- #1 OF MICE AND SAND -REVISED-
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 343 reviews2018
Dev: ARC SYSTEM WORKS
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
On a desert planet in the farthest reaches of space, mice await your command! Direct their mobile fortress, and seek the legendary city of gold!
Why similar: Base Building 37.9%, Simulation 25.5%, Strategy 24.4%, Retro 10.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #2 Children of the Galaxy
96% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Filip Dusek, Empty Keys
Windows
Children of the Galaxy is a grand scale 4x turn-based strategy game with a turn-based combat and tactical elements. You can explore the galaxy, colonize planets and build huge armies of starships to fight in epic space battles.
Why similar: 4X 54.2% ★, Simulation 24.9%, Strategy 20.9%
- #3 Colony On Mars
96% matchMostly Negative25% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 20%
You play as an astronaut in a colony on Mars and you need to upgrade your colony, build new constructions and collect resources
Why similar: Base Building 59.8%, Simulation 21.4%, Strategy 18.8%
- #4 Feudalism
95% matchMostly Negative33% of 45 reviews2016
Dev: ImagimotionPub: IV Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Conquer Europe, become an Emperor. Build your family’s dynasty through seven centuries, from 800 A.D. to 1492 A.D., up until the inevitable collapse of the feudal system.
Why similar: 4X 64.8% ★, Strategy 35.2%
- #5 Ingnomia
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 237 reviews2018
Dev: Roest
Windows
Following in the footsteps of Dwarf Fortress and Gnomoria, this game aims to provide the best experience of both worlds. The graphics and accessibility of Gnomoria and the depth and rich content of Dwarf Fortress.
Why similar: Base Building 44.5%, Simulation 30%, Strategy 25.5%
- #6 World Tour
94% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: 一朵大帽子
Windows
This is a simple and fun elimination game.
Why similar: 4X 56.5% ★, Simulation 20.2%, Strategy 15.4%, RPG 7%, Singleplayer 1%
- #7 War and Empires: 4X RTS Battle
93% matchMostly Negative39% of 41 reviews2022
Dev: DOWNJOY HK
Windows
War and Empires is a war strategy game set in the Middle Ages. It tells a story about the ferocious barbarians continued to expand into the empire's territory and occupied the holy city symbolizing imperial power in the dark ages!
Why similar: 4X 50.3% ★, Base Building 21.1%, Strategy 19.1%, Simulation 5.5%, 3D 3.9%
- #8 Adam: Robot World
92% matchPositive81% of 31 reviews2020
Dev: ZGame Studio
Windows
Build your stronghold and survive in the wasteland world controlled by artificial intelligence. Deal with relationships with other strongholds, develop allies or conquer them. Control pollution and fight against bad weather. Protect your base and destroy your enemy.
Why similar: Base Building 41.4%, Simulation 30.5%, Strategy 28.2%
- #9 Space Empires III
91% matchPositive80% of 41 reviews2020
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
The third game within the Space Empires series brings the dawn of a new age of exploration. Your race keeps running through the fabric of space and moves to other solar systems beyond your own.
Why similar: 4X 42.7% ★, Base Building 21.9%, Strategy 19.8%, Retro 15.2%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #10 Evolution of Ages: Settlements
91% matchVery Positive86% of 292 reviews2018
Dev: TREON Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Evolution of Ages is a game of managing resources in the ruins of our world. Recruit characters and level their skills and equipment from the stone age until the space age, while trying your best to avoid the very thing that led to our destruction previously.
Why similar: Base Building 30.8%, Simulation 26.4%, Strategy 23.9%, RPG 18.9%
- #11 A Planet of Mine MasterMine Edition
87% matchPositive97% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Tuesday Quest
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Planet of Mine Mastermine Edition is a cozy 4X game with mass strategy! Choose your winning gang, mastermine resources, and build your base and tools to boost your technology and conquer space! Unless your neighbors don’t see it that way… Trade, peace or clash: your planet, your choice!
Why similar: 4X 46.6% ★, Base Building 19.9%, Simulation 18.1%, Strategy 14.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #12 Master of Orion 3
90% matchMixed53% of 183 reviews2016
Dev: Quicksilver SoftwarePub: Wargaming Labs
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Experience first-hand the challenges of leading one of 16 different races into unequalled galactic supremacy and face a universe of decisions. Set policies, explore, build, declare war, negotiate - put all these elements into motion to guarantee your place in the annals of space and time.
Why similar: 4X 73.6% ★, Strategy 26.4%
- #13 FirstQueen1 NEXT
89% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Kure Software Koubou Co.,Ltd.
Windows
Battlefield with Many Enemies and Allies. Your soldiers will fight or retreat in battle using their own discretion. You watch over the actions of your troops and can either move characters that are in danger to safety or send a strong character to help defeat enemies and lead your army to victory.
Why similar: Simulation 35.1%, Strategy 31.3%, RPG 27.1%, Retro 6.5%
- #14 Hero Generations
89% matchMixed55% of 224 reviews2015
Dev: Heart Shaped Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The original roguelike/4X strategy game where every turn is one year of your life. Explore, find a mate, build a home, and raise a child before you die to keep your legacy going. Praised as "the offspring of Sid Meier's Civilization, Passage, and The Legend of Zelda." IndieCade Finalist.
Why similar: 4X 51.8% ★, Strategy 23%, RPG 12.5%, Simulation 12%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #15 Age of Pixels
88% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Turon
Windows
Build your base, train your army and destroy your enemy in this fast paced RTS!
Why similar: Simulation 32.1%, Strategy 29.2%, Base Building 24.2%, Retro 14.6%
- #16 Defense X
84% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Hcenter GamePub: 30 Game Studio
Windows
Build a defense strategy to protect the peace.
Why similar: 4X 50.8% ★, Simulation 26.5%, Strategy 21.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #17 Space Empires II
86% matchMixed59% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Explore the galaxy, discover and colonize new planets to acquire enough resources. Design your ships, choosing from different hulls, weapons, shields, and several devices. Once you advance with technologies, new systems will be available, and you will have to update your designs.
Why similar: 4X 38.5% ★, Base Building 33.9%, Strategy 20.6%, Retro 6.5%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #18 Childhood grocery 辣条杂货店 学校小卖部 :令人感动的童年回忆,经典策略模拟经营解密
86% matchMixed53% of 314 reviews2017
Dev: 独立游戏开发组:Pub: stone lnternational
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 30%
In that unforgettable age, everything looks like childhood. This game bring you back to your childhood. This is a business game with hand-painted style, familiar old streets, primary school gate down to earth and various things that bring you back to carefree days of your childhood.
Why similar: Simulation 37.2%, Strategy 25.4%, RPG 24.8%, Retro 12.6%
- #19 Badland Caravan
84% matchMixed42% of 24 reviews2019
Dev: Punkmice
Windows
Organize your team and trade between cities. You should arm members to protect the caravan and goods in dangerous travel. You can develop every city to get more profit.
Why similar: Simulation 37.4%, Strategy 34.1%, RPG 28.5%
- #20 Void Ascendancy
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: lijohnttle Studio
Windows
Void Ascendancy is a UI-driven space empire simulation where you colonize planets, manage specialized worlds, and build interstellar trade networks across a procedurally generated star cluster.
Why similar: 4X 52.8% ★, Simulation 25.9%, Strategy 20.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #21 Dungeons - The Dark Lord
85% matchMostly Negative39% of 317 reviews2011
Dev: Realmforge StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Dungeons: The Dark Lord is the sequel to Dungeons, the game where the more evil you are, the better! There are a slew of exciting new features, including four-player multiplayer in four modes!
Why similar: Simulation 38.6%, Strategy 35.7%, RPG 25.8%
- #22 Distant Worlds 2
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,478 reviews2022
Dev: CodeForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 56.5% ★, Simulation 20.1%, Strategy 19.7%, 3D 2.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #23 Galactic Keep
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: Gilded Skull Games
Windows · Mac
GALACTIC KEEP is a sci-fi, tabletop-styled, role-playing game. Investigate exquisite maps in a richly described world, free to roam where you want, exploring for hours! Choose the path of your adventure in an open world filled with hidden surprises around every cavernous, loot filled, turn.
Why similar: Simulation 37.5%, Strategy 33%, RPG 29.5%
- #24 巴伦西亚传说:索菲亚的重生 Valencia Saga:Sophia's rebirth
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 292 reviews2018
Dev: 清之鸣
Windows
The story starts when two countries on one continent collide. Two charactors are on their journey to save all beings, and the adventure unfolds.
Why similar: Strategy 39.3%, RPG 31%, Simulation 29.8%
- #25 Powerplay
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frantic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Powerplay is an RTS with a focus on resources and industry. Create supply chains, transport, and explore in this thrilling base builder. Grow into a powerful industrial nation, but don't spread too thin! Resources are finite and "the others" can reclaim what is theirs at any time.
Why similar: 4X 40.3% ★, Base Building 30.9%, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 12.3%, 3D 2.7%
- #26 Pandora: First Contact
81% matchMixed63% of 638 reviews2014
Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.3 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 66.5% ★, Strategy 21.9%, Simulation 10.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #27 三国画卷
74% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: 三国画卷制作组
Windows
"Three Kingdoms Scroll" is a game that respects authentic historical elements, with careful research into historical details as the foundation of its design. We have strived to make this title a Three Kingdoms-themed strategy game that emphasizes local culture, traditions, and human connections.
Why similar: 4X 50.2% ★, Simulation 24.4%, Strategy 19.6%, RPG 5.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #28 Within a Dead City
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 46 reviews2023
Dev: Moonroof Studios
Windows
Within a Dead City is a tiny RTS / autobattler inspired by Majesty. Hire autonomous heroes to search for gold and glory. Build shops where they can spend their hard-earned loot. Place bounties on monsters to influence their behavior. With skill and strategy, you will find riches in the fallen city.
Why similar: 4X 46.4% ★, Base Building 28.2%, Strategy 10.9%, Retro 7.5%, Simulation 6.2%
- #29 Dominions 2 - The Ascension Wars
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Linux
Dominions II is turn based fantasy game in which you take the role of a powerful being that is trying to become the supreme god. The type of Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to old dragons or statues. The game features a large variety of spells and units.
Why similar: 4X 69.2% ★, Strategy 29.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #30 Majesty Gold HD
79% matchVery Positive92% of 586 reviews2009
Dev: CyberlorePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 34%
The High Definition edition of Majesty Gold contains main game, the Northern Expansion Pack as well as 2 new quests and several other graphics and gameplay updates.Majesty is a Real-time strategy game with indirect control – your heroes have a will of their own!
Why similar: Strategy 35.9%, Simulation 34%, Base Building 29.1%, Singleplayer 1%
- #31 Jon Shafer's At the Gates
78% matchMixed41% of 498 reviews2019
Dev: Conifer Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
At the Gates is an indie strategy game from Jon Shafer, designer of Civilization 5. You are a dark age lord building a kingdom to replace the crumbling Roman Empire. Manage your clans, explore the landscape around you, harvest its resources, and build a mighty economic and military machine.
Why similar: 4X 57.1% ★, Strategy 42.9%
- #32 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
72% matchVery Positive91% of 552 reviews2024
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.
Why similar: 4X 77.5% ★, Strategy 20.6%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #33 Jagged Alliance: Crossfire
78% matchMixed62% of 328 reviews2012
Dev: Coreplay GmbHPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
The island of Arulco is free; however, there are other countries under the shadow of war that are ignored by the rest of the world.
Why similar: Strategy 37.2%, Simulation 32.7%, RPG 30.1%
- #34 Space Empires IV Deluxe
77% matchVery Positive86% of 285 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 37%
The award-winning Space Empires IV Deluxe is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. A grand strategy title in the space 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) genre, Space Empires has already found a place in the heart of strategy gamers everywhere.
Why similar: 4X 73.4% ★, Strategy 26.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #35 Commanders of Valor
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonlit Sky Games
Windows
A tabletop RPG strategy game set two centuries before common era
Why similar: Simulation 37.1%, Strategy 33.7%, RPG 29.2%
- #36 Boxes Inc.
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 81 reviews2018
Dev: toR Studio
Windows
Welcome to our small warehouse. Boxes Inc. is an exciting game - puzzle. Your role is to earn money by processing the parcels. Every day you'll encounter new rules becoming more difficult.
Why similar: Simulation 39.8%, Strategy 30.2%, RPG 27.9%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #37 Empires Edge
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kaser Studio
Windows
Empires Edge is a 4X-lite strategy game about building a civilization on floating islands, inspired by the classic Tyrants: Fight Through Time (Mega Lo Mania). Lead your people, achieve technological breakthroughs, and conquer new territories as you forge an empire at the edge of the Universe.
Why similar: 4X 54.4% ★, Base Building 23.1%, Strategy 21.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #38 Defensia
70% matchNo user reviews2032
Dev: RedPain
Windows
Defensia is a turn-based strategy game. Build structures, Grow carrots, Recruit bunnians, Kill enemies, Keep your castle safe!
Why similar: 4X 49.1% ★, Base Building 30.8%, Strategy 9.2%, Simulation 7.2%, 3D 2.6%
- #39 Apollo4x
76% matchMixed49% of 82 reviews2015
Dev: Digital EntertainmentPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Apollo4x is a casual-to-difficult space trading tycoon game, where success is measured in earnings from how efficient your trade routes are in transporting supplies to demands on your planets. Combat is card based, and uses a unique system never before seen.
Why similar: 4X 37.2% ★, Simulation 27.7%, Strategy 25.6%, RPG 9.6%
- #40 Master of Orion 1
73% matchVery Positive90% of 436 reviews2016
Dev: SimTexPub: Wargaming Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Forge an empire in a universe where population growth is stripping away planetary resources. Colonize unknown planets and trade with other races for their knowledge.
Why similar: 4X 77.3% ★, Strategy 22%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #41 King's League II
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 123 reviews2019
Dev: Kurechii
Windows
Lead your team to victory! Recruit, train and manage fighters of different classes before entering tactical battles of wit and glory. In this sequel to an award-winning strategy simulation RPG, can you climb the King’s League?
Why similar: Simulation 37.8%, Strategy 34.6%, RPG 27.6%
- #42 Dominions - Priests, Prophets & Pretenders
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Linux
In Dominions you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. It all takes place in a fantasy world with monsters, magic items and world altering spells. Dominions is a 4x turn based strategy game with a large variety of spells and units.
Why similar: 4X 70.1% ★, Strategy 29.9%
- #43 The Inner Sea
73% matchMixed64% of 25 reviews2016
Dev: dsquare
Windows · Mac
The Inner Sea is a sandbox like game with RPG elements set in the XVII century in a mysterious archipelago. You’ll build up your fleet from a single ship, hire crew, engage in naval battles, embark on missions and trade your heart's content away!
Why similar: Simulation 36.4%, Strategy 34.1%, RPG 29.5%
- #44 GameMaster: MAGUS
73% match7 user reviews14% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Emperor Development
Windows
GameMaster: Magus is a unique RPG simulation, bringing you the ultimate role to play in RPG games: The Game Master
Why similar: Simulation 37.8%, Strategy 33.3%, RPG 28.9%
- #45 Master of Orion
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 8,105 reviews2016
Dev: NGD StudiosPub: Wargaming Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 101.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The ascendant spacefaring 4X strategy game returns! A new chapter in the epic Master of Orion saga is poised to once again capture the imaginations of millions of gamers.
Why similar: 4X 73.3% ★, Strategy 26.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #46 Fantastic Creatures
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Callisto
Windows · Linux
Mythological Units. Ancient China. Experience a turn-based 4X strategy game where the land around you is slowly dying. Incarnate one of the four Fantastic Creatures: Dragon, Tiger, Turtle or Vermilion Bird and fight for survival.
Why similar: 4X 49.5% ★, Strategy 34.9%, Simulation 14.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #47 Chang'an: The capital of Tang Dynasty
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Romulus
Windows
It is a city building game of Chang'an, the capital city of Tang dynasty in 8th century AD. Players will build the ancient city in an 1:1 proportion sandbox. Based on researches of history and ancient architecture, you will see a Chang'an city reconstructed in reality.
Why similar: 4X 34.6% ★, Base Building 31.2%, Simulation 17.4%, Strategy 15.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #48 Rise And Grind!
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AkdumanDev
Windows
We call you to survive in a world that only wakes you up once a year. Wake up, collect, build, expand, be prepared for dangers, and sleep for one year! Each awakening brings a new adventure, an opportunity to become stronger!
Why similar: 4X 43.5% ★, Base Building 28.4%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 12.3%, 3D 2.6%
- #49 Forsaken Fortress Strategy
72% matchMostly Negative34% of 197 reviews2015
Dev: Photon ArenaPub: KISS ltd
Windows
Forsaken Fortress Strategy is a squad based, survival strategy game focused on base building and scavenging.
Why similar: Strategy 36.9%, Simulation 32.3%, RPG 30.8%
- #50 Space One - Electron
68% matchMixed56% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: Triangle4 Studios Inc.
Windows
Adventure through a limitless procedural galaxy, as you play the role of a colonist in this epic colony simulator.
Why similar: 4X 42.5% ★, Base Building 28%, Simulation 10.8%, RPG 9%, Strategy 8.6%
- #51 Iron Inc.
65% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Segment Games
Windows · Mac
Iron Inc. is a factory building game where you plan, build, and automate on planets across the galaxy while developing inter-planetary logistics systems. Create massive bases and engage in combat on the ground and in space.
Why similar: Simulation 37.4%, Strategy 33%, Base Building 28.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #52 Worshippers
69% 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 55.9% ★, Strategy 23.7%, RPG 20.5%
- #53 Lordship
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Carpe diem
Windows
Lordship is a turn-based 4x strategy where your objective is to be the first to obtain the set victory points (Fame). Explore, find treasure, build and expand cities, battle creeps and opponents, and interact with various objects on the map that automatically resolve.
Why similar: 4X 53.4% ★, Base Building 20.4%, Strategy 15.4%, Retro 10.6%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #54 The Minister
62% matchMixed60% of 47 reviews2025
Dev: LALALA Games
Windows
A turn-based RPG. Play as a Confucian sage's disciple entering politics in a fictional world, striving to save a collapsing dynasty and its suffering people. Cultivate factions, plot schemes, and vie with rivals. Witness hardships, resist power's corruption, rise to power, and stabilize the realm.
Why similar: Strategy 35.4%, Simulation 34.6%, RPG 27.8%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #55 JERRY JOBHOPPER
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: NK CREATIV GAMES
Windows · Mac
What inspired us is Neighbors from hell. Jerry Jobhopper is a point-and-click strategy game. The aim of this single-player stealth game is to successfully annoy the bully Boss by tricky office pranks without, of course, getting caught. Be Jerry, and enjoy the sweet taste of revenge!
Why similar: Simulation 37.1%, Strategy 34.5%, RPG 28.3%
- #56 Before Arthur
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ashwood Games
Windows
Before Arthur is an open-world grand strategy RPG set in dark age England. Enjoy total freedom as you lead your people through the dark ages and beyond, uniting England and forging your legacy. Will you survive as a Briton, or conquer as a Saxon?
Why similar: 4X 42.6% ★, Base Building 25%, Simulation 12.6%, RPG 11.1%, Strategy 7.7%
- #57 隆中策
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 阿达游戏
Windows
最具人文氣息的策略三國志遊戲,正統得天下三國遊戲,三國志2013(2014)的正版續作。
Why similar: Simulation 37.8%, Strategy 33.3%, RPG 28.9%