- #1 Ultakia
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Simon Alber
Windows
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.
Why similar: 4X 33.2% ★, Hex Grid 16.2% ★, Diplomacy 11.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Resource Management 6.5%
- #2 Millennia
96% matchMixed67% of 3,777 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 36.2 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 28.4% ★, Diplomacy 13.7% ★, Historical 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Alternate History 8.8%
- #3 It Takes a Tribe
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bad Cog
Windows · Linux
A turn-based strategy where you build culture, not cities. Migrate your hunter-gatherer tribe across a simulated ecosystem, survive harsh seasons and awaken mythical beings. Design powerful art inspired by your journey. What stories will your tribe tell?
Why similar: 4X 29.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Sandbox 10.3%, Hex Grid 9.9% ★, Survival 7.5%
- #4 Imperialist
95% 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 30.4% ★, Diplomacy 17.8% ★, Historical 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Hex Grid 8.5% ★
- #5 The Ancients
94% matchMixed54% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: GorillaSoftWorksPub: Camlann Games
Windows
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.
Why similar: 4X 26.5% ★, Historical 14%, Hex Grid 12.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Nature 9.8%
- #6 Liegecraft
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: From Chaos
Windows
You are the King. Lead your vassals, build your feudal realm and conquer foreign kingdoms in this blend of turn based 4X and realtime rpg. Attend feasts, host tourneys and fight duels. Every character has their own mind so promote the loyal, scheme against rivals and imprison the disobedient.
Why similar: 4X 27.1% ★, Diplomacy 15.4% ★, Hex Grid 11.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #7 Imperial Ambitions
93% matchVery Positive82% of 100 reviews2026
Dev: aoiti
Windows · Mac
Discover and colonize the world, Allocate your labor force, Monopolize markets, Fight tactical battles, Survive the age of imperialism...
Why similar: 4X 24.7% ★, Historical 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Hex Grid 11.2% ★, Alternate History 8.8%
- #8 Rise of Hegemony
92% 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 29.2% ★, Diplomacy 16.2% ★, Alternate History 9.4%, Historical 9.1%, Hex Grid 8.8% ★
- #9 Timeline
91% 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 27.6% ★, Diplomacy 16.4% ★, Historical 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Hex Grid 9.3% ★
- #10 SporeBloom
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antigen Interactive Inc.
Windows
A fungi-fueled 'battle of nutrition!' Turn-based strategy inspired by mycelium networks and territory control. Produce fantastical mushrooms and expand to outgrow your rivals. Develop peacefully or parasitize your friends in multiplayer and solo play - may the fittest fungi survive!
Why similar: 4X 30% ★, Hex Grid 16.6% ★, Board Game 10.8%, Nature 9.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%
- #11 Geopolaris: Conquer & Dominate
90% 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 31% ★, Diplomacy 16.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Alternate History 10%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #12 Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition
89% matchMixed69% of 2,291 reviews2024
Dev: Oxide GamesPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a nation starting at any point in human history and compete for supremacy in this epic turn-based strategy game. Engage in diplomacy, fight wars, and go head-to-head with other leaders from history.
Why similar: 4X 35.8% ★, Diplomacy 16% ★, Historical 14.1%, Alternate History 11.3%, Resource Management 6.8%
- #13 Rogue State Revolution
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 542 reviews2021
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.Pub: Modern Wolf
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 26.7% ★, Diplomacy 14.1% ★, Historical 12.4%, Sandbox 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%
- #14 Revival: Recolonization
87% matchMixed69% of 425 reviews2024
Dev: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 28.8% ★, Diplomacy 16.4% ★, Hex Grid 14.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Resource Management 5.7%
- #15 Old World
86% matchVery Positive82% of 6,828 reviews2022
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.0 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 27.1% ★, Diplomacy 15.7% ★, Historical 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Alternate History 7.4%
- #16 Gate Builders
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pyralis Studio
Windows · Linux
Gate Builders is a sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game. Build space stations, manage work force, exploit, trade and transform resources. Face space pirates and enemy factions. Build, Expand, Thrive!
Why similar: 4X 33.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Diplomacy 12.4% ★, Sandbox 8.9%, Management 8.9%
- #17 Tartaria: Frozen Frontier
85% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Rubedo Games
Windows
Lead your clan, build settlements, and survive enemy raids in a turn-based strategy set in the harsh northern lands.
Why similar: 4X 30.8% ★, Hex Grid 16.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Historical 10.9%, Diplomacy 10.3% ★
- #18 Heart of the Machine
83% matchVery Positive92% of 2,098 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 18.1 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: 4X 23.4% ★, Diplomacy 15.5% ★, Historical 12.6%, Sandbox 8.3%, Alternate History 7.5%
- #19 Underfoot Queens
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ElVillano
Windows · Linux
Underfoot Queens is an ant themed 4x where you will lead your species across generations. Explore, forage for food, expand your colony, fight off competitors, and survive the elements on your path to evolution. In the end, only the most adaptable species will survive.
Why similar: 4X 33.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Nature 12.5%, Hex Grid 12% ★, Resource Management 7.2%
- #20 Empires of the Undergrowth
82% matchVery Positive94% of 18,736 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 18.2 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: 4X 23.5% ★, Diplomacy 14.1% ★, Historical 12.5%, Sandbox 8.6%, Alternate History 7.8%
- #21 Marble Age
84% matchVery Positive83% of 747 reviews2015
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Turn-based historical simulation strategy. Develop the Greek civilization from the small village to the great city-state when it will dominate the world!
Why similar: 4X 21.3% ★, Historical 14.7%, Diplomacy 12.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Survival 9.1%
- #22 HUMANKIND™
82% matchMixed69% of 28,603 reviews2021
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Rewrite history by shaping a civilization as unique as you are. Combine 60 cultures from the Ancient Era to the Modern Age to lead your empire to victory. Build thriving cities, outsmart rivals in epic battles, spread your influence and leave your mark on HUMANKIND™.
Why similar: 4X 37.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Historical 16%, Strategy 8.9%, Hex Grid 7.5% ★
- #23 Terra Invicta
81% matchVery Positive80% of 9,823 reviews2026
Dev: Pavonis InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 52.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
Why similar: 4X 26.3% ★, Diplomacy 15.7% ★, Historical 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Alternate History 8%
- #24 Nova Historia
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BairdyDev
Windows
A unique 4X real-time historical strategy game, set on a procedurally generated globe. Play from ancient times, right through to the modern day. Expand your empire, build settlements, units, buildings and construct world wonders. Make History, Your Way.
Why similar: 4X 46% ★, Historical 13.4%, Strategy 7.9%, Simulation 7.4%, Hex Grid 6.9% ★
- #25 Frostward
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KoPoint Games
Windows
Plan industrial districts and strive toward monumental wonders while defending humanity against hostile forces and the endless winter.
Why similar: 4X 43.4% ★, Hex Grid 19.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Survival 8.9%, Resource Management 5.8%
- #26 Imperiums: Greek Wars
79% matchVery Positive86% of 547 reviews2020
Dev: Kube Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Unique combination of turn-based 4X and historical grand strategy with a mythological twist. Explore the ancient world and build a world leading civilization. Survive, expand, conquer... and win!
Why similar: 4X 30.2% ★, Historical 13.7%, Diplomacy 13.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Alternate History 8.8%
- #27 万象战略
79% 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 42.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Hex Grid 13.3% ★, Resource Management 7.2%, Strategy 6.3%
- #28 Hero's Hour 2
78% 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 25.3% ★, Auto Battler 19.8%, Diplomacy 15.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Sandbox 6%
- #29 Cataclismo
77% matchVery Positive89% of 4,300 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
Why similar: 4X 23.3% ★, Diplomacy 15.1% ★, Historical 12.6%, Sandbox 8.2%, Alternate History 8.1%
- #30 Havenreach: Last Refuge
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Leonix Games Studio
Windows
Fight for your people’s survival in this turn-based strategy game as you compete against other refugees for land. Expand tile by tile, defend your borders, and sustain your people through gathering or force. A streamlined 4X experience designed to finish in one sitting.
Why similar: 4X 34.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Hex Grid 14.3% ★, Diplomacy 13.6% ★, Survival 6.6%
- #31 Pandora: First Contact
77% matchMixed63% of 645 reviews2014
Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Pandora: First Contact is a science fiction 4X turn-based strategy game on a planetary scale. Our Earth has been exhausted and colonial attempts on other planetary bodies have been in vain. Finally, after decades of exploration, an interstellar probe has brought promise of a new world.
Why similar: 4X 55.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, Hex Grid 11.9% ★, Strategy 9.9%, Simulation 4.1%
- #32 Burned Land
76% matchMixed56% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: Koya Game
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Burned Land is a 4x game in which you will take control of a nascent human race and try to avoid its extinction. Build, explore, conquer until you are worthy of gods. Then confront their anger.
Why similar: 4X 40.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Hex Grid 12.5% ★, Board Game 11.7%, Survival 9.1%
- #33 Restitutor: Empire Restored
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Linux
Restitutor is a historical incremental grand strategy game focused on statecraft, diplomacy, and calculated warfare. Strengthen your economy, research new technologies, form alliances, and outmaneuver rivals through high-level strategic decisions without micromanagement.
Why similar: 4X 28.8% ★, Diplomacy 17% ★, Hex Grid 15.7% ★, Historical 15.7%, Resource Management 5.3%
- #34 Dominium Mundi
76% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Dusan Petrovic
Windows · Linux
Dominium Mundi is a lightweight 4X strategy game set in the medieval period where 4 players compete to create the most influential empire. Expand your empire over the map, convert more people to your religion, and control more trade routes.
Why similar: 4X 56.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Historical 11.5%, Strategy 7%, Resource Management 5.6%
- #35 European Card Wars
74% 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 31.2% ★, Diplomacy 16.9% ★, Historical 11.4%, Sandbox 9.8%, Alternate History 9.7%
- #36 From Village to Empire
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 57 reviews2018
Dev: Witch Laboratory
Windows · Linux
From Village to Empire is an indie turn based strategy game with a historical setting. Build cities, research technologies, and train units to discover new lands and conquer the world!
Why similar: 4X 33.4% ★, Hex Grid 17.5% ★, Historical 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Strategy 9.6%
- #37 First Colony
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Atesh Entertainment, Inc.
Windows · Mac
A turn-based 4X strategy game inspired by classic colony-building games. Explore a new continent, expand across a hex-based world map, and build a network of production settlements directly on the frontier.
Why similar: 4X 42.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Strategy 9%, Alternate History 8.1%, Hex Grid 7.6% ★
- #38 Kepler Protocol
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Boe
Windows
Kepler-186e, Humanity's first colony — on a world that is not theirs. Lead the Kaiserreich in turn-based hex strategy against the Ordo Arachnis, a swarm intelligence with no commander. Research, build, supply, fight. Survive.
Why similar: 4X 37.9% ★, Hex Grid 17.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Resource Management 6.6%, Alternate History 6%
- #39 Seven Kingdoms 2 HD
74% matchVery Positive81% of 405 reviews2015
Dev: Enlight Software Limited
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Get ready for an exciting real-time strategy game experience like no other with Seven Kingdoms 2! Say goodbye to the monotony of resource gathering and army building, its unique gameplay offers a thrilling blend of city management, trade, industry, espionage, diplomacy, and conquest!
Why similar: 4X 28.3% ★, Diplomacy 16.9% ★, Historical 15.9%, Resource Management 9%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #40 Colonerra Age of Exploration
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Game Tzar
Windows
Govern the New World as His Majesty's Viceroy during the Age of Exploration. Explore unknown lands, build thriving colonies, trade across the Atlantic, wage war, and forge an independent nation in this historical turn-based 4X strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 44.2% ★, Historical 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Strategy 9.5%, Economy 5.2%
- #41 Crow's Foot
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Thelix
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based hex strategy you can finish over lunch. Outsmart AI rivals, each with their own grudges, ambitions, and breaking points. Conquer provinces, command knights, scouts, assassins, and more. Unlock rule-bending scrolls. Go bankrupt and your own army defects.
Why similar: 4X 44.5% ★, Diplomacy 17.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Strategy 9%, Hex Grid 5.6% ★
- #42 Master of the Ages: Foundations of History
71% 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 36.5% ★, Historical 16.8%, Diplomacy 14.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Hex Grid 7.9% ★
- #43 For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 173 reviews2009
Dev: Crystal Empire GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 35.9 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 30.3% ★, Diplomacy 17.3% ★, Historical 16.8%, Alternate History 9.6%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #44 ENDLESS Legend™ 2
70% matchVery Positive83% of 2,825 reviews2025
Dev: AMPLITUDE StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 13.0 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 28.8% ★, Diplomacy 17.2% ★, Historical 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #45 Galactic Civilizations IV
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,564 reviews2023
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 30.9% ★, Diplomacy 16.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Hex Grid 10.8% ★, Sandbox 9.7%
- #46 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
70% matchMixed48% of 58,486 reviews2025
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 49.5 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 27.4% ★, Diplomacy 17.4% ★, Historical 13.7%, Hex Grid 11.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%
- #47 Whiskerwood
69% matchVery Positive92% of 3,269 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Why similar: 4X 25.4% ★, Diplomacy 15.9% ★, Historical 13.7%, Sandbox 9.1%, Management 7.5%
- #48 Nova Roma
68% matchVery Positive94% of 2,244 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.
Why similar: 4X 24.9% ★, Diplomacy 15.3% ★, Historical 14.3%, Sandbox 9.2%, Management 7.5%
- #49 Annhexation
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: James Randall
Windows · Mac
Conquer the world in an evening. 4X distilled. Eight civilisations, three victory paths, complete games in 3-4 hours. No twelve-hour death marches. No spreadsheets. Just maps, decisions, and the next turn.
Why similar: 4X 46.8% ★, Historical 21%, Hex Grid 20.6% ★, Strategy 10.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #50 Worshippers
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 105 reviews2018
Dev: Brainwashing Games
Windows
It's hard to be a god! Worshipper is a fast-paced strategy combined with collectible card game. Explore and conquer the land, face dreadful creatures, lead your people to glory! With every victory you will unlock new units, spells and buildings, use them to develop your own unique strategies!
Why similar: 4X 44.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.9%, Board Game 17.8%, Strategy 10.3%, RPG 5.2%
- #51 Commander: Modern War
69% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience the thrill of a modern conflict between two factions, as you outsmart your opponents in an epic game of strategy and cunning. Take command of your ground, air, and naval units and lead them to victory in the most immersive turn-based battle simulation. The battlefield awaits.
Why similar: 4X 43% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Hex Grid 11.2% ★, Alternate History 10.3%, Strategy 9.5%
- #52 Strategeist
69% 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: 4X 17.9% ★, Diplomacy 17.6% ★, Historical 17.5%, Sandbox 10.7%, Alternate History 9.8%
- #53 Grand Strategy: The Three Kingdoms
67% matchPositive88% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: Yiming
Windows
Based on the classic history of the Three countries, the 2D grand strategy game integrates deep strategy, resource management, diplomatic game and sand table, presenting a magnificent stage for players in the turbulent world.
Why similar: 4X 46.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Sandbox 12.9%, Historical 11.8%, Strategy 10.2%
- #54 Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
68% matchVery Positive88% of 1,666 reviews2022
Dev: The Secret Games CompanyPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 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 29.5% ★, Hex Grid 14.5% ★, Historical 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Management 7.5%
- #55 All Men Are Brothers / 水浒豪
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 221 Games
Windows
《水浒豪》是一款回合制战略游戏,是《三国志》、《文明》、《欧陆风云》的粉丝们不容错过的作品。您扮演山寨之主,运筹帷幄,纵横捭阖。原著中528位好汉、116处据点、49个势力在游戏中登场。被奸臣谋害,魂断蓼儿洼?呸!洒家要清君侧!慢着……洒家要当皇帝!兀那赵老官!给洒家从宝座上爬下来!
Why similar: 4X 30.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.9%, Historical 21.8%, Strategy 8.8%, Simulation 8.1%
- #56 Dwarf Guild Mania
66% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: QuarkbluePub: Kennedy Publishing House
Windows · Mac
Lead a campaign of glory as you mine, trade, spy, & sabotage your way to victory. Your guild of dwarves must vanquish its rivals and conquer the realm in this turn-based economic strategy game. Lead your capitalist dwarves across new lands in search of gems and gold. For the Guild!
Why similar: 4X 33.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Hex Grid 13.3% ★, Historical 12.1%, Resource Management 8%
- #57 Seres Universalis:Three Kingdoms
67% 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: 4X 30.5% ★, Hex Grid 18.3% ★, Historical 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Alternate History 8.1%
- #58 Three Kingdoms : Alias
65% matchVery Positive82% of 344 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: 4X 27.9% ★, Diplomacy 17% ★, Historical 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Alternate History 9.4%
- #59 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
65% matchVery Positive91% of 27,069 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 71.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: 4X 19.8% ★, Historical 15.5%, Diplomacy 13.1% ★, Management 8.5%, Sandbox 7.5%