- #1 Kingdom's Life
97% matchMixed63% of 259 reviews2022
Dev: Strudio Company
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Kingdom's Life - Large turn-based global strategy game in pixel style. You have to create your own people and state. Can you lead the state to political, economic, technological and military triumph? It depends on you.
Why similar: 4X 23.8% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2%, Political Sim 17.5% ★, Sandbox 9.4%, Historical 7.3%
- #2 Ascendant Dawn
96% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Nikous Studio
Windows
Ascendant Dawn is a grand strategy game where you lead a nomadic tribe in a brutal bronze age world. Work your way up from a small clan to a great empire by founding cities and conquering your enemies.
Why similar: 4X 23.1% ★, Grand Strategy 21.7%, Political Sim 18.8% ★, Alternate History 12.1%, Historical 9.7%
- #3 Wiseguys: The Commission
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FreeRiding Games
Windows
Take the role of Don in "Wiseguys: The Commission" and dominate New York. Plan crimes, traffic drugs, extort money and make war on rival families. Control the Commission, launder money. Your cunning will decide your fate. Are you ready to become the next boss of all bosses?
Why similar: Political Sim 21.9% ★, Grand Strategy 16.1%, Crime 12.8%, Capitalism 9.7%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #4 Dawn Of Imperialism
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nitrid Game
Windows
Guide your state through a fictional industrial world where economic power becomes global influence. Use merchants, companies, politics, intelligence, and trade networks to control the flow of resources and decisions. Conquest is an option; true power lies in controlling the economy.
Why similar: 4X 27% ★, Grand Strategy 25%, Political Sim 22.5% ★, Strategy 6.5%, Capitalism 5.9%
- #5 Crown Of Hispania
94% matchPositive100% of 39 reviews2026
Dev: Regalis StudioPub: indie.io
Windows
Rewrite the Reconquista in a grand strategy game set in 11th-century Iberia, where population, religion, and war evolve dynamically based on your decisions. Move armies freely across 300 hand-built provinces, manage a deep medieval economy, and face an AI that actually fights back.
Why similar: 4X 19.4% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7%, Political Sim 15.1% ★, Alternate History 10.3%, Historical 8.3%
- #6 Mandate 1600: The East
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RM GAME
Windows
At a turning point in history, decide the future of a nation. Mandate 1600: The East is a global historical grand strategy game. Govern lands and dynasty, secure your bloodline, grow through trade, and prevail in war. Rewrite history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.6%, 4X 21.7% ★, Political Sim 20.9% ★, Historical 10.8%, Sandbox 5.9%
- #7 Gilded Destiny
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aquila InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Forge empires, incite revolutions, and reshape society in Gilded Destiny, the definitive grand strategy game of the Industrial Age. Take command of your chosen nation and lead it to glory through masterful diplomacy, sweeping industrialization, and decisive warfare.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.2%, Political Sim 17.7% ★, 4X 15.6% ★, Alternate History 11.9%, Historical 8.7%
- #8 TREUD
92% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nikolai Karulin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule your society through 12,000 years – from the Stone Age to the present day – in a grand strategy game with a living simulation where real historical processes are recreated, but nothing is predetermined. Build, conquer, exploit. Crisis is part of history: keep power or side with the revolution
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.9%, 4X 15% ★, Historical 12.2%, Political Sim 9.8% ★, Economy 9.8%
- #9 Twisted Three Kingdoms
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seasonbean Team
Windows
Amidst this chaotic era, shape your own destiny—whether as a loyal minister, a ruthless warlord, or an independent ruler. Every choice and battle writes your legend. Are you ready to rise from a commoner to claim the realm?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.1%, Political Sim 18.9% ★, 4X 18.7% ★, Historical 12.3%, Alternate History 11.6%
- #10 Global Protocol: New World Order
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 92 reviews2026
Dev: Dorlion Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command any of 261 real-world countries in this 2026 grand strategy game. Build your economy, lead armies, and navigate deep diplomacy. Features built-in modding support and 12 supported languages. Shape the global order through espionage, nuclear deterrence, and AI-driven geopolitics.
Why similar: 4X 27.5% ★, Grand Strategy 22.9%, Political Sim 18.5% ★, Sandbox 10.2%, Capitalism 6.4%
- #11 Crusader Kings III
91% matchVery Positive90% of 143,901 reviews2020
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 29.1 hrsMean: 151.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25%, 4X 15% ★, Medieval 12.5%, Historical 11.3%, Life Sim 9.4%
- #12 Crusader Kings II
89% matchVery Positive91% of 73,960 reviews2012
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 55.9 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 47.4%, Political Sim 19.3% ★, Medieval 11.3%, Historical 9.7%, Sandbox 5%
- #13 Three Kingdoms : Alias
87% matchVery Positive80% of 373 reviews2026
Dev: Plotrick
Windows
A world where officers hide their names and abilities. Can you spot Zhuge Liang? A hardcore turn-based strategy simulation for true Three Kingdoms devotees.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.7%, 4X 20.4% ★, Political Sim 20.4% ★, Alternate History 13.2%, Historical 10.8%
- #14 万象战略
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MeleePsycho
Windows
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 33.5% ★, Grand Strategy 26.6%, Medieval 9.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 8%, Alternate History 7.4%
- #15 Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition
86% matchMixed69% of 2,301 reviews2024
Dev: Oxide GamesPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a nation starting at any point in human history and compete for supremacy in this epic turn-based strategy game. Engage in diplomacy, fight wars, and go head-to-head with other leaders from history.
Why similar: 4X 29.8% ★, Grand Strategy 24.8%, Alternate History 18.2%, Historical 10.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.7%
- #16 For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 173 reviews2009
Dev: Crystal Empire GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Take up the reins of your country, guide domestic and foreign policy, navigate thousands of historical figures and events, engage in various struggles and lead your country to prosperity – all in the name of glory!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24%, 4X 23.5% ★, Alternate History 14.2%, Historical 11.6%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #17 World Order: Global Power
84% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Global Strategy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead any nation in a deep, turn-based grand strategy and political sim. Master the economy, military, diplomacy and society against rival AI you can actually read. Build a democracy or a dictatorship; the game names what you become, and your reign becomes a shareable saga.
Why similar: 4X 28% ★, Grand Strategy 26.9%, Political Sim 23.7% ★, Capitalism 6.4%, Sandbox 5.7%
- #18 1992: Rasputie
85% matchNo user reviews2027
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 25.3% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6%, Alternate History 14.8%, Historical 10.6%, Capitalism 8.4%
- #19 Across The Globe
86% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Righteous Sword
Windows
A nation simulator set in 19th-century. Acquire resources, research technologies, build infrastructure, conquer foes. Experience dynamic population, realistic economy and great power diplomacy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.4%, Political Sim 15.8% ★, Sandbox 14%, Capitalism 12.6%, Historical 12.3%
- #20 Khaldun: Text Based Strategy
83% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: SkyWolf
Windows
Khaldun is a medieval-themed ASCII graphics kingdom management game. Take part in realistic war simulations and decide every detail of your kingdom, from its economy to its demographics! Your decisions will shape the life of a nation. Rise or be lost to history...
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.2%, 4X 20.9% ★, Medieval 12.1%, Political Sim 11.8% ★, Historical 10.7%
- #21 Global Supremacy
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Glory MediaPub: SJ co.
Windows
A vast, real-time geopolitical simulation where 196 nations live and breathe at once. Economy, finance, monetary policy, trade, energy, military, diplomacy, nuclear strategy, politics, society — every lever that moves a nation is in your hands. The clock never stops — until you stop it.
Why similar: 4X 27.6% ★, Grand Strategy 22.8%, Political Sim 20.4% ★, Sandbox 10.5%, Economy 6.6%
- #22 Bonaparte - A Mechanized Revolution
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 109 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: 4X 20.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2%, Political Sim 19.1% ★, Alternate History 15%, Historical 9.8%
- #23 Machiavelli the Prince
81% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Holistic Design, Inc.Pub: Holistic Design, inc.
Windows · Linux
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 26.7% ★, Political Sim 24.6% ★, Grand Strategy 21.9%, Historical 9.2%, Economy 6.1%
- #24 MA 3 – President Simulator
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oxiwyle Inc.
Windows
Be the President! Lead a modern nation, make tough choices, and shape history.
Why similar: 4X 29.5% ★, Grand Strategy 18.8%, Political Sim 17% ★, Life Sim 10.4%, Strategy 7.4%
- #25 Pax Astra
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: ben_cardino
Windows · Mac · Linux
A political sim RPG space opera with 4X elements, inspired by Suzerain and Stellaris. Become the first president of a fallen empire, choose any ideology, and expand into the stars. Your decisions shape the nation and the galaxy. Follow any ideology, be the leader you want in Pax Astra!
Why similar: 4X 22.8% ★, Political Sim 22.4% ★, Grand Strategy 19.9%, Alternate History 12.1%, Historical 7.7%
- #26 NationWar2:Chronicle
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 430 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 22.6%, Political Sim 21.9% ★, 4X 17.2% ★, Historical 8.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.8%
- #27 Age of Enlightenment
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GSG Johan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shape the destiny of the world as an 18th century ruler. Forge alliances and prepare your armed forces to expand your domain and colonize new lands. Or focus on internal development and help your subjects thrive with prudent economic policy and lawmaking. The choice is yours in Age of Enlightenment!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.7%, Political Sim 20.1% ★, Alternate History 13.2%, Historical 10.7%, Capitalism 9.6%
- #28 Power & Revolution 2021 Edition
80% matchMixed56% of 836 reviews2021
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
A new expansion of the ultra-realistic simulator of today's world where you play as the head of state or as the opposition! New Features for 2021: administration of the EU, Covid vaccinations, Biden's Challenge, political coalitions, diplomatic negotiations, worldwide tax and free-trade agreements.
Why similar: 4X 25.5% ★, Political Sim 22.1% ★, Grand Strategy 21.8%, Sandbox 10.5%, Alternate History 9.7%
- #29 Alternatis - William the Conqueror
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Velsin
Windows
Take on the role of William the Conqueror, choose one of the many historical or alternate-history paths, make the boldest or the wisest strategic decisions, and shape the fate of your kingdom and Europe as a whole!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.6%, Alternate History 17.8%, Political Sim 15.1% ★, Medieval 12.6%, Historical 12.2%
- #30 Strategeist
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galactic Starfish, Inc.
Windows
Become a strategeist and lead one of hundreds of nations on the globe across centuries of conflict and diplomacy in this grand strategy game. Balance war, politics, and internal institutions to shape the fate of your empire, and secure your legacy in history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26%, Alternate History 14.7%, 4X 14% ★, Historical 12.1%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #31 Imperial Ambitions
75% matchVery Positive81% of 108 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: Grand Strategy 22.6%, 4X 22.1% ★, Alternate History 15.1%, Historical 11%, Economy 8%
- #32 Spirit of Europe - Enlightenment
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Predict Edumedia
Windows
Guide the Spirit of Europe in a turn-based historical grand strategy game. Expand across 23 cities, unlock great thinkers, inspire their works, and shape the Enlightenment through ideas, reform, and institutions.
Why similar: Political Sim 30.3% ★, 4X 27.9% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5%, Historical 7.6%, Strategy 5.3%
- #33 Rise of Hegemony
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lion Loewe
Windows
Take control of a country from its very first beginnings and lead it successfully to become a global hegemon. In a complex simulation of economy, diplomacy and warfare the path you chose to triumph is up to you.
Why similar: 4X 25.8% ★, Grand Strategy 21.8%, Alternate History 16%, Political Sim 11.7% ★, Economy 8.5%
- #34 Rogue State Revolution
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 543 reviews2021
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.Pub: Modern Wolf
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Greetings your Excellency. Time to rebuild, reform and prepare for new challenges in the People's Republic of Basenji. In this thrilling political strategy, you will appoint ministers and lead the country to success. Be careful — you may find yourself replaced in the next election.
Why similar: 4X 22.8% ★, Grand Strategy 20.4%, Political Sim 15.6% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Historical 9.4%
- #35 Kinjea
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tenikkan Games
Windows · Linux
Lead your people through all of human history on a spherical planet. Wage war and forge alliances as you guide your nation in this 4X grand strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 28.9% ★, Grand Strategy 23.8%, Political Sim 17.4% ★, Alternate History 13.8%, Historical 6.8%
- #36 One Planet
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Qardinal Games
Windows · Linux
Disasters rage. Political factions splinter and grasp at power. As the climate crisis threatens stability, will you unite the planet with diplomacy or take aggressive action? Deploy force or build consensus toward net zero emissions in this grand strategy game where stakes get higher by the minute.
Why similar: 4X 31.1% ★, Grand Strategy 30.5%, Political Sim 22.3% ★, Economy 6.2%, Strategy 6.2%
- #37 Simulator of Ukraine 1991
74% matchVery Positive86% of 228 reviews2024
Dev: Almost Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
This game is a global strategy, which is primarily focused on Ukraine after leaving the Soviet occupation. Here you will be given control of Ukraine with the opportunity to change history and intervene in the events of that time.
Why similar: Political Sim 27.6% ★, Grand Strategy 26.7%, Alternate History 22.3%, Strategy 7.4%, Lore-Rich 7.1%
- #38 Project: Story about
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: DRT Games
Windows
An RPG where you live life after life in a constantly evolving world, and your choices and relationships influence future cycles.
Why similar: Political Sim 29% ★, 4X 20% ★, Sandbox 12.6%, Life Sim 11.6%, Medieval 10.3%
- #39 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
73% matchMixed47% of 62,332 reviews2025
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 50.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Lead empires that evolve or endure through the Ages. Build something you believe in with Sid Meier's Civilization® VII.
Why similar: 4X 22.3% ★, Grand Strategy 21.1%, Political Sim 14.8% ★, Alternate History 11.6%, Historical 9.7%
- #40 HUMANKIND™ 2
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows
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 32% ★, Grand Strategy 22.3%, Alternate History 14.2%, Historical 12%, Strategy 6.9%
- #41 Monarch : Medieval Remastered
72% matchVery Positive81% of 382 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 25.5%, Political Sim 18.3% ★, Medieval 13%, Historical 11.6%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #42 Geopolaris: Conquer & Dominate
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fenek Games
Windows
Navigate through interactions with competing powers to lead your nation to global domination in this 4X open sandbox geopolitical sim set in post-WW2 alt-history world. You have 251 years at your disposal to conquer and unify the planet or take your nation into space. Can you make it?
Why similar: 4X 27.4% ★, Grand Strategy 23%, Alternate History 17%, Political Sim 14% ★, Sandbox 9.7%
- #43 Samurai Conqueror
70% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Miura Production
Windows
Unify Japanese History! A Timeline Strategy Game Where History Itself Becomes the Battlefield.
Why similar: 4X 27.2% ★, Grand Strategy 25.7%, Alternate History 12.8%, Historical 12.4%, Medieval 7.1%
- #44 昭明日月 Pax Serica: Rise of the Ming
71% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Serica Dynamics Studio
Windows
昭昭天命,复归大明。在星变时空的恢弘重塑中,熔铸八十三载春秋:变钞法以通有无,革军制而强九边;修水利以固邦本,改科举而纳贤良。崇格物方致知穷理;兴矿冶而器利工商。靖九边以抚八方,镇四海而服万邦。于庙算奏疏间,重整日月山河;在革故鼎新中,再创中华治世。一切,皆在你一念之间。
Why similar: Political Sim 24.6% ★, Alternate History 20.8%, Historical 14.2%, Grand Strategy 10.9%, Capitalism 10.4%
- #45 Chronicle of the States: Qin Shi Huang
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 流风Game
Windows
This is a grand strategy game set in the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States Period. Become an empire ruler or an ambitious noble, shaping your dynasty through politics and war. Face family conspiracies and minister betrayals, and write an immortal legend with your brilliant strategies.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.8%, Alternate History 13.7%, Historical 11.5%, Life Sim 11.3%, Medieval 10.7%
- #46 Power & Revolution 2022 Edition
73% matchMixed59% of 969 reviews2022
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
New edition of the ultrarealistic simulator of today's world where you play as the head of state or as the opposition! Major developments: the war in the Ukraine and all of its consequences, conspiracy theories, fake news, interference by secret services, animal welfare and climate objectives.
Why similar: 4X 27.2% ★, Grand Strategy 23.9%, Political Sim 23.8% ★, Sandbox 11.3%, Alternate History 6.3%
- #47 Victoria 3
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 61,281 reviews2022
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.4 hrsMean: 120.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.3%, Political Sim 21.3% ★, Alternate History 10.8%, Historical 10.2%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #48 Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation
70% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Why Not Games
Windows
Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation is a postcolonial 4X game where you play a student doing a group report on Gandhi, Churchill and the Raj. It eXplores space left uncharted by the genre and proposes alternatives to established systems.
Why similar: 4X 28.4% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1%, Political Sim 15.8% ★, Historical 11.9%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #49 STATO
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Scassius Systems
Windows
Shape a nation in a procedural grand strategy sandbox where geography, industry, diplomacy, and war drive emergent history. Build your state, secure resources, manage instability, and survive a world of rival powers.
Why similar: Political Sim 35.8% ★, Grand Strategy 29.1%, Sandbox 15.3%, Historical 12.2%, Strategy 4.6%
- #50 Wealth of Nations: Economic Strategy
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WoN
Windows
Lead a nation through decades of political and economic challenges. Manage budgets, taxes, interest rates, crises, and public opinion in a deep grand-strategy simulation where every decision shapes your country's future.
Why similar: 4X 34.9% ★, Grand Strategy 27.8%, Political Sim 19.8% ★, Economy 9.4%, Strategy 8%
- #51 Empire of Vice : Chicago
68% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Artifex Parvus
Windows
Live the rise and fall of a gangster in Prohibition-era Chicago. Strategic turn-based management meets gritty narrative in a city built on blood, booze, and betrayal.
Why similar: 4X 28.7% ★, Grand Strategy 23.7%, Political Sim 20.9% ★, Crime 14.3%, RPG 5.7%
- #52 Samhan: Where Korea Began
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CODEMAPO
Windows · Mac
Silla's thousand-year reign is crumbling, and Gyeon Hwon, Gung Ye and Wang Geon rise to claim the peninsula. Command 500+ historical figures across a 3D Korea in this turn-based grand strategy of statecraft, diplomacy and war—and reunite the Three Han.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.2%, Political Sim 22.2% ★, 4X 16.3% ★, Historical 12.3%, Medieval 8.5%
- #53 For the Fatherland: Chronicle of Park Chung-hee
66% matchVery Positive88% of 217 reviews2026
Dev: KMS STUDIO
Windows
January 1, 1960. Become Major General Park Chung-hee at a turning point in Korean history. Preserve democracy and rise as the father of a nation—or cling to power and become a dictator. The fate of the Republic of Korea is in your hands.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.4%, Political Sim 23.2% ★, Alternate History 17.3%, Historical 11.6%, Economy 8.9%
- #54 Politon: Prologue
69% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Pinq Games
Windows · Mac
"Politon: Prologue" is the free prologue version of "Politon". This prologue includes a tutorial, game mechanics, and the prologue of the main story inside. Only Single-player modes are available.
Why similar: 4X 27.8% ★, Grand Strategy 23.7%, Alternate History 14.1%, Medieval 7.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.7%
- #55 How Empires Work
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crow Cottage
Windows · Mac · Linux
An incremental strategy game about building the machinery of empire. Develop your economy and military, and automate them into institutions of power that expand your reach across centuries of history. Grow from humble beginnings to take your place on the world stage!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.4%, Political Sim 21% ★, Alternate History 17.3%, Historical 13.8%, Capitalism 6.1%
- #56 The Great Tribes
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ladik Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Blending the best of classic and modern 4X strategy! Lead humanity from nomadic tribes to space conquest. Shape the land, mix cultures, and forge your own laws. Face a fair AI system, which learns and explores the world just as you do.
Why similar: 4X 26.8% ★, Grand Strategy 22.9%, Alternate History 16.4%, Historical 10.1%, Medieval 9%
- #57 Kingdoms in Ink
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: SQOOL
Windows
A fantasy world's history unfolds on a single map. In this grand strategy game, kingdoms rise, borders shift, and kings and generals pass through the generations. Simply watch, or command a nation and unite the world. Follow towns, people, dragons, and adventurers through a history all your own.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31%, Political Sim 19.8% ★, Alternate History 15.4%, Sandbox 12.6%, Medieval 7.9%
- #58 Great Houses of Calderia
67% matchMixed61% of 447 reviews2024
Dev: Resistance GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Great Houses of Calderia is a Feudal Grand Strategy game focusing on family dynamics & stories. Use your family strengths to compete against rivals to rise in the ranks of Calderia - produce, trade, scheme, bribe, and battle to build your legacy of power!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.5%, 4X 16.3% ★, Medieval 9.4%, Sandbox 9.1%, Economy 8.1%
- #59 Napoleon 1813
66% match9 user reviews67% of 9 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 37.3% ★, Grand Strategy 29.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9%, Strategy 8.2%, Historical 7.7%
- #60 SandTable War: Three Kingdoms
64% matchVery Positive85% of 343 reviews2026
Dev: 古玩工作室
Windows
"SandTable War: Three Kingdoms" is a strategic simulation game set during the Three Kingdoms period. Here you can play as various factions from Three Kingdoms history to conquer cities and lands, unify the realm. With abundant historical officers and scenarios, come restore the Han Dynasty!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.1%, 4X 23.1% ★, Political Sim 19.5% ★, Historical 12.1%, Alternate History 7.9%