Games like ROME: Total War
Closest overall match: Sid Meier's Railroads! (★ 3.2). Highest rated: Anno 1404 at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: Sid Meier's Railroads! at about 1 hours.
We compared ROME: Total War against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 12 came closest. What ties them together most: Economy and War.
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64%
1. Sid Meier's Railroads!
Shares Economy; same developer; rated 1.3 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 51%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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61%
2. Rome: Total War - Alexander
Same developer; rated 1.0 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
-
58%
3. Medieval II: Total War
Shares War; same developer; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
-
55%
4. Majesty Gold HD
Shares Economy.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
-
54%
5. Railroad Tycoon 3
Shares Economy; rated 1.3 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
-
54%
6. Anno 1404
Shares Economy.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
-
53%
7. Rome: Total War - Collection
Shares War; same developer; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 92
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
53%
8. Tropico 4
Shares Economy; same developer; rated 0.9 lower.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
-
52%
9. Stronghold Legends
Shares Economy; rated 1.3 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 51%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
-
52%
10. Company of Heroes
Shares War; same developer; rated 0.7 lower; about 5h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 93
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
52%
11. X: Beyond the Frontier
Shares Economy; rated 1.1 lower.
- Year
- 1999
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 67
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
-
52%
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like ROME: Total War?
On our similarity model, Sid Meier's Railroads! is the closest match to ROME: Total War — shares Economy; same developer; rated 1.3 lower; released within 2 years.
Which game like ROME: Total War is rated highest?
Anno 1404 holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 135 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against ROME: Total War 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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