- #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 26.9% ★, Grand Strategy 18.9% ★, Political Sim 16.7% ★, Simulation 8.6%, Economy 8%
- #2 DICTOCRACY
96% 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 22% ★, 4X 19.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16.2% ★, Political 10.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%
- #3 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
96% matchVery Positive87% of 757 reviews2023
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 43%
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 22.4% ★, Political Sim 18.7% ★, Grand Strategy 15.8% ★, Political 10.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%
- #4 Mercatoria
95% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Dinkel Games
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% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Historical 7.2%, Simulation 6.6%
- #5 Napoleon 1813
94% match8 user reviews63% of 8 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 31.5% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Strategy 9.2%, Historical 6.3%
- #6 All Men Are Brothers / 水浒豪
94% 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 26.1% ★, 4X 21.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Historical 13.1%, Strategy 8.4%
- #7 Kingdom's Life
93% 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 26.2% ★, Political Sim 21.1% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Historical 7.7%, Economy 6.3%
- #8 Space Opera
92% 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 27.1% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, Trading 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 6%
- #9 Ascendant Dawn
91% 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 25.2% ★, Political Sim 22.6% ★, Grand Strategy 21% ★, Historical 10.1%, Economy 7.4%
- #10 World Order: Global Power
91% match2 user reviews50% of 2 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 27.2% ★, Political Sim 25.3% ★, Grand Strategy 23.1% ★, Strategy 6.3%, Simulation 5.4%
- #11 Global Supremacy
90% 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 26.7% ★, Political Sim 21.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, Economy 7.1%, Trading 6.8%
- #12 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 24.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.2% ★, Political Sim 13.8% ★, Political 12.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%
- #13 Politisim
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: OateyGames
Windows
Run for President of the United States. Fight through a state-by-state primary, pick a running mate at the convention, trade blows across every televised debate, and hold your coalition together on election night — one decision a week, in a country paying attention to every one.
Why similar: Political Sim 39.3% ★, Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, Political 12% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 9%
- #14 三国画卷
88% 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 31.6% ★, Political Sim 22% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Simulation 9.8%, Strategy 9.1%
- #15 Rise and Fall: Bronze Age
87% 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 29.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Political Sim 13.7% ★, Historical 13%, Strategy 7.8%
- #16 Antropico: Colonies
86% 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 28.5% ★, Grand Strategy 25.1% ★, Political Sim 15.8% ★, Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 8.2%
- #17 Imperiums: Greek Wars
86% matchVery Positive86% of 544 reviews2020
Dev: Kube Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Unique combination of turn-based 4X and historical grand strategy with a mythological twist. Explore the ancient world and build a world leading civilization. Survive, expand, conquer... and win!
Why similar: 4X 23.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.4% ★, Political 11.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Historical 9.1%
- #18 Grand Strategy: The Three Kingdoms
84% 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 35.4% ★, Political Sim 22.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Strategy 10.6%, Historical 7.7%
- #19 Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation
85% 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 23.9% ★, Political 14.7% ★, Political Sim 14.7% ★, Grand Strategy 13.4% ★, Historical 9.5%
- #20 Australia: Federation 1901
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Diverse Interactive
Windows
Lead Australia from Federation in 1901 and shape the nation's future. Manage the economy, politics, immigration, infrastructure, defence, education, healthcare, and welfare in a deep historical nation-building simulation where every decision changes history.
Why similar: Political Sim 35% ★, Political 17.3% ★, Grand Strategy 15.5% ★, Economy 10.3%, Historical 6.6%
- #21 万象战略
83% 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 34.6% ★, Grand Strategy 24.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Strategy 7%, Economy 5.4%
- #22 Blueprint: EV
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Phi Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Blueprint: EV is a single-player strategy game about founding an electric vehicle company and running it through six fiscal years. Make three founding decisions, then guide pricing, production, R&D, and finance across 24 quarters of real P&L against three rival companies.
Why similar: Political Sim 27.3% ★, Grand Strategy 24.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 8.6%
- #23 三国混战
82% 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 30.2% ★, Grand Strategy 28.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Strategy 12.3%, Historical 9.3%
- #24 NationWar2:Chronicle
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 422 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 24.2% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, 4X 17.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Historical 7.9%
- #25 Region at War: The Shogun's Tale of War
80% 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 27.8% ★, Grand Strategy 27.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Strategy 10.4%, Historical 7.7%
- #26 Dynastic Era
81% matchNo user 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 31.8% ★, Grand Strategy 21.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Simulation 9.4%, Strategy 8.7%
- #27 Nova Historia
79% 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 38.2% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Historical 9.4%, Strategy 8.9%, Simulation 8.4%
- #28 ΠΟΛΙΣ — Athens
78% matchNo user 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 332 historical events — as the tide of history carries your city, inexorably, toward 322 BC.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.7% ★, Grand Strategy 24.3% ★, Historical 15.2%, Strategy 10.9%, Simulation 9.4%
- #29 Provisional Authority: An AI Governance Simulation
77% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Synthetic Mandate
Windows
Balance growth, stability, and public trust while an AI observes your every move. Guide a nation through economic crises and political pressure — but be prudent, because the system you rely on may decide it can govern better than you.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.7% ★, Political Sim 22.5% ★, Political 14% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Strategy 8.5%
- #30 Gate Builders
78% 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 28.7% ★, Grand Strategy 21.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Trading 7.8%, Economy 7.1%
- #31 Europa Universalis III Complete
79% matchVery Positive83% of 1,994 reviews2009
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Europa Universalis III Complete includes the original Europa Universalis III as well as the expansions In Nomine and Napoleons Ambition Europa Universalis III delves deeply into the areas of exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 34.4% ★, Political Sim 31.2% ★, Historical 13.9%, Political 9.8% ★, Strategy 7.9%
- #32 Clan
76% 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 28.8% ★, Political Sim 26.3% ★, Trading 14.2%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 8.7%
- #33 Clash of Cultures
76% 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 34.8% ★, Grand Strategy 24.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Strategy 10%, Economy 6.9%
- #34 Dominium Mundi
77% 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% ★, Grand Strategy 18.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Historical 8.1%, Strategy 7.9%
- #35 Rimefall
75% 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 29.4% ★, Grand Strategy 25.8% ★, Political Sim 22.3% ★, Simulation 7.4%, Economy 5.5%
- #36 Three Kingdoms : Alias
74% matchNo user 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 22.5% ★, 4X 20.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Historical 10.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%
- #37 Space Empires I
75% matchMixed53% of 15 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 31.6% ★, Grand Strategy 20% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Strategy 10.8%, Management 8%
- #38 Cascade: Hindcast
73% 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 26.9% ★, Grand Strategy 23.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 8.5%
- #39 Plutocracy
74% matchVery Positive80% of 1,362 reviews2019
Dev: Redwood
Windows · Mac · Linux
The business simulator Plutocracy gives you the chance to become wealthy and powerful to take control over the world. Where policy, laws, officials and people are only the chess pieces how do you play your game?
Why similar: Political Sim 24% ★, Grand Strategy 19% ★, Political 14.4% ★, Historical 8%, Economy 7.9%
- #40 Power & Revolution 2021 Edition
73% 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 25.7% ★, Political Sim 24.4% ★, Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Simulation 5.3%, Strategy 5.2%
- #41 EraTurn
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lobelia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shape your civilization’s destiny in this epic turn-based strategy game. Manage resources, advance technology, and conquer through the ages. Every choice transforms history—will your empire rise to greatness or fall to obscurity?
Why similar: Political Sim 20.4% ★, 4X 19.7% ★, Grand Strategy 15% ★, Political 11.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
- #42 1992: Rasputie
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: A2B games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take a place of a politician in the post-Soviet space and immerse yourself in the struggle for power amid the ruins of the former empire. Your decisions will determine the path of the young state's development.
Why similar: Political Sim 26.4% ★, Grand Strategy 16.4% ★, Political 15.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Historical 9.6%
- #43 Space Empires III
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 44 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% ★, Grand Strategy 15.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Strategy 10.9%, Retro 7.8%
- #44 Cosmist
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gulbrandr Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Conquer the galaxy in this arcade-like strategy game. Pick and send your generals to deploy the fleet in the far-off star sectors, mine resources, and upgrade your ships forgeries. Deities might interfere with your plans.
Why similar: 4X 38.6% ★, Grand Strategy 26.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Strategy 7%, Resource Management 6.1%
- #45 Rogue State Revolution
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 538 reviews2021
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.Pub: Modern Wolf
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 23.1% ★, Grand Strategy 18.2% ★, Political 14.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Historical 9.1%
- #46 Orbit Economica
70% 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 26.4% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Trading 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Economy 9.8%
- #47 Imperialist
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BRR Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you exploit the New World to control the Old? Lead your nation over five centuries of history in this 4X Strategy game. Build production chains, manage logistics, grow your Empire, and outmanoeuvre rivals diplomatically or on the battlefield, to become history's first Superpower.
Why similar: 4X 30.9% ★, Grand Strategy 26.5% ★, Historical 12%, Economy 7.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 6%
- #48 Imperator: Rome
71% matchMixed66% of 26,838 reviews2019
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 37.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Dominate the classical Mediterranean in Imperator: Rome, a grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. Navigate the dangerous waters of politics and diplomacy as you build up your provinces and conquer foreign lands. Now available with special content and the digital artbook.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.7% ★, Political Sim 25.3% ★, Historical 11.5%, Political 9.7% ★, Strategy 9.3%
- #49 Terria Tactics
69% 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 27.3% ★, Grand Strategy 23.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Old School 6.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.3%
- #50 Shattered Spheres
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 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% ★, Grand Strategy 21.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Old School 7%, Strategy 5.7%
- #51 Global Oil Magnate
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ERGS
Windows
"Become the ultimate Global Oil Magnate! In this deep economic simulation, you start with your own seed capital, choose your strategic headquarters, and drill for black gold. Overcome geopolitical crises, outsmart the market, and build an empire that changes the world.
Why similar: Political Sim 27.8% ★, Grand Strategy 24.3% ★, Economy 12.5%, Trading 10.1%, Strategy 7%
- #52 HUMANKIND™
69% matchMixed69% of 28,527 reviews2021
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 33.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Rewrite history by shaping a civilization as unique as you are. Combine 60 cultures from the Ancient Era to the Modern Age to lead your empire to victory. Build thriving cities, outsmart rivals in epic battles, spread your influence and leave your mark on HUMANKIND™.
Why similar: 4X 32.3% ★, Grand Strategy 19.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Historical 11.7%, Strategy 10.5%
- #53 World Warfare & Economics
68% matchMixed61% of 682 reviews2023
Dev: Okron Studio
Windows · Mac
Take control of any nation and shape its future. Manage resources, trade, and taxes, engage in real-time warfare, navigate global diplomacy, and react to dynamic world events. Build a thriving economy, forge alliances, and command armies in a constantly evolving world!
Why similar: Political Sim 24.2% ★, 4X 23% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, Political 12.3% ★, Economy 7.6%
- #54 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
67% matchMixed48% of 57,106 reviews2025
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.3 hrsMean: 48.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Lead empires that evolve or endure through the Ages. Build something you believe in with Sid Meier's Civilization® VII.
Why similar: 4X 22.9% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Political Sim 17.2% ★, Historical 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%
- #55 Millennia
67% matchMixed67% of 3,770 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 35.1 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 26.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Political 10.6% ★, Historical 9.4%
- #56 Critias Empire
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crystalline Green Ltd.
Windows
Turn-Based 4X-like Strategy: Build the peaceful kingdom of Atlantis into a flourishing civilization. Plan carefully or be ready to adapt as the ancient Gods of Olympus rain down floods, earthquakes, volcanoes and all types of disaster.
Why similar: 4X 29.8% ★, Grand Strategy 16.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Historical 10.1%, Economy 8%
- #57 三国記II
68% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: lufy
Windows · Mac
《三国记II》是三国记系列的第2部作品,是一款正统的历史模拟策略游戏。以中国东汉末年的三国时期为总体背景,围绕着争夺大陆霸权,展开了一系列的故事。 《三国记II》采取直接在大地图上进行游戏和战斗,让玩家体验征战四方的快感。
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.9% ★, Political Sim 23% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Strategy 11.1%, Simulation 9.9%
- #58 Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
67% matchVery Positive88% of 1,650 reviews2022
Dev: The Secret Games CompanyPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 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 24.4% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Historical 10%, Economy 8.3%
- #59 Infinite Borders: Three Kingdoms
67% 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 31.5% ★, Grand Strategy 23% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Historical 11.7%, Strategy 6.5%
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Dev: Sovereign Era Games
Windows · Mac
Command a civilization from antiquity to the modern era in a historical 4X focused on grand strategy over micro-management. Direct armies, research technologies, run spy networks, and shape your empire through deep, intuitive macro-mechanics.
Why similar: 4X 30.9% ★, Grand Strategy 26.3% ★, Historical 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Economy 6.2%