- #1 I am Dictator
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hypernates
Windows
Become dictator of the only country that does not yield to the world's superpowers. Use your skills to build an army, care for your people, provide wealth and gain worldwide respect. You're a natural-born leader and the best diplomat. We await your orders, Sir!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 15.7% ★, Political Sim 14.5% ★, City Builder 14%, Strategy RPG 9.8%, Wargame 9.4%
- #2 Deus Lo Veult
96% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: PageBoyGame
Windows
Play as one of the three great leader in the year 1135 in the Middle East. Become Sultan of Egypt, King of Jerusalem or Emir of Aleppo. Take control or rewrite history of the Middle East. King, Sultan or Emir, discover a fascinating tale and forge your destiny.
Why similar: City Builder 15.7%, Grand Strategy 15.3% ★, Simulation 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Political Sim 14% ★
- #3 Aye! My Liege
96% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Tappole Software
Windows · Mac
A grand strategy game set in an alternate history. Lead your noble house to power using a 4-tier command system that allows for granular management of every individual soldier. Master complex industrial chains, navigate tariffs, and balance diplomacy to shape the continent's ultimate fate.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.7% ★, Political Sim 15% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Strategy 13.2%, Strategy RPG 11.8%
- #4 三国記II
95% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: lufy
Windows · Mac
《三国记II》是三国记系列的第2部作品,是一款正统的历史模拟策略游戏。以中国东汉末年的三国时期为总体背景,围绕着争夺大陆霸权,展开了一系列的故事。 《三国记II》采取直接在大地图上进行游戏和战斗,让玩家体验征战四方的快感。
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21% ★, Political Sim 15.6% ★, Strategy 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 13.8%
- #5 Monarch : Medieval Remastered
94% 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 20.2% ★, Political Sim 14.5% ★, Strategy RPG 10.9%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 7.8%
- #6 Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms
94% matchVery Positive89% of 7,704 reviews2025
Dev: Free Wing
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
"Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms" is a single-player RPG where you shape the Three Kingdoms era. Choose to be a ruler, a loyal advisor, or a cunning mercenary. Marry, build homes, or train in martial arts. Restore peace through diplomacy or conquer with mighty armies.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Wargame 12.7%, Strategy RPG 11.8%, Simulation 9%
- #7 Dynasty Game 2
93% matchMostly Positive72% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Yocone
Windows · Mac
Core gameplay of the game: operate on a large map, farm, recruit talents, govern, create, trade, build armies, conquer cities and territories, and defend strategic passes to ensure the safety of one side. Suitable for players who enjoy governing the country, farming, and opening up new territories
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.4% ★, City Builder 19.1%, Simulation 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Strategy 13.3%
- #8 Oraiah
92% 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: City Builder 20.9%, Simulation 19.5%, Grand Strategy 18.8% ★, Strategy 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%
- #9 Africa Empire 2027
91% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Lead your African empire in an empire building turn based strategy war game. Are you ready to lead, Supreme Commander?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.7% ★, Political Sim 18.4% ★, Strategy RPG 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Wargame 11.8%
- #10 Europe Empire 2027
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Lead your European empire in an empire building turn based strategy war game. Are you ready to lead, Supreme Commander?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.9% ★, Political Sim 19.6% ★, Strategy RPG 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Wargame 12.4%
- #11 Plebby Quest: The Crusades
90% matchVery Positive86% of 2,871 reviews2020
Dev: PiedPipers TeamPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Survive ambitious rulers dreaming of an empire, outsmart treacherous neighbors longing to burn your spoils, and navigate the religion’s predictably unreasonable demands; you need ask only one question as you build your legacy – “Will you burn them, or be burnt?”
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.8% ★, Wargame 15.7%, Strategy 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Simulation 11.4%
- #12 Middle East Empire 2027
89% match8 user reviews78% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Lead your Middle Eastern empire in an empire building turn based strategy war game. Are you ready to lead, Supreme Commander?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, Political Sim 19.6% ★, Strategy RPG 13.1%, Wargame 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%
- #13 Fall of Bali
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sengkala DevPub: CRX Entertainment
Windows
Fall of Bali is a historical strategy set in Bali set around 19th century. Divided in many kingdoms after fall of Bali Empire, Bali has fall in warring era for nearly 2 centuries and now the threat of imperialism come. With all your kingdom potential, can you survive and win this era?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, Political Sim 20.6% ★, City Builder 18.8%, Simulation 9.5%, Strategy 8.5%
- #14 Asia Empire 2027
88% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Lead your Asian empire in an empire building turn based strategy war game. Are you ready to lead, Supreme Commander?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, Political Sim 19.6% ★, Strategy RPG 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Wargame 12.6%
- #15 星辰封神
87% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: 星辰封神
Windows
This is a round based strategy Xiuxian game. After entering the game, players choose a basic monarch role to practice magic in the city. Recruiting people, farming, obtaining higher positions and more powerful resources, come to the world of cultivating immortals!
Why similar: City Builder 20.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Wargame 14.6%, Strategy RPG 14.4%, Simulation 10.8%
- #16 Revolution Under Siege Gold
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 167 reviews2015
Dev: Sep RedsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Make the Reds side triumph to save the Soviet Proletarian revolution, or, on the other side, lead the Whites side to victory in order to place the old regime back in power and protect the countries of Europe from the perils of the revolution. This is the biggest civil war game you will ever play!
Why similar: Strategy 22.4%, Grand Strategy 21.2% ★, Wargame 18.5%, Simulation 17.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%
- #17 Realpolitiks II
86% matchMixed46% of 666 reviews2021
Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Lead your people to glory and write a new chapter of history in Realpolitiks II, a real-time grand strategy game where you lead any contemporary nation in an attempt to secure world dominance.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.2% ★, Political Sim 24% ★, Strategy 17.2%, Simulation 16.4%, Politics 8.7% ★
- #18 Mr. President
84% matchVery Positive80% of 86 reviews2026
Dev: Exia Labs
Windows · Mac
Can you face the challenges of the Oval Office? Find out in Mr. President, a sandbox simulation of the U.S. presidency. Pursue your legislative agenda. Compete with rivals Russia and China. Deal with crises from 9/11 to COVID-19; and direct the U.S. military against terror groups and rogue states.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Political Sim 19.1% ★, Wargame 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Simulation 8.3%
- #19 SGS NATO's Nightmare
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 112 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
What if the Warsaw Pact had attacked NATO in the mid-1980s. Or the other way around? Study this titanic conflict, within its most emblematic theater, Germany and Central Europe. Will you be able to achieve your goals without escalating into an uncontrollable nuclear conflict?
Why similar: Political Sim 23.2% ★, Grand Strategy 20% ★, Wargame 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Strategy 10.3%
- #20 Civil War II
85% 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: Strategy 22.2%, Grand Strategy 21.8% ★, Simulation 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Wargame 12.5%
- #21 Rise of the Successor
83% matchPositive87% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Six
Windows
You wake up as North Korea’s Supreme Leader. Manage diplomacy, internal power struggles, and national survival. Balance nuclear ambition, public needs, and elite loyalty. One wrong move could cost you everything — will you rule or fall?
Why similar: Political Sim 30.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Strategy RPG 14.6%, Strategy 12.4%, RPG 11%
- #22 三國.爭霸
82% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: 龙吟天下工作室
Windows · Mac
在这款沉浸式三国策略卡牌游戏中,你将化身一方主公,招揽名将、打造无敌军团,体验从乱世枭雄到一统天下的霸业征程!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17% ★, Wargame 13.6%, City Builder 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Simulation 9.3%
- #23 Jey's Empire
82% matchVery Positive90% of 77 reviews2019
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the shoes of J. Edgar Hoover and combat the Mafia, Communists, the Ku Klux Klan, the Black Panthers, the Weather Underground, and more as you shape history with your every move. Download now and become the ultimate mastermind in this thrilling management RPG!
Why similar: Political Sim 19.3% ★, Grand Strategy 15.5% ★, Strategy RPG 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Politics 8.9% ★
- #24 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
81% 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: Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, Political Sim 16.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Wargame 10.3%, Strategy RPG 8.2%
- #25 苏维埃模拟器 Soviet Simulator
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 铼工作室 / Rhenium Studio
Windows
If getting back to Dec 1922, under your leadership, can you make Union of Soviet Socialist Republics an Utopia?
Why similar: Political Sim 23.8% ★, Grand Strategy 21.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Politics 11.3% ★, Simulation 9.4%
- #26 Front Frontiers
80% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: baus96
Windows
The World is on the brink of irreversible Tragedy. Global tensions are rising, alliances are falling apart and states are preparing to decide their fate in the shadow of a massive war. Front Frontiers invites you to fight a massive war, offering an in-depth strategy experience.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, Political Sim 18.7% ★, Wargame 15.6%, Strategy RPG 12.2%, Simulation 9.7%
- #27 三国混战
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: YangGrass
Windows
In the world of the Three Kingdoms, where the warlords were vying for supremacy, different forces were chosen to rebuild the Great Han or establish a new heaven. Through event selection, a balance was achieved among the literati, Han, and people.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.3% ★, Political Sim 24.3% ★, Strategy 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Historical 6.1%
- #28 Anno 1701 History Edition
79% matchVery Positive86% of 194 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Rediscover the classic gameplay of 1701 A.D. and its expansion The Sunken Dragon in Anno® 1701 History Edition.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.3% ★, City Builder 19.4%, Political Sim 16.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Simulation 9.8%
- #29 Anno 1503 History Edition
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Experience the classic gameplay of 1503 A.D.: The New World, optimized for current computers with resolutions up to 4K.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, City Builder 19.1%, Political Sim 16.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Simulation 9.9%
- #30 Geo-Political Simulator 2026 Edition
78% matchMixed49% of 196 reviews2025
Dev: Eversim
Windows
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 21.9% ★, Political Sim 21.3% ★, Wargame 14.1%, Simulation 13.8%, Strategy 12.2%
- #31 Anno 1602 History Edition
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 244 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Relive the beginnings of the Anno® series with Anno® 1602 History Edition, updated and optimized for current computers.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, City Builder 19.1%, Political Sim 16.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Strategy 9.6%
- #32 摸鱼争霸
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice Studio
Windows
Saluting classics, forging legends! 《Fish Lord》 masterfully blends the epic heroes of 《Three Kingdoms Heroes》 with 《Travian》's grand sandbox, creating a revolutionary SLG kingdom-war universe free from pay-to-win tyranny! Victory hinges solely on tactics – thrones are claimed by wits alone!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.4% ★, City Builder 24.7%, Wargame 17.2%, Simulation 13.7%, Strategy 11.6%
- #33 Family:Rise
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: alanchu
Windows
The game is a strategy simulation game where you start a family, raise children, infiltrate various industries in the city (13 industries, 70 professions), run for mayor to control the city's destiny, manufacture weapons to wage city wars, and ultimately establish your family empire.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.1%, City Builder 15.8%, Strategy 13.8%, Simulation 12.6%
- #34 王朝:将军觐见
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 三千越甲GameStudio
Windows
《王朝:将军觐见》希望打造一个能自我运行,且符合直觉、合理可信的历史沙盒,从而给玩家足够的游玩自由度。地图的每一个单元格都有居民(POP),他们构成了这个世界的活背景。钱也不仅仅是一个数值,每一个铜板都是由铸币工坊所铸造,并通过税收和交易活动流向整个世界。游戏中的人物是“活”的,他们会置办产业、开展贸易、入朝为官,追求财富和权力。每一个POP、人物的自发活动就像涓涓细流,汇聚在一起就是浩浩汤汤的天下大势,王朝兴颓则是这个舞台最上层的演出。
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.7% ★, Political Sim 17.4% ★, Simulation 15.4%, Strategy 13.5%, Historical 10.9%
- #35 Antiyoy
74% matchPositive87% of 38 reviews2024
Dev: yiotro
Windows
Turn-based strategy with simple rules
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.2% ★, Political Sim 22.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, Strategy 16.7%, Historical 5.9%
- #36 WarDoom ssp Wargame
76% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Mark AinsworthPub: (Mark Ainsworth)
Windows
2D Hard core, Hex & Chit, Turn Based Wargame with A.I. or Hotseat. Move units or stacks around, attack using all the info from live database and unit breakdowns. set your battle objectives in the battle report. A detailed Editor effect live game systems
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.7% ★, Strategy 22.7%, Wargame 21.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.1%, 2D 2.4%
- #37 SGS Imjin War
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The Imjin War relates the story of one of the toughest conflict in the end of the 16th century, depicting the invasion of the Joseon kingdom of Korea by the Japanese, from 1592 to 1598.
Why similar: Political Sim 27.3% ★, Wargame 20.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.5%, Strategy 18.8%, Historical 6.3%
- #38 The Burden Of Aldrin
75% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Connor Bradley
Windows
Protect your civilization against rising barbarian hordes! Take control of Aldrin, a captain of the guard with a suddenly huge weight on his shoulders. Make impactful decisions as you fight off waves of enemies and build up your city. Carefully balance your resources to make sure you can survive!
Why similar: City Builder 27.8%, RPG 19.3%, Strategy RPG 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Simulation 6%
- #39 Latin America Empire 2027
74% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Lead your Latin empire in an empire building turn based strategy war game. Are you ready to lead, Supreme Commander?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.3% ★, Political Sim 19.5% ★, Strategy RPG 12.9%, Wargame 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%
- #40 China: Mao's legacy
73% matchVery Positive92% of 1,038 reviews2019
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Year 1976, the stormy Cultural revolution has died down, hard times of hongweibing and public critics are coming to an end. Old and sick Mao Zedong will soon leave China to his comrades from CPC. The Cold War is coming into a new phase...
Why similar: Political Sim 21% ★, Grand Strategy 15.7% ★, Strategy RPG 10.3%, Politics 9.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%
- #41 Akhenaten: Rule as Pharaoh
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dotware Games
Windows · Mac
An RPG like citybuilding game centered around being Egypt's monarch.
Why similar: Political Sim 22.1% ★, City Builder 17.9%, Strategy RPG 12.4%, Simulation 9%, RPG 8.6%
- #42 Elegy of the Vast Land
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chaos Ripple Game Technology
Windows
Rewrite history with LLMs and natural language. Command any figure through dynamic AI events: type custom orders or choose your path. Deploy characters for AI-calculated outcomes and expand across a lat-long grid. With RAG tech, the world remembers your legacy. From 1644 and beyond.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.6% ★, Political Sim 14.2% ★, Strategy 13%, RPG 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%
- #43 Last Emperor
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Puggers Games
Windows
Lead a waning Empire back to its former glory in this fictional Cold War text-based RPG. As emperor, choose who to trust and who to silence. Adapt to changing times or cling to tradition. Enact reforms to revive the economy, enforce law and order, and reinforce the Empire’s place under the Sun.
Why similar: Political Sim 23.3% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, Strategy RPG 12.4%, Strategy 8.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
- #44 皇帝
71% matchMostly Negative39% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: realfun studio
Windows
《皇帝》是一款王朝养成模拟游戏。
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23% ★, Political Sim 18.6% ★, Strategy RPG 13.2%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 10.8%
- #45 The Emperor and State
71% 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 19.6% ★, Wargame 12.8%, Strategy RPG 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Politics 8.9% ★
- #46 Sengoku
73% matchMixed62% of 473 reviews2011
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Use your power as a Feudal Lord to unite the land of the Rising Sun under your iron fist.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 34.4% ★, Strategy 21.6%, Simulation 16.9%, RPG 12.5%, Historical 11.7%
- #47 Crusader Kings II
70% matchVery Positive91% of 73,445 reviews2012
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 55.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 45.2% ★, Political Sim 18.3% ★, Strategy 8.5%, Historical 6.5%, Medieval 6.4%
- #48 1992: Rasputie
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: A2B games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take a place of a politician in the post-Soviet space and immerse yourself in the struggle for power amid the ruins of the former empire. Your decisions will determine the path of the young state's development.
Why similar: Political Sim 21.2% ★, Grand Strategy 16.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Wargame 9.7%, Politics 8% ★
- #49 Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 2
69% matchVery Positive93% of 1,851 reviews2020
Dev: USERJOY Technology Co.,Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 56.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
《三国群英传Ⅱ》是由奥汀科技运营研发的一款即时战略游戏。于1999年发行,为《三国群英传》系列游戏作品的第二部。游戏开创性地在此类游戏中引入了即时战略的时间概念、独特的内政和作战模式、动听的CD音轨以及华丽的背景地图。
Why similar: Strategy RPG 20.8%, Strategy 19.8%, Grand Strategy 13.7% ★, Wargame 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%
- #50 Crisis in the Kremlin
70% matchVery Positive84% of 1,444 reviews2017
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?
Why similar: Political Sim 40.6% ★, Strategy 14.8%, Grand Strategy 10.3% ★, Politics 5.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 5.4%
- #51 Maestro's Cold War 2
67% matchVery Positive98% of 117 reviews2025
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Addictive yet chill. An immersive Cold War sandbox. Revive the Cold War in this classic strategy game—easy to pick up, yet challenging and deep, offering endless replayability.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, Political Sim 23.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Strategy 8.2%, Simulation 7.3%
- #52 The Fruit Merchant's Diary
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ofizu Games
Windows
Start as a small fruit wholesaler and earn your fortune! Will you remain honest, or get rich through bribery and risk the wrath of the 'Great Blue Eye'? Spend your earnings on good or evil to shape your Karma. Remember, the Eye only watches the sinners in this narrative-driven economy sim.
Why similar: Political Sim 19.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16.4% ★, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy RPG 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%
- #53 Decision in the Desert
69% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: MicroprosePub: Atari
Windows
Classic real-time simulation game from the 80s designed by Sid Meier and Ed Bever. The second title in the "Command Series" of tactical wargames from Microprose, the game features real-time battles that test your skills as a commander of forces in North Africa during WWII
Why similar: Political Sim 26% ★, Simulation 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Strategy 16.3%, Wargame 14.7%
- #54 World Empire 2027
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Lead your empire in turn based strategy war game. Select your country and start to play.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, Political Sim 20% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Wargame 14.4%, Strategy 9.1%
- #55 春秋
68% matchMixed61% of 400 reviews2022
Dev: weiqianPub: INDIECN
Windows
此为以春秋时代为背景,历史战略类即时制游戏。两千多年前华夏大地锦绣山河一眼尽收,可在其间建造城郭,构筑关隘,修筑长城,农商、车船、战阵行走其间。礼崩乐坏,百家兴起、诸侯争霸、异族入侵、合纵连横,列国之伐兵、伐交、伐谋就此展开。磅礴壮丽的春秋画卷待君前来指点江山!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, City Builder 15.3%, Political Sim 14.5% ★, Simulation 12.7%, Strategy 11.7%
- #56 Urban Empire
69% matchMostly Negative34% of 2,462 reviews2017
Dev: Reborn GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Urban Empire is a ‘City Ruler’, pioneering a new breed of strategy game that combines city builder features with political scheming and adds profound social and historical events into the mix, creating a whole new gameplay experience.
Why similar: Political Sim 25.4% ★, City Builder 23.4%, Strategy 14.5%, Simulation 13.2%, Politics 13.1% ★
- #57 Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive
67% matchVery Positive92% of 125 reviews2022
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive is the fourth wargame in the Decisive Campaign series. Covering the battles in the Ardennes between December 1944 and January 1945, it brings to life Operational wargaming by lowering the scale to just above tactical level.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.6% ★, Wargame 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Strategy 15.2%, Strategy RPG 10.8%
- #58 Utopia
67% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: DOTORI games
Windows
Utopia is a city-building strategy simulation game enjoyed with simple rules and casual graphics. Build a city where citizens thrive with happiness on a map made of tiles with various concepts and themes.
Why similar: City Builder 28.2%, Simulation 24.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.8%, Strategy 14.8%, Immersive Sim 8.4%
- #59 SGS Battle For: Fort Donelson
66% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the first decisive battle of the U.S. Civil War. Lead the Union force as General Grant to seize the key forts on the Cumberland, or play the Confederate defenders to maintain the gate to the South closed.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.8%, Wargame 19.2%, Strategy 18.9%, Historical 6%
- #60 SGS Battle of the Bulge
66% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
On 16 December 1944, under appalling weather conditions, the Germans launch their last major offensive in the West. Their goal: cut off the Allies from their sources of supply by taking Antwerp. To do so, they must break through the Ardennes salient, starting the battle of the Bulge…
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.5% ★, Wargame 24.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Strategy 15.2%, Historical 7.1%