Rise of Kingdoms similar games & best alternatives

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Rise of Kingdoms

Android, iOS • 2018

Should you play it?

What works

  • Engaging real-time strategy gameplay
  • Strong alliance and social cooperation features
  • Diverse historical civilizations and commanders
  • Large, seamless open-world map
  • Regular updates and events

Things to keep in mind

  • Heavy grind and time investment required
  • Aggressive pay-to-win monetization
  • Steep learning curve for new players
  • Repetitive tasks and waiting times
  • Performance issues on some devices

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Conqueror's Blade

  • Eternum

  • Total War: WARHAMMER III

  • Age of Empires II (Retired)

  • Talisman: The Horus Heresy (Classic)

  • Natural Selection 2

Less fantastical

Games that feels like Rise of Kingdoms but with less imaginative fiction

Less intimate

Games that feels like Rise of Kingdoms but with less focus on close relationships

More value-seeking

Games that feels like Rise of Kingdoms but with a stronger sense of value for your time

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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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).

Rise of Kingdoms: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Cooperation. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value.

Last update: 05/08/2026