- #1 Nova Roma
97% matchVery Positive94% of 2,244 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.
Why similar: Diplomacy 15.2% ★, Grand Strategy 14.8% ★, 4X 12.6% ★, City Builder 11.8%, Historical 8.2%
- #2 Whiskerwood
96% matchVery Positive92% of 3,269 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Why similar: Diplomacy 16% ★, Grand Strategy 14.6% ★, 4X 13% ★, City Builder 11.3%, Historical 7.9%
- #3 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
96% matchVery Positive91% of 27,069 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 71.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 16.1% ★, City Builder 13.7%, Diplomacy 12.9% ★, 4X 10% ★, Historical 8.8%
- #4 Heart of the Machine
95% matchVery Positive92% of 2,098 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
Why similar: Diplomacy 16.9% ★, Grand Strategy 14.8% ★, 4X 13% ★, City Builder 10.9%, Historical 7.9%
- #5 Empires of the Undergrowth
94% matchVery Positive94% of 18,736 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Why similar: Diplomacy 15.3% ★, Grand Strategy 14.8% ★, 4X 13% ★, City Builder 11.2%, Historical 7.9%
- #6 Against the Storm
94% matchVery Positive94% of 37,259 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: Diplomacy 16.4% ★, Grand Strategy 14.6% ★, 4X 13.1% ★, City Builder 11.5%, Historical 7.7%
- #7 Gate Builders
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pyralis Studio
Windows · Linux
Gate Builders is a sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game. Build space stations, manage work force, exploit, trade and transform resources. Face space pirates and enemy factions. Build, Expand, Thrive!
Why similar: 4X 19.3% ★, Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, Diplomacy 14% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Management 8%
- #8 Cataclismo
92% matchVery Positive89% of 4,300 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
Why similar: Diplomacy 16.5% ★, Grand Strategy 14.5% ★, 4X 13% ★, City Builder 11%, Historical 7.9%
- #9 Rogue Carrier
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wild FieldsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Lead a perilous expedition to study the mysteries of a sentient world in this roguelite colony management game. Build and manage a city atop an ocean-faring ship, and try to survive as the planet fights back!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, City Builder 14.4%, Historical 7.7%, Diplomacy 7.4% ★, Building 6.9%
- #10 Imperialist
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BRR Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
From a veteran 4X Strategy developer comes a new deep strategy game of logistics, empire, and control. Develop the New World, industrialise your capital, manage your growing Empire, and outmanoeuvre rivals to become history's first Superpower. Can you exploit the New World to control the Old?
Why similar: Diplomacy 22% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, 4X 19.1% ★, Historical 10.3%, Economy 9.7%
- #11 Corsair Cove
89% matchVery Positive86% of 3,074 reviews2026
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 15.8% ★, Diplomacy 13% ★, City Builder 12.7%, 4X 10.7% ★, Historical 8.8%
- #12 Agecraft
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SnakyDevelop
Windows · Mac
Agecraft is a city-builder strategy where you guide a settlement through thousands of years of human history. Manage individual citizens, grow your economy, trade or wage war with other states, and advance from the Stone Age to the Space Age.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, 4X 17.3% ★, City Builder 13.9%, Diplomacy 12.7% ★, Historical 9.3%
- #13 Norland
89% matchVery Positive82% of 10,349 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 16% ★, 4X 14.6% ★, City Builder 12.3%, Historical 8.6%, Diplomacy 8.2% ★
- #14 DOUGH: A Crime Strategy RPG
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 34 reviews2024
Dev: OMNIAPub: NotTheBestGames
Windows
A crime based 4X strategy game with heavy RPG elements. Money, power, women... in the Prohibition, the world of crime is prospering, but in it, the road to the top is filled with blood. The ruthless competition, the greedy politicians and the pesky policemen, everyone wants to come out on top!
Why similar: Diplomacy 17% ★, 4X 15.4% ★, Crime 12.9%, Grand Strategy 12.8% ★, Economy 8.2%
- #15 Rogue State Revolution
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 542 reviews2021
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.Pub: Modern Wolf
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Greetings your Excellency. Time to rebuild, reform and prepare for new challenges in the People's Republic of Basenji. In this thrilling political strategy, you will appoint ministers and lead the country to success. Be careful — you may find yourself replaced in the next election.
Why similar: Diplomacy 16.8% ★, Grand Strategy 16.6% ★, 4X 16.2% ★, Sandbox 8.5%, Historical 8.5%
- #16 Theos: Cities Of Myth
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Triskell InteractivePub: Dotemu
Windows
A modern take on classic city-builders, Theos: Cities of Myth lets you develop a thriving metropolis dedicated to one of 7 Greek Deities. Raise an imposing sanctuary, meet your citizens’ needs, and found a city worthy of the Gods.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.6% ★, City Builder 19%, Diplomacy 17.3% ★, Strategy 7.5%, Building 7.1%
- #17 Manor Lords
85% matchVery Positive84% of 90,512 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.8% ★, City Builder 18%, Historical 12.7%, Diplomacy 9.3% ★, 4X 7.4% ★
- #18 Rise of Hegemony
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lion Loewe
Windows
Take control of a country from its very first beginnings and lead it successfully to become a global hegemon. In a complex simulation of economy, diplomacy and warfare the path you chose to triumph is up to you.
Why similar: Diplomacy 20.2% ★, 4X 18.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, Economy 10.3%, Building 7.3%
- #19 Strategeist
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galactic Starfish, Inc.
Windows
Become a strategeist and lead one of hundreds of nations on the globe across centuries of conflict and diplomacy in this grand strategy game. Balance war, politics, and internal institutions to shape the fate of your empire, and secure your legacy in history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.9% ★, Diplomacy 19.9% ★, Historical 11.4%, 4X 10.3% ★, Economy 8.3%
- #20 Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition
84% matchMixed69% of 2,291 reviews2024
Dev: Oxide GamesPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a nation starting at any point in human history and compete for supremacy in this epic turn-based strategy game. Engage in diplomacy, fight wars, and go head-to-head with other leaders from history.
Why similar: 4X 22.8% ★, Grand Strategy 21.6% ★, Diplomacy 20.1% ★, Historical 10.2%, Resource Management 6.6%
- #21 SkyChart: Airline Executive
82% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2026
Dev: Casey Jones Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Inspired by Aerobiz. Build a global airline empire from the 1930s propeller age into the near future. Fly 201 aircraft between 533 real-world cities, outmaneuver 35 rival CEOs, and survive the Great Depression, oil shocks, 9/11, and COVID.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.4% ★, Diplomacy 19.8% ★, Historical 10.9%, Economy 10%, City Builder 9.7%
- #22 Geopolaris: Conquer & Dominate
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fenek Games
Windows
Navigate through interactions with competing powers to lead your nation to global domination in this 4X open sandbox geopolitical sim set in post-WW2 alt-history world. You have 251 years at your disposal to conquer and unify the planet or take your nation into space. Can you make it?
Why similar: Diplomacy 20.8% ★, 4X 20% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Sandbox 6.9%
- #23 ENDLESS Legend™ 2
81% matchVery Positive83% of 2,825 reviews2025
Dev: AMPLITUDE StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Diplomacy 20.3% ★, 4X 17.3% ★, Grand Strategy 17.2% ★, Historical 9.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%
- #24 Imperiums: Greek Wars
81% matchVery Positive86% of 547 reviews2020
Dev: Kube Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Unique combination of turn-based 4X and historical grand strategy with a mythological twist. Explore the ancient world and build a world leading civilization. Survive, expand, conquer... and win!
Why similar: 4X 18.7% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9% ★, Diplomacy 16.7% ★, Historical 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%
- #25 Seven Kingdoms 2 HD
82% matchVery Positive81% of 405 reviews2015
Dev: Enlight Software Limited
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Get ready for an exciting real-time strategy game experience like no other with Seven Kingdoms 2! Say goodbye to the monotony of resource gathering and army building, its unique gameplay offers a thrilling blend of city management, trade, industry, espionage, diplomacy, and conquest!
Why similar: Diplomacy 20.3% ★, 4X 17.3% ★, Grand Strategy 13% ★, Economy 11.2%, Historical 11%
- #26 Old World
80% matchVery Positive82% of 6,828 reviews2022
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.0 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: Diplomacy 19.9% ★, 4X 17.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.4% ★, Historical 9.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%
- #27 HUMANKIND™
79% matchMixed69% of 28,603 reviews2021
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Rewrite history by shaping a civilization as unique as you are. Combine 60 cultures from the Ancient Era to the Modern Age to lead your empire to victory. Build thriving cities, outsmart rivals in epic battles, spread your influence and leave your mark on HUMANKIND™.
Why similar: 4X 23.6% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, City Builder 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Historical 11.4%
- #28 Critias Empire
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crystalline Green Ltd.
Windows
Turn-Based 4X-like Strategy: Build the peaceful kingdom of Atlantis into a flourishing civilization. Plan carefully or be ready to adapt as the ancient Gods of Olympus rain down floods, earthquakes, volcanoes and all types of disaster.
Why similar: 4X 21.7% ★, Grand Strategy 15.7% ★, City Builder 14.6%, Historical 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%
- #29 RAEV: Kingdom on the Distant Shores
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RAVINE Games
Windows
From a humble campfire to a multi-city kingdom, lead with grace in RAEV: Kingdom on the Distant Shores: a unique kingdom builder where every decision shapes the fate of your fox citizens and the legacy of your continent-spanning kingdom. With a freeform building system, no grids, no limits.
Why similar: Diplomacy 24.5% ★, Grand Strategy 18.4% ★, City Builder 16.2%, 4X 12.3% ★, Building 8.7%
- #30 Master of the Ages: Foundations of History
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sovereign Era Games
Windows · Mac
Command a civilization from antiquity to the modern era in a historical 4X focused on grand strategy over micro-management. Direct armies, research technologies, run spy networks, and shape your empire through deep, intuitive macro-mechanics.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.7% ★, 4X 22.4% ★, Diplomacy 17% ★, Historical 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%
- #31 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
77% matchVery Positive87% of 763 reviews2023
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
A Giant Strategy Sandbox experience set in Warlord China. *Tons of playable factions! *Communist insurgents, * Boxers like rebels, *Greedy warlords, *Mongol riders, *A mad russian baron, *Shanghai gangsters, *And armored trains!
Why similar: 4X 21% ★, Diplomacy 20.8% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Historical 7.6%
- #32 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
76% matchMixed48% of 58,486 reviews2025
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 49.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Lead empires that evolve or endure through the Ages. Build something you believe in with Sid Meier's Civilization® VII.
Why similar: Diplomacy 20.9% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, 4X 16.8% ★, City Builder 12.4%, Historical 9.5%
- #33 Marble Age
78% matchVery Positive83% of 747 reviews2015
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Turn-based historical simulation strategy. Develop the Greek civilization from the small village to the great city-state when it will dominate the world!
Why similar: Diplomacy 15.8% ★, 4X 13.6% ★, City Builder 11.6%, Historical 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%
- #34 Great Houses of Calderia
74% matchMixed61% of 442 reviews2024
Dev: Resistance GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Great Houses of Calderia is a Feudal Grand Strategy game focusing on family dynamics & stories. Use your family strengths to compete against rivals to rise in the ranks of Calderia - produce, trade, scheme, bribe, and battle to build your legacy of power!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.4% ★, Diplomacy 16.7% ★, 4X 12.1% ★, Economy 10.1%, Management 7.9%
- #35 Terra Invicta
72% 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: Diplomacy 19.9% ★, Grand Strategy 17.1% ★, 4X 17% ★, Historical 9.1%, Economy 9.1%
- #36 Europa Universalis V
71% 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: Diplomacy 22.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, 4X 16.5% ★, Historical 10.6%, Economy 10.2%
- #37 Realpolitiks 3: Earth and Beyond
73% matchMostly Negative38% of 299 reviews2025
Dev: JujubeePub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Prove your political brilliance in a grand strategy like no other: pick any contemporary country, set up your government and navigate the pitfalls of domestic and international politics. A glorious destiny awaits - the domination of not just the Earth, but the whole Solar system!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.3% ★, Diplomacy 20.8% ★, Economy 11.8%, 4X 10.1% ★, Building 8.2%
- #38 Millennia
72% matchMixed67% of 3,777 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 36.2 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: 4X 20.4% ★, Diplomacy 19.3% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Historical 9.6%
- #39 All Men Are Brothers / 水浒豪
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 221 Games
Windows
《水浒豪》是一款回合制战略游戏,是《三国志》、《文明》、《欧陆风云》的粉丝们不容错过的作品。您扮演山寨之主,运筹帷幄,纵横捭阖。原著中528位好汉、116处据点、49个势力在游戏中登场。被奸臣谋害,魂断蓼儿洼?呸!洒家要清君侧!慢着……洒家要当皇帝!兀那赵老官!给洒家从宝座上爬下来!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.2% ★, 4X 18.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Historical 15.1%, Strategy 6.9%
- #40 For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 173 reviews2009
Dev: Crystal Empire GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 35.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Take up the reins of your country, guide domestic and foreign policy, navigate thousands of historical figures and events, engage in various struggles and lead your country to prosperity – all in the name of glory!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, Diplomacy 21.4% ★, 4X 19.1% ★, Historical 12%, Economy 8.7%
- #41 House of Legacy
71% matchVery Positive83% of 3,942 reviews2025
Dev: S3 StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Step into the shoes of a fallen clan leader, starting with nothing but a crumbling estate and a handful of hopes, rising through careful planning, trade, and diplomacy to become one of the most powerful families in the land. Now it’s time to forge a legendary dynasty that leaves its mark on history.
Why similar: Diplomacy 31.5% ★, City Builder 16.6%, Management 10.4%, Economy 10.2%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #42 Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO
74% matchMixed69% of 208 reviews2017
Dev: Illyriad Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Build a city, Create an Empire! Research 400+ technologies, and Build 70+ buildings, Craft and Trade 380+ items in an entirely player driven market. Fight Wars and Forge Alliances with thousands of players and create your own Empire in this award-winning, critically-acclaimed MMO.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.8% ★, City Builder 16.3%, Diplomacy 11.5% ★, 4X 11% ★, Economy 10.5%
- #43 Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,666 reviews2022
Dev: The Secret Games CompanyPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, 4X 18.4% ★, City Builder 12.9%, Historical 10.1%, Economy 9.6%
- #44 Star Traders: 4X Empires
73% matchMixed63% of 82 reviews2014
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Take command of humanity’s last survivors and rebuild an empire in the stars. In this immersive turn-based strategy game, you will have to fight to protect your people, control rival factions, and unlock lost technology.
Why similar: Diplomacy 22.6% ★, 4X 19.8% ★, Grand Strategy 16.3% ★, Economy 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%
- #45 Gilded Destiny
70% 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: Diplomacy 20% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9% ★, 4X 13.4% ★, Historical 9.4%, Economy 9.4%
- #46 Mercatoria
69% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Dinkel Games
Windows
Turn-based grand strategy in the Age of Discovery. Develop a transport network, industrialise your economy, colonise the New World, and compete with five rival powers. Inspired by Imperialism 2. Early Access — built by one developer in his spare time.
Why similar: 4X 23.2% ★, Grand Strategy 22% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Economy 8.7%, Historical 8.5%
- #47 Lands of Rumour
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Vaeril Games
Windows
Lands of Rumour is a turn-based 4X game about hiding and gossip. Embrace the atmosphere of Robin Hood, develop villages, gather resources, recruit your men and defend your homeland in tactical combat, where every unit has unique abilities.
Why similar: 4X 21.8% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, City Builder 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Management 7.8%
- #48 City of Gangsters
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,559 reviews2021
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
In this management tycoon game, you’ll start a criminal operation from nothing and grow it into a well-oiled money machine! Build speakeasies and illegal distilleries. Manage production chains and resource distribution. Leverage favors, chase down debtors, and bribe the police to look the other way.
Why similar: Crime 24.5%, Grand Strategy 13.5% ★, Resource Management 10.9%, Economy 10.5%, Management 10.4%
- #49 Empire’s Supreme Command
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Turn-based strategy. Build, trade, fight, and lead your empire to victory.
Why similar: 4X 20.6% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, Diplomacy 18% ★, City Builder 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
- #50 Anno 117: Pax Romana
67% matchMixed70% of 12,661 reviews2025
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.
Why similar: City Builder 22.7%, Economy 12.3%, Historical 10.5%, Sandbox 10%, Building 10%
- #51 BBox: Kingpin
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ENGN Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run a crime gang on real-world maps. Manage autonomous crew members across multiple territories. Navigate heat, police pressure, and personality-driven betrayals.
Why similar: Espionage 35.2% ★, Grand Strategy 24.2% ★, Crime 11.1%, Sandbox 9.3%, Simulation 7%
- #52 One Planet
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Qardinal Games
Windows · Linux
Disasters rage. Political factions splinter and grasp at power. As the climate crisis threatens stability, will you unite the planet with diplomacy or take aggressive action? Deploy force or build consensus toward net zero emissions in this grand strategy game where stakes get higher by the minute.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28% ★, Diplomacy 27.2% ★, 4X 25% ★, Economy 8.4%, Strategy 6%
- #53 Kingdom Wars 4
69% matchMixed66% of 240 reviews2021
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 39%
It's 1347, the time of the Hundred Years' War. In this historical grand strategy and RTS hybrid you play as one of 200 minor lords across medieval Europe, Africa or Middle East. Rise up to take over your Kingdom and be crowned, then fight to preserve your empire as Black Death descends on Europe.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.6% ★, Diplomacy 17.6% ★, 4X 15.8% ★, City Builder 13.4%, Historical 8.3%
- #54 Oraiah
69% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: PageBoy
Windows
Become the King of your own nation and restore the ancient empire of Oraiah. Claim the imperial throne by submitting your enemies by strength or by shining so much that it will force the other pretenders to the throne to submit to you. What will you do, my Lord?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.7% ★, City Builder 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Management 13.4%, Simulation 9.3%
- #55 Wealth of Nations: Economic Strategy
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WoN
Windows
Lead a nation through decades of political and economic challenges. Manage budgets, taxes, interest rates, crises, and public opinion in a deep grand-strategy simulation where every decision shapes your country's future.
Why similar: 4X 27.2% ★, Grand Strategy 24.8% ★, Economy 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Simulation 8.1%
- #56 Three Kingdoms : Alias
65% matchVery Positive82% of 344 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: Grand Strategy 22% ★, Diplomacy 20.7% ★, 4X 17.3% ★, Historical 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
- #57 Nova Historia
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BairdyDev
Windows
A unique 4X real-time historical strategy game, set on a procedurally generated globe. Play from ancient times, right through to the modern day. Expand your empire, build settlements, units, buildings and construct world wonders. Make History, Your Way.
Why similar: 4X 30.7% ★, Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, Historical 10.1%, Strategy 6.8%, Economy 6.7%
- #58 Before Arthur
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ashwood Games
Windows
A medieval sim where you don’t just rule- you live the crown. A blend of city-building, 4X strategy, and RPG open world. Build your kingdom. Outsmart rival factions. And remember: your monarch’s life is the real adventure.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.6% ★, 4X 22% ★, Diplomacy 16.5% ★, City Builder 13.8%, Sandbox 6.7%