- #1 Demise of Nations
97% matchVery Positive82% of 546 reviews2017
Dev: Noble Master LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Demise of Nations is a 4X turn-based grand strategy wargame covering the rise of Rome till the fall of modern civilization.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.8%, War 13.9%, Strategy 10.4%, Historical 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar grand strategy experience with a focus on map control, resource management, and turn-based conquest.
- #2 Age of History II
96% matchVery Positive90% of 49,603 reviews2018
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 61.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Age of History II is a grand strategy wargame that is simple to learn yet hard to master.Your objective is to use military tactics and cunning diplomacy to either unify the world, or conquer it.Will the world bleed out or bow before you? The choice is yours..
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.9% ★, War 20.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Strategy 12.1%, Historical 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a deep, map-based grand strategy experience that captures the same sense of historical empire-building found in the seed game.
- #3 Wars Across The World
96% matchVery Positive82% of 221 reviews2017
Dev: StrategiaePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
WAW is a unique historical strategy turn-based game, in a boardgame spirit, which aims at simulating in one single system ALL kind of wars and conflicts throughout the world (and beyond) from Prehistoric times to nowadays, on the operational or strategic levels.
Why similar: Strategy 29.6%, Board Game 22.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Turn-Based 15.3%, Historical 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes a board-game feel with modular, turn-based scenarios that mirror the tactical depth of Age of Conquest.
- #4 Hex of Steel
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 840 reviews2020
Dev: War Frogs Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 26.8%, Turn-Based 15.8%, Board Game 15%, Historical 12.6%, Strategy 12%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the exact minimalist, hex-based wargaming aesthetic and turn-based mechanics that define the Age of Conquest experience.
- #5 Battle for Wesnoth
94% matchVery Positive94% of 5,866 reviews2018
Dev: The Battle for Wesnoth ProjectPub: Wesnoth Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
The Battle for Wesnoth is an open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Explore the four corners of Irdya in seventeen solo campaigns and dozens of multiplayer maps, taking part in countless adventures as you go.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 41.3%, Strategy 20.7%, Turn-Based 16.4%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Medieval 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic turn-based strategy game that utilizes a hex-grid and focuses on unit management and tactical positioning.
- #6 Colonial Conquest
94% matchMixed62% of 264 reviews2015
Dev: Argonauts InteractivePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Colonial Conquest is a conquest simulation set in the Victorian age of warfare and expansion of the late 1800's and early 1900's.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.2% ★, Strategy 19.2%, Turn-Based 18.8%, Historical 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game is a direct spiritual successor to classic board-game wargames, focusing on global domination through turn-based strategy.
- #7 Field of Glory: Empires
93% matchVery Positive82% of 862 reviews2019
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Field of Glory: Empires is a grand strategy game in which you will have to move in an intricate and living tapestry of nations and tribes, each one with their distinctive culture.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.7% ★, War 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Strategy 14.2%, Turn-Based 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a sophisticated turn-based grand strategy experience with a strong focus on managing the rise and fall of empires.
- #8 Napoleon's Eagles: Game of the Napoleonic Wars
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 147 reviews2023
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Napoleon's Eagles is the classic board game War & Peace for computer. Be Napoleon – or stand against him – in a series of short scenarios that cover the epic battles of the age, or in a multiplayer-only grand campaign that may – or may not – end on the field of Waterloo.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.1%, War 19.6%, Strategy 13.7%, Historical 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the specific tactical challenges of Napoleonic warfare within a turn-based, board-game-inspired framework.
- #9 Old World
91% matchVery Positive82% of 6,533 reviews2022
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, War 17.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Turn-Based 9.7%, Historical 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It blends 4X grand strategy with character-driven narratives, providing a more modern take on the turn-based empire-building genre.
- #10 Strategic Command WWII: World at War
91% matchVery Positive84% of 605 reviews2018
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
Strategic Command WWII: World At War is your chance to re-fight the 20th century’s greatest conflict, from Poland to China, Normandy to the Pacific, on a map encompassing the globe.
Why similar: Strategy 47.8%, Turn-Based 27.2%, Grand Strategy 25% ★
Why You'll Like It: It offers a robust hex-based grand strategy experience that rewards careful planning and military positioning.
- #11 Fire & Maneuver
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,757 reviews2023
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 45%
The Armchair Historian brings you a new turn-based strategy game set in the Victorian Era. As muskets become rifles and infantry is confronted by modernizing artillery, it is imperative to adapt to a rapidly changing battlefield. This is a new age, not of courage and chivalry, but of Blood and Iron.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 30%, War 21.2%, Historical 16.7%, Strategy 13.7%, Multiplayer 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the tactical nuances of historical warfare using a turn-based system that rewards strategic foresight.
- #12 Aggressors: Ancient Rome
90% matchVery Positive83% of 280 reviews2018
Dev: Kubat SoftwarePub: Kube Games
Windows
A mix of deep gameplay and rich historical flavor, Aggressors: Ancient Rome lets you relive history as the ruler of one of the mighty civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean. Choose one of twenty available factions and conquer the world.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.5% ★, Strategy 19.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Historical 15.6%, War 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It combines hex-based movement with deep empire management, perfect for players who enjoy the strategic layer of Age of Conquest.
- #13 Crusader Kings II
89% matchVery Positive91% of 73,606 reviews2012
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 55.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 61.9% ★, Historical 10.7%, Strategy 10.4%, Medieval 8.8%, Multiplayer 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers unparalleled depth in political and grand strategy simulation, perfect for those who want to expand their empire beyond simple combat.
- #14 Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 35,815 reviews2006
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Spanning the most turbulent era in Western history, your quest for territory and power takes you through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and even onto the shores of the New World.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, War 14.7%, Strategy 14.6%, Historical 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: While it includes real-time battles, its turn-based campaign map provides the deep grand strategy experience that fans of Age of Conquest enjoy.
- #15 Age of History 3
86% matchVery Positive85% of 17,831 reviews2024
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 37.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 41.3% ★, War 21.6%, Strategy 14.7%, RTS 9.9%, Medieval 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: The latest iteration in the series, it refines the grand strategy formula with improved mechanics and a more intuitive interface.
- #16 Panzer Corps 2
87% matchVery Positive85% of 4,120 reviews2020
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 58.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Panzer Corps 2 is the ultimate Second World War strategy game! Enjoy the time-proven gameplay formula which has been appreciated by millions of players over the years, brought to a whole new level of refinement up to the latest technical standards.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22.6%, Grand Strategy 21.3% ★, War 15.1%, Strategy 15%, Turn-Based 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: This is the gold standard for hex-based wargaming, offering deep tactical combat that feels like a more polished version of classic wargame mechanics.
- #17 RISK: Global Domination
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 41,127 reviews2020
Dev: SMG Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Take over the world in RISK: Global Domination, the iconic strategy board game with 100+ original and classic maps and millions of players
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 19.7%, War 19.6%, Board Game 17.5%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Strategy 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: This is the digital adaptation of the classic board game, sharing the core 'conquer the map' DNA found in Age of Conquest.
- #18 Supremacy: 1914
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,285 reviews2019
Dev: Bytro Labs GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 40.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Take over the control of one of the mighty nations during the times of World War 1 in the biggest WW1 strategy game of all time. Conquer provinces, forge alliances and build up your economy in real-time on persistent maps. Build experimental weapons of World War 1 and become the one true superpower!
Why similar: War 25.1%, Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, Strategy 14.2%, Historical 11.1%, Multiplayer 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a persistent, historical grand strategy experience that emphasizes long-term planning and multiplayer diplomacy.
- #19 War Selection
82% matchVery Positive85% of 23,196 reviews2019
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
War Selection is a compelling RTS game featuring base building, resource extraction and warfare. Evolve from a stone age tribe to a distinct industrial nation with unique game mechanics and battle for supremacy with dozens of players on a unique procedurally generated map.
Why similar: War 22.4%, Strategy 20.7%, Multiplayer 15.3%, RTS 12.5%, Massively Multiplayer 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that allows players to evolve their civilization through different eras, focusing on base building and military expansion.
- #20 Imperia Online
84% matchMixed59% of 312 reviews2016
Dev: Imperia Online JSC
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Imperia Online brings you into a world, which exists in the times before the age of gunpowder. It is the world of the sharp blade, long bow and war horse. Experience the vast amount of gameplay mechanics and compete with thousands of players in a totally realistic medieval strategic simulation!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23% ★, War 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Massively Multiplayer 9.5%, Strategy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A massively multiplayer strategy game that focuses on the economic and military development of a medieval empire.
- #21 Stronghold Kingdoms
84% matchMixed64% of 9,522 reviews2012
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 85.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A massively multiplayer grand strategy game, Stronghold Kingdoms is about forging alliances, political mind games, city-building and castle sieges with thousands of other players!
Why similar: Strategy 20.5%, Grand Strategy 20% ★, War 18%, Massively Multiplayer 11.2%, Medieval 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It blends city-building with medieval warfare, offering a persistent world for players to manage their own fiefdoms.
- #22 Unity of Command II
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,137 reviews2019
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Unity of Command II is the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed strategy games of all time; a game critics called 'the perfect gateway' into computer war games.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, Strategy 16.3%, War 15.1%, Turn-Based 14.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the logistics and tactical movement of units on a hex-grid, emphasizing the importance of supply lines.
- #23 Sid Meier's Civilization® V
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 209,586 reviews2010
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 28.9 hrsMean: 124.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 39.9%, Strategy 15.3%, Turn-Based 13%, Grand Strategy 11% ★, Historical 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive hex-based 4X game that sets the standard for turn-based empire building and tactical unit interaction.
- #24 Making History: The Great War
83% matchMostly Positive76% of 454 reviews2015
Dev: Muzzy Lane SoftwarePub: Factus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The Great War is a turn-based grand strategy game based on the epic struggles of the WWI era. Experience the battles of attrition and punishing artillery barrages. Play as any nation of the period as the modern world of industrialized warfare replaces an age of kings with a struggle of ideologies.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27% ★, War 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Strategy 11.4%, Historical 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a detailed look at World War we through a grand strategy lens, focusing on economic and military management.
- #25 Fantasy General II
80% matchVery Positive81% of 1,944 reviews2019
Dev: Owned by GravityPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
The fantasy wargaming classic is back! Lead powerful heroes and mighty armies into battle in this critically acclaimed turn-based strategy milestone. Level up and train your units and guide them through a gripping story campaign to decide the fate of a world on the brink of destruction.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 27.2%, Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Strategy 16.5%, War 15%, Turn-Based 14.1%
Why You'll Like It: It brings the classic hex-based wargame formula to a fantasy setting with deep unit progression and tactical variety.
- #26 Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
79% matchVery Positive82% of 17,446 reviews2018
Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 26.9%, Grand Strategy 16.3% ★, Strategy 16.1%, War 14.2%, Turn-Based 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A hex-based strategy game that strips away diplomacy to focus entirely on tactical combat and territorial control.
- #27 March of Empires
81% matchMixed63% of 1,819 reviews2017
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 76.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Claim your title as Shogun, Highland King, Northern Tsar or Desert Sultan and join this genre-redefining strategy game where you will wage constant war for real territorial conquest! Fortify your castle, fuel a massive army, and enter the ultimate fight for realm domination!
Why similar: War 34.7%, Massively Multiplayer 15%, Strategy 14.7%, Medieval 12.7%, RTS 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval-themed wargame that focuses on building an empire and engaging in large-scale territorial conflicts.
- #28 Wargroove
79% matchVery Positive83% of 5,236 reviews2019
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Take to the battlefield with Wargroove, a strategy game for up to 4 players! Choose your Commander and wage turn-based war on battling factions. Design and share maps, cut-scenes and campaigns with easy-to-use editors and in-depth customization tools!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 36.9%, Strategy 19.7%, Turn-Based 17.4%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Co-op 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the charm of classic turn-based board games with a focus on unit types, terrain bonuses, and tactical positioning.
- #29 Conqueror's Blade
78% matchMixed67% of 38,141 reviews2020
Dev: Booming TechPub: Poros Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 73.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Conqueror's Blade gives you a chance to be a true warlord. Commanding medieval troops in epic 15 vs. 15 siege battles, conquering cities with allies in the open world or fighting against players from all over the world – it's you who make the choice.
Why similar: War 33.3%, Massively Multiplayer 17.5%, Strategy 14.8%, Medieval 13.7%, Sandbox 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It combines medieval siege warfare with strategic unit command, offering a more action-oriented take on empire conquest.
- #30 Supremacy: Call of War 1942
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 6,255 reviews2017
Dev: Bytro Labs GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Take over the control of one of the mighty nations during the times of World War 2 in this persisting long-term strategy game. Conquer provinces, forge alliances and build up your economy in real-time. Research top secret weapons of World War 2 and become the one true superpower!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.1% ★, War 22.7%, Strategy 13.5%, Historical 8%, Massively Multiplayer 7.3%
- #31 Art of War: Red Tides
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 6,958 reviews2016
Dev: Game Science
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Art of War: Red Tides is a fair multiplayer strategy game that allows different teams on the same platform (e.g. smartphones, PC, etc.) to battle against each other. You will encounter players around the world!
Why similar: War 29.9%, Strategy 23.7%, Multiplayer 20.6%, RTS 15.7%, Co-op 5.4%
- #32 Countryballs Conquest
73% matchVery Positive87% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Indenial Games
Windows
Lead your country through the Victorian age, expand your empire as you go head to head with the great powers of the world.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 34.6% ★, War 27%, Strategy 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Historical 5.3%
- #33 Bellfortis
73% matchVery Positive94% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Bellfortis is a strategy game from the early Middle Ages. Expand your kingdom, use politics and power. Strategic planning on the map alternates with realtime battles of armies. Play as a grand strategy or on smaller local maps, build, recruit armies and fight!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, War 16.5%, Historical 10.5%, Strategy 9.1%
- #34 Kingdom Wars
77% matchMixed67% of 2,798 reviews2013
Dev: Reverie World Studios
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Kingdom Wars is a free to play 3D MMORTS with real-time siege combat, without the pay to win element so common in the genre. Kingdom Wars offers beautiful 3D online world, where players construct strongholds, direct citizens, complete quests and eventually manage a global empire.
Why similar: Strategy 29.1%, Massively Multiplayer 15.7%, RTS 13.9%, War 12.6%, Medieval 10.8%
- #35 Oriental Empires
75% matchVery Positive80% of 2,991 reviews2017
Dev: Shining Pixel StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, Strategy 15.2%, Turn-Based 14.4%, War 14.3%, Historical 12.5%
- #36 Millennia
73% matchMixed67% of 3,763 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 35.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21%, War 17.4%, Turn-Based 11.2%, Historical 9.6%
- #37 ENDLESS™ Legend 2
69% matchVery Positive84% of 2,525 reviews2025
Dev: AMPLITUDE StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, War 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Turn-Based 8.9%, Historical 8.4%
- #38 Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
70% matchVery Positive86% of 92,769 reviews2021
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 76.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.
Why similar: War 27.7%, Strategy 21.5%, RTS 13.2%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Historical 9.9%
- #39 Wars of Napoleon
74% matchMixed53% of 118 reviews2016
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
AGEod goes back to the Napoleonic era and delivers the most detailed and comprehensive strategy game ever created about a time of struggle and conquest that forged modern Europe.
Why similar: Strategy 24.7%, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Historical 13.4%, Turn-Based 12.6%
- #40 Blood of Steel
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 6,882 reviews2020
Dev: YC Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 42.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
"Blood of Steel" is a fair competitive multiplayer online game. You will ride into a battlefield where thousands clash, employing unique four-directional slashing maneuvers and strategic formations to defeat your opponents, experiencing the charm of warfare in the age of cold weapons!
Why similar: War 21.3%, Grand Strategy 19.9% ★, Historical 9.6%, Massively Multiplayer 9%, Multiplayer 9%
- #41 The Chess
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: NowakGames
Windows
The ChessThemed Chess offers a relaxing, minimalist chess experience with multiple boards, piece sets, AI opponents, and multiplayer. Play in 3D or 2D, learn the game’s history, and explore RPG-themed DLC. Free to Play – Download now and enjoy endless strategy!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, War 17%, Historical 9.4%, Strategy 8.4%
- #42 Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,374 reviews2024
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Wage total war across the ancient world from the Aegean to Mesopotamia in this free addition to Total War: PHARAOH. Challenge the Bronze Age Collapse by building your own dynasty and leading your faction to victory with new cultures, new units and dramatic new battle mechanics.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Strategy 16.9%, War 11.6%, Historical 9.6%
- #43 Tribal Wars
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 821 reviews2020
Dev: InnoGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 45.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Compete in hardcore PvP strategy in persistent game worlds where real time resource and troop management in coordination with other players is required to expand your kingdom from one village to hundreds as you conquer the map in this winner takes all medieval contest.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.6% ★, Strategy 23.2%, Massively Multiplayer 23.2%, Medieval 9.8%, Historical 9.4%
- #44 War Planet Online: Global Conquest
72% matchMixed63% of 963 reviews2017
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Build your army, dominate your region and lead your alliance to conquer the globe!
Why similar: War 30.9%, Massively Multiplayer 16.9%, Strategy 15.3%, Multiplayer 13.3%, RTS 8.3%
- #45 From Village to Empire
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Witch Laboratory
Windows · Linux
From Village to Empire is an indie turn based strategy game with a historical setting. Build cities, research technologies, and train units to discover new lands and conquer the world!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22.1%, Strategy 20.4%, War 20.2%, Turn-Based 12.2%, Historical 10.4%
- #46 Dogs of War Online
72% matchMixed64% of 711 reviews2014
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Dogs Of War Online is a multiplayer tactical game, based on the classic board game "Confrontation". Build your own company of mercenaries from the wide range of units available and challenge thousands of players in intense battles.
Why similar: Strategy 37.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 33.1%, Turn-Based 17.5%, Multiplayer 12%
- #47 Countryballs at War
66% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: SHN Games
Windows
Countryballs at War is a grand strategy wargame that combines turn-based empire building with real-time battles. Lead any countryball nation, expand your territory through conquest or diplomacy, and rise as the ultimate superpower.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 25.5%, Strategy 17.8%, War 15%, Historical 7.4%
- #48 Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
63% matchVery Positive89% of 16,795 reviews2026
Dev: UnfrozenPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, War 18%, Turn-Based 10.1%, Historical 8.9%
- #49 Europa Universalis IV
68% matchVery Positive88% of 136,424 reviews2013
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 280.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 45.7% ★, Historical 18.7%, Strategy 15.1%, Sandbox 7.5%, Multiplayer 6.7%
- #50 Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,907 reviews2023
Dev: JoySpark Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Ages of Conflict is a versatile Map Simulation game where you create and observe custom AI nations battle it out across an infinite number of worlds. Paint beautiful maps and scenarios, and command nations to change history into your liking!
Why similar: Historical 37.2%, Strategy 33.4%, Sandbox 24.7%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #51 Emporea: Realms of War and Magic
70% matchMixed68% of 536 reviews2016
Dev: Pixel Federation
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 103.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Emporea is an oldschool fantasy strategy game, where cooperation with other players is necessary to achieve victory. Only the best alliance can win! Multiple realms available, with new ones starting every two weeks.
Why similar: Strategy 41.9%, Massively Multiplayer 36.8%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Indie 6.5%
- #52 SUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 3
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,896 reviews2018
Dev: Dorado Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 35.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
This Long Term Strategy Game lets you take control of the armed forces of your nation. Become responsible for its military expansion, technological research and economic development. Form alliances and wage total war for global dominance on the battlefields of World War 3.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 43.3% ★, Strategy 21.7%, Massively Multiplayer 15.5%, RTS 8.5%, Board Game 8.1%
- #53 Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection
70% matchMixed69% of 286 reviews2016
Dev: HeroLabs
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection is a set of three historical turn-based strategies, in which you are going to take command of the armies in the greatest Medieval wars as well as take control of countries and nations during World War II.
Why similar: Strategy 25.3%, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, War 21.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Historical 10.1%
- #54 Hexarchy
65% matchVery Positive82% of 1,571 reviews2023
Dev: Main Tank SoftwarePub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Hexarchy is an innovative, fast-paced, historical 4x strategy game where you use cards and deckbuilding to make your decisions. Single-player and online multiplayer.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.3% ★, War 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Turn-Based 10.3%, Historical 8.9%
- #55 Conquer: Napoleonic Wars
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: Estuego Games
Windows
A turn-based strategy game based off the Napoleonic Wars! Lead, attack, buy, and communicate. Learn how to play difficult 4x grand strategy games by starting with simple strategy. *Disclaimer, this game is made by a teenager for a school project*
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 27.3%, War 13.7%, Strategy 11.9%, Historical 11.4%
- #56 Lux Alliance
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 76 reviews2017
Dev: Sillysoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Lux Alliance is a synchronized-turns strategy war game, inspired by the classic boardgames RISK, Diplomacy and Axis & Allies. Marshall your troops, collaborate with your allies, anticipate your opponents, and capture all the enemy HQs to win!
Why similar: Strategy 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, War 17.9%, Board Game 11.5%, Turn-Based 9%