- #1 Age of Conquest IV
97% matchVery Positive82% of 2,815 reviews2016
Dev: Noble Master LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Age of Conquest is a turn-based grand strategy wargame.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.8%, War 13.9%, Strategy 10.4%, Historical 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the same developer and core design philosophy as Demise of Nations, focusing on accessible yet deep turn-based grand strategy.
- #2 Aggressors: Ancient Rome
96% matchVery Positive83% of 280 reviews2018
Dev: Kubat SoftwarePub: Kube Games
Windows
A mix of deep gameplay and rich historical flavor, Aggressors: Ancient Rome lets you relive history as the ruler of one of the mighty civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean. Choose one of twenty available factions and conquer the world.
Why similar: 4X 26.8% ★, Rome 17% ★, Grand Strategy 15.9% ★, Historical 11.7%, Strategy 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly detailed simulation of the ancient world with a focus on historical accuracy and complex 4X mechanics.
- #3 Field of Glory: Empires
96% matchVery Positive82% of 862 reviews2019
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Field of Glory: Empires is a grand strategy game in which you will have to move in an intricate and living tapestry of nations and tribes, each one with their distinctive culture.
Why similar: 4X 19.8% ★, Grand Strategy 16.3% ★, Rome 14.8% ★, Turn-Based 9.7%, Historical 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sophisticated grand strategy game that excels at capturing the political and military challenges of ancient civilizations.
- #4 Imperiums: Greek Wars
95% matchVery Positive86% of 541 reviews2020
Dev: Kube Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Unique combination of turn-based 4X and historical grand strategy with a mythological twist. Explore the ancient world and build a world leading civilization. Survive, expand, conquer... and win!
Why similar: 4X 32.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21.8% ★, Historical 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, War 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a rich, turn-based historical experience that emphasizes military strategy and empire management in the ancient Mediterranean.
- #5 Old World
94% matchVery Positive82% of 6,533 reviews2022
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
Why similar: 4X 25.8% ★, Grand Strategy 18.3% ★, Historical 10.8%, Turn-Based 9.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It blends traditional 4X mechanics with character-driven storytelling, making it a premier choice for fans of historical empire-building.
- #6 Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
94% matchVery Positive86% of 373,909 reviews2016
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.1 hrsMean: 99.8 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 17.9% ★, Grand Strategy 15% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Historical 11%, Strategy 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive 4X experience that offers a similar progression from ancient times to the modern era with deep strategic layers.
- #7 Shadow Empire
93% matchVery Positive84% of 1,875 reviews2020
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 70.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features. Players take the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation, with the goal of reconquering a devastated planet.
Why similar: 4X 23.8% ★, Hex Grid 19.1% ★, Grand Strategy 15.7% ★, Turn-Based 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
Why You'll Like It: An incredibly deep wargame that combines 4X empire management with complex procedural generation and military logistics.
- #8 Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
92% matchVery Positive88% of 1,638 reviews2022
Dev: The Secret Games CompanyPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 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 23.8% ★, Hex Grid 18.6% ★, Grand Strategy 17.6% ★, Historical 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A streamlined, fast-paced 4X game that focuses on the core strategic decisions of managing an empire in the ancient world.
- #9 Millennia
91% matchMixed67% of 3,763 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 35.3 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 24.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, Hex Grid 12% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Turn-Based 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This 4X game offers a unique take on historical progression, allowing players to guide their nation through various alternate-history timelines.
- #10 HUMANKIND™
91% matchMixed69% of 28,395 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 27% ★, Grand Strategy 15% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Historical 10.1%, Strategy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game allows players to rewrite history by combining different cultures throughout the ages, mirroring the long-term scope of the seed game.
- #11 Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
90% matchVery Positive87% of 87,016 reviews2013
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 24.8 hrsMean: 114.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Emperor Edition is the definitive edition of ROME II, featuring an improved politics system, overhauled building chains, rebalanced battles and improved visuals in both campaign and battleEmperor Edition contains all free feature updates since its release in 2013, which includes bug fixes, balancing, Twitch.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Rome 18.7% ★, Historical 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Strategy 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a massive, immersive grand strategy experience focused on the rise and management of the Roman Empire.
- #12 Panzer Corps 2
89% matchVery Positive85% of 4,120 reviews2020
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 58.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Panzer Corps 2 is the ultimate Second World War strategy game! Enjoy the time-proven gameplay formula which has been appreciated by millions of players over the years, brought to a whole new level of refinement up to the latest technical standards.
Why similar: Hex Grid 22.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Turn-Based 11.8%, Historical 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: For players who enjoy the hex-grid combat and tactical depth found in the military portions of Demise of Nations.
- #13 Strategic Command WWII: World at War
89% matchVery Positive84% of 605 reviews2018
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
Strategic Command WWII: World At War is your chance to re-fight the 20th century’s greatest conflict, from Poland to China, Normandy to the Pacific, on a map encompassing the globe.
Why similar: Strategy 27.9%, Hex Grid 27.1% ★, Turn-Based 25.9%, Grand Strategy 19% ★
Why You'll Like It: A comprehensive grand strategy wargame that covers global conflicts with a focus on logistics and military planning.
- #14 Hexarchy
86% matchVery Positive82% of 1,571 reviews2023
Dev: Main Tank SoftwarePub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Hexarchy is an innovative, fast-paced, historical 4x strategy game where you use cards and deckbuilding to make your decisions. Single-player and online multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 21.7% ★, Hex Grid 16.9% ★, Grand Strategy 14.4% ★, Turn-Based 8.7%, Historical 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, deck-building 4X game that condenses the core strategic loop into a more accessible and bite-sized format.
- #15 Oriental Empires
87% matchVery Positive80% of 2,991 reviews2017
Dev: Shining Pixel StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.
Why similar: 4X 30.9% ★, Grand Strategy 14.5% ★, Turn-Based 13.8%, Historical 13.7%, Strategy 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the history of ancient China, providing a unique cultural setting for traditional 4X gameplay.
- #16 Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,374 reviews2024
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Wage total war across the ancient world from the Aegean to Mesopotamia in this free addition to Total War: PHARAOH. Challenge the Bronze Age Collapse by building your own dynasty and leading your faction to victory with new cultures, new units and dramatic new battle mechanics.
Why similar: 4X 31.2% ★, Grand Strategy 21.2% ★, Historical 9.6%, Rome 9.1% ★, Strategy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a deep dive into the Bronze Age collapse, combining turn-based strategy with large-scale tactical battles.
- #17 Pride of Nations
88% matchMixed49% of 137 reviews2011
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Pride of Nations is a turn-based historical strategy game set in the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country and guides it through industrialization, military conquest, and colonization.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33% ★, Historical 15.7%, Turn-Based 15.1%, Strategy 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that focuses on the 19th-century colonial era, offering deep economic and diplomatic management.
- #18 Age of Wonders 4
84% matchVery Positive81% of 22,264 reviews2023
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 22.2 hrsMean: 60.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Rule a fantasy realm of your own design! Explore new magical realms in Age of Wonders’ signature blend of 4X strategy and turn-based tactical combat. Control a faction that grows and changes as you expand your empire with each turn!
Why similar: 4X 34.3% ★, Grand Strategy 21.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, War 9.6%, Tactical 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It combines deep 4X empire management with highly tactical turn-based combat in a fantasy setting that feels mechanically robust.
- #19 Making History: The Great War
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 454 reviews2015
Dev: Muzzy Lane SoftwarePub: Factus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The Great War is a turn-based grand strategy game based on the epic struggles of the WWI era. Experience the battles of attrition and punishing artillery barrages. Play as any nation of the period as the modern world of industrialized warfare replaces an age of kings with a struggle of ideologies.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.6% ★, 4X 16% ★, Historical 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, War 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated grand strategy game that focuses on the complexities of World War we and the shifting political landscape of the era.
- #20 ENDLESS™ Legend
84% matchVery Positive83% of 18,996 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 21.9 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 35.3% ★, Hex Grid 15.6% ★, Turn-Based 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Strategy 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A highly polished 4X game that features distinct factions and a beautiful hex-based map, emphasizing exploration and tactical combat.
- #21 Revival: Recolonization
83% matchMixed69% of 424 reviews2024
Dev: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 24.9% ★, Hex Grid 20.2% ★, Grand Strategy 17.2% ★, Turn-Based 9.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A 4X game that blends historical elements with post-apocalyptic themes, featuring a hex-grid map and deep strategic choices.
- #22 Hearts of Iron IV
82% matchVery Positive90% of 365,658 reviews2016
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 31.0 hrsMean: 296.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.3% ★, Historical 19.6%, War 15.5%, Strategy 13.1%, Multiplayer 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A complex grand strategy game focused on the military and political management of nations during the mid-20th century.
- #23 Europa Universalis IV
82% matchVery Positive88% of 136,424 reviews2013
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 280.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.
Why similar: 4X 36.3% ★, Grand Strategy 31.6% ★, Historical 18.7%, Strategy 8%, Multiplayer 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for grand strategy, offering unparalleled depth in diplomacy, trade, and historical empire management.
- #24 Stellaris
81% matchVery Positive86% of 194,059 reviews2016
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 143.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.
Why similar: 4X 47.4% ★, Grand Strategy 36% ★, Strategy 9.5%, Multiplayer 6.2%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: While set in space, it provides the same addictive 4X empire-building loop and grand strategy scale found in historical titles.
- #25 Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,572 reviews2022
Dev: Black Sea GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 42.5% ★, Strategy 18.2%, 4X 17.8% ★, Historical 14.3%, Multiplayer 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A real-time grand strategy game that captures the feel of medieval kingdom management with a focus on diplomacy and warfare.
- #26 Galactic Civilizations IV
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,448 reviews2023
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Take command of a civilization that has just achieved faster-than-light travel in Galactic Civilizations IV, the newest entry in the award-winning space 4X strategy game series. Explore the galaxy, colonize worlds, shape cultures, make alliances, fight wars and pioneer new technologies.
Why similar: 4X 32.4% ★, Grand Strategy 23.8% ★, Hex Grid 18% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Multiplayer 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic 4X experience that emphasizes research, diplomacy, and expansion on a grand, galactic scale.
- #27 Deity Empires
81% matchVery Positive86% of 340 reviews2018
Dev: BaileyHausdorff Systems
Windows
Deity Empires is a 4X, turn-based strategy game with a powerful “just one more turn” feel! Enter an intricate fantasy world as one of many deities posed to become ruler of the world.
Why similar: 4X 28.9% ★, Hex Grid 20.4% ★, Grand Strategy 16.1% ★, Turn-Based 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A 4X game that offers immense customization and deep, turn-based combat mechanics for players who enjoy complex systems.
- #28 Unity of Command II
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,137 reviews2019
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Unity of Command II is the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed strategy games of all time; a game critics called 'the perfect gateway' into computer war games.
Why similar: Hex Grid 21% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Turn-Based 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Strategy 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging hex-based wargame that emphasizes supply lines and tactical movement, perfect for fans of the wargame side of 4X.
- #29 Yield! Fall of Rome
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 261 reviews2025
Dev: BillionworldsPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
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 22% ★, Hex Grid 16.2% ★, Grand Strategy 13.2% ★, Turn-Based 8.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%
- #30 WarPlan
78% matchVery Positive82% of 222 reviews2020
Dev: Kraken StudiosPub: Matrix Games
Windows
WarPlan is an incredibly accurate World War II simulation engine. It is a balance of realism and playability incorporating the best from 50 years of World War II board wargaming. Play a recreated World War II in every detail, thanks to the engine flexibility and database
Why similar: Hex Grid 23.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, Historical 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Turn-Based 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A serious, high-fidelity grand strategy wargame that focuses on the logistics and military reality of global conflict.
- #31 Nations
75% matchVery Positive88% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: Krzysztof SteinerPub: Krzysztof Steiner Games
Windows
Select an era, a nation and lead it to greatness or decay. Develop the economy and society, or focus on military and territorial expansion. In Nations you can rule your people for centuries – from ancient times to the modern day and beyond. You shape your state, history and map of the world.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 38.2% ★, Historical 30.5%, Strategy 16.9%, War 10%, Indie 2.1%
- #32 Grand War: Rome
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Joynow Studio
Windows
A turn-based strategy war chess game. You will play a commander in the Roman period, and command the generals and troops to complete the specified mission objectives and occupy important strongholds in the level. Rome, Samnite, Epirus, Carthage. Different choices will open different histories!
Why similar: 4X 31.3% ★, Rome 19.2% ★, Grand Strategy 15.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, War 8.4%
- #33 Conquer: Napoleonic Wars
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: Estuego Games
Windows
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 33.9% ★, Grand Strategy 23% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Historical 11.5%, Strategy 6.4%
- #34 From Village to Empire
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Witch Laboratory
Windows · Linux
From Village to Empire is an indie turn based strategy game with a historical setting. Build cities, research technologies, and train units to discover new lands and conquer the world!
Why similar: 4X 23.1% ★, Hex Grid 19.2% ★, Strategy 9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Turn-Based 8.7%
- #35 War Selection
74% matchVery Positive85% of 23,196 reviews2019
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
War Selection is a compelling RTS game featuring base building, resource extraction and warfare. Evolve from a stone age tribe to a distinct industrial nation with unique game mechanics and battle for supremacy with dozens of players on a unique procedurally generated map.
Why similar: Strategy 28.2%, Multiplayer 26.6%, War 22.4%, Historical 18.1%, Indie 2.4%
- #36 Age of History II
73% matchVery Positive90% of 49,603 reviews2018
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 61.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Age of History II is a grand strategy wargame that is simple to learn yet hard to master.Your objective is to use military tactics and cunning diplomacy to either unify the world, or conquer it.Will the world bleed out or bow before you? The choice is yours..
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.3% ★, Historical 19.2%, War 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Strategy 10.6%
- #37 Minds of Nations
74% matchMixed67% of 564 reviews2023
Dev: OmnemPub: Soul Playing Games
Windows
Grand Strategy Game. How does reincarnation affect the evolution of a state ? Control the material well-being of your country with a backbone of spiritual growth. Religion. Economy. Diplomacy. War. Souls. Karma. Ideology. Tech. Stories. Single-Player. MMO.
Why similar: Strategy 44.7%, Grand Strategy 39.1% ★, Indie 15.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #38 Wizard Warfare
75% matchVery Positive97% of 61 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 42.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Hex Grid 14% ★, Tactical 8.6%, Strategy 8.4%
- #39 Ways of History
76% matchMixed53% of 257 reviews2017
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Hardcore real-time strategy with a long-term round. Development of your civilization from caves to space. Huge world. Thousands of players. 240+ sciences and technologies. About 100 troops. 4 races. 50+ resource deposits. War, trade, science, construction...
Why similar: Strategy 65.7%, Multiplayer 19.1%, Indie 15.1%
- #40 RISK: Global Domination
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 41,127 reviews2020
Dev: SMG Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Take over the world in RISK: Global Domination, the iconic strategy board game with 100+ original and classic maps and millions of players
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, Multiplayer 16.8%, War 14.8%, Turn-Based 14.8%, Strategy 12.4%
- #41 Politon
70% matchVery Positive90% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Pinq Games
Windows · Mac
Politon: A turn-based strategy game that will push your strategic and management skills to the limit! Expand your territory, strengthen your economy, and outsmart your enemies by planning your strategy carefully.
Why similar: 4X 28.3% ★, Hex Grid 23.7% ★, Grand Strategy 15.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Multiplayer 6.9%
- #42 SUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 3
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,896 reviews2018
Dev: Dorado Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 35.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
This Long Term Strategy Game lets you take control of the armed forces of your nation. Become responsible for its military expansion, technological research and economic development. Form alliances and wage total war for global dominance on the battlefields of World War 3.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 67.2% ★, Strategy 25.9%, Indie 4.9%, Casual 2%
- #43 Rogue Hex
69% matchVery Positive89% of 260 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 32.3% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, Hex Grid 19.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Historical 9%
- #44 Castle Empire
72% matchMixed54% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: HaoPlay Limited
Windows
Empire falls eventually. Build your own empire and conquer the world.
Why similar: 4X 59.5% ★, Historical 16.4%, Strategy 12.4%, War 11.4%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #45 Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 305 reviews2017
Dev: Home Net Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Build an army and lead your heroes into battle in an epic fantasy strategy game. Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes is a turn-based strategy game that will put you right in the middle of war between Humans, Orcs, Goblins, Elves, Dwarves and the undead.
Why similar: Hex Grid 39.2% ★, Turn-Based 30.1%, Strategy 22.9%, Indie 7.8%
- #46 Age of History 3
67% matchVery Positive85% of 17,831 reviews2024
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 37.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 49.8% ★, War 14.7%, Strategy 13.6%, Tactical 12.2%, Building 5%
- #47 Making History: The First World War
71% matchMixed67% of 114 reviews2021
Dev: Factus Games
Windows · Linux
A turn-based WWI Grand Strategy game. Rush to field new modern weaponry and survive the horrendous attrition battles. Join the global conflict between the Great Powers of the age and forge a new world order for freedom or tyranny.
Why similar: 4X 24.6% ★, Grand Strategy 20% ★, Historical 13.5%, Turn-Based 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%
- #48 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
68% matchMixed48% of 55,216 reviews2025
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.1 hrsMean: 45.7 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 24.1% ★, Grand Strategy 18.8% ★, Hex Grid 16.2% ★, Historical 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%
- #49 Field of Glory II
71% matchVery Positive82% of 1,228 reviews2017
Dev: Byzantine GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Field of Glory II is a turn-based tactical game set during the Rise of Rome from 280 BC to 25 BC.
Why similar: Historical 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Rome 17.5% ★, Strategy 16.7%, Turn-Based 10%
- #50 Battle for Wesnoth
69% matchVery Positive94% of 5,866 reviews2018
Dev: The Battle for Wesnoth ProjectPub: Wesnoth Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
The Battle for Wesnoth is an open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Explore the four corners of Irdya in seventeen solo campaigns and dozens of multiplayer maps, taking part in countless adventures as you go.
Why similar: Hex Grid 36.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.2%, Turn-Based 15.1%, Strategy 11.6%, Multiplayer 8.1%
- #51 Imperator: Rome
68% matchMixed66% of 26,807 reviews2019
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 37.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Dominate the classical Mediterranean in Imperator: Rome, a grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. Navigate the dangerous waters of politics and diplomacy as you build up your provinces and conquer foreign lands. Now available with special content and the digital artbook.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 36.4% ★, Rome 26.7% ★, Historical 16%, Strategy 12.3%, War 3.9%
- #52 Kingdom Wars
70% matchMixed67% of 2,798 reviews2013
Dev: Reverie World Studios
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Kingdom Wars is a free to play 3D MMORTS with real-time siege combat, without the pay to win element so common in the genre. Kingdom Wars offers beautiful 3D online world, where players construct strongholds, direct citizens, complete quests and eventually manage a global empire.
Why similar: Strategy 45.5%, Multiplayer 17.9%, Building 15.2%, War 14.5%, Indie 5.1%
- #53 Fall of an Empire
65% matchMostly Positive71% of 72 reviews2026
Dev: JG Games
Windows
As Emperor of a crumbling realm, hold back collapse in this grand strategy epic. Fall of an Empire has you balance deadly politics, manage resources, and command battles to survive invasions and intrigue in a vast, Roman-inspired world.
Why similar: 4X 31.5% ★, Grand Strategy 26.2% ★, Rome 24.4% ★, War 9.7%, Strategy 7.2%
- #54 1953: NATO vs Warsaw Pact
67% matchMixed49% of 189 reviews2025
Dev: Wastelands InteractivePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Cold War turns hot in 1953: massive hex strategy with nukes, supply, and sabotage.
Why similar: Hex Grid 24.4% ★, Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, Turn-Based 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, War 7.5%
- #55 Total War: PHARAOH
66% matchMixed63% of 5,359 reviews2023
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In Total War: PHARAOH, the newest entry in the award-winning grand strategy series, immerse yourself in ancient Egypt at the zenith of its power and experience the dramatic events that threaten its destruction.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.3% ★, 4X 14.7% ★, War 10.4%, Historical 10%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%
- #56 Supremacy: Call of War 1942
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 6,255 reviews2017
Dev: Bytro Labs GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Take over the control of one of the mighty nations during the times of World War 2 in this persisting long-term strategy game. Conquer provinces, forge alliances and build up your economy in real-time. Research top secret weapons of World War 2 and become the one true superpower!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.8% ★, War 17.3%, Historical 15.7%, Strategy 14.1%, Multiplayer 9.7%
- #57 Imperia Online
70% matchMixed59% of 312 reviews2016
Dev: Imperia Online JSC
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Imperia Online brings you into a world, which exists in the times before the age of gunpowder. It is the world of the sharp blade, long bow and war horse. Experience the vast amount of gameplay mechanics and compete with thousands of players in a totally realistic medieval strategic simulation!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 38.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, War 17.3%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Strategy 11.3%
- #58 ENDLESS™ Legend 2
62% matchVery Positive84% of 2,525 reviews2025
Dev: AMPLITUDE StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.
Why similar: 4X 25.9% ★, Grand Strategy 18.2% ★, Historical 10.7%, Turn-Based 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%
- #59 Immortal Empire
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 309 reviews2015
Dev: Tactic Studios Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Immortal Empire is a multiplayer tactics role playing game. Control a party of up to 5 immortals as you travel through a unique fantasy world, using spells and strategy to defeat your enemies. Play co-op, versus, or solo through a compelling campaign storyline with fully voiced characters.
Why similar: Strategy 30.3%, Turn-Based 24.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.3%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Indie 8.8%