Age of Wonders: Planetfall similar games & best alternatives

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Age of Wonders: Planetfall

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One • 2019

Should you play it?

Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.

What works

  • Deep tactical combat
  • Extensive unit and hero customization
  • Diverse factions and tech trees
  • Engaging sci-fi setting
  • Strong replayability and multiplayer support

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve
  • Some ui and pacing issues
  • Campaign story weaker than gameplay
  • Late game city management can be tedious
  • Ai can be inconsistent

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Impossible Creatures Steam Edition

  • ZEPHON

  • Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition

  • Command & Conquer™ 3: Kane’s Wrath

  • Executive Assault

  • Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic)

Less intimate

Games that feels like Age of Wonders: Planetfall but with less focus on close relationships

  • Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War

  • Command & Conquer™ Tiberian Sun™ and Firestorm™

  • Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars™

  • Earth 2160

  • Kohan II: Kings of War

  • Age of Wonders 4

Less competitive

Games that feels like Age of Wonders: Planetfall but with less competition against others

  • Phoenix Point

  • Frosthaven

  • Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked

  • Elemental: Reforged

  • Gloomhaven

  • Solasta: Crown of the Magister

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Age of Wonders III

  • Age of Wonders 4

  • Age of Wonders Shadow Magic

  • Age of Wonders

  • Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Age of Wonders: Planetfall: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Creativity, Leadership.

Last update: 03/08/2026