Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Age of Wonders III (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Age of Wonders III on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut, which both fantasy, atmospheric and strategy.
- Age of Wonders III is tagged Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Fantasy, RPG, 4X, Turn-Based, Multiplayer, Singleplayer by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 1 are from the same studio: Age of Wonders 4.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
- 1
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Strategy; published by the same company; released around the same time (2014).
Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut at a glance Released 2014 Studio Harebrained Schemes Player sentiment 89% positive of 6,570 Price $14.99 RPGTurn-BasedStrategyTacticalFantasyTurn-Based StrategyModdableFemale Protagonist
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Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Strategy; published by the same company; released around the same time (2015).
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition is the capstone title in Harebrained Schemes' Shadowrun series - and now includes the all-new, 6+ hr Shadows of Hong Kong Bonus Campaign. Experience the most impressive Shadowrun RPG yet, hailed as one of the best cRPG / strategy games of 2015!
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition at a glance Released 2015 Studio Harebrained Schemes Player sentiment 87% positive of 4,839 Price $19.99 RPGTurn-BasedStrategyTacticalGreat SoundtrackFantasyFemale Protagonist
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Age of Wonders 4
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Triumph Studios; both fantasy and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, 4X and Fantasy.
Rule a fantasy realm of your own design! Explore new magical realms in Age of Wonders’ signature blend of 4X strategy and turn-based tactical combat. Control a faction that grows and changes as you expand your empire with each turn!
Age of Wonders 4 at a glance Released 2023 Studio Triumph Studios Player sentiment 81% positive of 22,976 Price $49.99 Strategy4XFantasyRPGTurn-Based StrategyModdableDwarfGrand Strategy
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Total War: WARHAMMER II
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, Fantasy and Turn-Based Strategy; released around the same time (2017).
The forces of Lustria await your command. Choose your Legendary Lord, expand your armies, forge alliances in a strategic turn-based campaign, and unleash the might of your monstrous forces in fast-paced real-time battles.
Total War: WARHAMMER II at a glance Released 2017 Studio CREATIVE ASSEMBLY Player sentiment 93% positive of 121,450 Price $59.99 StrategyFantasyTurn-Based StrategyGrand StrategyTurn-BasedTacticalDwarfGreat Soundtrack
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Total War: WARHAMMER
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, Fantasy and Turn-Based Strategy; released around the same time (2016).
The Old World is yours to command. Lead Legendary Lords in a combination of turn-based campaign and magically charged, strategic real-time battles, and decide the fate of your chosen race in a fight against Chaos.
Total War: WARHAMMER at a glance Released 2016 Studio CREATIVE ASSEMBLY Player sentiment 79% positive of 52,323 Price $59.99 StrategyFantasyTurn-Based StrategyGrand StrategyTacticalTurn-BasedDwarfRPG
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The Banner Saga
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Strategy; released around the same time (2014).
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
The Banner Saga at a glance Released 2014 Studio Stoic Player sentiment 89% positive of 15,950 Price $24.99 RPGTurn-BasedStrategyTacticalTurn-Based StrategyFantasyGreat Soundtrack
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Warlock - Master of the Arcane
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy and Fantasy; published by the same company; released around the same time (2012).
In a time of chaotic upheaval, the player takes the role of a great mage, a warlord vying for ultimate power.
Warlock - Master of the Arcane at a glance Released 2012 Studio Ino-Co Plus Player sentiment 86% positive of 2,638 Price $24.99 StrategyTurn-Based StrategyFantasyTurn-Based4XHex GridRPGGrand Strategy
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Armello
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based and Strategy; released around the same time (2015).
Armello is a grim fairy-tale board game come to life, with every match combining deep, tactical card play, rich tabletop strategy and RPG elements. Leverage subterfuge, spells and careful strategy to wrangle control of the game's chaotic odds as you quest for the throne.
Armello at a glance Released 2015 Studio League of Geeks Player sentiment 82% positive of 16,058 Price $9.99 Turn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedStrategyRPGFantasyHex GridGrand Strategy
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Sid Meier's Civilization V
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 10 player tags including Turn-Based Strategy, Strategy and Turn-Based; released around the same time (2010).
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Sid Meier's Civilization V at a glance Released 2010 Studio Firaxis Games Player sentiment 96% positive of 210,613 Price $29.99 Turn-Based StrategyStrategyTurn-Based4XHex GridGrand StrategyTacticalModdable
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FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Fantasy and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2018).
FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE - This revered classic returns, now fully remastered for the first time for PC, featuring all new and enhanced gameplay.
FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE at a glance Released 2018 Studio Square Enix Player sentiment 89% positive of 10,211 Price $49.99 RPGFantasyGreat SoundtrackClassicTurn-BasedStrategyFemale Protagonist
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Tyranny
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including RPG, Fantasy and Great Soundtrack; published by the same company; released around the same time (2016).
Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.
Tyranny at a glance Released 2016 Studio Obsidian Entertainment Player sentiment 87% positive of 13,326 Price $29.99 RPGFantasyGreat SoundtrackTurn-BasedStrategyFemale Protagonist
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Rome: Total War - Collection
Why it matched: both atmospheric and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy and Grand Strategy.
Control and conquer the greatest empire ever known to man.
Rome: Total War - Collection at a glance Released 2007 Studio CREATIVE ASSEMBLY Player sentiment 95% positive of 16,717 Price Not listed StrategyTurn-Based StrategyGrand StrategyClassicTacticalGreat SoundtrackTurn-BasedModdable
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 9 player tags including RPG, Great Soundtrack and Turn-Based.
Hailed as one of the largest, longest and most meticulously detailed turn-based JRPG series of all time, this first chapter in the ongoing Trails saga sets the stage for what's quickly become Ys developer Nihon Falcom's most popular and best-selling franchise in their entire 30+ year history.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky at a glance Released 2004 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 94% positive of 10,375 Price $19.99 RPGGreat SoundtrackTurn-BasedFemale ProtagonistFantasyTurn-Based StrategyClassicStrategy
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The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Strategy.
Step into the wacky heroic fantasy universe of the Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. Lead a team of unlikely and clumsy heroes in an epic and challenging tactical RPG. Live an adventure filled with humor, surprises and silly encounters.
The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos at a glance Released 2020 Studio Artefacts Studio Player sentiment 87% positive of 8,064 Price $5.24 RPGTurn-BasedStrategyTurn-Based StrategyTacticalFantasyGreat Soundtrack
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Hero's Hour
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Turn-Based, Strategy and Turn-Based Strategy.
A fast turn-based strategy RPG with real-time combat. Develop your cities and armies, level up your heroes to gain new, powerful spells and skills, and explore the wonders and dangers of the procedurally generated maps as you aim to conquer your enemies before they do the same to you.
Hero's Hour at a glance Released 2022 Studio Benjamin "ThingOnItsOwn" Hauer Player sentiment 79% positive of 5,735 Price $17.99 Turn-BasedStrategyTurn-Based StrategyFantasyRPGTactical4X
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Eador. Masters of the Broken World
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy and Fantasy; released around the same time (2013).
Eador is a universe made of countless shards of land drifting in the Great Nothing. Each of the shards is a little world unto itself, with geography and denizens of its own. The power over the shards is bitterly contested by Masters, the immortal beings mortals believe to be gods.
Eador. Masters of the Broken World at a glance Released 2013 Studio Snowbird Games Player sentiment 68% positive of 2,811 Price $19.99 StrategyTurn-Based StrategyFantasyTurn-BasedRPGTactical4XHex Grid
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Divinity: Original Sin (Classic)
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Fantasy; released around the same time (2014).
Gather your party and get ready for a new, back-to-the-roots RPG adventure! Discuss your decisions with companions; fight foes in turn-based combat; explore an open world and interact with everything and everyone you see. Join up with a friend to play online in co-op and make your own adventures with the powerful RPG toolkit.
Divinity: Original Sin (Classic) at a glance Released 2014 Studio Larian Studios Player sentiment 92% positive of 11,898 Price Not listed RPGTurn-BasedFantasyStrategyTurn-Based StrategyFemale Protagonist
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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Strategy, RPG and Tactical; released around the same time (2018).
A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden at a glance Released 2018 Studio The Bearded Ladies Player sentiment 90% positive of 20,534 Price $34.99 StrategyRPGTacticalTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyFantasy
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ENDLESS Space 2
Why it matched: both atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, 4X and Turn-Based Strategy; released around the same time (2017).
ENDLESS Space™ 2 is a Strategic Space Opera, featuring the compelling “just one more turn” gameplay, set in the mysterious ENDLESS Universe™. As the leader of your civilization, will you impose your vision and build the greatest stellar empire?
ENDLESS Space 2 at a glance Released 2017 Studio AMPLITUDE Studios Player sentiment 83% positive of 23,056 Price $7.99 Strategy4XTurn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedGrand StrategyGreat SoundtrackModdableRPG
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Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
Why it matched: both atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy and 4X; released around the same time (2014).
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth at a glance Released 2014 Studio Firaxis Games Player sentiment 61% positive of 23,140 Price $39.99 StrategyTurn-Based Strategy4XTurn-BasedHex GridTacticalGrand StrategyModdable
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Might & Magic Heroes VII
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy and RPG; released around the same time (2015).
Might & Magic® Heroes® VII makes a triumphant return bringing you the essence of turn based strategy gaming. Set in a fantasy universe with RPG progression with a strong story narrative, you will embark on a journey that you will never forget!
Might & Magic Heroes VII at a glance Released 2015 Studio Limbic Entertainment Player sentiment 55% positive of 7,183 Price $29.99 StrategyTurn-Based StrategyRPGFantasyTurn-BasedClassic
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Child of Light
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including RPG, Fantasy and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2014).
Aurora, a young girl from 1895 Austria, awakens on the lost fairytale continent of Lemuria. To return home she must fight against the dark creatures of the Queen of the Night, who have stolen the sun, the moon and the stars. At stake is not only Lemuria, but Aurora’s true destiny.
Child of Light at a glance Released 2014 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 91% positive of 13,481 Price $14.99 RPGFantasyGreat SoundtrackTurn-BasedFemale ProtagonistTurn-Based Strategy
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Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including RPG, Female Protagonist and Fantasy; released around the same time (2018).
Discover a brand new RPG from the creators of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Facing an imminent invasion, Meve — war-veteran and Queen of Lyria and Rivia — is forced to once again enter the warpath and set out on a dark journey of destruction and revenge.
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales at a glance Released 2018 Studio CD PROJEKT RED Player sentiment 90% positive of 17,339 Price $19.99 RPGFemale ProtagonistFantasyStrategyGreat SoundtrackTurn-Based
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Blackguards
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Strategy; released around the same time (2014).
What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.
Blackguards at a glance Released 2014 Studio Daedalic Entertainment Player sentiment 62% positive of 3,917 Price $0.99 RPGTurn-BasedStrategyTacticalFantasyTurn-Based StrategyHex Grid
Common questions
What game is most like Age of Wonders III?
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut, on the evidence we have. It both fantasy, atmospheric and strategy. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Age of Wonders III" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Age of Wonders III. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
What else did the makers of Age of Wonders III do?
Age of Wonders 4 is also from Triumph Studios, and appears in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.