Games Like BOC: Birth of Cultures

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: 4X 19% ★, Hex Grid 15.1% ★, Grand Strategy 13.7%, Historical 7.7%, War 6.7%

Myriad Strategies: a turn-based strategy game. Rule a nation amid wars, famine, plague, and refugees. Manage cities, talent, economy. The world shifts. Win by holding cities, stabilizing lives, solving refugee crises, building food systems & spy networks, or surviving the chaos.

Why similar: 4X 28.9% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9%, Hex Grid 14.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 7.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.5%

Lead a campaign of glory as you mine, trade, conquer, & sabotage your way to victory. Your Kingdom of Dwarves must vanquish its rivals and conquer the realm in this turn-based economic strategy game. Lead your Dwarves across new lands in search of gems, gold, & glory. For the Guild!

Why similar: 4X 21.1% ★, Hex Grid 13.7% ★, Grand Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 7%, Resource Management 6.6%

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 22.8% ★, Grand Strategy 14.4%, Hex Grid 12.5% ★, War 9.1%, City Builder 8.1%

Forge your Kingdom amidst the Ruins of Rome in this turn-based 4X strategy game! As the world crumbles, rebuild civilization and shape your people’s destiny. Unleash your strategic prowess, conquer provinces, and crush all who stand in your way.

Why similar: 4X 18.7% ★, Hex Grid 14% ★, Grand Strategy 10.8%, War 7.5%, Building 6.9%

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 26.9% ★, Grand Strategy 14.5%, Historical 9.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, City Builder 9%

Turn-based 4X strategy in just one hour. Place buildings, chain adjacency bonuses, optimize resources, and outsmart rival monarchs through trade or war to earn the most Glory - solo or multiplayer.

Why similar: 4X 26.1% ★, Hex Grid 15.2% ★, Grand Strategy 14.3%, City Builder 9.1%, Building 9%

Build a civilization that spans the ages in this historical turn-based strategy game. Combine evolving cultures, raise cities, command armies and expand your empire as a changing climate reshapes the world and your path through history.

Why similar: 4X 28% ★, Grand Strategy 15.2%, Historical 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%, Strategy 7.1%

DeckTerra is a 4X strategy game built around cards. Explore procedurally generated maps, research new technologies, develop your settlements, and raise armies all while building a deck that complements your strategy.

Why similar: 4X 20.6% ★, Grand Strategy 15.5%, Hex Grid 12.1% ★, Historical 9.7%, War 9.2%

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 25.6% ★, Grand Strategy 12.7%, Hex Grid 12.4% ★, City Builder 8.5%, Historical 8.5%

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: 4X 24.7% ★, Hex Grid 20.9% ★, War 10.4%, Historical 8.8%, Strategy 8.8%

"Expand the Kingdom" is a strategy game based on construction and expansion. In the game, you need to expand and plan land, acquire resources to maintain the internal balance of the kingdom, and survive and defeat all opponents in the competition between kingdoms.

Why similar: Hex Grid 36.2% ★, 4X 18.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 7%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.8%, War 6.8%

Demise of Nations is a 4X turn-based grand strategy wargame covering the rise of Rome till the fall of modern civilization.

Why similar: 4X 27.1% ★, Hex Grid 20.1% ★, Grand Strategy 15.8%, Historical 9%, War 8.2%

In an enormous strategic area stretching from Paris to Breslau, from Hamburg to Vienna, control everything from major strategic territorial decisions to tactical battle manoeuvres.

Why similar: 4X 32.6% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.7%, War 8.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%

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 35.6% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5%, Hex Grid 8.7% ★, Historical 8.6%, Strategy 7.6%

Ever War is a turn-based strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. This game combines empire-building, resource management and large-scale tactical turn-based battles.

Why similar: 4X 30.1% ★, Hex Grid 19.1% ★, Grand Strategy 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%

Hex Kingdoms is a turn-based strategy game set in medevial times with fantasy themes. Expand your kingdom, set up your defenses, train soldiers and monsters to become the only ruler of the land.

Why similar: 4X 25.2% ★, Hex Grid 18.7% ★, Grand Strategy 17.1%, War 12.5%, Strategy 8.3%

Astro Protocol is a high-stakes, turn-based 4X space strategy game distilled into intense one-hour matches. Six factions, randomized maps, tech trees, and anomalies ensure every run is unique. Victories are earned against challenging opponents that play to win.

Why similar: 4X 26.3% ★, Hex Grid 17.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.6%

Zaman is a fast, card-driven 4X strategy game where every card shapes your empire. Found cities, research technologies, command your leader on the battlefield and unleash game-changing abilities in short, high-stakes matches.

Why similar: 4X 28.1% ★, Hex Grid 18.9% ★, Grand Strategy 16.1%, Historical 7.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%

Frostward is a turn-based 4X survival strategy game set on a frozen hex world, where you plan districts, work toward monumental Wonders, command armies in battle, and decide whether humanity will endure, escape, or restore warmth to the world.

Why similar: 4X 34% ★, Hex Grid 24.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.9%, Resource Management 5.9%

Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?

Why similar: 4X 19.5% ★, Grand Strategy 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Historical 11.5%, Strategy 9.8%

A retro 4X game inspired by classic versions of the genre. Lead your people from a small nomadic tribe into a globe-spanning space-fairing civilization. Can your empire survive the Crucible Of Time?

Why similar: 4X 19.8% ★, Grand Strategy 12.9%, War 10.4%, Building 9%, City Builder 8.7%

Miniciv is an accessible hex‑grid 4X turn‑based strategy. Start with one city and settler, explore and build your budding civilization into a mighty empire. Procedural maps and flexible playtime bring unique runs, pairing easy entry with deep political, trade, faith and industrial mechanics.

Why similar: 4X 37.4% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, City Builder 11.5%, Strategy 7.5%

A 4x global turn-based strategy game with a well-developed economic and military model.

Why similar: 4X 27.9% ★, Hex Grid 19.4% ★, Grand Strategy 18%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%

Conquer the world in an evening. 4X distilled. Eight civilisations, three victory paths, complete games in 3-4 hours. No twelve-hour death marches. No spreadsheets. Just maps, decisions, and the next turn.

Why similar: 4X 36.3% ★, Hex Grid 25.9% ★, Historical 13.6%, Strategy 10.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.5%

Clash of Cultures is an addictive turn based stratergy game that is simple to learn yet has a lot of depth. Research technologies, shape your government, progress through the ages, and conquer the world.

Why similar: 4X 33.5% ★, Grand Strategy 21%, Strategy 8.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.1%

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: 4X 28.8% ★, Grand Strategy 21.7%, Historical 11%, Hex Grid 10.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 7.6%

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: 4X 25.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16.9%, Hex Grid 12.4% ★, Building 8.8%, War 8.6%

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: 4X 22.6% ★, Hex Grid 17.9% ★, Grand Strategy 14.5%, War 10.6%, Historical 8.6%

Set in a world seized by machines, Mordfield Command is a turn-based hex wargame. Reclaim territory under mounting pressure and expand your control of the battlefield. Move too slowly, and the Algorithm’s growing forces will overrun you.

Why similar: 4X 25.8% ★, Hex Grid 19.8% ★, War 10.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.5%

Play your cards right to conquer the world in the Roguelite 4x. Explore mysterious lands, survive against the barbarian horde, and grow your stone age empire into the stars!

Why similar: 4X 28.1% ★, Hex Grid 17.5% ★, Grand Strategy 16.7%, Historical 7.5%, Building 6.7%

BUSINESS EMPIRE is a 4X turn-based strategy game that puts you in charge of an ever-expanding company. Design your own products and market them to the masses, set up distribution routes, and develop new technologies.

Why similar: 4X 28.6% ★, Building 9%, Management 8.9%, City Builder 8.9%, Resource Management 8.5%

Cities Domination is a city builder, resource management and strategy game. Gestion all the units and resources between cities for create an empire, attack enemies cities, build, defend and expand your cities and dominate the castles... or lose yours.

Why similar: 4X 27.1% ★, Hex Grid 20.9% ★, City Builder 10.6%, Resource Management 9.9%, Level Editor 7.8%

《万民长歌：三国》是一款单机 · 历史 · 战争策略游戏。在无缝连续、真实还原的3D沙盘地图上，玩家可以自选视角、以自己的意志重演三国。来体验真实的三国策略——真实的沙盘，真实的二十四节气，真实的百姓，真实的战争！

Why similar: 4X 30.8% ★, Grand Strategy 19.9%, War 11.3%, Historical 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.

Why similar: 4X 33.6% ★, Hex Grid 19% ★, Grand Strategy 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, War 8.2%

Strategically place outposts & settlements to capture resources. Upgrade you empire and destroy all rivals!

Why similar: 4X 26.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3%, War 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%

Discover and colonize the world, Allocate your labor force, Monopolize markets, Fight tactical battles, Survive the age of imperialism...

Why similar: 4X 22.5% ★, Grand Strategy 18%, Hex Grid 16.6% ★, Historical 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%

Return to the Three Kingdoms period. On the grand strategic tactical battlefield, use terrain for defense setup and resource allocation to shift the battle situation. Control the war via hexagonal grid movement and tactical ability activation, and unify the realm.

Why similar: 4X 23.7% ★, Hex Grid 23.1% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6%, Historical 10.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.3%

Timeline is a turn-based strategy game where you can play through the human history from stone age to modern times. In the game you command wide range of units, make them collect resources and build buildings, towns and cities, explore the map and meet other players controlled by AI.

Why similar: 4X 24.2% ★, Hex Grid 13.2% ★, Historical 9.5%, Management 7.7%, Level Editor 7.1%

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 29.9% ★, Grand Strategy 19.4%, Building 8.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%, Historical 8.1%

Take planets and assemble your fleet. The conquest of space is now, navigate through asteroid fields and hide in nebulas to outsmart your opponents. Experience the challenge of ion storms disrupting your ship's sensors and become the ultimate space fleet commander.

Why similar: 4X 29.3% ★, Hex Grid 11.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 9.7%, Building 9.1%, War 9.1%

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: 4X 25.6% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9%, Historical 10.1%, City Builder 10.1%, War 9.2%

Dominium Mundi is a lightweight 4X strategy game set in the medieval period where 4 players compete to create the most influential empire. Expand your empire over the map, convert more people to your religion, and control more trade routes.

Why similar: 4X 47.2% ★, Grand Strategy 16.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%, Historical 8%, Strategy 7.2%

Fight for your people’s survival in this turn-based strategy game as you compete against other refugees for land. Expand tile by tile, defend your borders, and sustain your people through gathering or force. A streamlined 4X experience designed to finish in one sitting.

Why similar: 4X 29% ★, Hex Grid 19.5% ★, City Builder 10.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, Building 7.1%

Experience the thrill of a modern conflict between two factions, as you outsmart your opponents in an epic game of strategy and cunning. Take command of your ground, air, and naval units and lead them to victory in the most immersive turn-based battle simulation. The battlefield awaits.

Why similar: 4X 35% ★, Hex Grid 14.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, War 9.5%, Strategy 9.5%

Lead empires that evolve or endure through the Ages. Build something you believe in with Sid Meier's Civilization® VII.

Why similar: 4X 22.8% ★, Grand Strategy 16.8%, Hex Grid 15.3% ★, War 10.1%, Historical 9.3%

Turn your clan into a Sengoku legend in this tactical RPG. Recruit and train warriors, shape alliances, conquer castles, and alter history through brutal turn-based battles. Influence the outcome of feudal Japan in Sengoku: Shadow Strikers.

Why similar: 4X 31.6% ★, Grand Strategy 20.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.1%, Management 8.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%

Wizards and Warlords is an indie turn-based strategy game, where you play in a randomly generated fantasy world, contending with rival wizards, warlords, roaming marauders and hidden ancient evils. Create a customized sovereign or choose from one of many predefined templates.

Why similar: 4X 27.8% ★, Hex Grid 20.1% ★, Grand Strategy 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%, Procedural Generation 5.7%

Build, expand, and wage dice-driven wars in this medieval 4x strategy game played in under an hour. Adopt unique legacies to progressively define your strategy as you race your rivals to accomplish 5 feats and claim victory.

Why similar: 4X 32% ★, Hex Grid 19.3% ★, Grand Strategy 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.4%

The fantasy wargaming classic is back! Lead powerful heroes and mighty armies into battle in this critically acclaimed turn-based strategy milestone. Level up and train your units and guide them through a gripping story campaign to decide the fate of a world on the brink of destruction.

Why similar: Hex Grid 18.3% ★, 4X 17.9% ★, Grand Strategy 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.9%

点燃你的战魂，投身乱世掀起惊天风暴！化身铁血诸侯，号令三国名将，统领无敌雄师，在真实还原的三国版图上纵横沙场，血战四方！

Why similar: 4X 26.2% ★, Grand Strategy 18.4%, War 11.5%, Historical 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%

The Ancients is a turn-based survival strategy game where you lead a prehistoric hunter-gatherer tribe through the last ice age. Survive the elements, hunt fierce animals, migrate to new continents, advance your technology, make social and political tribe decisions, and evolve your civilization.

Why similar: 4X 24.8% ★, Hex Grid 19.5% ★, Grand Strategy 16.6%, Historical 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%

A logistics-focused turn-based space 4X. Govern through Administrative Nodes, connect systems with wormhole infrastructure, assign population to production and research, and expand only as far as your empire can support.

Why similar: 4X 38.8% ★, Hex Grid 19% ★, Grand Strategy 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, War 9.3%

Set in a post-apoc version of Earth, Revival is a 4x strategy game where the world and its rules can change at key moments, creating a deep and highly replayable experience.

Why similar: 4X 25.6% ★, Hex Grid 21.1% ★, Grand Strategy 17.1%, War 9.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.5%

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 32.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21.1%, Historical 10.7%, Resource Management 8.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.1%

Indie turn-based strategy game. Capture the whole shard by defeating their guards, build your own stronghold, level up your heroes and equip most powerful items!

Why similar: Hex Grid 34.7% ★, 4X 22% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Strategy 8.2%, Building 7.8%

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 27.1% ★, Grand Strategy 17.5%, Hex Grid 13.5% ★, War 10.4%, Historical 9.4%

Unify Japanese History! A Timeline Strategy Game Where History Itself Becomes the Battlefield.

Why similar: 4X 28.1% ★, Grand Strategy 20.7%, War 12.9%, Historical 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.4%

European War 4: Napoleon Remastered is a turn-based strategy game, offering a comprehensive renovation of the original. Return to the Napoleonic era, deploy tactics, conquer territories, command historical generals, experience legendary battles, and master the art of war.

Why similar: 4X 24.3% ★, Hex Grid 18.9% ★, Grand Strategy 16.7%, War 11.2%, Historical 9.3%

Guide your people across generations in the pre-Columbian Americas. Build a lasting civilization through trade, diplomacy, culture, and war in this historical turn-based 4X grand strategy game.

Why similar: 4X 23.1% ★, Hex Grid 16.6% ★, Grand Strategy 15.9%, War 9.6%, Historical 9.3%