- #1 Millennia
97% matchMixed67% of 3,788 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 36.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.
Why similar: 4X 22% ★, Diplomacy 16.1% ★, Alternate History 12.4%, Hex Grid 10.1% ★, Turn-Based 9.9%
- #2 Crow's Foot
96% 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 32.6% ★, Diplomacy 19.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Economy 7.7%, Strategy 7.2%
- #3 Revival: Recolonization
96% matchMixed69% of 428 reviews2024
Dev: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Set in a post-apoc version of Earth, Revival is a 4x strategy game where the world and its rules can change at key moments, creating a deep and highly replayable experience.
Why similar: 4X 22.6% ★, Diplomacy 19.4% ★, Hex Grid 17.2% ★, Turn-Based 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%
- #4 Dawn of Empires
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maian Games
Windows
Build cities, research technologies, command armies, and guide your civilization through ancient times in a turn-based strategy game of exploration, expansion, diplomacy, and conquest.
Why similar: 4X 34.1% ★, Alternate History 16.7%, Diplomacy 14.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Strategy 8.4%
- #5 Folk Emerging
94% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: Curious Dynamics
Windows
Lead nomadic families through the Stone Age in this turn-based 4X strategy game with in-depth characters, cultures, and ecosystems. Explore the wilderness, hunt megafauna, outsmart competitors in trade & autobattler combat. Discover fire, agriculture, politics... and survive to tell the tale.
Why similar: 4X 27.1% ★, Diplomacy 15.4% ★, Hex Grid 11.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Alternate History 8.8%
- #6 Imperialist
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BRR Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
From a veteran 4X Strategy developer comes a new deep strategy game of logistics, empire, and control. Develop the New World, industrialise your capital, manage your growing Empire, and outmanoeuvre rivals to become history's first Superpower. Can you exploit the New World to control the Old?
Why similar: 4X 26.7% ★, Diplomacy 23.6% ★, Hex Grid 11.2% ★, Economy 10.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%
- #7 ENDLESS Legend™
93% matchVery Positive83% of 19,088 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 22.2 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 36.9% ★, Turn-Based 17.7%, Hex Grid 15.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Strategy 8.9%
- #8 Imperiums: The Americas
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kube Games
Windows
Guide your people across generations in the pre-Columbian Americas. Build a lasting civilization through trade, diplomacy, culture, and war in this historical turn-based 4X grand strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 21.5% ★, Diplomacy 19% ★, Hex Grid 14.3% ★, Alternate History 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
- #9 Ultakia
91% 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 30.5% ★, Hex Grid 22.4% ★, Diplomacy 16.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Management 6.1%
- #10 Hero's Hour 2
91% 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: 4X 20.3% ★, Diplomacy 18.5% ★, Turn-Based 12.2%, Medieval 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%
- #11 Commander: Modern War
90% 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 33.6% ★, Alternate History 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Hex Grid 13.2% ★, Strategy 8.2%
- #12 ENDLESS Legend™ 2
89% matchVery Positive83% of 3,878 reviews2026
Dev: AMPLITUDE StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.
Why similar: 4X 22.5% ★, Diplomacy 19.6% ★, Alternate History 11.5%, Turn-Based 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%
- #13 Geopolaris: Conquer & Dominate
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fenek Games
Windows
Navigate through interactions with competing powers to lead your nation to global domination in this 4X open sandbox geopolitical sim set in post-WW2 alt-history world. You have 251 years at your disposal to conquer and unify the planet or take your nation into space. Can you make it?
Why similar: 4X 26.8% ★, Diplomacy 21.3% ★, Alternate History 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #14 Old World
87% matchVery Positive82% of 6,919 reviews2022
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
Why similar: 4X 23.4% ★, Diplomacy 19% ★, Turn-Based 11.3%, Alternate History 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%
- #15 Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 841 reviews2017
Dev: Massive Damage, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling. Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition is a massively enhanced version of the Award Winning indie strategy RPG, Halcyon 6.
Why similar: 4X 27.6% ★, Diplomacy 18.8% ★, Turn-Based 13.9%, Strategy RPG 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%
- #16 HUMANKIND™ 2
86% 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 31.8% ★, Diplomacy 16.8% ★, Alternate History 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Strategy 7.2%
- #17 First Colony
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Atesh Entertainment, Inc.
Windows · Mac
A turn-based 4X strategy game inspired by classic colony-building games. Explore a new continent, expand across a hex-based world map, and build a network of production settlements directly on the frontier.
Why similar: 4X 34.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Alternate History 12%, Hex Grid 9.2% ★, Strategy 8%
- #18 万象战略
84% 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 35.4% ★, Hex Grid 16.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Medieval 9%, Alternate History 7.4%
- #19 Tales of a Spymaster
85% matchMixed55% of 31 reviews2019
Dev: Gerard Morris
Windows · Mac · Linux
Break from the traditional role of ruler and take up a new set of tools within Tales of a Spymaster, a turn-based strategy set in a fictional world, filled with threats and opportunities. Choose your kingdom and guide your ruler to victory, in whatever manner you deem fit.
Why similar: 4X 18.7% ★, Diplomacy 16.4% ★, Hex Grid 14.6% ★, RPG 10.6%, Turn-Based 9.9%
- #20 Z Dawn
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 292 reviews2019
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!
Why similar: Hex Grid 21.5% ★, 4X 16.9% ★, Turn-Based 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Strategy RPG 11.4%
- #21 Terra Invicta
82% matchVery Positive80% of 9,948 reviews2026
Dev: Pavonis InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 53.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
Why similar: 4X 22.3% ★, Diplomacy 20% ★, Alternate History 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, Turn-Based 9.2%
- #22 Thule
82% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Xeaker
Windows
A quick turn-based 4X strategy game with RPG elements. Explore and conquer randomly generated worlds, complete diverse missions and forge a powerful empire.
Why similar: 4X 39.5% ★, Hex Grid 18.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Medieval 9.2%, Strategy RPG 6.7%
- #23 Void Eclipse
83% matchMixed41% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: Tau Ceti Studios
Windows
Void Eclipse is turn-based strategy in an immersive sci-fi world, blending card battle tactics with 4X grand strategy. Explore the stars, Evolve your army and Fight an alien threat. Help characters or harm them - will you be Feared, Admired, or Respected?
Why similar: 4X 31.1% ★, Turn-Based 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Turn-Based Combat 11.1%, Strategy RPG 7.1%
- #24 Timeline
81% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: Taueon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Timeline is a turn-based strategy game where you can play through the human history from stone age to modern times. In the game you command wide range of units, make them collect resources and build buildings, towns and cities, explore the map and meet other players controlled by AI.
Why similar: 4X 25% ★, Diplomacy 22.4% ★, Hex Grid 12.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Economy 9.7%
- #25 Rise of Hegemony
81% 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: 4X 26.9% ★, Diplomacy 22.5% ★, Alternate History 15.8%, Hex Grid 12.1% ★, Economy 11.4%
- #26 扩张吧王国 Expand the Kingdom
80% matchMostly Positive74% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: 奥特斯盗
Windows
"Expand the Kingdom" is a strategy game based on construction and expansion. In the game, you need to expand and plan land, acquire resources to maintain the internal balance of the kingdom, and survive and defeat all opponents in the competition between kingdoms.
Why similar: Hex Grid 37.9% ★, 4X 21.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Medieval 11.3%, Strategy 6.7%
- #27 Master of Luna
78% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Aleksandr Tiupin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Master of Luna is a turn-based 4X strategy game where you play a half-forgotten deity seeking to regain your former power. It features powerful magic, tactical battles, city building, sweet pixel art, and a calm, melancholic atmosphere.
Why similar: 4X 38.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Strategy RPG 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 14.1%, Hex Grid 9.6% ★
- #28 Kingdom Wars
79% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Obsidiagon
Windows
A medieval themed turn-based strategy/tactical game where you will build a kingdom, lead armies to the war, fight tactical battles and conquer enemy cities. Choose your main leader character from the 7 different available factions and start building your kingdom.
Why similar: 4X 27.7% ★, Hex Grid 14.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Alternate History 12.7%, Medieval 10.1%
- #29 Warlock - Master of the Arcane
79% matchVery Positive85% of 2,672 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 34.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.1%, Turn-Based 20.1%, Hex Grid 13.3% ★, Strategy 9.2%
- #30 Master of Galaxies
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zbigniew Peter Dudkowski
Windows
Master of Galaxies is a turn based space strategy game. Explore the galaxy and settle new planets. Research technologies and design powerful ships. Each planet can have a leader and a lot of buildings and worker improvements. Managing the empire is totally new and unique!
Why similar: 4X 39.7% ★, Diplomacy 22% ★, Turn-Based Combat 12.8%, Strategy 9.8%, Economy 8.6%
- #31 Havenreach: Last Refuge
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Leonix Games Studio
Windows
Fight for your people’s survival in this turn-based strategy game as you compete against other refugees for land. Expand tile by tile, defend your borders, and sustain your people through gathering or force. A streamlined 4X experience designed to finish in one sitting.
Why similar: 4X 29.9% ★, Hex Grid 18.6% ★, Diplomacy 17.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Medieval 11.2%
- #32 Kairos
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Critical Moment Games
Windows · Mac
Build, expand, and wage dice-driven wars in this medieval 4x strategy game played in under an hour. Adopt unique legacies to progressively define your strategy as you race your rivals to accomplish 5 feats and claim victory.
Why similar: 4X 32.8% ★, Hex Grid 18.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Turn-Based 11.3%, Medieval 10.2%
- #33 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
75% 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 29.4% ★, Diplomacy 22.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Strategy RPG 10%, Economy 8.1%
- #34 Castleyard
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Castleyard Studios
Windows
Step into the role of a medieval lord in Castleyard, a captivating castle management game where your strategic decisions shape the fate of the realm. Manage resources, train knights, and navigate the intricate politics of your court to lead your people to prosperity.
Why similar: Diplomacy 19.8% ★, Strategy RPG 15.1%, Medieval 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Management 10.3%
- #35 Pandora: First Contact
76% matchMixed63% of 645 reviews2014
Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 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 47.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Hex Grid 15.4% ★, Strategy 9.5%, Turn-Based 9.4%
- #36 Pax Nova
76% matchMixed56% of 453 reviews2020
Dev: Grey Wolf EntertainmentPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game where you lead the fate of one of several factions divided between three races. Explore new worlds and new star systems filled with exciting secrets as well as dangers. Build cities, expand your influence and fight great battles on land and in space.
Why similar: 4X 28.9% ★, Diplomacy 18.9% ★, Turn-Based 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Turn-Based Combat 9.5%
- #37 Rogue State Revolution
74% 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: 4X 24.7% ★, Diplomacy 19.7% ★, Turn-Based 12.9%, Sandbox 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%
- #38 Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
74% matchVery Positive82% of 18,807 reviews2018
Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.
Why similar: 4X 36.4% ★, Hex Grid 19% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Turn-Based 13.6%, Strategy 7.6%
- #39 Feudums
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kalamona Studios
Windows
Lead your noble house through brutal wars, shifting allegiances and economic strife in an asynchronous multiplayer 4X strategy. Shape the narrative with or against real players in a medieval world where diplomacy isn't binding, there is NO pay-to-win, and only strategy determines your legacy.
Why similar: 4X 22.7% ★, Diplomacy 20.2% ★, Hex Grid 15.7% ★, Medieval 8.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
- #40 Diehexegy
73% 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 42.8% ★, Hex Grid 18% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Medieval 10.8%, Strategy 10.5%
- #41 Milord
72% matchMixed66% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: iBright GamesPub: InEv Creative
Windows · Mac
Milord is a Kingdom Management RPG with city-building mechanics. Immerse yourself in a world where your decisions shape your fiefdom's destiny. Rule wisely as you construct, strategize, and navigate the challenges of leadership. Will you rise to glory or crumble under the weight of your choices?
Why similar: 4X 28.1% ★, Strategy RPG 16.6%, Medieval 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #42 Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition
72% matchMixed69% of 2,301 reviews2024
Dev: Oxide GamesPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a nation starting at any point in human history and compete for supremacy in this epic turn-based strategy game. Engage in diplomacy, fight wars, and go head-to-head with other leaders from history.
Why similar: 4X 34% ★, Diplomacy 23.1% ★, Alternate History 19.6%, Management 6.6%, Strategy 5.5%
- #43 Imperial Ambitions
71% matchVery Positive81% of 108 reviews2026
Dev: aoiti
Windows · Mac
Discover and colonize the world, Allocate your labor force, Monopolize markets, Fight tactical battles, Survive the age of imperialism...
Why similar: 4X 24.4% ★, Hex Grid 16.6% ★, Alternate History 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Economy 11.3%
- #44 Deity Empires
73% matchVery Positive86% of 340 reviews2018
Dev: BaileyHausdorff Systems
Windows
Deity Empires is a 4X, turn-based strategy game with a powerful “just one more turn” feel! Enter an intricate fantasy world as one of many deities posed to become ruler of the world.
Why similar: 4X 32.4% ★, Hex Grid 21.5% ★, Turn-Based 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Strategy 6.7%
- #45 King's Bounty II
71% matchMixed62% of 5,542 reviews2021
Dev: Fulqrum GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Legend returns! King’s Bounty II is the long-awaited sequel to the legendary King’s Bounty video games franchise, one of the most iconic representatives of the turn-based RPG genre.
Why similar: Hex Grid 20.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Medieval 13.3%, Turn-Based 11.3%, RPG 11.1%
- #46 Sid Meier's Civilization® V
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 210,966 reviews2010
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 28.9 hrsMean: 125.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 26.7%, 4X 21.8% ★, Turn-Based 17%, Hex Grid 13% ★, Diplomacy 8.5% ★
- #47 CivEconomy
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: lekCurts Studio
Windows · Mac
Guide a neolithic tribe using natural language. Teach hygiene, craft tools, discover agriculture, found religions. Every person is individually simulated — births, deaths, diseases, and famines emerge from 12 interconnected systems. Your words shape civilization.
Why similar: 4X 30.5% ★, Alternate History 15.8%, Hex Grid 14.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Economy 9.8%
- #48 Shardorium
70% 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: Hex Grid 34% ★, 4X 23.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%, Strategy 7.8%
- #49 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
69% matchMixed47% of 62,332 reviews2025
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 50.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Lead empires that evolve or endure through the Ages. Build something you believe in with Sid Meier's Civilization® VII.
Why similar: 4X 24.5% ★, Diplomacy 23% ★, Hex Grid 15.2% ★, Alternate History 12%, Economy 9.3%
- #50 Gate Builders
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pyralis Studio
Windows · Linux
Gate Builders is a sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game. Build space stations, manage work force, exploit, trade and transform resources. Face space pirates and enemy factions. Build, Expand, Thrive!
Why similar: 4X 31.5% ★, Diplomacy 17.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Management 9.2%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #51 Kepler Protocol
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Boe
Windows
Kepler-186e, Humanity's first colony — on a world that is not theirs. Lead the Kaiserreich in turn-based hex strategy against the Ordo Arachnis, a swarm intelligence with no commander. Research, build, supply, fight. Survive.
Why similar: 4X 33.8% ★, Hex Grid 23.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.8%, Alternate History 9.7%
- #52 Star Dynasties
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 505 reviews2021
Dev: Pawley GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Take the reins of a feudal dynasty in a divided galaxy following the destruction of earth. Star Dynasties is a turn based, procedurally generated narrative of human drama and personal politics, mixed with a light empire management layer. Your choices. Your legacy.
Why similar: Diplomacy 26.8% ★, Strategy RPG 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Turn-Based 12.3%, Management 7.2%
- #53 Strategeist
68% 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: Diplomacy 23.3% ★, 4X 15.7% ★, Alternate History 15.7%, Sandbox 10.3%, Economy 9.6%
- #54 Throneforged
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Genesis Worlds
Windows
Forge your empire. Claim the throne. A competitive 4X strategy game where every tile matters, every decision counts, ZERO RNG, and one win condition exists. Claim the central Throne and hold it for 10 turns.
Why similar: 4X 25.6% ★, Diplomacy 19.6% ★, Turn-Based 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Economy 9.2%
- #55 Empolicy
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StrategyMagic
Windows
Online strategy in a fantasy world with single-player options. Explore the world, expand the borders of your polis, build settlements and produce goods. Immerse yourself in the role of a powerful tycoon of the city-republic, choose your path - magic, diplomacy, espionage or war.
Why similar: 4X 33.4% ★, Diplomacy 30.4% ★, Economy 11.3%, Hex Grid 10.8% ★, Management 8.5%
- #56 Sorcerer King: Rivals
68% matchMixed63% of 411 reviews2016
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore a rich fantasy world, go on quests for powerful weapons, and forge a new civilization in Sorcerer King: Rivals. Can you build a civilization to topple the malevolent Sorcerer King and become a god yourself?
Why similar: 4X 28.3% ★, Turn-Based 13.5%, Strategy RPG 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #57 Age of Wonders III
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 13,326 reviews2014
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.7 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 33.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.5%, Turn-Based 15.1%, Strategy 13.5%, Hex Grid 8.1% ★
- #58 Burned Land
67% matchMixed56% of 104 reviews2021
Dev: Koya Game
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Burned Land is a 4x game in which you will take control of a nascent human race and try to avoid its extinction. Build, explore, conquer until you are worthy of gods. Then confront their anger.
Why similar: 4X 36.5% ★, Hex Grid 17.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Turn-Based 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 7.7%
- #59 The Emperor and State
66% matchMixed58% of 345 reviews2024
Dev: 涂途Pub: Hawthorn Games
Windows
The Emperor and State is a turn-based strategy game that simulates the rule of an ancient feudal monarch. It involves the administration, policy adjustment, diplomatic checks and balances, national wars, as well as the emperor's self-cultivation, the cultivation of successors and so on.
Why similar: Diplomacy 26.2% ★, Alternate History 17.6%, Strategy RPG 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Economy 11.1%
- #60 Wizards and Warlords
66% matchVery Positive83% of 260 reviews2020
Dev: Valravn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wizards and Warlords is an indie turn-based strategy game, where you play in a randomly generated fantasy world, contending with rival wizards, warlords, roaming marauders and hidden ancient evils. Create a customized sovereign or choose from one of many predefined templates.
Why similar: 4X 30.2% ★, Hex Grid 20.3% ★, Turn-Based 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Strategy RPG 8.8%