- #1 EraTurn
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lobelia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shape your civilization’s destiny in this epic turn-based strategy game. Manage resources, advance technology, and conquer through the ages. Every choice transforms history—will your empire rise to greatness or fall to obscurity?
Why similar: 4X 16% ★, Diplomacy 14.6% ★, Political Sim 12.4% ★, Grand Strategy 10.7% ★, Trading 9.1%
- #2 Empolicy
96% 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 24.6% ★, Diplomacy 22% ★, Political Sim 11.7% ★, Economy 9.7%, Grand Strategy 8.2% ★
- #3 Medieval Kingdom Wars
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,615 reviews2019
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat in a fusion of RTS and Grand Strategy genres. Rule, build, and serve your King as a minor lord in medieval Europe. Experience siege, field and naval combat with an unseen degree of brutality. Rogue-like progression, epic towns and battles await…
Why similar: Diplomacy 16.7% ★, Action RTS 16.5% ★, 4X 15.7% ★, Grand Strategy 13.5% ★, Economy 8.2%
- #4 World Warfare & Economics
95% matchMixed60% of 687 reviews2023
Dev: Okron Studio
Windows · Mac
Take control of any nation and shape its future. Manage resources, trade, and taxes, engage in real-time warfare, navigate global diplomacy, and react to dynamic world events. Build a thriving economy, forge alliances, and command armies in a constantly evolving world!
Why similar: 4X 19.1% ★, Diplomacy 15.6% ★, Political Sim 15.1% ★, Grand Strategy 14.1% ★, Economy 8.5%
- #5 Global Protocol: New World Order
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 78 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 24.4% ★, Grand Strategy 15.9% ★, Political Sim 13.6% ★, Diplomacy 12.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 7.7%
- #6 World Order: Global Power
94% match7 user reviews86% of 7 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 24.3% ★, Grand Strategy 18.3% ★, Political Sim 17.1% ★, Diplomacy 11.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 9.2%
- #7 Becoming Pablo
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tentworks Interactive
Windows
Rule the underworld in Becoming Pablo. A grand-strategy city-builder set in the gritty 70s-90s drug trade. Lead a cartel, conquer territories, manage operations, and outsmart your rivals. This isn't just about building an empire. It's about surviving it.
Why similar: Diplomacy 17% ★, 4X 15.4% ★, Crime 12.9%, Grand Strategy 12.8% ★, Economy 8.2%
- #8 MA 2 – President Simulator
92% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Oxiwyle Inc.
Windows
Build nuclear weapon, wage wars, strategize and become the strongest leader
Why similar: 4X 19.3% ★, Diplomacy 18.1% ★, Political Sim 14.8% ★, Grand Strategy 13.2% ★, Trading 10.6%
- #9 Agecraft
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SnakyDevelop
Windows · Mac
Agecraft is a city-builder strategy where you guide a settlement through thousands of years of human history. Manage individual citizens, grow your economy, trade or wage war with other states, and advance from the Stone Age to the Space Age.
Why similar: 4X 21.4% ★, Grand Strategy 15% ★, Diplomacy 11.9% ★, Trading 11.5%, City Builder 10%
- #10 Rise of Hegemony
91% 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 22.4% ★, Diplomacy 18.5% ★, Grand Strategy 14.8% ★, Economy 10.9%, Political Sim 8.4% ★
- #11 One Planet
90% 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 27% ★, Diplomacy 22.3% ★, Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, Political Sim 16% ★, Economy 8%
- #12 Global Supremacy
89% 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 25.1% ★, Grand Strategy 16.3% ★, Political Sim 15.4% ★, Trading 9.7%, Economy 9%
- #13 Gate Builders
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pyralis Studio
Windows · Linux
Gate Builders is a sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game. Build space stations, manage work force, exploit, trade and transform resources. Face space pirates and enemy factions. Build, Expand, Thrive!
Why similar: 4X 25.3% ★, Grand Strategy 16.9% ★, Diplomacy 13.9% ★, Trading 10.4%, Economy 8.5%
- #14 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
88% matchVery Positive87% of 763 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 24.4% ★, Diplomacy 18.4% ★, Political Sim 15.4% ★, Grand Strategy 15.3% ★, War 8.3%
- #15 Fall of Bali
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sengkala DevPub: CRX Entertainment
Windows
Fall of Bali is a historical strategy set in Bali set around 19th century. Divided in many kingdoms after fall of Bali Empire, Bali has fall in warring era for nearly 2 centuries and now the threat of imperialism come. With all your kingdom potential, can you survive and win this era?
Why similar: Political Sim 18.3% ★, Grand Strategy 17.4% ★, Diplomacy 12.8% ★, City Builder 11.5%, Real Time Tactics 10.3%
- #16 Knights of the Crusades
86% matchMixed70% of 181 reviews2025
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Travel to the Holy Land with the First Crusades. Rise from a humble knight to the founding father of a world-spanning holy order. Lead through war, faith, diplomacy, and cunning schemes. Experience a unique blend of RTS, city-building, and sandbox gameplay, and shape history!
Why similar: Action RTS 19.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.2% ★, 4X 15.4% ★, Diplomacy 13.3% ★, City Builder 10.2%
- #17 Orbit Zero
86% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: Kaan Özgül
Windows
Create a Company, Build structures, Collect Resources, Make Investments and Speculate on Assets. Carefully manage your Workforce, Finances, Resources, Shareholders, BOD & Political Partnerships.
Why similar: Diplomacy 20.2% ★, 4X 18.1% ★, Trading 14.1%, Grand Strategy 11.7% ★, Economy 10.8%
- #18 Antropico: Colonies
85% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Scassius Systems
Windows · Linux
A large-scale space strategy game focused on building and maintaining power within a simulated galaxy. Build, develop, and survive in a galaxy shaped by history and consequences.
Why similar: 4X 26.9% ★, Grand Strategy 21% ★, Action RTS 16.1% ★, Political Sim 11.2% ★, Economy 8.6%
- #19 Freewake
83% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Oakshore Studios
Windows
A team-based strategy and space simulation game where allies build an empire together while competing to control it. Explore, trade, colonize, scheme, and fight tactical battles shaped by stealth, sensors, and deception.
Why similar: 4X 24.8% ★, Grand Strategy 20% ★, Political Sim 19.6% ★, Diplomacy 16.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 7%
- #20 Dune: Spice Wars
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,540 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.
Why similar: 4X 20.8% ★, Diplomacy 18.3% ★, Grand Strategy 13.8% ★, Economy 9.5%, Real Time Tactics 9.2%
- #21 Realpolitiks 3: Earth and Beyond
82% matchMostly Negative38% of 299 reviews2025
Dev: JujubeePub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Prove your political brilliance in a grand strategy like no other: pick any contemporary country, set up your government and navigate the pitfalls of domestic and international politics. A glorious destiny awaits - the domination of not just the Earth, but the whole Solar system!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, Diplomacy 18.7% ★, Economy 12.3%, 4X 12% ★, Political Sim 9.1% ★
- #22 Antimatter
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Geoffroy Pirard
Windows
Antimatter is a 4X strategy game set in a vast, living, and fully simulated galaxy of immense scale and depth. Become anything from a humble spaceship captain to a galactic emperor, and everything in between.
Why similar: 4X 25.1% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, Trading 13.4%, Real Time Tactics 10.7%, City Builder 9.8%
- #23 Europa Universalis V
79% matchMixed67% of 30,445 reviews2025
Dev: Paradox TintoPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 52.4 hrsMean: 119.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Use war, trade or diplomacy to satisfy your grandest ambitions and dominate five centuries of history in the newest version of Europa Universalis, Paradox Interactive's flagship historical grand strategy game.
Why similar: Diplomacy 20.2% ★, 4X 19.8% ★, Grand Strategy 16.1% ★, Trading 15.1%, Economy 10.8%
- #24 Rogue State Revolution
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 542 reviews2021
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.Pub: Modern Wolf
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 21.4% ★, Diplomacy 16.8% ★, Grand Strategy 15% ★, Political Sim 12.1% ★, Economy 8.9%
- #25 Uncharted Sectors
80% matchNo user reviews2029
Dev: Luc ToupensePub: N42C
Windows · Linux
A grand strategy game built on a deep economic simulation and orchestrated by an intelligent AI storyteller. Ensure the survival of your domain at the edge of the galaxy: colonize worlds, manage populations, navigate politics, design custom goods, and master dynamic markets.
Why similar: Diplomacy 20.1% ★, Grand Strategy 18.9% ★, 4X 17% ★, Political Sim 15.2% ★, Economy 12.5%
- #26 Primordial Nation
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vezeko
Windows
Embark on a journey to explore & expand your nation through the early ages of antiquity. Lead it to exploit the lands and exterminate those who oppose you! This ambitious 4X/Grand Strategy game incorporates immersive city-building with RTS elements to the fray!
Why similar: 4X 21.6% ★, Action RTS 19.6% ★, Grand Strategy 15% ★, Political Sim 14.7% ★, City Builder 9.1%
- #27 NationWar:Annals
79% matchMixed68% of 169 reviews2021
Dev: Yiming
Windows
This is a deep focus on the Spring and Autumn period of the Warring States period of the grand strategy and real-time combat fusion sandbox game.
Why similar: 4X 22.6% ★, Diplomacy 21.9% ★, Political Sim 15% ★, Grand Strategy 14.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 10.1%
- #28 Final Vanguard
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Heavy Pepper Inc.
Windows
Rule a living interstellar empire in this real-time 4X grand strategy. Make decisions that shape civilian lives, manage fragile supply lines, lead military conquests, and decide whether your civilization thrives or collapses under its own expansion.
Why similar: 4X 24% ★, Grand Strategy 15.7% ★, Diplomacy 15.4% ★, Political Sim 12.8% ★, Economy 9.6%
- #29 Astronomics Rise of a New Empire
77% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: JayFiArts
Windows
Astronomics Rise of a New Empire is an easy-to-learn real-time global strategy(4X) game. Control your faction in an intergalactic conflict. Manage your economy, conduct diplomatic negotiations and build a fleet to rule the galaxy.
Why similar: 4X 23.9% ★, Diplomacy 19.2% ★, Grand Strategy 16.7% ★, Political Sim 13.9% ★, Trading 11.4%
- #30 Wealth of Nations: Economic Strategy
76% 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 32.2% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Political Sim 15.1% ★, Economy 13%, Strategy 8.2%
- #31 Imperiums: Greek Wars
77% matchVery Positive86% of 547 reviews2020
Dev: Kube Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.8 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 23.5% ★, Diplomacy 15.9% ★, Grand Strategy 15.4% ★, Trading 12.6%, Economy 9.1%
- #32 Government Contractors: Arms of Influence
75% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Dan K.Pub: Strategy Games Interactive
Windows
Historically accurate strategy game where you act as a government contractor researching, developing, and manufacturing weapons and technology for your clients. You choose the parts for each product, but be aware that cheap or wrong political choices may affect your success rate!
Why similar: 4X 21% ★, Diplomacy 16.1% ★, Political Sim 15.2% ★, Grand Strategy 13.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 9%
- #33 Predatory Islands
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mattone Studio
Windows
After an emergency aboard their starship, groups of settlers were evacuated to an ocean planet. Lead an island outpost in an online RTS about survival, building, trade and wars for influence across a living archipelago.
Why similar: 4X 33.5% ★, Action RTS 30.3% ★, Economy 9.7%, Building 9.5%, Trading 8.7%
- #34 Three Kingdoms : Alias
73% matchVery Positive82% of 344 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: 4X 20.7% ★, Diplomacy 18.8% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1% ★, Political Sim 17.1% ★, Economy 9%
- #35 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
73% matchMixed48% of 58,486 reviews2025
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 49.5 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 21% ★, Diplomacy 19.8% ★, Grand Strategy 15.9% ★, Political Sim 11.9% ★, Economy 9.4%
- #36 Power & Revolution 2021 Edition
76% 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 24.7% ★, Political Sim 17.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 9.6%, Sandbox 6.5%
- #37 Conqueror's Stage
72% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: LeftLane InteractivePub: Lunexa Solutions
Windows
The grand strategy you can actually finish. A full 4X empire to build, expand, and conquer, with all the depth and none of the grind, in a campaign you complete in a single evening. Fight across five ages on a fresh world every time, or design your own, all the way to total conquest.
Why similar: 4X 28.3% ★, Grand Strategy 21.4% ★, Diplomacy 18.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.1%, Economy 7%
- #38 Power & Revolution 2020 Edition
74% matchMixed62% of 856 reviews2020
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
The new version of Geopolitical Simulator 4, the ultrarealistic simulator of today's world where you play as the head of state or as the opposition! Stop the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic and restart the economy, participate in the US elections or engage in lightning wars with new 2020 scenarios.
Why similar: Diplomacy 25.6% ★, Political Sim 19.2% ★, Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, Economy 10.3%, Management 7.4%
- #39 Nexaris: Starweb Dominion
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vivid State
Windows
Lead a living star network in this real-time 3D sci-fi strategy game. Expand from one stellar core, link orbital nodes, secure resources, and launch coordinated assaults as every connection reshapes your economy, defenses, and territorial control.
Why similar: 4X 27.3% ★, Action RTS 25.1% ★, Grand Strategy 18.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 10.6%, Economy 5.8%
- #40 Nova Roma
70% matchVery Positive94% of 2,244 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.
Why similar: 4X 19.3% ★, Diplomacy 17.6% ★, Grand Strategy 15.5% ★, City Builder 10.6%, Economy 10.4%
- #41 Kingdom Wars 4
73% matchMixed66% of 240 reviews2021
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 39%
It's 1347, the time of the Hundred Years' War. In this historical grand strategy and RTS hybrid you play as one of 200 minor lords across medieval Europe, Africa or Middle East. Rise up to take over your Kingdom and be crowned, then fight to preserve your empire as Black Death descends on Europe.
Why similar: 4X 19.1% ★, Diplomacy 16.1% ★, Grand Strategy 15.5% ★, City Builder 9.5%, Real Time Tactics 9.2%
- #42 Iron Pact
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AlexMog
Windows · Mac · Linux
A persistent, planet-scale real-time strategy MMO on one shared Earth. Forge alliances or betray them, hold your supply lines, and live with every mile of ground you take or lose. Real-time fronts that never pause. No rounds, no resets.
Why similar: Action RTS 24% ★, Political Sim 16.7% ★, 4X 15.9% ★, Trading 13.2%, Grand Strategy 9.5% ★
- #43 Whiskerwood
69% matchVery Positive92% of 3,269 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Why similar: 4X 19.8% ★, Diplomacy 18.4% ★, Grand Strategy 15.2% ★, Economy 10.4%, City Builder 10%
- #44 Dominus Orbis Maris 1400: Mare Nostrum
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Alderman Beneke
Windows
DOM 1400: Mare Nostrum is an immersive maritime strategy and economic simulation game set in the Mediterranean during the 15th century. Establish trade routes, manage the daily needs of different social classes, and dominate the market through a realistic economy driven by dynamic scarcity.
Why similar: Trading 15.4%, Diplomacy 15.3% ★, Grand Strategy 14% ★, Political Sim 11.6% ★, Economy 10.1%
- #45 Megacity Builder
74% matchMixed49% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: Andrew Rowe
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A city builder that has all the bells and whistles you know and love with one twist. In Megacity Builder you build a whole nation not just a city. Pass laws at the national level. Build cities like in classic city builders while producing resources to feed your massive capital.
Why similar: Diplomacy 22.1% ★, Political Sim 20.2% ★, Trading 13%, City Builder 11.1%, Economy 10.9%
- #46 Descending Empires
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Parcyval
Windows
A multiplayer space RTS blending in depth mechanics with fast paced skirmish matches. control and manage an empire together with your team in large-scale physic-based online battles, and expand your army mit modded factions
Why similar: 4X 22.3% ★, Action RTS 21.1% ★, Diplomacy 16.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16% ★, Real Time Tactics 9.5%
- #47 Great Houses of Calderia
70% matchMixed61% of 442 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 24.6% ★, Diplomacy 16% ★, 4X 15.3% ★, Economy 11.3%, Management 6.9%
- #48 The Battle of Polytopia
70% matchVery Positive94% of 5,978 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 24.3% ★, Diplomacy 19.2% ★, Action RTS 17.6% ★, Economy 8.9%, Real Time Tactics 8.1%
- #49 Crime Union
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 54k Games
Windows
Build your criminal empire from the shadows. Manage global networks, launder black money, hire specialists, and crush rival gangs in tactical card battles. In Crime Union, staying alive while the law watches your every move is just as hard as reaching the top. Don't get busted.
Why similar: Crime 21.1%, Political Sim 20.3% ★, Grand Strategy 14.5% ★, Economy 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
- #50 Anno 1602 History Edition
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 283 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Relive the beginnings of the Anno® series with Anno® 1602 History Edition, updated and optimized for current computers.
Why similar: Action RTS 22.1% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1% ★, Political Sim 15.4% ★, City Builder 12.3%, Economy 8.5%
- #51 Heart of the Machine
66% matchVery Positive92% of 2,098 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
Why similar: 4X 19.7% ★, Diplomacy 19.4% ★, Grand Strategy 15.4% ★, Economy 10.1%, City Builder 9.6%
- #52 Doodle RTS
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nonay
Windows
Engage in thrilling and simple, yet complex, real-time strategy. Build up your forces, destroy enemy cores and dominate the battlefield in this unique indie-style strategy. Play with up to 4 friends in team vs team, play duos with a friend or queue up solo - no matter your party size!
Why similar: Action RTS 23.8% ★, Diplomacy 20.7% ★, Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, Trading 14.6%, Economy 10.6%
- #53 Anno 1701 History Edition
67% matchVery Positive86% of 224 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Rediscover the classic gameplay of 1701 A.D. and its expansion The Sunken Dragon in Anno® 1701 History Edition.
Why similar: Action RTS 21.9% ★, Grand Strategy 18% ★, Political Sim 15.2% ★, City Builder 12.6%, Economy 8.5%
- #54 Anno 1503 History Edition
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 133 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Experience the classic gameplay of 1503 A.D.: The New World, optimized for current computers with resolutions up to 4K.
Why similar: Action RTS 22.2% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1% ★, Political Sim 15.5% ★, City Builder 12.3%, Economy 8.5%
- #55 President of Steel
66% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: volaryus
Windows
President of Steel is a choice-driven political strategy game where every decision shapes the fate of your nation. Balance power, stability, and economy while navigating political intrigue, war threats, organized crime, and personal relationships.
Why similar: Diplomacy 29.6% ★, Political Sim 24.4% ★, Economy 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Management 6.4%
- #56 Machiavelli the Prince
66% 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 27.5% ★, Political Sim 20.9% ★, Grand Strategy 17.6% ★, Trading 11.3%, Economy 9.3%
- #57 Kingdom's Life
69% 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 28.5% ★, Grand Strategy 18.9% ★, Political Sim 17.3% ★, Economy 9.2%, War 7.7%
- #58 Gilded Destiny
67% 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: Diplomacy 19.2% ★, 4X 17% ★, Political Sim 15.9% ★, Grand Strategy 15.5% ★, Economy 10.5%