Games like Age of Empires
Closest overall match: Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos (★ 4.5). Highest rated: The Last Of Us at ★ 4.5. Quickest to finish: The Movies at about 1 hours.
We compared Age of Empires against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 25 came closest. The strongest common threads are exclusive. Updated Oct 15, 2026.
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70%
1. Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos
Shares exclusive.
- Year
- 2002
- Rating
- ★ 4.5
- Metacritic
- 92
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
66%
2. Viva Piñata
Shares exclusive; rated 0.7 lower; about 30h longer.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 34h
- Finish rate
- 38%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
63%
-
62%
4. Mario Party
Shares exclusive; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 1998
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 79
- Finish rate
- 74%
-
60%
5. Halo: Reach
Shares exclusive; about 7h longer.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 86%
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60%
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60%
-
59%
8. Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
Shares exclusive; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 1998
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 81%
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57%
-
56%
10. Gears of War 2
Shares exclusive; about 18h longer.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 93
- Playtime
- 22h
- Finish rate
- 91%
-
54%
11. Gears of War 3
Shares exclusive; about 12h longer.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 16h
- Finish rate
- 89%
-
53%
12. Heroes of Might and Magic V
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 66%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
53%
13. The Movies
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
53%
14. Sid Meier's Civilization IV
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 94
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
53%
15. The Last Of Us
Shares exclusive; about 11h longer.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 4.5
- Metacritic
- 95
- Playtime
- 15h
- Finish rate
- 93%
-
51%
16. Civilization IV: Warlords
Rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
51%
-
51%
18. Worms Armageddon
Released within 2 years.
- Year
- 1999
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
49%
19. Europa Universalis IV
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 45%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
49%
20. Sid Meier's Civilization V
About 23h longer.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 27h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
49%
21. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising
Rated 0.7 lower.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 64
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
49%
22. Halo Wars 2
Shares exclusive; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 79
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
49%
23. Total War: SHOGUN 2
Rated 0.7 lower.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 46%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
49%
24. Endless Space 2
Rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
48%
25. X-COM: UFO Defense
Rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 1993
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 10
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On our similarity model, Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos is the closest match to Age of Empires — shares exclusive.
Which game like Age of Empires is rated highest?
The Last Of Us holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.5/5 from 3,418 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Age of Empires on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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