Games like The First Explorers®
Looking for games like The First Explorers®? Here are top strategy recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Pioneers of Pagonia, The Fertile Crescent or Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown.
1 View Game76%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, grinding76% User Score 1,625 reviewsIn "Pioneers of Pagonia," you are a visionary leader, traveling with your people to form alliances with island tribes. Manage resources, build and grow your economy, and protect your inhabitants from various threats. Explore procedurally generated maps with infinite variations and discover hidden treasures in this population management game.
View Game2 View Game89%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, grinding89% User Score 366 reviews"The Fertile Crescent" is a city-building strategy game set in the ancient Middle East. Players must balance resource management, trade, and diplomacy to build a thriving civilization in a religiously and culturally diverse world. With a focus on historical accuracy, the game offers a unique and immersive experience for fans of the genre.
View Game3 View Game63%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storystability, optimization63% User Score 262 reviewsThrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is a medieval fantasy city-builder where you lead survivors to establish a new kingdom in the mysterious land of Nysamor. Manage resources, construct settlements, and engage in real-time combat as your choices shape your kingdom’s fate. Play solo or with up to four players, making impactful decisions that define your legacy.
View Game4 View Game91%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsreplayability, music91% User Score 433 reviewsThe Scouring is a strategic RTS where you build bases, manage resources, and command armies while defending against nightly undead waves. It blends action RPG elements by allowing you to control a powerful hero with unique skills, explore dungeons, and customize your playstyle. Multiplayer modes support up to 8 players, with extensive user-generated content for endless variety.
View Game5 View Game68%Game Brain Scoregameplay, replayabilitygraphics, optimization69% User Score 3,194 reviewsCritic Score 66%5 reviews"Millennia: Premium Edition is a single-player and multiplayer 4X strategy game spanning 10,000 years of history. Create your own nation, experience different timelines, and dictate the course of history through 10 ages, from the first cities to space travel. Expect good game mechanics, lots of grinding, bugs, and replayability, along with awful graphics and great music."
View Game6 View Game80%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, replayability84% User Score 1,204 reviewsCritic Score 76%13 reviews"Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles" is a creative sandbox building game where you design and build a magnificent ocean fortress settlement, inviting factions and unlocking new buildings. It offers light management and strategy elements, with no set goals or win-lose outcomes - the focus is on the design process and creative expression. The game features minimalistic interface and little hand-holding, allowing players to enjoy the freedom and flexibility to design their fortress as they see fit.
View Game7 View Game78%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, optimization79% User Score 12,624 reviewsCritic Score 76%8 reviews"Dune: Spice Wars" is a real-time strategy game set in the Dune universe. Players choose a faction, gather spice, build armies, and engage in political intrigue to gain control of the desert planet Arrakis. The game features 4X elements, including economic management, technology research, and diplomacy, with a focus on fast-paced, competitive gameplay. Online multiplayer and AI opponents add to the replayability and challenge.
View Game8 View Game84%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygrinding, stability86% User Score 20,520 reviewsCritic Score 81%7 reviewsNorthgard is a strategy game set in a newfound continent filled with mystery and danger, based on Norse mythology. As a clan of Vikings, you must manage resources, assign vikings to jobs, and survive harsh winters, vicious foes, and unique strategic opportunities to expand your territory. Achieve different victory conditions such as conquest, fame, or loyalty to the gods.
View Game9 View Game67%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaystability, optimization68% User Score 2,900 reviewsCritic Score 65%10 reviewsFrozenheim is a serene Norse city builder with elaborate management gameplay and RTS tactical combat. Lead your Viking clan through hardships of the frozen north, season by season, year after year. Build and survive. Set sail, explore and conquer. Win Odin’s favor and secure your place in Valhalla!
View Game10 View Game80%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, stability80% User Score 263 reviewsIn Noble Legacy, you inherit a broken realm and must personally rebuild it by designing every structure and managing resources. Attract settlers, maintain their well-being, and develop a thriving economy while facing challenges like harsh weather and bandits. Guide your kingdom from ruin to glory in this immersive third-person kingdom builder.
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