- #1 Wealth of Nations: Economic Strategy
97% 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 27.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2%, Political Sim 16.6% ★, Simulation 8.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%
- #2 Mandate 1600: The East
96% 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 20.3%, Political Sim 20.1% ★, 4X 19.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Historical 9.2%
- #3 Money Wars : Modern Ages
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EarthQuick
Windows · Mac · Linux
A country simulator built on strategy: 160 real nations, deep production chains, a live world market, diplomacy, intelligence and war. Win the world with economy, not armies.
Why similar: 4X 27.8% ★, Grand Strategy 18.3%, Political Sim 17.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 8.4%
- #4 Mercatoria
95% match4 user reviews40% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: DKS
Windows
Turn-based grand strategy in the Age of Discovery. Develop a transport network, industrialise your economy, colonise the New World, and compete with five rival powers. Inspired by Imperialism 2. Early Access — built by one developer in his spare time.
Why similar: 4X 26.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Historical 7.3%, Simulation 6.6%
- #5 Dawn Of Imperialism
94% 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: 4X 27.4% ★, Political Sim 24.6% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4%, Strategy 8.3%, Historical 5.6%
- #6 Napoleon 1813
94% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Empire Interactive EntertainmentPub: Strategy First
Windows
In an enormous strategic area stretching from Paris to Breslau, from Hamburg to Vienna, control everything from major strategic territorial decisions to tactical battle manoeuvres.
Why similar: 4X 32.1% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Strategy 9%, Historical 6.4%
- #7 All Men Are Brothers / 水浒豪
93% 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 26.3%, 4X 21.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Historical 13.2%, Strategy 8.4%
- #8 Kingdom's Life
92% 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: 4X 26.4% ★, Political Sim 20.9% ★, Grand Strategy 19.9%, Historical 7.8%, Economy 6%
- #9 Space Opera
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bradley Labs
Windows · Linux
Found colonies, create spaceships from modules, colonize planets, form alliances and destroy your opponents in a turn-based game.
Why similar: 4X 27.3% ★, Grand Strategy 19.4%, Trading 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 6%
- #10 Twisted Three Kingdoms
91% 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 23%, Political Sim 20.2% ★, 4X 18.6% ★, Historical 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%
- #11 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
90% 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 25.3% ★, Political Sim 20.7% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Historical 6.9%
- #12 Ascendant Dawn
89% 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: 4X 25.4% ★, Political Sim 22.3% ★, Grand Strategy 21.2%, Historical 10.3%, Economy 7.1%
- #13 World Order: Global Power
89% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Global Strategy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead any nation in a deep, turn-based grand strategy and political sim. Master the economy, military, diplomacy and society against rival AI you can actually read. Build a democracy or a dictatorship; the game names what you become, and your reign becomes a shareable saga.
Why similar: 4X 27.4% ★, Political Sim 25% ★, Grand Strategy 23.3%, Strategy 6.2%, Simulation 5.4%
- #14 Global Supremacy
88% 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 27% ★, Political Sim 21.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8%, Economy 6.9%, Trading 6.7%
- #15 Kinjea
87% 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 27.8% ★, Grand Strategy 20.3%, Political Sim 18% ★, Strategy 7.3%, Simulation 6.8%
- #16 三国画卷
86% 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 31.9% ★, Political Sim 21.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Simulation 9.8%, Strategy 9%
- #17 Spirit of Europe - Enlightenment
86% 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: Political Sim 31.5% ★, 4X 27% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2%, Historical 7.1%, Strategy 6.5%
- #18 Rise and Fall: Bronze Age
85% 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 29.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Political Sim 13.6% ★, Historical 13.2%, Strategy 7.8%
- #19 HUMANKIND™ 2
84% 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 30.8% ★, Grand Strategy 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Historical 11%, Strategy 8.4%
- #20 Three Kingdoms : Alias
82% 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: Political Sim 22.3% ★, 4X 20.7% ★, Grand Strategy 20.4%, Historical 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%
- #21 DICTOCRACY
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: A2B Games
Windows
Take charge as the President of a newly independent country, Adelphia. Build infrastructure, approve policies, juggle between conflicting priorities of the public, your ministers and other countries' leaders - All with only one action per turn and a different political landscape in each playthrough
Why similar: Political Sim 24.2% ★, 4X 22% ★, Grand Strategy 18.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Economy 6.4%
- #22 Antropico: Colonies
83% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Scassius Systems
Windows · Linux
A large-scale space strategy game focused on building and maintaining power within a simulated galaxy. Build, develop, and survive in a galaxy shaped by history and consequences.
Why similar: 4X 28.8% ★, Grand Strategy 25.4%, Political Sim 15.7% ★, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 8.2%
- #23 Samhan: Where Korea Began
82% 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 24.6%, Political Sim 22.6% ★, 4X 15.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Historical 11.2%
- #24 Imperialist
81% 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 27.4% ★, Grand Strategy 22.9%, Historical 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, Economy 8.6%
- #25 MA 2 – President Simulator
79% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Oxiwyle Inc.
Windows
Build nuclear weapon, wage wars, strategize and become the strongest leader
Why similar: 4X 22% ★, Political Sim 21.7% ★, Grand Strategy 17%, Trading 8.3%, Economy 7.2%
- #26 Grand Strategy: The Three Kingdoms
79% matchPositive88% of 23 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 35.7% ★, Political Sim 22.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Strategy 10.5%, Historical 7.8%
- #27 Power & Revolution 2021 Edition
81% matchMixed56% of 836 reviews2021
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
A new expansion of the ultra-realistic simulator of today's world where you play as the head of state or as the opposition! New Features for 2021: administration of the EU, Covid vaccinations, Biden's Challenge, political coalitions, diplomatic negotiations, worldwide tax and free-trade agreements.
Why similar: 4X 25.6% ★, Political Sim 23.9% ★, Grand Strategy 19.4%, Simulation 5.2%, Strategy 5.1%
- #28 Rogue State Revolution
80% 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 22.8% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1%, Political Sim 16.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Historical 9%
- #29 NationWar2:Chronicle
78% 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: Political Sim 23.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.3%, 4X 17.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Historical 8%
- #30 万象战略
78% 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 34.9% ★, Grand Strategy 24.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Strategy 7%, Economy 5.3%
- #31 三国混战
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: YangGrass
Windows
In the world of the Three Kingdoms, where the warlords were vying for supremacy, different forces were chosen to rebuild the Great Han or establish a new heaven. Through event selection, a balance was achieved among the literati, Han, and people.
Why similar: Political Sim 29.9% ★, Grand Strategy 28.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Strategy 12.2%, Historical 9.5%
- #32 Dynastic Era
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: LOONW
Windows
Simple map coloring game, And about history of ancient civilized, Mini ancient strategy game with a large world map to explore, in which you can simulate different ancient civilizations, the game will have different chapters showing ancient historical events.
Why similar: 4X 32% ★, Grand Strategy 21.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 8.6%
- #33 One Planet
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Qardinal Games
Windows · Linux
Disasters rage. Political factions splinter and grasp at power. As the climate crisis threatens stability, will you unite the planet with diplomacy or take aggressive action? Deploy force or build consensus toward net zero emissions in this grand strategy game where stakes get higher by the minute.
Why similar: 4X 31.2% ★, Grand Strategy 27.1%, Political Sim 24.1% ★, Strategy 7.8%, Economy 6.6%
- #34 Region at War: The Shogun's Tale of War
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: ngotak game studio
Windows
Conquer the fractured lands of Hinomoto. Blend deep turn-based empire management with thrilling real-time tactical battles in this 2D strategy game. Build your cities, research vital technologies, and lead your samurai armies to become the undisputed Shogun of the Sengoku era!
Why similar: Political Sim 27.5% ★, Grand Strategy 27.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Strategy 10.4%, Historical 7.8%
- #35 Nova Historia
75% 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 38.5% ★, Grand Strategy 22.7%, Historical 9.5%, Strategy 8.9%, Simulation 8.3%
- #36 Crowns of Medieval Europe
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: plausegame7
Windows
Lead one of ten medieval kingdoms in this turn-based grand strategy game. Expand your territory, develop your economy, strengthen your army, and shape the future of Europe through diplomacy, war, and strategic decisions.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.6%, Political Sim 23.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 8.5%
- #37 Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
74% matchVery Positive88% of 1,681 reviews2022
Dev: The Secret Games CompanyPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 23.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Historical 9.8%, Economy 7.7%
- #38 Cascade: Hindcast
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Herni Dedalvs
Windows · Mac
Cascade: Hindcast is an alternate-history grand strategy game where monthly political and military decisions reshape a living war map. Use hindsight, spend scarce political capital, and watch borders, armies, and consequences move in real time.
Why similar: Political Sim 26.7% ★, Grand Strategy 24.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 8.5%
- #39 ΠΟΛΙΣ — Athens
73% 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: Political Sim 28.5% ★, Grand Strategy 24.7%, Historical 15.6%, Strategy 10.9%, Simulation 9.3%
- #40 Wartra
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jens P. Behrens
Windows
Build a civilization from its first settlements into a mighty world power in this turn-based strategy game. Explore uncharted lands, expand your empire, forge lucrative trade relationships, and develop your economy and technology.
Why similar: 4X 30.7% ★, Grand Strategy 27.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 4.9%
- #41 Gate Builders
72% 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 29% ★, Grand Strategy 21.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Trading 7.7%, Economy 6.9%
- #42 Oil Sheik: Dominion
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Reliq
Windows
Dominate five rival regions in a turn-based 4X. Save the world from Nihlex's evil alien forces in a race to conquer Mars' oil reserves. Research, boost your economy with stock trades, build units, fight tactical battles on a hex tile map. Are you strong enough to lead a united humanity to victory?
Why similar: 4X 28.8% ★, Grand Strategy 24.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Strategy 7.6%, Economy 7.4%
- #43 Dominium Mundi
73% 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 47.2% ★, Grand Strategy 18.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Historical 8.2%, Strategy 7.8%
- #44 Clash of Cultures
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zach
Windows · Mac
Clash of Cultures is an addictive turn based stratergy game that is simple to learn yet has a lot of depth. Research technologies, shape your government, progress through the ages, and conquer the world.
Why similar: 4X 35.1% ★, Grand Strategy 24.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Strategy 9.9%, Economy 6.7%
- #45 Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation
71% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Why Not Games
Windows
Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation is a postcolonial 4X game where you play a student doing a group report on Gandhi, Churchill and the Raj. It eXplores space left uncharted by the genre and proposes alternatives to established systems.
Why similar: 4X 28.2% ★, Political Sim 17% ★, Grand Strategy 15.9%, Historical 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%
- #46 Governor
69% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2026
Dev: Daniling
Windows
An economic strategy game where you run the central bank. Built on the IS–PC–MR macroeconomic model. The policy rate, unemployment, inflation, the trade balance. Can you keep the economy clear of overheating and slumps?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22%, Economy 13.4%, Political Sim 11.9% ★, Historical 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%
- #47 Clan
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xuan
Windows
This is a strategic role-playing game that combines exploration, development, combat, diplomacy, and trade. As the clan leader, you will lead your people to prosperity.
Why similar: 4X 29.2% ★, Political Sim 26.1% ★, Trading 14%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 8.7%
- #48 Infinite Borders: Three Kingdoms
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NetEase Games
Windows
《万民长歌:三国》是一款单机 · 历史 · 战争策略游戏。在无缝连续、真实还原的3D沙盘地图上,玩家可以自选视角、以自己的意志重演三国。来体验真实的三国策略——真实的沙盘,真实的二十四节气,真实的百姓,真实的战争!
Why similar: 4X 31.6% ★, Grand Strategy 23.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Historical 11.9%, Strategy 6.4%
- #49 Rimefall
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Vlachia
Windows
Your colony ship has landed on an alien planet — but the environment kills electronics. Salvage the ark, survive the early years, and build a nation as your society regresses to medieval with remnants of modern knowledge. Grand strategy with simulated population and turn-based combat.
Why similar: 4X 29.7% ★, Grand Strategy 26.1%, Political Sim 22.1% ★, Simulation 7.3%, Economy 5.3%
- #50 Shadow Rulers: World Order
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MWZ Studio
Windows · Mac
Rule the world from the shadows. Command powerful Lords, exploit the military, economic, cyber, media, and political weaknesses of nations, expand your influence across the globe, and outmaneuver rival powers fighting to establish their own World Order.
Why similar: Political Sim 32% ★, Grand Strategy 25.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Strategy 12%, Management 7.3%
- #51 Space Empires I
70% matchMixed56% of 16 reviews2020
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Space Empires I is the first chapter of the Space Empires series. A classic galactic conquest and turn-based strategy video game where you are the leader of a race of intelligent beings building large spaceships for interplanetary and interstellar travel through warp points between star systems.
Why similar: 4X 31.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Strategy 10.7%, Management 7.9%
- #52 Cosmist
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gulbrandr Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Expand your empire one sector at a time in a fast-paced turn-based 4X strategy game. Capture planets, harvest resources, command powerful fleets, and adapt your strategy with unique Emperors and unpredictable divine interventions. Play solo, or challenge rivals in tactical PvP.
Why similar: 4X 38.9% ★, Grand Strategy 26.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Strategy 6.9%, Resource Management 5.8%
- #53 Power & Revolution 2022 Edition
69% matchMixed59% of 969 reviews2022
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
New edition of the ultrarealistic simulator of today's world where you play as the head of state or as the opposition! Major developments: the war in the Ukraine and all of its consequences, conspiracy theories, fake news, interference by secret services, animal welfare and climate objectives.
Why similar: 4X 27.8% ★, Political Sim 26.2% ★, Grand Strategy 21.6%, Simulation 5.9%, Strategy 5.8%
- #54 The Kingdom's Merchant
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lantern & Ledger Studios
Windows · Linux
Build your fortune in a living medieval kingdom. Establish shops, manage caravans, master a dynamic economy, and outmaneuver rival merchant houses in single-player or competitive multiplayer as you build the realm's greatest trading empire.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.2%, Political Sim 26.9% ★, Simulation 10.3%, Strategy 10%, Economy 6.6%
- #55 TREUD
67% 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 28.7%, 4X 16.8% ★, Historical 13.2%, Political Sim 11.8% ★, Economy 11.6%
- #56 Shattered Spheres
66% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Data Vikings
Windows
Shattered Spheres is a turn-based 2D space 4X strategy game inspired by the classics of the genre. Explore a living galaxy, build your empire, and crush your rivals through military conquest or diplomatic cunning — without the micromanagement bloat of modern 4X games.
Why similar: 4X 37.1% ★, Grand Strategy 21.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Old School 7.1%, Strategy 5.6%
- #57 Freewake
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Oakshore Studios
Windows
A team-based strategy and space simulation game where allies build an empire together while competing to control it. Explore, trade, colonize, scheme, and fight tactical battles shaped by stealth, sensors, and deception.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.9% ★, 4X 28.1% ★, Grand Strategy 25.7%, Strategy 6%, Trading 4.6%
- #58 Terria Tactics
66% 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: Political Sim 27% ★, Grand Strategy 23.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Old School 6.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.3%
- #59 Orbit Economica
67% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Phoenix SmithPub: Parallel Games
Windows
Trade, Build, Spy, Negotiate, and Battle for total control of the galaxy's riches. Become the backbone of galactic commerce in a grand strategy universe ripe with opportunity for exploitation and conquest.
Why similar: 4X 26.8% ★, Grand Strategy 22.7%, Trading 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Economy 9.5%
- #60 Space Empires III
68% matchPositive80% of 46 reviews2020
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
The third game within the Space Empires series brings the dawn of a new age of exploration. Your race keeps running through the fabric of space and moves to other solar systems beyond your own.
Why similar: 4X 32.2% ★, Grand Strategy 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Strategy 10.8%, Retro 7.9%