
A retro 4X game inspired by classic versions of the genre. Lead your people from a small nomadic tribe into a globe-spanning space-fairing civilization. Can your empire survive the Crucible Of Time?
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A retro 4X game inspired by classic versions of the genre. Lead your people from a small nomadic tribe into a globe-spanning space-fairing civilization. Can your empire survive the Crucible Of Time?

BOC: Birth of Cultures
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.

Lands of Rumour
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.
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 19.6% ★, Grand Strategy 12.7% ★, War 10.3%, Building 9%, City Builder 8.6%
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 20.4% ★, Grand Strategy 14.7% ★, City Builder 14.7%, War 9.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%
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 17.2% ★, Grand Strategy 14.1% ★, City Builder 12%, Economy 10.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%
点燃你的战魂,投身乱世掀起惊天风暴!化身铁血诸侯,号令三国名将,统领无敌雄师,在真实还原的三国版图上纵横沙场,血战四方!
Why similar: 4X 19.1% ★, Grand Strategy 15.4% ★, City Builder 10.5%, War 9.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%
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 24% ★, City Builder 16.2%, Grand Strategy 14.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Historical 8.4%
Nanzou: The Divine Court is a genre-mixing city builder set in a dynamic world inspired by Chinese mythology. As the Exceptional Soul summoned by the Emperor of the Divine Court, you'll manage souls to carry out divine commands on the mystical floating island of Nanzou.
Why similar: City Builder 13%, Grand Strategy 12.8% ★, Building 11.4%, Economy 10%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.1%
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: 4X 16.9% ★, Grand Strategy 13.4% ★, City Builder 10.8%, War 10.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%
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 26.8% ★, Grand Strategy 18% ★, Management 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, Economy 8.7%
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 27% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, War 8.1%
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: City Builder 15.5%, Grand Strategy 14.6% ★, 4X 13.4% ★, Economy 11%, Base Building 9.4%
"Legend of Realm" is a strategy game blending dough figurine and facial makeup art. Spanning ancient to medieval, it condenses history into a polyhedral world. Control a region, use strategy and diplomacy, command troops, relive battles. Decisions shape history and battles forge legends.
Why similar: City Builder 15.5%, 4X 14.4% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Grand Strategy 10.5% ★, War 9.5%
Step into the role of a lord, starting from scratch to build your kingdom. Gather resources, construct buildings, recruit troops, explore, and embark on adventures to continuously expand your territory and defend your homeland.
Why similar: Auto Battler 20.6%, 4X 18.5% ★, War 12.4%, Grand Strategy 12% ★, Base Building 11.1%
《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 23.9% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, War 10.3%, Historical 8.7%
Explore the galaxy, discover and colonize new planets to acquire enough resources. Design your ships, choosing from different hulls, weapons, shields, and several devices. Once you advance with technologies, new systems will be available, and you will have to update your designs.
Why similar: 4X 21.7% ★, Base Building 14.8%, Grand Strategy 14.4% ★, Management 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%
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 22.3% ★, Grand Strategy 16.8% ★, City Builder 14.6%, Economy 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%
A fantasy strategy, featuring turn-based factory building over procedural resource types. Expand and optimize your network of towns, grow your heroes, and excel in deep tactical seamless auto-battler combat.
Why similar: 4X 20.2% ★, Auto Battler 16.7%, Grand Strategy 14.1% ★, City Builder 13.5%, Economy 10.9%
The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!
Why similar: 4X 17.9% ★, Grand Strategy 15.4% ★, City Builder 12.7%, Economy 10.1%, War 9.4%
The third game within the Space Empires series brings the dawn of a new age of exploration. Your race keeps running through the fabric of space and moves to other solar systems beyond your own.
Why similar: 4X 25.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.6%, Grand Strategy 12.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Base Building 10.1%
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 16.1% ★, Grand Strategy 14.2% ★, City Builder 13.7%, Economy 10.7%, Base Building 9.2%
Take up the role of a great wizard, wield powerful spells, command fantasy races and challenge your rivals in this remake of a cult turn-based strategy classic. Do you have what it takes to become Master of Magic?
Why similar: 4X 19.7% ★, Grand Strategy 13.7% ★, City Builder 13%, Economy 10.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.9%
Space Empires I is the first chapter of the Space Empires series. A classic galactic conquest and turn-based strategy video game where you are the leader of a race of intelligent beings building large spaceships for interplanetary and interstellar travel through warp points between star systems.
Why similar: 4X 25.4% ★, Grand Strategy 16.2% ★, Management 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Economy 10.5%
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 20.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16.6% ★, City Builder 16.3%, Economy 10.4%, War 8.7%
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 16.3% ★, Grand Strategy 14.5% ★, City Builder 13.6%, Economy 10.7%, Base Building 9.3%
Mandate Order is a strategy game set in the Warring States period. Starting from barren lands, build strongholds integrating production, defense and military functions. Manage resources and the people's will, expand your territory, counter threats, and ultimately rise to prominence amidst the chaos.
Why similar: City Builder 23.8%, 4X 13.5% ★, Grand Strategy 12.5% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Building 9.7%
Forge your Kingdom amidst the Ruins of Rome in this turn-based 4X strategy game! As the world crumbles, rebuild civilization and shape your people’s destiny. Unleash your strategic prowess, conquer provinces, and crush all who stand in your way.
Why similar: 4X 18.3% ★, City Builder 13.1%, Grand Strategy 12.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 9.2%, War 8.7%
Turn-Based 4X-like Strategy: Build the peaceful kingdom of Atlantis into a flourishing civilization. Plan carefully or be ready to adapt as the ancient Gods of Olympus rain down floods, earthquakes, volcanoes and all types of disaster.
Why similar: 4X 23.6% ★, City Builder 15.9%, Grand Strategy 13.4% ★, Economy 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%
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 24.5% ★, City Builder 19.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, War 7.9%
Strategy simulator of the Great Pyramids period, where you take your path from the unification of Egyptian tribes to the foundation of The First Empire. Developed with the assistance of Egyptologists.
Why similar: 4X 15.1% ★, City Builder 12.9%, Building 10.4%, Economy 10.2%, Base Building 9.9%
Turn your clan into a Sengoku legend in this tactical RPG. Recruit and train warriors, shape alliances, conquer castles, and alter history through brutal turn-based battles. Influence the outcome of feudal Japan in Sengoku: Shadow Strikers.
Why similar: 4X 25.6% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.7%, Base Building 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%
Tracktopia is a strategy game with city-building elements, where your city moves on tracks and serves as a super powerful unit. Expand it to boost production, advance technologies, and create smaller units to ultimately defeat the enemy nation!
Why similar: 4X 23.9% ★, City Builder 18.1%, War 11.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%
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 23.3% ★, City Builder 23.1%, Economy 15.3%, Grand Strategy 11.5% ★, Building 7.5%
A finance simulation full of news, charts, and strategy. Analyze the economy, diversify your investments, take control.
Why similar: Economy 19.6%, City Builder 17.5%, Grand Strategy 16.6% ★, Education 14.9%, Management 12.5%
Turn-based strategy. Build, trade, fight, and lead your empire to victory.
Why similar: 4X 21.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16.1% ★, City Builder 15.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.1%, Economy 9%
BUSINESS EMPIRE is a 4X turn-based strategy game that puts you in charge of an ever-expanding company. Design your own products and market them to the masses, set up distribution routes, and develop new technologies.
Why similar: 4X 22.8% ★, City Builder 14.4%, Economy 11.1%, Management 8.8%, Building 8.8%
Defy the tyrant. Build your settlement, defend it from invasions, and gain enough power to overthrow the king.
Why similar: Auto Battler 24.5%, Base Building 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Economy 9.4%, Building 8.7%
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 17% ★, Grand Strategy 15.7% ★, City Builder 15.1%, Economy 11.6%, Base Building 10.2%
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: City Builder 19.6%, Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%, 2.5D 7.7%
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 17.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Grand Strategy 16.2% ★, City Builder 12.3%, Historical 10.2%
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 21.8% ★, Grand Strategy 16.2% ★, Economy 10.8%, Alternate History 10.1%, War 9.9%
SATUS - global fantasy strategy, in which you can lead one of the 4 fractions: magicians, dwarfs, dark side, hell virus. Every fraction is unique. Capture all the enemies, arrange the end of the world, build a great empire!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, War 17.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.7%, 4X 12.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%
To the Stars Idle is a text-based incremental game about developing your primitive tribe to type-3 galactic civilization. Take control of production, research and battles to advance through the ages and achieve total space domination.
Why similar: Auto Battler 17.8%, Economy 14.5%, City Builder 14%, Management 10%, Alternate History 8.9%
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 17.2% ★, Grand Strategy 15.5% ★, City Builder 15.2%, Economy 11.6%, Base Building 10.2%
You will have to develop your city, watch over expenses, strive for higher tax revenues, meet the needs of your residents by producing the right products for them
Why similar: City Builder 22.7%, Grand Strategy 21.2% ★, Base Building 17.2%, Building 15.1%, Economy 12.4%
"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 23.3% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%, Economy 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%
东汉末年,天下动荡,群雄并起,在这片风云变幻的乱世中,你将化身一方霸主,自偏安一隅的孤城出发,广揽贤才、经营城政、整军备战、攻城略地。是匡扶汉室,重振中兴?还是割据一方,自立为王?亦或是问鼎中原,君临天下?你的每一次抉择皆可改写这段波澜壮阔的乱世史诗!
Why similar: 4X 21% ★, Grand Strategy 15.9% ★, City Builder 12%, War 10.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%
A turn-based strategy game based off the Napoleonic Wars! Lead, attack, buy, and communicate. Learn how to play difficult 4x grand strategy games by starting with simple strategy. *Disclaimer, this game is made by a teenager for a school project*
Why similar: 4X 23.6% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Alternate History 10.2%
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 27.4% ★, Grand Strategy 20.3% ★, Alternate History 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%, Historical 8.9%
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 18.1% ★, Grand Strategy 15.3% ★, City Builder 15%, Economy 11.6%, Base Building 10%
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 33.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20% ★, Education 9%, Economy 8.3%, Historical 8.1%
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 17.7% ★, City Builder 14.9%, Economy 11.8%, Building 10.6%, Education 10.3%
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 25% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%, Economy 10.3%, War 10.3%
Terrol is a grand strategy game focused on capturing and holding strategic resources. The objective is simple: control all resources and destroy rival empires.
Why similar: 4X 24% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, War 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%
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 24% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Economy 12.1%, Alternate History 9.8%, Historical 9.4%
Discover and colonize the world, Allocate your labor force, Monopolize markets, Fight tactical battles, Survive the age of imperialism...
Why similar: 4X 19.3% ★, Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, Economy 13.3%, Alternate History 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%
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 18.8% ★, Grand Strategy 15.2% ★, City Builder 14.6%, Economy 11.7%, Base Building 9.9%
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 21.9% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, Economy 13.7%, Alternate History 10.6%, Building 9.1%
Conquer Japanese History! A “Historical Timeline Strategy” fought on the grand timeline of Japan
Why similar: 4X 22.8% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3% ★, War 12.2%, Historical 9.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
Join the Epic Battles in this most addicting turn-based strategy war-chess game with thrilling, mind-challenging gameplay which will keep war-chess game fans gripped for hours.
Why similar: Auto Battler 22.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.5%, Base Building 12%, War 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%
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 23% ★, Economy 14.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, War 9.4%
《方寸三国》是一款融合了征战模式的自走棋策略游戏。你将掌控三国时期的一方势力,组建属于你的强力队伍,攻城掠地,逐步实现天下一统的宏图伟业。
Why similar: Auto Battler 29.9%, Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Turn-Based Combat 8.4%