
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.
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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.

Imperialist
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?

Millennia
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.
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 22.3% ★, Grand Strategy 21.9%, Diplomacy 13.4% ★, Historical 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.4%
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 21.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.6%, Diplomacy 10.7% ★, Historical 9.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%
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 29.7% ★, Grand Strategy 24.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Historical 7%, Military 6.8%
Lead empires that evolve or endure through the Ages. Build something you believe in with Sid Meier's Civilization® VII.
Why similar: 4X 19% ★, Grand Strategy 18.7%, Diplomacy 12.1% ★, Historical 9.4%, Military 7.7%
A 4x global turn-based strategy game with a well-developed economic and military model.
Why similar: 4X 25.3% ★, Grand Strategy 21.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%, Hex Grid 8.1% ★, Historical 8.1%
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 28.2% ★, Grand Strategy 20.4%, Historical 12%, Diplomacy 10.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%
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 20.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8%, Historical 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%, Hex Grid 7.7% ★
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 21.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.5%, Historical 9.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%, Military 7.6%
《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 28.1% ★, Grand Strategy 24.2%, Historical 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Military 5.5%
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 27.1%, 4X 18.7% ★, Historical 13.9%, Diplomacy 10.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 7.2%
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 27.9%, 4X 22.7% ★, Historical 12.8%, Diplomacy 10.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10%
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 22.1% ★, Grand Strategy 20%, Diplomacy 12.1% ★, Historical 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%
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 30.2% ★, Grand Strategy 23.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Simulation 6.2%, Historical 6%
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: Grand Strategy 23.4%, 4X 20.2% ★, Diplomacy 12.5% ★, Historical 12.1%, Military 7.6%
A turn-based strategy game based off the Napoleonic Wars! Lead, attack, buy, and communicate. Learn how to play difficult 4x grand strategy games by starting with simple strategy. *Disclaimer, this game is made by a teenager for a school project*
Why similar: 4X 26.6% ★, Grand Strategy 23.2%, Historical 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.6%
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 29.5% ★, Grand Strategy 25.5%, Diplomacy 13.5% ★, Historical 11.8%, Military 7.5%
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: 4X 30.9% ★, Grand Strategy 26.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Historical 8.4%, Military 6.4%
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 28.2%, 4X 15.1% ★, Historical 12.9%, Diplomacy 10.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%
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 21.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6%, Diplomacy 12.8% ★, Historical 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%
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 27% ★, Grand Strategy 26.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Military 8%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.7%
A multiplayer 4X strategy game of globe-spanning 19th-century battle. Break through enemy lines, encircle their armies, and cut off their supply. Colonize resource-rich islands and blockade those of your opponents. Games are quick and packed with dramatic, high-stakes combat.
Why similar: 4X 30% ★, Grand Strategy 25.4%, Historical 9.2%, Naval Combat 7.1% ★, Military 7.1%
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 27.9%, 4X 27.8% ★, Diplomacy 12.2% ★, Historical 11.3%, Military 7.2%
《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 32.6%, 4X 23% ★, Historical 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Strategy 5.9%
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 33% ★, Grand Strategy 27.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Military 6.2%, Strategy 6.2%
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 24.2% ★, Grand Strategy 21%, Diplomacy 11.2% ★, Historical 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%
Ever War is a turn-based strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. This game combines empire-building, resource management and large-scale tactical turn-based battles.
Why similar: 4X 31.4% ★, Grand Strategy 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Hex Grid 9.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 8.9%
Unify Japanese History! A Timeline Strategy Game Where History Itself Becomes the Battlefield.
Why similar: 4X 25.8% ★, Grand Strategy 25.3%, Historical 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%, War 6.2%
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% ★, Grand Strategy 28.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Hex Grid 8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 7%
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 21.4% ★, Grand Strategy 19.7%, Diplomacy 13% ★, Historical 10.2%, Military 7.8%
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 28.7% ★, Grand Strategy 24.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Historical 9.4%, Economy 5.4%
A mix of deep gameplay and rich historical flavor, Aggressors: Ancient Rome lets you relive history as the ruler of one of the mighty civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean. Choose one of twenty available factions and conquer the world.
Why similar: 4X 27.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.7%, Historical 13.7%, Military 9.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.6%
点燃你的战魂,投身乱世掀起惊天风暴!化身铁血诸侯,号令三国名将,统领无敌雄师,在真实还原的三国版图上纵横沙场,血战四方!
Why similar: 4X 24.9% ★, Grand Strategy 23.4%, Historical 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Military 8.7%
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: Grand Strategy 31.6%, 4X 29.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Military 7.9%, War 5.8%
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 27.2% ★, Grand Strategy 22.7%, Diplomacy 14% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Historical 8.8%
European War 4: Napoleon Remastered is a turn-based strategy game, offering a comprehensive renovation of the original. Return to the Napoleonic era, deploy tactics, conquer territories, command historical generals, experience legendary battles, and master the art of war.
Why similar: 4X 23.1% ★, Grand Strategy 21.1%, Historical 10.8%, Military 8.7%, Hex Grid 8.3% ★
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 24.6% ★, Grand Strategy 21.9%, Diplomacy 14.3% ★, Hex Grid 9.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%
Return to the Three Kingdoms period. On the grand strategic tactical battlefield, use terrain for defense setup and resource allocation to shift the battle situation. Control the war via hexagonal grid movement and tactical ability activation, and unify the realm.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26%, 4X 23.7% ★, Historical 12.9%, Hex Grid 10.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%
Hexarchy is an innovative, fast-paced, historical 4x strategy game where you use cards and deckbuilding to make your decisions. Single-player and online multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 23% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6%, Historical 10.6%, Hex Grid 8.5% ★, Military 8.5%
Lead a campaign of glory as you mine, trade, conquer, & sabotage your way to victory. Your Kingdom of Dwarves must vanquish its rivals and conquer the realm in this turn-based economic strategy game. Lead your Dwarves across new lands in search of gems, gold, & glory. For the Guild!
Why similar: 4X 25.9% ★, Grand Strategy 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Historical 9.6%, Hex Grid 7.8% ★
Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.
Why similar: 4X 31.8% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1%, Historical 15.9%, Military 10.1%, Strategy 5.9%
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 32.7%, 4X 16.3% ★, Historical 15.1%, Diplomacy 11% ★, Economy 9%
Zaman is a fast, card-driven 4X strategy game where every card shapes your empire. Found cities, research technologies, command your leader on the battlefield and unleash game-changing abilities in short, high-stakes matches.
Why similar: 4X 30.2% ★, Grand Strategy 23.1%, Historical 10.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Hex Grid 9.4% ★
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 22.4% ★, Grand Strategy 20.5%, Diplomacy 13.4% ★, Historical 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%
Build your realm in a turn-based campaign. Break theirs in battle. Real-time, 1:1-scale warfare where tactics, not spreadsheets, win clashes between tens of thousands of soldiers.
Why similar: 4X 20.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5%, Diplomacy 13.7% ★, Naval Combat 10.3% ★, Historical 10%
A real-time grand strategy game set in the Bronze Age. Lead one of 29 ancient civilizations from a single settler to an empire. Found cities, work the land, research new technologies, advance your culture, and wage war. Will your civilization outlive the age that made it?
Why similar: 4X 31% ★, Grand Strategy 26.4%, Diplomacy 11.8% ★, Historical 8.3%, Military 6%
A historical turn-based 4X with the feel of '90s strategy games. Build your empire across eight eras in a roguelike campaign: five completed matches, win or lose, build bonuses for a sixth-match mythic finale. Beware your Archenemy.
Why similar: 4X 30.4% ★, Grand Strategy 23.7%, Diplomacy 13.6% ★, Historical 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%
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 31.8% ★, Grand Strategy 22.8%, Historical 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Strategy 6.8%
Demise of Nations is a 4X turn-based grand strategy wargame covering the rise of Rome till the fall of modern civilization.
Why similar: 4X 30.5% ★, Grand Strategy 23.7%, Historical 12.3%, Hex Grid 10.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%
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 23.7% ★, Grand Strategy 22.1%, Diplomacy 12.8% ★, Historical 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
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% ★, Grand Strategy 23.6%, Diplomacy 15.2% ★, Historical 8.4%, Economy 7.4%
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 39.8% ★, Grand Strategy 27.5%, Historical 11.7%, Simulation 6.1%, Strategy 6.1%
A turn-based sci-fi strategy that combines exploration and exciting clashes on the battlefield. Take control over several different species, raise powerful armies for your heroes and destroy your opponents! This HoMM-like is set in a scifi universe, with new mechanics on top of the classic formula.
Why similar: 4X 24.4% ★, Grand Strategy 22.3%, Historical 11.8%, Military 9.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%
A turn-based strategy war chess game. You will play a commander in the Roman period, and command the generals and troops to complete the specified mission objectives and occupy important strongholds in the level. Rome, Samnite, Epirus, Carthage. Different choices will open different histories!
Why similar: 4X 29.5% ★, Grand Strategy 24.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Historical 10%, Turn-Based Tactics 9%
Miniciv is an accessible hex‑grid 4X turn‑based strategy. Start with one city and settler, explore and build your budding civilization into a mighty empire. Procedural maps and flexible playtime bring unique runs, pairing easy entry with deep political, trade, faith and industrial mechanics.
Why similar: 4X 40.3% ★, Grand Strategy 28.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Strategy 5.8%, War 4%
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 35.1% ★, Grand Strategy 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Hex Grid 9.2% ★, Strategy 5.8%
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 24.1% ★, Grand Strategy 17.5%, Diplomacy 12.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Military 7.3%
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: 4X 23% ★, Grand Strategy 20.8%, Diplomacy 14.2% ★, Historical 11.2%, Military 8.6%
Take up the reins of your country, guide domestic and foreign policy, navigate thousands of historical figures and events, engage in various struggles and lead your country to prosperity – all in the name of glory!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27%, 4X 25.4% ★, Diplomacy 14.8% ★, Historical 14.3%, Economy 5.8%
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 28.8%, Diplomacy 14.9% ★, 4X 14.9% ★, Historical 14.7%, Military 8.1%
《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 29.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Diplomacy 11% ★, Historical 9.5%, Military 8.2%