- #1 Dominions - Priests, Prophets & Pretenders
97% 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 52% ★, Strategy 23.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Fantasy 7.2%
- #2 Deformity
96% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Andrey Larionenko
Windows
Deformity is a turn-based fantasy strategy about a world dominated by sins.
Why similar: 4X 32.6% ★, Wargame 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Strategy 11%, Magic 7.2%
- #3 Master of Cladia
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Quasar Games FactoryPub: BackGRID Responsive Technologies S.L.
Windows
Master a world of massive turn-based strategy. As an Alchemist, hatch powerful dragons, discover devastating spells, and manage your empire in a persistent world shared by hundreds of players. Will you bring peace through science or rule over the ashes? The throne awaits.
Why similar: 4X 37% ★, Wargame 21.2%, Strategy 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.8%
- #4 Diehexegy
95% matchNo user reviews
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 48% ★, Strategy 21.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Fantasy 6.9%, PvP 5.3%
- #5 Grand Strategy: The Three Kingdoms
94% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Yiming
Windows
Based on the classic history of the Three countries, the 2D grand strategy game integrates deep strategy, resource management, diplomatic game and sand table, presenting a magnificent stage for players in the turbulent world.
Why similar: 4X 44.6% ★, Strategy 19.5%, Wargame 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 3.4%
- #6 Godking: Master of Rituals
94% matchMixed66% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Sensiga
Windows
Godking: Master of Rituals is a fantasy strategy game inspired by great classics, bringing a host of new features and a rich new world to conquer. Pick your faction and your god-like avatar. Build your empire and crush all enemies in this glorious 4X with endless replayability.
Why similar: Strategy 41%, 4X 30.9% ★, Wargame 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Fantasy 5.3%
- #7 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
92% matchVery Positive91% of 552 reviews2024
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.
Why similar: 4X 63.8% ★, Strategy 18.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Multiplayer 6.4%
- #8 Warlock - Master of the Arcane
93% matchVery Positive86% of 2,624 reviews2012
Dev: Ino-Co PlusPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In a time of chaotic upheaval, the player takes the role of a great mage, a warlord vying for ultimate power.
Why similar: 4X 41.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.9%, Strategy 19.9%, Fantasy 9.3%, Magic 4.9%
- #9 WarKind
91% matchMixed53% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: MajerGames
Windows
Turn-based strategy game with different races and heroes
Why similar: 4X 47.1% ★, Strategy 20.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.2%, Fantasy 5.4%
- #10 Dominions 2 - The Ascension Wars
91% 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 58% ★, Strategy 26.6%, Fantasy 9.8%, Multiplayer 5.5%
- #11 The Mystic
90% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: PipeDream
Windows
The Mystic is a dark fantasy, turn-based strategy game. Become a follower of the first gods, gain their favour, overthrow the High King by innovative combat and magic systems and establish harmony. The game offers an exciting campaign full of twists, battles and difficult decisions and multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 44.9% ★, Strategy 21.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Fantasy 6.9%, PvP 5.5%
- #12 Warlock 2: The Exiled
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,292 reviews2014
Dev: Ino-Co PlusPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Warlock 2 is a turn-based strategy game of fantasy warfare. Rival against Great Mages, lead mighty armies into fierce battles, wield ancient magic and faith as your weapons.
Why similar: 4X 40.8% ★, Strategy 25.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Fantasy 11.1%, Magic 4.1%
- #13 Kingdoms of Myth
89% 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 36.9% ★, Wargame 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Strategy 10.9%, Magic 6.2%
- #14 Lords of Kingdoms
88% matchMixed44% of 87 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 55.8% ★, Wargame 27.4%, Strategy 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 1.1%, PvP 0.8%
- #15 Age of Wonders III
86% matchVery Positive80% of 12,750 reviews2014
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Age of Wonders III is the long anticipated sequel to the award-winning strategy series. Delivering a unique mix of Empire Building, Role Playing and Warfare, Age of Wonders III offers the ultimate in turn-based fantasy strategy for veterans of the series and new players alike!
Why similar: 4X 38.7% ★, Strategy 28.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.5%, Fantasy 8.7%, Multiplayer 2.8%
- #16 Feudalism
87% 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 63.1% ★, Strategy 36.9%
- #17 Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator
85% matchVery Positive91% of 1,592 reviews2024
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 46.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
In Dominions 6 you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to old dragons or an enormous tree. Dominions is a deep 4x turn based strategy game with a very large variety of spells and units.
Why similar: 4X 44.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Strategy 14.4%, Wargame 12.3%, Fantasy 5%
- #18 Commander: World War II
86% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2023
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Commander: World War II is a turn-based tactical game where you lead either the Allies or the Axis to victory. Deploy infantry, tanks, planes, and naval units, capture locations, use the terrain, and counter specialized units in intense battles. Design your own maps and dominate the battlefield.
Why similar: 4X 45.3% ★, Strategy 19.1%, Wargame 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.5%
- #19 Pennon and Battle
83% matchMixed69% of 180 reviews2025
Dev: PB StudioPub: Luckycalf
Windows
"Pennon and Battle" is a turn-based strategy war game. As a lord, you will play a crucial role in the revival of the kingdom! Lead heroes and armies to expand territory in Ruachland, utilize tactics and magic to eliminate enemy forces, and create your own legend!
Why similar: 4X 36.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Wargame 13.5%, Strategy 10.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.6%
- #20 Pandora: First Contact
84% matchMixed63% of 638 reviews2014
Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Pandora: First Contact is a science fiction 4X turn-based strategy game on a planetary scale. Our Earth has been exhausted and colonial attempts on other planetary bodies have been in vain. Finally, after decades of exploration, an interstellar probe has brought promise of a new world.
Why similar: 4X 58.9% ★, Strategy 20.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Multiplayer 3.1%
- #21 Worlds of Magic
84% matchMixed50% of 586 reviews2015
Dev: Wastelands InteractivePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Worlds of Magic is a 4X turn-based strategy game. Players can explore and conquer an almost limitless number of procedurally generated universes, using military and magical power to overcome their foes. Found cities, raise armies, research and cast spells, hire powerful heroes, and create powerful magical artifacts.
Why similar: 4X 46.7% ★, Strategy 26.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Fantasy 7.9%, Magic 4.8%
- #22 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 46% ★, Strategy 18.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Wargame 15.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 3.1%
- #23 三国画卷
79% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: 三国画卷制作组
Windows
"Three Kingdoms Scroll" is a game that respects authentic historical elements, with careful research into historical details as the foundation of its design. We have strived to make this title a Three Kingdoms-themed strategy game that emphasizes local culture, traditions, and human connections.
Why similar: 4X 44.6% ★, Strategy 18.8%, Wargame 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 3.3%
- #24 Armada 2526 Gold Edition
82% matchMixed68% of 108 reviews2013
Dev: Ntronium GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Conquer the Galaxy In This ‘4x’ Strategy Game. Lead one of 18 different alien races to become a mighty pan-galactic empire. Manage your colonies, deploy your fleets and conduct research. Plot your strategy and turn your planets into mighty bastions.
Why similar: 4X 49.9% ★, Strategy 34.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%
- #25 ENDLESS™ Legend
81% matchVery Positive84% of 18,949 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 21.6 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 50.5% ★, Strategy 22.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Fantasy 8%, Multiplayer 3.3%
- #26 Space Empires IV Deluxe
81% matchVery Positive86% of 285 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 37%
The award-winning Space Empires IV Deluxe is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. A grand strategy title in the space 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) genre, Space Empires has already found a place in the heart of strategy gamers everywhere.
Why similar: 4X 64.9% ★, Strategy 24.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%
- #27 Combat Mission: Red Thunder
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 143 reviews2023
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Combat Mission Red Thunder focuses on the hard fought Eastern Front battles of Bagration and Poland, from the swamps of Belarus to the gates of Warsaw during the summer of 1944.
Why similar: Strategy 27.5%, Wargame 26.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.8%, PvP 8.8%
- #28 Siege of Turtle Enclave
80% 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 59.6% ★, Strategy 29.5%, Fantasy 11%
- #29 Stars in Shadow
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 816 reviews2017
Dev: Ashdar GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Stars in Shadow is a turn-based 4X strategy game and a vivid tribute to the genre classics. Compete with alien factions to explore and colonize nearby starsystems, build fleets to defend against rivals, negotiate or conquer them. Win by unifying the galaxy, through diplomacy or force.
Why similar: 4X 61.6% ★, Strategy 18.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 2.8%
- #30 War and Empires: 4X RTS Battle
78% matchMostly Negative39% of 41 reviews2022
Dev: DOWNJOY HK
Windows
War and Empires is a war strategy game set in the Middle Ages. It tells a story about the ferocious barbarians continued to expand into the empire's territory and occupied the holy city symbolizing imperial power in the dark ages!
Why similar: 4X 50% ★, Wargame 21.7%, Strategy 20.5%, PvP 5.2%, 3D 2.6%
- #31 Civilization IV®: Warlords
77% matchVery Positive91% of 532 reviews2007
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords is the first expansion pack for the award-winning game that has become an instant world-wide hit. Paying homage to some of history's greatest military leaders, the expansion delivers six unique and interesting scenarios, giving players the chance to change the course of history with the help of their...
Why similar: 4X 51.2% ★, Strategy 29.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Multiplayer 1.7%
- #32 Search for Sol
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cryptomnesic
Windows · Mac
The children of long-extinct humanity desperately search for the legendary artifact system of Sol. Search for Sol is a sci-fi 4X in the tradition of Reach for the Stars, Master of Orion, and Star Traders. Control Sol for 50 years to ascend to flesh once again.
Why similar: 4X 45.1% ★, Wargame 19.5%, Strategy 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.1%
- #33 Master of Orion 3
76% matchMixed53% of 183 reviews2016
Dev: Quicksilver SoftwarePub: Wargaming Labs
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.3 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 72.1% ★, Strategy 27.9%
- #34 Planar Conquest
76% matchMixed62% of 574 reviews2016
Dev: Wastelands InteractivePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Become an all-powerful Sorcerer Lord and lead one of 8 different races to the ultimate victory. Explore multiple planes of existence, raid dungeons, and conquer cities. Expand your armies, cast mighty spells, and summon godly creatures to do your bidding. Fight the enemies in D20 OGL battles.
Why similar: 4X 44.3% ★, Strategy 21.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Wargame 8.6%, Fantasy 5.5%
- #35 Master of Luna
73% 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 51.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Strategy 14.6%, Magic 9%, Fantasy 8.3%
- #36 Beard of Stone
74% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: Dwarfaparte Games
Windows
4x turn based strategy mixed with real time (turn stealing) bidding mechanics. Complete single player or competitive online matches with up to 4 players in a single sitting, while telling the history of a fantasy world from the creation of its continents to the twilight of its gods.
Why similar: 4X 49.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Strategy 14.3%, Fantasy 7.7%, Magic 6.3%
- #37 Space Imperia 4X
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Breich Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A faithful digital adaptation of the acclaimed board game Space Empires 4X by GMT Games, beloved by wargamers for almost two decades. Command the rise of your civilization and the fall of others, all in one to two hours.
Why similar: 4X 43.3% ★, Wargame 18.4%, Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.2%
- #38 Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
75% matchMixed44% of 956 reviews2012
Dev: Kerberos ProductionsPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 44%
The Enhanced Edition contains Sword of the Stars II: The Lords of Winter and the first expansion, the End of Flesh. The new expansion introduces the new playable race, the Loa. All previous DLCs containing new avatars, new combat music, alternate voices, skins, and new badges for the warships are also included.
Why similar: 4X 64.8% ★, Strategy 24.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.6%, Multiplayer 2.8%
- #39 Age of Wonders Shadow Magic
74% matchVery Positive89% of 632 reviews2010
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic is the third entry in the award winning fantasy strategy series. This fan-favorite enhances the series' praised fusion of empire building, role-playing and tactical combat with the eerie Shadow World and battle with races never before seen, across new and diverse landscapes.
Why similar: 4X 33.6% ★, Strategy 23.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.3%, Fantasy 11.1%, Magic 4.7%
- #40 Wizard Warfare
73% matchVery Positive98% of 60 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 55.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Strategy 16.3%, Fantasy 9.9%
- #41 Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith
72% matchVery Positive94% of 2,163 reviews2017
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 101.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
In Dominions 5 you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to huge titans or large monuments. Dominions is a deep 4x turn based strategy game with a very large variety of spells and units.
Why similar: 4X 36.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.9%, Strategy 17.2%, Fantasy 9.3%, Wargame 8.7%
- #42 Gates of Troy
71% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2022
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Designed by wargaming world champion Iain McNeil, Gates Of Troy™ is the Slitherine's critically acclaimed series of historically-detailed strategy games. Gates Of Troy™ offers both strategic campaigns and tactical battles.
Why similar: Wargame 28.3%, Strategy 28%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.6%, PvP 9.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.9%
- #43 Master of Orion 1
72% matchVery Positive90% of 436 reviews2016
Dev: SimTexPub: Wargaming Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Forge an empire in a universe where population growth is stripping away planetary resources. Colonize unknown planets and trade with other races for their knowledge.
Why similar: 4X 71.1% ★, Strategy 21.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 7%
- #44 Dominium Mundi
71% 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 64.9% ★, Strategy 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, PvP 3.2%, Multiplayer 2.3%
- #45 War and Magic: Kingdom Reborn
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GOAT Games
Windows
A free 4X wargame combining real-time and turn-based tactical gameplay. Quick strategy game that’s easy to pick up, but winning depends on your strategy!
Why similar: 4X 43.6% ★, Wargame 18.6%, Strategy 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Magic 4.3%
- #46 Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,918 reviews2007
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 44.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Sid Meier's Civilization IV®: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for Civilization IV - the 2005 PC Game of the Year that has become a worldwide hit.
Why similar: 4X 49.9% ★, Strategy 24%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.6%, Multiplayer 3.5%
- #47 Defense Legend 5: Survivor TD
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Gcenter GamePub: 130 Game Studio
Windows
Build a defense strategy to protect the peace.
Why similar: 4X 56.2% ★, Strategy 25.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%
- #48 Fealty
68% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: ToddMakesGames
Windows · Mac
A turn-based war game where you must fight for the throne! Use tactics, strategy and magic to wage war. Destroy your enemies with steel and fireballs, or force them to bend the knee, and you will be king of the island!
Why similar: 4X 35.7% ★, Wargame 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Strategy 7.9%, Fantasy 6.3%
- #49 ENDLESS™ Space - Definitive Edition
69% matchVery Positive81% of 9,559 reviews2012
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
ENDLESS™ Space is a turn-based 4X strategy game, covering the space colonization age in the ENDLESS™ Universe, where you can control every aspect of your civilization as you strive for galactic domination.
Why similar: 4X 55.9% ★, Strategy 27.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Multiplayer 2.7%
- #50 Lands of Achra
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UlfsirePub: Slouching Beast LLC
Windows
Lands of Achra is a dark fantasy strategy game of a lost age. Build a customized force as a hero, monster or nation, fight your enemies in brutal autobattles and strive to vanquish the procedurally generated world. Seek glory, against all who struggle upon the distorted earth...
Why similar: 4X 48.5% ★, Strategy 20.7%, Wargame 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%
- #51 Space Empires V
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 469 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Space Empires V is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. This new chapter completely updates the UI and takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe. Watch space battles played out in glorious detail and realistic effects. Expand, Explore, Exploit, and Exterminate in a huge living breathing galaxy.
Why similar: 4X 64.7% ★, Strategy 27%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%
- #52 Vietnam '66
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Every Single Soldier
Windows
The successor to the critically acclaimed Vietnam '65!
Why similar: Strategy 32.3%, Wargame 31.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.5%, 3D 3.6%
- #53 Interstellar Conquest
67% 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 41.2% ★, Wargame 19.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Strategy 12.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.2%
- #54 Defense X
66% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Hcenter GamePub: 30 Game Studio
Windows
Build a defense strategy to protect the peace.
Why similar: 4X 51.6% ★, Strategy 24%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.7%
- #55 Dominus - Multiplayer Sim Turn Based Strategy
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: dc1ab
Windows · Mac
Dominus is a turn-based tactics and strategy game with a unique twist. Inspired by strategy legends like Civilization, Dominus focuses that epic 'just one more turn' gameplay into rapid multiplayer mayhem lasting from 5 minute squad battles to epic half-hour struggles between empires.
Why similar: 4X 36.8% ★, Wargame 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Strategy 10.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.7%
- #56 Lords of the Black Sun
69% matchMostly Negative20% of 395 reviews2014
Dev: Arkavi StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take command of one race to join the struggle for supremacy in the galaxy. As the leader of your empire you are tasked with exploring the stars, colonizing new worlds, managing your empire and conquering whoever dares to oppose you.
Why similar: 4X 63.5% ★, Strategy 26.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%
- #57 Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection
67% matchVery Positive88% of 705 reviews2010
Dev: Kerberos Productions Inc.Pub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection is the original Sword of the Stars games and the three expansions Born of Blood, A Murder of Crows and Argos Naval Yard. It is the year 2405, and human scientists have discovered a new technology that allows travel from star to star at speeds faster than light.
Why similar: 4X 65.7% ★, Strategy 24.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%, Multiplayer 2.9%
- #58 Master of Orion
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 8,105 reviews2016
Dev: NGD StudiosPub: Wargaming Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 101.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The ascendant spacefaring 4X strategy game returns! A new chapter in the epic Master of Orion saga is poised to once again capture the imaginations of millions of gamers.
Why similar: 4X 68.8% ★, Strategy 26.5%, Multiplayer 2.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 2.2%