- #1 Sinoepoch
97% matchMixed64% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: 迟到的南雨亭
Windows
Sinoepoch is a grand strategy game based on the historical fantasy of the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history. In the current version, players can create their character, "travel" to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty,create their family legends.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 28.7% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Alternate History 15.4%, Strategy RPG 10.4%, Time Management 8.9%
- #2 Beyond Astra
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nebule Games
Windows
Lead your civilization in a galaxy brimming with life and intrigue. Seamlessly explore and expand across uncharted worlds, from their surfaces to the stars. Forge your destiny in this sci-fi 4X offering a unique blend of grand strategy, planetary city-building, and RTS combat.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 28.3% ★, Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, City Builder 14.1%, 4X 10.1% ★, Base Building 8.5%
- #3 Victoria I Complete
96% matchMixed70% of 266 reviews2010
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion, colonization and social upheaval, to emerge as one of the great world powers by the dawn of the 20th century in Victoria Complete.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 42.9% ★, Real-Time with Pause 39.6% ★, Strategy 17.5%
- #4 Atre: Dominance Wars
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ironward
Windows
Fantasy kingdom builder with god powers and turn-based tactical combat. Build thriving settlements, forge artifacts, command armies with heroes, and ascend from sorcerer to god - wielding spells powerful enough to reshape the world itself. Betray your allies or be betrayed. Only one can ascend.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 31.4% ★, Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Strategy RPG 11.6%, 4X 9.9% ★, Base Building 8.7%
- #5 Primordial Nation
94% 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: Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, City Builder 14.5%, Alternate History 12.5%, Strategy RPG 10.6%, Time Management 10.4%
- #6 AlexanderBall: A Countryball Tale
94% matchVery Positive90% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Red Thorn Interactive
Windows · Mac
Ascend to the Macedonian throne as Alexander the Great and relive his conquests! Fighting alongside redoubtable and quirky commanders, recruit numerous types of balls for your army, construct countless cities named Alexandria, and build an empire that stretches to the ends of the known world!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 29.6% ★, Grand Strategy 26.5% ★, Alternate History 13.4%, Strategy RPG 7%, Management 6.4%
- #7 Business Shark
93% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: SmartLife
Windows
You will have to develop your city, watch over expenses, strive for higher tax revenues, meet the needs of your residents by producing the right products for them
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.7% ★, City Builder 23.7%, Base Building 17%, Strategy 15.1%, Building 11.5%
- #8 The King's Campaign
92% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Bad Logic Studios
Windows
Conquer Medieval Europe and North Africa in a combination of Grand Strategy and Real-Time Strategy gameplay where you rule one of 28 kingdoms as you build and manage your cities, engage in diplomacy and command massive armies on the world map and on the battlefield
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.6% ★, Real-Time with Pause 25.6% ★, Alternate History 12.4%, 4X 10.6% ★, City Builder 9.4%
- #9 RUPTURR
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aikon Interactive
Windows
Develop your nation, command your army, and dominate the world in a real-time strategy game combining economic management, diplomacy, technological progress, and military conquest.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 34.1% ★, Grand Strategy 21.9% ★, Alternate History 17.1%, Strategy 15.1%, Strategy RPG 11.8%
- #10 Seres Universalis:Three Kingdoms
91% 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: Real-Time with Pause 37.8% ★, Grand Strategy 28.3% ★, Alternate History 13.7%, 4X 10.6% ★, Strategy 6.1%
- #11 ウエステリア戦記
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SignTychePub: Tyche's Bookshelf
Windows
This product is a country theft strategy game set in a fictional modern world. At the end of the "Age of Quietness," the faraway world of "Westarea" descends into a great war in which guns, artillery, swords, and magic intersect. In there caos, what kind of story do you desire and see?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 56% ★, Grand Strategy 13.6% ★, Strategy 10.6%, Story Rich 6.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%
- #12 Repterra
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chute AppsPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Repterra is a base-building survival RTS set in a world overrun by dinosaurs. Manage your colony while battling massive dino hordes. Breed and ride your own dinos, unlock permanent upgrades, and fight to reclaim the world for humanity.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 42.2% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, Base Building 12.7%, City Builder 11.5%, Strategy 5%
- #13 Power to the People
89% matchVery Positive82% of 543 reviews2022
Dev: Rhombico GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population, while fighting off all kinds of disasters in this thrilling resource management experience. It's time for you to give "Power to the People"! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 37.6% ★, City Builder 19.3%, Time Management 10.5%, Building 9.4%, Management 8.6%
- #14 Samurai Conqueror
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Miura Production
Windows
Conquer Japanese History! A “Historical Timeline Strategy” fought on the grand timeline of Japan
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 34.2% ★, Grand Strategy 28.6% ★, Alternate History 14.5%, 4X 12% ★, Strategy 6.9%
- #15 Advisors at the End of the Universe
87% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Flux-Soul
Windows · Linux
AEU is a fast paced realtime strategy and 4x hybrid. Players influence their empire to grow, fight, forge alliances or engage in trade. Players are given control over the empire's traits, research and a set of three types of abilities(Construction, Plagues and Agents) to accomplish their goals.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 36.7% ★, Grand Strategy 25.7% ★, Base Building 10.8%, 4X 9.5% ★, Building 6.3%
- #16 VoltHaven
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ARTilleryPub: ARTillery Studio
Windows
Build electric grid in small settlement. Advance from outdated generators to modern powerplants, use fossils and renewables. Accomodate growing customer base and weather changes. Farms or mines provide extra income. Map-free layout with drag-and-drop simplicity. Simulation based on european data.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 37% ★, City Builder 19%, Base Building 9.7%, Building 9.1%, Management 8.7%
- #17 Falling Frontier
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stutter Fox StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Conquer a vast procedurally generated star system in Falling Frontier, a sci-fi RTS where intel and logistics are decisive factors. Design ships and raid enemy supply lines, lay minefields and construct recon stations, and ambush enemy forces within asteroid fields and nebulae.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 35.1% ★, Grand Strategy 25.9% ★, Alternate History 11.6%, 4X 11.4% ★, Strategy 6.1%
- #18 Ranchbound
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Eldersong Games
Windows
Grow your ranch, raise cattle, lead cowboys, and trade with settlers in a new real-time economic strategy with survival challenges.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 26.1% ★, Grand Strategy 21.8% ★, City Builder 19.1%, Base Building 10.7%, Management 7.5%
- #19 ShemHaMephorash
84% matchPositive97% of 31 reviews2023
Dev: SignTychePub: Tyche's Bookshelf
Windows
"ShemHaMephorash" is a historical low fantasy strategy game set in the battlefield at the end of the 19th century, where you can explore the language of miracles. Treat the unique "rabbi" and the soldiers skillfully and guide them to the end.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 46.6% ★, Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, Strategy RPG 10%, Strategy 6.5%, Fantasy 5.5%
- #20 March of the Eagles
85% matchMixed67% of 382 reviews2013
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
“he Who Fears Being Conquered Is Sure Of Defeat.”The war-game March of the Eagles focuses on the dramatic conflicts of Europe during 1805 to 1820. Explore one of the defining periods in European history with this experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy, Paradox Development Studio.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 48% ★, Real-Time with Pause 33.7% ★, Strategy 18.3%
- #21 Solar Nations 2
82% matchVery Positive90% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Flomgus Games
Windows
In this Grand Strategy game, you take control of the Solar System's Great Powers in 2092 and weather the storm of change as you navigate the uncertain waters of the future. Control the greatest military forces in the world and wage wars on an epic scale: outer space is yours to conquer!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.6% ★, Real-Time with Pause 27.6% ★, Alternate History 14.4%, 4X 11.1% ★, Political Sim 7.2% ★
- #22 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
81% matchVery Positive91% of 25,183 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 73.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.4% ★, City Builder 19.5%, Alternate History 13.9%, Base Building 11.2%, 4X 8.3% ★
- #23 Greedy Little Kingdoms
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: zlorky
Windows · Mac
A short-run roguelike city builder. Gather timber, craft crowbars and magic potions, fulfill demands from frogs, plague doctors, and swamp dragons. Explore the hex map, survive the King's moods, and find the artefacts that break your economy wide open. Repeat.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 30.8% ★, City Builder 23.8%, Base Building 14.7%, Building 10.1%, Strategy 8.6%
- #24 Europa Universalis III Complete
83% matchVery Positive83% of 1,992 reviews2009
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Europa Universalis III Complete includes the original Europa Universalis III as well as the expansions In Nomine and Napoleons Ambition Europa Universalis III delves deeply into the areas of exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 46.5% ★, Real-Time with Pause 29.2% ★, Political Sim 11.5% ★, Strategy 10.2%, Alternate History 2.4%
- #25 Mega Prison
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chute Apps
Windows · Mac
Mega Prison is a prison defense and riot-control strategy game. Deploy guards, dogs, water cannons, barriers, and riot vehicles to contain thousands of inmates as unrest escalates. Manage resources, hold the line, and KEEP THEM IN... at any cost!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 54.1% ★, City Builder 15%, Building 9.1%, Base Building 9.1%, Strategy 6.5%
- #26 DSS war party
79% matchVery Positive93% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: vikingfabian
Windows
A real-time grand strategy game set in a low fantasy world. Recruit vast armies to conquer the world. Dominate through strategic resource management and production chains.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 33.6% ★, Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, City Builder 14.8%, Strategy 13%, Base Building 10.2%
- #27 Crown Of Hispania
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Regalis Studio
Windows
In Crown of Hispania, every lord, king and queen must fight to retain his or her power. Will you become a legendary ruler, or will you be rejected by those forgotten by history? Crown of Hispania is a strategy game that plunges players into the turmoil of medieval Iberia.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 40.3% ★, Grand Strategy 26.7% ★, Alternate History 17.4%, 4X 9.6% ★, Strategy 5.3%
- #28 WHO THE HELL OPENED THE PORTAL?!
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Uberbax Gaming
Windows
A funny pixel art roguelite strategy. You manage a fantasy island kingdom connected by magical portals. By day — build, gather resources, hire heroes, and dive through portals to expand into new lands. By night — defend! The same portals unleash hordes of demons straight from Hell.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.7% ★, City Builder 22.4%, 4X 12.2% ★, Strategy 9.4%, Base Building 8.6%
- #29 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
76% matchVery Positive83% of 1,314 reviews2026
Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 42.5% ★, City Builder 21.7%, Base Building 11.7%, Building 8.8%, Strategy 7.5%
- #30 Project Rebearth
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 154 reviews2026
Dev: Program Sam
Windows · Mac · Linux
A massive online multiplayer where everyone plays on an exact replica of planet earth. The game is set 1000 years into the future where you rebuild society. Grow your town, trade with other players, face challenges and discover the rich history of this suspiciously empty planet.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 35.1% ★, City Builder 24.9%, Base Building 9.6%, Strategy 9.3%, Building 8.7%
- #31 SimPocalypse
79% matchMixed68% of 115 reviews2021
Dev: Gamex Studio
Windows · Linux
A civilization simulator where you manage billions of people and rebuild millions of structures. Improve your economy, research, advance, battle, and much more! Play at your own pace by controlling game speed and automate various tasks!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 29.4% ★, City Builder 15.2%, Time Management 12.3%, 4X 11.8% ★, Base Building 10.5%
- #32 Empire’s Supreme Command
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Turn-based strategy. Build, trade, fight, and lead your empire to victory.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.8% ★, City Builder 18.7%, Strategy RPG 14.2%, Time Management 13.1%, 4X 12.8% ★
- #33 Crowded Blue Dot
77% matchMixed58% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: cys20 studio
Windows · Linux
Crowded Blue Dot is a game about producing various items to make people happy and growing a city from a small village to a metropolis.
Why similar: City Builder 28.6%, Real-Time with Pause 24.6% ★, Base Building 16%, Management 9.4%, Building 8.4%
- #34 RAEV: Kingdom on the Distant Shores
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RAVINE GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
From a humble campfire to a multi-city kingdom, lead with grace in RAEV: Kingdom on the Distant Shores: a unique kingdom builder where every decision shapes the fate of your fox citizens and the legacy of your continent-spanning kingdom. With a freeform building system, no grids, no limits.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.3% ★, City Builder 21.2%, Base Building 9%, Strategy RPG 8.9%, Building 8.8%
- #35 Europa Universalis: Rome - Gold Edition
78% matchMixed67% of 237 reviews2008
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Europa Universalis Rome Gold combines the epic strategy title Europa Universalis Rome with the expansion pack Vae Victis. Experience one of the most defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 47.5% ★, Real-Time with Pause 35.9% ★, Strategy 16.6%
- #36 HolyZone
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FiveGuysPub: Devotion Interactive
Windows
It is a strategy and survival game set in a world turned into a desert by nuclear wars. Gather scarce resources, manage your team, build your town, and engage in strategic battles. Do you have what it takes to survive?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 34.1% ★, City Builder 23.4%, Time Management 9.6%, Strategy 8.2%, Base Building 8.1%
- #37 WEREWOLF UTOPIA
74% match3 user reviews50% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: HuanQUKeJiPub: HuanQuKeJi
Windows
"Werewolf Utopia" follows surviving werewolves rebuilding their tribe after a dragon destroys their home. Players can build and upgrade the main city, raise werewolf offspring with four-tier careers, and train them through expeditions to gain experience, resources, and items.
Why similar: City Builder 27.4%, Strategy RPG 20.3%, Time Management 14.9%, Strategy 13.8%, Base Building 6.9%
- #38 Space Drilling Station
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ayota GamesPub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
In Space Drilling Station, manage a drilling station on a distant planet. Build a multi-level vertical structure to produce and manage your resources and staff, in order to dominate the competition!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 38.3% ★, City Builder 15%, Time Management 13%, Base Building 12.8%, Building 7.8%
- #39 Empires of the Undergrowth
72% matchVery Positive94% of 17,329 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.8% ★, City Builder 17.1%, Alternate History 16.5%, Base Building 11%, 4X 10% ★
- #40 New Cycle
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,783 reviews2024
Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 38.2% ★, City Builder 22.1%, Base Building 12.1%, Building 9.3%, Strategy 7.3%
- #41 Mandate Order
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Digital Sky
Windows
Mandate Order is a strategy game set in the Warring States period. Starting from barren lands, build strongholds integrating production, defense and military functions. Manage resources and the people's will, expand your territory, counter threats, and ultimately rise to prominence amidst the chaos.
Why similar: City Builder 29.3%, Grand Strategy 21.4% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Strategy 10.3%, Building 8.7%
- #42 Heart of the Machine
71% matchVery Positive93% of 1,838 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 17.3 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: Grand Strategy 25.3% ★, City Builder 17%, Alternate History 15.9%, Base Building 11%, 4X 10.1% ★
- #43 Let Them Trade
70% matchVery Positive85% of 1,033 reviews2025
Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build a network of cities that produce and trade resources, upgrade your castle, and protect the cities from cheeky bandits. Tinker with the economy at your own pace, and watch the charming wooden world grow into a lively and thriving kingdom.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 46.2% ★, City Builder 21.9%, Base Building 11.1%, Building 8%, Management 7.2%
- #44 浪迹三国
73% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: 秘枫
Windows
游戏简介 -这是个古代回合制策略游戏 -透过各个生活技能来养活自己 -打败敌人,获得实战经验,增强自己的实力,行走江湖 -每个动作都将影响主属性跟生活技能经验的增加 -官位越高,在城市能做的事情越多,需要一定的官位才能开始接触军事 -在各大城市游走,跑商,采集资源 -官府可以开发各个等级,如民房,市集等等,用以打开更多的地方跟改建 -可以拜入门派学艺或或江湖结识名将交好学艺,各有不同的武艺特色 -攻占城市以获得每个月城市的进贡 -游戏最重要的是寿命值,影响可以在此世道可以行走多久的人生
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.8% ★, City Builder 23.6%, Strategy RPG 16.7%, Time Management 15.7%, Strategy 9.3%
- #45 Buggos
71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,349 reviews2022
Dev: Intrepid Marmot
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Lead your hive to victory in 'Buggos', an RTS Auto Battler! Customize your swarm with 120+ evolutions and conquer humanity. Strategy meets bug chaos!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.5% ★, City Builder 23.1%, Base Building 14.8%, Building 9.8%, Strategy 8.9%
- #46 Victoria II
72% matchVery Positive92% of 19,875 reviews2010
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 48.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century. Victoria II is a grand strategy game played during the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country, guiding...
Why similar: Grand Strategy 43.4% ★, Real-Time with Pause 28.1% ★, Political Sim 9.4% ★, Strategy 8.2%, Alternate History 7.8%
- #47 Earth of Oryn
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 38 reviews2026
Dev: Earth of Oryn
Windows · Mac
A medieval kingdom-builder focused on meaningful decision-making and long-term strategy. Rule your lands, manage resources, plan your expansion, and guide your settlement from humble beginnings to a thriving realm as the seasons turn.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 39.6% ★, City Builder 18.1%, Base Building 11.8%, 4X 10.5% ★, Building 7.9%
- #48 Civitatem
71% matchMixed63% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: LW Games
Windows
Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.
Why similar: City Builder 34.1%, Real-Time with Pause 23.6% ★, Strategy 13.9%, Base Building 13.3%, Building 7.1%
- #49 Airborne Kingdom
70% matchVery Positive87% of 2,333 reviews2022
Dev: The Wandering Band LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The sky city builder awaits. Create your own flying kingdom and lead it on a quest across an expansive world. Explore the varied landscape, build up a floating metropolis, aid struggling people below, uncover lost secrets and, ultimately, bring back the Airborne Kingdom legend.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 32.4% ★, City Builder 27.4%, Base Building 16.4%, Building 10.7%, Strategy 6.3%
- #50 Europa Universalis IV
70% matchVery Positive88% of 135,916 reviews2013
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 279.6 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: Real-Time with Pause 33.6% ★, Grand Strategy 28.3% ★, Alternate History 17.7%, 4X 10.4% ★, Strategy 6.3%
- #51 Politon: Prologue
69% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Pinq Games
Windows · Mac
"Politon: Prologue" is the free prologue version of "Politon". This prologue includes a tutorial, game mechanics, and the prologue of the main story inside. Only Single-player modes are available.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.1% ★, Alternate History 18.3%, Time Management 15.1%, 4X 14% ★, Strategy 7.6%
- #52 Balkan Bloodbath
68% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Michael Richard Lannon
Windows
Become the next great dictator to forge a new Balkan Empire. Navigate the intense world of international trade and the stock market, use cunning espionage tactics to disrupt opponents, and overthrow and conquer your enemies. Strategy and secrecy are your keys to success in the Balkans.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 37.8% ★, Grand Strategy 27.7% ★, Alternate History 19.8%, Management 7%, Strategy 6.5%
- #53 Final Vanguard
68% 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: Grand Strategy 28.7% ★, Real-Time with Pause 26.1% ★, 4X 13.4% ★, Political Sim 7.8% ★, Management 6.6%
- #54 三國.爭霸
67% match8 user reviews50% of 8 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: Grand Strategy 25.8% ★, Alternate History 20.5%, City Builder 15%, 4X 11.6% ★, Base Building 10%
- #55 Smart City Plan
69% matchMixed65% of 121 reviews2020
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Smart City Plan is a modern old-school style city builder game: Plan zones, roads, public transport like trains, trams, buses, subways and even the hypertube. Set taxes and policies and implement smart city technologies.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 42.3% ★, City Builder 25.1%, Strategy 13.6%, Building 10.5%, Management 7.6%
- #56 Crucible Of Time
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Concrete Games
Windows
A retro 4X game inspired by classic versions of the genre. Lead your people from a small nomadic tribe into a globe-spanning space-fairing civilization. Can your empire survive the Crucible Of Time?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, City Builder 19.4%, Alternate History 14.3%, Base Building 11%, 4X 10.7% ★
- #57 摸鱼争霸
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice Studio
Windows
Saluting classics, forging legends! 《Fish Lord》 masterfully blends the epic heroes of 《Three Kingdoms Heroes》 with 《Travian》's grand sandbox, creating a revolutionary SLG kingdom-war universe free from pay-to-win tyranny! Victory hinges solely on tactics – thrones are claimed by wits alone!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 39.1% ★, City Builder 28.9%, Alternate History 15.3%, Strategy 10.4%, Management 4.6%
- #58 Anno 1404 - History Edition
67% matchVery Positive82% of 3,444 reviews2020
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Relive the captivating gameplay of a true city-building classic with Anno® 1404 History Edition.
Why similar: City Builder 36.3%, Grand Strategy 18% ★, Strategy 13.4%, Building 12.9%, Management 8.9%
- #59 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: Real-Time with Pause 30.6% ★, Grand Strategy 24.8% ★, Alternate History 16.5%, 4X 8.4% ★, Political Sim 8.1% ★
- #60 Rebel Inc: Escalation
66% matchVery Positive82% of 7,070 reviews2021
Dev: Ndemic CreationsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 36.2% ★, Grand Strategy 26.4% ★, Alternate History 19.7%, Strategy RPG 10.7%, Strategy 6.2%