- #1 Zaman
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Naleka Studio
Windows
Zaman is a fast, card-driven 4X strategy game where every card shapes your empire. Found cities, research technologies, command your leader on the battlefield and unleash game-changing abilities in short, high-stakes matches.
Why similar: 4X 21.7% ★, Grand Strategy 15.1%, Hex Grid 15% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%, Historical 7.5%
- #2 Samhan: Where Korea Began
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CODEMAPO
Windows · Mac
Silla's thousand-year reign is crumbling, and Gyeon Hwon, Gung Ye and Wang Geon rise to claim the peninsula. Command 500+ historical figures across a 3D Korea in this turn-based grand strategy of statecraft, diplomacy and war—and reunite the Three Han.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.1%, Wargame 12.1%, 4X 11.8% ★, Historical 10.1%, Political Sim 10% ★
- #3 Great Powers
96% matchMixed68% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Flame-Dragons
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 4x global turn-based strategy game with a well-developed economic and military model.
Why similar: 4X 21.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16.9%, Hex Grid 15.4% ★, Wargame 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%
- #4 Bonaparte - A Mechanized Revolution
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Imugi
Windows
1789, Paris. Take Napoleon’s place in an alternate history as Céline or César Bonaparte in this ideology driven, turn-based strategy journey. Defend, reform or oppose the monarchy and write your own alternative history by combining cunning political skills and tactical military prowess.
Why similar: 4X 16.1% ★, Grand Strategy 14.3%, Wargame 10%, Political Sim 9.3% ★, Historical 8.8%
- #5 Hexarchy
94% matchVery Positive82% of 1,656 reviews2023
Dev: Main Tank SoftwarePub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 13.9 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 17.4% ★, Hex Grid 14.2% ★, Grand Strategy 13.6%, War 8.5%, Military 8.3%
- #6 三国.群英录
94% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: DRAGONJOY Studios
Windows · Mac
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 19.5% ★, Grand Strategy 16.6%, Wargame 10.7%, Historical 9.5%, War 8.9%
- #7 Twisted Three Kingdoms
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seasonbean Team
Windows
Amidst this chaotic era, shape your own destiny—whether as a loyal minister, a ruthless warlord, or an independent ruler. Every choice and battle writes your legend. Are you ready to rise from a commoner to claim the realm?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.5%, 4X 15.5% ★, Wargame 12.9%, Historical 11.6%, Political Sim 9.7% ★
- #8 Conquer: Napoleonic Wars
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 78 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 21.7% ★, Grand Strategy 17.3%, Wargame 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%
- #9 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
91% matchMixed47% of 62,332 reviews2025
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 50.3 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 17.2% ★, Grand Strategy 15.4%, Hex Grid 11.9% ★, Military 9%, Historical 8.5%
- #10 Epoch of Guardians
91% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: 伊洛维游戏
Windows
In history, many brilliant civilizations faced annihilation due to the invasion of powerful empires, leaving only sighs of regret. In a fictional world, you will take on the role Guardian of Civilization. Can you help these civilizations grow and thrive, resisting the invasion of formidable enemies?
Why similar: Hex Grid 24.4% ★, 4X 12.2% ★, Historical 11.5%, Political Sim 11.2% ★, Grand Strategy 8.3%
- #11 Three Kingdoms : Alias
90% matchVery Positive80% of 373 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: Grand Strategy 17.7%, 4X 16.8% ★, Wargame 12.2%, Political Sim 10.4% ★, Historical 10.1%
- #12 Master of the Ages: Foundations of History
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sovereign Era Games
Windows · Mac
Command a civilization from antiquity to the modern era in a historical 4X focused on grand strategy over micro-management. Direct armies, research technologies, run spy networks, and shape your empire through deep, intuitive macro-mechanics.
Why similar: 4X 23.1% ★, Grand Strategy 21.1%, Historical 10.8%, Military 8.7%, Hex Grid 8.3% ★
- #13 Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty
89% matchMixed68% of 2,100 reviews2023
Dev: 不秋草游戏工作室(Bamboo Games)Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty is a wargame demonstrating ancient warfare in China and combining elements of Big Strategy, RTS and RPG. You can learn little-known stories of heroes in ancient China by experiencing battles accommodating thousands of soldiers.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 14.8%, 4X 13.2% ★, Wargame 12.3%, War 11.2%, Historical 10.9%
- #14 Infinite Borders: Three Kingdoms
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NetEase Games
Windows
《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 24.4% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2%, Historical 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, War 9.3%
- #15 三國.爭霸
87% match8 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: 龙吟天下工作室
Windows · Mac
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 17.5% ★, Grand Strategy 14.6%, Wargame 12.7%, Historical 10.2%, War 9.7%
- #16 Dynastic Era
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: LOONW
Windows
Simple map coloring game, And about history of ancient civilized, Mini ancient strategy game with a large world map to explore, in which you can simulate different ancient civilizations, the game will have different chapters showing ancient historical events.
Why similar: 4X 25.4% ★, Grand Strategy 18.2%, Wargame 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 7%
- #17 Samurai Conqueror
85% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Miura Production
Windows
Unify Japanese History! A Timeline Strategy Game Where History Itself Becomes the Battlefield.
Why similar: 4X 21.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19%, Historical 11%, Wargame 10.8%, War 10%
- #18 Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
86% matchVery Positive82% of 18,807 reviews2018
Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.7 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: 4X 26.9% ★, Hex Grid 15.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Grand Strategy 10.2%, Wargame 9.1%
- #19 三国記II
84% 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: Grand Strategy 20.8%, Wargame 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Political Sim 10.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%
- #20 Napoleon 1813
82% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Empire Interactive EntertainmentPub: Strategy First
Windows
In an enormous strategic area stretching from Paris to Breslau, from Hamburg to Vienna, control everything from major strategic territorial decisions to tactical battle manoeuvres.
Why similar: 4X 28.9% ★, Grand Strategy 21.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Military 8.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.3%
- #21 Grand War: Rome
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 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 20.9% ★, Wargame 12.5%, Grand Strategy 11.8%, Military 9.7%, War 8.6%
- #22 DAISENRYAKU PERFECT 4.0
84% matchMostly Negative34% of 120 reviews2018
Dev: Systemsoft beta, Inc.
Windows
The 30th Anniversary Title of the Daisenryaku Series! Fight with over 1500 different units on more than 300 maps in this turn-based, single player war simulation game. Daisenryaku Perfect 4.0 lets you shape your experience like no other game in the series’ 30 year history.
Why similar: Hex Grid 19.5% ★, Grand Strategy 18.8%, Wargame 13%, Military 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%
- #23 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
82% matchVery Positive86% of 770 reviews2023
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
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 22.4% ★, Grand Strategy 17%, Wargame 10.7%, Political Sim 10.6% ★, War 10.2%
- #24 Mandate 1600: The East
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RM GAME
Windows
At a turning point in history, decide the future of a nation. Mandate 1600: The East is a global historical grand strategy game. Govern lands and dynasty, secure your bloodline, grow through trade, and prevail in war. Rewrite history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.2%, 4X 19.8% ★, Political Sim 11.8% ★, Historical 11.2%, Wargame 10.7%
- #25 Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
81% matchVery Positive88% of 1,681 reviews2022
Dev: The Secret Games CompanyPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.3 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 19.1% ★, Grand Strategy 16.7%, Hex Grid 15.6% ★, Historical 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%
- #26 Clash of Command: Campaign of 1863
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mutant Entertainment Studios
Windows
There is no “taking turns” in war! Play with or against your friends, devise your tactics and watch your plans unfold simultaneously, but remember “No plan survives contact with the Enemy.” Enlist Today!
Why similar: Hex Grid 16% ★, Grand Strategy 14.6%, Wargame 12.4%, War 10.9%, Historical 10.7%
- #27 太平洋之嵐6 ~ 史上最大的激戰諾曼第攻防戰! Pacific Storm 6 - Battle for Normandy
80% matchMixed62% of 34 reviews2018
Dev: SystemSoft Alpha CooperationPub: 英特衛多媒體股份有限公司
Windows
" Pacific Storm” series is a war simulation game. It is a scene of historical facts, and it has been praised by many historical war fans.
Why similar: Hex Grid 16.1% ★, Grand Strategy 15.2%, Wargame 12.8%, Military 9.7%, War 9.2%
- #28 Seres Universalis:Three Kingdoms
78% 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: Grand Strategy 19.5%, Hex Grid 19.5% ★, 4X 19.5% ★, Historical 10.6%, Wargame 9%
- #29 Smoke and Steel
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Generalship Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead a nation through early 18th-century Europe in Smoke and Steel, a turn-based wargame combining grand strategy with tactical battles. Choose diplomacy or war. Build your economy, forge alliances and negotiate trade deals, then command your armies in battle. Outthink, outflank, outlast.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.3%, Wargame 18.7%, Historical 11.2%, Hex Grid 11.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 9%
- #30 Civil War: Battle of Petersburg
79% matchVery Positive82% of 246 reviews2017
Dev: Cult Software
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Command Union or Confederate forces near Petersburg and Richmond in 1864. Fight for a nation divided. Massively updated in 2026 with online multiplayer, 3D battlefield units, improved AI, and a powerful Scenario Editor for creating and sharing your own battles.
Why similar: Hex Grid 19.7% ★, Wargame 15.8%, War 11.8%, Grand Strategy 11%, Historical 10.6%
- #31 Beyond
77% match6 user reviews83% of 6 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: 4X 22.1% ★, Hex Grid 18.4% ★, Grand Strategy 15.3%, Wargame 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%
- #32 Reiner Knizia Yellow & Yangtze
77% matchVery Positive91% of 120 reviews2019
Dev: Dire Wolf
Windows · Mac
Lead your dynasty to victory in the new digital adaptation of the acclaimed board game!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 14.8%, Hex Grid 11.8% ★, Wargame 11%, Board Game 10.4%, War 10%
- #33 Wartra
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jens P. Behrens
Windows
Build a civilization from its first settlements into a mighty world power in this turn-based strategy game. Explore uncharted lands, expand your empire, forge lucrative trade relationships, and develop your economy and technology.
Why similar: 4X 25.2% ★, Grand Strategy 24.3%, Wargame 10.9%, War 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%
- #34 大戦略SSB
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Systemsoft beta, Inc.
Windows
"Daisenryaku SSB" is a simulation game in which you command and fight troops such as tanks and fighters on a battlefield separated by hexes. Since the birth of the "Daisenryaku" series, AI has been tough, and it has been evaluated as a simple game but deep game.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.1%, Hex Grid 16.2% ★, Wargame 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Military 8.6%
- #35 Fantasy General II
76% matchVery Positive81% of 1,984 reviews2019
Dev: Owned by GravityPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.8 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 15.3% ★, 4X 14.5% ★, Wargame 12.3%, Grand Strategy 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%
- #36 War in Asia
75% matchNo user reviews2027
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: Grand Strategy 18.7%, Wargame 12.3%, Hex Grid 12.1% ★, Board Game 10.7%, Political Sim 10% ★
- #37 政通人和
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SuBaiism
Windows
"Peace and Prosperity" is a independently developed ink-wash style historical strategy game set in an alternate pre-Qin period of China. Starting from a small village of just a few hundred people, and conquer all sides to gradually build their own vassal state with millions of people.
Why similar: 4X 22.7% ★, Grand Strategy 21.8%, Political Sim 11.1% ★, Wargame 9.9%, Strategy RPG 7.4%
- #38 Trumpets of War
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xblur
Windows
Trumpets of War is a grand-scale historical strategy game where armies clash and empires rise. Command vast forces across dynamic battlefields, orchestrate campaigns with precision, and experience the drama of war through an innovative system that blends tactical combat with strategic mastery.
Why similar: 4X 27.3% ★, Grand Strategy 21%, Wargame 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%, Historical 7.5%
- #39 三国.群英志
73% matchMixed68% of 44 reviews2025
Dev: Three Kingdoms Heroes Studio
Windows · Mac
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 20.2% ★, Grand Strategy 16.2%, Wargame 11.1%, Historical 9.6%, War 9.1%
- #40 Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive
73% matchVery Positive92% of 135 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: Grand Strategy 20.3%, Wargame 17.3%, Hex Grid 16.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Historical 10.6%
- #41 World War: Rome - Free Strategy Game
73% matchMixed67% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Joynow Games
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 23.9% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1%, Wargame 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%
- #42 Sekigahara 1600
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ShunGunma
Windows
Sekigahara, 1600 - and battlefields East and West, 200 AD to 1863. Contact is commitment: thread the ZOC puzzle, and any unit left in an enemy zone of control must attack. No quiet flanks, nothing held back. Pushing the line is the game. A hex-and-counter wargame tuned by a wargamer.
Why similar: Hex Grid 21.7% ★, Wargame 16.4%, War 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Historical 8.6%
- #43 Inflection Point
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Martin Giannakopoulos
Windows
A multiplayer 4X strategy game of globe-spanning 19th-century battle. Break through enemy lines, encircle their armies, and cut off their supply. Colonize resource-rich islands and blockade those of your opponents. Games are quick and packed with dramatic, high-stakes combat.
Why similar: 4X 26.6% ★, Grand Strategy 20.5%, Wargame 14.8%, Hex Grid 11.5% ★, Historical 8.1%
- #44 SGS Battle For: Shanghai
70% matchVery Positive86% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the ‘Stalingrad on the Yangze’, as was sometimes called the Battle for Shanghai in 1937. Play as the Chinese willing to reclaim the whole city or as the Imperial Japanese forces in their counter-attack.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.1%, Wargame 19.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Historical 11.5%, War 8.7%
- #45 NationWar2:Chronicle
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 430 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: Grand Strategy 18.6%, 4X 14.9% ★, Political Sim 11.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, Military 9.1%
- #46 文明征程
71% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: 广州小鑫互娱科技有限公司
Windows
《文明征程》是一款以历史文明为背景的策略游戏,让玩家扮演一位伟大的文明开拓者,带领自己的国家蓬勃发展。在游戏中,你将面临各种挑战和决策,需要智慧和策略来发展经济、建设城市、训练军队,同时也要与其他玩家进行外交交流和战争对抗。
Why similar: 4X 23.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.8%, Wargame 16.5%, Historical 12.5%, Military 11.2%
- #47 Four Crossings of the ChiShui River Simulator
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: HanStudio
Windows
A turn-based hex wargame on the 1935 Four Crossings campaign. Command 30,000 Red Army troops through 100+ daily turns: scout, decrypt enemy telegrams, cross rivers under fog, deceive pursuers with fake radio orders, break out via one of three routes.
Why similar: Wargame 18.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Historical 12.3%, Hex Grid 11.1% ★, Military 10.9%
- #48 Demise of Nations
72% matchVery Positive81% of 558 reviews2017
Dev: Noble Master LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 7.6 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: 4X 25.2% ★, Hex Grid 19.2% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9%, Historical 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%
- #49 Kingdom's Life
71% 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 24.4% ★, Grand Strategy 19.7%, Wargame 13%, Political Sim 11.1% ★, War 8.9%
- #50 Great Northern War
68% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Wargame Design Studio
Windows
Fight for mastery of the Baltic in a tactical wargame of aggressive Swedish assaults, Russian military reform, winter campaigns, and shifting alliances. Command Swedish, Russian, Danish-Norwegian, Saxon, Polish-Lithuanian, and allied forces across 89 scenarios, five campaigns, and the Scanian War.
Why similar: Hex Grid 17.7% ★, Military 14.7%, Wargame 13.7%, Historical 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%
- #51 World War 2: WW2 Strategy Games
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joynow Studio
Windows
A World War II themed turn-based war chess game. You will play a commander during World War II, directing your troops to complete various tasks. You have the opportunity to reproduce every historical battle, command the ace generals and elite troops in history to win the victory!
Why similar: 4X 21.8% ★, Grand Strategy 17.2%, Wargame 15.3%, Board Game 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%
- #52 Mercatoria
69% match4 user reviews40% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: DKS
Windows
Turn-based grand strategy in the Age of Discovery. Develop a transport network, industrialise your economy, colonise the New World, and compete with five rival powers. Inspired by Imperialism 2. Early Access — built by one developer in his spare time.
Why similar: 4X 24.9% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6%, Wargame 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Historical 8.2%
- #53 Thirty Years War
68% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Wargame Design Studio
Windows
Fight on the battlefields of early 17th-century Europe in a tactical wargame of religious war, dynastic ambition, and emerging modern armies. Command Imperial, Catholic League, Swedish, Protestant, French, Spanish, Bavarian, and more across 80 scenarios and 2 campaigns spanning the Thirty Years War.
Why similar: Hex Grid 17.7% ★, Military 14.7%, Wargame 13.7%, Historical 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%
- #54 War of the Austrian Succession
68% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Wargame Design Studio
Windows
Fight across Europe during the War of the Austrian Succession in a tactical wargame of dynastic conflict, continental campaigns, cavalry charges, and rebellions. Command Austrian, Prussian, French, British, Bavarian, Spanish, Sardinian, Jacobite and allied forces across 85 scenarios and 3 campaigns.
Why similar: Hex Grid 17.7% ★, Military 14.7%, Wargame 13.7%, Historical 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%
- #55 American Revolutionary War
66% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: Wargame Design Studio
Windows
Fight through the American War of Independence in a tactical wargame of field battles, frontier warfare, fortified positions, and campaigns for control of the colonies. Command American, British, Loyalist, German, Native allied, and French forces across 148 scenarios and four campaigns.
Why similar: Hex Grid 19.4% ★, Wargame 14.6%, Military 14.3%, Historical 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%
- #56 Ashen Destiny
67% match1 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Arrow & Blade Games
Windows
Invade rival provinces with your armies, command powerful generals, and unite a fractured ancient land through strategy and conquest.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.8%, Wargame 19.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Military 8.9%
- #57 Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms
69% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Aserisoft
Windows · Mac
Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms is a turn-based 4X grand strategy game, played on a procedurally generated world. Battles are real-time and tactical. Every world-map and battlefield is entirely unique, so this game will always have something to throw at you.
Why similar: 4X 29.8% ★, Grand Strategy 19.9%, Wargame 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Strategy 7.5%
- #58 Napoleon's Eagles: Game of the Napoleonic Wars
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 156 reviews2023
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Napoleon's Eagles is the classic board game War & Peace for computer. Be Napoleon – or stand against him – in a series of short scenarios that cover the epic battles of the age, or in a multiplayer-only grand campaign that may – or may not – end on the field of Waterloo.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.4%, Wargame 20.6%, War 13%, Historical 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%
- #59 Sword & Siege Crusades: Book II
66% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Wargame Design Studio
Windows
Continue the struggle for the Holy Land in Crusades: Book II, a tactical medieval wargame covering the Third and Fourth Crusades between 1149 and 1204. Command the Crusader Alliance or the Anti-Crusader Alliance across 102 historically accurate scenarios and four branching campaigns.
Why similar: Hex Grid 19.5% ★, Wargame 14.5%, Military 14.1%, Historical 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%
- #60 万象战略
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MeleePsycho
Windows
Myriad Strategies: a turn-based strategy game. Rule a nation amid wars, famine, plague, and refugees. Manage cities, talent, economy. The world shifts. Win by holding cities, stabilizing lives, solving refugee crises, building food systems & spy networks, or surviving the chaos.
Why similar: 4X 30.2% ★, Grand Strategy 22.7%, Hex Grid 15.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.7%