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Age of Conquest IV

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2016

Should you play it?

Age of Conquest is a turn-based grand strategy wargame.

What works

  • Free to play with substantial content
  • Simple yet deep strategic gameplay
  • Active developer and community
  • Multiplayer with flexible turn timers
  • Map editor and mod support

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited free maps, many paid
  • Ui can be confusing and clunky
  • Some server instability reported
  • Graphics and sound are basic
  • Multiplayer matchmaking and player base limited

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Supremacy: 1914

  • SUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 3

  • Demise of Nations

  • Supremacy: Call of War 1942

  • RISK: Global Domination

  • Dummynation

More story-driven

Games that feels like Age of Conquest IV but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Crusader Kings II

  • 中华三国志 the Three Kingdoms of China

  • Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe

  • Strategic Command: World War I

  • Civil War II

  • Europa Universalis III Complete

More fantastical

Games that feels like Age of Conquest IV but with more imaginative fiction

  • Battle for Wesnoth

  • Warlock - Master of the Arcane

  • Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension

  • Hero's Hour

  • Retro Commander

  • Making History II: The War of the World

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Age of Conquest IV: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Story.

Last update: 21/08/2026