- #1 Old World
97% 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 14.2% ★, Diplomacy 12.2% ★, Grand Strategy 11.9%, Turn-Based 10%, Moddable 7%
- #2 ENDLESS Legend™ 2
96% 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 13.7% ★, Diplomacy 12.8% ★, Grand Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based 9.9%, Moddable 7.5%
- #3 Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
96% matchVery Positive87% of 22,960 reviews2026
Dev: UnfrozenPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 15% ★, Grand Strategy 12.9%, Turn-Based 10.1%, Moddable 8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%
- #4 Heroes of Science and Fiction
95% matchVery Positive90% of 936 reviews2026
Dev: Oxymoron Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A turn-based sci-fi strategy that combines exploration and exciting clashes on the battlefield. Take control over several different species, raise powerful armies for your heroes and destroy your opponents! This HoMM-like is set in a scifi universe, with new mechanics on top of the classic formula.
Why similar: 4X 14.7% ★, Grand Strategy 12.4%, Turn-Based 11%, Moddable 8.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.4%
- #5 Terra Invicta
94% 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 14.4% ★, Diplomacy 13.7% ★, Grand Strategy 12.2%, Turn-Based 8.6%, Moddable 7.7%
- #6 Millennia
94% 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 17.5% ★, Grand Strategy 13.8%, Diplomacy 13.5% ★, Turn-Based 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
- #7 Revival: Recolonization
93% matchMixed69% of 428 reviews2024
Dev: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 17.3% ★, Diplomacy 15.8% ★, Grand Strategy 14.2%, Turn-Based 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%
- #8 Rogue State Revolution
92% 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 16.3% ★, Grand Strategy 14%, Diplomacy 13.8% ★, Turn-Based 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%
- #9 Alliance of the Sacred Suns
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KatHawk Studios
Windows · Mac
Alliance of the Sacred Suns is a sci-fi grand-strategy RPG that begins with your coronation as the head of an interstellar Empire, and ends with your demise. Manage feuding noble houses and the schemes of would-be usurpers as you try to revive the glory of an Empire on the brink of collapse.
Why similar: 4X 16.8% ★, Grand Strategy 13.5%, Turn-Based 12.5%, Moddable 9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%
- #10 Terrol
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Max Krupp
Windows
Strategically place outposts & settlements to capture resources. Upgrade you empire and destroy all rivals!
Why similar: 4X 19.3% ★, Grand Strategy 17.2%, Turn-Based 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, War 10.3%
- #11 Great Houses of Calderia
90% matchMixed61% of 447 reviews2024
Dev: Resistance GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Great Houses of Calderia is a Feudal Grand Strategy game focusing on family dynamics & stories. Use your family strengths to compete against rivals to rise in the ranks of Calderia - produce, trade, scheme, bribe, and battle to build your legacy of power!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.5%, Diplomacy 12.9% ★, 4X 11.5% ★, Medieval 7.9%, Military 7%
- #12 Rebel Inc: Escalation
89% 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 16.2% ★, Diplomacy 15.7% ★, Grand Strategy 13.5%, Moddable 8.6%, War 7.7%
- #13 Imperiums: Greek Wars
89% 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 18.5% ★, Grand Strategy 14.8%, Diplomacy 13.5% ★, Moddable 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
- #14 Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
88% matchVery Positive86% of 379,637 reviews2016
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.2 hrsMean: 101.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Grand Strategy 15.5%, 4X 15.5% ★, Turn-Based 13.6%, Strategy 11.3%
- #15 Making History: The Second World War
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 291 reviews2018
Dev: Factus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Choose a nation and prepare for the greatest conflict in human history, World War II. Build your military and industrial power, form alliances and race to achieve the advanced technologies that will bring total victory in this global-wide turn-based Grand Strategy struggle.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 15.1%, Turn-Based 13.1%, 4X 12.9% ★, Moddable 9.7%, War 9.2%
- #16 Strategeist
86% 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 19.3%, Diplomacy 17% ★, 4X 10.8% ★, Moddable 7.8%, Medieval 7.7%
- #17 For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game
86% 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 18.8% ★, Grand Strategy 18.4%, Diplomacy 17.2% ★, Moddable 7.7%, War 6.8%
- #18 Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
85% matchVery Positive92% of 3,677 reviews2006
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
With over 6 million units sold and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier's Civilization is recognized as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all-time. Now, Sid Meier and Firaxis Games will take this incredibly fun and addictive game to new heights by adding new ways to play and win, new...
Why similar: 4X 23.4% ★, Turn-Based 21%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Strategy 11%, Grand Strategy 8.3%
- #19 Lord of Rigel
84% matchMixed69% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: Rhombus Studios
Windows
Lord of Rigel is a turn-based 4X space strategy game inspired by the classics. In a galaxy divided by two elder races, will you unite with other species or forge your own path? Navigate galactic politics and defeat threats using espionage, research, and military force. How will you shape the galaxy?
Why similar: 4X 17.3% ★, Diplomacy 15.1% ★, Grand Strategy 14.5%, Turn-Based 9.1%, Military 7.9%
- #20 Throneforged
83% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Genesis Worlds
Windows
Forge your empire. Claim the throne. A competitive 4X strategy game where every tile matters, every decision counts, ZERO RNG, and one win condition exists. Claim the central Throne and hold it for 10 turns.
Why similar: 4X 17.8% ★, Diplomacy 14.4% ★, Turn-Based 14.2%, Grand Strategy 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%
- #21 Oriental Empires
82% matchVery Positive81% of 3,010 reviews2017
Dev: Shining Pixel StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.
Why similar: 4X 24.3% ★, Turn-Based 18.8%, Grand Strategy 13.4%, Strategy 9%, Military 8.3%
- #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 21.5% ★, Diplomacy 20.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%, Economy 7.7%
- #23 Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 36,538 reviews2006
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 37.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Spanning the most turbulent era in Western history, your quest for territory and power takes you through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and even onto the shores of the New World.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.3%, Medieval 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Strategy 11%, War 9.3%
- #24 Generals & Rulers
81% matchMixed62% of 389 reviews2019
Dev: Hamsters Gaming
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
What will be the strategy game if you throw out all the grind from it, all the boring annoying actions and leave only strategy and tactics? It became interesting to us and as a result we received Generals & Rulers. Try it now!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.4%, Turn-Based 14.5%, War 9.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, Medieval 9%
- #25 Evil Bank Manager
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,767 reviews2018
Dev: Hamsters Gaming
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
What could be better than having a million dollars, a billion? This will not make you all powerful in the world, your goal will not only be to make lots of money, but to print money and become a Federal reserve system
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.6%, Turn-Based 13.3%, Economy 12.6%, Management 8.8%, Strategy 8.8%
- #26 Hex Kingdoms
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Sunset GamesPub: SIG Publishing
Windows
Hex Kingdoms is a turn-based strategy game set in medevial times with fantasy themes. Expand your kingdom, set up your defenses, train soldiers and monsters to become the only ruler of the land.
Why similar: 4X 21.3% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7%, Turn-Based 16.4%, War 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%
- #27 NationWar2:Chronicle
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 430 reviews2024
Dev: Yiming
Windows
NationWar 2.0 is a big strategy game based on the theme of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period. There are more than 60 countries to choose from in the game. Map 1: 1 restores the mountainous landscapes and rivers of China.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.6%, 4X 14% ★, Turn-Based 13.3%, Auto Battler 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%
- #28 HUMANKIND™ 2
78% 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 25.3% ★, Grand Strategy 16.9%, Diplomacy 14.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Strategy 9.3%
- #29 Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,712 reviews2011
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 45.9 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Get the complete GalCiv II saga including Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, the expansion pack Dark Avatar, and the newest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor!
Why similar: 4X 25.7% ★, Grand Strategy 21.2%, Turn-Based 19.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Diplomacy 6.1% ★
- #30 Palm Kingdoms 3
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hack The Publisher
Windows · Mac
Palm Kingdoms 3 is a turn-based strategy game with deep mechanics. Explore maps, build your kingdom, and lead armies in rich, tactical combat. Here, power lies not in a single character, but in the unique Commanders you cultivate within your ranks.
Why similar: 4X 20.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.6%, Turn-Based 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, War 11.7%
- #31 TREUD
77% 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 24%, Diplomacy 13.8% ★, 4X 13% ★, Economy 10.1%, Moddable 9.7%
- #32 Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,101 reviews2007
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 45.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Sid Meier's Civilization IV®: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for Civilization IV - the 2005 PC Game of the Year that has become a worldwide hit.
Why similar: 4X 28.5% ★, Turn-Based 21.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Strategy 12.1%, Moddable 8.6%
- #33 Master of the Ages: Foundations of History
75% 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 23.5% ★, Grand Strategy 21.8%, Diplomacy 14.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Military 7.3%
- #34 Crusader Kings III
74% matchVery Positive90% of 143,901 reviews2020
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 29.1 hrsMean: 151.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.7%, 4X 13% ★, Medieval 12.9%, Moddable 8.4%, Strategy 8.2%
- #35 Imperiums: The Americas
74% 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 17.8% ★, Diplomacy 16.7% ★, Grand Strategy 15%, Moddable 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%
- #36 Tales of a Spymaster
75% matchMixed55% of 31 reviews2019
Dev: Gerard Morris
Windows · Mac · Linux
Break from the traditional role of ruler and take up a new set of tools within Tales of a Spymaster, a turn-based strategy set in a fictional world, filled with threats and opportunities. Choose your kingdom and guide your ruler to victory, in whatever manner you deem fit.
Why similar: 4X 15% ★, Diplomacy 13.9% ★, Grand Strategy 12.4%, Turn-Based 11.6%, RPG 11%
- #37 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
73% 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 18% ★, Diplomacy 17.9% ★, Grand Strategy 16.3%, War 8.1%, Military 7.8%
- #38 Vivat Rex
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dmitry Nyakkoev
Windows
Global strategy game focused on conquering the medieval world, featuring real-time tactical battles.
Why similar: Auto Battler 22.8%, Grand Strategy 22.1%, 4X 22.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Medieval 10.4%
- #39 Galactic Civilizations IV
72% 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 20.1% ★, Grand Strategy 17.6%, Diplomacy 17.5% ★, Moddable 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%
- #40 Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms
73% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Aserisoft
Windows · Mac
Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms is a turn-based 4X grand strategy game, played on a procedurally generated world. Battles are real-time and tactical. Every world-map and battlefield is entirely unique, so this game will always have something to throw at you.
Why similar: 4X 28.3% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Medieval 12.7%, Strategy 10.4%
- #41 Wartra
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jens P. Behrens
Windows
Build a civilization from its first settlements into a mighty world power in this turn-based strategy game. Explore uncharted lands, expand your empire, forge lucrative trade relationships, and develop your economy and technology.
Why similar: 4X 24.7% ★, Grand Strategy 24.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, War 9.2%, Strategy 8.7%
- #42 World Warfare & Economics
71% matchMixed59% of 688 reviews2023
Dev: Okron Studio
Windows · Mac
Take control of any nation and shape its future. Manage resources, trade, and taxes, engage in real-time warfare, navigate global diplomacy, and react to dynamic world events. Build a thriving economy, forge alliances, and command armies in a constantly evolving world!
Why similar: 4X 18.8% ★, Grand Strategy 17%, Diplomacy 16.5% ★, War 8.2%, Military 7.4%
- #43 Warnament
70% matchVery Positive85% of 506 reviews2025
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
An approachable turn-based grand strategy sandbox. Lead a nation, forge alliances, wage wars and rewrite history. Play solo or with friends, create your own maps and scenarios, and explore community mods on Steam Workshop.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.7%, Turn-Based 15.7%, Diplomacy 15.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #44 Interstellar Space: Genesis
71% matchVery Positive84% of 850 reviews2019
Dev: Praxis Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Interstellar Space: Genesis is a turn-based space 4X strategy game in which you attempt to build a thriving galactic empire. Discover mysteries among the stars, colonize worlds, and engage enemies in tactical turn-based combat on your journey to becoming the ruler of the galaxy!
Why similar: 4X 24.9% ★, Turn-Based 17.1%, Grand Strategy 15%, Diplomacy 10.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%
- #45 Sigma Theory: Global Cold War
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,386 reviews2019
Dev: Mi-Clos StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A Turn-based Strategy game in a futuristic global cold war from the award-winning creators of Out There. Recruit a squad of special agents and run your intel agency to secure the control of the singularity.
Why similar: Turn-Based 16.6%, Grand Strategy 15.4%, Diplomacy 12.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Moddable 8.7%
- #46 Fragile Existence
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fragile ContinuumPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Save humanity from the brink of extinction in this sci-fi strategy game of survival. Travel among the stars to seek out resources, establish and develop colonies to sustain civilization, and grow your military might to push back against an overwhelming threat.
Why similar: 4X 18.5% ★, Diplomacy 17.8% ★, Grand Strategy 15.5%, Moddable 11%, Military 7.5%
- #47 Clash of Cultures
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zach
Windows · Mac
Clash of Cultures is an addictive turn based stratergy game that is simple to learn yet has a lot of depth. Research technologies, shape your government, progress through the ages, and conquer the world.
Why similar: 4X 28.3% ★, Grand Strategy 21.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Strategy 10.7%, Medieval 7.4%
- #48 Lands of Rumour
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Vaeril Games
Windows
Lands of Rumour is a turn-based 4X game about hiding and gossip. Embrace the atmosphere of Robin Hood, develop villages, gather resources, recruit your men and defend your homeland in tactical combat, where every unit has unique abilities.
Why similar: 4X 22.7% ★, Grand Strategy 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based 11.2%, War 9.2%
- #49 Sid Meier's Civilization® V
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 210,966 reviews2010
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 28.9 hrsMean: 125.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22.7%, Turn-Based 18.6%, 4X 16.3% ★, Strategy 9.9%, Grand Strategy 8.3%
- #50 HARD VOID
67% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: jejoxdev
Windows · Linux
HARD VOID is a 4X turn-based space strategy game in a lovecraftian universe. Lead your species across galaxies and multiple dimensions to build an Empire. Design your spaceships, assemble your fleets and fight for supremacy. But beware, unthinkable Eldritch horrors lurk in the vast darkness.
Why similar: 4X 22.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16.6%, Turn-Based 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Military 8.5%
- #51 Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
69% matchVery Positive87% of 1,583 reviews2008
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is the third offering in the award winning Civilization IV series. A re-imagining of the classic Colonization game Sid Meier created in 1994, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is a total conversion of the Civilization IV engine into a game experience in which players will lead a European...
Why similar: 4X 27.8% ★, Turn-Based 24.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Strategy 13.6%, Moddable 5.1%
- #52 Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension
68% matchVery Positive91% of 1,451 reviews2013
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 47.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
You are a God! You are master and ruler of a loyal nation. You have unimaginable powers at your disposal. You have claimed this world as yours. But there are others who stand in your way. You must defeat and destroy these pretenders. Only then can you ascend to godhood and become the new Pantokrator.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, 4X 14.2% ★, Turn-Based 13.9%, Moddable 11.3%
- #53 Rise of Hegemony
68% 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 21.6% ★, Diplomacy 19.2% ★, Grand Strategy 17.5%, Moddable 8.8%, Economy 8.5%
- #54 HUMANKIND™
67% matchMixed69% of 28,852 reviews2021
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 32.7 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 25.9% ★, Grand Strategy 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Strategy 11.1%, Turn-Based 9.8%
- #55 Pax Nova
68% matchMixed56% of 453 reviews2020
Dev: Grey Wolf EntertainmentPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game where you lead the fate of one of several factions divided between three races. Explore new worlds and new star systems filled with exciting secrets as well as dangers. Build cities, expand your influence and fight great battles on land and in space.
Why similar: 4X 22.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17%, Diplomacy 15.6% ★, Turn-Based 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%
- #56 Europa Universalis IV
67% 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: Grand Strategy 18.1%, Diplomacy 17.5% ★, 4X 17.4% ★, Moddable 10%, Military 7.5%
- #57 Three Kingdoms : Alias
65% 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 19.2%, 4X 18% ★, Diplomacy 17.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9%, War 7.5%
- #58 Liegecraft
66% 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 20.3% ★, Diplomacy 18.5% ★, Turn-Based 12.2%, Medieval 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%