- #1 Village Feud
97% matchMostly Positive71% of 391 reviews2019
Dev: Veelhoek Studios
Windows
The 2 villages on the island don't get along very well. You are the mayor of one of these cities, grow your city, earn gold, buy troops and attack the other village. Defeat the other mayor and claim the island, play against your friends or try out singleplayer.
Why similar: Strategy 71.5%, Indie 28.5%
- #2 Rivalry
96% matchVery Positive91% of 368 reviews2016
Dev: Kew McParlanePub: My64K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rivalry is a hotseat game where two players take turns moving their rag-doll character’s limbs and weapons until one is victorious. While the beginning stages of each game captures the strategic essence of swordplay, as damage and limbs are taken, the endgame turns rather Pythonesque.
Why similar: Strategy 38.3%, Local Multiplayer 28.1%, Casual 19%, Indie 14.6%
- #3 Feud
95% matchVery Positive90% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Bearwaves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Feud is a turn-based strategy game. Swap pieces on a four-by-four grid to isolate your opponent's pieces, or go straight for their King. Hone your skills against three AI characters with distinct play-styles, then challenge your friends online or on the same screen.
Why similar: Strategy 37.1%, Local Multiplayer 29.8%, Multiplayer 16.9%, Indie 16.2%
- #4 The Conquest of Go
94% matchVery Positive94% of 531 reviews2025
Dev: Wolfey Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Learn and play Go, the classic board game that has been played for thousands of years, and compete in the race to conquer the most land in the in-game world, or compete online against opponents around the real world.
Why similar: Strategy 55.8%, Local Multiplayer 26.3%, Multiplayer 17.8%
- #5 Dice Kingdoms
92% matchVery Positive84% of 672 reviews2024
Dev: Fivemid Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Compete against friends in games filled with unpredictable twists and turns. Roll the dice to gather resources and test your adaptability. Lead your kingdom to success through military power, religious knowledge, or architectural ingenuity.
Why similar: Strategy 69.9%, Multiplayer 16.3%, Indie 8.6%, Casual 5.3%
- #6 Project Planet - Earth vs Humanity
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 408 reviews2023
Dev: Fifth Harbour Studios
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Destroy Humanity with virus outbreaks, asteroid impacts and more as Planet Earth! Or team up with up to five friends as the World Leaders, Industry, Media, Scientists and Public, and try to survive. Impossible dilemmas and choices-matter create countless paths in this strategy party game!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 42.9%, Strategy 36.3%, Multiplayer 20.8%
- #7 Cannon Brawl
90% matchVery Positive91% of 796 reviews2014
Dev: Theresa DuringerPub: Temple Gates Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Cannon Brawl is action RTS and artillery hybrid. Pilot an airship, command powerful weapon emplacements and use the destructible terrain to out think and destroy your enemy! It's a new take on artillery strategy!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 33%, Strategy 31.3%, Multiplayer 19.4%, Indie 16.3%
- #8 A Druid's Duel
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 113 reviews2015
Dev: Thoughtshelter GamesPub: Surprise Attack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A Druid's Duel is a fast paced turn-based strategy game set in a world of Celtic lore where players can create and destroy the board by harnessing the power of nature.
Why similar: Strategy 49.3%, Indie 26.4%, Multiplayer 24.4%
- #9 Mayan Death Robots
89% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2015
Dev: Sileni Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Duke it out with massive alien robots during the peak of the Mayan civilization. Nuke, zap, implode, incinerate and destroy your friends in singleplayer or local multiplayer. Win the adoration of your tiny Mayan tribesmen, and keep an eye out for Mayan Gods who will try to crash your party.
Why similar: Strategy 39.4%, Local Multiplayer 30.7%, Multiplayer 20.3%, Indie 9.6%
- #10 Age of Rivals
89% matchVery Positive86% of 234 reviews2017
Dev: Dark Inertia StudiosPub: Roboto Games
Windows · Mac
Deep civilization-building strategy in a fast-paced card game! There are many paths to victory in this competitive card drafting game featuring 12 unique characters and hundreds of cards ranging from great pyramids and war elephants to sneaky spies and crafty merchants.
Why similar: Strategy 53.2%, Indie 21.1%, Local Multiplayer 14.1%, Multiplayer 11.6%
- #11 Trapper's Delight
86% matchVery Positive94% of 308 reviews2018
Dev: Shrimpcave Industries
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Trapper's Delight players compete to construct deadly labyrinths and then try to escape in one piece. Lure your friends into your deadly trap in local and online multiplayer or test your skills in singleplayer challenges.
Why similar: Strategy 39.6%, Local Multiplayer 30.6%, Casual 19.6%, Multiplayer 10.2%
- #12 Ancestory
88% matchMixed57% of 61 reviews2015
Dev: Kajak Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Turn-based strategy meets card game! Outwit your opponent on multiple different battlefields with cunning strategies. Build your own decks made of underworldly minions and powerful spells!
Why similar: Strategy 59.8%, Indie 23.8%, Multiplayer 16.4%
- #13 ThreatGEN: Red vs. Blue
86% matchVery Positive90% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: ThreatGEN
Windows · Mac · Linux
ThreatGEN: Red vs. Blue is an educational game-based cybersecurity simulator designed for those with genuine interest in cybersecurity. Learn and practice cybersecurity concepts & strategy, play as the red team (hackers) or the blue team (defenders), single player or online vs. a colleague.
Why similar: Strategy 47.6%, Casual 17.1%, Local Multiplayer 13.7%, Indie 12.9%, Multiplayer 8.7%
- #14 Slam Bolt Scrappers
87% matchMixed55% of 55 reviews2013
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Build and brawl in this fast and frantic mash-up! Race your opponents to build the most powerful towers in Slam Bolt City while defending against deceptively adorable baddies and hugely epic bosses. Create weapons that shoot lasers, drills, missiles, and more to annihilate your adversary.
Why similar: Strategy 61.6%, Indie 25.3%, Local Multiplayer 13.1%
- #15 50 years
84% matchVery Positive90% of 691 reviews2017
Dev: Aleksandr Golovkin
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 50.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
50 Years is a fast-paced alternative to the bigger, longer turn-based strategy games. You can win or lose a game in a single evening. Either way you'll want to play it again.
Why similar: Strategy 68.9%, Indie 22.6%, Casual 8.5%
- #16 Four Kings One War
84% matchMixed54% of 192 reviews2021
Dev: StaplesVR
Windows · Mac
Four Kings One War is a 1 or 2 player strategy game inspired by chess. Each player controls two armies as though they were one and get's two moves per turn. This opens up guerrilla style tactics and hidden attacks. This is strategy for the modern mind, outside the 64th square.
Why similar: Strategy 85.5%, Indie 8.7%, Casual 5.8%
- #17 Desert Ashes
85% matchMixed53% of 80 reviews2014
Dev: Nine Tales Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Desert Ashes is a turn based strategy game with online multiplayer and single player campaigns, it also boasts an innovative menu system allowing you to play multiple games at once. The Day-Night system adds a dynamic twist to turn based battles that affect the battlefield.
Why similar: Strategy 73.1%, Indie 26.9%
- #18 Numeral Lord
82% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2022
Dev: Flint Games
Windows
minimalism strategy game
Why similar: Strategy 47.4%, Casual 26%, Multiplayer 18.3%, Indie 8.3%
- #19 Dokapon Kingdom: Connect
79% matchVery Positive87% of 972 reviews2023
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Make friends or frenemies! Be a savvy schemer in this hybrid RPG party game!
Why similar: Strategy 59%, Casual 30.1%, Multiplayer 10.9%
- #20 Party Saboteurs: After Party
83% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2016
Dev: The Glitch Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Party Saboteurs is a local multiplayer espionage party game for up to four players. Each player controls a spy who is trying to blend in an exclusive cocktail party to complete the missions. The catch? At the same time, they are all controlling snipers trying to identify and eliminate each other’s spies.
Why similar: Strategy 71.5%, Indie 28.5%
- #21 Just Another Night Shift
78% matchVery Positive92% of 997 reviews2024
Dev: JANS Dev Team
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Just Another Night Shift is a casual competitive 1v1 or 2v2 PvP stealth strategy game. Play as a Thief and as a Security Guard. Steal the valuable and try to prevent it in this 3D indie game. Grab a friend and work THE NIGHT SHIFT of your life. Join us for hours of fun gameplay with your friends!
Why similar: Strategy 54.8%, Casual 28.6%, Indie 10.9%, Multiplayer 5.7%
- #22 Crossfire: Dungeons
81% matchMixed48% of 91 reviews2015
Dev: Random Thoughts EntertainmentPub: Random Thoughts Enterainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Battle against rival fantasy armies in this fast paced turn based strategy game. Fight powerful bosses while you hunt for treasure in dungeon mode, play through over one hundred single player missions in campaign mode, or match wits against your friends in multiplayer.
Why similar: Strategy 80.3%, Indie 19.7%
- #23 Wagers of War
80% matchMixed57% of 65 reviews2018
Dev: Jumb-O-Fun Games Inc
Windows
Jump into a competitive battleground as you face off against your opponent in rounds of war. Based on the classic card game War, battle head-to-head as you work to anticipate your opponent’s next move while making gains to outsmart them and bring home the victory.
Why similar: Strategy 70.5%, Indie 29.5%
- #24 Yardlings
78% matchVery Positive85% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Yardlings is a local multiplayer battle arena about vegetables in a garden! Build an adorable army, place yourself strategically on the battlefield, using special abilities, capturing potted plants (outposts) and big seed-shooting flowers while you try to gain control over the yard!
Why similar: Strategy 65.8%, Indie 26.5%, Local Multiplayer 7.7%
- #25 Paper io 2
76% matchVery Positive85% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: VOODOOPub: QubicGames
Windows
Conquer territory solo or beat your friends in multiplayer mode with up to 4 players!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 50.2%, Casual 49.8%
- #26 Politon
74% matchVery Positive90% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Pinq Games
Windows · Mac
Politon: A turn-based strategy game that will push your strategic and management skills to the limit! Expand your territory, strengthen your economy, and outsmart your enemies by planning your strategy carefully.
Why similar: Strategy 52.5%, Multiplayer 23.8%, Casual 23.6%
- #27 Future Wars
81% matchMostly Negative30% of 310 reviews2010
Dev: Radon Labs
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Battle it out on the proving grounds and get ready for Future Wars. Similar to classic titles such as Advance Wars and Battle Isle, the game takes strategy gaming away from the micro-management overkill that it has become and using simple, proven rock-paper-scissors principles, reopens the genre to everyone.
Why similar: Strategy 92.3%, Indie 7.7%
- #28 Rhino's Rage
79% matchMixed47% of 158 reviews2016
Dev: Defroids
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It is a turn-based tactical game, where you can accelerate and bunt enemies. There is a game mode for one player in different modes with own combat mechanics and characters with unique team roles are used in the game: pusher, stopper, tumbleweed and sprinter. Also you can play with your friends against each other on various maps.
Why similar: Strategy 77.9%, Indie 22.1%
- #29 Archon Classic
77% matchVery Positive81% of 192 reviews2010
Dev: React Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Inspired by chess, but adding combat that YOU control, Archon was the original Battle Chess. You must try to outmaneuver your opponent using teams of fantasy creatures or monsters in this epic struggle of Light and Dark.
Why similar: Strategy 74.9%, Indie 25.1%
- #30 Dungeon Of Zaar - Open Beta
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 139 reviews2018
Dev: KURBPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Dungeon of Zaar is a competitive tactical game taking place in an ancient and magical Dungeon where Explorers fight for treasures and glory. Currently in BETA.
Why similar: Strategy 51.1%, Indie 19.2%, Local Multiplayer 16.9%, Multiplayer 12.8%
- #31 The Battle of Polytopia
73% matchVery Positive94% of 5,740 reviews2020
Dev: Midjiwan AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to the unique, turn-based strategy game set in the strange, flat world of the Square. Lead one of 16 distinct civilizations to victory by expanding your empire, researching technologies, and ultimately become ruler of the world! Play in single-player or multiplayer mode for up to 16 players.
Why similar: Strategy 68%, Multiplayer 32%
- #32 FPS Chess
71% matchVery Positive84% of 41,552 reviews2022
Dev: Meta ForkPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Battle a friend in this fast paced 1v1 class-based first-person shooter. Chess takes a back-seat to FPS as you win duel after duel and capture the opponent's pieces until you've beaten their king and won the game.
Why similar: Strategy 43.2%, Multiplayer 25.2%, Local Multiplayer 17.4%, Casual 14.2%
- #33 War of Three Kingdoms
76% matchMixed41% of 51 reviews2019
Dev: le8 stdio
Windows
This is a strategy type game, players can capture the city, the final one continent, in this process, players can collect hundreds of heroes, different heroes have different skills and abilities, you can also train the hero, build a strong army.
Why similar: Strategy 51.5%, Casual 28%, Indie 20.5%
- #34 Eternal Battlefield
74% matchMixed70% of 592 reviews2019
Dev: Shenzhen Huanjing Technology Co.,Ltd
Windows
Eternal Battlefield is a free multiplayer royale-style arena game. 4 teams of 2 go head-to-head in an exciting, spell filled arena death match where the last team standing wins. Defeat neutral creeps and enemy players to grow your forces!
Why similar: Strategy 48.4%, Casual 25.2%, Indie 20%, Multiplayer 6.4%
- #35 Mega Knockdown
72% matchVery Positive98% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: dhamster
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fighting game where the action only moves when you do. Plan your next move, then strike, evade and punish! Knock 'em down and press the advantage! Fight colorful hand-drawn characters, and challenge your friends to an epic battle of wits!
Why similar: Strategy 42.7%, Local Multiplayer 34.7%, Multiplayer 22.6%
- #36 No Time to Relax
71% matchVery Positive92% of 2,774 reviews2019
Dev: Porcelain Fortress
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
No Time to Relax is a life simulation game where up to 4 players online or locally compete against each other in the ultimate game of life.
Why similar: Strategy 29.4%, Local Multiplayer 25.6%, Multiplayer 18.5%, Casual 15.4%, Indie 11%
- #37 Ortus Arena, strategy board game online, FOR FREE
75% matchMixed60% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: Firebrush StudiosPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 25.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
You are a cunning warlord, craving for intensive short mental combats and becoming the best. Enter this online multiplayer strategy board game: a 1vs1 turn based resource game that is easy to understand, but complex to master. NOW FOR FREE!
Why similar: Strategy 54.9%, Casual 24.8%, Indie 20.3%
- #38 Legends of Callasia
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 287 reviews2016
Dev: Boomzap Inc
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Choose your faction. Choose your heroes. Choose your troops. Conquer lands, create kingdoms, and destroy your enemies. All the lands of Callasia are yours to dominate in this original strategy game.
Why similar: Strategy 63.8%, Casual 26.3%, Indie 10%
- #39 Trivia Night
72% matchMixed62% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: Timberwolf StudiosPub: My Way Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Play trivia game on your own or with your friends and challange them. Up to 6 player battle!
Why similar: Casual 35.9%, Local Multiplayer 33.9%, Indie 30.1%
- #40 Between Two Castles - Digital Edition
73% matchMostly Negative40% of 442 reviews2019
Dev: Daisu Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 16%
Between Two Castles - Digital Edition brings the delightful experience of the original board game to your computer! Build unique procedural castles, make strategies and play online with your friends!
Why similar: Strategy 91.5%, Indie 8.5%
- #41 Khet 2.0
71% matchVery Positive87% of 165 reviews2014
Dev: BlueLine Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Officially licensed version of the “Mensa Select” award-winning board game! The Laser Game Khet 2.0: Mind blowing laser fun for players ages 9-99. Using simple rules that can be learned in minutes players alternate turns moving Egyptian themed mirrored pieces, after which they fire their laser with the goal of blasting their opponents...
Why similar: Strategy 32.9%, Local Multiplayer 23.8%, Casual 15.1%, Multiplayer 15%, Indie 13.2%
- #42 即时象棋:旧棋新弈 Hyper Chinese Chess
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: 上弦月工作室AscentGamesPub: 上海上弦琼弧网络科技有限公司
Windows
Turn-based play is central to Chinese Chess. HyperChineseChess removes this rule—battle AI or players in real-time, using quick thinking to win. Experience classic chess reimagined!
Why similar: Strategy 61.9%, Casual 33%, Multiplayer 5.1%
- #43 Circle Empires Rivals
68% matchVery Positive90% of 1,934 reviews2020
Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In this fast-paced multiplayer RTS, you and your friends will take control of your own tiny kingdoms and conquer a world made of circles. Each one is overflowing with enemies to fight, monsters to hunt and loot to hoard – but watch out... Friends can quickly become rivals!
Why similar: Strategy 50.8%, Multiplayer 28%, Casual 21.3%
- #44 Radiis
70% matchVery Positive91% of 99 reviews2018
Dev: Urban Goose Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Radiis is a turn based strategy game without any moving units, only buildings. Place your buildings wisely and be the first player to conquer the land.
Why similar: Strategy 84.5%, Indie 15.5%
- #45 Microgons
70% matchVery Positive80% of 75 reviews2017
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Microgons is a 1v1 online competitive turn-based strategy game. Construct a team of polygonal monsters called Microgons, and strategically maneuver them across a board to engage them in combat against the opposing team. Don't be fooled by its lighthearted look, this is a hardcore game.
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Multiplayer 29.6%
- #46 From Village to Empire
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 54 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: Strategy 63.2%, Indie 24.4%, Multiplayer 12.4%
- #47 Finger Fortress
68% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2021
Dev: Immersion Game
Windows · Mac
We fused typing and strategy to provide you the best experience of a 1v1 typing game. Choose your race and lead your soldiers to break through the opponent fortress in the fingers of speed and wisdom!
Why similar: Strategy 55.4%, Indie 23.3%, Multiplayer 21.3%
- #48 Lux Alliance
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 76 reviews2017
Dev: Sillysoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Lux Alliance is a synchronized-turns strategy war game, inspired by the classic boardgames RISK, Diplomacy and Axis & Allies. Marshall your troops, collaborate with your allies, anticipate your opponents, and capture all the enemy HQs to win!
Why similar: Strategy 56.8%, Indie 22.6%, Multiplayer 11%, Casual 9.7%
- #49 Topple Tactics
63% matchVery Positive89% of 1,518 reviews2023
Dev: Braian StrakPub: Tewtiy
Windows
Topple Tactics is a physics-based multiplayer tower defense game where one huge player controls the map by placing towers and using abilities, whilst the little players level up their stats and equipment to reach the end of the map and defeat the huge player!
Why similar: Strategy 41.8%, Multiplayer 22.3%, Casual 21.1%, Indie 14.9%
- #50 Totemori
67% matchVery Positive87% of 330 reviews2017
Dev: SchrolabPub: Mito Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Totemori is a free-to-play local-multiplayer brawler where you build towers while trying to topple everyone else’s!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 31.5%, Casual 29.8%, Indie 22.3%, Multiplayer 16.5%
- #51 King of the World
67% matchVery Positive82% of 136 reviews2018
Dev: Contec Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
King of the World is the gameplay from RISK in a Real-time strategy setting. Fight up to 12 players at once while scheming, backstabbing, making shallow alliances or simply conquer to become the last man standing.
Why similar: Strategy 62.7%, Indie 24.9%, Multiplayer 12.3%
- #52 Hobs
65% matchVery Positive85% of 1,170 reviews2019
Dev: Teneke Kafalar
Windows
Hobs is a turn based card game which you can try different strategies to beat your opponent. Find best deck for your strategy, buy new heros, try different strategies and try to place to the top.
Why similar: Strategy 73.2%, Indie 26.8%