- #1 Feudalism
85% matchMostly Negative33% of 45 reviews2016
Dev: ImagimotionPub: IV Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Conquer Europe, become an Emperor. Build your family’s dynasty through seven centuries, from 800 A.D. to 1492 A.D., up until the inevitable collapse of the feudal system.
Why similar: 4X 62.4% ★, Strategy 37.6%
- #2 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
82% matchVery Positive91% of 550 reviews2024
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.
Why similar: 4X 68.3% ★, Strategy 20.2%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #3 Dominions - Priests, Prophets & Pretenders
81% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Linux
In Dominions you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. It all takes place in a fantasy world with monsters, magic items and world altering spells. Dominions is a 4x turn based strategy game with a large variety of spells and units.
Why similar: 4X 62% ★, Strategy 29.4%, Fantasy 8.6%
- #4 Siege of Turtle Enclave
83% matchMostly Negative29% of 17 reviews2015
Dev: The Conjurer's Tower
Windows · Linux
A turn based strategy game with real time battles! Build up your settlement, train mighty armies, research technologies, cast spells, discover hidden goodies and more as you fight your way across the map to overthrow the enemy warlord in his keep!
Why similar: 4X 59.1% ★, Strategy 30.1%, Fantasy 10.8%
- #5 Master of Orion 3
82% matchMixed53% of 183 reviews2016
Dev: Quicksilver SoftwarePub: Wargaming Labs
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Experience first-hand the challenges of leading one of 16 different races into unequalled galactic supremacy and face a universe of decisions. Set policies, explore, build, declare war, negotiate - put all these elements into motion to guarantee your place in the annals of space and time.
Why similar: 4X 71.5% ★, Strategy 28.5%
- #6 Master of Orion
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 8,101 reviews2016
Dev: NGD StudiosPub: Wargaming Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 102.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The ascendant spacefaring 4X strategy game returns! A new chapter in the epic Master of Orion saga is poised to once again capture the imaginations of millions of gamers.
Why similar: 4X 68.7% ★, Strategy 27.3%, Multiplayer 3.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #7 Jon Shafer's At the Gates
79% matchMixed41% of 498 reviews2019
Dev: Conifer Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
At the Gates is an indie strategy game from Jon Shafer, designer of Civilization 5. You are a dark age lord building a kingdom to replace the crumbling Roman Empire. Manage your clans, explore the landscape around you, harvest its resources, and build a mighty economic and military machine.
Why similar: 4X 54.5% ★, Strategy 45.5%
- #8 荒野国度 LEGENDS OF THE WILD
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 圆桌工作室Pub: 瓦弄游戏
Windows
Recruit animal heroes, understand their attributes and create your own team Conquer land with your allies, make rational use of all resources on the continent, and defeat enemies from other faction Step by step, move towards the center of the continent, and finally seize the heart of the world.
Why similar: 4X 58% ★, Strategy 26.6%, Fantasy 9.8%, Multiplayer 5.5%
- #9 Space Empires IV Deluxe
77% matchVery Positive86% of 285 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 37%
The award-winning Space Empires IV Deluxe is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. A grand strategy title in the space 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) genre, Space Empires has already found a place in the heart of strategy gamers everywhere.
Why similar: 4X 71.3% ★, Strategy 28.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #10 Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
78% matchMixed44% of 956 reviews2012
Dev: Kerberos ProductionsPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 44%
The Enhanced Edition contains Sword of the Stars II: The Lords of Winter and the first expansion, the End of Flesh. The new expansion introduces the new playable race, the Loa. All previous DLCs containing new avatars, new combat music, alternate voices, skins, and new badges for the warships are also included.
Why similar: 4X 68% ★, Strategy 26.8%, Multiplayer 4.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #11 Master of Orion 1
76% matchVery Positive90% of 435 reviews2016
Dev: SimTexPub: Wargaming Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Forge an empire in a universe where population growth is stripping away planetary resources. Colonize unknown planets and trade with other races for their knowledge.
Why similar: 4X 75.4% ★, Strategy 23.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #12 Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection
76% matchVery Positive88% of 704 reviews2010
Dev: Kerberos Productions Inc.Pub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection is the original Sword of the Stars games and the three expansions Born of Blood, A Murder of Crows and Argos Naval Yard. It is the year 2405, and human scientists have discovered a new technology that allows travel from star to star at speeds faster than light.
Why similar: 4X 68.5% ★, Strategy 26.1%, Multiplayer 4.4%, Singleplayer 1%
- #13 Diehexegy
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aebersoft
Windows · Linux
Diehexegy is a hex grid turn-based 4x game with a unique twist: your armies are composed of dice. It has multiple victory conditions and straightforward gameplay.
Why similar: 4X 58.8% ★, Strategy 26.8%, Fantasy 8.4%, Multiplayer 5.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #14 ENDLESS™ Legend
74% matchVery Positive84% of 18,947 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
ENDLESS™ Legend is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of ENDLESS™ Space and Dungeon of the ENDLESS™. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga. Create your own Legend!
Why similar: 4X 58.3% ★, Strategy 26.3%, Fantasy 9.1%, Multiplayer 5.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #15 Space Empires V
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 469 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Space Empires V is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. This new chapter completely updates the UI and takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe. Watch space battles played out in glorious detail and realistic effects. Expand, Explore, Exploit, and Exterminate in a huge living breathing galaxy.
Why similar: 4X 69.3% ★, Strategy 29.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #16 Pandora: First Contact
75% matchMixed63% of 637 reviews2014
Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Pandora: First Contact is a science fiction 4X turn-based strategy game on a planetary scale. Our Earth has been exhausted and colonial attempts on other planetary bodies have been in vain. Finally, after decades of exploration, an interstellar probe has brought promise of a new world.
Why similar: 4X 68.7% ★, Strategy 25.2%, Multiplayer 5.1%, Singleplayer 1%
- #17 Xenia's Ark
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Malicious Games
Windows
Xenia’s Ark is a new turn-based, 4X Sci-Fi Strategy Game developed by Malicious Games that blends Planetary, Star System and Galaxy maps with new takes on traditional 4X mechanics. If you want a comfortable 4X strategy game with new systems and twists, it's time you embarked on Xenia's Ark.
Why similar: Strategy 50.9%, 4X 49.1% ★
- #18 Solaris
73% matchVery Positive81% of 86 reviews2021
Dev: SpacialCircumstances
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover a space strategy game filled with conquest, betrayal and subterfuge. Build alliances, make enemies and fight your way to victory and galactic domination. Will you conquer the galaxy?
Why similar: 4X 60.7% ★, Strategy 27.5%, Fantasy 7.7%, Multiplayer 4.1%
- #19 Armada 2526 Gold Edition
74% matchMixed68% of 108 reviews2013
Dev: Ntronium GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Conquer the Galaxy In This ‘4x’ Strategy Game. Lead one of 18 different alien races to become a mighty pan-galactic empire. Manage your colonies, deploy your fleets and conduct research. Plot your strategy and turn your planets into mighty bastions.
Why similar: 4X 58.4% ★, Strategy 41.6%
- #20 Age of Wonders III
72% matchVery Positive80% of 12,745 reviews2014
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Age of Wonders III is the long anticipated sequel to the award-winning strategy series. Delivering a unique mix of Empire Building, Role Playing and Warfare, Age of Wonders III offers the ultimate in turn-based fantasy strategy for veterans of the series and new players alike!
Why similar: 4X 47.7% ★, Strategy 36%, Fantasy 10.6%, Multiplayer 5%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #21 ENDLESS™ Space - Definitive Edition
71% matchVery Positive81% of 9,553 reviews2012
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
ENDLESS™ Space is a turn-based 4X strategy game, covering the space colonization age in the ENDLESS™ Universe, where you can control every aspect of your civilization as you strive for galactic domination.
Why similar: 4X 63% ★, Strategy 32%, Multiplayer 4.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #22 Warlock 2: The Exiled
72% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,292 reviews2014
Dev: Ino-Co PlusPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Warlock 2 is a turn-based strategy game of fantasy warfare. Rival against Great Mages, lead mighty armies into fierce battles, wield ancient magic and faith as your weapons.
Why similar: 4X 50.3% ★, Strategy 32.8%, Fantasy 13.6%, Multiplayer 2.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #23 Children of the Galaxy
72% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Filip Dusek, Empty Keys
Windows
Children of the Galaxy is a grand scale 4x turn-based strategy game with a turn-based combat and tactical elements. You can explore the galaxy, colonize planets and build huge armies of starships to fight in epic space battles.
Why similar: 4X 70% ★, Strategy 30%
- #24 Dominium Mundi
72% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Dusan Petrovic
Windows · Linux
Dominium Mundi is a lightweight 4X strategy game set in the medieval period where 4 players compete to create the most influential empire. Expand your empire over the map, convert more people to your religion, and control more trade routes.
Why similar: 4X 73.1% ★, Strategy 18.5%, Hand-drawn 3.9%, Multiplayer 3.8%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #25 WarKind
71% matchMixed53% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: MajerGames
Windows
Turn-based strategy game with different races and heroes
Why similar: 4X 59.4% ★, Strategy 27.3%, Fantasy 6.8%, Multiplayer 6.5%
- #26 Godking: Master of Rituals
72% matchMixed66% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Sensiga
Windows
Godking: Master of Rituals is a fantasy strategy game inspired by great classics, bringing a host of new features and a rich new world to conquer. Pick your faction and your god-like avatar. Build your empire and crush all enemies in this glorious 4X with endless replayability.
Why similar: Strategy 54%, 4X 39.3% ★, Fantasy 6.7%
- #27 StarDrive
73% matchMixed45% of 1,482 reviews2013
Dev: Zero Sum Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
As a space bear, human or any other race, venture forth into the galaxy, create custom ships, conquer new worlds, build new colonies and defend your very existence against those who would take what is yours.
Why similar: 4X 73.4% ★, Strategy 26.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #28 Master of Orion 2
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,689 reviews2016
Dev: SimTexPub: Wargaming Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Forge an empire in a universe where population growth is stripping away planetary resources. Colonize unknown planets and trade with other races for their knowledge.
Why similar: 4X 70.2% ★, Strategy 26.2%, Multiplayer 3.2%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #29 Civilization IV®: Warlords
71% matchVery Positive91% of 531 reviews2007
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords is the first expansion pack for the award-winning game that has become an instant world-wide hit. Paying homage to some of history's greatest military leaders, the expansion delivers six unique and interesting scenarios, giving players the chance to change the course of history with the help of their...
Why similar: 4X 60.4% ★, Strategy 36.2%, Multiplayer 2.9%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #30 Lords of the Black Sun
73% matchMostly Negative20% of 395 reviews2014
Dev: Arkavi StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take command of one race to join the struggle for supremacy in the galaxy. As the leader of your empire you are tasked with exploring the stars, colonizing new worlds, managing your empire and conquering whoever dares to oppose you.
Why similar: 4X 69.7% ★, Strategy 30.3%
- #31 Chieftain
71% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2018
Dev: Splout Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chieftain is a fantasy game of world conquest - containing elements of a procedurally generated 4X world, and real-time skirmishes including hundreds of soldiers on screen battling for your dominion and reign to be supreme!
Why similar: 4X 54.5% ★, Strategy 45.5%
- #32 Empires of the Void II
70% matchMixed58% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Magnus Muscle
Windows
A sci-fi turn-based strategy game. A faithful digital rendition of the beloved board game, Empires of the Void II.
Why similar: 4X 51% ★, Strategy 28%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Hand-drawn 9.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #33 Uciana
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Birdshel, LLC
Windows
Explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate in this sci-fi 4X turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 68.1% ★, Strategy 31%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #34 Worlds of Magic
71% matchMixed50% of 586 reviews2015
Dev: Wastelands InteractivePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Worlds of Magic is a 4X turn-based strategy game. Players can explore and conquer an almost limitless number of procedurally generated universes, using military and magical power to overcome their foes. Found cities, raise armies, research and cast spells, hire powerful heroes, and create powerful magical artifacts.
Why similar: 4X 57.2% ★, Strategy 33.2%, Fantasy 9.6%
- #35 StarDrive 2
71% matchMixed55% of 2,097 reviews2015
Dev: Zero Sum GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
StarDrive 2 is an exciting and evolutionary step forward for the StarDrive franchise. In this eagerly anticipated sequel, the core mechanics have evolved to incorporate a turn-based strategic layer, featuring spectacular realtime battles.
Why similar: 4X 61.6% ★, Strategy 37.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #36 The Mystic
69% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: PipeDream
Windows
The Mystic is a dark fantasy, turn-based strategy game. Become a follower of the first gods, gain their favour, overthrow the High King by innovative combat and magic systems and establish harmony. The game offers an exciting campaign full of twists, battles and difficult decisions and multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 58.6% ★, Strategy 28.5%, Fantasy 8.9%, Multiplayer 3.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #37 Warlock - Master of the Arcane
69% matchVery Positive86% of 2,623 reviews2012
Dev: Ino-Co PlusPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In a time of chaotic upheaval, the player takes the role of a great mage, a warlord vying for ultimate power.
Why similar: 4X 54.9% ★, Strategy 27.2%, Fantasy 12.2%, Multiplayer 4.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #38 Defense Legend 5: Survivor TD
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Gcenter GamePub: 130 Game Studio
Windows
Build a defense strategy to protect the peace.
Why similar: 4X 67.3% ★, Strategy 31.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #39 CardwovenEmpires
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Caliban's Paper Crown
Windows
Deckbuilder with 4X elements. Explore a world to find artefacts, play cards to add cities, farms, temples and ports, trade with your neighbours or invade them, and defend yourself against natural disasters and orcish raiding. Choose one of three factions and add cards to build on their synergies.
Why similar: 4X 66.8% ★, Strategy 25.4%, Fantasy 6.7%, Singleplayer 1%
- #40 Wizard Warfare
68% matchVery Positive98% of 60 reviews2019
Dev: Psyanotek Limited
Windows
Wizard Warfare is a fantasy-themed, 4X-style, turn-based strategy game with a strategic empire management layer supported by a detailed tactical battle simulation layer.
Why similar: 4X 67% ★, Strategy 20.4%, Fantasy 11.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #41 Stars in Shadow
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 816 reviews2017
Dev: Ashdar GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Stars in Shadow is a turn-based 4X strategy game and a vivid tribute to the genre classics. Compete with alien factions to explore and colonize nearby starsystems, build fleets to defend against rivals, negotiate or conquer them. Win by unifying the galaxy, through diplomacy or force.
Why similar: 4X 76.3% ★, Strategy 23.7%
- #42 Star Ruler
68% matchVery Positive83% of 340 reviews2010
Dev: Blind Mind Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction in a procedurally generated 3D galaxy (with the option to flatten it) from 1 System to 10,000+! Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves)...
Why similar: 4X 67.8% ★, Strategy 31.7%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #43 Trailblader
66% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: 迟到的南雨亭
Windows
Trailblader is a turn-based strategy game that features loop-based combat, integrating 4X strategy and hero development. The game tells the story of a hero who, having lost their homeland, leads the people to migrate to the wilderness to rebuild their home.
Why similar: 4X 58.7% ★, Strategy 28.4%, Fantasy 12.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #44 Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator
65% matchVery Positive91% of 1,589 reviews2024
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 45.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
In Dominions 6 you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to old dragons or an enormous tree. Dominions is a deep 4x turn based strategy game with a very large variety of spells and units.
Why similar: 4X 60.2% ★, Strategy 20.2%, Hand-drawn 7.9%, Fantasy 6.7%, Multiplayer 4.4%
- #45 Dawn of Andromeda
69% matchMixed44% of 242 reviews2017
Dev: Grey Wolf EntertainmentPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dawn of Andromeda is a pausable, real-time 4X space strategy game providing an accessible, fun and immersive experience, introducing fresh ideas to the genre. Build your empire, colonize new planets, interact with other factions and characters, research technologies and build great fleets.
Why similar: 4X 68.9% ★, Strategy 31.1%
- #46 Fantastic Creatures
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Callisto
Windows · Linux
Mythological Units. Ancient China. Experience a turn-based 4X strategy game where the land around you is slowly dying. Incarnate one of the four Fantastic Creatures: Dragon, Tiger, Turtle or Vermilion Bird and fight for survival.
Why similar: 4X 55.1% ★, Strategy 43.2%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #47 Beard of Stone
66% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: Dwarfaparte Games
Windows
4x turn based strategy mixed with real time (turn stealing) bidding mechanics. Complete single player or competitive online matches with up to 4 players in a single sitting, while telling the history of a fantasy world from the creation of its continents to the twilight of its gods.
Why similar: 4X 61.4% ★, Strategy 18.3%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Fantasy 9.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #48 Conquest of Elysium 3
67% matchVery Positive81% of 329 reviews2012
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Conquest of Elysium 3 (CoE3) is a streamlined turn based fantasy strategy game with a touch of rogue-like and the complex undertones of Illwinter's Dominions series. While CoE3 appears to be a simple game with limited options at first glance, delving further into the game reveals a game of complex decision making and risky endeavors.
Why similar: 4X 51.7% ★, Strategy 36.3%, Fantasy 11.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #49 Underwater abyss
65% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Underwater abyss
Windows
This game immerses you in a lush green forest where sunlight filters through the canopy
Why similar: 4X 65.5% ★, Strategy 33.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #50 Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,914 reviews2007
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 44.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Sid Meier's Civilization IV®: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for Civilization IV - the 2005 PC Game of the Year that has become a worldwide hit.
Why similar: 4X 61.8% ★, Strategy 30.7%, Multiplayer 6.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #51 Star Ruler 2
66% matchVery Positive82% of 719 reviews2015
Dev: Blind Mind Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Massive scale 4X-RTS set in space. Control hundreds of planets, manipulate galactic politics, research numerous advanced technologies, and command thousands of units and hundreds of planets in your quest for galactic dominance.
Why similar: 4X 72.8% ★, Strategy 27.2%
- #52 Predestination
66% matchMixed45% of 86 reviews2019
Dev: Brain and Nerd Ltd
Windows
Predestination is a turn-based sci-fi 4X game set in the distant past of our own galaxy. Ships from countless races are flung back in time by a powerful hostile race known as the Revenants, and must now work to rebuild their empires and somehow stop the Revenants in the past.
Why similar: 4X 67.1% ★, Strategy 32.9%
- #53 Solar Command
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galactic Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Welcome to the interstellar age. Prepare your decks, build your fleet, and construct an empire that will rule the galaxy. Enlist in the closed alpha today.
Why similar: 4X 53.7% ★, Strategy 46.3%
- #54 Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
65% matchVery Positive87% of 1,512 reviews2008
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is the third offering in the award winning Civilization IV series. A re-imagining of the classic Colonization game Sid Meier created in 1994, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is a total conversion of the Civilization IV engine into a game experience in which players will lead a European...
Why similar: 4X 59.7% ★, Strategy 33.2%, Multiplayer 6.2%, Singleplayer 1%
- #55 Commander: World War II
64% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2023
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Commander: World War II is a turn-based tactical game where you lead either the Allies or the Axis to victory. Deploy infantry, tanks, planes, and naval units, capture locations, use the terrain, and counter specialized units in intense battles. Design your own maps and dominate the battlefield.
Why similar: 4X 62.2% ★, Strategy 27.1%, Hand-drawn 10.7%
- #56 Hero Generations
66% matchMixed55% of 224 reviews2015
Dev: Heart Shaped Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The original roguelike/4X strategy game where every turn is one year of your life. Explore, find a mate, build a home, and raise a child before you die to keep your legacy going. Praised as "the offspring of Sid Meier's Civilization, Passage, and The Legend of Zelda." IndieCade Finalist.
Why similar: 4X 63.9% ★, Strategy 31.5%, Fantasy 3.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #57 Empire Deluxe Combined Edition
64% matchVery Positive92% of 174 reviews2018
Dev: Killer Bee Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Empire Deluxe Combined Edition is the latest in the classic Empire Series of games, which has spanned almost five decades. Empire Deluxe is a game about taking cities. Starting with just one, the city enables a commander to produce units. These units in turn can directly attack or support the attack of more cities.
Why similar: 4X 50.7% ★, Strategy 49.3%
- #58 Master of Luna
62% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Aleksandr Tiupin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Master of Luna is a turn-based strategy game where you take the role of a half-forgotten deity seeking to regain their former power. It features powerful magic, tactical battles, city building, sweet pixel art and a calm melancholic atmosphere.
Why similar: 4X 67.7% ★, Strategy 19.9%, Fantasy 10.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%