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Empires & Allies
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Games like Empires & Allies: strategy alternatives from the Facebook era and FB Games
If you are looking for games like Empires & Allies, you want a strategy game where you build a base, train an army and fight battles, ideally with friends. Close relatives on FB Games include Social Wars and Social Empires, and from the same Facebook era there are Kingdoms of Camelot, Backyard Monsters, Battle Pirates, War Commander, Army Attack, Civilization World and Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances. This guide compares them by what they actually do and shows where Empires & Allies, a free browser edition of the Zynga game, fits.
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Here is the game: open it, create a free account of your own and see how island building and turn-based battles feel.
What defines Empires & Allies?
To find something similar, start from what defines it. In Empires & Allies you rebuild an island base, produce resources, and train troops in three buildings that cover land, sea and air. Battles are turn-based: you bring up to five units and up to three allies, and use powers during the fight. A campaign with a story and a villain, the Raven, gives it direction.
Other games match one or two of those traits, such as base-building plus war, or social strategy with friends, but few combine all of them.
Which FB Games titles are similar to Empires & Allies?
The closest ones on FB Games are Social Wars and Social Empires, both from Social Point. Social Wars is a war strategy game with a base, troops and tanks, in which you attack rivals; it is in beta. In Social Empires you build your village, train troops and defend it from trolls; that one is live. The Last Stand: Dead Zone, from Con Artist Games, has you build a shelter, recruit survivors and loot a city full of infected; it is in beta too.
If you like the building and economy side, CityVille from Zynga lets you build a city with houses and businesses, grow crops and collect rent. Zombie Lane, from Digital Chocolate, mixes farming and survival, as you defend your house from zombies and help your neighbors.
The rest are different genres. Bubble Island, from Wooga, has you shoot bubbles from a cannon and climb a weekly tournament. Bola Social Soccer, from Three Melons, puts you in charge of a soccer club with a squad, a stadium and tournaments. Wild Ones Rebirth, from Playdom, is a turn-based shooter where you pick a pet and fire on destructible maps, and it is available only in Spanish.
Which military strategy games came out around the same time?
Kingdoms of Camelot, by Kabam, is a building-and-war game ruled by timers that appeared on Facebook in 2009. Backyard Monsters, by Casual Collective (later Kixeye), has you build a yard with defenses against invading monsters, from 2010 on Facebook. Battle Pirates, by Kixeye, is real-time naval strategy set in 2067, launched on Facebook in May 2011. War Commander, also by Kixeye, is military strategy built on resources in a post-apocalyptic world, with an open beta on September 13, 2011.
Army Attack, by Digital Chocolate, is social strategy against the Crimson Empire, with military alliances, from May 2011. Civilization World, by Firaxis and published by 2K, brought the Civilization series to Facebook as a persistent strategy game in July 2011. Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances, by EA Phenomic and published by EA, is science-fiction military strategy in the browser, with alliances of up to 50 players, from May 2012.
We list them by similarity, and we do not claim whether any of them still runs today.
How do you pick a game based on what you want?
If you want a base, an army and attacks on rivals, start with Social Wars or Social Empires. If you want to fight on the sea, Battle Pirates is the naval one. If you like war after the apocalypse, look at War Commander, and if you want an alliance-heavy sci-fi game, at Tiberium Alliances.
If you want land, sea and air in a single game, with turn-based battles and a campaign, that is the niche of Empires & Allies. And if you prefer zombies, soccer or bubbles, Zombie Lane, The Last Stand: Dead Zone, Bola Social Soccer and Bubble Island are on FB Games too.
How do accounts and status compare across the FB Games editions?
Each FB Games title keeps its own account, so Empires & Allies, Social Wars, Social Empires and the others are signed in to separately. Social Empires is live; Empires & Allies, Social Wars, Zombie Lane, CityVille, Bubble Island, Bola Social Soccer, Wild Ones Rebirth and The Last Stand: Dead Zone are in beta, which means they may have bugs and unfinished parts.
Empires & Allies is free, has no download and is available in Spanish and English. Remember that every game on that list is an independent browser edition of a game made originally by another studio.
What sets Empires & Allies apart from the rest?
Its distinctive traits are on paper: 85 player levels, two campaigns with 549 battle islands organized into 17 episodes, and a unit roster split across land, sea and air. These are figures from the game's design, and how much is finished today is what the beta is testing, so we do not promise all of it is playable yet.
On the story side, Scarlett, Sergeant Steele and Captain Krunsch appear in a tutorial that leads into the war against the Raven.
Are the games listed from other publishers still playable?
We have not checked the current state of the games from other publishers, so the second list is a comparison by type and era, not a recommendation to go and play them. If you try one, check its status on your own.
The games on FB Games are the ones we can speak for, and each has its own page on the FB Games site.
Where should you go next?
If Empires & Allies sounds right, click “Create my island”, make your free commander account and follow the tutorial. Our guide on how to play Empires & Allies walks through the first 30 minutes, and the private server guide explains the accounts, chat and support.
How it works
Three steps and you're in.
Pick a game
From this home page. Each game opens at its own address, with its own start screen.
Create your account
A quick sign-up inside the game. Your progress is saved on the server, not in your browser.
Play wherever you like
You play in your browser, with no Flash and no downloads, on a computer and, depending on the game, on your phone too.
Frequently asked questions about games like Empires & Allies
What are some games like Empires & Allies?
Games like Empires & Allies include Social Wars and Social Empires on FB Games, plus Facebook-era titles such as Kingdoms of Camelot, Backyard Monsters, Battle Pirates, War Commander, Army Attack, Civilization World and Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances.
Is there a game like Empires & Allies on FB Games?
Yes. The closest to Empires & Allies on FB Games are Social Wars, a war strategy game with bases, troops and tanks, and Social Empires, in which you build a village and defend it from trolls. Each game on FB Games has its own account.
Which game is like Empires & Allies but at sea?
For naval strategy, Battle Pirates by Kixeye is the closest comparison to Empires & Allies' sea front. It is real-time and set in 2067, while Empires & Allies uses turn-based battles, and its Shipyard is only one of three fronts with land and air.
Is Kingdoms of Camelot similar to Empires & Allies?
Partly. Kingdoms of Camelot by Kabam mixes construction and war driven by timers, and it appeared on Facebook in 2009. Empires & Allies also has building and war, but with turn-based battles and an island campaign.
Is Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances like Empires & Allies?
They share military strategy and alliances. Tiberium Alliances by EA Phenomic is a science-fiction browser game from May 2012 with alliances of up to 50 players, while Empires & Allies is built around an island, three fronts and turn-based battles.
Are Army Attack and War Commander similar to Empires & Allies?
Both belong to the same family. Army Attack by Digital Chocolate is social strategy against the Crimson Empire, with military alliances. War Commander by Kixeye builds on resources in a post-apocalyptic world. Empires & Allies instead centers on an island and a campaign.
Is Backyard Monsters like Empires & Allies?
It overlaps on base-building. In Backyard Monsters you build a yard with defenses against invading monsters, while in Empires & Allies you grow an island and send land, sea and air units into turn-based battles.
Which similar game has turn-based combat?
Empires & Allies itself has turn-based combat. On FB Games, Wild Ones Rebirth is also turn-based, though it is a pet shooter on destructible maps rather than a strategy game, and it is only available in Spanish.
Do other FB Games titles share my Empires & Allies account?
No. Each FB Games title has independent accounts, so your Empires & Allies commander account does not work in Social Wars, Social Empires or the others, and the reverse is also true. You create a separate account in each game.
Can I still play these Facebook-era strategy games?
On FB Games you can play Empires & Allies and the other FB Games titles listed here, as independent browser editions. We have not checked whether the games from other publishers, like Battle Pirates or Kingdoms of Camelot, are still available.
Brand notice: Empires & Allies is an original game by Zynga. Facebook is a trademark of Meta Platforms, Inc. Social Empires, Social Wars, Zombie Lane, CityVille, Bubble Island, Bola Social Soccer, Wild Ones, The Last Stand: Dead Zone, Kingdoms of Camelot, Backyard Monsters, Battle Pirates, War Commander, Army Attack, Civilization World, Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances and any other game named here belong to their respective owners and are mentioned only for comparison. FB Games is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Zynga, Facebook, Meta or those owners. This is a browser edition.
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