- #1 Demise of Nations
97% matchVery Positive81% of 542 reviews2017
Dev: Noble Master LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.4 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 19.7%, War 13.9%, Strategy 10.4%, Historical 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It shares a nearly identical turn-based, map-conquest structure that focuses on simplicity and strategic depth.
- #2 Age of History II
96% matchVery Positive90% of 49,233 reviews2018
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 61.4 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 20.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Strategy 12.2%, Historical 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A staple of the genre that allows players to rewrite history through turn-based grand strategy and empire management.
- #3 Age of History 3
96% matchVery Positive85% of 17,231 reviews2024
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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% ★, War 21.7%, Strategy 14.8%, RTS 9.9%, Medieval 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A modern evolution of the grand strategy genre that provides a massive scale and complex diplomatic options similar to the seed game.
- #4 Hex of Steel
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 801 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 27%, Turn-Based 15.7%, Board Game 14.8%, Historical 12.6%, Strategy 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a very similar board-game aesthetic combined with deep, turn-based hex-grid wargaming mechanics.
- #5 Wars Across The World
94% matchVery Positive82% of 221 reviews2017
Dev: StrategiaePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.8 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 29.8%, Board Game 21.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Turn-Based 15.2%, Historical 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the board-game feel of the seed game by using a modular, turn-based system for various historical conflicts.
- #6 Field of Glory: Empires
93% matchVery Positive83% of 858 reviews2019
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 30.4 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 14.6%, Strategy 14.3%, Turn-Based 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a sophisticated historical grand strategy experience that rewards careful planning and territorial expansion.
- #7 Old World
92% matchVery Positive82% of 6,135 reviews2022
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 22.4% ★, War 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Turn-Based 9.7%, Historical 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines 4X mechanics with character-driven grand strategy, offering a deeper historical narrative than the seed game.
- #8 Colonial Conquest
94% matchMixed62% of 262 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 19.4%, Turn-Based 18.6%, Historical 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style turn-based wargame that focuses on global domination and resource management.
- #9 Crusader Kings II
91% matchVery Positive91% of 73,445 reviews2012
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 55.2 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 61.8% ★, Historical 10.7%, Strategy 10.5%, Medieval 8.8%, Multiplayer 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for grand strategy, focusing on political maneuvering and dynasty management on a grand scale.
- #10 RISK: Global Domination
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 40,841 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 19.8%, War 19.5%, Board Game 17.3%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Strategy 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: The most direct digital adaptation of the classic board game, focusing on simple, turn-based territory control.
- #11 Supremacy: 1914
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,236 reviews2019
Dev: Bytro Labs GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 41.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 23.2% ★, Strategy 14.3%, Historical 11.1%, Multiplayer 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that focuses on historical warfare and map-based expansion in a multiplayer environment.
- #12 Strategic Command WWII: World at War
89% matchVery Positive84% of 595 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 48.1%, Turn-Based 26.9%, Grand Strategy 25% ★
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a high-level strategic view of global conflict that mirrors the grand scope of Age of Conquest.
- #13 Europa Universalis IV
89% matchVery Positive88% of 135,916 reviews2013
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 279.6 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 45.6% ★, Historical 18.7%, Strategy 15.2%, Sandbox 7.5%, Multiplayer 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A definitive grand strategy experience that offers unparalleled depth in diplomacy, trade, and warfare.
- #14 Panzer Corps 2
88% matchVery Positive85% of 4,064 reviews2020
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 58.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 21.4% ★, War 15.2%, Strategy 15%, Turn-Based 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A refined, turn-based hex-grid wargame that emphasizes tactical movement and unit management.
- #15 Unity of Command II
87% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,102 reviews2019
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 24.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.7%, Strategy 16.5%, War 15.1%, Turn-Based 14.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a challenging turn-based wargame experience with a focus on supply lines and strategic positioning.
- #16 Battle for Wesnoth
86% matchVery Positive94% of 5,785 reviews2018
Dev: The Battle for Wesnoth ProjectPub: Wesnoth Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 14.8 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 20.8%, Turn-Based 16.4%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Medieval 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic, open-source turn-based strategy game that features deep tactical combat and a strong community.
- #17 Stronghold Kingdoms
86% matchMixed64% of 9,483 reviews2012
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 84.8 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 20.7%, Grand Strategy 19.9% ★, War 18%, Massively Multiplayer 11.1%, Medieval 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A massively multiplayer strategy game that combines medieval city-building with territorial conquest.
- #18 Napoleon's Eagles: Game of the Napoleonic Wars
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 144 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 24.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.4%, War 19.7%, Strategy 13.9%, Historical 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated wargame that captures the strategic challenges of the Napoleonic era through turn-based mechanics.
- #19 Aggressors: Ancient Rome
84% matchVery Positive83% of 277 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 30.4% ★, Strategy 19.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Historical 15.6%, War 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends turn-based grand strategy with detailed empire management in an ancient historical setting.
- #20 Wars of Napoleon
85% 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 24.8%, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Historical 13.3%, Turn-Based 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A historical turn-based wargame that focuses on the grand scale of Napoleonic conflicts.
- #21 Conquest of Elysium 5
82% matchVery Positive89% of 1,662 reviews2021
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Conquest of Elysium 5 is a quick turn based fantasy strategy game with a touch of rogue-like. The game is full of depth, details and monsters. There are also a huge number of factions, each with its own unique gameplay and magic rituals.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 47.6%, Strategy 20.4%, Medieval 12.8%, Co-op 7.7%, Multiplayer 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based, board-game style conquest game that emphasizes exploration and tactical combat.
- #22 Imperia Online
84% matchMixed59% of 309 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 22.9% ★, War 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Massively Multiplayer 9.5%, Strategy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A massively multiplayer strategy game that focuses on simulation and empire management.
- #23 Oriental Empires
82% matchVery Positive81% of 2,990 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% ★, Strategy 15.2%, War 14.6%, Turn-Based 14.1%, Historical 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based 4X game that emphasizes historical empire building and tactical combat in ancient China.
- #24 War Selection
81% matchVery Positive85% of 23,033 reviews2019
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 27.4 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 22.2%, Strategy 20.8%, Multiplayer 15.3%, RTS 12.5%, Massively Multiplayer 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A real-time strategy game that captures the historical progression feel of the seed game on a larger scale.
- #25 Countryballs Conquest
79% matchVery Positive88% of 85 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 34.5% ★, War 26.9%, Strategy 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Historical 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game with a unique aesthetic that focuses on management and war.
- #26 Bellfortis
79% matchVery Positive94% of 124 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 27.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, War 16.5%, Historical 10.5%, Strategy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based medieval grand strategy game that emphasizes historical accuracy and tactical depth.
- #27 Making History: The Great War
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 453 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 26.9% ★, War 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Strategy 11.5%, Historical 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the complex political and military landscape of World War we through a grand strategy lens.
- #28 Conqueror's Blade
78% matchMixed68% of 37,668 reviews2020
Dev: Booming TechPub: Poros Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 72.6 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 33.2%, Massively Multiplayer 17.5%, Strategy 14.9%, Medieval 13.8%, Sandbox 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a more tactical, action-oriented approach to medieval warfare while maintaining a focus on territory control.
- #29 March of Empires
80% matchMixed63% of 1,811 reviews2017
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 77.0 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 34.6%, Massively Multiplayer 14.9%, Strategy 14.8%, Medieval 12.8%, RTS 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused medieval strategy game that emphasizes alliance building and war.
- #30 Supremacy: Call of War 1942
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 6,188 reviews2017
Dev: Bytro Labs GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 35.7 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 22.6%, Strategy 13.6%, Historical 8%, Massively Multiplayer 7.3%
- #31 Art of War: Red Tides
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 6,952 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 23.9%, Multiplayer 20.6%, RTS 15.6%, Co-op 5.5%
- #32 Fire & Maneuver
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,756 reviews2023
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 21.5 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 30.1%, War 21.1%, Historical 16.7%, Strategy 13.8%, Multiplayer 12.3%
- #33 Kingdom Wars
76% matchMixed67% of 2,794 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 29.2%, Massively Multiplayer 15.6%, RTS 13.8%, War 12.6%, Medieval 10.9%
- #34 Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 35,447 reviews2006
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 36.6 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 19.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Strategy 14.7%, War 14.6%, Historical 9.9%
- #35 The Chess
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 93 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 18.5%, War 17%, Historical 9.4%, Strategy 8.5%
- #36 Dogs of War Online
75% matchMixed64% of 710 reviews2014
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.1 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 37.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 33.3%, Turn-Based 17%, Multiplayer 12%
- #37 Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
70% matchVery Positive86% of 91,161 reviews2021
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 75.8 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 21.4%, RTS 13.1%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Historical 9.9%
- #38 SUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 3
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,805 reviews2018
Dev: Dorado Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 36.3 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 42.9% ★, Strategy 21.9%, Massively Multiplayer 15.5%, RTS 8.6%, Board Game 8.1%
- #39 War Planet Online: Global Conquest
74% matchMixed63% of 961 reviews2017
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 34.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Build your army, dominate your region and lead your alliance to conquer the globe!
Why similar: War 30.8%, Massively Multiplayer 16.9%, Strategy 15.4%, Multiplayer 13.4%, RTS 8.3%
- #40 Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,461 reviews2022
Dev: Black Sea GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 39.2% ★, Strategy 22.3%, Medieval 11.8%, RTS 9.2%, Historical 9%
- #41 Millennia
69% matchMixed67% of 3,746 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 34.4 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 11.1%, Historical 9.6%
- #42 Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,190 reviews2024
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 14.7 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 18.5%, Strategy 17.1%, War 11.1%, Historical 9.6%
- #43 From Village to Empire
72% matchMostly Positive70% of 54 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 22.2%, Strategy 20.5%, War 20.2%, Turn-Based 12%, Historical 10.4%
- #44 Empires Apart
71% matchMixed68% of 2,472 reviews2018
Dev: DESTINYbitPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
An exciting free-to-play Real Time Strategy game set in medieval times. Uniquely designed factions, customization options, singleplayer and multiplayer gameplay. Gather resources, raise an army and lead your civilization to victory in a classic RTS, brought to the modern age.
Why similar: War 24.3%, Strategy 23.6%, RTS 15.1%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Historical 12.3%
- #45 Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection
72% matchMixed69% of 284 reviews2016
Dev: HeroLabs
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 25.5%, Grand Strategy 22.3% ★, War 21.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Historical 10.1%
- #46 Emporea: Realms of War and Magic
71% matchMixed68% of 534 reviews2016
Dev: Pixel Federation
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 103.8 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 42.6%, Massively Multiplayer 36.4%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Indie 6.7%
- #47 Blood of Steel
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 6,874 reviews2020
Dev: YC Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 42.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
"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 21.2%, Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, Historical 9.6%, Strategy 9%, Multiplayer 9%
- #48 Conquer: Napoleonic Wars
68% 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 32.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 27.4%, War 13.7%, Strategy 11.9%, Historical 11.4%
- #49 Lux Alliance
70% 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 20%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, War 17.9%, Board Game 11.3%, Turn-Based 8.9%
- #50 Hexarchy
66% matchVery Positive82% of 1,534 reviews2023
Dev: Main Tank SoftwarePub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 21.2% ★, War 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.5%, Turn-Based 10.2%, Historical 8.9%
- #51 Hearts of Iron IV
66% matchVery Positive90% of 360,411 reviews2016
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30.8 hrsMean: 292.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.4% ★, War 23.8%, Strategy 14.9%, Historical 11.9%, Multiplayer 6.6%
- #52 ENDLESS™ Legend 2
63% matchVery Positive84% of 2,346 reviews2025
Dev: AMPLITUDE StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 22.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, War 17.2%, Turn-Based 9.5%, Historical 8.9%
- #53 Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,398 reviews2023
Dev: JoySpark Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 24.6%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #54 VEGA Conflict
69% matchMixed58% of 4,985 reviews2015
Dev: KIXEYE
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 90.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Stake your claim, command your fleets, and wage epic war in space.
Why similar: War 22%, Massively Multiplayer 17.5%, Strategy 15.5%, RTS 8.9%, Multiplayer 8.6%
- #55 A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition
67% matchMixed70% of 1,917 reviews2020
Dev: Dire WolfPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A Game of Thrones: The Board Game – Digital Edition is the digital adaptation of the top-selling strategy board game from Fantasy Flight Games.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, War 13%, Board Game 12.2%, Strategy 9%
- #56 Britannia
65% matchMostly Positive74% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: Avalon DigitalPub: PID Games
Windows · Mac
Relive over a thousand years of Great Britain's history in this epic game of conquest and domination. From Roman legions to the Norman Conquest led by William the Conqueror, explore the fate of numerous nations and fight to become king.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 30.4%, War 20.6%, Strategy 20.4%, Historical 10.3%, Medieval 5.9%