- #1 Dominions - Priests, Prophets & Pretenders
97% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Linux
In Dominions you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. It all takes place in a fantasy world with monsters, magic items and world altering spells. Dominions is a 4x turn based strategy game with a large variety of spells and units.
Why similar: 4X 50.1% ★, Strategy 20.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%, 2D 3.8%
- #2 Uncivilized
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jamorian 5
Windows · Mac
A short-form empire building strategy game. Explore the planet and grow your colony, while attempting to negotiate with the many characterful rival factions. Make friends, break allegiances, or just drop nukes on them.
Why similar: 4X 37.1% ★, Diplomacy 23.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Strategy 6.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.5%
- #3 Humankind in a nutshell
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: juron games
Windows · Mac
Spin the slot and decide the fate of your civilization. From seeds to kingdoms, from stone to steel. From the very first turn to a thousand years later, every choice becomes history. From the first spark of fire to a forest of skyscrapers. How long can your people survive?
Why similar: 4X 34.7% ★, Diplomacy 15.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Strategy 8.8%, Economy 6.1%
- #4 Diehexegy
94% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Aebersoft
Windows · Linux
Diehexegy is a hex grid turn-based 4x game with a unique twist: your armies are composed of dice. It has multiple victory conditions and straightforward gameplay.
Why similar: 4X 46.7% ★, Strategy 18.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Hex Grid 5.7% ★, Medieval 5.4%
- #5 The Veiled Atlas: A Cycle of Falls
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flat Gradient
Windows
A turn-based 4X of rival governments contesting the dim Atlas through economy, war and an Influence-weighted Council. At the edge of sensor range, the Shadow does not lose - it only rises.
Why similar: 4X 50.6% ★, Strategy 20.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%, Economy 6.6%, 2D 3.9%
- #6 Kingdom of Krawall
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TinyDragonMagic
Windows · Linux
A fast-paced strategy game about building a kingdom, outplaying your rivals, and conquering your enemies. Play solo or in multiplayer and enjoy the depth of a classic 4X in a single sitting.
Why similar: 4X 48.4% ★, Strategy 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.5%, Stylized 6.3%, War 5.8%
- #7 Wizard Warfare
92% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2019
Dev: Psyanotek Limited
Windows
Wizard Warfare is a fantasy-themed, 4X-style, turn-based strategy game with a strategic empire management layer supported by a detailed tactical battle simulation layer.
Why similar: 4X 50.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%, Strategy 13.1%, Tactical 6.6%, Fantasy 4.9%
- #8 Tiny Conquests
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 30-Parallel
Windows
Build tiny empires with big ambitions. A cozy, bite-sized 4X where every turn counts: grow cities block by block, research three historical ages, and outscore rivals through building, conquest, or exploration. One currency, one score, 25-minute matches.
Why similar: 4X 43.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Strategy 14.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.9%, Economy 4.9%
- #9 Havenreach: Last Refuge
91% matchNo user reviews2027
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 36.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Diplomacy 14.8% ★, Strategy 8.9%, Hex Grid 6.5% ★
- #10 Ever War
89% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Autware
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 41.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Strategy 9.6%, Economy 8.3%, Hex Grid 7.1% ★
- #11 Pandora: First Contact
90% matchMixed63% of 645 reviews2014
Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Pandora: First Contact is a science fiction 4X turn-based strategy game on a planetary scale. Our Earth has been exhausted and colonial attempts on other planetary bodies have been in vain. Finally, after decades of exploration, an interstellar probe has brought promise of a new world.
Why similar: 4X 57.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Strategy 18.2%, Hex Grid 5.4% ★
- #12 Isle of the Crown
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Devious Oatmeal
Windows
From a simple home to a mighty kingdom; explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate your opponent in this strategic pixel-art chess-like hex game using cards as your pieces and their abilities as your tools. As many games before it, and as the saying goes; easy to learn, hard to master.
Why similar: 4X 35.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Strategy 10.4%, Economy 7%, Hex Grid 4.7% ★
- #13 Napoleon 1813
87% 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 45.3% ★, Strategy 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Economy 5.7%, Top-Down 4.8%
- #14 Siege of Turtle Enclave
88% matchMostly Negative29% of 17 reviews2015
Dev: The Conjurer's Tower
Windows · Linux
A turn based strategy game with real time battles! Build up your settlement, train mighty armies, research technologies, cast spells, discover hidden goodies and more as you fight your way across the map to overthrow the enemy warlord in his keep!
Why similar: 4X 57.8% ★, Strategy 25.3%, Medieval 9.6%, Fantasy 5.8%, Indie 1.5%
- #15 Lordship
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Carpe diem
Windows
Lordship is a turn-based 4x strategy where your objective is to be the first to obtain the set victory points (Fame). Explore, find treasure, build and expand cities, battle creeps and opponents, and interact with various objects on the map that automatically resolve.
Why similar: 4X 44.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Strategy 12.3%, Top-Down 6.3%, Medieval 5.8%
- #16 万象战略
86% 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 45.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Strategy 11.9%, Hex Grid 6.2% ★, Economy 5.7%
- #17 Buddies to Death
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WABAWEYA
Windows
Buddies to Death - A fast-paced, turn-based, 4X strategy set in a medieval fantasy world with asymmetric factions, amazing lore, and FISHHH!
Why similar: 4X 36.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.9%, Strategy 12.9%, Stylized 5%, Fantasy 5%
- #18 Kingdom Chronicle
84% matchMixed52% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: スタジオ白猫斎 / Studio HakubyousaiPub: くそげ工房 / Atelier KUSOGE
Windows
It looks deep, but plays simple. A turn-based strategy game where you can unify the continent in 1-2 hours per run. Become the ruler of a nation in a war-torn land, master domestic affairs, diplomacy and intrigue, and recruit, headhunt, and capture from 168 officers to carve out your own conquest.
Why similar: 4X 30.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 24.2%, Strategy 18.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.2%, War 4.7%
- #19 WARONOMY
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Aventine Legends
Windows
Waronomy is a turn-based fantasy strategy conquest wargame set in a medieval magic world, where strategy is everything: raise armies, empower heroes, forge elite stacks, and annihilate rival warlords until every castle on the map is yours.
Why similar: 4X 39.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Strategy 10.2%, Medieval 6.4%, Top-Down 5.4%
- #20 First Colony
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Atesh Entertainment, Inc.
Windows · Mac
A turn-based 4X strategy game inspired by classic colony-building games. Explore a new continent, expand across a hex-based world map, and build a network of production settlements directly on the frontier.
Why similar: 4X 45.1% ★, Strategy 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Economy 6.5%, Stylized 4.7%
- #21 The Mystic
82% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: PipeDream
Windows
The Mystic is a dark fantasy, turn-based strategy game. Become a follower of the first gods, gain their favour, overthrow the High King by innovative combat and magic systems and establish harmony. The game offers an exciting campaign full of twists, battles and difficult decisions and multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 46.6% ★, Strategy 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.8%, Hex Grid 6% ★, Fantasy 3.9%
- #22 Trailblader
81% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: 迟到的南雨亭
Windows
Trailblader is a turn-based strategy game that features loop-based combat, integrating 4X strategy and hero development. The game tells the story of a hero who, having lost their homeland, leads the people to migrate to the wilderness to rebuild their home.
Why similar: 4X 44.7% ★, Strategy 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Economy 7.8%, Fantasy 5.1%
- #23 Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms
82% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Aserisoft
Windows · Mac
Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms is a turn-based 4X grand strategy game, played on a procedurally generated world. Battles are real-time and tactical. Every world-map and battlefield is entirely unique, so this game will always have something to throw at you.
Why similar: 4X 45.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Strategy 16.6%, Medieval 7.3%, War 3.8%
- #24 Armada 2526 Gold Edition
81% matchMixed67% of 109 reviews2013
Dev: Ntronium GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Conquer the Galaxy In This ‘4x’ Strategy Game. Lead one of 18 different alien races to become a mighty pan-galactic empire. Manage your colonies, deploy your fleets and conduct research. Plot your strategy and turn your planets into mighty bastions.
Why similar: 4X 49.9% ★, Strategy 30.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Indie 2.5%
- #25 ENDLESS Legend™
80% matchVery Positive83% of 19,066 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
ENDLESS Legend™ is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of ENDLESS Space™ and Dungeon of the ENDLESS™. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga. Create your own Legend!
Why similar: 4X 50% ★, Strategy 19.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Hex Grid 6.1% ★, Fantasy 4.2%
- #26 Horn of the Warlord
78% matchNo user reviews95% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: MagicKrol
Windows · Mac
Lead a Viking clan to glory in this accessible turn-based conquest strategy game. Expand your kingdom, raise armies, besiege castles and outsmart a challenging AI across handcrafted worlds built for endless replayability.
Why similar: 4X 44.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Strategy 16.3%, Stylized 5.2%, Medieval 5.1%
- #27 Commander: Modern War
79% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience the thrill of a modern conflict between two factions, as you outsmart your opponents in an epic game of strategy and cunning. Take command of your ground, air, and naval units and lead them to victory in the most immersive turn-based battle simulation. The battlefield awaits.
Why similar: 4X 45.2% ★, Strategy 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Hex Grid 5.2% ★, War 4.7%
- #28 Beard of Stone
79% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: Dwarfaparte Games
Windows
4x turn based strategy mixed with real time (turn stealing) bidding mechanics. Complete single player or competitive online matches with up to 4 players in a single sitting, while telling the history of a fantasy world from the creation of its continents to the twilight of its gods.
Why similar: 4X 47.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Strategy 12.1%, Hex Grid 7.3% ★, War 4.5%
- #29 Age of Wonders III
78% matchVery Positive80% of 12,807 reviews2014
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Age of Wonders III is the long anticipated sequel to the award-winning strategy series. Delivering a unique mix of Empire Building, Role Playing and Warfare, Age of Wonders III offers the ultimate in turn-based fantasy strategy for veterans of the series and new players alike!
Why similar: 4X 39.8% ★, Strategy 25.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.2%, Fantasy 4.8%, Hex Grid 2.8% ★
- #30 Imperialist
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BRR Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
From a veteran 4X Strategy developer comes a new deep strategy game of logistics, empire, and control. Develop the New World, industrialise your capital, manage your growing Empire, and outmanoeuvre rivals to become history's first Superpower. Can you exploit the New World to control the Old?
Why similar: 4X 36.8% ★, Diplomacy 22.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Economy 9.7%, Strategy 9%
- #31 Master of Luna
76% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Aleksandr Tiupin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Master of Luna is a turn-based strategy game where you take the role of a half-forgotten deity seeking to regain their former power. It features powerful magic, tactical battles, city building, sweet pixel art and a calm melancholic atmosphere.
Why similar: 4X 49.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Strategy 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%, Fantasy 4.4%
- #32 Defense X
77% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Hcenter GamePub: 30 Game Studio
Windows
Build a defense strategy to protect the peace.
Why similar: 4X 47.8% ★, Strategy 19.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Top-Down 6.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.2%
- #33 Frostward
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KoPoint Games
Windows
Plan industrial districts and strive toward monumental wonders while defending humanity against hostile forces and the endless winter.
Why similar: 4X 47.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Strategy 11.2%, Hex Grid 9.2% ★, Tactical 5.3%
- #34 Liegecraft
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: From Chaos
Windows
You are the King. Lead your vassals, build your feudal realm and conquer foreign kingdoms in this blend of turn based 4X and realtime rpg. Attend feasts, host tourneys and fight duels. Every character has their own mind so promote the loyal, scheme against rivals and imprison the disobedient.
Why similar: 4X 32.4% ★, Diplomacy 19.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Economy 7.9%, Strategy 7.3%
- #35 Rules of War
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Active Endeavour Games
Windows
Take command in this 4X-lite strategy game with fast-paced tactical combat and missile warfare. Build your economy, deploy land, sea, and air units, expand borders, advance technology, and navigate deceitful diplomacy. In a world of collapsing nuclear powers, can you lead your nation to victory?
Why similar: 4X 34.8% ★, Diplomacy 15.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Economy 10%, Strategy 9.3%
- #36 Ultakia
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Simon Alber
Windows
Ultakia is a turn-based space 4X strategy game with distinctive resource management. Explore exotic systems and acquire powerful technologies. Exploit your planets, trade with other races and destroy those who stand in your way.
Why similar: 4X 41.7% ★, Diplomacy 15.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Strategy 9.7%, Hex Grid 8.9% ★
- #37 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
73% matchVery Positive90% of 610 reviews2024
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.
Why similar: 4X 68.4% ★, Strategy 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%
- #38 Commander: World War II
73% matchPositive87% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Commander: World War II is a turn-based tactical game where you lead either the Allies or the Axis to victory. Deploy infantry, tanks, planes, and naval units, capture locations, use the terrain, and counter specialized units in intense battles. Design your own maps and dominate the battlefield.
Why similar: 4X 46.8% ★, Strategy 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.9%, Top-Down 4.4%
- #39 Feudalism
74% matchMostly Negative33% of 46 reviews2016
Dev: ImagimotionPub: IV Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Conquer Europe, become an Emperor. Build your family’s dynasty through seven centuries, from 800 A.D. to 1492 A.D., up until the inevitable collapse of the feudal system.
Why similar: 4X 65.9% ★, Strategy 34.1%
- #40 荒野国度 LEGENDS OF THE WILD
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 圆桌工作室Pub: 瓦弄游戏
Windows
Recruit animal heroes, understand their attributes and create your own team Conquer land with your allies, make rational use of all resources on the continent, and defeat enemies from other faction Step by step, move towards the center of the continent, and finally seize the heart of the world.
Why similar: 4X 53.4% ★, Strategy 21%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Fantasy 4.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 3%
- #41 Defense Legend 5: Survivor TD
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Gcenter GamePub: 130 Game Studio
Windows
Build a defense strategy to protect the peace.
Why similar: 4X 52.8% ★, Strategy 21.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.8%, Top-Down 7.2%
- #42 A New World: Kingdoms
73% matchNegative0% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Red Phoenix Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A New World: Kingdoms is a turn-based strategic 4X game. Carefully expand your kingdom by constructing buildings and managing your resources. Building your own empire is not easy; there will be challenges along the way, from mountains to navigate to your rival and his warriors.
Why similar: 4X 40% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Strategy 9.2%, Top-Down 6.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.9%
- #43 Grand Strategy: The Three Kingdoms
70% matchPositive88% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: Yiming
Windows
Based on the classic history of the Three countries, the 2D grand strategy game integrates deep strategy, resource management, diplomatic game and sand table, presenting a magnificent stage for players in the turbulent world.
Why similar: 4X 48.9% ★, Strategy 18.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Top-Down 4.6%, War 4.1%
- #44 Stars in Shadow
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 838 reviews2017
Dev: Ashdar GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Stars in Shadow is a turn-based 4X strategy game and a vivid tribute to the genre classics. Compete with alien factions to explore and colonize nearby starsystems, build fleets to defend against rivals, negotiate or conquer them. Win by unifying the galaxy, through diplomacy or force.
Why similar: 4X 61.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Strategy 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 2%, Indie 1.4%
- #45 Kyivan Rus
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Plawius
Windows · Mac · Linux
A historical turn-based strategy game, where you evolve as a leader, gather armies, research technologies, found cities, build the economy, unite the tribes and expand your lands to strengthen your country! Play in a single-player campaign or skirmish against AI.
Why similar: 4X 38% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Economy 9.8%, Strategy 9.7%, Stylized 5.9%
- #46 Space Empires IV Deluxe
71% matchVery Positive86% of 291 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
The award-winning Space Empires IV Deluxe is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. A grand strategy title in the space 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) genre, Space Empires has already found a place in the heart of strategy gamers everywhere.
Why similar: 4X 66.2% ★, Strategy 22.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%
- #47 Warlock - Master of the Arcane
70% matchVery Positive86% of 2,637 reviews2012
Dev: Ino-Co PlusPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In a time of chaotic upheaval, the player takes the role of a great mage, a warlord vying for ultimate power.
Why similar: 4X 44.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 25.8%, Strategy 19%, Fantasy 5.4%, Hex Grid 5% ★
- #48 Elaborate Lands
69% 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 33.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Economy 10.4%, Top-Down 7.9%, Strategy 7.3%
- #49 Plane Starship2:Galactic Contender
69% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: 爱芙尔
Windows
This is a 4x turn-base strategy game. You can develop your planet, expand your territory by colonizing and building space stations, research technology to unlock more ships, and ultimately discover and eliminate your enemies.
Why similar: 4X 46.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.5%, Strategy 12.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.5%, War 5.4%
- #50 Revival: Recolonization
68% matchMixed69% of 425 reviews2024
Dev: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Set in a post-apoc version of Earth, Revival is a 4x strategy game where the world and its rules can change at key moments, creating a deep and highly replayable experience.
Why similar: 4X 33.5% ★, Diplomacy 19.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Economy 8.6%, Strategy 7.7%
- #51 Clash of Cultures
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zach
Windows · Mac
Clash of Cultures is an addictive turn based stratergy game that is simple to learn yet has a lot of depth. Research technologies, shape your government, progress through the ages, and conquer the world.
Why similar: 4X 46.8% ★, Strategy 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Economy 7.4%, Medieval 4.4%
- #52 The Civil War
70% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Dagger Interactive TechnologiesPub: Strategy First
Windows
This old-school turn-based strategy game covers the American Civil War from the years 1861 to 1865. Play as the North or South, and take over a certain amount of cities of the opposing side before the war ends.
Why similar: Diplomacy 38.6% ★, Strategy 23.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.5%, Pixel Graphics 6%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.8%
- #53 The Battle of Polytopia
68% matchVery Positive94% of 5,974 reviews2020
Dev: Midjiwan AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to the unique, turn-based strategy game set in the strange, flat world of the Square. Lead one of 16 distinct civilizations to victory by expanding your empire, researching technologies, and ultimately become ruler of the world! Play in single-player or multiplayer mode for up to 16 players.
Why similar: 4X 33.9% ★, Diplomacy 18.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Strategy 9.1%, Economy 7.3%
- #54 Timeline
68% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: Taueon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Timeline is a turn-based strategy game where you can play through the human history from stone age to modern times. In the game you command wide range of units, make them collect resources and build buildings, towns and cities, explore the map and meet other players controlled by AI.
Why similar: 4X 33.1% ★, Diplomacy 20.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Economy 8.8%, Strategy 7.6%
- #55 Empolicy
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StrategyMagic
Windows
Online strategy in a fantasy world with single-player options. Explore the world, expand the borders of your polis, build settlements and produce goods. Immerse yourself in the role of a powerful tycoon of the city-republic, choose your path - magic, diplomacy, espionage or war.
Why similar: 4X 41.3% ★, Diplomacy 25.8% ★, Strategy 10.6%, Economy 9.6%, War 5.9%
- #56 Thule
66% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Xeaker
Windows
A quick turn-based 4X strategy game with RPG elements. Explore and conquer randomly generated worlds, complete diverse missions and forge a powerful empire.
Why similar: 4X 53.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Strategy 11.8%, Hex Grid 7.5% ★, Medieval 5.7%
- #57 5th Frontier, The New Space Race
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: J. C. SpringBourne
Windows
A 4x Turn-Based Single Player Strategic Space game. Design and build Your own fleet of space ships, to conquer the Galaxy.
Why similar: 4X 50% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Diplomacy 12% ★, Strategy 11.7%, Top-Down 4%
- #58 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
66% matchVery Positive87% of 762 reviews2023
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
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 38.2% ★, Diplomacy 20% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Strategy 9.6%, Economy 7.2%
- #59 Millennia
65% matchMixed67% of 3,776 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 36.2 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 36.4% ★, Diplomacy 18.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Strategy 9%, Economy 8.2%