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Rise of Nations: Extended Edition

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2014

Should you play it?

Rise of Nations is back! Play the updated classic with full Steamworks integration and enhanced features!

What works

  • Deep and engaging strategy gameplay
  • Wide variety of nations and unique units
  • Historical eras and campaigns
  • High replayability and mod support
  • Balanced and challenging ai

Things to keep in mind

  • Multiplayer bugs and connectivity issues
  • Some ui and micro-management complexity
  • Graphics are dated despite improvements
  • Limited narrative depth
  • Small active multiplayer community

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition

  • Sid Meier's Civilization® IV

  • Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

  • Age of Empires: Definitive Edition

  • Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition

  • Cossacks: Back to War

More fantastical

Games that feels like Rise of Nations: Extended Edition but with more imaginative fiction

  • Command & Conquer™ Tiberian Sun™ and Firestorm™

  • Age of Mythology: Extended Edition

  • Majesty Gold HD

  • STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga

  • Command & Conquer Red Alert™ 2 and Yuri’s Revenge™

  • Kohan II: Kings of War

Less intimate

Games that feels like Rise of Nations: Extended Edition but with less focus on close relationships

  • Rising Lords

  • Cossacks: European Wars

  • Oriental Empires

  • Stronghold Crusader 2

  • American Conquest: Fight Back

  • Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization

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Rise of Nations: Extended Edition: 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, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy.

Last update: 03/08/2026