- #1 Middle East Empire 2027
97% match8 user reviews78% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Lead your Middle Eastern empire in an empire building turn based strategy war game. Are you ready to lead, Supreme Commander?
Why similar: Political Sim 27.4% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, Wargame 13.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%, Diplomacy 10.9% ★
- #2 Asia Empire 2027
96% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Lead your Asian empire in an empire building turn based strategy war game. Are you ready to lead, Supreme Commander?
Why similar: Political Sim 27.8% ★, Grand Strategy 19.7% ★, Wargame 14%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.5%, Diplomacy 11.1% ★
- #3 Front Frontiers
96% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: baus96
Windows
The World is on the brink of irreversible Tragedy. Global tensions are rising, alliances are falling apart and states are preparing to decide their fate in the shadow of a massive war. Front Frontiers invites you to fight a massive war, offering an in-depth strategy experience.
Why similar: Political Sim 25.4% ★, Grand Strategy 19% ★, Wargame 16.8%, Diplomacy 10.5% ★, Alternate History 8.3%
- #4 Cascade: Hindcast
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Herni Dedalvs
Windows · Mac
Cascade: Hindcast is an alternate-history grand strategy game where monthly political and military decisions reshape a living war map. Use hindsight, spend scarce political capital, and watch borders, armies, and consequences move in real time.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.6% ★, Grand Strategy 21.5% ★, Wargame 13.3%, Diplomacy 11.2% ★, Alternate History 8.5%
- #5 I am Dictator
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hypernates
Windows
Become dictator of the only country that does not yield to the world's superpowers. Use your skills to build an army, care for your people, provide wealth and gain worldwide respect. You're a natural-born leader and the best diplomat. We await your orders, Sir!
Why similar: Political Sim 25.4% ★, Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, Wargame 13%, Diplomacy 11.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%
- #6 Africa Empire 2027
94% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Lead your African empire in an empire building turn based strategy war game. Are you ready to lead, Supreme Commander?
Why similar: Political Sim 26.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.4% ★, Wargame 13.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%, Diplomacy 10% ★
- #7 Latin America Empire 2027
93% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Lead your Latin empire in an empire building turn based strategy war game. Are you ready to lead, Supreme Commander?
Why similar: Political Sim 27% ★, Grand Strategy 19% ★, Wargame 13.9%, Diplomacy 11.4% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%
- #8 活体三国
92% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: 嗨呻啵咯
Windows
以人为本的策略沙盘,布局谋篇的颅内快感,生机盎然的骚话文案。【我的游戏,该有灵魂】
Why similar: Political Sim 35.1% ★, Wargame 20.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.1%, Grand Strategy 16.6% ★, Military 4.7%
- #9 Terria Tactics
91% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: TactiGame Limited
Windows · Mac
An indie-developed retro turn-base strategy game. It delivers the Fast-Paced-Strategy-Game experience. Grow your cities and troops. Recruit and manage your warriors to lead the troops to siege opponents' cities. Ultimately your goal is to conquer the whole land of Terria!
Why similar: Political Sim 29.7% ★, Grand Strategy 21.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15%, Wargame 13.8%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #10 FINAL GOAL
91% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Gushi Games
Windows
This game attempts to provide you with an immersive experience of storytelling and diversity while playing, and has explored some new gameplay methods.
Why similar: Political Sim 24.4% ★, Colony Sim 18.3%, Grand Strategy 18.1% ★, Wargame 13.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%
- #11 Taking London
90% matchVery Positive85% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Pink Pegasus Games
Windows · Linux
A love letter to old-school browser-based RTS MMOs – with charming nostalgic pixel graphics, a dash of political satire, and tonnes of strategic tension. Build your empire, face off against other players, and take what’s yours in true British imperial style: by dominating the map.
Why similar: Political Sim 21.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16.9% ★, Wargame 16.7%, Colony Sim 14.1%, Diplomacy 9.4% ★
- #12 Flames in Modern Europe
89% matchMixed67% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: Volodymyr Marsenko
Windows · Mac
A real-time global strategy game about the Old Continent! You are the leader of the state, and you must discover new technologies, build a powerful economy, armed forces and even nuclear weapons! But remember - the opposition will always be breathing down your neck...
Why similar: Political Sim 33.4% ★, Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, Wargame 19.1%, Alternate History 10.5%, Military 7.5%
- #13 三国記II
89% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: lufy
Windows · Mac
《三国记II》是三国记系列的第2部作品,是一款正统的历史模拟策略游戏。以中国东汉末年的三国时期为总体背景,围绕着争夺大陆霸权,展开了一系列的故事。 《三国记II》采取直接在大地图上进行游戏和战斗,让玩家体验征战四方的快感。
Why similar: Political Sim 25.2% ★, Grand Strategy 23% ★, Wargame 14.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Diplomacy 10.6% ★
- #14 Power & Revolution 2020 Edition
88% matchMixed62% of 851 reviews2020
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
The new version of Geopolitical Simulator 4, the ultrarealistic simulator of today's world where you play as the head of state or as the opposition! Stop the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic and restart the economy, participate in the US elections or engage in lightning wars with new 2020 scenarios.
Why similar: Political Sim 30.7% ★, Grand Strategy 20.4% ★, Diplomacy 18.8% ★, Wargame 14.7%, Military 7.7%
- #15 Aye! My Liege
86% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Tappole Software
Windows · Mac
A grand strategy game set in an alternate history. Lead your noble house to power using a 4-tier command system that allows for granular management of every individual soldier. Master complex industrial chains, navigate tariffs, and balance diplomacy to shape the continent's ultimate fate.
Why similar: Political Sim 26.5% ★, Grand Strategy 23.1% ★, Wargame 15.3%, Diplomacy 9.6% ★, Strategy RPG 8.8%
- #16 Europe Empire 2027
87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Lead your European empire in an empire building turn based strategy war game. Are you ready to lead, Supreme Commander?
Why similar: Political Sim 30% ★, Grand Strategy 21.7% ★, Wargame 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Strategy RPG 8.6%
- #17 Theo
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Theo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The player is the architect of the world, plays for one of the world forces and achieves its dominance in the world with the help of tools and through indirect influence on countries and key figures. The story-driven game takes place through key historical events that have impacted the modern world.
Why similar: Political Sim 35.7% ★, Grand Strategy 25.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Diplomacy 13.2% ★, Strategy 5.2%
- #18 Prevent WW3
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NT7 Studio
Windows
You have no direct power - only diplomacy and influence. A global strategy game where you lead an international organization: stop conflicts, resolve economic crises, and restore stability before the world descends into chaos.
Why similar: Political Sim 35.1% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Diplomacy 18.6% ★, Wargame 15.3%, Management 3.4%
- #19 Cuddly Commanders
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DNA Fox Games
Windows
A 4X strategy experience with a party-game soul. Choose your animal leader and conquer the world in 20-60 minute matches. Featuring deep resource management, unique comeback mechanics, and a built-in Map Editor. Cuddly Commanders is easy to learn but ruthlessly competitive.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Hex Grid 18.7% ★, Wargame 14.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 12%
- #20 O.A.C - World Begins
84% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: V.B.BPub: C.O.T.E
Windows
Are you a leader? Once you convince your nation you are their leader, it will be time to show the world your own political, people management and military strategy skills. O.A.C aims to be a breath of fresh air in the grand strategy genre that will inspire its own kind of videogames!
Why similar: Political Sim 27.1% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Diplomacy 15.5% ★, Wargame 13.4%, Base Building 8.9%
- #21 Imperial Ambitions
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: aoiti
Windows · Mac
Discover and colonize the world, Allocate your labor force, Monopolize markets, Fight tactical battles, Survive the age of imperialism...
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, Hex Grid 19% ★, Wargame 14.2%, Colony Sim 13.2%, Alternate History 11%
- #22 Simulator of Countries
82% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Almost Games
Windows
This game is a global strategy game that gives you the opportunity to play for countries in the modern world. Here you will be given a choice of 198 countries for which you can play.
Why similar: Political Sim 37.7% ★, Wargame 23.4%, Grand Strategy 15.9% ★, Military 11.7%, Alternate History 7.8%
- #23 Great Powers At War
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Denis Spies
Windows · Mac
Create your hero, lead a legendary fantasy faction, and conquer your foes in strategic turn-based hex combat. Oversee economy maintenance, technology research, and hero progression to ensure your people dominate their rivals across worlds near and far.
Why similar: Political Sim 26% ★, Colony Sim 19.3%, Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, Wargame 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.8%
- #24 Political Mastery
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Powehi Games
Windows · Mac
Every decision reshapes the nation’s future. Manage powerful lobbies, control the media narrative, balance swing states, and turn crises into opportunity. In Political Mastery, power hangs by a thread of strategy and reputation. The White House won’t wait for you — you must claim it.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.9% ★, Political Sim 16.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 16.2%, Diplomacy 15.8% ★, Resource Management 8.8%
- #25 Concert of Power
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Piedmont Games
Windows
Rule a shattered North America where every claim can become a crisis, and every crisis tests the balance of power. Build industry, command trade, forge treaties, isolate rivals, and decide whether to preserve the fragile order or become the power that breaks it.
Why similar: Political Sim 37.3% ★, Diplomacy 19.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19% ★, Wargame 7.6%, Alternate History 6.4%
- #26 Epoch of Guardians
80% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: 伊洛维游戏
Windows
In history, many brilliant civilizations faced annihilation due to the invasion of powerful empires, leaving only sighs of regret. In a fictional world, you will take on the role Guardian of Civilization. Can you help these civilizations grow and thrive, resisting the invasion of formidable enemies?
Why similar: Hex Grid 36.1% ★, Political Sim 29.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.6%, Grand Strategy 9.7% ★, Wargame 6.3%
- #27 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
79% matchMixed48% of 57,106 reviews2025
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.3 hrsMean: 48.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Lead empires that evolve or endure through the Ages. Build something you believe in with Sid Meier's Civilization® VII.
Why similar: Political Sim 19.4% ★, Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, Hex Grid 17.9% ★, Diplomacy 14.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 9.9%
- #28 Age of Resistance
79% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Luis Humberto
Windows
Age of Resistance is a modern grand strategy set in South America. Manage your economy, internal stability, political ideologies, and regional conflicts in real-time with pause. Will you be able to dominate the continent?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, Political Sim 20.8% ★, Diplomacy 15.8% ★, Wargame 15.4%, Military 8.5%
- #29 War in Asia
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Bufo Studio
Windows
Take command of any faction in the East Asian theater of World War II (1937–1945). Govern your nation’s military, economy, and transportation through realistic simulation systems, and direct your forces via a structured chain of command across a 7 km-scale map to conduct operations.
Why similar: Political Sim 25% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Wargame 14.3%, Hex Grid 12.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%
- #30 Feast or Fracture
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unsubtle Games LLC
Windows
Build, recruit, or buy your way to a better world in this turn-based strategy game. Your goal: raise the worldwide "lifestyle" score, by any means you can.
Why similar: Political Sim 32.3% ★, Colony Sim 21.1%, Hex Grid 17.6% ★, Diplomacy 12.5% ★, Resource Management 7.2%
- #31 Crisis in the Kremlin
78% matchVery Positive84% of 1,460 reviews2017
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?
Why similar: Political Sim 58.7% ★, Grand Strategy 10.1% ★, Diplomacy 8.9% ★, Alternate History 6.6%, Strategy 5%
- #32 Goblins Please
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SoulMeatGames
Windows
The dark lord has tasked you to decide which heroes pass and which heroes do not. There are becoming too many papers and to top it off the camp with the other goblins will not last long without you. Decide who passes through during the day and manage the camp at night.
Why similar: Political Sim 42.6% ★, Colony Sim 32.9%, Resource Management 17.1%, Strategy 3.3%, Management 2.6%
- #33 Crown Of Hispania
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Regalis Studio
Windows
Rewrite the Reconquista in a grand strategy game where population, religion, and war evolve dynamically based on your decisions. Will you become a legendary ruler, or will you be rejected by those forgotten by History?
Why similar: Political Sim 29.2% ★, Grand Strategy 21.5% ★, Wargame 14.9%, Diplomacy 11% ★, Alternate History 9.5%
- #34 ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE
75% matchMixed50% of 3,882 reviews2024
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Theater of war, infinite drama. A masterpiece of historical simulation "ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8" is revived after 20 years. Enjoy the greatest military drama in the Three Kingdoms series, with the largest number of officers and scenarios!
Why similar: Wargame 19.4%, Diplomacy 18.8% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.7%, Military 11.4%
- #35 Romance of the Three Kingdoms X with Power Up Kit
77% matchVery Positive83% of 727 reviews2017
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 23.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ⅹ with Power Up Kit" is an expanded version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ⅹ," which was released in 2004 as the 10th game in the series. In this release, the all-officer playable advances.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.6% ★, Wargame 18%, Diplomacy 18% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.9%, Military 10.7%
- #36 Mr. President
74% matchVery Positive81% of 108 reviews2026
Dev: Exia Labs
Windows · Mac
Can you face the challenges of the Oval Office? Find out in Mr. President, a sandbox simulation of the U.S. presidency. Pursue your legislative agenda. Compete with rivals Russia and China. Deal with crises from 9/11 to COVID-19; and direct the U.S. military against terror groups and rogue states.
Why similar: Political Sim 31.1% ★, Grand Strategy 21% ★, Diplomacy 16.3% ★, Wargame 15.3%, Military 6.8%
- #37 United Sects of America
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FoxSox GamesPub: Madnetic Games
Windows
Welcome to the United Sects of America, where a captivating narrative, strategic management, and moral choices seamlessly intertwine. As the leader of your own cult, you'll grapple with tough decisions, shape your group's destiny, and aim to wield influence across the entire United States.
Why similar: Political Sim 27% ★, Diplomacy 17.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.2% ★, Alternate History 11.3%, Base Building 9.9%
- #38 1992: Rasputie
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: A2B games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take a place of a politician in the post-Soviet space and immerse yourself in the struggle for power amid the ruins of the former empire. Your decisions will determine the path of the young state's development.
Why similar: Political Sim 31.3% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, Wargame 11.2%, Alternate History 10.3%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #39 Crisis Cabinet
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Function Labs LimitedPub: Function Labs
Windows
Lead a nation through elections, unrest, war, scandals and economic collapse in this turn-based political strategy simulation. Spend political capital, manage budgets, survive crises and decide how far you’ll go to stay in power.
Why similar: Political Sim 30.9% ★, Diplomacy 17.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.3%, Grand Strategy 14.1% ★, Military 9.5%
- #40 Hattu: Ancient War
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Goblink Games
Windows
Lead kings through strategy and diplomacy. Use negotiation, deception, or intimidation to claim supremacy war is only one path.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.1% ★, Hex Grid 26% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Diplomacy 17% ★, Choices Matter 6%
- #41 Tempest of Nations
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Faustian Ambitions LLC
Windows
Tempest of Nations is a real-time, historical grand strategy game set during the Industrial Revolution. Lead your nation through one of the most transformative eras of history as you manage diplomacy, economics, and politics.
Why similar: Political Sim 37.7% ★, Grand Strategy 34.1% ★, Wargame 18.6%, Strategy 5.9%, Management 3.7%
- #42 SGS NATO's Nightmare
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 118 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
What if the Warsaw Pact had attacked NATO in the mid-1980s. Or the other way around? Study this titanic conflict, within its most emblematic theater, Germany and Central Europe. Will you be able to achieve your goals without escalating into an uncontrollable nuclear conflict?
Why similar: Political Sim 36.4% ★, Wargame 24.6%, Grand Strategy 21.3% ★, Alternate History 8.4%, Military 5.4%
- #43 Reiner Knizia Yellow & Yangtze
72% matchVery Positive91% of 119 reviews2019
Dev: Dire Wolf
Windows · Mac
Lead your dynasty to victory in the new digital adaptation of the acclaimed board game!
Why similar: Political Sim 25.9% ★, Hex Grid 17.3% ★, Grand Strategy 17.3% ★, Diplomacy 15.9% ★, Wargame 13.8%
- #44 Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII with Power Up Kit
73% matchMixed68% of 157 reviews2017
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ⅶ with Power Up Kit" is an expanded version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ⅶ," which was released in 2000 as the 7th game in the series. With "Enjoy the lives of all the Romance Warriors!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, Diplomacy 17.8% ★, Wargame 17.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Alternate History 11.2%
- #45 Blood & Bananas
70% matchMixed64% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Spotted Moth
Windows
Enter the world of corporate politics, in this cold war grand strategy, become a monopoly of resources, buy the market, build an army, drop a nuke or hire a spy as you conspire against your peers and leaders. Become the greatest power via trade or war, in blood & bananas
Why similar: Political Sim 28.6% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, Wargame 15%, Diplomacy 12.2% ★, Alternate History 9.2%
- #46 政通人和
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SuBaiism
Windows
"Peace and Prosperity" is a independently developed ink-wash style historical strategy game set in an alternate pre-Qin period of China. Starting from a small village of just a few hundred people, and conquer all sides to gradually build their own vassal state with millions of people.
Why similar: Political Sim 29% ★, Grand Strategy 25.3% ★, Colony Sim 17.4%, Wargame 12.3%, Strategy RPG 6.3%
- #47 Three Kingdoms : Alias
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Plotrick
Windows
A world where officers hide their names and abilities. Can you spot Zhuge Liang? A hardcore turn-based strategy simulation for true Three Kingdoms devotees.
Why similar: Political Sim 27.4% ★, Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, Wargame 15.3%, Diplomacy 13.8% ★, Alternate History 10%
- #48 Three Kingdoms Classic
67% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2026
Dev: SEEAT
Windows
Lead a Three Kingdoms warlord in a turn-based grand strategy simulation focused on logistics, diplomacy, officer management, and large-scale warfare.
Why similar: Political Sim 36.6% ★, Wargame 21.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.6%, Military 11.5%, Alternate History 8.7%
- #49 Romance of the Three Kingdoms VI with Power Up Kit
71% matchMixed53% of 38 reviews2017
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ⅵ with Power Up Kit" is an expanded version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ⅵ," which was released in 1998 as the 6th game in the series. "Time of the Heavens" is depicted in dramatic historical events that enliven the world of the Three Kingdoms.
Why similar: Wargame 18.8%, Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, Diplomacy 18.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.6%, Military 10.9%
- #50 Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 41 reviews2017
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms II" is the second in the series and was first released in 1989. Experience the strategies of the Three Kingdom. A variety of strategies brings the world of the Three Kingdoms to vivid life. Players take the role of a Ruler of the time and strategize their way into total control.
Why similar: Diplomacy 18.1% ★, Grand Strategy 18% ★, Wargame 17.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.5%, Military 10.5%
- #51 Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII with Power Up Kit
70% matchMixed67% of 176 reviews2017
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ⅷ with Power Up Kit" is an expanded version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ⅷ," which was released in 2001 as the 8th game in the series. RTK Ⅷ is a Historical Simulation game where players direct their heroes in a bid for power over all of China amongst the turbulent times of the...
Why similar: Wargame 18.5%, Diplomacy 18.3% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.3%, Military 11%
- #52 Age of Enlightenment
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GSG Johan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shape the destiny of the world as an 18th century ruler. Forge alliances and prepare your armed forces to expand your domain and colonize new lands. Or focus on internal development and help your subjects thrive with prudent economic policy and lawmaking. The choice is yours in Age of Enlightenment!
Why similar: Political Sim 26.1% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Diplomacy 14.7% ★, Alternate History 9.7%, Wargame 9.5%
- #53 Road to Empress Ⅱ
65% matchVery Positive82% of 7,961 reviews2026
Dev: New One Studio
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Play as the protagonist in this live-action interactive palace survival drama! Take a dynasty's fate into your own hands in Road to Empress II, the new content of the global hit. Defy fate, navigate intrigue, and claim the throne of power. You decide it all!
Why similar: FMV 54.8% ★, Choices Matter 11.9%, Cinematic 10.4%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, Interactive Fiction 6.2%
- #54 Clockwork Dawn
67% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Terra Studios LLC
Windows
A new dawn approaches with the advent of intricate mechanical designs that will transform the world into an era of steam and steel. Take control of a country in this alternate history steampunk timeline and either survive and prosper or be forgotten in the dust of ages past.
Why similar: Political Sim 27.9% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Wargame 14.5%, Diplomacy 14% ★, Alternate History 13.5%
- #55 Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit
68% matchVery Positive92% of 4,061 reviews2018
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 59.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms 11 with Power Up Kit" is an expanded version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 11," which was released in 2006 as the 11th game in the series. The grand battles that shaped the course of Chinese history are shown in 3D space! In Administration, players freely develop cities.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, Wargame 17.5%, Diplomacy 17.4% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Alternate History 10.7%
- #56 EraTurn
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lobelia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shape your civilization’s destiny in this epic turn-based strategy game. Manage resources, advance technology, and conquer through the ages. Every choice transforms history—will your empire rise to greatness or fall to obscurity?
Why similar: Political Sim 25% ★, Grand Strategy 15.5% ★, Diplomacy 13.5% ★, Wargame 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.8%
- #57 Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV with Power Up Kit
69% matchMixed53% of 44 reviews2017
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ⅳ with Power Up Kit" was released in 1994 as an expansion to the 4th release in the series. About 450 officers appear in the game and "Frontier Tribes" have been added as a diplomatic element.
Why similar: Wargame 19%, Diplomacy 18.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.9%, Military 11%
- #58 Romance of the Three Kingdoms
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 35 reviews2016
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was first released in 1985. It was the first historical simulation game released in Japan based on the Chinese classical literature "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Players become the leaders of their countries and strive to unite the land under their rule.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, Diplomacy 17.8% ★, Wargame 17.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Alternate History 11.3%
- #59 NationWar:Annals
67% matchMixed68% of 169 reviews2021
Dev: Yiming
Windows
This is a deep focus on the Spring and Autumn period of the Warring States period of the grand strategy and real-time combat fusion sandbox game.
Why similar: Political Sim 26.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Diplomacy 17.8% ★, Wargame 14.9%, Base Building 8.2%
- #60 Arms Race 2
66% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Alina Digital
Windows
Arms Race 2 is a PC strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR that took place in the 20th century.
Why similar: Political Sim 31.5% ★, Grand Strategy 21.1% ★, Diplomacy 17% ★, Alternate History 12.6%, Military 7.4%