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24 alternatives to CIVILIZATION VI

Expand your empire across the map, advance your culture.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. CIVILIZATION VI launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Civilization VI▲120

   The next entry in the long running Civ franchise

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Civilization: Beyond Earth- Rising Tide▲66

   First expansion for Beyond Earth

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Run an Empire▲64

   The Real-World Territory Control Game

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   FreeCiv▲68

   Open source empire-building game inspired by Civilization

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Age of Empires: World Domination▲72

   Your empire, your legend

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Galaxy Alliance▲56

   Find another habitable planet and rebuild your nation

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   SimCity BuildIt▲79

   Build the metropolis of your dreams (iOS and Android)

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Civilization VI▲19

   Sid Meier’s next entry in the award-winning franchise

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Full Freeciv client running on WebAssembly▲97

   Play Freeciv online! Freeciv is an empire-building strategy game starting at the dawn of time. Can you survive to dominate a modern world?

   2022 · freecivweb.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Houses - Start building an empire▲67

    A game of thrones for the real(ish) world.

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients▲61

    Command armies, manage resources, and build an empire

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    DomiNations▲6

    Grow a flourishing civilization

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Big City▲76

    Build your own Bit City!

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Mars Colonies▲67

    A free old-school RTS... on Mars

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15OR
    OpenRA – RTS project that recreates Command and Conquer games▲131

    2014 · openra.res0l.net · its alternatives →

16. 16
    SimCity™ 4 for Apple Silicon▲99

    The classic city simulation game

    2023 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Hextris▲140

    A simple game, in your browser. The new 2048?

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Sky Wars: Archon Rises▲68

    Build your empire in this gorgeous 3D Fantasy MMO game

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Branch▲76

    Explore and write collaborative branched stories

    2018 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Future War:Reborn▲61

    You will control the full-fledged Genome Fighter

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    AdVenture Capitalist▲109

    Become a VC in this mobile game

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Construct▲14

    Build the games you imagine.

    2017 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Empire of Code▲63

    A space game with a mix of strategy, tactics and coding.

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Kingdom: New Lands▲79

    Be brave, ruler, and fight to the bitter end

    2017 · its alternatives →

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