for adults not children, and mods expand the game infinitely while teaching battle tactics and patience. The game spans massive length with a challenging difficulty curve, supporting local co-op and single-player modes. It holds a 97% positive rating from 2802 Steam reviews and a Metacritic score of 86. Steam Deck is not supported.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 8800
- **Developer:** Firaxis Games
- **Publisher:** 2K
- **Genres:** Strategy
- **Categories:** Single-player, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Jul 24, 2007
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 86
- **Platforms:** windows, mac

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