- #1 Crusader Kings III
97% matchVery Positive90% of 143,901 reviews2020
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 29.1 hrsMean: 151.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.8%, Historical 12.8%, Medieval 12.2%, 4X 11.9% ★, Management 8.2%
- #2 Kingdom's Life
96% 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: Grand Strategy 22.7%, 4X 22.2% ★, Political Sim 10.8% ★, Historical 9.8%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #3 Monarch : Medieval Remastered
96% matchVery Positive81% of 382 reviews2025
Dev: Mr.Lordy
Windows
In the medieval era, assume the role of a lord and engage with other lords,develop fiefdoms, and employ strategies involving intrigue, warfare, and plunder. Expand your territory and strengthen your house lineage Or, be a god, manipulate the world? This game primarily strategic role-playing elements
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24%, Historical 13%, Medieval 12.6%, Political Sim 9.5% ★, Management 8.6%
- #4 Mandate 1600: The East
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RM GAME
Windows
At a turning point in history, decide the future of a nation. Mandate 1600: The East is a global historical grand strategy game. Govern lands and dynasty, secure your bloodline, grow through trade, and prevail in war. Rewrite history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.7%, 4X 19.5% ★, Historical 13.8%, Political Sim 12.4% ★, Strategy 5.6%
- #5 CultGame
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bucephalus Studios
Windows · Linux
Create your own cult, perform forbidden rituals, and crusade against the filthy non-believers. It's time to play god. CultGame is a retro cult simulator RPG where you start your own cult in a procedurally generated dark fantasy world with haunting ASCII art.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.1%, 4X 15.9% ★, Grand Strategy 13%, Management 9.8%, Procedural Generation 8.7%
- #6 Great Houses of Calderia
94% matchMixed61% of 447 reviews2024
Dev: Resistance GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Great Houses of Calderia is a Feudal Grand Strategy game focusing on family dynamics & stories. Use your family strengths to compete against rivals to rise in the ranks of Calderia - produce, trade, scheme, bribe, and battle to build your legacy of power!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.5%, 4X 12.8% ★, Medieval 9.1%, Management 8.5%, War 7.5%
- #7 Rogue State Revolution
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 543 reviews2021
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.Pub: Modern Wolf
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Greetings your Excellency. Time to rebuild, reform and prepare for new challenges in the People's Republic of Basenji. In this thrilling political strategy, you will appoint ministers and lead the country to success. Be careful — you may find yourself replaced in the next election.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.2%, 4X 18.8% ★, Historical 11.1%, Sandbox 10%, War 8.8%
- #8 Nova Historia
92% 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 31.4% ★, Grand Strategy 25.2%, Historical 11.6%, Strategy 8.8%, Procedural Generation 7.8%
- #9 Strategeist
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galactic Starfish, Inc.
Windows
Become a strategeist and lead one of hundreds of nations on the globe across centuries of conflict and diplomacy in this grand strategy game. Balance war, politics, and internal institutions to shape the fate of your empire, and secure your legacy in history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.2%, Historical 14.5%, 4X 11.7% ★, Sandbox 8.8%, Medieval 8.6%
- #10 Silent Terminal
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bare Metal Xtreme
Windows
A dark-fantasy RPG that lives entirely inside your terminal. Explore ASCII ruins, fight tactical turn-based battles, craft and grow your character, and make choices a persistent world never forgets. No textures. No filler. Just you, the numbers, and the dark.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.3%, 4X 16.4% ★, Medieval 10.9%, Sandbox 9.3%, Procedural Generation 8.8%
- #11 Crusader Kings II
90% matchVery Positive91% of 73,960 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 49.9%, Medieval 12.3%, Historical 12.1%, Political Sim 11.2% ★, Strategy 5.3%
- #12 TREUD
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nikolai Karulin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule your society through 12,000 years – from the Stone Age to the present day – in a grand strategy game with a living simulation where real historical processes are recreated, but nothing is predetermined. Build, conquer, exploit. Crisis is part of history: keep power or side with the revolution
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.2%, Historical 16.2%, 4X 13.9% ★, Strategy 7.8%, Management 7.3%
- #13 Dominium Mundi
89% 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 39.4% ★, Grand Strategy 20.8%, Historical 10.1%, Medieval 9.5%, Strategy 7.9%
- #14 Afterworld
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead a tribe of survivors, rediscover ancient technology, manage wasteland settlements and wage wars of conquest and political struggle in Afterworld, an original post-apocalyptic survival grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studio, the creators of Crusader Kings III and Hearts of Iron IV.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.6%, 4X 27% ★, Political Sim 9.2% ★, Strategy 7.5%, Management 7.5%
- #15 Another Map Simulator
87% 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: Grand Strategy 32.5%, Political Sim 16.1% ★, Sandbox 12%, Historical 9.7%, Simulation 8.2%
- #16 Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,737 reviews2022
Dev: Black Sea GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 36.5%, Medieval 18.9%, Strategy 12.7%, Historical 12.1%, 4X 10.1% ★
- #17 Small Kingdoms
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bad Logic Studios
Windows
Small Kingdoms is a streamlined grand strategy and RTS game with procedurally generated campaigns. Build up your cities and armies on the world map and command your troops on the battlefield. Rule a medieval fantasy kingdom and conquer your rivals.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.1%, 4X 22.9% ★, Medieval 11.6%, War 9.4%, Historical 7.9%
- #18 Koruzan
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Koruzan Games
Windows
A choice-driven medieval RPG on a living world map. Settlements run their own economies, noble houses pursue their own ambitions, travelling parties move toward their own goals — and every choice you make is written into a chronicle the world remembers.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.5%, Medieval 13.1%, Text-Based 11.8%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Political Sim 8.4% ★
- #19 Global Supremacy
84% 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 24.6% ★, Grand Strategy 24.6%, Political Sim 12.1% ★, Sandbox 9.2%, Management 8.2%
- #20 Machiavelli the Prince
83% 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: 4X 23.7% ★, Grand Strategy 23.4%, Political Sim 14.5% ★, Historical 11.7%, Retro 6.4%
- #21 Wealth of Nations: Economic Strategy
84% 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 29.4% ★, Grand Strategy 28.2%, Political Sim 11% ★, Strategy 10.5%, Simulation 8.7%
- #22 Kinjea
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tenikkan Games
Windows · Linux
Lead your people through all of human history on a spherical planet. Wage war and forge alliances as you guide your nation in this 4X grand strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 25.4% ★, Grand Strategy 25.2%, Political Sim 10.1% ★, Management 9.3%, Historical 8.6%
- #23 Crown Of Hispania
80% matchPositive100% of 39 reviews2026
Dev: Regalis StudioPub: indie.io
Windows
Rewrite the Reconquista in a grand strategy game set in 11th-century Iberia, where population, religion, and war evolve dynamically based on your decisions. Move armies freely across 300 hand-built provinces, manage a deep medieval economy, and face an AI that actually fights back.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21%, 4X 19.1% ★, Historical 11.6%, Political Sim 9.9% ★, Medieval 9.8%
- #24 Ascendant Dawn
81% 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: Grand Strategy 27.1%, 4X 23.9% ★, Historical 14.4%, Political Sim 12.9% ★, War 8.2%
- #25 Samhan: Where Korea Began
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CODEMAPO
Windows · Mac
Silla's thousand-year reign is crumbling, and Gyeon Hwon, Gung Ye and Wang Geon rise to claim the peninsula. Command 500+ historical figures across a 3D Korea in this turn-based grand strategy of statecraft, diplomacy and war—and reunite the Three Han.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30%, Historical 15%, 4X 13.9% ★, Political Sim 12.6% ★, Medieval 9%
- #26 Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms
82% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Aserisoft
Windows · Mac
Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms is a turn-based 4X grand strategy game, played on a procedurally generated world. Battles are real-time and tactical. Every world-map and battlefield is entirely unique, so this game will always have something to throw at you.
Why similar: 4X 30.6% ★, Grand Strategy 25.9%, Medieval 14.2%, Strategy 10.3%, War 7%
- #27 Pixel Imperium
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tuki Byte
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play a grand strategy game in any world you want, on land or in space. Import real maps, play a procedurely generated world, or hand-draw your own fictional universe. Then lead your faction to domination by managing its economy, diplomacy, and military.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.7%, 4X 26.6% ★, Sandbox 10.3%, Text-Based 9.4%, Strategy 7.1%
- #28 Embersong: History Is Yours
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Camis Publishers
Windows · Mac · Linux
A historical turn-based 4X with the feel of '90s strategy games. Build your empire across eight eras in a roguelike campaign: five completed matches, win or lose, build bonuses for a sixth-match mythic finale. Beware your Archenemy.
Why similar: 4X 26.1% ★, Grand Strategy 23.5%, Historical 13.1%, Medieval 9%, Management 7.3%
- #29 Warsim: The Realm of Aslona
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,223 reviews2022
Dev: Huw Millward
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warsim is a deep, rich text based kingdom ruling sim unlike anything else, complete with charming ASCII graphics. Navigate the millions of different procedurally generated races, events and areas with a huge emphasis on player choice. Don't let its look fool you, there is depth in every direction.
Why similar: Text-Based 42.4%, Procedural Generation 9.3%, Strategy 7.6%, RPG 6.8%, Simulation 6.6%
- #30 Dawn Of Imperialism
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nitrid Game
Windows
Guide your state through a fictional industrial world where economic power becomes global influence. Use merchants, companies, politics, intelligence, and trade networks to control the flow of resources and decisions. Conquest is an option; true power lies in controlling the economy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.1%, 4X 27% ★, Political Sim 14.9% ★, Strategy 10%, Historical 8.2%
- #31 Chronicle of the States: Qin Shi Huang
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 流风Game
Windows
This is a grand strategy game set in the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States Period. Become an empire ruler or an ambitious noble, shaping your dynasty through politics and war. Face family conspiracies and minister betrayals, and write an immortal legend with your brilliant strategies.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.9%, Historical 14.2%, Medieval 11.5%, Strategy 9.2%, Management 8.5%
- #32 Terrol
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Max Krupp
Windows
Strategically place outposts & settlements to capture resources. Upgrade you empire and destroy all rivals!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.3%, 4X 23.5% ★, War 12.9%, Medieval 11.2%, Sandbox 6%
- #33 Hero's Hour 2
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Benjamin "ThingOnItsOwn" HauerPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Linux
Build grand cities, raise mighty armies, and fight massive battles to vanquish your foes in this turn-based strategy RPG auto battler. Powerful heroes at the head of unique factions bring endless possibilities as they lead armies of the dead, the living, and everything in between.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.6%, 4X 18.4% ★, Auto Battler 13.8%, Medieval 12.8%, War 8.6%
- #34 Crown & Coin: The Hundred Years
75% 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: Grand Strategy 23.2%, 4X 20.9% ★, Medieval 12.1%, Political Sim 11.8% ★, Historical 10.7%
- #35 Vivat Rex
75% 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 30.6%, 4X 24.4% ★, Auto Battler 14.3%, Medieval 11.9%, Historical 5.4%
- #36 Rogue Proxy
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kibernetinis Šakotis
Windows
Command a hacker crew in a gripping 4X roguelite. Plunge into mechanical networks, employing real cyber-skulduggery tactics. Roll the dice for new daring operatives, seize control of systems and exfiltrate resources. Time's a-tickin'! Coppers are tailing you! Regroup, then hit the wires again!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.7%, 4X 21.9% ★, Historical 15.6%, Management 9.7%, Strategy 7.2%
- #37 All Men Are Brothers / 水浒豪
73% 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 35.5%, 4X 21.6% ★, Historical 19.5%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 7.3%
- #38 For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 173 reviews2009
Dev: Crystal Empire GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Take up the reins of your country, guide domestic and foreign policy, navigate thousands of historical figures and events, engage in various struggles and lead your country to prosperity – all in the name of glory!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.8%, 4X 21.8% ★, Historical 15.3%, Sandbox 8.6%, War 8.2%
- #39 Rise and Fall: Bronze Age
74% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Ludwig LoreKhan
Windows
Rise & Fall: Bronze Age is a Grand Strategy game set in the Bronze Age between 3400BC and 1150BC. Expand your power by diplomacy and war and manage your troublesome elites. Feed your people, build temples for your gods and tombs for your rulers. How high can you rise before your empire falls ?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.4%, Historical 18.3%, Management 13.4%, Strategy 8.8%, Political Sim 7.8% ★
- #40 Twisted Three Kingdoms
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seasonbean Team
Windows
Amidst this chaotic era, shape your own destiny—whether as a loyal minister, a ruthless warlord, or an independent ruler. Every choice and battle writes your legend. Are you ready to rise from a commoner to claim the realm?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.4%, 4X 18.1% ★, Historical 17%, Political Sim 12.1% ★, Strategy 8.3%
- #41 Samurai Conqueror
71% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Miura Production
Windows
Unify Japanese History! A Timeline Strategy Game Where History Itself Becomes the Battlefield.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.2%, 4X 24% ★, Historical 15.6%, War 11.5%, Medieval 7.8%
- #42 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
72% matchVery Positive86% of 770 reviews2023
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
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 24.7% ★, Grand Strategy 23.8%, Political Sim 12.4% ★, War 11.3%, Historical 10%
- #43 Empire Origin:Rise
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EmpireOrigin Studio
Windows
The grand strategy game "Empire Origin: Rise" is coming. Explore the traces left by human civilization on the earth, pursue the great achievements of the kings in the historical fragments, and revive the brilliant civilization in history. glory? territory? Waiting for you to dominate the world!
Why similar: 4X 24.4% ★, Grand Strategy 23.1%, Historical 14.1%, Medieval 12.7%, War 11.8%
- #44 万象战略
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MeleePsycho
Windows
Myriad Strategies: a turn-based strategy game. Rule a nation amid wars, famine, plague, and refugees. Manage cities, talent, economy. The world shifts. Win by holding cities, stabilizing lives, solving refugee crises, building food systems & spy networks, or surviving the chaos.
Why similar: 4X 31.7% ★, Grand Strategy 30.3%, Medieval 10.8%, Strategy 7.7%, Management 7%
- #45 王朝:将军觐见
70% matchPositive87% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: 三千越甲GameStudio
Windows
你可以成为任何人。皇帝、将军、商人,或一个无名之辈。你可以统治、操控、背叛,也可以在权力边缘悄然崛起。但这个世界不会等待你。王朝会自行运转,人物会独立行动,权力与利益在暗中流动。这是一个由经济、政治与社会共同驱动的历史沙盒:你可以操控财富流向、撬动权力结构,甚至让整个秩序崩溃。但即使没有你,世界也会继续前进。
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.1%, Historical 21.8%, Sandbox 12.2%, Political Sim 11.7% ★, Strategy 9%
- #46 Terria Tactics
70% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: TactiGame Limited
Windows · Mac
An indie-developed retro turn-base strategy game. It delivers the Fast-Paced-Strategy-Game experience. Grow your cities and troops. Recruit and manage your warriors to lead the troops to siege opponents' cities. Ultimately your goal is to conquer the whole land of Terria!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.6%, Political Sim 14.5% ★, Auto Battler 12.3%, War 10.3%, Management 9.1%
- #47 SandTable War: Three Kingdoms
69% matchVery Positive85% of 343 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 26.9%, 4X 19.8% ★, Historical 14.9%, Political Sim 11.1% ★, War 8.8%
- #48 ΠΟΛΙΣ — Athens
69% 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 405 historical events — as the tide of history carries your city, inexorably, toward 322 BC.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.4%, Historical 21%, Political Sim 16% ★, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 8%
- #49 Rise of Hegemony
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lion Loewe
Windows
Take control of a country from its very first beginnings and lead it successfully to become a global hegemon. In a complex simulation of economy, diplomacy and warfare the path you chose to triumph is up to you.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.2%, 4X 23.8% ★, Historical 9.4%, War 8.4%, Management 8.3%
- #50 Sengoku
73% matchMixed57% of 508 reviews2011
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Use your power as a Feudal Lord to unite the land of the Rising Sun under your iron fist.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 41.1%, Historical 23.4%, Strategy 14.5%, Simulation 8.3%, RPG 6.7%
- #51 Oriental Empires
71% matchVery Positive81% of 3,010 reviews2017
Dev: Shining Pixel StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.
Why similar: 4X 28.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.9%, Historical 18%, Strategy 9.8%, War 8.6%
- #52 DeckTerra
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Murray Smith
Windows · Mac · Linux
DeckTerra is a 4X strategy game built around cards. Explore procedurally generated maps, research new technologies, develop your settlements, and raise armies all while building a deck that complements your strategy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.1%, 4X 21.6% ★, Historical 15.4%, War 10.1%, Medieval 9.7%
- #53 Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
65% matchVery Positive87% of 22,960 reviews2026
Dev: UnfrozenPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.1%, 4X 22.3% ★, Historical 12.2%, War 10.8%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #54 Conqueror's Stage
66% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: LeftLane InteractivePub: Lunexa Solutions
Windows
The grand strategy you can actually finish. A full 4X empire to build, expand, and conquer, with all the depth and none of the grind, in a campaign you complete in a single evening. Fight across five ages on a fresh world every time, or design your own, all the way to total conquest.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.6%, 4X 27.2% ★, Historical 13.9%, War 8.1%, Procedural Generation 6.7%
- #55 NationWar2:Chronicle
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 430 reviews2024
Dev: Yiming
Windows
NationWar 2.0 is a big strategy game based on the theme of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period. There are more than 60 countries to choose from in the game. Map 1: 1 restores the mountainous landscapes and rivers of China.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.7%, 4X 16.2% ★, Political Sim 13.7% ★, Historical 11.1%, Auto Battler 8.6%
- #56 HUMANKIND™ 2
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows
Build a civilization that spans the ages in this historical turn-based strategy game. Combine evolving cultures, raise cities, command armies and expand your empire as a changing climate reshapes the world and your path through history.
Why similar: 4X 29.6% ★, Grand Strategy 24.8%, Historical 15.8%, Strategy 9.9%, War 7.6%
- #57 Spirit of Europe - Enlightenment
67% 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: 4X 26.3% ★, Grand Strategy 25.5%, Political Sim 18.9% ★, Historical 10.2%, Strategy 7.7%
- #58 Three Kingdoms : Alias
65% matchVery Positive80% of 373 reviews2026
Dev: Plotrick
Windows
A world where officers hide their names and abilities. Can you spot Zhuge Liang? A hardcore turn-based strategy simulation for true Three Kingdoms devotees.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27%, 4X 20.1% ★, Historical 15.2%, Political Sim 13.3% ★, War 8.7%
- #59 Alternatis - William the Conqueror
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Velsin
Windows
Take on the role of William the Conqueror, choose one of the many historical or alternate-history paths, make the boldest or the wisest strategic decisions, and shape the fate of your kingdom and Europe as a whole!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.5%, Historical 16.5%, Medieval 14.8%, War 10.4%, Political Sim 9.5% ★
- #60 Heroes of Science and Fiction
65% matchVery Positive90% of 936 reviews2026
Dev: Oxymoron Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A turn-based sci-fi strategy that combines exploration and exciting clashes on the battlefield. Take control over several different species, raise powerful armies for your heroes and destroy your opponents! This HoMM-like is set in a scifi universe, with new mechanics on top of the classic formula.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.1%, 4X 21.9% ★, Historical 13.2%, War 11%, Sandbox 8.7%