Games like Doodle Empires

Games like Doodle Empires include Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator, Europa Universalis IV, Age of History II, Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, and Hearts of Iron IV. We matched them by the tags players give Doodle Empires on Steam (Simulation, Strategy, Alternate History, Sandbox, and Historical): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.