- #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 29.1% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Alternate History 15.5%, Strategy RPG 10.4%, Time Management 8.7%
- #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 28.6% ★, Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, City Builder 14.1%, 4X 10.1% ★, Base Building 8.4%
- #3 Victoria I Complete
96% matchMostly Positive70% of 268 reviews2010
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 22.3 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 42.7% ★, Real-Time with Pause 40% ★, Strategy 17.3%
- #4 Primordial Nation
95% 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 22.3% ★, City Builder 14.6%, Alternate History 12.6%, Strategy RPG 10.6%, Time Management 10.2%
- #5 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 29.9% ★, Grand Strategy 26.4% ★, Alternate History 13.4%, Strategy RPG 6.9%, 4X 6.3% ★
- #6 The King's Campaign
94% match7 user reviews71% of 7 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: Real-Time with Pause 25.8% ★, Grand Strategy 25.5% ★, Alternate History 12.4%, 4X 10.5% ★, City Builder 9.4%
- #7 ウエステリア戦記
92% match8 user reviews78% of 8 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 55.9% ★, Grand Strategy 13.4% ★, Strategy 10.3%, Story Rich 6.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%
- #8 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 30.8% ★, City Builder 23.8%, Base Building 16.9%, Strategy 14.9%, Building 11.5%
- #9 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 38.2% ★, Grand Strategy 28.2% ★, Alternate History 13.7%, 4X 10.6% ★, Strategy 6%
- #10 Power to the People
91% matchVery Positive81% of 553 reviews2022
Dev: Rhombico GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.7 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 38.1% ★, City Builder 19.3%, Time Management 10.3%, Building 9.4%, Management 8.4%
- #11 Samurai Conqueror
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Miura Production
Windows
Rewrite Japanese history across ages in this historical strategy simulation spanning from the Kofun to the Meiji era. Command great leaders, unify the nation, and reshape destiny.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 34.6% ★, Grand Strategy 28.5% ★, Alternate History 14.5%, 4X 11.9% ★, Strategy 6.8%
- #12 Advisors at the End of the Universe
89% 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 37.1% ★, Grand Strategy 25.6% ★, Base Building 10.7%, 4X 9.5% ★, Building 6.3%
- #13 ShemHaMephorash
89% matchPositive97% of 34 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 46.4% ★, Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, Strategy RPG 9.8%, Strategy 6.3%, Fantasy 5.4%
- #14 Falling Frontier
88% 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 35.3% ★, Grand Strategy 26% ★, Alternate History 11.6%, 4X 11.3% ★, Strategy 6%
- #15 Ranchbound
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Eldersong Games
Windows
Raise cattle, develop your ranch, hire cowboys, buy land, and invest in local businesses in a real-time economic strategy with survival challenges.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 26.6% ★, Grand Strategy 21.9% ★, City Builder 19.2%, Base Building 10.7%, Management 7.4%
- #16 March of the Eagles
87% matchMixed68% of 389 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 47.9% ★, Real-Time with Pause 34.1% ★, Strategy 18%
- #17 Solar Nations 2
84% matchVery Positive88% of 467 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 28% ★, Alternate History 14.5%, 4X 11% ★, Political Sim 7.1% ★
- #18 VoltHaven
85% 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 40% ★, City Builder 17.8%, Base Building 10.3%, Building 8.9%, Management 8.1%
- #19 Europa Universalis III Complete
86% matchVery Positive83% of 1,994 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 29.5% ★, Political Sim 11.2% ★, Strategy 10%, Alternate History 2.4%
- #20 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
83% matchVery Positive91% of 26,420 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 71.8 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 26.2% ★, City Builder 20.2%, Alternate History 12.5%, Base Building 11.5%, Building 8%
- #21 Greedy Little Kingdoms
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: zlorky
Windows · Mac
A short-run roguelike city builder. Gather lanterns, craft crowbars and magic potions, fulfil 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 31.1% ★, City Builder 23.8%, Base Building 14.6%, Building 10%, Strategy 8.5%
- #22 RUPTURR
82% matchNo user reviews100% of 1 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 34.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21.8% ★, Alternate History 17.1%, Strategy 14.9%, Strategy RPG 11.8%
- #23 Mega Prison
82% 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 54.6% ★, City Builder 15%, Building 9.1%, Base Building 9%, Strategy 6.4%
- #24 DSS war party
81% matchVery Positive93% of 102 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 34% ★, Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, City Builder 14.7%, Strategy 12.8%, Base Building 10.1%
- #25 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
79% matchVery Positive82% of 1,442 reviews2026
Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 43% ★, City Builder 21.7%, Base Building 11.6%, Building 8.8%, Strategy 7.4%
- #26 Imperial Kingdoms
80% 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: Real-Time with Pause 41.1% ★, Grand Strategy 28.1% ★, 4X 12.5% ★, Management 6.9%, Strategy 6.7%
- #27 SimPocalypse
81% matchMixed68% of 116 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 29.8% ★, City Builder 15.3%, Time Management 12.1%, 4X 11.8% ★, Base Building 10.5%
- #28 RAEV: Kingdom on the Distant Shores
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RAVINE Games
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 26.4% ★, City Builder 21.3%, Base Building 9%, Strategy RPG 8.9%, Building 8.8%
- #29 Airborne Empire
76% matchVery Positive88% of 891 reviews2026
Dev: The Wandering Band LLCPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 41.4% ★, City Builder 21.5%, Base Building 9%, Building 6.4%, Strategy 6.3%
- #30 Project Rebearth
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 185 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 35.3% ★, City Builder 25%, Base Building 9.6%, Strategy 9.2%, Building 8.7%
- #31 WHO THE HELL OPENED THE PORTAL?!
77% 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 24.8% ★, City Builder 22.5%, 4X 12.2% ★, Strategy 9.4%, Base Building 8.6%
- #32 Crowded Blue Dot
78% 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 28.7%, Real-Time with Pause 25% ★, Base Building 15.9%, Management 9.1%, Building 8.4%
- #33 Space Drilling Station
75% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2026
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 38.8% ★, City Builder 15.1%, Time Management 12.8%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 7.8%
- #34 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 26.9% ★, City Builder 18.8%, Strategy RPG 14.3%, Time Management 12.9%, 4X 12.8% ★
- #35 HolyZone
76% 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 34.5% ★, City Builder 23.5%, Time Management 9.5%, Strategy 8.1%, Base Building 8%
- #36 Europa Universalis: Rome - Gold Edition
78% matchMixed67% of 239 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 47.4% ★, Real-Time with Pause 36.3% ★, Strategy 16.4%
- #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 27.6%, Strategy RPG 20.4%, Time Management 14.8%, Strategy 13.8%, Base Building 6.9%
- #38 Manor Lords
73% matchVery Positive84% of 88,470 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 35.9% ★, City Builder 25.5%, Base Building 15.9%, Strategy 8.4%, 4X 5.3% ★
- #39 New Cycle
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,839 reviews2024
Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 38.4% ★, City Builder 22.3%, Base Building 12.1%, Building 9.3%, Strategy 7.3%
- #40 Empires of the Undergrowth
73% matchVery Positive94% of 18,267 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 17.2%, Alternate History 16.5%, Base Building 11%, 4X 9.9% ★
- #41 Repterra
71% matchVery Positive92% of 79 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 39.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, City Builder 15.9%, Base Building 10.8%, Building 6.9%
- #42 Let Them Trade
71% matchVery Positive86% of 1,125 reviews2025
Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 46.8% ★, City Builder 21.9%, Base Building 11%, Building 8%, Management 7%
- #43 Crown Of Hispania
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Regalis Studio
Windows
Rewrite the Reconquista in a grand strategy game where population, religion, and war evolve dynamically based on your decisions. Will you become a legendary ruler, or will you be rejected by those forgotten by History?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 36.5% ★, Grand Strategy 30.3% ★, Alternate History 16.6%, Political Sim 9.3% ★, Strategy 6.6%
- #44 Victoria II
73% matchVery Positive92% of 19,958 reviews2010
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 49.3 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 28.5% ★, Political Sim 9.2% ★, Strategy 8.1%, Alternate History 7.8%
- #45 Corsair Cove
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.8% ★, City Builder 18.9%, Alternate History 13.9%, Base Building 11.7%, 4X 8.3% ★
- #46 Heart of the Machine
69% matchVery Positive92% of 2,051 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 25.4% ★, City Builder 17.1%, Alternate History 16%, Base Building 11%, 4X 10.1% ★
- #47 Buggos
70% matchVery Positive88% of 1,406 reviews2022
Dev: Intrepid Marmot
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.5 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 28.6% ★, City Builder 23.3%, Base Building 14.8%, Building 9.8%, Strategy 8.8%
- #48 Civitatem
71% matchMixed63% of 134 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 34.2%, Real-Time with Pause 23.9% ★, Strategy 13.8%, Base Building 13.2%, Building 7.1%
- #49 Airborne Kingdom
70% matchVery Positive87% of 2,385 reviews2022
Dev: The Wandering Band LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 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 32.8% ★, City Builder 27.4%, Base Building 16.3%, Building 10.7%, Strategy 6.2%
- #50 Earth of Oryn
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 41 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 40% ★, City Builder 18.1%, Base Building 11.6%, 4X 10.5% ★, Building 7.9%
- #51 Europa Universalis IV
70% matchVery Positive88% of 136,818 reviews2013
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 280.6 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 33.9% ★, Grand Strategy 28.3% ★, Alternate History 17.7%, 4X 10.4% ★, Strategy 6.2%
- #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 38.2% ★, Grand Strategy 27.6% ★, Alternate History 19.9%, Management 6.8%, Strategy 6.4%
- #53 Millenium State: Path of Hegemony
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trivial Inc. Person
Windows
Deep geopolitical strategy, sandbox. Engage in political processes that are realistic from the perspective of political theory - conduct comprehensive hybrid and military operations within global processes. Develop a leader and respond to historical events.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 64.4% ★, Alternate History 21%, Strategy 13.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #54 NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
67% matchVery Positive81% of 4,297 reviews2022
Dev: Eridanus IndustriesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 31.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 36.8% ★, Grand Strategy 25.4% ★, Alternate History 19.3%, Strategy RPG 11.9%, Strategy 5.9%
- #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 42.7% ★, City Builder 25.1%, Strategy 13.4%, Building 10.4%, Management 7.3%
- #56 Crucible Of Time
67% 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 22.6% ★, City Builder 19.4%, Alternate History 14.5%, Base Building 10.9%, 4X 10.7% ★
- #57 Politon: Prologue
67% 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 30.2% ★, Alternate History 18.5%, Time Management 14.9%, 4X 14% ★, Strategy 7.5%
- #58 Geo Mythica
66% matchVery Positive100% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Guin Entertainment, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on an 8-bit style JRPG quest to save Earth. Battle in unique party-based combat mixing real-time action and strategic commands. Join Gio and a team of lively characters as they unearth bizarre global events, forgotten legends, and battle mythical foes to unveil the secrets of Geo Mythica.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 43.2% ★, Alternate History 23.4%, Fantasy 7.2%, Strategy 7%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #59 Factomancer
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Voltige Games
Windows · Mac
The Order sends you on a mission. Armed with technology powered by magic, build production chains, plan, transform, optimize, and prepare for the unexpected. In this automation roguelite, the Eye of the Order watches your moves: failure is only a step toward perfection.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 51.3% ★, Base Building 14%, City Builder 11.7%, Building 9.4%, Strategy 6.6%
- #60 三國.爭霸
66% 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: Grand Strategy 25.8% ★, Alternate History 20.7%, City Builder 15.1%, 4X 11.6% ★, Base Building 9.9%