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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include 4X, Strategy, Management, Turn-Based Strategy.

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Lead nomadic families through the Stone Age in this turn-based 4X strategy game with in-depth characters, cultures, and ecosystems. Explore the wilderness, hunt megafauna, outsmart competitors in trade & autobattler combat. Discover fire, agriculture, politics... and survive to tell the tale.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: 2026-07-01
Developer: Curious Dynamics
Genres: RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    Dev: Simon Alber
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    Ultakia is a turn-based space 4X strategy game with distinctive resource management. Explore exotic systems and acquire powerful technologies. Exploit your planets, trade with other races and destroy those who stand in your way.

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    The Ancients is a turn-based survival strategy game where you lead a prehistoric hunter-gatherer tribe through the last ice age. Survive the elements, hunt fierce animals, migrate to new continents, advance your technology, make social and political tribe decisions, and evolve your civilization.

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    Dev: BaroxxTech
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    95% matchNo user reviews
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    94% matchMixed67% of 3,746 reviews2024
    Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 34.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    94% matchNo user reviews2026
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    93% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2022
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    Windows
    Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    91% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows · Linux

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    89% matchVery Positive82% of 6,135 reviews2022
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    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    Windows

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    Windows
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    76% matchMostly Positive77% of 171 reviews2009
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    74% matchMostly Positive79% of 105 reviews2018
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    71% matchNo user reviews
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  56. #56 European Card Wars
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Run-O Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Classic strategy drama of the century, you take control of a nation. Rule your country and gain freedom, become the ruler of the world with depth and historical consistency. Rewrite the history of the world and build a magnificent empire.

    Why similar: 4X 32.5%, Diplomacy 17%, Historical 11.4%, Sandbox 10%, Alternate History 8.2%

  57. #57 Monarchs at Play
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: MixedMoonGamesPub: Looking for Publisher
    Windows

    Turn-based 4X strategy in just one hour. Place buildings, chain adjacency bonuses, optimize resources, and outsmart rival monarchs through trade or war to earn the most Glory - solo or multiplayer.

    Why similar: 4X 40%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Hex Grid 14.2%, Historical 8.8%, Board Game 7.7%

  58. #58 As Far As The Eye
    67% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,112 reviews2020
    Dev: UnexpectedPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Build a mobile village and travel with your tribe toward the center of the world, called The Eye. This roguelike turn-based resource-management game is made of procedural situations, natural events, skill-trees and hard choices. Ready to move?

    Why similar: 4X 19.8%, Hex Grid 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Sandbox 10.7%, Survival 8.1%

  59. #59 Hyper Empire
    66% matchPositive81% of 42 reviews2025
    Dev: Fair Weather Studios
    Windows

    Play a 4x game in 40 minutes... or less! We streamlined 4x strategy down to a game that captures the fun in a manageable play time. Lead your faction against escalating enemies and expand the reach of your empire. Multiple paths to victory allows for a variety of strategies. Build your empire.

    Why similar: 4X 42.8%, Auto Battler 23.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Economy 6.9%, Strategy 5.5%

  60. #60 BOC: Birth of Cultures
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Code::Arts
    Windows

    BoC is a historical 4X strategy game. Play on diverse planets with climate simulation and non-linear progression over the last 60,000 years of human evolution. Develop your own ancient civilization starting as a nomadic tribe from the last Ice Age.

    Why similar: 4X 36.3%, Hex Grid 16.7%, Historical 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Management 9%

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