- #1 Defense Legend 5: Survivor TD
97% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Gcenter GamePub: 130 Game Studio
Windows
Build a defense strategy to protect the peace.
Why similar: 4X 51.1% ★, Tactical RPG 24.8%, Strategy 15.1%, Top-Down 9.1%
- #2 Jurassic Clans
96% matchMixed41% of 29 reviews2022
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac
Jurassic Clans sets in a world where dinosaurs co-exist with humans. Ensure your people thrive in this dangerous world by surviving and evolving your tribe. Search for resources to expand your village, research technologies, defend your people from predators and prepare for the upcoming apocalypse.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 26.2% ★, 4X 23% ★, Tactical RPG 21.7%, Building 10.4%, Management 7.2%
- #3 Wizard Warfare
96% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: Psyanotek Limited
Windows
Wizard Warfare is a fantasy-themed, 4X-style, turn-based strategy game with a strategic empire management layer supported by a detailed tactical battle simulation layer.
Why similar: 4X 55.3% ★, Tactical 11.3%, Strategy 10.6%, Fantasy 7.9%, Hex Grid 7.7% ★
- #4 Frostward
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KoPoint Games
Windows
Build your civilization in a world consumed by eternal winter. Explore procedurally generated hex-grid maps, expand under the pressure of cold, survival, and war, and command armies with unique abilities in deep turn-based battles.
Why similar: 4X 50.1% ★, Hex Grid 14.6% ★, Tactical 8.7%, Strategy 8.6%, Building 5.5%
- #5 Wizard Warfare 2: Cephalopod Wars
94% matchPositive86% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: Psyanotek Limited
Windows
Wizard Warfare 2: Cephalopod Wars is the sequel to Wizard Warfare, a fantasy-themed, 4X-style, turn-based strategy game with a strategic empire management layer supported by a detailed tactical battle simulation layer. Now includes fully simulated naval battles.
Why similar: 4X 46% ★, Hex Grid 11.8% ★, Base Building 10%, Tactical 8.5%, Strategy 8.3%
- #6 Ashes & Blood
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Small Strategy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ashes & Blood is a fantasy strategy RPG with fast paced tactical battles and a 4X sandbox campaign. Break the rules, build absurd combos, exploit the world, and unlock even more chaos with each run. Turn based strategy has never been this unhinged.
Why similar: 4X 42.7% ★, Tactical RPG 22.6%, Roguelite 9.1%, Strategy 7.8%, Grid-Based Movement 7.4%
- #7 Crow's Foot
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Thelix
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based hex strategy you can finish over lunch. Outsmart AI rivals, each with their own grudges, ambitions, and breaking points. Conquer provinces, command knights, scouts, assassins, and more. Unlock rule-bending scrolls. Go bankrupt and your own army defects.
Why similar: 4X 51% ★, Strategy 13.2%, Top-Down 7.4%, Stylized 7.4%, Tactical 4.7%
- #8 Grim wanderings 2
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 81 reviews2021
Dev: Ellinia games
Windows · Linux
This game combines a deep role-playing system inspired by classic board games and a full-fledged 4X strategy
Why similar: 4X 37.7% ★, Tactical RPG 21.3%, Building 10.3%, Base Building 9.1%, Management 7.5%
- #9 DIE LAST
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gosh
Windows · Mac · Linux
We must revive this post-industrial world. Plant trees to earn Karma, build pipes, join Guilds, and participate in league tournaments to stay alive. Find lost objects to craft secret messages. Go rogue, wander with your dog, steal other players' Karma and grow stronger with every battle
Why similar: 4X 40.6% ★, Building 12.4%, Base Building 9.1%, Top-Down 7.8%, Futuristic 7.5%
- #10 Age of Wonders: Planetfall
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 6,617 reviews2019
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.
Why similar: 4X 37% ★, Dinosaurs 23.6% ★, Strategy 9.5%, Hex Grid 8.4% ★, Futuristic 7.7%
- #11 Dwarf Guild Mania
90% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: QuarkbluePub: Kennedy Publishing House
Windows · Mac
Lead a campaign of glory as you mine, trade, spy, & sabotage your way to victory. Your guild of dwarves must vanquish its rivals and conquer the realm in this turn-based economic strategy game. Lead your capitalist dwarves across new lands in search of gems and gold. For the Guild!
Why similar: 4X 36.7% ★, Tactical RPG 18.3%, Hex Grid 9.8% ★, Building 7%, Strategy 7%
- #12 Empires Edge
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kaser Studio
Windows
Empires Edge is a 4X-lite strategy game about building a civilization on floating islands, inspired by the classic Tyrants: Fight Through Time (Mega Lo Mania). Lead your people, achieve technological breakthroughs, and conquer new territories as you forge an empire at the edge of the Universe.
Why similar: 4X 51.9% ★, Strategy 14.5%, Building 13%, Base Building 8.7%, Management 6.9%
- #13 Ascension
87% matchMixed61% of 2,647 reviews2025
Dev: Element Game 微元游戏Pub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this cultivation 4X strategy game, your sect has been in peril, and so they open a portal—sending you, a young disciple and their last hope, inside. Stand tall as the new sect leader and guide disciples to rebuild what was lost. Sharpen your focus, master alchemy, and ascend to immortality.
Why similar: 4X 39.7% ★, Building 12.3%, Hex Grid 8.7% ★, Management 7.9%, Strategy 7.1%
- #14 Feudalism
89% matchMostly Negative33% of 45 reviews2016
Dev: ImagimotionPub: IV Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Conquer Europe, become an Emperor. Build your family’s dynasty through seven centuries, from 800 A.D. to 1492 A.D., up until the inevitable collapse of the feudal system.
Why similar: 4X 72.5% ★, Strategy 27.5%
- #15 Space Empires II
88% matchMixed56% of 18 reviews2020
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Explore the galaxy, discover and colonize new planets to acquire enough resources. Design your ships, choosing from different hulls, weapons, shields, and several devices. Once you advance with technologies, new systems will be available, and you will have to update your designs.
Why similar: 4X 40% ★, Strategy 15.1%, Base Building 14%, Management 11.3%, Exploration 8.9%
- #16 Dominions - Priests, Prophets & Pretenders
86% 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 67.1% ★, Strategy 20%, Fantasy 7.5%, 2D 5.4%
- #17 Master of Luna
86% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Aleksandr Tiupin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Master of Luna is a turn-based strategy game where you take the role of a half-forgotten deity seeking to regain their former power. It features powerful magic, tactical battles, city building, sweet pixel art and a calm melancholic atmosphere.
Why similar: 4X 54.8% ★, Strategy 10.2%, Tactical RPG 9.2%, Fantasy 7.1%, Hex Grid 6% ★
- #18 EOL: End Of Line
85% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: MLS Games, LLC
Windows
A sci-fi turn-based strategy game, no gimmicky mechanics just pure 4x glory.
Why similar: 4X 52% ★, Strategy 14.6%, Futuristic 9.5%, Top-Down 9.3%, Hex Grid 8.4% ★
- #19 Askara
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lazy Kitty
Windows
Askara is a rogue-like turn-based tactics game, you choose how long each run takes, from a half an hour, to a few days if you want to! Multiple layers of mechanics mesh together to ensure that every run will be unique. It is easy to pick up, but will take years to master.
Why similar: 4X 46.6% ★, Tactical RPG 24.9%, Strategy 10.2%, Stylized 6.7%, Top-Down 6.3%
- #20 Astro Protocol
82% matchPositive96% of 46 reviews2026
Dev: Null Vector Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Astro Protocol is a high-stakes, turn-based 4X space strategy game distilled into intense one-hour matches. Six factions, randomized maps, tech trees, and anomalies ensure every run is unique. Victories are earned against challenging opponents that play to win.
Why similar: 4X 41% ★, Hex Grid 9.6% ★, Tactical 9.2%, Roguelite 8.1%, Grid-Based Movement 8%
- #21 Legion Gold
84% matchVery Positive85% of 118 reviews2020
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Well-received by gamers and critics alike, Legion Gold is the expanded and improved version of its predecessor, Legion, and includes not only the original Legion game but a hefty expansion pack too.
Why similar: 4X 43.8% ★, Building 16.7%, Strategy 14.8%, Management 7.7%, Old School 7.3%
- #22 Space Empires I
83% matchMixed53% of 15 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 46.3% ★, Strategy 15%, Management 12.3%, Exploration 9.7%, Futuristic 7.1%
- #23 Master of Magic
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,191 reviews2022
Dev: MuHa GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Take up the role of a great wizard, wield powerful spells, command fantasy races and challenge your rivals in this remake of a cult turn-based strategy classic. Do you have what it takes to become Master of Magic?
Why similar: 4X 36% ★, Tactical RPG 20.3%, Building 10.4%, Old School 8.7%, Management 7.7%
- #24 Shardorium
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Turtle Speed Development
Windows · Mac · Linux
Indie turn-based strategy game. Capture the whole shard by defeating their guards, build your own stronghold, level up your heroes and equip most powerful items!
Why similar: 4X 31.7% ★, Hex Grid 20.5% ★, Strategy 12.5%, Building 9.3%, Grid-Based Movement 7.7%
- #25 Stellar Wings
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Odd Games
Windows
In this bullet-hell strategy sandbox game, lead your newly-formed fleet through a vast galaxy. Use your tactics and skills to amass wealth, build influence, engage in galactic affairs, and face the conflicts and crises threatening the entire star system.
Why similar: 4X 41.8% ★, Tactical RPG 22.7%, Roguelite 9.1%, Exploration 6.9%, Tactical 6.3%
- #26 Wilder Bound - 荒野拼图
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Candy Slime Lab
Windows
In Wilder Bound, expand your territory, recruit residents, gather resources, and face monsters and unknown storms. A survival-management game with minimalist geometric visuals—explore, trade, expand your land, and piece together your own pastoral idyll.
Why similar: Strategy 15.6%, Grid-Based Movement 15.5%, Stylized 13.4%, Cute 11.2%, Roguelite 10.2%
- #27 Dungeon4X
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: SNP Engineering
Windows
"Dungeon4X" is a new type of game that combines 3D dungeon RPG with 4X strategy. As the guild master of an adventurer's guild, you will lead the construction of farms and workshops, build a financial base by selling products, and embark on a grand adventure to obtain the ultimate artifact!
Why similar: 4X 53.3% ★, Tactical RPG 21.3%, Strategy 14.3%, Top-Down 6.9%, Fantasy 4.2%
- #28 Diehexegy
78% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Aebersoft
Windows · Linux
Diehexegy is a hex grid turn-based 4x game with a unique twist: your armies are composed of dice. It has multiple victory conditions and straightforward gameplay.
Why similar: 4X 59.9% ★, Strategy 17.2%, Hex Grid 11.2% ★, Fantasy 6.9%, 2D 4.9%
- #29 Lords of Kingdoms
79% matchMixed43% of 88 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 65.7% ★, Building 20.8%, Strategy 11.5%, Stylized 1.3%, 2D 0.6%
- #30 Varren's Expanse
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wonder Forge, Inc.
Windows
Varren's Expanse is a roguelite strategy game. Explore the wilderness using mice and badger legionnaires, rabbit scouts, and squirrel skirmishers. Every round builds your strength, every round brings new challenges.
Why similar: 4X 50.6% ★, Strategy 15.3%, Roguelite 15.1%, Stylized 6.6%, Exploration 6.5%
- #31 Master of Orion 3
79% matchMixed54% of 186 reviews2016
Dev: Quicksilver SoftwarePub: Wargaming Labs
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Experience first-hand the challenges of leading one of 16 different races into unequalled galactic supremacy and face a universe of decisions. Set policies, explore, build, declare war, negotiate - put all these elements into motion to guarantee your place in the annals of space and time.
Why similar: 4X 79.9% ★, Strategy 20.1%
- #32 Elemental Lands
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: RikerRiker
Windows · Mac
Turn-based tactical card battler with roguelite upgrades. Lead your growing party of heroes to capture objectives in grid-based combat with spell draw combos. Strategically control a campaign map, gather resources & cast siege spells to push back elemental factions overwhelming your lands!
Why similar: 4X 30.3% ★, Tactical RPG 21.3%, Building 10.5%, Roguelite 9.4%, Grid-Based Movement 9.1%
- #33 Dominions 2 - The Ascension Wars
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Linux
Dominions II is turn based fantasy game in which you take the role of a powerful being that is trying to become the supreme god. The type of Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to old dragons or statues. The game features a large variety of spells and units.
Why similar: 4X 69.8% ★, Strategy 20.8%, Fantasy 9.4%
- #34 Flat Gravity Cult
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MadMedois
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based strategy roguelike with auto battles and 4x elements. Choose a faction, explore, build, research, fight, level up units and more. Set in a fantasy world.
Why similar: 4X 33.2% ★, Tactical RPG 24%, Roguelite 10.2%, Building 9.2%, Management 6.9%
- #35 Mythic Crusade
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sepnax
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mythic Crusade is a bizarre turn-based roguelite strategy RPG. Face questionable ethical choices and see if you have the galaxy brain to beat the single-player campaign or challenge friends online or in hotseat.
Why similar: 4X 38.9% ★, Tactical RPG 24.8%, Roguelite 13.5%, Base Building 8.3%, Strategy 6.8%
- #36 Defensia
74% matchNo user reviews2032
Dev: RedPain
Windows
Defensia is a turn-based strategy game. Build structures, Grow carrots, Recruit bunnians, Kill enemies, Keep your castle safe!
Why similar: 4X 48.9% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Grid-Based Movement 10.1%, Building 9.4%, Tactical 9.3%
- #37 Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown
73% matchMixed60% of 444 reviews2025
Dev: Zugalu EntertainmentPub: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is a complex city builder, where the fate of your kingdom hinges on your every decision. Explore this medieval land alone or with friends, make tough moral choices and conquer your foes in RTS combat. Will you struggle to survive, or find the strength to Thrive?
Why similar: 4X 47.9% ★, Tactical RPG 15.8%, Building 10.6%, Base Building 8%, Management 6.9%
- #38 Timekeepers Defense
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mark KragerupPub: Maincode Studio
Windows
Defend your time machine in this unique take on roguelite tower defense gameplay. Travel through the ages to recruit fighters and mount advanced defenses, in a handful of challenging gamemodes. Unlock new Timekeepers, and push your builds to the limit in the face of endless onslaughts.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 25% ★, Tactical RPG 20.8%, Hex Grid 11.2% ★, Roguelite 10.7%, Futuristic 7.5%
- #39 Mercatoria
73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Groundwork Studio
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 45.3% ★, Strategy 10.5%, Building 10.3%, Top-Down 7.7%, Old School 7.2%
- #40 Siege of Turtle Enclave
75% matchMostly Negative29% of 17 reviews2015
Dev: The Conjurer's Tower
Windows · Linux
A turn based strategy game with real time battles! Build up your settlement, train mighty armies, research technologies, cast spells, discover hidden goodies and more as you fight your way across the map to overthrow the enemy warlord in his keep!
Why similar: 4X 68.1% ★, Strategy 21.9%, Fantasy 10%
- #41 From Village to Empire
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Witch Laboratory
Windows · Linux
From Village to Empire is an indie turn based strategy game with a historical setting. Build cities, research technologies, and train units to discover new lands and conquer the world!
Why similar: 4X 42.1% ★, Strategy 15.7%, Hex Grid 14.6% ★, Building 10.8%, Management 8.7%
- #42 Solaris
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 89 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 60.1% ★, Strategy 17.2%, Tactical 8.3%, Fantasy 6.1%, 2D 5%
- #43 Auto-Astra
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gerrit Schimpf
Windows · Linux
Auto-Astra blends voxel-based construction with deep 4X automation. Design ships and stations, then write or use pre-made LUA scripts to automate your galactic empire. Strip asteroid belts, manage trade routes, and program tactical responses to enemy threats. Your logic, your empire.
Why similar: 4X 48.9% ★, Building 13.8%, Base Building 9%, Management 8.8%, Exploration 8%
- #44 Waaaaaa: A Prehistoric Adventure With Aliens
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Strange Guy Games
Windows
WAAAAAA is a silent, funny prehistoric adventure full of grunts. Solve puzzles, recruit quirky companions, and save the world in this 'Solo Dev' labor of love. Sometimes, a scream is all you need to make yourself heard!
Why similar: Dinosaurs 36.7% ★, Grid-Based Movement 13.2%, Old School 12.6%, Top-Down 9.4%, Exploration 7.3%
- #45 Space Empires III
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 43 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 48.9% ★, Strategy 15.9%, Base Building 10%, Management 8.1%, Exploration 6.5%
- #46 CardwovenEmpires
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Caliban's Paper Crown
Windows
Deckbuilder with 4X elements. Explore a world to find artefacts, play cards to add cities, farms, temples and ports, trade with your neighbours or invade them, and defend yourself against natural disasters and orcish raiding. Choose one of three factions and add cards to build on their synergies.
Why similar: 4X 63.1% ★, Strategy 15.1%, Building 12.1%, Fantasy 5.1%, 2D 4.6%
- #47 Commander: Modern War
70% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience the thrill of a modern conflict between two factions, as you outsmart your opponents in an epic game of strategy and cunning. Take command of your ground, air, and naval units and lead them to victory in the most immersive turn-based battle simulation. The battlefield awaits.
Why similar: 4X 54.1% ★, Strategy 15.5%, Hex Grid 9.4% ★, Management 8.3%, Tactical 8%
- #48 Hyper Empire
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 44 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Weather Studios
Windows
Play a 4x game in 40 minutes... or less! We streamlined 4x strategy down to a game that captures the fun in a manageable play time. Lead your faction against escalating enemies and expand the reach of your empire. Multiple paths to victory allows for a variety of strategies. Build your empire.
Why similar: 4X 51% ★, Roguelite 10.5%, Futuristic 10%, Strategy 8.6%, Building 7.2%
- #49 ENDLESS™ Legend
70% matchVery Positive83% of 18,996 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
ENDLESS™ Legend is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of ENDLESS™ Space and Dungeon of the ENDLESS™. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga. Create your own Legend!
Why similar: 4X 60.1% ★, Strategy 17%, Hex Grid 11.1% ★, Fantasy 7.5%, Tactical 3%
- #50 Kingdoms of Myth
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marcos Cruz
Windows
Lead a global army with unique units and heroes, each with their own skills. Kingdoms of Myth features 100 civilizations with unique armies, tech, and skills, providing diverse ways to defeat enemies.
Why similar: 4X 46.1% ★, Tactical RPG 25.1%, Strategy 8.9%, Fantasy 5.5%, Hex Grid 5.3% ★
- #51 Interstellar Conquest
69% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take planets and assemble your fleet. The conquest of space is now, navigate through asteroid fields and hide in nebulas to outsmart your opponents. Experience the challenge of ion storms disrupting your ship's sensors and become the ultimate space fleet commander.
Why similar: 4X 46% ★, Building 11.9%, Strategy 8.9%, Management 8.5%, Hex Grid 7.5% ★
- #52 Ultakia
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Simon Alber
Windows
Ultakia is a turn-based space 4X strategy game with distinctive resource management. Explore exotic systems and acquire powerful technologies. Exploit your planets, trade with other races and destroy those who stand in your way.
Why similar: 4X 49.9% ★, Hex Grid 16.2% ★, Strategy 8.5%, Management 8.2%, Fantasy 6%
- #53 Spaceman's Luck
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gideon Kennedy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Do you have a Spaceman's Luck? A space strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 81% ★, Strategy 19%
- #54 A New World: Kingdoms
69% matchNegative0% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Red Phoenix Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A New World: Kingdoms is a turn-based strategic 4X game. Carefully expand your kingdom by constructing buildings and managing your resources. Building your own empire is not easy; there will be challenges along the way, from mountains to navigate to your rival and his warriors.
Why similar: 4X 47.5% ★, Top-Down 9.4%, Building 8.9%, Strategy 8.1%, Management 7.3%
- #55 Lordship
67% 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 55.4% ★, Strategy 11.2%, Top-Down 10.1%, Base Building 8.4%, Fantasy 6.2%
- #56 Mayhem Intergalactic
70% matchMixed50% of 28 reviews2009
Dev: Inventive Dingo
Windows
Wage war on your friends and enemies in this simple and engaging strategy game. Easy to learn and quick to play, Mayhem Intergalactic is surprisingly strategic. Play against the computer, or duke it out with friends over the internet. The universe shall be yours!
Why similar: 4X 49.5% ★, Top-Down 10.1%, Futuristic 9.8%, Tactical 8.8%, Old School 8.8%
- #57 Within a Dead City
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 46 reviews2023
Dev: Moonroof Studios
Windows
Within a Dead City is a tiny RTS / autobattler inspired by Majesty. Hire autonomous heroes to search for gold and glory. Build shops where they can spend their hard-earned loot. Place bounties on monsters to influence their behavior. With skill and strategy, you will find riches in the fallen city.
Why similar: 4X 49.9% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Building 9.8%, Strategy 8.2%, Grid-Based Movement 8.1%
- #58 Empires of a Tiny Universe
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cactus Games
Windows · Linux
Empires of a Tiny Universe is a relaxed single-player RTS where you build and expand your empire across space. Manage planetary infrastructure, develop new technologies for your fleet, and conquer the galaxy - all from a clear, minimalist perspective.
Why similar: 4X 52.4% ★, Building 13.4%, Strategy 10.6%, Futuristic 10.5%, Base Building 6.8%
- #59 Jurassic World Evolution
66% matchVery Positive87% of 55,028 reviews2018
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Place yourself at the heart of the Jurassic franchise and build your own Jurassic World. Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them and face threats posed by espionage, breakouts and devastating tropical storms in an uncertain world where life always finds a way.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 55.2% ★, Building 22.2%, Management 13.7%, Strategy 9%
- #60 Isle of the Crown
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Devious Oatmeal
Windows
From a simple home to a mighty kingdom; explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate your opponent in this strategic pixel-art chess-like hex game using cards as your pieces and their abilities as your tools. As many games before it, and as the saying goes; easy to learn, hard to master.
Why similar: 4X 43.4% ★, Building 15.1%, Strategy 9.5%, Hex Grid 8.9% ★, Management 7.8%