- #1 Age of Enlightenment
97% matchNo user reviews2026
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: Grand Strategy 18.6% ★, Real-Time with Pause 16.3% ★, Capitalism 13.1%, Alternate History 10.8%, Economy 10.2%
- #2 Volatility
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dancing_PenguinPub: ClearPath Digital
Windows · Mac
You are a PnL number on a Bloomberg-style terminal. Nothing more. Deep in debt to the creditor whose money you now trade, you read the filings, build the thesis, and work the whole desk — equities, options, futures, bonds, FX, swaps — to trade your way out. Or you don't.
Why similar: Capitalism 19.9%, Grand Strategy 17.5% ★, Trading 16.5%, Real Time Tactics 16.1%, Economy 14%
- #3 Imperial Kingdoms
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BaroxxTech
Windows · Linux
Lead a medieval realm in this 4X grand strategy game with pausable real-time. Establish vital infrastructure to supply your capital and sustain your armies. Design custom military templates, manage production estates, and conquer rival kingdoms via strategic sieges and raids.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 22.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Capitalism 10.2%, Economy 9.7%, Wargame 9%
- #4 Iron Dice
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Steady State Scientific Computing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Outthink rivals, not tooltips. Lead one of 30+ kingdoms in a medieval grand strategy game where every system shows its work. Build traceable economies, weigh the odds before committing your armies to battle, and carry a complete campaign to victory.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.5% ★, Wargame 16.3%, Real-Time with Pause 11.6% ★, Trading 11.1%, Economy 10.1%
- #5 The Capitalist
94% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: The Capitalist
Windows · Mac
The Capitalist is the ultimate hyper-realistic Private Equity simulator. Raise capital, execute Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), restructure distressed businesses, and flip them for massive profits. Wall Street doesn’t forgive mistakes, but it pays handsomely for success.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.7% ★, Capitalism 14.7%, Real Time Tactics 14.3%, Economy 10.4%, Trading 9.6%
- #6 Blood & Bananas
94% 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: Grand Strategy 18.9% ★, Capitalism 15.4%, Trading 12.1%, Wargame 11%, Alternate History 10.9%
- #7 The Exchange Manager
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Black Swan
Windows
"In this economic strategy game starting in the Great Depression of 1929, buy stocks, take over companies, acquire countries, and shape world history. Compete fiercely against rivals to manipulate UN decisions, invest in the technologies of the era, and build mega projects.
Why similar: Capitalism 19.3%, Trading 17.6%, Economy 15.8%, Grand Strategy 11.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 10.7%
- #8 Logistics Battalion
92% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Awful Waffle Studio
Windows
Take on the role as a WW2 supply manager from 1939 to 1940 and make sure the troops in your sector get what they need to push the enemy back. Choose between food, ammunition and fuel, who needs what and how much. The success of the troops largely depend on you supplying them!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, Alternate History 12.1%, Wargame 10.4%, Economy 8.8%
- #9 Victoria 3
91% matchMostly Positive70% of 60,895 reviews2022
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 120.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, Real-Time with Pause 17.8% ★, Capitalism 13.7%, Economy 12.6%, Alternate History 10.6%
- #10 Arcade Warlord
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: eVdaimon Games
Windows
Dominate during the 80s arcade boom in this Grand Strategy Tycoon. Engineer hit games, control the streets and weaponize the stock market. Money is a physical object on the map; hire a Bagman to collect profits or Enforcers as muscle. Destroy the competition in a neon-noir financial war.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 21.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16.2% ★, Capitalism 13.6%, Trading 11.2%, Economy 10.5%
- #11 Evil Bank Manager
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,766 reviews2018
Dev: Hamsters Gaming
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
What could be better than having a million dollars, a billion? This will not make you all powerful in the world, your goal will not only be to make lots of money, but to print money and become a Federal reserve system
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.4% ★, Economy 19.9%, Management 12.6%, Alternate History 10.4%, Strategy 7.5%
- #12 Global Supremacy
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Glory MediaPub: SJ co.
Windows
A vast, real-time geopolitical simulation where 196 nations live and breathe at once. Economy, finance, monetary policy, trade, energy, military, diplomacy, nuclear strategy, politics, society — every lever that moves a nation is in your hands. The clock never stops — until you stop it.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.8% ★, Wargame 11.8%, Economy 10.2%, Trading 9.7%, Real-Time with Pause 9.5% ★
- #13 Family Office Simulator
88% matchNo user reviews94% of 31 reviews2026
Dev: Vitalis Interactive
Windows
Build and manage a real multi‑entity family office as you acquire properties, hire staff, structure trusts, and grow generational wealth through authentic financial systems.
Why similar: Capitalism 22.3%, Trading 18.2%, Economy 17.7%, Management 12.7%, Grand Strategy 10.4% ★
- #14 Investment Fund Game
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 57 Software
Windows
Investment Fund Game is a singleplayer sandbox simulation where you become the manager of an investment fund. Buy stocks, bonds, commodities. Test different investment strategies, track your performance, and compete with AI-driven funds using their own approaches.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.2% ★, Capitalism 22.8%, Economy 19.1%, Management 11.4%, Simulation 9.3%
- #15 Arms Dealer
87% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Koro Pixel StudioPub: Dark Product
Windows
Build a black-market empire from debt to unimaginable wealth in this deep strategy trading simulation. Buy weapons, manage risk, evade authorities, and profit from global conflict.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.2% ★, Economy 18.1%, Trading 17%, Management 10.8%, Strategy 9.3%
- #16 Systemic War
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Play of Battle SA
Windows
Lead your nation in a modern grand strategy game (2008–2025), using a macroeconomic model with exchange rates, diplomacy, and hybrid warfare. Engage in kinetic warfare on the strategic map, then shift to RTS battles at focal points.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, Alternate History 13.9%, Capitalism 11.7%, Wargame 10.6%, Economy 9.9%
- #17 Trade Conquest
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: GrandPaw Games
Windows
Turn wealth into political power in this modern Grand Strategy game. Build a global economic empire, manipulate governments, and challenge the world's superpowers through Economic supremacy or military Conquest.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 24.1% ★, Grand Strategy 19.9% ★, Capitalism 14.3%, Economy 11.1%, Wargame 10.5%
- #18 FUNEX: Stock Market Simulator
85% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: VIREX MEDIA
Windows · Mac
FUNEX is the first and only STOCK MARKET SIMULATION which provides REAL ORDER BOOK TRADING to the players. You don't trade fake algoritmic prices on a fake market. Instead, there are 22 AI funds which are actively trading in a REAL SIMULATED STOCK EXCHANGE. Are you ready for REAL CHAOS?
Why similar: Capitalism 25.6%, Trading 24%, Economy 21.3%, Real Time Tactics 9.3%, Management 7.6%
- #19 Samurai Conqueror
84% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Miura Production
Windows
Unify Japanese History! A Timeline Strategy Game Where History Itself Becomes the Battlefield.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 24.9% ★, Grand Strategy 23.7% ★, Alternate History 11.7%, Wargame 10.8%, War 7.9%
- #20 Victory At Sea Ironclad
84% matchMixed50% of 26 reviews2023
Dev: Evil Twin Artworks
Windows · Mac
Victory at Sea Ironclad is the exciting game of naval RTS combat set during the American Civil War. Bringing an epic approach to real time strategy war gaming, search and destroy enemy fleets across an open world sandbox in a desperate attempt to change the course of history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.8% ★, Wargame 13.1%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, Alternate History 11.8%, Economy 10.6%
- #21 States of Power
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sarunas
Windows
Command your nation's armies, economy, and diplomacy in this WWII Grand Strategy Wargame. Easy to start, hard to master and a full match fits in one session. Play singleplayer and multiplayer, or create, play and share your own custom scenarios with the built-in Scenario Editor.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.3% ★, Alternate History 15.1%, Wargame 12.8%, War 6.5%
- #22 Supreme Ruler 2030
82% matchMixed65% of 553 reviews2023
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Rise to power as any modern day country in a realistic military, political and economic simulation. Command your country's diplomacy, espionage, and resource management to strengthen your position. Use real-time tactical control of your military to fortify your place as the Supreme Ruler.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.3% ★, Real-Time with Pause 17% ★, Wargame 11.8%, Economy 8.4%, War 8.1%
- #23 Of Crowns & Chains
81% matchMixed67% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: BlueJayAvis
Windows · Mac · Linux
A solo-developed grand-strategy sandbox where you lead a nation in a dynamic, historically-inspired world.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.8% ★, Economy 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, Wargame 10.7%, Management 10.5%
- #24 Geo-Political Simulator 5
82% matchMostly Negative33% of 712 reviews2024
Dev: Eversim
Windows
The new 5th edition of the hyperrealistic global simulator game where you play as the Head of State or as the opposition or the president of a large multinational company, with a completely redesigned interface, a new ultra-detailed map, complete control of companies and new scenarios for 2024.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.6% ★, Capitalism 14.1%, Wargame 13.5%, Real Time Tactics 12.1%, Management 6.1%
- #25 Gilded Destiny
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aquila InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Forge empires, incite revolutions, and reshape society in Gilded Destiny, the definitive grand strategy game of the Industrial Age. Take command of your chosen nation and lead it to glory through masterful diplomacy, sweeping industrialization, and decisive warfare.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 20.6% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, Capitalism 13.4%, Alternate History 12.4%, Economy 10.9%
- #26 Magna Conquest
80% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: CH4WORKS
Windows
Lead a kingdom in a real-time medieval fantasy grand strategy where the campaign world and battles unfold simultaneously. Command armies of up to 100,000 units while shaping your realm through diplomacy, kingdom management, research, and legendary heroes in single-player or campaign multiplayer.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 28% ★, Grand Strategy 20.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 11.2%, Economy 9.6%, War 7.6%
- #27 Europa Universalis IV
79% matchVery Positive88% of 137,236 reviews2013
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 281.9 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: Real-Time with Pause 22.5% ★, Grand Strategy 21.7% ★, Alternate History 13.2%, Wargame 10.5%, Economy 10.2%
- #28 World of Stars
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DemocliusGames
Windows
Command your fleet and conquer the stars in World of Stars, a strategic game where every decision matters. Manage your ship production, reinforce your defenses, control key systems, establish reinforcement routes, surround enemy positions, and adapt your strategy to the movements of your opponents.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.8%, Wargame 12%, Economy 9.3%, Management 9.3%
- #29 Governor
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Daniling
Windows
An economic strategy game where you run the central bank. Built on the IS–PC–MR macroeconomic model. The policy rate, unemployment, inflation, the trade balance. Can you keep the economy clear of overheating and slumps?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.9% ★, Economy 19.4%, Capitalism 15.1%, Alternate History 9.5%, Strategy 7.9%
- #30 昭明日月 Pax Serica: Rise of the Ming
77% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Serica Dynamics Studio
Windows
昭昭天命,复归大明。在星变时空的恢弘重塑中,熔铸八十三载春秋:变钞法以通有无,革军制而强九边;修水利以固邦本,改科举而纳贤良。崇格物方致知穷理;兴矿冶而器利工商。靖九边以抚八方,镇四海而服万邦。于庙算奏疏间,重整日月山河;在革故鼎新中,再创中华治世。一切,皆在你一念之间。
Why similar: Alternate History 20.1%, Capitalism 16.9%, Economy 13.3%, Wargame 12.8%, Grand Strategy 10.6% ★
- #31 Government Contractors: Arms of Influence
78% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Dan K.Pub: Strategy Games Interactive
Windows
Historically accurate strategy game where you act as a government contractor researching, developing, and manufacturing weapons and technology for your clients. You choose the parts for each product, but be aware that cheap or wrong political choices may affect your success rate!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18% ★, Capitalism 12.7%, Alternate History 11.3%, Wargame 11.2%, Real Time Tactics 10.4%
- #32 RUPTURR
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Aikon Interactive
Windows
Develop your nation, command your army, and dominate the world in a real-time strategy game combining economic management, diplomacy, technological progress, and military conquest.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26% ★, Real-Time with Pause 16.8% ★, Alternate History 15.8%, Military 7%, Economy 6.5%
- #33 Hero Investor
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SmartAtum
Windows
Build an investment firm, trade fictional markets, acquire income-producing property, and create your own ETFs as you grow from a small office into a financial empire in this player-paced management simulation.
Why similar: Capitalism 23.9%, Trading 20.4%, Economy 19.9%, Management 14.9%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #34 Countryballs Conquest
75% matchVery Positive86% of 90 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 31.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, Management 11.6%, War 11.4%, Military 9.4%
- #35 Eon Empires
75% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Aeonforge Studio
Windows
Create and lead your civilization from the Stone Age to a futuristic era. Shape history on customizable maps through war, diplomacy, culture, trade, science, and religion.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.1% ★, Alternate History 19.5%, Economy 11.2%, Trading 10.6%, Strategy 8.1%
- #36 strategy battles
76% matchNo user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: sb studio
Windows · Linux
strategy battles is a real time strategy game.it has many fields such as diplomacy, military and science.but the economy has a weighted mechanics..build cars, chemical factories..you can sell or import your products.you can use many more methods for the welfare of the people.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.9%, Economy 16.4%, Wargame 13.2%, Strategy 7.8%
- #37 Sovereign Stars
74% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: KYDEN
Windows
Build your galactic empire, conquer planets and emerge as the last player standing in this real-time strategy game.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.8% ★, Capitalism 15.1%, Real Time Tactics 14.6%, Wargame 14.5%, Economy 10.8%
- #38 Imperialism: Concert of Europe
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Decision Space
Windows
It is the 19th century - an age of steam power, revolution, and imperialist expansion. Engage in turn-based gameplay as you strive to ascend to unparalleled power through astute management of trade, industry, research, diplomacy, colonization, and warfare.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.3% ★, Alternate History 17.2%, Capitalism 16.9%, Economy 11.7%, Management 7%
- #39 Terra Invicta
71% matchVery Positive80% of 9,823 reviews2026
Dev: Pavonis InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 52.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 21.3% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Alternate History 13%, Economy 11.2%, Management 7.4%
- #40 Imperial Ambitions
72% matchVery Positive82% of 100 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 23.1% ★, Alternate History 15.3%, Capitalism 13.4%, Economy 13.1%, Wargame 12.2%
- #41 NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Awakening
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,724 reviews2022
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 20.3 hrsMean: 71.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Conquer Warring States Japan under one banner
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.6% ★, Wargame 17.5%, Alternate History 16.2%, Real Time Tactics 15.1%, Tactical 6.1%
- #42 Rebel Inc: Escalation
73% matchVery Positive82% of 7,522 reviews2021
Dev: Ndemic CreationsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 21.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Alternate History 12.6%, Economy 11.2%, Management 7.6%
- #43 THREE KINGDOMS: STRATEGY SIMULATOR
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 闪电游戏工作室
Windows
Three Kingdoms Strategy Simulator is an AI-native historical strategy title. Every NPC possesses independent cognition and persistent long-term memory. None of the regional warlords are pre-scripted routines hardcoded into the game engine。
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.9% ★, Wargame 17.6%, Trading 12.1%, Economy 11.1%, Strategy 8.3%
- #44 Global Oil Magnate
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ERGS
Windows
"Become the ultimate Global Oil Magnate! In this deep economic simulation, you start with your own seed capital, choose your strategic headquarters, and drill for black gold. Overcome geopolitical crises, outsmart the market, and build an empire that changes the world.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27% ★, Economy 17.9%, Trading 14.3%, Management 10.5%, Capitalism 8.4%
- #45 Europa Universalis V
70% matchMixed67% of 30,445 reviews2025
Dev: Paradox TintoPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 52.4 hrsMean: 119.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Use war, trade or diplomacy to satisfy your grandest ambitions and dominate five centuries of history in the newest version of Europa Universalis, Paradox Interactive's flagship historical grand strategy game.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Trading 15.7%, Alternate History 14.7%, Economy 12.7%, Wargame 12.5%
- #46 Radar Line
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Artem Marynenko
Windows · Mac
Command a radar-guided air-defense network against drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic threats. Buy intelligence, deploy radars and launchers, manage a limited stock of interceptors, then investigate every breach before the next attack begins.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 17.1%, Real-Time with Pause 14.4% ★, Wargame 13.3%, Military 10%, Strategy 8.9%
- #47 Wall Street Broker
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GamesCorpPub: Zero Sun Games
Windows
A real-time portfolio management sim where you build a career as a stock broker. Balance clients' trust, market timing, and your own reputation on a procedurally-generated Wall Street that never stops moving.
Why similar: Capitalism 27.4%, Trading 20.7%, Economy 19.3%, Management 12.2%, Strategy 8.1%
- #48 The Emperor and State
70% matchMixed58% of 339 reviews2024
Dev: 涂途Pub: Hawthorn Games
Windows
The Emperor and State is a turn-based strategy game that simulates the rule of an ancient feudal monarch. It involves the administration, policy adjustment, diplomatic checks and balances, national wars, as well as the emperor's self-cultivation, the cultivation of successors and so on.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.8% ★, Alternate History 17%, Wargame 13.4%, Economy 12.9%, Management 8.8%
- #49 Geo-Political Simulator 2026 Edition
69% matchMixed50% of 289 reviews2025
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
The latest expansion of the ultra-realistic world simulator, where you play as the head of state or the opposition! New Features: tourism simulator, party strategies with regime censures, personal wealth management, a European army, AI and robotics.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.4% ★, Wargame 14.6%, Capitalism 12.6%, Real Time Tactics 11.1%, Simulation 7.9%
- #50 Solar Nations 2
67% matchVery Positive85% of 595 reviews2025
Dev: Flomgus Games
Windows
In this Grand Strategy game, you take control of the Solar System's Great Powers in 2092 and weather the storm of change as you navigate the uncertain waters of the future. Control the greatest military forces in the world and wage wars on an epic scale: outer space is yours to conquer!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.4% ★, Real-Time with Pause 21.5% ★, Alternate History 12.5%, Wargame 11.9%, Military 8%
- #51 1992: Rasputie
69% 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: Grand Strategy 21% ★, Alternate History 15.8%, Capitalism 15%, Economy 11.5%, Wargame 10.6%
- #52 Artillery Tycoon
68% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Awful Waffle Studio
Windows
Build and manage an artillery factory in the WWI era. Research authentic weapon components, engineer deadly firepower, test prototypes on your firing range, and compete for lucrative government contracts. From the French 75 to the German 7.7, your designs will decide the fate of nations.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.6% ★, Economy 16.1%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, Military 11.5%, Strategy 10%
- #53 Victoria II
69% matchVery Positive92% of 20,003 reviews2010
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 49.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century. Victoria II is a grand strategy game played during the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country, guiding...
Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.6% ★, Real-Time with Pause 21.3% ★, Economy 11.9%, Alternate History 6.5%, Strategy 6.3%
- #54 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,252 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 51.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. From World War II through the Cold War and into the future, re-live or re-imagine the tensions and crises of our recent history! Guide your nation through the era of your choice in Campaigns, Scenarios, and Sandboxes, as you make every effort to become Supreme Ruler!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 26.3% ★, Grand Strategy 22.9% ★, Wargame 12.7%, Alternate History 10.6%, Military 8.3%
- #55 King
68% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: ZhangGuanRu
Windows
This is a game that combines strategy, tactics and role-playing. You travel to a magical world and become a king. You will manage your own country and conquer the world through diplomacy and war.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.7% ★, Wargame 20.2%, Alternate History 14.9%, War 10.8%, Strategy 9.5%
- #56 Angel Investor Simulator™
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bigosaur
Windows
Invest into promising startups with sometimes wacky ideas. Help them grow with your team of experts. Capture the market share with quality product, smart pricing and marketing. Cash out big after the IPO. Compete with the other angels and show them who's the boss.
Why similar: Capitalism 29.2%, Trading 23.6%, Economy 15.8%, Management 11.8%, Simulation 8.9%
- #57 Supreme Power
66% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Samuel Parker
Windows
Fight and stand your ground as you build a nation, research and develop armies and cities alike to earn the title of the Supreme Power. Make lasting choices on how you will forge a new empire. Will you create an economic powerhouse to eclipse all or take what is yours with sword and grit.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.2% ★, Wargame 17.9%, Real Time Tactics 16.1%, Military 10.2%, War 9%
- #58 For the Fatherland: Chronicle of Park Chung-hee
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KMS STUDIO
Windows
January 1, 1960. Become Major General Park Chung-hee at a turning point in Korean history. Preserve democracy and rise as the father of a nation—or cling to power and become a dictator. The fate of the Republic of Korea is in your hands.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.3% ★, Alternate History 16.8%, Capitalism 14.7%, Economy 13.9%, Management 8.1%
- #59 Iron Ledger: Deterrence Has A Price
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Comfort Sibanda
Windows
A high-pressure management sim where you build a defense contractor from nothing, secure contracts, expand production, manage staff and supply chains, and fight to stay ahead of cash flow, compliance, and collapse.
Why similar: Capitalism 19.3%, Economy 18.6%, Trading 17.7%, Management 13.3%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #60 Lost Technology
67% matchVery Positive86% of 625 reviews2017
Dev: Studio 4DPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Lost Technology is a simulation game in which more than 100 characters belonging to 12 different factions battle to conquer each other’s territories. The faction you choose at the beginning will determine the conversations and events that unfold throughout the game between you and other factions.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 26.3% ★, Grand Strategy 21.7% ★, Wargame 15.2%, Real Time Tactics 9.9%, Simulation 7.8%