- #1 Mandate 1600: The East
97% 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 19.4%, 4X 17.6% ★, Political Sim 16.9% ★, Diplomacy 12.4% ★, Wargame 8.7%
- #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 19.5%, Political Sim 15.8% ★, Diplomacy 12.5% ★, 4X 11.7% ★, Wargame 11%
- #3 Ode to War
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Joran Batty
Windows
A civilization MMO: from a single town to a galactic empire. The server ticks once an hour and keeps running while you sleep. You administer towns, not a nation, so each one holds its own stores and anything you need from a neighbor has to be traded for.
Why similar: Diplomacy 22.7% ★, 4X 17.8% ★, Asynchronous Multiplayer 16.4% ★, Massively Multiplayer 16.1%, Grand Strategy 15.3%
- #4 Rise of Hegemony
95% 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 19.9% ★, Diplomacy 17.2% ★, Grand Strategy 15.6%, Hex Grid 9.6% ★, Moddable 9.3%
- #5 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
94% 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 21% ★, Diplomacy 16.5% ★, Political Sim 15.9% ★, Grand Strategy 15.6%, Wargame 9.2%
- #6 World Order: Global Power
94% match9 user reviews89% of 9 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 22.3% ★, Grand Strategy 19.9%, Political Sim 18.9% ★, Diplomacy 11.3% ★, Wargame 9%
- #7 Imperiums: The Americas
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kube Games
Windows
Guide your people across generations in the pre-Columbian Americas. Build a lasting civilization through trade, diplomacy, culture, and war in this historical turn-based 4X grand strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 17.4% ★, Diplomacy 15.9% ★, Grand Strategy 14.2%, Hex Grid 12.4% ★, Moddable 10.8%
- #8 Galactic Civilizations IV
92% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,617 reviews2023
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 19.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16.7%, Diplomacy 16.6% ★, Moddable 12.1%, Hex Grid 11.1% ★
- #9 Imperium Sine Fine: Eternal Emperor
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Peter NorbergPub: Aeternum Studio
Windows
Your generals grow old. Your cities grow restless. Your empire need not end. Lead one of 14 factions in a living fantasy world of grand strategy, where populations migrate, crime festers, and every grain shipment matters. Build, conquer, and rule, without end.
Why similar: Diplomacy 25.1% ★, Wargame 16.4%, Grand Strategy 13.2%, Economy 8.9%, Medieval 8.5%
- #10 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 17.1% ★, Political Sim 17% ★, Diplomacy 16.2% ★, Wargame 11.4%
- #11 Twisted Three Kingdoms
91% 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 20.7%, Political Sim 16.1% ★, 4X 16% ★, Diplomacy 13.9% ★, Wargame 12.3%
- #12 Global Protocol: New World Order
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 92 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 23.6% ★, Grand Strategy 18.3%, Political Sim 15.9% ★, Diplomacy 12.6% ★, Wargame 9.3%
- #13 Subterfuge
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Secret Plan
Windows · Mac
A week-long multiplayer game of strategy, diplomacy, and betrayal. Schedule moves for hours in the future, forge fragile alliances, and time the perfect backstab as events unfold in real time. Coming to Steam Early Access with mobile cross-play and a player pool running since 2015.
Why similar: Diplomacy 24.5% ★, Asynchronous Multiplayer 21.8% ★, Grand Strategy 16.8%, 4X 11.7% ★, Wargame 8.1%
- #14 Empolicy
88% 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 24.3% ★, Diplomacy 22.8% ★, Political Sim 13.9% ★, Grand Strategy 9.6%, Hex Grid 8.4% ★
- #15 Imperialist
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BRR Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
From a veteran 4X Strategy developer comes a new deep strategy game of logistics, empire, and control. Develop the New World, industrialise your capital, manage your growing Empire, and outmanoeuvre rivals to become history's first Superpower. Can you exploit the New World to control the Old?
Why similar: 4X 22.5% ★, Diplomacy 20.6% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8%, Hex Grid 10.1% ★, Economy 7.9%
- #16 One Planet
86% 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 25.4% ★, Grand Strategy 23.2%, Diplomacy 22% ★, Political Sim 18.2% ★, Economy 6%
- #17 TREUD
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nikolai Karulin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule your society through 12,000 years – from the Stone Age to the present day – in a grand strategy game with a living simulation where real historical processes are recreated, but nothing is predetermined. Build, conquer, exploit. Crisis is part of history: keep power or side with the revolution
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.8%, Diplomacy 13.8% ★, 4X 13.3% ★, Moddable 11.5%, Economy 10.2%
- #18 Crowns of Medieval Europe
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: plausegame7
Windows
Lead one of ten medieval kingdoms in this turn-based grand strategy game. Expand your territory, develop your economy, strengthen your army, and shape the future of Europe through diplomacy, war, and strategic decisions.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.1%, Political Sim 17.8% ★, Diplomacy 14.6% ★, Wargame 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%
- #19 Wealth of Nations: Economic Strategy
84% 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 28.2% ★, Grand Strategy 20.9%, Political Sim 15.9% ★, Economy 9%, Simulation 7.5%
- #20 Rise & Fall - Online Digital Edition
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Original Score
Windows
Risse & Fall is a game involving strategic units positioning, territory control and opportunity seizing designed by Christophe Boelinger (Dungeon Twister, Earth Reborn, Archipelago, Living Planet...). Each player leads a nation trying to expand and progress in a fantasy world.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.9%, Hex Grid 18.1% ★, Asynchronous Multiplayer 18% ★, 4X 13.2% ★, Board Game 11.7%
- #21 Kingdom, Dungeon, and Hero
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 180 reviews2024
Dev: Kraken Studios
Windows
Lead your kingdoms. protect your lands, conquer your enemies. Stop the fallen god Draeul. Collect the Unity Runes to prevent the Corruption Curse from destroying the realm. Armies keep you in power, Heroes do your bidding and adventure to defeat the horrific creations of the curse.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.1%, Hex Grid 17% ★, Wargame 14.4%, Moddable 11.6%, Diplomacy 9.7% ★
- #22 Kingdom's Life
83% 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% ★, Grand Strategy 19%, Political Sim 17.6% ★, Wargame 11.8%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #23 Strategeist
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galactic Starfish, Inc.
Windows
Become a strategeist and lead one of hundreds of nations on the globe across centuries of conflict and diplomacy in this grand strategy game. Balance war, politics, and internal institutions to shape the fate of your empire, and secure your legacy in history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.6%, Diplomacy 18.3% ★, 4X 11.9% ★, Moddable 9.9%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #24 Global Supremacy
81% 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 24.1% ★, Grand Strategy 18.6%, Political Sim 17.8% ★, Wargame 11.9%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #25 Bloodlines & Banners
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Synprax Labs
Windows
A historical 4X where you rule a dynasty, not just an empire. 88 civilizations across ten eras of real history on a hex map of Earth. Your rulers age and die; the heir you raised inherits their traits, their rivalries, and your bloodline's standing.
Why similar: 4X 28.2% ★, Asynchronous Multiplayer 21.6% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1%, Hex Grid 17% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 5%
- #26 Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator
79% matchVery Positive91% of 1,786 reviews2024
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In Dominions 6 you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to old dragons or an enormous tree. Dominions is a deep 4x turn based strategy game with a very large variety of spells and units.
Why similar: 4X 29.3% ★, Asynchronous Multiplayer 21.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Wargame 9.4%
- #27 Great Powers
79% 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 24.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.9%, Hex Grid 17% ★, Wargame 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%
- #28 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
78% 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 19% ★, Diplomacy 18.4% ★, Grand Strategy 16.7%, Hex Grid 12.7% ★, Political Sim 12.6% ★
- #29 For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 173 reviews2009
Dev: Crystal Empire GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Take up the reins of your country, guide domestic and foreign policy, navigate thousands of historical figures and events, engage in various struggles and lead your country to prosperity – all in the name of glory!
Why similar: 4X 20.8% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8%, Diplomacy 18.5% ★, Moddable 9.8%, Sandbox 6.8%
- #30 Geopolaris: Conquer & Dominate
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fenek Games
Windows
Navigate through interactions with competing powers to lead your nation to global domination in this 4X open sandbox geopolitical sim set in post-WW2 alt-history world. You have 251 years at your disposal to conquer and unify the planet or take your nation into space. Can you make it?
Why similar: 4X 23.3% ★, Diplomacy 19.2% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1%, Political Sim 11.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
- #31 EraTurn
77% 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 17.4% ★, Diplomacy 16.6% ★, Political Sim 16.3% ★, Grand Strategy 13.9%, Wargame 10.5%
- #32 Galactic Ruler Enlightenment
77% matchMixed60% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Play campaign stories within the Galactic Ruler universe. Invade the galaxy to eliminate those who stand in your way or rally alien races to defend against the invaders. Fight battles at both planet and space across a procedurally generated galaxy. Use new unit control systems to manage your forces.
Why similar: 4X 20.3% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3%, Diplomacy 17.2% ★, Moddable 14.2%, Hex Grid 13.2% ★
- #33 Crown Of Hispania
74% matchPositive100% of 39 reviews2026
Dev: Regalis StudioPub: indie.io
Windows
Rewrite the Reconquista in a grand strategy game set in 11th-century Iberia, where population, religion, and war evolve dynamically based on your decisions. Move armies freely across 300 hand-built provinces, manage a deep medieval economy, and face an AI that actually fights back.
Why similar: 4X 18.8% ★, Diplomacy 16.8% ★, Grand Strategy 16.1%, Political Sim 14.7% ★, Wargame 10.1%
- #34 Freewake
75% 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 23.5% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5%, Political Sim 22.3% ★, Diplomacy 16.4% ★, Massively Multiplayer 5.6%
- #35 Rogue State Revolution
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 543 reviews2021
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.Pub: Modern Wolf
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 19.8% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5%, Diplomacy 16.3% ★, Political Sim 13.5% ★, Sandbox 8.8%
- #36 Revival: Recolonization
75% matchMixed69% of 428 reviews2024
Dev: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 12.0 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 21.3% ★, Diplomacy 19% ★, Hex Grid 17.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.6%
- #37 万象战略
74% 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 30.4% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4%, Hex Grid 15.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Medieval 7.5%
- #38 MA 2 – President Simulator
73% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Oxiwyle Inc.
Windows
Build nuclear weapon, wage wars, strategize and become the strongest leader
Why similar: 4X 19.3% ★, Diplomacy 19% ★, Political Sim 17.7% ★, Grand Strategy 15.7%, Wargame 10.3%
- #39 Reiner Knizia Yellow & Yangtze
76% 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: Diplomacy 19.3% ★, Political Sim 16.5% ★, Grand Strategy 15.1%, Hex Grid 11.9% ★, Wargame 10.6%
- #40 Gilded Destiny
73% 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 17.5% ★, Political Sim 16.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16%, 4X 14.8% ★, Moddable 12.1%
- #41 Rise of Realms
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Goat Works Ltd
Windows · Mac
Rise of Realms is a 4X RPG, for 1-6 players, in a medieval fantasy setting. Command an empire and recruit heroes to lead your armies. Use your tactical abilities to conquer the lands and reshape them in your image. Wishlist now.
Why similar: 4X 22.2% ★, Hex Grid 18% ★, Grand Strategy 17.5%, Wargame 10%, Economy 7.6%
- #42 Kairos
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Critical Moment Games
Windows · Mac
Build, expand, and wage dice-driven wars in this medieval 4x strategy game played in under an hour. Adopt unique legacies to progressively define your strategy as you race your rivals to accomplish 5 feats and claim victory.
Why similar: 4X 27.1% ★, Hex Grid 16.3% ★, Grand Strategy 12.7%, Board Game 10.7%, Medieval 8.2%
- #43 Power & Revolution 2020 Edition
73% 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 24.6% ★, Political Sim 21.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3%, Wargame 12.2%, Economy 7.4%
- #44 Hero's Hour 2
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Benjamin "ThingOnItsOwn" HauerPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Linux
Build grand cities, raise mighty armies, and fight massive battles to vanquish your foes in this turn-based strategy RPG auto battler. Powerful heroes at the head of unique factions bring endless possibilities as they lead armies of the dead, the living, and everything in between.
Why similar: 4X 18.3% ★, Diplomacy 17.3% ★, Grand Strategy 15.1%, Moddable 10.3%, Medieval 9.2%
- #45 Machiavelli the Prince
69% 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 24.3% ★, Political Sim 22.3% ★, Grand Strategy 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, Economy 6.5%
- #46 4th Generation Warfare
71% matchMixed56% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: Eversim
Windows
As the leader of a nation, dispatch and control your team of characters all around the world to destabilize your enemies and establish your supremacy. All methods are fair game: hacking, sabotage, political interference, military strikes, corruption, treachery, assassinations, data theft…
Why similar: Diplomacy 21.6% ★, 4X 21.2% ★, Grand Strategy 16%, Political Sim 15.6% ★, Wargame 12.5%
- #47 Conquest!
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 27 reviews2021
Dev: GreenLion Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
A persistent multiplayer strategy world of alliances, betrayal, war, and consequence.
Why similar: Asynchronous Multiplayer 20.9% ★, Diplomacy 18.8% ★, Grand Strategy 17.5%, Wargame 10.8%, Massively Multiplayer 10.7%
- #48 Shadow Empire
70% matchVery Positive84% of 1,961 reviews2020
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 77.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 20.4% ★, Asynchronous Multiplayer 17.1% ★, Hex Grid 16.6% ★, Grand Strategy 15.5%, Wargame 11.7%
- #49 ENDLESS Legend™ 2
67% matchVery Positive83% of 3,878 reviews2026
Dev: AMPLITUDE StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 20.3% ★, Diplomacy 18.4% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5%, Moddable 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%
- #50 Diehexegy
69% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Aebersoft
Windows · Linux
Diehexegy is a hex grid turn-based 4x game with a unique twist: your armies are composed of dice. It has multiple victory conditions and straightforward gameplay.
Why similar: 4X 35.3% ★, Hex Grid 15.9% ★, Asynchronous Multiplayer 13.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Strategy 8.7%
- #51 Europa Universalis IV
70% matchVery Positive88% of 137,440 reviews2013
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 284.1 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: Grand Strategy 18.5%, 4X 18.4% ★, Diplomacy 18% ★, Moddable 12.2%, Wargame 10.6%
- #52 Power & Revolution 2022 Edition
69% matchMixed59% of 969 reviews2022
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
New edition of the ultrarealistic simulator of today's world where you play as the head of state or as the opposition! Major developments: the war in the Ukraine and all of its consequences, conspiracy theories, fake news, interference by secret services, animal welfare and climate objectives.
Why similar: 4X 24% ★, Political Sim 20.9% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5%, Wargame 12.5%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #53 Visigothic Kingdom: Conquest of Hispania
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MMF Games
Windows
Forge the Visigothic Kingdom, unite Hispania, and face the Muslim invasion in this historical strategy game combining kingdom management, conquest, and tactical battles.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.4%, Diplomacy 21.2% ★, Wargame 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Strategy 7.9%
- #54 NationWar:Annals
70% matchMixed68% of 170 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: Diplomacy 21.6% ★, 4X 21.2% ★, Political Sim 17.1% ★, Grand Strategy 16.2%, Wargame 11.4%
- #55 Uncharted Sectors
67% 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: Grand Strategy 21.5%, Diplomacy 20.2% ★, Political Sim 17.6% ★, 4X 16.3% ★, Economy 9.4%
- #56 Timeline
68% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: Taueon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Timeline is a turn-based strategy game where you can play through the human history from stone age to modern times. In the game you command wide range of units, make them collect resources and build buildings, towns and cities, explore the map and meet other players controlled by AI.
Why similar: 4X 21.7% ★, Diplomacy 20.1% ★, Moddable 14.3%, Hex Grid 11.7% ★, Economy 7.7%
- #57 Reversed Front
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ESC Taiwan
Windows
The players may assume the role of Hong Kong, Tibet, Uyghurs (East Turkestan), Kazakhs, Mongolia, Manchuria, Taiwan or Cathaysian Rebel factions, establishing organisations in 269 territories in the Cathayan Continent to overthrow the Communist regime!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.3%, Diplomacy 20.3% ★, Political Sim 19.9% ★, Wargame 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%
- #58 Millennia
67% matchMixed67% of 3,788 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 36.6 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 23.3% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9%, Diplomacy 17.6% ★, Hex Grid 11.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%
- #59 Asia Empire 2027
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Lead your Asian empire in an empire building turn based strategy war game. Are you ready to lead, Supreme Commander?
Why similar: Political Sim 21.1% ★, Grand Strategy 20.5%, Diplomacy 15.9% ★, Wargame 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%
- #60 Old World
66% matchVery Positive82% of 6,919 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 21.1% ★, Diplomacy 17.7% ★, Grand Strategy 17.1%, Moddable 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%