- #1 Chaos Galaxy
97% matchVery Positive83% of 296 reviews2020
Dev: Han ZhiyuPub: ChaosGalaxyStudio
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A pixel-art turn-based Galaxy total war game. You can select 14 factions, 61 heroes, hundreds of warships and mecha, and command multiple fleets to carry out grand strategic operations on the map of the galaxy.
Why similar: Mechs 22.4% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Robots 12.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%
- #2 Chaos Sector 混沌宙域
96% matchVery Positive82% of 97 reviews2018
Dev: Han ZhiyuPub: ChaosGalaxyStudio
Windows
It's a retro-style strategy game, you can choose the Northsky Fleet or the Pirates, lead your commanders, controll many kinds of warships and robots, and fight a war with the enemy's fleet and alien horde on the galactic chessboard!
Why similar: Mechs 24.6% ★, Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, Robots 12.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%
- #3 The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia
96% matchVery Positive85% of 1,618 reviews2022
Dev: HongShou StudioPub: Pixmain
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Lay out your grand strategy on the land of Eagarlnia where humans, elves, orcs, dwarves, and the undead each battle out a corner of land. Manage your territories by navigating complex decisions and grow your economy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 38.4% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 18.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, War 12.4%, Strategy 4.8%
- #4 Super Robot Wars 30
95% matchVery Positive86% of 6,369 reviews2021
Dev: Bandai Namco Forge Digitals Inc.Pub: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 58.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
30 years on, the battle for our world's future continues. Super Robot Wars is a tactical RPG that brings characters and robots from a variety of mecha anime together to battle their mutual foes.
Why similar: Mechs 26.4% ★, Strategy RPG 13.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, JRPG 11.5%
- #5 Phantom Brigade
94% matchVery Positive80% of 4,177 reviews2023
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Phantom Brigade 2.0 is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with a revolutionary timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! Recruit and level up your squad of rebels to retake war-torn Fyrland from the Kaskad occupation.
Why similar: Mechs 35.1% ★, Robots 20.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Strategy 4.5%
- #6 Terra Invicta
94% matchVery Positive81% of 9,023 reviews2026
Dev: Pavonis InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 51.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Grand Strategy 28.1% ★, 4X 27% ★, War 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Historical 10.2%
- #7 BATTLETECH
93% matchVery Positive84% of 32,635 reviews2018
Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 43.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.
Why similar: Mechs 51.4% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 17.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Robots 8.6%, Strategy 5.4%
- #8 FRONT MISSION 1st: Remake
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 649 reviews2023
Dev: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
FRONT MISSION 1st: Remake is an immersive, tactical turn-based RPG, placing you in command of the awe-inspiring Wanzers – powerful military machines.
Why similar: Mechs 42.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 13%, Strategy 6.7%, RPG 5.3%
- #9 Imperiums: Greek Wars
91% matchVery Positive86% of 540 reviews2020
Dev: Kube Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.0 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 28.7% ★, Grand Strategy 28.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, War 12.5%, Historical 10.3%
- #10 Grand War: Rome
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Joynow Studio
Windows
A turn-based strategy war chess game. You will play a commander in the Roman period, and command the generals and troops to complete the specified mission objectives and occupy important strongholds in the level. Rome, Samnite, Epirus, Carthage. Different choices will open different histories!
Why similar: 4X 21.8% ★, Grand Strategy 15.4% ★, Wargame 15.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, War 9.5%
- #11 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
90% matchVery Positive87% of 741 reviews2023
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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 22.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21.2% ★, Wargame 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, War 10.8%
- #12 Interstellar Space: Genesis
89% matchVery Positive84% of 818 reviews2019
Dev: Praxis Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Interstellar Space: Genesis is a turn-based space 4X strategy game in which you attempt to build a thriving galactic empire. Discover mysteries among the stars, colonize worlds, and engage enemies in tactical turn-based combat on your journey to becoming the ruler of the galaxy!
Why similar: 4X 30.9% ★, Grand Strategy 23% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%, War 8.9%
- #13 Star Traders: Frontiers
89% matchVery Positive84% of 3,754 reviews2018
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.
Why similar: Sci-fi 30.1%, Strategy 21.6%, RPG 21%, Simulation 15.4%, 2D 11.9%
- #14 Shadow Empire
88% matchVery Positive85% of 1,723 reviews2020
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 63.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features. Players take the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation, with the goal of reconquering a devastated planet.
Why similar: 4X 23.5% ★, Grand Strategy 22.8% ★, Wargame 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, War 11.6%
- #15 FRONT MISSION 2: Remake
87% matchMixed60% of 320 reviews2024
Dev: Storm Trident S.A.Pub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
FRONT MISSION 2: Remake preserves the mature story, strategic turn-based combat, and Wanzer customization options of the original.
Why similar: Mechs 36.1% ★, Robots 21.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.2%, War 10.7%, Strategy 4.9%
- #16 Star Dynasties
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 492 reviews2021
Dev: Pawley GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Take the reins of a feudal dynasty in a divided galaxy following the destruction of earth. Star Dynasties is a turn based, procedurally generated narrative of human drama and personal politics, mixed with a light empire management layer. Your choices. Your legacy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.9% ★, Strategy RPG 18.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, War 13%, Sci-fi 5.1%
- #17 Star Renegades
86% matchVery Positive83% of 2,997 reviews2020
Dev: Massive Damage, Inc.Pub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Star Renegades is a dimension spanning rogue-lite strategy RPG. Outsmart uniquely generated adversaries, forge bonds between heroes and end the cycle!
Why similar: Mechs 40.2% ★, Strategy RPG 20.5%, JRPG 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%, RPG 5.2%
- #18 Lord of Rigel
85% matchMixed70% of 102 reviews2024
Dev: Rhombus Studios
Windows
Lord of Rigel is a turn-based 4X space strategy game inspired by the classics. In a galaxy divided by two elder races, will you unite with other species or forge your own path? Navigate galactic politics and defeat threats using espionage, research, and military force. How will you shape the galaxy?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.8% ★, 4X 29.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, War 13.4%, Strategy 4.5%
- #19 Xenonauts 2
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,657 reviews2023
Dev: Goldhawk InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 36.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 31.9%, Strategy 9.3%, RPG 9.3%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #20 NationWar2:Chronicle
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 419 reviews2024
Dev: Yiming
Windows
NationWar 2.0 is a big strategy game based on the theme of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period. There are more than 60 countries to choose from in the game. Map 1: 1 restores the mountainous landscapes and rivers of China.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.3% ★, 4X 17.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Wargame 12.1%
- #21 STRANGER SAGA -Stranger Bach and Iskiyeld's Ambition-
82% matchVery Positive86% of 187 reviews2025
Dev: Retro Game Balance & Mechanics -レトロゲームの手応えとバランスを追求するデザイン工房-
Windows
"STRANGER SAGA" is a turn-based SRPG where you lead a resistance army against a mighty enemy force. Raise citizens into elite warriors and conquer challenging strategy battles!
Why similar: Wargame 19.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.1%, Strategy RPG 14.1%, War 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%
- #22 SUPER ROBOT WARS Y
82% matchVery Positive84% of 2,530 reviews2025
Dev: Bandai Namco Forge Digitals Inc.Pub: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Median: 41.4 hrsMean: 67.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Super Robot Wars is a grid-based tactical combat RPG that brings units and pilots from a variety of anime together to battle their mutual foes. Rise, Unite, and Triumph!
Why similar: Mechs 22% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, JRPG 16.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 15%, Robots 9.3%
- #23 Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga
81% matchVery Positive95% of 14,248 reviews2022
Dev: Dancing Dragon GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Enter Tahnra, a land savaged by war. You, a fresh academy graduate with humble beginnings, will grow to lead a grand army against a corrupt adversary. Gather heroes, form bonds, and lead your force in turn-based battles. Make use of tactics, terrain, morale and more to bring peace to the land!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 27.2%, Strategy RPG 24.7%, JRPG 15.4%, RPG 9.7%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #24 One-inch Tactics
81% matchVery Positive94% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: KOGADO STUDIOPub: KOMODO
Windows
Turn the tide of the war with nuanced strategies in One-inch Tactics, introducing players to a unique turn-based strategy experience.
Why similar: Mechs 32.3% ★, Wargame 19.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Robots 10.1%
- #25 Unending Galaxy
84% matchMixed62% of 124 reviews2016
Dev: Anarkis Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Unending Galaxy is a unique space-sim in which you can fill any role from pirate or trader to the leader of a large galactic empire.
Why similar: 4X 54.7% ★, Strategy 20.7%, Simulation 12.4%, Sci-fi 6.5%, 2D 4.6%
- #26 Cantata
80% matchMixed65% of 142 reviews2023
Dev: Afterschool StudioPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Crash-landed in the universe of Cantata, will you expand your empire or bring peace to the war torn planet? Grow your army, manage resources and discover the colourful planet of Shoal, its people, and the armed forces overrunning this land in this genre-defining Grand Tactics game.
Why similar: 4X 33.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 20.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.7%, Strategy 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #27 Ignited Steel: Mech Tactics
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 88 reviews2022
Dev: YokaicadePub: Meteorbyte Studios
Windows
Ignited Steel is a mech roguelike turn-based-tactics game. Manage a team of overheating old-tech mechs, more heat means more vulnerability and damage! Unravel the galaxy’s story as you travel from node to node, improving your mechs, acquiring new pilots, and defeat the sentient A.I. overlord!
Why similar: Mechs 36.4% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 18.2%, Strategy RPG 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, War 8.1%
- #28 Mechabellum
76% matchVery Positive84% of 18,295 reviews2024
Dev: Game RiverPub: Dreamhaven
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 53.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.
Why similar: Mechs 29.4% ★, Wargame 17.3%, Robots 16.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, War 10%
- #29 Lost Technology
78% matchVery Positive86% of 606 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: Grand Strategy 37.8% ★, Wargame 30.9%, War 15.6%, Strategy 8%, Simulation 6.7%
- #30 Star Ruler 2
79% matchVery Positive82% of 719 reviews2015
Dev: Blind Mind Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Massive scale 4X-RTS set in space. Control hundreds of planets, manipulate galactic politics, research numerous advanced technologies, and command thousands of units and hundreds of planets in your quest for galactic dominance.
Why similar: 4X 74.4% ★, Strategy 15.1%, Sci-fi 10.4%
- #31 ENDLESS™ Legend 2
73% matchVery Positive84% of 2,346 reviews2025
Dev: AMPLITUDE StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.1% ★, 4X 27.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, War 13.5%, Historical 9.9%
- #32 TINY METAL
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 285 reviews2017
Dev: AREA 35, Inc.Pub: Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. / UNTIES
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Craft unique strategies and outmaneuver your foes in TINY METAL, a turn-based Japanese wargame! With new tactical options, you will command over 16 tactically diverse units, flank, assault, deploy heroes from orbital dropships, and focus the firepower of multiple units to even out otherwise disastrous odds.
Why similar: Wargame 28.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.5%, War 17.6%, Strategy 6.3%
- #33 Into the Breach
75% matchVery Positive94% of 21,742 reviews2018
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 31.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Mechs 37.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.6%, Strategy 7%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%
- #34 Star Tactics Redux
77% matchVery Positive87% of 60 reviews2016
Dev: Devil's Dozen Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Turn-based strategy game full of spacefleet battles. 30+ hours of gameplay, randomized battles, huge campaign with different ways of completion. Experience infinite tactical situations and outsmart the tricky AI using dozens of ships and special abilities.
Why similar: Strategy 64%, Simulation 36%
- #35 Stellar Monarch 2
74% matchVery Positive88% of 123 reviews2022
Dev: Silver Lemur Games
Windows
Stellar Monarch 2 is a feudal space empire builder where you feel like the Emperor, not a logistics officer. Great noble houses, usurpers to the throne, rebels, assassins, court intrigues, disloyal admirals, incompetent governors and ever-present alien threat.
Why similar: 4X 37.4% ★, Grand Strategy 34.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.5%, Strategy 6.9%, Sci-fi 4%
- #36 Ancient Frontier
77% matchMixed66% of 131 reviews2017
Dev: Fair Weather Studios
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Ancient Frontier is a turn-based strategy RPG set in the far future. You command the fleet. Buy new ships, outfit them with crew and equipment, then deploy and destroy the enemy. Take control of massive fleets of capital ships and support craft as you play through two unique campaigns.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 25.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.4%, Strategy RPG 18.4%, Strategy 15.3%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #37 Star Ruler
76% matchVery Positive83% of 340 reviews2010
Dev: Blind Mind Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction in a procedurally generated 3D galaxy (with the option to flatten it) from 1 System to 10,000+! Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves)...
Why similar: 4X 54.4% ★, Grand Strategy 26.5% ★, Strategy 13.9%, Sci-fi 4.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #38 魔塔三国之群雄争霸
74% matchVery Positive87% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: 赚大钱工作室
Windows
Players play one of the heroes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, conquer other forces and unify the world
Why similar: Wargame 25.8%, Strategy RPG 23%, War 12.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Strategy 9.9%
- #39 Stellar Monarch
75% matchVery Positive80% of 226 reviews2016
Dev: Silver Lemur Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Asymmetric space empire builder where you feel like the Emperor, not a logistics officer. No micromanagement, grand scale, fast paced, audiences, assassins, imperial court, disloyal admirals.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 36.8% ★, 4X 34.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Strategy 4.9%, Sci-fi 4.8%
- #40 MENACE
69% matchVery Positive91% of 10,002 reviews2026
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 33.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 29.7%, RPG 9.7%, Strategy 9.6%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #41 Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced
71% matchVery Positive95% of 172 reviews2025
Dev: Holistic Design, Inc.
Windows · Linux
Command interstellar forces in this epic return of the 4X strategy classic. From planetary politics to galactic warfare, the stakes couldn’t be higher as you lead your Royal House through battles on land, sea, air, and the vast reaches of space.
Why similar: 4X 40.1% ★, Wargame 23.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.8%, Strategy 6.2%, Sci-fi 5.7%
- #42 Distant Worlds 2
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,478 reviews2022
Dev: CodeForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 42.3% ★, Grand Strategy 37.8% ★, Strategy 8.9%, Sci-fi 5.4%, Simulation 4.9%
- #43 Conquer: Napoleonic Wars
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: Estuego Games
Windows
A turn-based strategy game based off the Napoleonic Wars! Lead, attack, buy, and communicate. Learn how to play difficult 4x grand strategy games by starting with simple strategy. *Disclaimer, this game is made by a teenager for a school project*
Why similar: 4X 20.8% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, Wargame 16%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%
- #44 WARBORN
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 79 reviews2020
Dev: Raredrop Games LtdPub: PQube
Windows · Mac
Deploy for battle in the Variable Armour, a technologically advanced suit of war. With turn-based tactics and quick-fire clashes, lead a strike force of deadly mecha to bring peace to the solar system in a 40-mission campaign. Create your own maps, practice in skirmish, or battle across multiplayer.
Why similar: Mechs 35.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 20.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Robots 15.9%, Strategy 4.9%
- #45 Civil War II
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 345 reviews2014
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
You take the part of the military and political leadership, trying to lead your nation to victory, in the midst of some of the toughest operations of the Civil War. You will build, organize and command your armies over one of the largest maps of the USA ever made for a Civil War game.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.6% ★, Wargame 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Historical 16.5%, Strategy 12.2%
- #46 Solar Nations 2
68% matchVery Positive90% of 71 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 31.1% ★, 4X 25.7% ★, Wargame 16.9%, War 10.7%, Historical 5.5%
- #47 The Emperor and State
70% matchMixed57% of 317 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 25.5% ★, Wargame 16.6%, Strategy RPG 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, War 10.9%
- #48 Bonaparte - A Mechanized Revolution
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Imugi
Windows
1789, Paris. Take Napoleon’s place in an alternate history as Céline or César Bonaparte in this ideology driven, turn-based strategy journey. Defend, reform or oppose the monarchy and write your own alternative history by combining cunning political skills and tactical military prowess.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.3% ★, 4X 16.6% ★, Mechs 12.9% ★, Wargame 11.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.6%
- #49 Horizon
73% matchMixed59% of 477 reviews2014
Dev: L3O Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Horizon is a turn-based space strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which you are in control of humanity’s destiny. You will explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover alien artifacts hidden on long-abandoned planets.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.8% ★, 4X 26.3% ★, Wargame 11.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%
- #50 Galactic Ruler
71% matchMixed49% of 121 reviews2022
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Galactic Ruler offers real time strategy game play at both planetary level and in space! Lead your faction in diplomacy or conquest across a procedurally generated galactic map where any system might hold hostile enemies or resource riches. Develop advanced technologies to rule the galaxy!
Why similar: 4X 37.1% ★, Grand Strategy 36.5% ★, Wargame 14.3%, Sci-fi 5.1%, Strategy 4.2%
- #51 Monarch : Medieval Remastered
66% matchVery Positive81% of 375 reviews2025
Dev: Mr.Lordy
Windows
In the medieval era, assume the role of a lord and engage with other lords,develop fiefdoms, and employ strategies involving intrigue, warfare, and plunder. Expand your territory and strengthen your house lineage Or, be a god, manipulate the world? This game primarily strategic role-playing elements
Why similar: Grand Strategy 34.2% ★, Strategy RPG 16.6%, Wargame 12.8%, Historical 11.7%, War 9.7%
- #52 MechCorp
70% matchVery Positive81% of 72 reviews2018
Dev: k.Song Tan
Windows
MechCorp. is a turn-based-tactics/strategy game where you take command of a mercenary mech squadron in space. Decide which battles to fight and what contracts to pursue while managing every aspect of the squad including mech lineup, crew management, research and production.
Why similar: Mechs 57.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 23.2%, Strategy 13.1%, Sci-fi 5.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #53 Mecharashi
66% matchMixed69% of 1,359 reviews2025
Dev: BlackJack StudioPub: HK TEN TREE LIMITED
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 43.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Mecharashi is a mecha-themed tactical turn-based game. The game adopts a unique part-destruction combat system, where you can assemble mechas however you want, equip a wide selection of weapons, and choose your favorite pilots to engage in battle.
Why similar: Mechs 34.2% ★, Robots 17.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Strategy RPG 8.5%
- #54 Deep Fringe
64% matchVery Positive96% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: Bosoneon StudioPub: Thousand Generation
Windows
Deep Fringe is a deep tactical RPG set in a biopunk post-apocalyptic wasteland. Lead powerful factions in turn-based brutal battles, leveraging the strategic use of an interactive environment. Modify or destroy terrain to achieve tactical supremacy. Craft legendary chapters with the level editor.
Why similar: Mechs 24.2% ★, Robots 13.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Strategy RPG 12%
- #55 ENDLESS™ Space 2
67% matchVery Positive83% of 22,789 reviews2017
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
ENDLESS™ Space 2 is a Strategic Space Opera, featuring the compelling “just one more turn” gameplay, set in the mysterious ENDLESS™ Universe. As the leader of your civilization, will you impose your vision and build the greatest stellar empire?
Why similar: Strategy 67.9%, 4X 15.2% ★, Grand Strategy 6.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 5.6%, Sci-fi 2.5%
- #56 Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 159 reviews2015
Dev: Black Lab GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Take command of Naval Strike Group 7 and lead your fleet to victory in full 3D tactical space combat. Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy is a sci-fi strategy saga that will test your skills as both capital assault ship Captain and naval fleet Commander.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 35.9%, Strategy 23.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Simulation 11.9%, Sci-fi 8.7%
- #57 Millennia
66% matchMixed67% of 3,746 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 34.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.
Why similar: 4X 28.5% ★, Grand Strategy 28% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, War 12%, Historical 9.4%
- #58 Brigandine The Legend of Runersia
65% matchVery Positive85% of 1,309 reviews2022
Dev: Happinet
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The continent of Runersia is home to six major powers with more than 40 bases, 100 knights, and 50 types of monsters. Select a ruler, organize knights and monsters into troops, and conquer enemy bases!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 32.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 31.7%, Strategy RPG 16.5%, Strategy 11.4%, JRPG 5.6%
- #59 Codex of Victory
68% matchMixed69% of 397 reviews2017
Dev: Ino-Co PlusPub: AKPublish pty ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
In this sci-fi turn-based strategy with real-time base-building elements, you’ll be defending human territories against the transhuman Augments. Expand your HQ, and manufacture and upgrade an army of advanced drones to wage interplanetary war for Humanity!
Why similar: Mechs 29.4% ★, Wargame 19.7%, Robots 15.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%