- #1 Mandate 1600: The East
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RM GAME
Windows
At a turning point in history, decide the future of a nation. Mandate 1600: The East is a global historical grand strategy game. Govern lands and dynasty, secure your bloodline, grow through trade, and prevail in war. Rewrite history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.9%, 4X 20.5% ★, Diplomacy 13% ★, Political Sim 11.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%
- #2 HUMANKIND™ 2
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows
Build a civilization that spans the ages in this historical turn-based strategy game. Combine evolving cultures, raise cities, command armies and expand your empire as a changing climate reshapes the world and your path through history.
Why similar: 4X 27.7% ★, Grand Strategy 17.5%, Diplomacy 13.6% ★, Alternate History 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%
- #3 Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition
96% matchMixed69% of 2,301 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 27.1% ★, Grand Strategy 20.4%, Diplomacy 17.1% ★, Alternate History 15.7%, Resource Management 5.2%
- #4 Lawgivers II
95% matchMostly Positive70% of 712 reviews2023
Dev: Damian BernardiPub: SomniumSoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lawgivers II is a political sandbox game that features multiple electoral systems, approve/reject bills and govern a country. Start out your career from the very bottom, and perhaps one day, lead your nation to become the most influential in the world.
Why similar: Diplomacy 20.7% ★, Grand Strategy 13.8%, Political Sim 13.6% ★, 4X 12.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%
- #5 Rise of Hegemony
94% 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 23.7% ★, Diplomacy 18.4% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1%, Alternate History 13.9%, Political Sim 6.4% ★
- #6 One Planet
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Qardinal Games
Windows · Linux
Disasters rage. Political factions splinter and grasp at power. As the climate crisis threatens stability, will you unite the planet with diplomacy or take aggressive action? Deploy force or build consensus toward net zero emissions in this grand strategy game where stakes get higher by the minute.
Why similar: 4X 28.8% ★, Grand Strategy 25.5%, Diplomacy 22.3% ★, Political Sim 12.3% ★, Strategy 6.9%
- #7 Wealth of Nations: Economic Strategy
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WoN
Windows
Lead a nation through decades of political and economic challenges. Manage budgets, taxes, interest rates, crises, and public opinion in a deep grand-strategy simulation where every decision shapes your country's future.
Why similar: 4X 31.6% ★, Grand Strategy 22.8%, Political Sim 10.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Strategy 8.9%
- #8 Twisted Three Kingdoms
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seasonbean Team
Windows
Amidst this chaotic era, shape your own destiny—whether as a loyal minister, a ruthless warlord, or an independent ruler. Every choice and battle writes your legend. Are you ready to rise from a commoner to claim the realm?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.6%, 4X 18.7% ★, Diplomacy 14.5% ★, Political Sim 11.3% ★, Alternate History 11%
- #9 The Mandate
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SyntiaGames
Windows
Hold office in a living political simulation. Pass laws, build coalitions, manage staff, face the press, raise money, and fight for reelection while your allies and rivals pursue plans of their own.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.4%, Diplomacy 9.9% ★, Nonlinear 8.5%, Alternate History 8%, Simulation 7.7%
- #10 Three Kingdoms : Alias
91% matchVery Positive80% of 373 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: Grand Strategy 20.1%, 4X 20% ★, Diplomacy 17% ★, Alternate History 12.3%, Political Sim 11.9% ★
- #11 ENDLESS Legend™ 2
89% matchVery Positive83% of 3,878 reviews2026
Dev: AMPLITUDE StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 13.6 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 21.3% ★, Diplomacy 17.3% ★, Grand Strategy 16.8%, Alternate History 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%
- #12 Old World
90% matchVery Positive82% of 6,919 reviews2022
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.9 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 22.1% ★, Grand Strategy 17.4%, Diplomacy 16.6% ★, Alternate History 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
- #13 Gate Builders
89% 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 27% ★, Grand Strategy 20.8%, Diplomacy 14% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Management 7.2%
- #14 Strategeist
88% 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: Grand Strategy 22.6%, Diplomacy 18.4% ★, 4X 13.4% ★, Alternate History 13.4%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #15 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
87% matchVery Positive86% of 770 reviews2023
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
A Giant Strategy Sandbox experience set in Warlord China. *Tons of playable factions! *Communist insurgents, * Boxers like rebels, *Greedy warlords, *Mongol riders, *A mad russian baron, *Shanghai gangsters, *And armored trains!
Why similar: 4X 26.1% ★, Grand Strategy 18.8%, Diplomacy 18.4% ★, Political Sim 11.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%
- #16 Rogue State Revolution
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 543 reviews2021
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.Pub: Modern Wolf
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 21.9% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7%, Diplomacy 16.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Political Sim 8.9% ★
- #17 Cascade: Hindcast
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Herni Dedalvs
Windows · Mac
Cascade: Hindcast is an alternate-history grand strategy game where monthly political and military decisions reshape a living war map. Use hindsight, spend scarce political capital, and watch borders, armies, and consequences move in real time.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.6%, Diplomacy 15.7% ★, Political Sim 14.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Alternate History 11.9%
- #18 Millennia
85% matchMixed67% of 3,788 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 36.6 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 25.1% ★, Grand Strategy 18.8%, Diplomacy 17% ★, Alternate History 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%
- #19 World Order: Global Power
84% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Global Strategy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead any nation in a deep, turn-based grand strategy and political sim. Master the economy, military, diplomacy and society against rival AI you can actually read. Build a democracy or a dictatorship; the game names what you become, and your reign becomes a shareable saga.
Why similar: 4X 28.4% ★, Grand Strategy 24.7%, Political Sim 14.4% ★, Diplomacy 12.9% ★, Strategy 6.2%
- #20 Europa Universalis IV
84% matchVery Positive88% of 137,440 reviews2013
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 284.1 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: 4X 20.6% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1%, Diplomacy 18.1% ★, Alternate History 12.9%, Nonlinear 7.7%
- #21 Imperiums: Greek Wars
83% matchVery Positive85% of 548 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 24.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.6%, Diplomacy 15.6% ★, Alternate History 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%
- #22 Imperialist
82% 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 27.6% ★, Grand Strategy 23.5%, Diplomacy 22.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, Strategy 4.9%
- #23 Kinjea
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tenikkan Games
Windows · Linux
Lead your people through all of human history on a spherical planet. Wage war and forge alliances as you guide your nation in this 4X grand strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 29% ★, Grand Strategy 21.6%, Alternate History 13.1%, Political Sim 10.4% ★, Strategy 7.4%
- #24 For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 173 reviews2009
Dev: Crystal Empire GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 36.1 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 24.4% ★, Grand Strategy 22.6%, Diplomacy 19.5% ★, Alternate History 14.1%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #25 Freewake
80% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Oakshore Studios
Windows
A team-based strategy and space simulation game where allies build an empire together while competing to control it. Explore, trade, colonize, scheme, and fight tactical battles shaped by stealth, sensors, and deception.
Why similar: 4X 27.2% ★, Grand Strategy 25.3%, Diplomacy 17.1% ★, Political Sim 15.5% ★, Strategy 5.6%
- #26 4th Generation Warfare
81% matchMixed56% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: Eversim
Windows
As the leader of a nation, dispatch and control your team of characters all around the world to destabilize your enemies and establish your supremacy. All methods are fair game: hacking, sabotage, political interference, military strikes, corruption, treachery, assassinations, data theft…
Why similar: 4X 24.1% ★, Diplomacy 22.1% ★, Grand Strategy 17.8%, Political Sim 10.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 6.4%
- #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 35.3% ★, Grand Strategy 25.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Alternate History 7.4%, Strategy 6.8%
- #28 Gilded Destiny
79% 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: Diplomacy 18.2% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1%, 4X 17.2% ★, Alternate History 12.4%, Political Sim 11.6% ★
- #29 Tales From Outer Space
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: William MurphyPub: Ludi Absurdi
Windows · Mac · Linux
The hardest part about interstellar expansion isn't the technical cost, its the people. Exploit ecosystems, manipulate the masses, and conquer the intergalactic market. Growth is mandatory -- ethics are not.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.2%, Diplomacy 24.6% ★, 4X 21.2% ★, Political Sim 9.1% ★, Resource Management 8.1%
- #30 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
77% matchMixed47% of 62,332 reviews2025
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 50.3 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 22.5% ★, Diplomacy 19.6% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3%, Alternate History 11.1%, Political Sim 9% ★
- #31 All Men Are Brothers / 水浒豪
78% 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: Grand Strategy 30%, 4X 24.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Strategy 9%, Simulation 6.5%
- #32 Galactic Civilizations IV
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,617 reviews2023
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 25.3% ★, Grand Strategy 20.8%, Diplomacy 19.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #33 Global Protocol: New World Order
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 92 reviews2026
Dev: Dorlion Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command any of 261 real-world countries in this 2026 grand strategy game. Build your economy, lead armies, and navigate deep diplomacy. Features built-in modding support and 12 supported languages. Shape the global order through espionage, nuclear deterrence, and AI-driven geopolitics.
Why similar: 4X 30% ★, Grand Strategy 22.6%, Diplomacy 14.3% ★, Political Sim 12% ★, Sandbox 8.1%
- #34 Dawn of Empires
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maian Games
Windows
Build cities, research technologies, command armies, and guide your civilization through ancient times in a turn-based strategy game of exploration, expansion, diplomacy, and conquest.
Why similar: 4X 37.1% ★, Alternate History 18.3%, Diplomacy 14.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Strategy 10.6%
- #35 Terra Invicta
74% matchVery Positive80% of 9,948 reviews2026
Dev: Pavonis InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 53.5 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 22.4% ★, Diplomacy 18.6% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9%, Alternate History 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%
- #36 Money Wars : Modern Ages
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EarthQuick
Windows · Mac · Linux
A country simulator built on strategy: 160 real nations, deep production chains, a live world market, diplomacy, intelligence and war. Win the world with economy, not armies.
Why similar: 4X 32.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21.8%, Political Sim 11.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Strategy 8.8%
- #37 TREUD
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nikolai Karulin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule your society through 12,000 years – from the Stone Age to the present day – in a grand strategy game with a living simulation where real historical processes are recreated, but nothing is predetermined. Build, conquer, exploit. Crisis is part of history: keep power or side with the revolution
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29%, 4X 16.6% ★, Diplomacy 15.4% ★, Alternate History 9.3%, Strategy 7.4%
- #38 Konkwest
73% matchPositive95% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Vincent Creative Technologies
Windows
The arcade grand strategy game. In Konkwest you and your friends can play through a world conquest campaign in an evening. Many historical starting scenarios bring you into the game world and let you lead your empire to glory. The single-resource economy makes the game accessible to all.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.4%, Diplomacy 21.3% ★, Alternate History 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Political Sim 9.4% ★
- #39 Machiavelli the Prince
73% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Holistic Design, Inc.Pub: Holistic Design, inc.
Windows · Linux
This award-winning 4X strategy classic lets you explore the Old World, exploit risky trade routes, expand your political and military power, and rise to dominance in the Renaissance. Every move can mean the difference between exaltation and excommunication in this multiplayer empire-building game
Why similar: 4X 28.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21.1%, Political Sim 15.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Strategy 5.7%
- #40 Astronomics Rise of a New Empire
74% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: JayFiArts
Windows
Astronomics Rise of a New Empire is an easy-to-learn real-time global strategy(4X) game. Control your faction in an intergalactic conflict. Manage your economy, conduct diplomatic negotiations and build a fleet to rule the galaxy.
Why similar: 4X 26.2% ★, Grand Strategy 21.2%, Diplomacy 19.8% ★, Political Sim 11% ★, Sandbox 7.1%
- #41 UK Politics Simulator
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Black Cannon Studios
Windows · Mac
Over 20,000 simulated politicians, journalists and activists. Every one unique. Every one autonomous. Build your career from local councillor to Prime Minister in the most detailed UK political simulation ever created. No scripts. Pure systems-driven gameplay.
Why similar: Diplomacy 19.8% ★, Political Sim 16.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Sandbox 9.8%, Grand Strategy 9%
- #42 Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall
73% matchVery Positive93% of 730 reviews2018
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The confrontation between the East and the West is coming to an end, but not between East and West Germany. The old party leaders are still sitting in their offices, not changing anything and waiting for exclamations from Moscow. But their end is close – Gorbachev and Kohl have already decided...
Why similar: Diplomacy 18.5% ★, Alternate History 15.9%, Political Sim 15.1% ★, Grand Strategy 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%
- #43 Rebel Inc: Escalation
72% matchVery Positive82% of 7,594 reviews2021
Dev: Ndemic CreationsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.1 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: 4X 23% ★, Diplomacy 19.5% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1%, Alternate History 12.4%, Sandbox 6.4%
- #44 Crown Of Hispania
70% matchPositive100% of 39 reviews2026
Dev: Regalis StudioPub: indie.io
Windows
Rewrite the Reconquista in a grand strategy game set in 11th-century Iberia, where population, religion, and war evolve dynamically based on your decisions. Move armies freely across 300 hand-built provinces, manage a deep medieval economy, and face an AI that actually fights back.
Why similar: 4X 23% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1%, Diplomacy 18.4% ★, Alternate History 11.6%, Political Sim 10.7% ★
- #45 Cosmist
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gulbrandr Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Expand your empire one sector at a time in a fast-paced turn-based 4X strategy game. Capture planets, harvest resources, command powerful fleets, and adapt your strategy with unique Emperors and unpredictable divine interventions. Play solo, or challenge rivals in tactical PvP.
Why similar: 4X 39.6% ★, Grand Strategy 27.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Resource Management 7.9%, Strategy 6.8%
- #46 Imperiums: The Americas
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kube Games
Windows
Guide your people across generations in the pre-Columbian Americas. Build a lasting civilization through trade, diplomacy, culture, and war in this historical turn-based 4X grand strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 23.4% ★, Diplomacy 19.2% ★, Grand Strategy 18.6%, Alternate History 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%
- #47 Afterworld
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead a tribe of survivors, rediscover ancient technology, manage wasteland settlements and wage wars of conquest and political struggle in Afterworld, an original post-apocalyptic survival grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studio, the creators of Crusader Kings III and Hearts of Iron IV.
Why similar: 4X 33.3% ★, Grand Strategy 28.4%, Political Sim 10.2% ★, Strategy 7.3%, Sandbox 6.5%
- #48 Government Contractors: Arms of Influence
70% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Dan K.Pub: Strategy Games Interactive
Windows
Historically accurate strategy game where you act as a government contractor researching, developing, and manufacturing weapons and technology for your clients. You choose the parts for each product, but be aware that cheap or wrong political choices may affect your success rate!
Why similar: 4X 23.4% ★, Grand Strategy 17.5%, Diplomacy 16.9% ★, Political Sim 12.3% ★, Alternate History 11.6%
- #49 Demockracy
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SKLC Games
Windows
Build a political party in a fictional country and play for one thing: win power and keep it. Recruit politicians, conquer regions, win elections. There are clean paths and dirty games. Everyone has a price. What's yours?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.1%, Political Sim 20.9% ★, Diplomacy 15.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Strategy 8.5%
- #50 Europa Universalis V
68% matchMixed67% of 30,806 reviews2025
Dev: Paradox TintoPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 53.1 hrsMean: 124.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Use war, trade or diplomacy to satisfy your grandest ambitions and dominate five centuries of history in the newest version of Europa Universalis, Paradox Interactive's flagship historical grand strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 22.4% ★, Diplomacy 21.7% ★, Grand Strategy 21.2%, Alternate History 14.7%, Resource Management 6.1%
- #51 Bloodlines & Banners
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Synprax Labs
Windows
A historical 4X where you rule a dynasty, not just an empire. 88 civilizations across ten eras of real history on a hex map of Earth. Your rulers age and die; the heir you raised inherits their traits, their rivalries, and your bloodline's standing.
Why similar: 4X 35.1% ★, Grand Strategy 24.3%, Alternate History 18.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.2%, Strategy 5.8%
- #52 Existence: The Outer Reach
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cozy Orchards
Windows
Existence is a strategy game on a massive scale. Lead your expanding empire, explore the galaxy, and master simultaneous space and planetary battles. Engage in solo play or team up with friends for intense PvP and co-op action.
Why similar: Diplomacy 27.4% ★, 4X 22.9% ★, Grand Strategy 17%, Management 8.5%, Sandbox 6.9%
- #53 Stellar Monarch 2
69% matchVery Positive89% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: Silver Lemur Games
Windows
Stellar Monarch 2 is a feudal space empire builder where you feel like the Emperor, not a logistics officer. Great noble houses, usurpers to the throne, rebels, assassins, court intrigues, disloyal admirals, incompetent governors and ever-present alien threat.
Why similar: 4X 43.5% ★, Grand Strategy 30.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Strategy 9.2%
- #54 Folk Emerging
67% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: Curious Dynamics
Windows
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.
Why similar: 4X 31.1% ★, Diplomacy 16.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Alternate History 10.2%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #55 United Sects of America
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FoxSox GamesPub: Madnetic Games
Windows
Welcome to the United Sects of America, where a captivating narrative, strategic management, and moral choices seamlessly intertwine. As the leader of your own cult, you'll grapple with tough decisions, shape your group's destiny, and aim to wield influence across the entire United States.
Why similar: Diplomacy 24.8% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1%, Alternate History 16%, Political Sim 13.5% ★, Choices Matter 5.5%
- #56 Heart of the Machine
66% matchVery Positive92% of 2,139 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 17.8 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 21.3% ★, Diplomacy 19.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2%, Alternate History 12.4%, Sandbox 7%
- #57 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 27.4% ★, Diplomacy 20.7% ★, Alternate History 15.5%, Sandbox 8%, Nonlinear 7.6%
- #58 Power & Revolution 2021 Edition
68% matchMixed56% of 836 reviews2021
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
A new expansion of the ultra-realistic simulator of today's world where you play as the head of state or as the opposition! New Features for 2021: administration of the EU, Covid vaccinations, Biden's Challenge, political coalitions, diplomatic negotiations, worldwide tax and free-trade agreements.
Why similar: 4X 27.7% ★, Grand Strategy 21.4%, Political Sim 14.3% ★, Alternate History 10%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #59 Embersong: History Is Yours
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Camis Publishers
Windows · Mac · Linux
A historical turn-based 4X with the feel of '90s strategy games. Build your empire across eight eras in a roguelike campaign: five completed matches, win or lose, build bonuses for a sixth-match mythic finale. Beware your Archenemy.
Why similar: 4X 31.8% ★, Grand Strategy 21.5%, Diplomacy 19.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Management 5.6%
- #60 Empolicy
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StrategyMagic
Windows
Online strategy in a fantasy world with single-player options. Explore the world, expand the borders of your polis, build settlements and produce goods. Immerse yourself in the role of a powerful tycoon of the city-republic, choose your path - magic, diplomacy, espionage or war.
Why similar: 4X 32.3% ★, Diplomacy 27.2% ★, Grand Strategy 12.4%, Political Sim 11.1% ★, Management 7.4%