What are the best Civ alternatives?

[Growlanser]

Tried Humankind and hated it. What other similar games to Civ are out there?

[Many-Named]

Millennia, dont listen to negative reviews, the game is good.

[HOLYTERROR]

Hi friend play master of orion.the new ones don't suck true to the game nature. Also try civilization 4 currently it's the best civ game. You can even get master of Orion 2 on Android for free. But just gut the new it's great in pc.

[Dogoth]

Old World is good. Tons of options for setting up a game.

[taomastercu]

You'll have to be more specific. Do you specifically want a historical 4X that covers cavemen to cosmos? There's not really good options.

If you are open to any 4X you have a lot of choices.

Millennia, Old World, and ARA, are all quite different games from Humankind.

If you accept fantasy you have tons of options. Depends though on if you want to play a game like Civ 6 or Civ 5 or if you are open to games more like Civ 3/4.

Moving on from there you can play fantasy 4X games like Age of Wonders 2: Shadow Magic, Spellforce: Conquest Of Eo, or Eador.

You could also swap to Paradox games like EU4/CK2.

AoW4 is very Civ 7 like, and CK3 is very graphics first/gameplay last but some people prefer that.

[la_nague]

Old World is good, but only classical/early medieval period.

[TyCobb]

Without knowing what you've already played and whether or not you are talking about Civ as a franchise or this game I will at least say check out the other games in the franchise because the only direct competitor to this series is Humankind which you hated.

Endless Legend is probably the closest alternative to the series you will get in terms of gameplay.

Next would be the Age of Wonders games. A lot of people loved Planetfall and I do hear 4 is a lot better now than it was when I played it. Those games are civ style world map gameplay, but combat is X-COM.

[denethor61]

Games I like,
Old World (antiquity only), EU4 (Renaissance to the Napoleonic era), Warhammer Gladius 40K (scify), Age of Wonder 3 or 4 (fantasy), Age of Wonder Planetfall (scify).

[StrayCat]

Old World is excellent......tight game mechanics and numerous ways for game setup. Millennia is surprisingly innovative and fun once things begin to make sense.

You have to lose your 'civ mindset' though to approach either one as you learn them.

[FredDie]

I played all 4x and currently the best imo is AoW 4, I really like that one, has great updates and worthy DLCs. if you like sci fi, Planetfall is for you, pretty much same quallity as AoW 4. Than second I would place Spellforce: conquest of eo...not very well known, but it is lot of fun, it is little bit different, handcrafted map, but it still has pretty decend replayability since different regions and leaders play lot differently, you can still easily get 100 h out of it and it is cheap. highly recommend that one

I do not recommend Humankind, Ara: history untold and Milenia, all these are mid imo and I didnt find them worth it.

Old world I think is objectivly good, but more aquired taste, I tried twice and never was able to get into it.

Endless legend is good, bit older tho.

[martinolund]

Originally posted by Growlanser:

Tried Humankind and hated it. What other similar games to Civ are out there?

Old World. Excellent. Have not played it for a while but I've got some fond memories from that one. I played as Rome and it was touch and go the whole game through (a real nail biter), I think I played on the hardest difficulty. I'd rate that one 10/10.

[Dogoth]

Old World also has the best AI of all Civ-like games, imo.

[Mountain Man]

Originally posted by Many-Named:

Millennia, dont listen to negative reviews, the game is good.

I would say the exact same thing about Civilization 7!

[DadOfTurds]

Age of Wonders 4 is amazing... I am surprised it is not listed here. I have 275 hours in that.

[Lonetac]

Originally posted by Skull:

The Age of Wonders series is pretty great. It focuses a lot on spell casting to buff your empire or combat your enemies.

I once suggested someone here play that while waiting for civ to get some polish and folks came out of the wood work at me, "People who like civ wouldnt like AoW, whats wrong with you!!??"

Im relieved to see another here.

Age of Wonders 4 has been a lot of fun lately. Its highly addictive and actually the city expansions work a bit like in civ 7. Its more military focused and exploring the maps but still a very fun game.

Fallen Enchantress is another like that that is really enjoyable but bit older.

[SemtexMan47]

Old World is very well put together but feels a bit boring tbh. Partly from being only 1 age.

Endless Space 2 deserves a mention as a general 4X. Maybe still the best UI in 4X too btw.