- #1 Auro: A Monster-Bumping Adventure
97% matchVery Positive84% of 82 reviews2016
Dev: Dinofarm Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Auro is a unique turn-based tactical dungeon-crawler all about bumping monsters into the water. Traverse randomly generated maps and create huge spell combos as you compete against rival Kingdoms and rise through the ranks.
Why similar: Hex Grid 46.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.3%, Strategy 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.6%, Tactical 6.7%
- #2 Great Powers
96% matchMostly Positive70% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: Flame-Dragons
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 4x global turn-based strategy game with a well-developed economic and military model.
Why similar: Hex Grid 29% ★, 4X 16.2% ★, Historical 10.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%, Grand Strategy 10.3% ★
- #3 活体三国
96% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: 嗨呻啵咯
Windows
以人为本的策略沙盘,布局谋篇的颅内快感,生机盎然的骚话文案。【我的游戏,该有灵魂】
Why similar: Political Sim 29.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 16.5%, Strategy 9.8%, Historical 8.8%, Grand Strategy 8.8% ★
- #4 扩张吧王国 Expand the Kingdom
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: 奥特斯盗
Windows
"Expand the Kingdom" is a strategy game based on construction and expansion. In the game, you need to expand and plan land, acquire resources to maintain the internal balance of the kingdom, and survive and defeat all opponents in the competition between kingdoms.
Why similar: Hex Grid 57.6% ★, Strategy 11.6%, 4X 11.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%
- #5 Antiyoy
94% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2024
Dev: yiotro
Windows
Turn-based strategy with simple rules
Why similar: Political Sim 25.1% ★, Hex Grid 22.6% ★, Strategy 15.3%, Grand Strategy 12.7% ★, Historical 11.9%
- #6 Seres Universalis:Three Kingdoms
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Boqi Island
Windows
Return to the Three Kingdoms period. On the grand strategic tactical battlefield, use terrain for defense setup and resource allocation to shift the battle situation. Control the war via hexagonal grid movement and tactical ability activation, and unify the realm.
Why similar: Hex Grid 33.9% ★, Historical 14.8%, 4X 13.5% ★, Grand Strategy 11% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 7.9%
- #7 Arete
93% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Molotov Cockatiel Games
Windows · Mac
Arete: The Battles of Alexander the Great is a classic hex-and-counter digital wargame where you'll relive the Macedonian king's most epic battles, from fighting alongside his father in Greece to climactic clashes with Darius in Persia to battling warlords at the extreme fringe of the empire.
Why similar: Hex Grid 36.6% ★, Historical 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%, Strategy 8.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%
- #8 Saratoga
92% matchPositive95% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: Hexes of WarPub: GMT Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Saratoga is a digital implementation of the Saratoga, Volume I of the Great Battles of the American Revolution wargame published by GMT Games and designed by Mark Miklos.
Why similar: Hex Grid 32.2% ★, Strategy 15.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.3%, Historical 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%
- #9 RBM Studio's Gettysburg
91% matchPositive94% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: Hexes of War
Windows · Mac · Linux
A historical hexagonal turn-based strategy wargame using markers to represent units designed by the legendary Mark Herman. Throwback to the great hex-based wargames of the 70's and 80's. Solo and online multiplayer modes are supported.
Why similar: Hex Grid 38% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Historical 10.9%, Strategy 10.8%, Wargame 9.5%
- #10 Winter Hunts Us
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Syslí Nora
Windows
Lead a prehistoric clan across a brutal hex map in a turn-based survival roguelite. Outrun the glacier, fight hunger, face strange events, and defy extinction.
Why similar: Hex Grid 34.8% ★, Strategy 15.9%, Historical 12.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%, Roguelite 10.2%
- #11 Demise of Nations
90% matchVery Positive82% of 546 reviews2017
Dev: Noble Master LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Demise of Nations is a 4X turn-based grand strategy wargame covering the rise of Rome till the fall of modern civilization.
Why similar: Hex Grid 33.4% ★, 4X 17.5% ★, Historical 14.2%, Grand Strategy 10.1% ★, Strategy 9.4%
- #12 De profundis 1454
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Radosław KurczewskiPub: To be announced
Windows
1454 is a turn-based tactical game set in 15th-century Prussia. Lead a desperate band of outcasts- peasants, fugitives, the forgotten- through brutal skirmishes shaped by terrain, supply, and survival. A tabletop wargame reborn for history lovers and fans of raw, grounded strategy.
Why similar: Hex Grid 30.4% ★, Historical 20.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Strategy 11.9%
- #13 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
88% 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: Hex Grid 22.8% ★, Political Sim 15.9% ★, Historical 13%, 4X 12.9% ★, Grand Strategy 9.6% ★
- #14 Frostward
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KoPoint Games
Windows
Build your civilization in a world consumed by eternal winter. Explore procedurally generated hex-grid maps, expand under the pressure of cold, survival, and war, and command armies with unique abilities in deep turn-based battles.
Why similar: Hex Grid 38.9% ★, 4X 21.2% ★, Strategy 10%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.5%
- #15 Grand Strategy: The Three Kingdoms
86% matchPositive91% 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: Political Sim 21.9% ★, 4X 21.3% ★, Strategy 16.6%, Historical 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%
- #16 European War 4 - Napoleon Remastered
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EASYTECH GAMES
Windows
European War 4: Napoleon Remastered is a turn-based strategy game, offering a comprehensive renovation of the original. Return to the Napoleonic era, deploy tactics, conquer territories, command historical generals, experience legendary battles, and master the art of war.
Why similar: Hex Grid 27.4% ★, 4X 13.7% ★, Historical 12.8%, Grand Strategy 9.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 9.1%
- #17 Shardorium
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Turtle Speed Development
Windows · Mac · Linux
Indie turn-based strategy game. Capture the whole shard by defeating their guards, build your own stronghold, level up your heroes and equip most powerful items!
Why similar: Hex Grid 51.8% ★, Strategy 13.7%, 4X 12.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.6%
- #18 From Village to Empire
86% 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: Hex Grid 35.8% ★, Strategy 16.8%, 4X 16.4% ★, Historical 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%
- #19 军团战棋Legion War
84% matchVery Positive90% of 821 reviews2021
Dev: Bear & Cat Studio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 43.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
"Legion War" is a 4X strategy game in a fantasy setting. You can build and expand your territory, explore unknown lands, and search for mysterious treasure, cultivate your own heroes and troops while exterminating your opponent's, and challenge the god who rules the world behind the scenes.
Why similar: Hex Grid 40.3% ★, 4X 18.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, Strategy 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%
- #20 Ever War
84% 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: Hex Grid 32% ★, 4X 19.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Strategy 9%
- #21 Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
83% matchVery Positive82% of 17,446 reviews2018
Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.
Why similar: Hex Grid 30.6% ★, 4X 20.7% ★, Strategy 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 9%
- #22 MA 2 – President Simulator
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oxiwyle Inc.
Windows
Build nuclear weapon, wage wars, strategize and become the strongest leader
Why similar: Political Sim 27.2% ★, God Game 14.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%, 4X 11.2% ★, Strategy 7.5%
- #23 Sich Tactics
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gard Interactive
Windows · Mac
Sich Tactics is a small turn-based tactics set in Ukrainian mythology world. Take control over a party of Cossacks of different classes in procedurally generated battles, fight with chorts, muscovites and other unholy spirits, complete scenarios or compete with other players in special mode.
Why similar: Hex Grid 47.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 18.9%, Strategy 13.5%, Historical 7.7%, Tactical 4.9%
- #24 Politon
80% 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: Hex Grid 35% ★, 4X 15.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%, Strategy 8.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%
- #25 Rogue Hex Mines
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: rgyrg
Windows
Hex Minesweeper meets Roguelike — on a fog-shrouded hexagonal board, use 16 tools like fireworks, black holes, and magnets to clear mines, collect rogue cards, to reveal more tiles and defeat 8 unique Bosses. Runs as a transparent overlay on your desktop. Pick up and play anytime.
Why similar: Hex Grid 52.6% ★, Strategy 18.4%, Roguelite 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%, Board Game 4.3%
- #26 Civil War: Battle of Petersburg
81% matchVery Positive82% of 244 reviews2017
Dev: Cult Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Crush the Confederates near Petersburg and Richmond in 1864. Bring peace to a nation divided.
Why similar: Hex Grid 37% ★, Historical 16%, Strategy 9.5%, Wargame 7.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.3%
- #27 Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
79% 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: Hex Grid 29.7% ★, 4X 14.5% ★, Historical 14.3%, Grand Strategy 10.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%
- #28 Astro Protocol
78% matchPositive96% of 46 reviews2026
Dev: Null Vector Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Astro Protocol is a high-stakes, turn-based 4X space strategy game distilled into intense one-hour matches. Six factions, randomized maps, tech trees, and anomalies ensure every run is unique. Victories are earned against challenging opponents that play to win.
Why similar: Hex Grid 25.4% ★, 4X 17.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.2%, Grand Strategy 9.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%
- #29 Monument
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gessler Games
Windows
Monument is a turn-based strategy game where you build a town and defend it against raiders. With fast rounds and a steep difficulty curve, the game progresses quickly from a fun little builder game to a real challenge.
Why similar: Hex Grid 36.5% ★, Strategy 18.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Tactical 9.9%
- #30 NationWar2:Chronicle
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 420 reviews2024
Dev: Yiming
Windows
NationWar 2.0 is a big strategy game based on the theme of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period. There are more than 60 countries to choose from in the game. Map 1: 1 restores the mountainous landscapes and rivers of China.
Why similar: Political Sim 25% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.1%, Historical 12.1%, Grand Strategy 11.1% ★, 4X 11% ★
- #31 三国記II
78% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: lufy
Windows · Mac
《三国记II》是三国记系列的第2部作品,是一款正统的历史模拟策略游戏。以中国东汉末年的三国时期为总体背景,围绕着争夺大陆霸权,展开了一系列的故事。 《三国记II》采取直接在大地图上进行游戏和战斗,让玩家体验征战四方的快感。
Why similar: Political Sim 22.3% ★, Strategy 17.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%, Grand Strategy 13% ★, Historical 11.4%
- #32 Panzers on the Steppe
77% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Demetrios GlinosPub: Advanced Text Analytics, LLC
Windows · Mac
A fast-paced WWII Eastern Front campaign game that simulates the titanic clashes of armor and armies across the Russian steppe from Finland to the Caucasus mountains. The game does all the logistics so you can focus on strategy and tactics.
Why similar: Hex Grid 51.7% ★, Historical 24.2%, Strategy 9.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.5%, Wargame 4.4%
- #33 Knights of Legends
76% matchMostly Negative41% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: KOL StudioPub: KOL Games
Windows
CLASSIC TURN-BASED STRATEGY GAME 1.DIFFERENT RACES DIFFERENT HEROES 2.BUILD YOUR OWN KINGDOM 3.RECRUIT POWERFUL UNITS 4.EXPLORE AND CONQUER 5.CLASSIC SIMULATION RPG
Why similar: Hex Grid 48.1% ★, 4X 19.7% ★, Strategy 16.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, 2D 1.6%
- #34 BOC: Birth of Cultures
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Code::Arts
Windows
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: Hex Grid 33.3% ★, 4X 17% ★, Historical 13.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%, Grand Strategy 9.5% ★
- #35 RBM Studio's Waterloo
75% matchPositive85% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Hexes of War
Windows · Mac · Linux
A historical hexagonal turn-based strategy wargame using markers to represent units designed by the legendary Mark Herman. Throwback to the great hex-based wargames of the 70's and 80's. Solo and online multiplayer modes are supported.
Why similar: Hex Grid 24% ★, Strategy 17.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.9%, Historical 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%
- #36 Imperial Kingdoms
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BaroxxTech
Windows · Linux
Lead a medieval kingdom through expansion, warfare and economic growth. Manage resources, supply your capital and research new technologies to strengthen your realm. Customize your armies and conquer rival kingdoms across dynamic hex maps.
Why similar: 4X 22.1% ★, Hex Grid 17.2% ★, Strategy 16.8%, Grand Strategy 12.8% ★, Historical 12.7%
- #37 Roman General
73% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Moore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A hex based strategy game set in the time of the Roman Republic. Fight through numerous historical wars and campaigns to experience the rise of one of the worlds greatest empires.
Why similar: Hex Grid 35.7% ★, Historical 11.2%, Strategy 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9%
- #38 Immunity Wars
74% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Unpronounceable Studios
Windows
Fight off your body's invaders using the combined strengths of your immune system's defenders! Immunity Wars is a turn-based tactics, classic hex grid, strategy game. Wield your units together effectively to fight off all kinds of bacteria, viruses, and even your own corrupted cells.
Why similar: Hex Grid 47.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 22%, Strategy 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%, Tactical 6.9%
- #39 Reiner Knizia Yellow & Yangtze
74% matchVery Positive91% of 119 reviews2019
Dev: Dire Wolf
Windows · Mac
Lead your dynasty to victory in the new digital adaptation of the acclaimed board game!
Why similar: Hex Grid 22.7% ★, Political Sim 21.6% ★, Historical 11%, Grand Strategy 9.2% ★, Strategy 8.2%
- #40 Hex of the Lich
73% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Clobster Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hex of the Lich is a spellcrafting turn-based roguelike. Forge spells from hexes and find new ones along the way. Gain powerful artifacts that enhance your abilities. Clear dungeons filled with bouncing blobs, eldritch horrors, and otherworldly aliens. Can you break the Hex of the Lich?
Why similar: Hex Grid 40.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.6%, Strategy 12.2%, Tactical 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%
- #41 Pacific General
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Strategic SimulationsPub: SNEG
Windows
Pacific General explores the Pacific front of the Second World War. Taking control of Axis or Allied forces, you must strategically battle your way through the Eastern and Western front of the Pacific war, using a wide array of land, air and naval forces.
Why similar: Hex Grid 23.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 19.1%, Historical 15%, Strategy 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%
- #42 War in Asia
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bufo Studio
Windows
Take command of any faction in the East Asian theater of World War II (1937–1945). Govern your nation’s military, economy, and transportation through realistic simulation systems, and direct your forces via a structured chain of command across a 7 km-scale map to conduct operations.
Why similar: Political Sim 21.8% ★, Hex Grid 16.5% ★, Strategy 13.6%, Grand Strategy 12.4% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%
- #43 Third Party President
72% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Mustellinus
Windows
A presidential election simulator where a series of events have left the two major U.S. parties without a viable presidential candidate. As a third party candidate, campaign, advertise, and debate your way to the white house.
Why similar: Political Sim 40.8% ★, Strategy 22.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Top-Down 5.4%
- #44 Inflection Point
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Martin Giannakopoulos
Windows
A multiplayer 4X strategy game where wars are won by breaking through defensive lines, encircling enemy armies, cutting their supply lines, securing resource-producing islands, and blockading those of your opponents. Games are quick and packed with dramatic, high-stakes combat.
Why similar: Hex Grid 22% ★, 4X 20.2% ★, Strategy 14.7%, Grand Strategy 12.7% ★, Historical 12.4%
- #45 Deity Empires
71% 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: Hex Grid 35.5% ★, 4X 19.1% ★, Strategy 12.6%, Grand Strategy 10.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%
- #46 Battle for Wesnoth
71% 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 50.1% ★, Strategy 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%, Tactical 3%
- #47 Almanach: Of Empires and Sorcery
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Foretold Entertainment
Windows
Almanach is a turn-based 4X strategy game where you take control of an empire in a world that is in a constant cycle of rebirth. Every game represents a new age of the world, and the choices you make will impact the next ones! Can you rise from the ashes of ages past and lead your people to glory?
Why similar: Hex Grid 31.9% ★, 4X 15.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%, Grand Strategy 10% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%
- #48 Hexarchy
69% 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: Hex Grid 30.2% ★, 4X 14.7% ★, Historical 13.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%, Grand Strategy 9.3% ★
- #49 Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive
70% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2022
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive is the fourth wargame in the Decisive Campaign series. Covering the battles in the Ardennes between December 1944 and January 1945, it brings to life Operational wargaming by lowering the scale to just above tactical level.
Why similar: Hex Grid 32.4% ★, Historical 16.4%, Strategy 15.4%, Grand Strategy 12.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%
- #50 三国画卷
69% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: 三国画卷制作组
Windows
"Three Kingdoms Scroll" is a game that respects authentic historical elements, with careful research into historical details as the foundation of its design. We have strived to make this title a Three Kingdoms-themed strategy game that emphasizes local culture, traditions, and human connections.
Why similar: Political Sim 24.4% ★, 4X 21.6% ★, Strategy 16.2%, Historical 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%
- #51 Dwarf Guild Mania
68% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: QuarkbluePub: Kennedy Publishing House
Windows · Mac
Lead a campaign of glory as you mine, trade, spy, & sabotage your way to victory. Your guild of dwarves must vanquish its rivals and conquer the realm in this turn-based economic strategy game. Lead your capitalist dwarves across new lands in search of gems and gold. For the Guild!
Why similar: Hex Grid 27.8% ★, 4X 16.6% ★, Historical 12.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.1%, Grand Strategy 8.9% ★
- #52 Beyond
69% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Quixotic Universe
Windows
Beyond is a sci-fi turn-based strategy game set in a generated solar system that orbits a distant star every round. Play as one of five alien species as you race to collect resources, build your military, develop new tech, expand the area you control, and drive opposing factions from the system.
Why similar: Hex Grid 36.1% ★, 4X 17.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%, Grand Strategy 9.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
- #53 三国混战
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: YangGrass
Windows
In the world of the Three Kingdoms, where the warlords were vying for supremacy, different forces were chosen to rebuild the Great Han or establish a new heaven. Through event selection, a balance was achieved among the literati, Han, and people.
Why similar: Political Sim 32.2% ★, Strategy 20.9%, Grand Strategy 16.1% ★, Historical 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%
- #54 Warring States
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 105 reviews2018
Dev: polynation games ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Warring States : Tactics is a turn-based battle strategy game set during the Warring States period of Ancient China. The Warring States period is one of turmoil in China, where various feudal states struggle for control of all of China.
Why similar: Hex Grid 23.6% ★, Historical 19.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.4%, Strategy 15%, Tactical 9.5%
- #55 Machiavelli the Prince
67% match9 user reviews100% of 9 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: Political Sim 28.3% ★, 4X 17.3% ★, Historical 13.6%, Grand Strategy 10.9% ★, Strategy 9.4%
- #56 Qdice
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Benjamin Grosse
Windows · Linux
A turn-based multiplayer strategy boardgame inspired by Risk and Dicewars. Conquer the map, align your borders, calculate the risks, and cut through!
Why similar: Hex Grid 48.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Strategy 9.8%, Board Game 7%
- #57 Fantasy General II
67% matchVery Positive81% of 1,944 reviews2019
Dev: Owned by GravityPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
The fantasy wargaming classic is back! Lead powerful heroes and mighty armies into battle in this critically acclaimed turn-based strategy milestone. Level up and train your units and guide them through a gripping story campaign to decide the fate of a world on the brink of destruction.
Why similar: Hex Grid 30.1% ★, Strategy 13.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, 4X 11.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%
- #58 The Ancients
67% matchMixed56% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: GorillaSoftWorksPub: Camlann Games
Windows
The Ancients is a turn-based survival strategy game where you lead a prehistoric hunter-gatherer tribe through the last ice age. Survive the elements, hunt fierce animals, migrate to new continents, advance your technology, make social and political tribe decisions, and evolve your civilization.
Why similar: Hex Grid 31.9% ★, Historical 16.9%, 4X 15.7% ★, Grand Strategy 10.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%
- #59 Imperial Ambitions
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: aoiti
Windows · Mac
Discover and colonize the world, Allocate your labor force, Monopolize markets, Fight tactical battles, Survive the age of imperialism...
Why similar: Hex Grid 27% ★, Historical 16.2%, 4X 14.3% ★, Grand Strategy 11.4% ★, Strategy 8.4%
- #60 Tempest of Nations
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Faustian Ambitions LLC
Windows
Tempest of Nations is a real-time, historical grand strategy game set during the Industrial Revolution. Lead your nation through one of the most transformative eras of history as you manage diplomacy, economics, and politics.
Why similar: Political Sim 32.8% ★, Historical 22.3%, Grand Strategy 18.8% ★, Strategy 17.9%, Wargame 7.7%