- #1 Children of the Galaxy
97% 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 71.2% ★, Strategy 16.9%, Sci-fi 11.9%
- #2 Lands of Achra
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UlfsirePub: Slouching Beast LLC
Windows
Lands of Achra is a dark fantasy strategy game of a lost age. Build a customized force as a hero, monster or nation, fight your enemies in brutal autobattles and strive to vanquish the procedurally generated world. Seek glory, against all who struggle upon the distorted earth...
Why similar: 4X 35.9% ★, Auto Battler 23.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Wargame 9.5%, Roguelike 9.1%
- #3 Search for Sol
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cryptomnesic
Windows · Mac
The children of long-extinct humanity desperately search for the legendary artifact system of Sol. Search for Sol is a sci-fi 4X in the tradition of Reach for the Stars, Master of Orion, and Star Traders. Control Sol for 50 years to ascend to flesh once again.
Why similar: 4X 37.4% ★, Auto Battler 23.8%, Wargame 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Strategy 6.3%
- #4 Elements and build
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 217 reviews2024
Dev: ChuTouMiao StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
Form your own genre with skills in different elements, use building rewards to build your own unique maze in randomly generated levels, and fight to survive waves of monsters to win
Why similar: Auto Battler 40.3%, Real Time Tactics 20.3%, Roguelike 11.7%, Roguelite 10.4%, Strategy 8.8%
- #5 The Veiled Atlas: A Cycle of Falls
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flat Gradient
Windows
A turn-based 4X of rival governments contesting the dim Atlas through economy, war and an Influence-weighted Council. At the edge of sensor range, the Shadow does not lose - it only rises.
Why similar: 4X 50.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.7%, Strategy 12.9%, Economy 8.9%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #6 TerraMartis4x
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LeBroGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
For gamers who love Master of Orion and Homeworld but want something new and different. For gamers with a small time budget. A lightweight fresh take on the space 4x game genre about the war between Terra and Mars.
Why similar: 4X 40.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Wargame 13.2%, Strategy 7%
- #7 Vivat Rex
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dmitry Nyakkoev
Windows
Global strategy game focused on conquering the medieval world, featuring real-time tactical battles.
Why similar: 4X 34.5% ★, Auto Battler 25.3%, Real Time Tactics 18.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Strategy 3.8%
- #8 罐装远征军
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 猫鱼猫工作室
Windows
罐装远征军是一款手绘卡通风格的实时策略游戏。你戴上祖先的遗物,唤醒沉睡的伙伴,带领他们踏上寻找净土的冒险之旅。在瞬息万变的战场上,你能做出正确选择,指挥他们突破险境,重燃文明的火种吗?
Why similar: Auto Battler 37.9%, Real Time Tactics 20.2%, Wargame 12.6%, Strategy 10.4%, Roguelite 10.2%
- #9 Sovereign Stars
91% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: KYDEN
Windows
Build your galactic empire, conquer planets and emerge as the last player standing in this real-time strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 38.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.3%, Wargame 13.2%, Economy 10.2%, Strategy 6.7%
- #10 Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced
91% matchVery Positive95% of 190 reviews2025
Dev: Holistic Design, Inc.
Windows · Linux
Command interstellar forces in this epic return of the 4X strategy classic. From planetary politics to galactic warfare, the stakes couldn’t be higher as you lead your Royal House through battles on land, sea, air, and the vast reaches of space.
Why similar: 4X 37.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Wargame 11.8%, Economy 10.3%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #11 Lordship
89% 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 45% ★, Auto Battler 29.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Strategy 8%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #12 Pandora: First Contact
90% 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 58.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Strategy 11.9%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #13 荒野国度 LEGENDS OF THE WILD
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 圆桌工作室Pub: 瓦弄游戏
Windows
Recruit animal heroes, understand their attributes and create your own team Conquer land with your allies, make rational use of all resources on the continent, and defeat enemies from other faction Step by step, move towards the center of the continent, and finally seize the heart of the world.
Why similar: 4X 52% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Wargame 15.2%, Strategy 13.2%, 3D 1.8%
- #14 Ashen Throne
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ashen Throne Games
Windows
Ashen Throne is a post-apocalyptic 4X strategy MMO. Command a mobile fortress Crawler, raid a dead world for unbanked loot, and fight your alliance's way through a 24/7 siege of the Citadel, the last city on Earth. Drive out. Grab what you can. Don't die on the way home.
Why similar: 4X 42.6% ★, Auto Battler 27.3%, Wargame 14.3%, Strategy 9.8%, Sci-fi 5.4%
- #15 Square Wars
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 47 reviews2025
Dev: Gökhan Birçek
Windows · Mac
Square Wars is a rogue-lite square-conquering game featuring real-time strategy, resource gathering, survival, and card-based gameplay mechanics. 🌍 Randomly generated maps make each game unique. Join the adventure solo, in local co-op with a friend, or online! 🎮🔥
Why similar: 4X 32.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Wargame 13%, Roguelike 9.2%
- #16 Trailblader
86% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: 迟到的南雨亭
Windows
Trailblader is a turn-based strategy game that features loop-based combat, integrating 4X strategy and hero development. The game tells the story of a hero who, having lost their homeland, leads the people to migrate to the wilderness to rebuild their home.
Why similar: 4X 45.2% ★, Roguelike 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Strategy 12.1%, Economy 10.7%
- #17 WarBoard: Arena Empire
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Velron Games
Windows
WarBoard: Arena Empire is a turn-based tactical strategy game on a hex arena. Command Rome, the Turks, Vikings, Egypt, Japan or Persia. Play solo against AI, or battle up to 4 Steam friends in private matches. Every move counts.
Why similar: 4X 41.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, Auto Battler 14.3%, Wargame 11.6%, Strategy 11.1%
- #18 Space Empires IV Deluxe
86% matchVery Positive86% of 291 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.3 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 64.9% ★, Strategy 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #19 Jellystar Empires: When Space Bunnies Attack!!
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rat Wrath Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
An area-control real-time strategy game, filled with auto-battling bunnies bent on destroying the human race! Explore space and uncover hand-painted planets. Research unique upgrades! Kill your friends! -er use diplomacy in multiplayer!
Why similar: 4X 31.5% ★, Auto Battler 21.2%, Real Time Tactics 14.2%, Wargame 11%, Roguelike 8.4%
- #20 Dominions - Priests, Prophets & Pretenders
82% 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 61.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.6%, Strategy 16.1%
- #21 Lords of Kingdoms
84% matchMixed43% of 89 reviews2018
Dev: ThankGame.com
Windows
Lords of Kingdoms is a multiplayer online war game. Turn your small castle into a mighty fortress and become ruler of the greatest realm.
Why similar: 4X 58.2% ★, Wargame 22%, Building 10.2%, Strategy 8.9%, Stylized 0.7%
- #22 Space Empires I
83% matchMixed56% of 16 reviews2020
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Space Empires I is the first chapter of the Space Empires series. A classic galactic conquest and turn-based strategy video game where you are the leader of a race of intelligent beings building large spaceships for interplanetary and interstellar travel through warp points between star systems.
Why similar: 4X 41.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Strategy 11.9%, Economy 10.8%, Futuristic 6.5%
- #23 Legendary Creatures 2
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 968 reviews2023
Dev: HideCharaPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Sequel to the acclaimed Legendary Creatures, created by HideChara, and a fun treat combining both roguelike and auto-battler gameplay. Recruit and evolve a large array of troops, creatures, and an arsenal of weapons, to defeat the demon lord spreading corruption across the land.
Why similar: 4X 38.3% ★, Auto Battler 26.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Roguelike 9.8%, Roguelite 5.8%
- #24 Trumpets of War
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xblur
Windows
Trumpets of War is a grand-scale historical strategy game where armies clash and empires rise. Command vast forces across dynamic battlefields, orchestrate campaigns with precision, and experience the drama of war through an innovative system that blends tactical combat with strategic mastery.
Why similar: 4X 44.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Real Time Tactics 14.1%, Wargame 10.7%, Strategy 10.6%
- #25 Uncharted Space - project 3062
81% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Kong Linghui
Windows
In this game, you are a leader, leading a force of army to fight other forces in the deep spaces. You will plunder their resources, build your homelands, explore and expand, managing your army both strategically and tactically. This will be a saga written with blood and fire.
Why similar: 4X 41.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, Strategy 11.4%, Futuristic 5.8%
- #26 Hero Generations
82% 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 50.2% ★, Roguelike 17.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Strategy 13.7%, Building 2.4%
- #27 Coffee Please
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: NepixPub: OneTwoPlay
Windows
Become a cozy coffee shop owner. Manage inventory, set prices, take payments, pet the cat, expand, and decorate your venue to build the best coffee house. Enjoy the charm of a heartwarming cafe simulator!
Why similar: Economy 53.8%, Building 27.2%, 3D 15.7%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #28 Tachyon Wars
79% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Fair Games
Windows
Tachyon Wars is a sci-fi real-time space strategy game. It introduces seriously deep gameplay with an emphasis on fleet control. Open space to explore, large-scale battles, crafty AI. All of it is well seasoned with novel real-time game mechanics.
Why similar: 4X 46.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.4%, Strategy 11.5%, Futuristic 8.7%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #29 Legend Creatures(传奇生物)
78% matchVery Positive90% of 3,948 reviews2020
Dev: HideChara
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Legendary creature is an independent game with rich playing methods such as roguelike + self-propelled chess + strategy. You can collect all kinds of magic creatures with various talents and skills, and can also evolve to a higher level.
Why similar: Auto Battler 29%, 4X 27.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Roguelike 12.2%, Roguelite 9.1%
- #30 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
77% matchVery Positive90% of 610 reviews2024
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.
Why similar: 4X 70.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Strategy 11.5%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #31 Ark Atlas
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: PondTale Games
Windows
A roguelike colony manager and auto battler. Manage humanity's last ark through alien-dominated space. Build, research, and optimize your ship's systems, then deploy your forces against alien swarms in tactical combat.
Why similar: Auto Battler 38.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Strategy 14.1%, Roguelike 13.7%, Futuristic 9.3%
- #32 5th Frontier, The New Space Race
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: J. C. SpringBourne
Windows
A 4x Turn-Based Single Player Strategic Space game. Design and build Your own fleet of space ships, to conquer the Galaxy.
Why similar: 4X 50.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Wargame 10.6%, Sci-fi 9%, Strategy 7.6%
- #33 Stars in Shadow
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 838 reviews2017
Dev: Ashdar GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Stars in Shadow is a turn-based 4X strategy game and a vivid tribute to the genre classics. Compete with alien factions to explore and colonize nearby starsystems, build fleets to defend against rivals, negotiate or conquer them. Win by unifying the galaxy, through diplomacy or force.
Why similar: 4X 63.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.6%, Strategy 10.6%, Sci-fi 6.6%
- #34 Colossal Citadels
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Uneven Dungeon
Windows · Linux
A fantasy strategy, featuring turn-based factory building over procedural resource types. Expand and optimize your network of towns, grow your heroes, and excel in deep tactical seamless auto-battler combat.
Why similar: 4X 34.9% ★, Auto Battler 21.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Economy 11.8%, Roguelite 6.2%
- #35 Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator
75% matchVery Positive91% of 1,756 reviews2024
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 43.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
In Dominions 6 you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to old dragons or an enormous tree. Dominions is a deep 4x turn based strategy game with a very large variety of spells and units.
Why similar: 4X 47.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19%, Auto Battler 13.7%, Wargame 9.9%, Strategy 8.8%
- #36 Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
75% matchMixed59% of 981 reviews2024
Dev: 瞬息万变工作室Pub: Moment HK
Windows
This is a classic historical simulation + real-time strategy game, where you will go back to the era of the Three Kingdoms and play as various renowned sovereigns.
Why similar: 4X 37.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 19.3%, Wargame 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Strategy 5.9%
- #37 Ascendant Realms
74% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Soaring Pals
Windows · Linux
In Ascendant Realms you lead a nation in a struggle for glory. Cozy setting meets tactical thinking from classic turn based strategies, but twists it with compact gameplay. Develop your city, research new technologies, fight other leaders - or just create your own story in the sandbox.
Why similar: 4X 40.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Economy 11.1%, Wargame 10.1%, Strategy 6.6%
- #38 Nexaris: Starweb Dominion
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vivid State
Windows
Lead a living star network in this real-time 3D sci-fi strategy game. Expand from one stellar core, link orbital nodes, secure resources, and launch coordinated assaults as every connection reshapes your economy, defenses, and territorial control.
Why similar: 4X 39.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.8%, Wargame 12.1%, Strategy 7%, Economy 6.7%
- #39 Myths and Legends
72% matchVery Positive93% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Artificial Worlds
Windows · Linux
"Myths and Legends" is our next-gen semi-idle, trading real time strategy, that takes the player 2500 years back in time, but with a sense of humor. The game combines elements of exploration, combat, trade and diplomacy on procedurally generated islands.
Why similar: 4X 33.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.4%, Economy 11.8%, Wargame 11.3%, Roguelike 9.5%
- #40 Space Empires III
73% matchPositive80% of 45 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 43.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.8%, Strategy 12.5%, Economy 9.2%, Futuristic 5.6%
- #41 Rivers of Chaos
73% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Bugarug GamesPub: Burgarug Games
Windows
Conquer the galaxy in this cinematic, battle-simulator. Each playthrough offering a completely unique galaxy, over 100 total specialized ships to command, and distinct commanders to lead your people. Pick your favorite faction and lead your forces into a dynamically generated battlefield.
Why similar: 4X 40.2% ★, Auto Battler 23.3%, Wargame 13.4%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Strategy 6.7%
- #42 Kingdom of Krawall
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TinyDragonMagic
Windows · Linux
A fast-paced strategy game about building a kingdom, outplaying your rivals, and conquering your enemies. Play solo or in multiplayer and enjoy the depth of a classic 4X in a single sitting.
Why similar: 4X 55.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20.6%, Strategy 13.5%, Stylized 5.4%, 3D 3.5%
- #43 Grand Strategy: The Three Kingdoms
70% 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 51.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, Wargame 15.7%, Strategy 12.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #44 Solaris
72% matchVery Positive80% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: SpacialCircumstances
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover a space strategy game filled with conquest, betrayal and subterfuge. Build alliances, make enemies and fight your way to victory and galactic domination. Will you conquer the galaxy?
Why similar: 4X 54.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 23.9%, Strategy 13.7%, Sci-fi 8%
- #45 March of Reveille
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: xbig
Windows
Turn-based strategy where every Order is a trade-off. Capture cities, command combined forces, and take up to three Orders into a match — each granting one unique strength and one real weakness. Missions, online play, CPU skirmishes, King of the Hill, Domination, and a map editor.
Why similar: 4X 49.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Wargame 13.4%, Strategy 11.6%, Stylized 3.8%
- #46 IHAS
70% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: The Difference StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Find yourself aboard a giant spaceship in IHAS, a gripping Sci-Fi adventure handcrafted by a solo Ukrainian developer. Experience intense FPS action, mind-bending puzzles, and epic boss battles.
Why similar: Futuristic 40%, Sci-fi 32.7%, Stylized 20.9%, Singleplayer 6.4%
- #47 Solar Wave
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: SavGus Studio
Windows
A large-scale 4X strategy game with indirect control and a focus on simulating a space empire. Capture systems, develop your economy and logistics, call up hundreds of powerful fleets and watch them incinerate enemies of the Solar Empire.
Why similar: 4X 42.5% ★, Wargame 13.3%, Economy 12.2%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Strategy 7.3%
- #48 A Right to Rule
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WildSyeGames
Windows
A medieval isometric strategy game where you manage regional economies, sway faction loyalties, and use cards to influence politics, production, and warfare.
Why similar: 4X 52.2% ★, Economy 18.7%, Strategy 12.7%, Wargame 10.5%, Building 5.3%
- #49 ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
71% matchVery Positive81% of 9,603 reviews2012
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
ENDLESS Space™ is a turn-based 4X strategy game, covering the space colonization age in the ENDLESS Universe™, where you can control every aspect of your civilization as you strive for galactic domination.
Why similar: 4X 55.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Strategy 15.6%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Futuristic 3.4%
- #50 Mercatoria
68% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Dinkel Games
Windows
Turn-based grand strategy in the Age of Discovery. Develop a transport network, industrialise your economy, colonise the New World, and compete with five rival powers. Inspired by Imperialism 2. Early Access — built by one developer in his spare time.
Why similar: 4X 42.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Wargame 12.9%, Economy 11.3%, Strategy 8.6%
- #51 Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
73% matchMixed44% of 959 reviews2012
Dev: Kerberos ProductionsPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
The Enhanced Edition contains Sword of the Stars II: The Lords of Winter and the first expansion, the End of Flesh. The new expansion introduces the new playable race, the Loa. All previous DLCs containing new avatars, new combat music, alternate voices, skins, and new badges for the warships are also included.
Why similar: 4X 66.5% ★, Strategy 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #52 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 59% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.7%, Strategy 11%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #53 Rogue Battalion
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zappy Turtle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command your troops in Rogue Battalion, a WW2 auto-battler blending strategy and action! Build your forces, unlock upgrades, and use powerful abilities like airstrikes and artillery to survive relentless waves. With meta progression and endless tactics, every run brings new challenges.
Why similar: Auto Battler 44.4%, Wargame 13.8%, Roguelike 12.8%, Strategy 10.9%, Roguelite 8.8%
- #54 War and Magic: Kingdom Reborn
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GOAT Games
Windows
A free 4X wargame combining real-time and turn-based tactical gameplay. Quick strategy game that’s easy to pick up, but winning depends on your strategy!
Why similar: 4X 44.7% ★, Wargame 14.7%, Real Time Tactics 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Strategy 10.1%
- #55 Space Empires V
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 477 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Space Empires V is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. This new chapter completely updates the UI and takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe. Watch space battles played out in glorious detail and realistic effects. Expand, Explore, Exploit, and Exterminate in a huge living breathing galaxy.
Why similar: 4X 65.3% ★, Strategy 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #56 Near Sol
68% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: LTide
Windows · Mac · Linux
Space 4X game with the ability to build factories, extract resources, with characters, internal and external markets ... Take part in the discussion of the game, share your vision)
Why similar: 4X 46.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 19%, Economy 7.5%, Strategy 7.5%, Sci-fi 6.3%
- #57 Master of Orion 1
69% matchVery Positive90% of 453 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 73.3% ★, Strategy 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%, Sci-fi 4.6%, Singleplayer 1%
- #58 Small Kingdoms Prologue
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 34 reviews2023
Dev: Bad Logic Studios
Windows
Rule a small fantasy kingdom and conquer your rival as you build up your cities and armies on the world map and command your troops on the battlefield. Small Kingdoms is a streamlined grand strategy and real-time strategy game, the Small Kingdoms Prologue is a free introductory campaign
Why similar: 4X 40.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.9%, Wargame 13.6%, Economy 12.9%, Strategy 7%
- #59 Master of Cladia
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Quasar Games FactoryPub: BackGRID Responsive Technologies S.L.
Windows
Master a world of massive turn-based strategy. As an Alchemist, hatch powerful dragons, discover devastating spells, and manage your empire in a persistent world shared by hundreds of players. Will you bring peace through science or rule over the ashes? The throne awaits.
Why similar: 4X 45.9% ★, Wargame 20.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Strategy 10.4%, 3D 2.6%
- #60 Gate Builders
66% 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 41.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Economy 11.2%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Futuristic 6.2%