- #1 World Warfare & Economics
97% matchMixed60% of 687 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: Grand Strategy 14.8% ★, Real-Time with Pause 14% ★, Diplomacy 12.7% ★, RTS 9.6%, 4X 9% ★
- #2 Rebel Inc: Escalation
96% matchVery Positive82% of 7,522 reviews2021
Dev: Ndemic CreationsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 18% ★, Diplomacy 14.8% ★, Grand Strategy 14.5% ★, 4X 9.5% ★, War 8.6%
- #3 Supreme Ruler 2030
96% matchMixed65% of 553 reviews2023
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Rise to power as any modern day country in a realistic military, political and economic simulation. Command your country's diplomacy, espionage, and resource management to strengthen your position. Use real-time tactical control of your military to fortify your place as the Supreme Ruler.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 15.6% ★, Real-Time with Pause 15.4% ★, Diplomacy 12.9% ★, RTS 11.1%, War 10.4%
- #4 Armory Doctrine
95% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nightride Games
Windows
Armory Doctrine is a real-time grand strategy game where you run a private arms empire and fight your own wars in a modern world sliding toward war. Expand your factory, master the global weapons market, and decide the fate of every shipment: sell it for profit, equip your own forces or arm a proxy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.9% ★, Diplomacy 16.3% ★, War 13%, RTS 12.3%, Real-Time with Pause 8.5% ★
- #5 NationWar:Chronicles | 国战:列国志传
94% matchMixed69% of 444 reviews2019
Dev: Yiming
Windows
This is a sandbox game that is deeply rooted in the rich historical information of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The story of the game unfolds slowly in the eighth century BC on the vast and mysterious land of China.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 21.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17% ★, RTS 11.7%, War 9.7%, 4X 9% ★
- #6 RUPTURR
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Aikon Interactive
Windows
Develop your nation, command your army, and dominate the world in a real-time strategy game combining economic management, diplomacy, technological progress, and military conquest.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.7% ★, Diplomacy 17% ★, Real-Time with Pause 14.9% ★, RTS 13.7%, Military 7.7%
- #7 Commanders Fury
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RoboFox Games LLC
Windows
Take command of the war machine of an empire in this 4x RTS hybrid. Fight battles with your flagship fleet in fully 3D real-time space combat. Recruit, train and dispatch commanders. Give them orders, directives and equip their fleets. Manage your empire’s supply logistics and fleet operations.
Why similar: RTS 15%, Grand Strategy 14.6% ★, 4X 13.6% ★, Real-Time with Pause 11% ★, Diplomacy 10.7% ★
- #8 Great Houses of Calderia
92% matchMixed61% of 442 reviews2024
Dev: Resistance GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Great Houses of Calderia is a Feudal Grand Strategy game focusing on family dynamics & stories. Use your family strengths to compete against rivals to rise in the ranks of Calderia - produce, trade, scheme, bribe, and battle to build your legacy of power!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.7% ★, Diplomacy 13% ★, Military 8.1%, Economy 7.8%, War 7.8%
- #9 Dummynation
91% matchVery Positive88% of 3,234 reviews2022
Dev: Alejandro Hernández Ferrero
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Geopolitical management game with real-time shifting borders and a streamlined gameplay, designed to minimize all burdensome chores while allowing an absolute strategic control, from military recruitment and deployment, to diplomatic and economic management.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.3% ★, Diplomacy 19% ★, RTS 11.9%, Military 10.7%, War 9.7%
- #10 Small Kingdoms Prologue
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 34 reviews2023
Dev: Bad Logic Studios
Windows
Rule a small fantasy kingdom and conquer your rival as you build up your cities and armies on the world map and command your troops on the battlefield. Small Kingdoms is a streamlined grand strategy and real-time strategy game, the Small Kingdoms Prologue is a free introductory campaign
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.4% ★, RTS 13.9%, 4X 12.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 11.8%, Real-Time with Pause 9.1% ★
- #11 Countryballs Conquest
89% matchVery Positive86% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Indenial Games
Windows
Lead your country through the Victorian age, expand your empire as you go head to head with the great powers of the world.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.9% ★, War 15%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Military 10.7%, Diplomacy 9.6% ★
- #12 NationWar:Annals
90% matchMixed68% of 169 reviews2021
Dev: Yiming
Windows
This is a deep focus on the Spring and Autumn period of the Warring States period of the grand strategy and real-time combat fusion sandbox game.
Why similar: Diplomacy 18.9% ★, Grand Strategy 16.2% ★, RTS 12.4%, 4X 11.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 10.8%
- #13 Trumpets of War
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xblur
Windows
Trumpets of War is a grand-scale historical strategy game where armies clash and empires rise. Command vast forces across dynamic battlefields, orchestrate campaigns with precision, and experience the drama of war through an innovative system that blends tactical combat with strategic mastery.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22% ★, 4X 15.6% ★, RTS 14.4%, Real Time Tactics 10.3%, Strategy 7.5%
- #14 Terra Invicta
86% matchVery Positive80% of 9,823 reviews2026
Dev: Pavonis InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 52.6 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: Real-Time with Pause 20% ★, Grand Strategy 16.4% ★, Diplomacy 16.3% ★, 4X 10.6% ★, War 9.5%
- #15 The King's Campaign
86% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie World Studios Inc
Windows
Conquer Medieval Europe and North Africa in a combination of Grand Strategy and Real-Time Strategy gameplay where you rule one of 28 kingdoms as you build and manage your cities, engage in diplomacy and command massive armies on the world map and on the battlefield
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, Real-Time with Pause 19% ★, Diplomacy 12.6% ★, RTS 12.5%, 4X 11.6% ★
- #16 States of Power
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sarunas
Windows
Command your nation's armies, economy, and diplomacy in this WWII Grand Strategy Wargame. Easy to start, hard to master and a full match fits in one session. Play singleplayer and multiplayer, or create, play and share your own custom scenarios with the built-in Scenario Editor.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.3% ★, Diplomacy 13.3% ★, RTS 11.4%, War 9.4%
- #17 Renaissance Kingdom Wars
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
The year is 1510. As wars rage across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, it is the age of gunpowder and mercenaries - that changed the course of history. You can do it as well, going from a leader of men to the ruler of an empire in this unique mix of RTS and grand strategy.
Why similar: Diplomacy 18% ★, Grand Strategy 17.6% ★, RTS 12.2%, Real Time Tactics 9.6%, War 9.5%
- #18 NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
84% matchVery Positive81% of 4,412 reviews2022
Dev: Eridanus IndustriesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 23.1% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, Diplomacy 15.7% ★, RTS 10.4%, War 10.1%
- #19 Final Vanguard
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Heavy Pepper Inc.
Windows
Rule a living interstellar empire in this real-time 4X grand strategy. Make decisions that shape civilian lives, manage fragile supply lines, lead military conquests, and decide whether your civilization thrives or collapses under its own expansion.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.2% ★, Real-Time with Pause 15.1% ★, Diplomacy 13.9% ★, 4X 12.5% ★, RTS 12.2%
- #20 Arinoa: Conquest
82% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Alternate
Windows
Arinoa: Conquest is a real time grand strategy game with a focus on hero units, and combines elements of strategy, resource management, and light RPG mechanics. Gather resources, build your army, and conquer your enemies within the harsh world of Arinoa.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21% ★, 4X 14.4% ★, RTS 13.6%, Real Time Tactics 11.2%, Real-Time with Pause 10.6% ★
- #21 Espiocracy
82% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ex Vivo StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Espiocracy is an espionage grand strategy game where you lead the intelligence agency of one of 74 playable countries. Rewrite history from the shadows as you influence ideologies, stage coups, and wage proxy wars. Subterfuge takes center stage as you establish a new world order.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 23% ★, Grand Strategy 16.2% ★, Diplomacy 16.1% ★, RTS 10.5%, War 9.8%
- #22 Dune: Spice Wars
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,540 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.
Why similar: Diplomacy 17% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, RTS 12%, 4X 11.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 10.5%
- #23 Conqueror's Stage
80% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: LeftLane InteractivePub: Lunexa Solutions
Windows
The grand strategy you can actually finish. A full 4X empire to build, expand, and conquer, with all the depth and none of the grind, in a campaign you complete in a single evening. Fight across five ages on a fresh world every time, or design your own, all the way to total conquest.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.2% ★, Diplomacy 15.9% ★, 4X 14.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.2%, War 7.9%
- #24 Aries
81% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Wirlwith
Windows
Space strategy gaming reimagined. Dive into fast-paced real-time planetary battles against the backdrop of a turn-based campaign that sees you build your empire in the stars. With hundreds of troops and ships at your command, can you forge an empire that lasts?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.4% ★, Diplomacy 19.9% ★, RTS 15.6%, War 11.5%, Military 9.1%
- #25 King's Orders
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 268 reviews2024
Dev: AFTERLIFE👻Pub: Games Operators
Windows
King's Orders is a simplified historical strategy game with an important innovation. You command your armies by sending letters with orders. Messengers with these letters travel the land and can be lost or intercepted. Generals execute orders upon receipt and send you reports the same dangerous way.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 15.8% ★, Diplomacy 15.6% ★, RTS 10.9%, Military 10.9%, War 10.2%
- #26 Iron Dice
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Steady State Scientific Computing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Outthink rivals, not tooltips. Lead one of 30+ kingdoms in a medieval grand strategy game where every system shows its work. Build traceable economies, weigh the odds before committing your armies to battle, and carry a complete campaign to victory.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.2% ★, Real-Time with Pause 12.8% ★, Diplomacy 11.7% ★, Strategy 8.9%, Medieval 8.2%
- #27 PicoBellum
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PicoBellum
Windows · Linux
The war between Humans and Orcs continues to ravage the world. Lead your faction into war, besiege castles, clash on open battlefields, and conquer enemy territory. End the conflict and claim the throne of the world.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.4% ★, War 18%, RTS 17.7%, Strategy 10%, Medieval 9.9%
- #28 NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Souzou
78% matchVery Positive87% of 1,238 reviews2014
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 39.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The 14th entry of the the historical simulation series "Nobunaga's Ambition." Become a daimyō of the Warring States era, and unite the land! With "the creation of a new age" as the key concept, this title features beautifully recreated castle towns, dynamic battlefield action and dramatic event scenes.
Why similar: Diplomacy 21% ★, Grand Strategy 18.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, RTS 13%, War 12.7%
- #29 Imperial Kingdoms
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BaroxxTech
Windows · Linux
Lead a medieval realm in this 4X grand strategy game with pausable real-time. Establish vital infrastructure to supply your capital and sustain your armies. Design custom military templates, manage production estates, and conquer rival kingdoms via strategic sieges and raids.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.7% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, 4X 12.9% ★, War 8.3%, Medieval 7.7%
- #30 Lord of Rigel
76% matchMixed68% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: Rhombus Studios
Windows
Lord of Rigel is a turn-based 4X space strategy game inspired by the classics. In a galaxy divided by two elder races, will you unite with other species or forge your own path? Navigate galactic politics and defeat threats using espionage, research, and military force. How will you shape the galaxy?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 24% ★, Grand Strategy 17.5% ★, Diplomacy 16% ★, 4X 11.4% ★, Military 9.6%
- #31 NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence
77% matchVery Positive84% of 620 reviews2015
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Become a Daimyo of the Warring States period of Japanese history in NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION, a historical simulation game of conquest and domination. It is the 30th anniversary of this series and this current release, NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence, is the crown of the series.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, Diplomacy 17.4% ★, RTS 13.8%, War 11.5%, Real Time Tactics 11.5%
- #32 Kingdom Wars 4
75% matchMixed66% of 240 reviews2021
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 39%
It's 1347, the time of the Hundred Years' War. In this historical grand strategy and RTS hybrid you play as one of 200 minor lords across medieval Europe, Africa or Middle East. Rise up to take over your Kingdom and be crowned, then fight to preserve your empire as Black Death descends on Europe.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.1% ★, Diplomacy 14.6% ★, RTS 12.5%, Real Time Tactics 10.4%, 4X 10.1% ★
- #33 NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Taishi
76% matchMixed50% of 998 reviews2017
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
"Nobunaga's Ambition: Taishi" is the 15th entry in the historical simulation game series Nobunaga's Ambition. Where a warrior's resolve exceeds their ambition. We offer the grandest warring states experience to all the fans out there!
Why similar: Diplomacy 19.7% ★, Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, RTS 12.6%, Real Time Tactics 12.2%, War 11.5%
- #34 Europa Universalis IV
74% matchVery Positive88% of 137,236 reviews2013
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 281.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 23.2% ★, Grand Strategy 20% ★, Diplomacy 17.1% ★, 4X 10.6% ★, Military 8.4%
- #35 NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Tendou with Power Up Kit
75% matchVery Positive82% of 238 reviews2015
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Nobunaga’s Ambition, a series synonymous with Historical Simulation Games, has now released an extension of the 13th release in that series, Nobunaga’s Ambition: Tendou, at the Steam Store as Nobunaga’s Ambition: Tendou w/Power-up Kit!
Why similar: Diplomacy 20.1% ★, Grand Strategy 17.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.1%, RTS 12.7%, War 11.8%
- #36 Rank & Ruin
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Summit Studio
Windows
Real-time squad combat meets roguelite progression. Pick your faction, earn legendary heroes on the battlefield, and grow stronger with every run in Rank & Ruin
Why similar: RTS 20.8%, Real Time Tactics 17%, Grand Strategy 16% ★, Military 11.4%, War 11.1%
- #37 Trade Conquest
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: GrandPaw Games
Windows
Turn wealth into political power in this modern Grand Strategy game. Build a global economic empire, manipulate governments, and challenge the world's superpowers through Economic supremacy or military Conquest.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.8% ★, Diplomacy 16.7% ★, 4X 8.8% ★, RTS 8.3%
- #38 NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence - Ascension
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,099 reviews2016
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In the simulation game series "Nobunaga's Ambition", players aim to unify Japan in the troubled times of the Warring States era. In this release we include "Officer Play" for the first time in the series, allowing players to advance from retainer to Castle Lord and then on to Daimyo.
Why similar: Diplomacy 21.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.5%, RTS 13.3%, War 11.7%
- #39 Crown Of Hispania
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Regalis Studio
Windows
Rewrite the Reconquista in a grand strategy game where population, religion, and war evolve dynamically based on your decisions. Will you become a legendary ruler, or will you be rejected by those forgotten by History?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 24.6% ★, Grand Strategy 21.1% ★, Diplomacy 13.1% ★, RTS 9.5%, Medieval 8.5%
- #40 Small Kingdoms
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bad Logic Studios
Windows
Small Kingdoms is a streamlined grand strategy and RTS game with procedurally generated campaigns. Build up your cities and armies on the world map and command your troops on the battlefield. Rule a medieval fantasy kingdom and conquer your rivals.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.6% ★, RTS 14.6%, 4X 13.5% ★, War 10.2%, Medieval 8.4%
- #41 Relentless Expanse
71% matchVery Positive90% of 110 reviews2025
Dev: Cowmera Games
Windows
Capture and upgrade planets, outsmart your enemies, and conquer the galaxy! Simple yet addicting, you can play alone or outsmart your friends in this 2D top-down space RTS. Completely free, no monetization, just fun!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22% ★, RTS 17.8%, Diplomacy 17.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.5%, Economy 7.5%
- #42 Samurai Conqueror
70% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Miura Production
Windows
Unify Japanese History! A Timeline Strategy Game Where History Itself Becomes the Battlefield.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 26.8% ★, Grand Strategy 22.7% ★, 4X 13.8% ★, War 12.1%, Tactical 5.6%
- #43 Divided Empire: SENGOKU
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Composition GS
Windows
Lead your clan through Japan's turbulent Sengoku period. Craft wise strategies to expand your domain and use cunning tactics to defeat your enemies on the battlefield. Emerge victorious, restore order, and claim the title of Shogun!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.1% ★, RTS 16.4%, War 12.8%, Real Time Tactics 11.5%, Strategy 8.5%
- #44 NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Kakushin with Power Up Kit
72% matchVery Positive81% of 350 reviews2015
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
An extension of the 12th release in the Nobunaga’s Ambition series, Nobunaga’s Ambition: Iron Triangle, has appeared at the Steam Store as Nobunaga’s Ambition: Iron Triangle w/Power-up Kit!
Why similar: Diplomacy 19.9% ★, Grand Strategy 17.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.5%, RTS 12.6%, War 12.4%
- #45 Age of Undead
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 97 reviews2022
Dev: Insane Dreamers
Windows
Age of Undead is a multi-genre game (turn-based, RTS, FPS) that allows you to face the frightful Zombie Apocalypse with 3 unique factions: the Army, the Infected, and the Survivors. Make strategic choices in the Campaign, then go into battle and fight to survive!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 31.3% ★, Grand Strategy 17.4% ★, RTS 15%, War 11.6%, Tactical 5.8%
- #46 Gilded Destiny
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aquila InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Forge empires, incite revolutions, and reshape society in Gilded Destiny, the definitive grand strategy game of the Industrial Age. Take command of your chosen nation and lead it to glory through masterful diplomacy, sweeping industrialization, and decisive warfare.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 21.7% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9% ★, Diplomacy 17.2% ★, RTS 9%, 4X 8.8% ★
- #47 ENDLESS Legend™ 2
67% matchVery Positive83% of 2,825 reviews2025
Dev: AMPLITUDE StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 13.0 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: Diplomacy 18.6% ★, Grand Strategy 18.4% ★, 4X 12.2% ★, War 10.7%, Military 8%
- #48 AfterWar
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 144 reviews2026
Dev: Dmytro Lumen
Windows
AfterWar is a simple yet feature-rich strategy game for everyone.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.3% ★, Diplomacy 19.5% ★, RTS 13.1%, War 11.4%, Real Time Tactics 11.1%
- #49 NWO - Anarchy Collapsed
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KNK DEVELOP
Windows · Mac
A grand strategy game of world domination. Conquer and unite 195 countries before an unknown enemy arrives. Build your economy, military, and influence. Choose war or diplomacy, control resources, and shape the future—only one ruler will rise to the top. Will it be you?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, Diplomacy 20.4% ★, RTS 15%, 4X 14% ★, Military 10.7%
- #50 Lost Technology
69% matchVery Positive86% of 625 reviews2017
Dev: Studio 4DPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Lost Technology is a simulation game in which more than 100 characters belonging to 12 different factions battle to conquer each other’s territories. The faction you choose at the beginning will determine the conversations and events that unfold throughout the game between you and other factions.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.9% ★, RTS 14.2%, Real Time Tactics 9.5%, War 9.4%
- #51 Fragile Existence
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fragile ContinuumPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Save humanity from the brink of extinction in this sci-fi strategy game of survival. Travel among the stars to seek out resources, establish and develop colonies to sustain civilization, and grow your military might to push back against an overwhelming threat.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 26.3% ★, Diplomacy 18.2% ★, Grand Strategy 18% ★, 4X 11.8% ★, Military 8.8%
- #52 Medieval Kingdom Wars
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,615 reviews2019
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat in a fusion of RTS and Grand Strategy genres. Rule, build, and serve your King as a minor lord in medieval Europe. Experience siege, field and naval combat with an unseen degree of brutality. Rogue-like progression, epic towns and battles await…
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, Diplomacy 18.4% ★, RTS 13%, Real Time Tactics 10.2%, 4X 10% ★
- #53 Seven Kingdoms 2 HD
70% matchVery Positive81% of 405 reviews2015
Dev: Enlight Software Limited
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Get ready for an exciting real-time strategy game experience like no other with Seven Kingdoms 2! Say goodbye to the monotony of resource gathering and army building, its unique gameplay offers a thrilling blend of city management, trade, industry, espionage, diplomacy, and conquest!
Why similar: Diplomacy 18.4% ★, RTS 16.4%, Grand Strategy 13.8% ★, 4X 12% ★, Economy 10%
- #54 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: Grand Strategy 24.2% ★, Diplomacy 18.8% ★, War 8.5%, Military 8%, Economy 7.8%
- #55 Hearts of Iron IV
68% matchVery Positive90% of 375,203 reviews2016
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30.6 hrsMean: 299.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.8% ★, Real-Time with Pause 16.2% ★, War 13.5%, Diplomacy 11% ★, Military 10.2%
- #56 Crusader Kings III
67% matchVery Positive90% of 143,057 reviews2020
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 28.7 hrsMean: 149.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.7% ★, Real-Time with Pause 17.5% ★, Medieval 10.7%, RTS 10.3%, War 8.9%
- #57 Age of Resistance
66% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Luis Humberto
Windows
Age of Resistance is a modern grand strategy set in South America. Manage your economy, internal stability, political ideologies, and regional conflicts in real-time with pause. Will you be able to dominate the continent?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.5% ★, Diplomacy 20.2% ★, RTS 16%, War 10.1%, Military 9.3%
- #58 Renaissance Kingdom Wars - Prologue
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
The year is 1510. In this grand strategy & RTS hybrid you play as one of a dozen characters across medieval Europe, Africa and Middle East. Start as a landless mercenary captain. Fight your way to become a minor lord. Rise up through Kingdoms hierarchy and be crowned, then expand your Kingdom.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23% ★, Diplomacy 19.4% ★, RTS 15.7%, Real Time Tactics 14%, Economy 7.8%