Games Like Victoria II (2026)

Shared: Grand Strategy, Historical, Political Simulation

Lead Rome - or its enemies - across centuries of ancient conquest in this sprawling grand-strategy/real-time-tactics hybrid with three extra campaign packs included.

Shared: Economy Management, Moddable

The definitive desert castle-builder, now in HD. Firefly's Crusader-era RTS holds up shockingly well two decades on - if you can stomach the brutal AI.

Shared: Moddable, Economy Management

A brutal medieval mercenary sim where every recruit has a name, a backstory, and a grave waiting for them. Permadeath bites hard, but the tactical depth bites harder.

Shared: Grand Strategy, Nation Building

Paradox's ancient-world grand strategy covering Rome's rise and fall, ambitious in scope, uneven in execution, but deep enough to swallow weekends whole.

Shared: Moddable

Hundreds of hours in and I still haven't seen everything RimWorld can throw at a colony, that alone tells you whether this one deserves a slot on your drive.