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Whether it's wrestling for intergalactic power on foreign planets, or marching to battle in third century China's Three Kingdoms, there's something for everyone on this list. If you're looking for games like Civilization 6, read on, and look no further. The Age of Wonders series, around since , aimed at taking 4X games away from historical conflicts on earth to make things a little more whimsical.
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Much like Civ, the game tries to boil down many of its systems and concepts into more digestible tips that the average player can understand. While there are plenty of Warhammer entries that stand out, Gladius inches its way closer to Civ through its dynamic 4X structure.
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In it, you play as one of several factions looking to overthrow the current regime in power by sneaking into the kingdom and building an army before the leaders find out. Master of Magic is one of the older turn based strategy games with 4X elements being released in and since revived through the impressive game library of GOG.
Master of Magic features a fantasy theme focused on the world of magic with the player taking control of a wizard as he attempts to take over two worlds that are linked together by special portals known as Towers of Wizadry. These two worlds are named Myrror and Arcanus, with the latter being very much like Earth with a variety Taking everything that they learned from their pervious 4X space strategy game Endless Space Amplitude Studios revisits the genre with a fantasy twist this time to create Endless Legend.
With a standard core gameplay loop of exploration, founding of new cities, researching technology and ending the game through diplomatic or aggressive mea Crusader Kings II offers a Middle Ages grand strategy experience and builds on the solid foundations established by the original game.
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The setting in Galactic Civilizations II is the same as the previous game with players and several other alien species fighting for control over the galaxy. This race for control started after one of the youngest space Galactic Civilizations is a space themed strategy game that launched in with several sequels that built on the turn based strategy foundations of this original release.
In an expansion pack to the core of Galactic Civilizations titled Altarian Prophecy was also released which added 2 new races to the game along with the addition of a campaign to provide players additional strategy choices and content. Galactic Civilizations is set in a distant future soon after humans discover the powe Set within our own universe but allowing players to influence their own historical events is Victoria II, the second game in the Victoria franchise and developed by Paradox Development Studio.
The game spans approximately years from to and tilts towards economics or diplomacy rather than solely about war although this is still an option for those that want to take the difficult path and go against the grain.
Featuring a number of improvements over the original Victoria title such a Offering the same impressive depth of other Making History games players will unlock a wealth of decision points that lead to equally diverse strategies and challenges.
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