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 76%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, grinding76% User Score 1,625 reviewsThe city builder Pioneers of Pagonia is all about exploration, discovery, and reuniting the fantastical islands of Pagonia. Build over 40 different buildings, use more than 70 different types of goods, manage widely branched production chains, and get creative in establishing your economy.
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89%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, grinding89% User Score 366 reviewsThe Fertile Crescent is a Real Time Strategy game set during the Bronze Age in the Ancient Near East. Inspired by the rise and fall of Bronze Age civilizations, you must manage the delicate balance between food surplus and the maintenance of your army.
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63%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storystability, optimization63% User Score 262 reviewsThrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is a complex city builder, where the fate of your kingdom hinges on your every decision. Explore this medieval land alone or with friends, make tough moral choices and conquer your foes in RTS combat. Will you struggle to survive, or find the strength to Thrive?
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91%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsreplayability, music91% User Score 433 reviewsThe Scouring is an RTS with fast pace, high attention to detail and next generation experience. Lead humans or orcs to fight for victory! Play alone or with friends. Use modding tools to create custom game modes! Join The battle!
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68%Game Brain Scoregameplay, replayabilitygraphics, optimization69% User Score 3,194 reviewsCritic Score 66%5 reviewsCreate your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.
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80%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, replayability84% User Score 1,204 reviewsCritic Score 76%13 reviewsBuild Your Bulwark
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78%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, optimization79% User Score 12,624 reviewsCritic Score 76%8 reviewsDune: Spice Wars is a real-time strategy game with 4X elements, from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis. Best your opponents through political intrigue, crush them in combat, and undermine them with your network of illusive …
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84%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygrinding, stability86% User Score 20,520 reviewsCritic Score 81%7 reviewsSettle. Survive. Conquer.
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67%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!
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80%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, stability80% User Score 263 reviewsAfter returning from war you claim your inheritance: Greenwood—a neglected realm on the brink of collapse. As its new Lord, you must guide your kingdom to greatness, not from a distant throne, but by walking its cobbled streets and verdant fields. In this third-person kingdom builder, you must raise your realm from rubble with a builder’s touch—every hall, heath, and castle wall crafted to your de…
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