Games like Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
Closest overall match: Stellaris (★ 4.1). Highest rated: XCOM: Enemy Unknown at ★ 4.2. Quickest to finish: Medieval II: Total War at about 4 hours.
We compared Sid Meier’s Civilization VI against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 12 came closest. The strongest common threads are Steam Workshop, steam-trading-cards and Moddable. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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62%
1. Stellaris
Shares Grand Strategy, 4X, Moddable, Steam Workshop and Open World and 3 more tags; about 5h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 42%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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61%
2. Medieval II: Total War
Shares Grand Strategy, 4X, Moddable, Historical and Turn-Based Strategy and 6 more tags; about 11h shorter.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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61%
3. Hearts of Iron IV
Shares Grand Strategy, Historical, War, Steam Workshop and Tactical and 5 more tags; about 7h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 45%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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61%
4. Cities: Skylines
Shares Moddable, Steam Workshop, Great Soundtrack, steam-trading-cards and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; about 6h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 38%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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58%
5. Planet Coaster
Shares Steam Workshop, Open World, Great Soundtrack, steam-trading-cards and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; about 10h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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58%
6. Railway Empire
Shares Historical, Steam Workshop, steam-trading-cards, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; about 11h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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57%
7. Tropico 6
Shares Steam Workshop, steam-trading-cards, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower; about 11h shorter.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 39%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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57%
8. Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
Shares Grand Strategy, 4X, Moddable, Turn-Based Strategy and Steam Workshop and 5 more tags; same developer; rated 0.6 lower; about 5h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 10
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56%
9. XCOM 2
Shares Moddable, Turn-Based Strategy, Steam Workshop, Turn-Based and Tactical and 4 more tags; same developer; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 15h
- Finish rate
- 59%
- Shared genres
- 10
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56%
10. Frostpunk
Shares Singleplayer; about 9h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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56%
11. Project Highrise
Shares Steam Workshop, steam-trading-cards, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower; about 10h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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55%
12. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Shares Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based, Tactical, Great Soundtrack and steam-trading-cards and 2 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 10
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Sid Meier’s Civilization VI?
On our similarity model, Stellaris is the closest match to Sid Meier’s Civilization VI — shares Grand Strategy, 4X, Moddable, Steam Workshop and Open World and 3 more tags; about 5h shorter; same release year.
Which game like Sid Meier’s Civilization VI is rated highest?
XCOM: Enemy Unknown holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.2/5 from 1,594 players.
Are there games like Sid Meier’s Civilization VI on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 5 games like Sid Meier’s Civilization VI on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Sid Meier’s Civilization VI 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.
Base game data via RAWG.