- #1 Europa Universalis III Complete
97% matchVery Positive83% of 2,001 reviews2009
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Europa Universalis III Complete includes the original Europa Universalis III as well as the expansions In Nomine and Napoleons Ambition Europa Universalis III delves deeply into the areas of exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.8% ★, Political Sim 29.5% ★, Real-Time with Pause 14.4% ★, Historical 14.1%, Strategy 6.5%
- #2 Crusader Kings II
96% matchVery Positive91% of 73,892 reviews2012
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 55.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 45.4% ★, Political Sim 22.1% ★, Historical 10.4%, Medieval 10.1%, Real-Time with Pause 5.9% ★
- #3 SYNCANITE FOUNDATION
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SYNCANITE GmbHPub: TBD
Windows
Take on the role of a unique oligarch and plan your coup from the shadows to take over the world. Eliminate your rivals by using military force, resource management, and political pressure. Unlock new game mechanics and open a path to victory.
Why similar: 4X 23% ★, Grand Strategy 21% ★, Conspiracy 14.4% ★, Board Game 12.1%, Political Sim 8.5% ★
- #4 Kingdom's Life
95% matchMixed63% of 259 reviews2022
Dev: Strudio Company
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Kingdom's Life - Large turn-based global strategy game in pixel style. You have to create your own people and state. Can you lead the state to political, economic, technological and military triumph? It depends on you.
Why similar: 4X 26.2% ★, Political Sim 23.5% ★, Grand Strategy 22.7% ★, Historical 9.2%, Medieval 7.4%
- #5 Machiavelli the Prince
94% 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: Political Sim 28.1% ★, 4X 25.1% ★, Grand Strategy 21% ★, Historical 9.9%, Strategy 5.1%
- #6 CivIdle
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,104 reviews2025
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 82.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up!
Why similar: 4X 23.4% ★, Automation 15.3%, Idler 15.1%, Grand Strategy 13.9% ★, Historical 12.3%
- #7 Spirit of Europe - Enlightenment
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Predict Edumedia
Windows
Guide the Spirit of Europe in a turn-based historical grand strategy game. Expand across 23 cities, unlock great thinkers, inspire their works, and shape the Enlightenment through ideas, reform, and institutions.
Why similar: Political Sim 34.9% ★, 4X 26.5% ★, Grand Strategy 21.7% ★, Historical 8.2%, Strategy 6.3%
- #8 Khaldun: Text Based Strategy
92% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: SkyWolf
Windows
Khaldun is a medieval-themed ASCII graphics kingdom management game. Take part in realistic war simulations and decide every detail of your kingdom, from its economy to its demographics! Your decisions will shape the life of a nation. Rise or be lost to history...
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23% ★, 4X 20.2% ★, Political Sim 13.9% ★, Historical 11.8%, Medieval 11.1%
- #9 NationWar:Chronicles | 国战:列国志传
91% matchMixed69% of 444 reviews2019
Dev: Yiming
Windows
This is a sandbox game that is deeply rooted in the rich historical information of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The story of the game unfolds slowly in the eighth century BC on the vast and mysterious land of China.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, 4X 18.8% ★, Real-Time with Pause 18.3% ★, Political Sim 18.3% ★, Historical 11.9%
- #10 Another Map Simulator
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Overdramatic Games
Windows
Be the architect and the audience of a living, breathing fantasy world. Generate vast procedural maps, paint your empires, and watch as autonomous AI nations wage war, forge alliances, and build deep economies. Intervene as an active god, or sit back and watch centuries of history unfold.
Why similar: Political Sim 32.7% ★, Grand Strategy 30.4% ★, Artificial Intelligence 9.9%, Historical 8.5%, Medieval 6.4%
- #11 Command by Voice: World Conquest
89% matchMixed58% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Side Meicai
Windows
Rule a nation by issuing voice or text commands to an AI and conquer the world. Voice input supports Chinese and English; text input supports all languages.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.3% ★, Grand Strategy 21.8% ★, God Game 19.1% ★, Artificial Intelligence 17.2%, Strategy 5.6%
- #12 Victoria II
90% matchVery Positive92% of 20,003 reviews2010
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 49.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century. Victoria II is a grand strategy game played during the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country, guiding...
Why similar: Grand Strategy 35.4% ★, Political Sim 27% ★, Real-Time with Pause 15.6% ★, Historical 14.2%, Strategy 5.9%
- #13 Ascendant Dawn
89% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Nikous Studio
Windows
Ascendant Dawn is a grand strategy game where you lead a nomadic tribe in a brutal bronze age world. Work your way up from a small clan to a great empire by founding cities and conquering your enemies.
Why similar: 4X 26.1% ★, Political Sim 25.9% ★, Grand Strategy 25% ★, Historical 12.5%, Strategy 4.8%
- #14 MA 3 – President Simulator
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oxiwyle Inc.
Windows
Be the President! Lead a modern nation, make tough choices, and shape history.
Why similar: 4X 29.1% ★, Political Sim 20.4% ★, Grand Strategy 19% ★, God Game 14.7% ★, Strategy 9.2%
- #15 Crown Of Hispania
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Regalis Studio
Windows
Rewrite the Reconquista in a grand strategy game where population, religion, and war evolve dynamically based on your decisions. Will you become a legendary ruler, or will you be rejected by those forgotten by History?
Why similar: Political Sim 25.7% ★, Grand Strategy 23.3% ★, Real-Time with Pause 18.8% ★, Historical 12%, Medieval 10.1%
- #16 Grow Empire: Rome
86% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Games Station
Windows
Hey Caesar! Defend your fortress and build your roman empire
Why similar: 4X 19.9% ★, Political Sim 18.9% ★, Grand Strategy 16.8% ★, Auto Battler 11.7%, Idler 11%
- #17 One Planet
85% 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: Grand Strategy 30.6% ★, 4X 30.6% ★, Political Sim 26.7% ★, Strategy 7.6%, Resource Management 4.4%
- #18 Samurai Conqueror
84% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Miura Production
Windows
Unify Japanese History! A Timeline Strategy Game Where History Itself Becomes the Battlefield.
Why similar: 4X 26.3% ★, Grand Strategy 25.3% ★, Real-Time with Pause 20.7% ★, Historical 13.7%, Medieval 6.5%
- #19 Trade Conquest
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: GrandPaw Games
Windows
Turn wealth into political power in this modern Grand Strategy game. Build a global economic empire, manipulate governments, and challenge the world's superpowers through Economic supremacy or military Conquest.
Why similar: Political Sim 25.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21.3% ★, Real-Time with Pause 20% ★, 4X 16.9% ★, Resource Management 6.7%
- #20 Dominium Mundi
86% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Dusan Petrovic
Windows · Linux
Dominium Mundi is a lightweight 4X strategy game set in the medieval period where 4 players compete to create the most influential empire. Expand your empire over the map, convert more people to your religion, and control more trade routes.
Why similar: 4X 45.1% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Historical 9.3%, Medieval 8.3%, Strategy 7.4%
- #21 NationWar2:Chronicle
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 427 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: Political Sim 26.9% ★, Grand Strategy 23.3% ★, 4X 17.4% ★, Historical 9.5%, Auto Battler 9.1%
- #22 ΠΟΛΙΣ — Athens
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Ginkgo
Windows
Govern classical Athens across 272 unbroken years (594–322 BC). Steer family factions, the favour of the gods, and shifting alliances through 332 historical events — as the tide of history carries your city, inexorably, toward 322 BC.
Why similar: Political Sim 31.7% ★, Grand Strategy 27.9% ★, Historical 18.1%, Strategy 10.6%, Resource Management 6.5%
- #23 Wealth of Nations: Economic Strategy
82% 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 33.7% ★, Grand Strategy 27.4% ★, Political Sim 23.2% ★, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 5.9%
- #24 Solar Nations 2
81% matchVery Positive85% of 595 reviews2025
Dev: Flomgus Games
Windows
In this Grand Strategy game, you take control of the Solar System's Great Powers in 2092 and weather the storm of change as you navigate the uncertain waters of the future. Control the greatest military forces in the world and wage wars on an epic scale: outer space is yours to conquer!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.9% ★, 4X 23.7% ★, Political Sim 22.2% ★, Real-Time with Pause 16.3% ★, Historical 6.6%
- #25 Vivat Rex
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dmitry Nyakkoev
Windows
Global strategy game focused on conquering the medieval world, featuring real-time tactical battles.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.2% ★, 4X 27.4% ★, Auto Battler 16%, Medieval 10.2%, Card Game 8.9%
- #26 Imperial Kingdoms
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BaroxxTech
Windows · Linux
Lead a medieval realm in this 4X grand strategy game with pausable real-time. Establish vital infrastructure to supply your capital and sustain your armies. Design custom military templates, manage production estates, and conquer rival kingdoms via strategic sieges and raids.
Why similar: 4X 25.7% ★, Grand Strategy 23.5% ★, Real-Time with Pause 20.7% ★, Medieval 9.7%, Historical 9.1%
- #27 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: Political Sim 23.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.3% ★, 4X 17.1% ★, Real-Time with Pause 17% ★, Historical 10.8%
- #28 Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation
79% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Why Not Games
Windows
Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation is a postcolonial 4X game where you play a student doing a group report on Gandhi, Churchill and the Raj. It eXplores space left uncharted by the genre and proposes alternatives to established systems.
Why similar: 4X 27.9% ★, Political Sim 19% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1% ★, God Game 13.9% ★, Historical 13.3%
- #29 Tempest of Nations
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Faustian Ambitions LLC
Windows
Tempest of Nations is a real-time, historical grand strategy game set during the Industrial Revolution. Lead your nation through one of the most transformative eras of history as you manage diplomacy, economics, and politics.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 38.3% ★, Political Sim 34.4% ★, Historical 17%, Strategy 10.3%
- #30 Fantasy Map Simulator
77% matchVery Positive89% of 4,296 reviews2024
Dev: The Stranger
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Fantasy Map Simulator: Create and watch imaginary worlds evolve over centuries. Design maps, simulate nations and their politics, and control destinies. See empires rise and fall on your desktop wallpaper. A unique simulation for history buffs and creative minds.
Why similar: Political Sim 25.2% ★, Grand Strategy 21.5% ★, God Game 17.9% ★, Idler 12.1%, Artificial Intelligence 10.4%
- #31 Global Supremacy
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Glory MediaPub: SJ co.
Windows
A vast, real-time geopolitical simulation where 196 nations live and breathe at once. Economy, finance, monetary policy, trade, energy, military, diplomacy, nuclear strategy, politics, society — every lever that moves a nation is in your hands. The clock never stops — until you stop it.
Why similar: 4X 28.7% ★, Political Sim 25.9% ★, Grand Strategy 24.3% ★, Real-Time with Pause 8.2% ★, Strategy 5.3%
- #32 To Victory
77% match1 user reviews50% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Old_Gamer
Windows
This is a single player strategy management game.Base on a randomly generated map.It includes construction, trading, strategy, and management elements . Players need to make decisions to achieve the final victory.
Why similar: 4X 25.8% ★, Political Sim 24.5% ★, Grand Strategy 21.6% ★, Board Game 12.3%, Historical 7.9%
- #33 Crown & Coin: The Hundred Years
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MUZINA GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Survive the Hundred Years' War in this medieval ensemble sandbox. Play as 1,015 historical figures, from Joan of Arc to the imposter des Armoises. Gain glory as a knight, forge a new kingdom to crush England and France, or thrive as a bandit. Discover 22 tarot-based multiple endings!
Why similar: Political Sim 24.8% ★, 4X 23.8% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Medieval 10.6%, Historical 9.8%
- #34 政通人和
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SuBaiism
Windows
"Peace and Prosperity" is a independently developed ink-wash style historical strategy game set in an alternate pre-Qin period of China. Starting from a small village of just a few hundred people, and conquer all sides to gradually build their own vassal state with millions of people.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.6% ★, 4X 27.6% ★, Political Sim 26.7% ★, Historical 8.9%, Strategy 7.2%
- #35 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
75% matchVery Positive87% of 763 reviews2023
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
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 28% ★, Political Sim 25.9% ★, Grand Strategy 22.8% ★, Historical 9.1%, Conspiracy 7.3% ★
- #36 SandTable War: Three Kingdoms
74% matchVery Positive84% of 319 reviews2026
Dev: 古玩工作室
Windows
"SandTable War: Three Kingdoms" is a strategic simulation game set during the Three Kingdoms period. Here you can play as various factions from Three Kingdoms history to conquer cities and lands, unify the realm. With abundant historical officers and scenarios, come restore the Han Dynasty!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.8% ★, Political Sim 23% ★, 4X 22.4% ★, Historical 13.4%, Strategy 5.5%
- #37 World Order: Global Power
74% match7 user reviews86% of 7 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: Political Sim 30.8% ★, 4X 29.9% ★, Grand Strategy 29.3% ★, Strategy 6.7%, Simulation 3.2%
- #38 Freewake
75% 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: Political Sim 32.4% ★, Grand Strategy 29.3% ★, 4X 27.9% ★, Strategy 5.9%, Resource Management 3.3%
- #39 Antropico: Colonies
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Scassius Systems
Windows · Linux
A large-scale space strategy game focused on building and maintaining power within a simulated galaxy. Build, develop, and survive in a galaxy shaped by history and consequences.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.3% ★, 4X 30.7% ★, Political Sim 18.9% ★, Strategy 10%, Simulation 4.8%
- #40 Money Wars : Modern Ages
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EarthQuick
Windows · Mac · Linux
🌍 Conquer the world with economy! 52 real countries. Offline strategy sim.
Why similar: 4X 32.9% ★, Grand Strategy 24.9% ★, Political Sim 23.9% ★, Strategy 9.1%, Simulation 5.5%
- #41 明末:甲申年
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zirbry StudioPub: HistAxis Games
Windows · Mac
Set during the fall of the Ming dynasty in 1644, this historical grand-strategy narrative game lets you rule as the Chongzhen Emperor, fight for the Shun regime, lead another faction, or survive as a commoner. Govern, wage war, manage resources, and reshape history through AI-assisted court debates.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 35.2% ★, Political Sim 23.3% ★, Board Game 14.8%, Strategy 8.6%, Historical 8.4%
- #42 Zenith Frontier
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Triton Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Zenith Frontier is a simulation-strategy game about the exploration and colonisation of space. Experience visionary strategic gameplay set in an evolving procedural galaxy populated by billions of autonomous citizens and private companies.
Why similar: Political Sim 29.7% ★, 4X 28.2% ★, Grand Strategy 24.4% ★, Artificial Intelligence 11.4%, Strategy 4.4%
- #43 All Men Are Brothers / 水浒豪
71% 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 35.1% ★, 4X 25.2% ★, Historical 18.2%, Strategy 9.6%, Resource Management 6.9%
- #44 Epoch of Guardians
70% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: 伊洛维游戏
Windows
In history, many brilliant civilizations faced annihilation due to the invasion of powerful empires, leaving only sighs of regret. In a fictional world, you will take on the role Guardian of Civilization. Can you help these civilizations grow and thrive, resisting the invasion of formidable enemies?
Why similar: Political Sim 29.5% ★, 4X 16.4% ★, Historical 15.5%, God Game 13.7% ★, Grand Strategy 11.9% ★
- #45 Nova Historia
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BairdyDev
Windows
A unique 4X real-time historical strategy game, set on a procedurally generated globe. Play from ancient times, right through to the modern day. Expand your empire, build settlements, units, buildings and construct world wonders. Make History, Your Way.
Why similar: 4X 40.4% ★, Grand Strategy 27.4% ★, Historical 11.9%, Strategy 9.2%, Resource Management 6.2%
- #46 March of the Eagles
73% matchMixed67% of 390 reviews2013
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
“he Who Fears Being Conquered Is Sure Of Defeat.”The war-game March of the Eagles focuses on the dramatic conflicts of Europe during 1805 to 1820. Explore one of the defining periods in European history with this experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy, Paradox Development Studio.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 42.6% ★, Real-Time with Pause 20.3% ★, Historical 17.3%, Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 5.6%
- #47 Bingo Factory
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TakedaKaeru
Windows
This is an incremental game where you earn money by playing bingo. Start by manually drawing balls and marking off your bingo cards, then automate the process to mark off massive numbers of cards—factory-style—and rake in the profits!
Why similar: Gambling 33.6% ★, Automation 19.4%, Idler 16.9%, Board Game 12.2%, Card Game 8.3%
- #48 STATO
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Scassius Systems
Windows
Shape a nation in a procedural grand strategy sandbox where geography, industry, diplomacy, and war drive emergent history. Build your state, secure resources, manage instability, and survive a world of rival powers.
Why similar: Political Sim 44.9% ★, Grand Strategy 30.5% ★, Historical 14.4%, Strategy 5.9%, Simulation 2.7%
- #49 Victoria I Complete
72% matchMostly Positive70% of 268 reviews2010
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion, colonization and social upheaval, to emerge as one of the great world powers by the dawn of the 20th century in Victoria Complete.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 43.5% ★, Real-Time with Pause 27.3% ★, Strategy 15.7%, Historical 13.5%
- #50 Crusader Kings III
69% matchVery Positive90% of 143,057 reviews2020
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 28.7 hrsMean: 149.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 29.1% ★, 4X 17.3% ★, Historical 14.7%, Real-Time with Pause 14.2% ★, Medieval 13.5%
- #51 Victoria 3
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 60,895 reviews2022
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 120.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.
Why similar: Political Sim 29.9% ★, Grand Strategy 27.8% ★, Real-Time with Pause 16.5% ★, Historical 13.7%, Resource Management 5.2%
- #52 Mandate Eternal
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mandate Eternal
Windows · Mac · Linux
A grand strategy game that focuses on events across Eurasia during the Ming Dynasty of China. Featuring robust and detailed simulation. Lead your army in a real time 1:1 scaled RTS battle against your enemy. Manage thousands of regional markets and shape your empire to your will.
Why similar: Political Sim 26.2% ★, Grand Strategy 23.1% ★, God Game 17.2% ★, Historical 9.7%, Medieval 8.8%
- #53 SYRAK: the War in the Middle-East
69% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: SAA Studio
Windows
SYRAK is a card-based strategy game set during the most complex war in recent history of the Middle-East. Local or Online game have you play as the Resistance Axis or the Western Defence Organization. Use powerful Political, Espionage and Military Cards to outwit and overwhelm your opponent.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.6% ★, Grand Strategy 21% ★, Board Game 13.1%, Historical 10.7%, Card Game 10.3%
- #54 逐鹿汉末:三国
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 34 reviews2026
Dev: VOWZIN GAME
Windows
这款游戏邀请您来到精彩刺激且充满变革的东汉末年三国时代,以前所未见的自由、深度及历史真实性,进行称霸天下一统中原的征程。
Why similar: Grand Strategy 48.9% ★, Historical 18.5%, Political Sim 16.2% ★, Strategy 9.4%, Automation 5.4%
- #55 Demockracy
67% 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: Political Sim 43.1% ★, Grand Strategy 27.5% ★, Conspiracy 13% ★, Strategy 8.8%, Simulation 4.7%
- #56 How Empires Work
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crow Cottage
Windows · Mac · Linux
An incremental strategy game about history, expansion and development. Grow from humble beginnings to take your place on the world stage!
Why similar: Political Sim 26.4% ★, Grand Strategy 25.7% ★, Automation 16.8%, Historical 16.3%, Strategy 6.9%
- #57 Imperator: Rome
68% matchMixed66% of 26,881 reviews2019
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 37.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Dominate the classical Mediterranean in Imperator: Rome, a grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. Navigate the dangerous waters of politics and diplomacy as you build up your provinces and conquer foreign lands. Now available with special content and the digital artbook.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 37% ★, Political Sim 30.2% ★, Historical 14.9%, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 3.4%
- #58 Three Kingdoms : Alias
64% matchVery Positive82% of 344 reviews2026
Dev: Plotrick
Windows
A world where officers hide their names and abilities. Can you spot Zhuge Liang? A hardcore turn-based strategy simulation for true Three Kingdoms devotees.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.7% ★, Grand Strategy 26.8% ★, 4X 23.6% ★, Historical 14.2%, Strategy 5%
- #59 World Warfare & Economics
67% matchMixed60% of 687 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: Political Sim 28.9% ★, 4X 24.8% ★, Grand Strategy 23.9% ★, Real-Time with Pause 15.7% ★, Strategy 4.5%
- #60 Secret Government
68% matchMixed52% of 301 reviews2021
Dev: GameTrekPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Global strategy game about secret societies. You’ll lead the Brotherhood - an organization that juggles the whole world. The key feature of the game is the manipulation of powers. Instead of giving direct orders, the Brotherhood provokes countries into doing what the Brothers want.
Why similar: Political Sim 23.8% ★, Grand Strategy 21.6% ★, Real-Time with Pause 21.1% ★, Conspiracy 16.9% ★, Historical 8.8%