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  1. #1 Agecraft
    97% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: SnakyDevelop
    Windows

    Agecraft is a historical strategy and city-building sim. Build your settlement, develop the economy, take care of your people, and guide your civilization through the ages, from the Stone Age to the future.

    Why similar: 4X 22.7%, Grand Strategy 13.9%, City Builder 13.5%, Historical 9.3%, Colony Sim 8.9%

  2. #2 BOC: Birth of Cultures
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Code::Arts
    Windows

    BoC is a historical 4X strategy game. Play on diverse planets with climate simulation and non-linear progression over the last 60,000 years of human evolution. Develop your own ancient civilization starting as a nomadic tribe from the last Ice Age.

    Why similar: 4X 25.3%, Grand Strategy 12.5%, Hex Grid 12.3%, Historical 8.4%, City Builder 8.4%

  3. #3 Nova Historia
    96% 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 36.1%, Grand Strategy 16.4%, Historical 9.1%, Resource Management 6.8%, Procedural Generation 6.4%

  4. #4 Elaborate Lands
    95% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Elaborate Games
    Windows

    Elaborate Lands is a relaxing, turn-based strategy game. It combines unique gameplay mechanics with elements from 4X, city-builder and puzzle builder games. Build cities, gather resources, research technologies and expand your territory. Different maps and biomes offer near endless replayability.

    Why similar: 4X 23.3%, City Builder 14%, Hex Grid 11.6%, Economy 10%, Historical 8.8%

  5. #5 Monarchs at Play
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: MixedMoonGamesPub: Looking for Publisher
    Windows

    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 28.6%, City Builder 15.2%, Grand Strategy 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Hex Grid 10.7%

  6. #6 Ymir
    94% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,110 reviews2019
    Dev: Thibaud Michaud
    Windows
    Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 73.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Ymir is a 4X multiplayer strategy game combined with a city builder where each player develops a civilization of pigmen starting at the stone age.

    Why similar: 4X 26.7%, City Builder 20%, Colony Sim 15.3%, Economy 11.3%, Grand Strategy 10.1%

  7. #7 Build It Up! - The Holy Roman Empire
    93% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Tec Enterprise
    Windows

    Build thriving cities in the Holy Roman Empire! Manage resources, production, and trade in a complex economy. Plan defense and siege. Expand your empire through military might or diplomacy and claim the imperial crown!

    Why similar: 4X 20.9%, City Builder 17.2%, Economy 11.2%, Colony Sim 9.8%, Resource Management 9%

  8. #8 HUMANKIND™
    92% matchMixed69% of 28,231 reviews2021
    Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 33.0 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 30.5%, City Builder 15.6%, Grand Strategy 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Historical 11.3%

  9. #9 Lands of Rumour
    91% 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 26.9%, Grand Strategy 14.8%, City Builder 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Hex Grid 9.4%

  10. #10 Nova Roma
    90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 670 reviews2026
    Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac

    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: 4X 19.4%, Grand Strategy 13.6%, City Builder 13%, Colony Sim 9.6%, Historical 9.6%

  11. #11 Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
    91% matchVery Positive88% of 1,626 reviews2022
    Dev: The Secret Games CompanyPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.0 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: 4X 22.7%, Grand Strategy 14.3%, City Builder 12%, Hex Grid 11.6%, Historical 9.6%

  12. #12 Whiskerwood
    89% matchVery Positive93% of 2,769 reviews2025
    Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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: 4X 19.4%, Grand Strategy 13.4%, City Builder 13%, Colony Sim 10.2%, Historical 9.3%

  13. #13 Antimatter
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Geoffroy Pirard
    Windows

    Antimatter is a sandbox strategy game, colonise planets, build your city on the surface or the underground. Build your spacestation or control your own spaceships to explore a huge and living galaxy !

    Why similar: 4X 26.4%, Grand Strategy 15.2%, City Builder 13.4%, Colony Sim 10.6%, Trading 9%

  14. #14 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
    88% matchVery Positive91% of 25,183 reviews2024
    Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 73.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    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: 4X 16.7%, City Builder 14.6%, Grand Strategy 13.8%, Colony Sim 10.2%, Historical 9.8%

  15. #15 Norland
    87% matchVery Positive82% of 9,662 reviews2024
    Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 17.2 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: 4X 20.4%, Grand Strategy 13.1%, City Builder 12.8%, Colony Sim 10.2%, Historical 9.2%

  16. #16 Manor Lords
    86% matchVery Positive85% of 85,453 reviews2024
    Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 21.5 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: 4X 21.1%, Grand Strategy 13%, City Builder 12.4%, Colony Sim 9.8%, Historical 9.3%

  17. #17 Tenants of the Shade
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Stormjest
    Windows

    Build a living civilization from a single village. Guide your people across a dynamic landscape of rivers, farms, trade routes, and rival kingdoms as your society rises from the dawn of history.

    Why similar: City Builder 19.8%, 4X 15.2%, Resource Management 11.8%, Historical 11.5%, Base Building 10%

  18. #18 Against the Storm
    85% matchVery Positive95% of 35,504 reviews2023
    Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    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: 4X 19.7%, Grand Strategy 13.4%, City Builder 12.8%, Colony Sim 10%, Historical 9.4%

  19. #19 Empires of the Undergrowth
    84% matchVery Positive94% of 17,329 reviews2024
    Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    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: 4X 19.9%, Grand Strategy 13.4%, City Builder 12.8%, Colony Sim 9.9%, Historical 9.3%

  20. #20 Imperial Ambitions
    84% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: aoiti
    Windows · Mac

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

    Why similar: 4X 22.2%, Grand Strategy 15.6%, Historical 10.7%, Hex Grid 10.4%, Economy 9.8%

  21. #21 Imperial Kingdoms
    83% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: BaroxxTech
    Windows · Linux

    Expand your kingdom: Gather resources and transport them to your capital city to produce the materials you need to expand your army and conquer new regions. Research new technologies to improve your economy and army. Use your troops wisely to outmanoeuvre your enemies.

    Why similar: 4X 35.5%, Grand Strategy 18.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Historical 8.7%, Economy 7.4%

  22. #22 Heart of the Machine
    81% matchVery Positive93% of 1,838 reviews2026
    Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 17.3 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: 4X 20%, Grand Strategy 13.6%, City Builder 12.6%, Colony Sim 9.8%, Historical 9.4%

  23. #23 Island Dwellers
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Avokodo Studios
    Windows

    Island Dwellers is a turn-based strategy game where you guide a tribe through the challenges of rising sea levels. Assign tasks to your people, unlock technologies and build a thriving village. Adapt to new challenges as your tribe sails to different climates in search of a better future.

    Why similar: 4X 21.7%, City Builder 16.9%, Colony Sim 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Resource Management 10%

  24. #24 Defense of the Oasis
    82% matchVery Positive93% of 60 reviews2020
    Dev: Mind Control Software
    Windows

    One part Minesweeper, one part Civilization. With every click of the mouse your empire grows stronger. But will it be strong enough to withstand the barbarian hordes?

    Why similar: 4X 26.8%, Mythology 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Resource Management 10.4%, Historical 9%

  25. #25 Infinite Borders: Three Kingdoms
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: NetEase Games
    Windows

    《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 17.4%, Historical 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, City Builder 8.3%

  26. #26 DeckTerra
    79% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Murray Smith
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    4X Deckbuilder where you harness magical spells to expand your empire. Make strategic decisions about what to construct in your cities to fend off enemies and conquer the map across infinite procedural landscapes. Play cards to take your empire from the stone age to the modern era and beyond!

    Why similar: 4X 17.5%, Grand Strategy 17%, City Builder 14.5%, Hex Grid 13.1%, Base Building 8.2%

  27. #27 Great Powers
    78% matchMixed69% of 35 reviews2025
    Dev: Flame-Dragons
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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

    Why similar: 4X 30.2%, Grand Strategy 17%, Hex Grid 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Historical 8.4%

  28. #28 All Men Are Brothers / 水浒豪
    79% 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: 4X 25%, Grand Strategy 23.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Historical 15.5%, Resource Management 8.3%

  29. #29 Dominium Mundi
    80% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2020
    Dev: Dusan Petrovic
    Windows · Linux

    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 47.9%, Grand Strategy 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Historical 8.5%, Procedural Generation 6.9%

  30. #30 Wild West Pioneers
    78% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: EmpireCraft StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
    Windows

    Forge your destiny on the untamed frontier in the city-builder Wild West Pioneers. Build and manage a growing town, establish production chains, scout for new outposts and build trade routes to support your settlements. Build, survive, and thrive in the land of opportunity!

    Why similar: 4X 25.3%, City Builder 17.1%, Colony Sim 13.1%, Economy 9.3%, Historical 8.9%

  31. #31 Europa Universalis V
    75% matchMostly Positive72% of 26,573 reviews2025
    Dev: Paradox TintoPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 45.3 hrsMean: 90.7 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: 4X 29.8%, Grand Strategy 18.8%, Trading 11.5%, Resource Management 11.4%, Historical 10.9%

  32. #32 Songs of Syx
    77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,777 reviews2020
    Dev: Gamatron AB
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.

    Why similar: 4X 24.7%, City Builder 15.9%, Grand Strategy 14.9%, Colony Sim 12.4%, Economy 8.7%

  33. #33 Underfoot Queens
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: ElVillano
    Windows · Linux

    Underfoot Queens is an ant themed 4x where you will lead your species across generations. Explore, forage for food, expand your colony, fight off competitors, and survive the elements on your path to evolution. In the end, only the most adaptable species will survive.

    Why similar: 4X 29.8%, City Builder 14.5%, Colony Sim 12.6%, Hex Grid 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%

  34. #34 Powerplay
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Frantic
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Powerplay is an RTS with a focus on resources and industry. Create supply chains, transport, and explore in this thrilling base builder. Grow into a powerful industrial nation, but don't spread too thin! Resources are finite and "the others" can reclaim what is theirs at any time.

    Why similar: 4X 28.7%, City Builder 15.3%, Resource Management 12%, Colony Sim 11.7%, Base Building 10%

  35. #35 CivIdle
    74% matchMostly Positive75% of 974 reviews2025
    Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 79.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up!

    Why similar: 4X 26.9%, City Builder 12.5%, Historical 12.2%, Grand Strategy 10.7%, Base Building 9.4%

  36. #36 Pirate Plight
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Cutlass Studios
    Windows

    It's pirates against British sailors (or each other) in this real-time strategy city-building game. Gather resources, build cities, drink rum, fight enemies, explore the sea, and discover new islands.

    Why similar: 4X 23.8%, City Builder 17.3%, Colony Sim 12.7%, Economy 10%, Base Building 8.7%

  37. #37 Napoleon 1813
    75% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
    Dev: Empire Interactive EntertainmentPub: Strategy First
    Windows

    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 37.7%, Grand Strategy 20.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Historical 7.8%, Strategy 6.7%

  38. #38 Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown
    73% matchMixed61% of 436 reviews2025
    Dev: Zugalu EntertainmentPub: PlaySide
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is a complex city builder, where the fate of your kingdom hinges on your every decision. Explore this medieval land alone or with friends, make tough moral choices and conquer your foes in RTS combat. Will you struggle to survive, or find the strength to Thrive?

    Why similar: 4X 34%, Grand Strategy 14.9%, City Builder 14%, Colony Sim 10%, Resource Management 7.6%

  39. #39 Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
    74% matchVery Positive86% of 371,365 reviews2016
    Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 18.0 hrsMean: 98.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    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 22.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Grand Strategy 15.9%, Historical 13.8%, City Builder 12%

  40. #40 RAEV: Kingdom on the Distant Shores
    73% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: RAVINE GamesPub: V Publishing
    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: 4X 17.6%, City Builder 17.4%, Grand Strategy 15.7%, Colony Sim 11.8%, Resource Management 8.3%

  41. #41 Orbit Economica
    72% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
    Dev: Phoenix SmithPub: Parallel Games
    Windows

    Trade, Build, Spy, Negotiate, and Battle for total control of the galaxy's riches. Become the backbone of galactic commerce in a grand strategy universe ripe with opportunity for exploitation and conquest.

    Why similar: 4X 27.9%, Grand Strategy 18.3%, Trading 13.2%, Economy 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%

  42. #42 CivRise
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: CivRise Team
    Windows · Mac

    Forge your civilization in this strategic idle game. Develop knowledge, build wonders, command armies, and recruit historical figures as you evolve from primitive beginnings to a mighty empire. The Heritage system lets your achievements persist, making each new civilization stronger than the last.

    Why similar: 4X 25.5%, City Builder 12.6%, Historical 10.7%, Mythology 10.2%, Resource Management 9.4%

  43. #43 Bronze Age - HD Edition
    73% matchMostly Positive77% of 367 reviews2017
    Dev: Clarus Victoria
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    What was it like to be a chief of a tribe in 6000 year B.C.? Oh, you know, the usual - feed your people, build them shelters, defend them from raids of neighbors. And if you are lucky, sooner or later you will build a kingdom and become their king!

    Why similar: 4X 22.2%, City Builder 14.1%, Historical 11.5%, Economy 9.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%

  44. #44 Gate Builders
    71% 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 31.3%, Grand Strategy 18.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Economy 8.7%, Trading 8.1%

  45. #45 Tlatoani: Aztec Cities
    71% matchVery Positive86% of 107 reviews2024
    Dev: Perspective GamesPub: Paradox Arc
    Windows

    Give rise to wonders of the Aztec Civilization as you build your own magnificent metropolis in this ancient city builder. From humble beginnings build, trade, manage and conquer to become Tlatoani (Emperor).

    Why similar: City Builder 15.8%, Grand Strategy 14.6%, Colony Sim 12.3%, Historical 11.4%, Trading 9.7%

  46. #46 Ascension
    70% matchMixed61% of 2,595 reviews2025
    Dev: Element Game 微元游戏Pub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
    Windows
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    In this cultivation 4X strategy game, your sect has been in peril, and so they open a portal—sending you, a young disciple and their last hope, inside. Stand tall as the new sect leader and guide disciples to rebuild what was lost. Sharpen your focus, master alchemy, and ascend to immortality.

    Why similar: 4X 29.3%, Mythology 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Hex Grid 10.1%, Resource Management 9.8%

  47. #47 Ever War
    70% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
    Dev: Utium Games
    Windows

    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 35.7%, Hex Grid 14.6%, Grand Strategy 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Resource Management 10%

  48. #48 Find Your Way Home: Last Flight
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ert Gaming Studio
    Windows · Mac

    Build your colony in the zombie apocalypse, gather resources, and defend against raids. Send your team to loot houses for supplies, advance through research, struggle to survive, and try to build your plane to return home.

    Why similar: 4X 26.4%, Grand Strategy 18.9%, City Builder 16.5%, Colony Sim 13.9%, Resource Management 8.2%

  49. #49 Rogue Hex
    69% matchVery Positive89% of 252 reviews2025
    Dev: Topstitch Games
    Windows · Mac

    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 31.4%, Grand Strategy 16.3%, Hex Grid 12.6%, City Builder 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%

  50. #50 Colonial Winds
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Dark Shift Games
    Windows · Mac

    Grow your colony from a small outpost into a thriving nation in this city-building game. Step into the shoes of a colonial governor as you build production chains, establish trade, meet the needs of your citizens, and guide your settlement toward self-rule.

    Why similar: City Builder 20%, Grand Strategy 13.9%, Historical 9%, Colony Sim 8.5%, Base Building 8.5%

  51. #51 Empires Edge
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Kaser Studio
    Windows

    Empires Edge is a 4X-lite strategy game about building a civilization on floating islands, inspired by the classic Tyrants: Fight Through Time (Mega Lo Mania). Lead your people, achieve technological breakthroughs, and conquer new territories as you forge an empire at the edge of the Universe.

    Why similar: 4X 39.7%, City Builder 19.1%, Building 9%, Resource Management 8.8%, Economy 8.1%

  52. #52 Havenreach: Last Refuge
    69% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Leonix Games Studio
    Windows

    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 31.7%, City Builder 17.1%, Hex Grid 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Resource Management 8.2%

  53. #53 Dwarf Guild Mania
    68% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: QuarkbluePub: Kennedy Publishing House
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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

    Why similar: 4X 25.3%, Grand Strategy 13.5%, Hex Grid 11.9%, Colony Sim 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%

  54. #54 Myriads: Renaissance
    68% matchMostly Positive74% of 39 reviews2023
    Dev: Sleeping Eight Studio
    Windows

    Myriads: Renaissance is a turn-based strategy game with city-building and 4X mechanics. Set in a fantasy world made up of thousands of floating islands, you must grow your capital and expand your kingdom. Resist waves of powerful corsairs and construct defence towers to survive their incursions.

    Why similar: 4X 31.9%, City Builder 20.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Resource Management 9.8%, Hex Grid 8.1%

  55. #55 1492 - Colonization of the New World
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Salty Olives
    Windows · Linux

    Chart your nation’s rise in 1492 Colonization of the New World, a turn-based strategy game where you explore, settle, trade, and lead your colonies to independence amid rival empires and native alliances during the Age of Discovery.

    Why similar: 4X 39.3%, Colony Sim 16.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Economy 8.1%, Historical 8%

  56. #56 Tutankhamun – Builders of the Eternal
    67% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: TreeByte Software
    Windows

    A 3D city-builder where you farm the Nile, worship powerful gods, train armies, trade with distant regions, and construct monumental works worthy of ancient Egypt.

    Why similar: City Builder 22.9%, Colony Sim 17.2%, Historical 11.4%, Strategy 8%, Isometric 7.7%

  57. #57 Machiavelli the Prince
    67% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Holistic Design, Inc.Pub: Holistic Design, inc.
    Windows

    This award-winning 4X strategy classic lets you explore the Old World, exploit risky trade routes, expand your political and military power, and rise to dominance in the Renaissance. Every move can mean the difference between exaltation and excommunication in this multiplayer empire-building game

    Why similar: 4X 29.6%, Grand Strategy 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Historical 10%, Economy 8.2%

  58. #58 Egypt
    67% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Ancient Cat
    Windows

    Command the sands of Egypt in this epic RTS! Build magnificent cities, lead mythic armies, and harness the power of the gods. Shape the Nile, forge alliances, and rise to become Pharaoh in a world of strategy, intrigue, and breathtaking battles. Your legacy awaits—rule wisely!

    Why similar: City Builder 19.8%, Colony Sim 12.7%, Resource Management 10.6%, Historical 10.1%, Base Building 10%

  59. #59 Microcivilization
    64% matchVery Positive80% of 1,364 reviews2026
    Dev: Ondrej Homola
    Windows
    Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.

    Why similar: 4X 28.4%, City Builder 13.4%, Historical 11.3%, Resource Management 10.6%, Mythology 10.4%

  60. #60 TOHOTOPIA
    66% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Remilia Command
    Windows

    A 4X strategy craze sweeps Gensokyo! As the "Esports Tournament" begins, the girls join the fray. Warlords rise: will you be "Pharaoh" Remilia, "Emperor" Kaguya, "Great" Kanako, or "Philosopher King" Miko? Launch the game now, lead your empire, and dominate Gensokyo!

    Why similar: 4X 31%, Grand Strategy 17.8%, City Builder 15.4%, Historical 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%

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