- #1 Rome Invictus
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ragnar Beaucoup
Windows
A Roman grand strategy game where real time battles decide the field and Senate politics decide who's still standing to fight them. Conquer, divide, and rule a living Mediterranean.
Why similar: Rome 29.8% ★, Grand Strategy 13.2% ★, City Builder 9.6%, Diplomacy 9.4% ★, Political Sim 8.5% ★
- #2 Fall of Bali
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sengkala DevPub: CRX Entertainment
Windows
Fall of Bali is a historical strategy set in Bali set around 19th century. Divided in many kingdoms after fall of Bali Empire, Bali has fall in warring era for nearly 2 centuries and now the threat of imperialism come. With all your kingdom potential, can you survive and win this era?
Why similar: Political Sim 15.5% ★, City Builder 15.4%, Grand Strategy 13.4% ★, Diplomacy 12.2% ★, Building 7.5%
- #3 Taking London
96% matchVery Positive81% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Pink Pegasus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A love letter to old-school browser-based RTS MMOs – with charming nostalgic pixel graphics, a dash of political satire, and tonnes of strategic tension. Build your empire, face off against other players, and take what’s yours in true British imperial style: by dominating the map.
Why similar: RTS 13.8%, City Builder 12.6%, Diplomacy 12% ★, Wargame 11.5%, Political Sim 11.3% ★
- #4 Renaissance Kingdom Wars - Prologue
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
The year is 1510. In this grand strategy & RTS hybrid you play as one of a dozen characters across medieval Europe, Africa and Middle East. Start as a landless mercenary captain. Fight your way to become a minor lord. Rise up through Kingdoms hierarchy and be crowned, then expand your Kingdom.
Why similar: Diplomacy 19.3% ★, RTS 15.3%, Grand Strategy 14.2% ★, Wargame 11%, Building 8.1%
- #5 Total War: ROME REMASTERED
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 13,703 reviews2021
Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 39.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Total War: ROME REMASTERED lets you relive the legacy that defined the award-winning strategy game series. Remastered to 4K with multiple improvements to visuals as well as refinements to gameplay, it’s time to revisit a true classic. Not everyone gets a second chance to conquer the Roman Empire.
Why similar: Rome 25.2% ★, Diplomacy 16.6% ★, Grand Strategy 14.3% ★, RTS 13.4%, Wargame 9.5%
- #6 Renaissance Kingdom Wars
92% matchMostly Positive72% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
The year is 1510. As wars rage across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, it is the age of gunpowder and mercenaries - that changed the course of history. You can do it as well, going from a leader of men to the ruler of an empire in this unique mix of RTS and grand strategy.
Why similar: Diplomacy 20.3% ★, RTS 13.5%, Grand Strategy 12.4% ★, Wargame 10.5%, Building 8.3%
- #7 Dato of Srivijaya
91% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2020
Dev: Sengkala Dev
Windows
Dato of Srivijaya is Historical RTS about rise of Srivijaya Empire in 7th century from unknown power in South Sumatra’s river to strong maritime power in Asia for almost 3.5 centuries! Explore Southeast Asia in 7th-10th century and build the strong empire!
Why similar: Diplomacy 25% ★, RTS 15.2%, City Builder 14.5%, Grand Strategy 12.6% ★, Wargame 9.6%
- #8 Kingdom Wars 4
91% matchMixed66% of 240 reviews2021
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 39%
It's 1347, the time of the Hundred Years' War. In this historical grand strategy and RTS hybrid you play as one of 200 minor lords across medieval Europe, Africa or Middle East. Rise up to take over your Kingdom and be crowned, then fight to preserve your empire as Black Death descends on Europe.
Why similar: Diplomacy 16% ★, RTS 13.4%, City Builder 13.2%, Grand Strategy 12.4% ★, Wargame 9.7%
- #9 NationWar:Annals
90% matchMixed68% of 169 reviews2021
Dev: Yiming
Windows
This is a deep focus on the Spring and Autumn period of the Warring States period of the grand strategy and real-time combat fusion sandbox game.
Why similar: Diplomacy 22.3% ★, RTS 14.4%, Political Sim 13.6% ★, Grand Strategy 11.9% ★, Wargame 10%
- #10 春秋
89% matchMixed61% of 406 reviews2022
Dev: weiqian
Windows
此为以春秋时代为背景,历史战略类即时制游戏。两千多年前华夏大地锦绣山河一眼尽收,可在其间建造城郭,构筑关隘,修筑长城,农商、车船、战阵行走其间。礼崩乐坏,百家兴起、诸侯争霸、异族入侵、合纵连横,列国之伐兵、伐交、伐谋就此展开。磅礴壮丽的春秋画卷待君前来指点江山!
Why similar: RTS 19.1%, City Builder 12.9%, Grand Strategy 11.6% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Political Sim 11.1% ★
- #11 Romans: Age of Caesar
89% matchMixed46% of 464 reviews2022
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Build Rome Together! A co-operative grand strategy MMO from a team of veteran city builders, Romans: Age of Caesar is the latest historical strategy game from Firefly Studios.
Why similar: Rome 19.2% ★, City Builder 14.1%, RTS 13%, Grand Strategy 12% ★, Wargame 9.5%
- #12 Akhenaten: Rule as Pharaoh
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dotware Games
Windows · Mac
An RPG like citybuilding game centered around being Egypt's monarch.
Why similar: Political Sim 18.1% ★, City Builder 15.9%, Diplomacy 15.4% ★, Rome 14.4% ★, RTS 12.8%
- #13 Age of Resistance
86% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Luis Humberto
Windows
Age of Resistance is a modern grand strategy set in South America. Manage your economy, internal stability, political ideologies, and regional conflicts in real-time with pause. Will you be able to dominate the continent?
Why similar: Diplomacy 22.4% ★, RTS 17.5%, Grand Strategy 16.9% ★, Political Sim 12% ★, Wargame 11.8%
- #14 Medieval Kingdom Wars
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,615 reviews2019
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat in a fusion of RTS and Grand Strategy genres. Rule, build, and serve your King as a minor lord in medieval Europe. Experience siege, field and naval combat with an unseen degree of brutality. Rogue-like progression, epic towns and battles await…
Why similar: Diplomacy 20.7% ★, RTS 14.4%, City Builder 13.7%, Grand Strategy 13.5% ★, Wargame 9.9%
- #15 Nations
85% matchVery Positive90% of 141 reviews2025
Dev: Krzysztof SteinerPub: Krzysztof Steiner Games
Windows
Select an era, a nation and lead it to greatness or decay. Develop the economy and society, or focus on military and territorial expansion. In Nations you can rule your people for centuries – from ancient times to the modern day and beyond. You shape your state, history and map of the world.
Why similar: RTS 18.5%, Diplomacy 16.7% ★, Grand Strategy 15.5% ★, Political Sim 14% ★, Wargame 12.4%
- #16 EraTurn
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lobelia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shape your civilization’s destiny in this epic turn-based strategy game. Manage resources, advance technology, and conquer through the ages. Every choice transforms history—will your empire rise to greatness or fall to obscurity?
Why similar: Diplomacy 18.9% ★, Political Sim 14.3% ★, City Builder 12.8%, Grand Strategy 11.2% ★, Wargame 10.2%
- #17 I am Dictator
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hypernates
Windows
Become dictator of the only country that does not yield to the world's superpowers. Use your skills to build an army, care for your people, provide wealth and gain worldwide respect. You're a natural-born leader and the best diplomat. We await your orders, Sir!
Why similar: Diplomacy 17.3% ★, City Builder 16.9%, Political Sim 16.1% ★, Grand Strategy 14.9% ★, Wargame 10.9%
- #18 Systemic War
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Play of Battle SA
Windows
Lead your nation in a modern grand strategy game (2008–2025), using a macroeconomic model with exchange rates, diplomacy, and hybrid warfare. Engage in kinetic warfare on the strategic map, then shift to RTS battles at focal points.
Why similar: Diplomacy 21.5% ★, RTS 14.4%, Political Sim 13.7% ★, Grand Strategy 13.3% ★, Wargame 10.4%
- #19 Knights of the Crusades
83% matchMixed70% of 181 reviews2025
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Travel to the Holy Land with the First Crusades. Rise from a humble knight to the founding father of a world-spanning holy order. Lead through war, faith, diplomacy, and cunning schemes. Experience a unique blend of RTS, city-building, and sandbox gameplay, and shape history!
Why similar: RTS 17.5%, City Builder 16.5%, Grand Strategy 16% ★, Diplomacy 15.4% ★, Wargame 11.2%
- #20 Build and Discover: America
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Angry Bulls Studio
Windows
Build and Discover: America is a mixture of real-time strategy game genres combined with a country building simulation and strong economic elements, all based on the history of the USA.
Why similar: Diplomacy 20% ★, RTS 16.9%, Political Sim 15.8% ★, City Builder 15.3%, Building 10.5%
- #21 Great Powers At War
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Denis Spies
Windows · Mac
Create your hero, lead a legendary fantasy faction, and conquer your foes in strategic turn-based hex combat. Oversee economy maintenance, technology research, and hero progression to ensure your people dominate their rivals across worlds near and far.
Why similar: RTS 15.9%, Political Sim 15.6% ★, City Builder 15%, Grand Strategy 14.2% ★, Wargame 11.5%
- #22 Geo-Political Simulator 2026 Edition
81% matchMixed50% of 289 reviews2025
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
The latest expansion of the ultra-realistic world simulator, where you play as the head of state or the opposition! New Features: tourism simulator, party strategies with regime censures, personal wealth management, a European army, AI and robotics.
Why similar: Political Sim 20.5% ★, RTS 17.7%, Grand Strategy 17% ★, Wargame 13.3%, Strategy 8.1%
- #23 Power & Revolution 2020 Edition
82% matchMixed62% of 856 reviews2020
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
The new version of Geopolitical Simulator 4, the ultrarealistic simulator of today's world where you play as the head of state or as the opposition! Stop the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic and restart the economy, participate in the US elections or engage in lightning wars with new 2020 scenarios.
Why similar: Diplomacy 28.2% ★, Political Sim 18.8% ★, Grand Strategy 15.8% ★, Wargame 11.9%, Building 6.3%
- #24 Geo-Political Simulator 5
80% matchMostly Negative33% of 712 reviews2024
Dev: Eversim
Windows
The new 5th edition of the hyperrealistic global simulator game where you play as the Head of State or as the opposition or the president of a large multinational company, with a completely redesigned interface, a new ultra-detailed map, complete control of companies and new scenarios for 2024.
Why similar: Political Sim 18.9% ★, RTS 17.5%, Grand Strategy 16.4% ★, Wargame 13.3%, Building 8.3%
- #25 Ironholm: Reign of the Isles
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Data Innovation Lab
Windows
Ironholm: Reign of the Isles is a real-time strategy game about conquering medieval islands. Grow your kingdom, raise armies, capture regions, and command entire forces. Plan your expansion, reinforce key positions, and choose the right moment to strike.
Why similar: City Builder 20.4%, RTS 19%, Grand Strategy 16.1% ★, Wargame 10.6%, Strategy 9.6%
- #26 Platform Nation
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Patrick GallawayPub: Holy Splash Games
Windows
Build a sovereign nation on an empty ocean platform. Manage citizens, resources, trade, diplomacy, propaganda, philanthropy, and war in a satirical strategy game where every choice helps train the artificial intelligence that will judge your civilization.
Why similar: City Builder 20.6%, RTS 19.4%, Political Sim 18.8% ★, Diplomacy 16.5% ★, Strategy 8.9%
- #27 暗色战争(Dark Conflict)
78% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Li
Windows
Welcome to "Dark Conflict"! This is a game full of strategy and war elements, allowing you to play as a leader, constructing buildings, assembling armies, and developing resources to compete for the glory of victory.
Why similar: RTS 20.6%, City Builder 20%, Political Sim 19.4% ★, Wargame 15%, Strategy 7.3%
- #28 Explorers of Esmar
77% matchPositive86% of 36 reviews2026
Dev: Tipri Games
Windows
Welcome to Explorers of Esmar! Build your settlement, master complex production chains. Claim the riches to explore and conquer the new island continent of Esmar!
Why similar: Rome 21.3% ★, City Builder 18.7%, RTS 13.8%, Building 11.5%, Real Time Tactics 9.3%
- #29 Mandate Order
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 897 reviews2026
Dev: Digital Sky
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Mandate Order is a Warring States war city-builder set in ancient China. Build a stronghold, manage industries and logistics, recruit scholars from the Hundred Schools of Thought, raise armies, and command real-time tactical battles with thousands of soldiers.
Why similar: City Builder 20.5%, RTS 15.7%, Wargame 13.3%, Building 11.2%, Base Building 10.4%
- #30 Imperator: Rome
77% 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: Rome 34.7% ★, Grand Strategy 22.8% ★, Political Sim 18.2% ★, Strategy 9.6%, Historical 7.7%
- #31 AfterWar
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 144 reviews2026
Dev: Dmytro Lumen
Windows
AfterWar is a simple yet feature-rich strategy game for everyone.
Why similar: Diplomacy 23.1% ★, Political Sim 17.1% ★, RTS 15.2%, Grand Strategy 14.9% ★, War 7.2%
- #32 Ancient Wars: Sparta Definitive Edition
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 494 reviews2022
Dev: JOTASOFT STUDIOS
Windows
One of the most innovative Real-Time Strategy Games comes back totally renewed and improved to the smallest detail, with epic large scale battles, new civilizations, unit customization system never seen before in a game, 8K support, and much more.
Why similar: Rome 24.7% ★, RTS 15.5%, City Builder 14.9%, Wargame 11.2%, Building 7.6%
- #33 Grand Ages: Rome
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 814 reviews2009
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
As Governor of a Roman Province in the time-honoured Roman Empire, its fortune very much lies in your hands. Choose one of five Roman noble families such as Caesar’s Julii with different abilities to accomplish the comprehensive missions.
Why similar: Rome 38.7% ★, City Builder 29%, Strategy 11.4%, Historical 8.9%, RTS 6.7%
- #34 Golden Age
76% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Beast Of World
Windows
Guard the holy city, and at the right time, go deep into the hinterland of the dark legion, and retrieve the holy objects lost in the last temple catastrophe, the book of contract, the holy grail, the holy sword, the holy stone, the magic bottle, the Thor's hammer, etc.
Why similar: Rome 18.3% ★, City Builder 15%, RTS 14.1%, Grand Strategy 12.5% ★, Wargame 11.2%
- #35 Invaders
74% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: GodSGameStudio
Windows
Invaders — a modern RTS of deep strategy and realism. Command your nation, manage supply lines, research technologies, and conquer a dynamic hex-based world with land, air, and naval forces. Every decision shapes your country's survival and dominance.
Why similar: RTS 21.4%, Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, Political Sim 20% ★, Wargame 15.6%, Strategy 10.8%
- #36 The King's Campaign
75% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie World Studios Inc
Windows
Conquer Medieval Europe and North Africa in a combination of Grand Strategy and Real-Time Strategy gameplay where you rule one of 28 kingdoms as you build and manage your cities, engage in diplomacy and command massive armies on the world map and on the battlefield
Why similar: Diplomacy 16.3% ★, RTS 15.9%, Grand Strategy 15.7% ★, Wargame 11.3%, City Builder 9.4%
- #37 Fiducia: Rent The World
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Anlak
Windows
Lead a family dynasty in a living island economy. Farm, trade, found a bank, and out-compete rival houses — solo or online with friends.
Why similar: Diplomacy 29.5% ★, Political Sim 17.4% ★, RTS 15%, Grand Strategy 10.7% ★, Economy 6.7%
- #38 King's Orders
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 268 reviews2024
Dev: AFTERLIFE👻Pub: Games Operators
Windows
King's Orders is a simplified historical strategy game with an important innovation. You command your armies by sending letters with orders. Messengers with these letters travel the land and can be lost or intercepted. Generals execute orders upon receipt and send you reports the same dangerous way.
Why similar: Diplomacy 20% ★, Political Sim 15% ★, RTS 13.8%, Grand Strategy 12.6% ★, Wargame 10.6%
- #39 Tlatoani: Aztec Cities
71% matchVery Positive83% of 185 reviews2026
Dev: Perspective GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Give rise to wonders of the Aztec Civilization as you build your own magnificent metropolis in this ancient city builder. From humble beginnings build, trade, manage and conquer to become Tlatoani (Emperor).
Why similar: Diplomacy 20.2% ★, City Builder 17%, RTS 14.9%, Grand Strategy 13.2% ★, Base Building 8.3%
- #40 Trade City
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Bilal DemirPub: Pirasa Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trade City is a simple city building game that you build your own city by building/developing new buildings.Grow your city with production and trade, and conquer other cities on the map without fighting.
Why similar: Diplomacy 27.6% ★, City Builder 18.3%, RTS 17.8%, Building 9%, Base Building 8%
- #41 Pompeii: The Legacy
71% matchVery Positive82% of 280 reviews2026
Dev: Siscia Games
Windows
Rebuild Pompeii from the ashes and lead it through centuries of politics, intrigue, and survival. Shape laws, expand trade across the Empire, guide your city through disasters, and command legions in optional real-time battles. Your legacy begins now.
Why similar: Rome 31.8% ★, City Builder 18.3%, Political Sim 15.8% ★, Base Building 7.2%, Historical 6.4%
- #42 A World To Win
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Leafbug Labs
Windows
A Cold War real-time grand strategy game. Players lead a country through the revolutions and superpower conflicts of the late 20th century, competing in the space race and nuclear arms race, destabilizing and overthrowing rival powers to expand their spheres of influence.
Why similar: Political Sim 21.2% ★, RTS 21.1%, Diplomacy 20.7% ★, Grand Strategy 20.7% ★, Strategy 11.1%
- #43 Armory Doctrine
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nightride Games
Windows
Armory Doctrine is a real-time grand strategy game where you run a private arms empire and fight your own wars in a modern world sliding toward war. Expand your factory, master the global weapons market, and decide the fate of every shipment: sell it for profit, equip your own forces or arm a proxy.
Why similar: Diplomacy 23.2% ★, Grand Strategy 21.3% ★, RTS 17.2%, War 9.9%, Wargame 9.5%
- #44 Anno 117: Pax Romana
70% matchMixed70% of 12,661 reviews2025
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.
Why similar: City Builder 25.7%, RTS 19.1%, Rome 16.8% ★, Building 11.9%, Strategy 7.9%
- #45 Front Frontiers
70% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: baus96
Windows
The World is on the brink of irreversible Tragedy. Global tensions are rising, alliances are falling apart and states are preparing to decide their fate in the shadow of a massive war. Front Frontiers invites you to fight a massive war, offering an in-depth strategy experience.
Why similar: Diplomacy 17.6% ★, Political Sim 17.5% ★, Grand Strategy 16.4% ★, Wargame 15.2%, War 8.1%
- #46 O.A.C - World Begins
70% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: V.B.BPub: C.O.T.E
Windows
Are you a leader? Once you convince your nation you are their leader, it will be time to show the world your own political, people management and military strategy skills. O.A.C aims to be a breath of fresh air in the grand strategy genre that will inspire its own kind of videogames!
Why similar: Diplomacy 24.3% ★, Political Sim 17.3% ★, Grand Strategy 14.9% ★, Wargame 11.4%, Base Building 8%
- #47 NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Souzou
71% matchVery Positive87% of 1,238 reviews2014
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 39.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The 14th entry of the the historical simulation series "Nobunaga's Ambition." Become a daimyō of the Warring States era, and unite the land! With "the creation of a new age" as the key concept, this title features beautifully recreated castle towns, dynamic battlefield action and dramatic event scenes.
Why similar: Diplomacy 27% ★, RTS 16.5%, Wargame 15.4%, Grand Strategy 14.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 8.9%
- #48 Romanpunk
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Legacy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A city builder that combines futurism and the aesthetics of ancient Rome. Lead your people into the future era by researching new technologies, creating modern infrastructure, and withstanding external forces. Make Rome an eternal city!
Why similar: Rome 32.9% ★, City Builder 19.5%, RTS 12.6%, Building 11.6%, Base Building 10%
- #49 To Victory
69% 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: RTS 16.8%, Political Sim 16.3% ★, Diplomacy 15.2% ★, Grand Strategy 14.7% ★, Wargame 12.1%
- #50 Legacy of Six Generations
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 疯狗工作室
Windows
《Legacy of Six Generations》 is a hardcore grand strategy game set during the Warring States period.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.5% ★, Political Sim 22.9% ★, Wargame 17.7%, RTS 17.7%, Strategy 7.5%
- #51 Bus Manager 26
67% matchMixed69% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: Ikariu's Studios
Windows
Manage the bus network of any city you choose. Buy buses, place stops, plan routes, and transport passengers while keeping your company financially stable in cities all around the world.
Why similar: City Builder 23.9%, Political Sim 22.6% ★, RTS 22.2%, Real Time Tactics 9.4%, Building 8.1%
- #52 Dummynation
67% matchVery Positive88% of 3,234 reviews2022
Dev: Alejandro Hernández Ferrero
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Geopolitical management game with real-time shifting borders and a streamlined gameplay, designed to minimize all burdensome chores while allowing an absolute strategic control, from military recruitment and deployment, to diplomatic and economic management.
Why similar: Diplomacy 26.9% ★, Grand Strategy 18.8% ★, RTS 16.6%, Political Sim 10.3% ★, War 7.3%
- #53 City States: Medieval
66% matchMixed64% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
You are the leader of a city-state in high medieval Europe. Expand your city through deep city-building systems, build a trade empire across the known world, and lead men to war to defend trade routes in a high-stakes struggle of global strategy and brutal warfare.
Why similar: RTS 18.3%, City Builder 17.2%, Grand Strategy 16.2% ★, Wargame 12.2%, Building 9.6%
- #54 Prevent WW3
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NT7 Studio
Windows
You have no direct power - only diplomacy and influence. A global strategy game where you lead an international organization: stop conflicts, resolve economic crises, and restore stability before the world descends into chaos.
Why similar: Diplomacy 29.7% ★, Political Sim 22.8% ★, Grand Strategy 16.1% ★, Wargame 13.1%, War 5.6%
- #55 Flames in Modern Europe
66% matchMixed69% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: Volodymyr Marsenko
Windows · Mac
A real-time global strategy game about the Old Continent! You are the leader of the state, and you must discover new technologies, build a powerful economy, armed forces and even nuclear weapons! But remember - the opposition will always be breathing down your neck...
Why similar: Political Sim 22.1% ★, RTS 19.3%, Grand Strategy 17.1% ★, Wargame 16.7%, Historical 6.3%
- #56 Taikunda
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dreamtime Game Studios
Windows
Command a flying colony ship through an alien void in this real-time steampunk strategy game. Build a floating city, explore a dangerous galaxy, wage broadside naval battles, and invade planets — all while outrunning the Voidwall consuming the galaxy behind you.
Why similar: RTS 20%, City Builder 19.3%, Grand Strategy 16.6% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Real Time Tactics 8.4%
- #57 NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence - Ascension
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,099 reviews2016
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In the simulation game series "Nobunaga's Ambition", players aim to unify Japan in the troubled times of the Warring States era. In this release we include "Officer Play" for the first time in the series, allowing players to advance from retainer to Castle Lord and then on to Daimyo.
Why similar: Diplomacy 27.6% ★, RTS 16.6%, Wargame 15.4%, Grand Strategy 14.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 8.8%