- #1 Dynastic Era
97% 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 27% ★, Grand Strategy 18.3% ★, Wargame 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 9.5%
- #2 Infinite Borders: Three Kingdoms
96% 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 27.1% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Historical 8.5%, Strategy 6.4%
- #3 World War: Rome - Free Strategy Game
95% matchMixed67% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Joynow Games
Windows
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 25.1% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9% ★, Wargame 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, 2D Platformer 7%
- #4 Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms
95% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Aserisoft
Windows · Mac
Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms is a turn-based 4X grand strategy game, played on a procedurally generated world. Battles are real-time and tactical. Every world-map and battlefield is entirely unique, so this game will always have something to throw at you.
Why similar: 4X 31% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Wargame 10.6%, Strategy 10%
- #5 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 31.1% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Strategy 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.5%
- #6 Terrol
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Max Krupp
Windows
Capture Resources. Upgrade your Empire. Destroy all rivals.
Why similar: 4X 24.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Strategy 9.1%, War 8%
- #7 Samurai Conqueror
93% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Miura Production
Windows
Unify Japanese History! A Timeline Strategy Game Where History Itself Becomes the Battlefield.
Why similar: 4X 24.3% ★, Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, Wargame 10.1%, Historical 8.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%
- #8 Wealth of Nations: Economic Strategy
92% 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 31.1% ★, Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, Simulation 11.9%, Strategy 10.6%, Economy 8.9%
- #9 Clash of Cultures
91% 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 32.1% ★, Grand Strategy 23.1% ★, Strategy 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Economy 6.1%
- #10 Conquer: Napoleonic Wars
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Estuego Games
Windows
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 26.4% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, Wargame 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Historical 7.3%
- #11 Ascendant Dawn
90% 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 25.6% ★, Grand Strategy 21.6% ★, Wargame 11.4%, Historical 8.7%, Economy 7.2%
- #12 三国.群英录
89% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: DRAGONJOY Studios
Windows · Mac
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 23.9% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3% ★, Wargame 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Historical 8.2%
- #13 Trumpets of War
88% 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: 4X 31% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Strategy 10.2%, Wargame 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%
- #14 Machiavelli the Prince
88% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Holistic Design, Inc.Pub: Holistic Design, inc.
Windows · Linux
This award-winning 4X strategy classic lets you explore the Old World, exploit risky trade routes, expand your political and military power, and rise to dominance in the Renaissance. Every move can mean the difference between exaltation and excommunication in this multiplayer empire-building game
Why similar: 4X 26% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Historical 7.2%, Simulation 6.6%
- #15 All Men Are Brothers / 水浒豪
87% 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 28.1% ★, 4X 23% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Historical 11.7%, Strategy 10.3%
- #16 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
86% matchVery Positive87% of 762 reviews2023
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
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 26.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19% ★, Wargame 10.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, War 7%
- #17 Kingdom's Life
86% 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 27.7% ★, Grand Strategy 21.1% ★, Wargame 12.1%, Historical 6.9%, Economy 6.4%
- #18 Master of the Ages: Foundations of History
85% matchNo user reviews
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 28.6% ★, Grand Strategy 24.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Historical 9.4%, Economy 5.5%
- #19 Politon: Prologue
84% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Pinq Games
Windows · Mac
"Politon: Prologue" is the free prologue version of "Politon". This prologue includes a tutorial, game mechanics, and the prologue of the main story inside. Only Single-player modes are available.
Why similar: 4X 26.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Wargame 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Economy 6.6%
- #20 Great Powers
84% matchMixed68% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Flame-Dragons
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 4x global turn-based strategy game with a well-developed economic and military model.
Why similar: 4X 28.3% ★, Grand Strategy 20.9% ★, Wargame 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Strategy 6.4%
- #21 World War 2: WW2 Strategy Games
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joynow Studio
Windows
A World War II themed turn-based war chess game. You will play a commander during World War II, directing your troops to complete various tasks. You have the opportunity to reproduce every historical battle, command the ace generals and elite troops in history to win the victory!
Why similar: 4X 25.3% ★, Grand Strategy 18.8% ★, Wargame 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, 2D Platformer 7.2%
- #22 Imperial Ambitions
81% matchVery Positive83% of 98 reviews2026
Dev: aoiti
Windows · Mac
Discover and colonize the world, Allocate your labor force, Monopolize markets, Fight tactical battles, Survive the age of imperialism...
Why similar: 4X 22% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Wargame 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Historical 8.8%
- #23 Nova Historia
82% 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 37.7% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Strategy 10.2%, Simulation 9.9%, Historical 7.8%
- #24 Conqueror's Stage
79% 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: 4X 29.1% ★, Grand Strategy 25.1% ★, Wargame 13.2%, Historical 8.4%, Economy 5.1%
- #25 万象战略
81% 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 24.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Strategy 8.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 6%
- #26 Three Kingdoms : Alias
79% matchVery Positive82% of 337 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: 4X 21.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21.4% ★, Wargame 12.7%, Historical 9.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%
- #27 H.I.v.C.A.: Human Intelligence vs Computer Algorithm
80% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Tavlykaev Rinat
Windows
"H.I.v.C.A." is a strategic game where every choice matters. Gather resources, develop technologies, and strategically place your forces to ensure victory over opponents. There is no room for a draw in this game - only one can become the absolute ruler of the new world.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.4% ★, Wargame 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Simulation 7.9%, Strategy 7.5%
- #28 三國.爭霸
78% match8 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: 龙吟天下工作室
Windows · Mac
在这款沉浸式三国策略卡牌游戏中,你将化身一方主公,招揽名将、打造无敌军团,体验从乱世枭雄到一统天下的霸业征程!
Why similar: 4X 22.2% ★, Grand Strategy 17.6% ★, Wargame 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Historical 9.1%
- #29 HUMANKIND™
78% matchMixed69% of 28,600 reviews2021
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 33.1 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 31.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Strategy 11.8%, Historical 9.6%
- #30 Lands of Rumour
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Vaeril Games
Windows
Lands of Rumour is a turn-based 4X game about hiding and gossip. Embrace the atmosphere of Robin Hood, develop villages, gather resources, recruit your men and defend your homeland in tactical combat, where every unit has unique abilities.
Why similar: 4X 28% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Strategy 6.8%, War 6.7%
- #31 Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
77% matchVery Positive86% of 377,911 reviews2016
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.2 hrsMean: 101.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
Why similar: 4X 20.8% ★, Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Strategy 13.3%, Historical 10.5%
- #32 三国画卷
75% 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 33.8% ★, Wargame 14.9%, Simulation 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Strategy 11.2%
- #33 Space Empires I
77% 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 31.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Strategy 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Management 7.9%
- #34 Empire’s Supreme Command
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Turn-based strategy. Build, trade, fight, and lead your empire to victory.
Why similar: 4X 26.4% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Wargame 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Economy 6.2%
- #35 Kingdom Chronicle
74% matchMixed52% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: スタジオ白猫斎 / Studio HakubyousaiPub: くそげ工房 / Atelier KUSOGE
Windows
It looks deep, but plays simple. A turn-based strategy game where you can unify the continent in 1-2 hours per run. Become the ruler of a nation in a war-torn land, master domestic affairs, diplomacy and intrigue, and recruit, headhunt, and capture from 168 officers to carve out your own conquest.
Why similar: 4X 24% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Strategy 12.8%, Simulation 12.4%, Wargame 11.3%
- #36 COPS 2170 The Power of Law
76% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: GFI
Windows
COPS 2170: The Power of Law is a hybrid of RPG and tactical strategy. The central storyline unfolds in the future where the cyberpunk culture and a highly-urban oriented society have populated North America.
Why similar: 4X 27.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.4% ★, Wargame 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.7%
- #37 Imperialist
74% 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 28.5% ★, Grand Strategy 24.1% ★, Historical 9.7%, Economy 9.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%
- #38 Solar Wave
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 27 reviews2026
Dev: SavGus Studio
Windows
A large-scale 4X strategy game with indirect control and a focus on simulating a space empire. Capture systems, develop your economy and logistics, call up hundreds of powerful fleets and watch them incinerate enemies of the Solar Empire.
Why similar: 4X 30.4% ★, Grand Strategy 24.1% ★, Wargame 12.9%, Economy 7.7%, Strategy 7.2%
- #39 Dynasty Game 2
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: Yocone
Windows · Mac
Core gameplay of the game: operate on a large map, farm, recruit talents, govern, create, trade, build armies, conquer cities and territories, and defend strategic passes to ensure the safety of one side. Suitable for players who enjoy governing the country, farming, and opening up new territories
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Simulation 12%, Wargame 11.7%, Strategy 10.9%
- #40 Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
73% matchVery Positive88% of 1,666 reviews2022
Dev: The Secret Games CompanyPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 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 24% ★, Grand Strategy 19.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, Historical 8.3%, Economy 7.9%
- #41 Shattered Spheres
72% 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 36.9% ★, Grand Strategy 22% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Strategy 6.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.4%
- #42 Grand Strategy: The Three Kingdoms
71% 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 37.4% ★, Wargame 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Strategy 12.9%, Historical 6.8%
- #43 Global Supremacy
72% 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 29.5% ★, Grand Strategy 21.9% ★, Wargame 12.9%, Economy 7.5%, Simulation 7%
- #44 Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
69% matchVery Positive87% of 21,726 reviews2026
Dev: UnfrozenPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 25.1% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Historical 8.3%, War 7.4%
- #45 三国.群英志
71% matchMixed68% of 44 reviews2025
Dev: Three Kingdoms Heroes Studio
Windows · Mac
东汉末年,天下动荡,群雄并起,在这片风云变幻的乱世中,你将化身一方霸主,自偏安一隅的孤城出发,广揽贤才、经营城政、整军备战、攻城略地。是匡扶汉室,重振中兴?还是割据一方,自立为王?亦或是问鼎中原,君临天下?你的每一次抉择皆可改写这段波澜壮阔的乱世史诗!
Why similar: 4X 24.9% ★, Grand Strategy 18.9% ★, Wargame 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Historical 8.4%
- #46 Agecraft
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SnakyDevelop
Windows · Mac
Agecraft is a city-builder strategy where you guide a settlement through thousands of years of human history. Manage individual citizens, grow your economy, trade or wage war with other states, and advance from the Stone Age to the Space Age.
Why similar: 4X 26.1% ★, Grand Strategy 20.9% ★, Historical 8.9%, Wargame 8.2%, Economy 7.3%
- #47 Small Kingdoms Prologue
70% 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: 4X 28.8% ★, Grand Strategy 23.5% ★, Wargame 13.3%, Economy 8.2%, Building 7%
- #48 SGS Battle For: Fort Donelson
70% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the first decisive battle of the U.S. Civil War. Lead the Union force as General Grant to seize the key forts on the Cumberland, or play the Confederate defenders to maintain the gate to the South closed.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.9% ★, Wargame 20.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Strategy 13.8%, Historical 9.6%
- #49 Grand War: Rome
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Joynow Studio
Windows
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 26.7% ★, Grand Strategy 14.3% ★, Wargame 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%, 2D Platformer 6.4%
- #50 SGS Battle For: Shanghai
68% matchVery Positive86% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the ‘Stalingrad on the Yangze’, as was sometimes called the Battle for Shanghai in 1937. Play as the Chinese willing to reclaim the whole city or as the Imperial Japanese forces in their counter-attack.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26% ★, Wargame 19.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Strategy 13.4%, Historical 10%
- #51 Crowns of Medieval Europe
69% 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 25.7% ★, Wargame 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Simulation 11.4%, Strategy 10.3%
- #52 Millennia
68% matchMixed67% of 3,776 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 36.2 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 27.6% ★, Grand Strategy 20.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Historical 8.2%, Economy 7.6%
- #53 TOHOTOPIA
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 710 reviews2026
Dev: Remilia Command
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A 4X strategy craze sweeps Gensokyo! As the "Esports Tournament" begins, the girls join the fray. Warlords rise: will you be "Pharaoh" Remilia, "Emperor" Kaguya, "Great" Kanako, or "Philosopher King" Miko? Launch the game now, lead your empire, and dominate Gensokyo!
Why similar: 4X 29.5% ★, Grand Strategy 22% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Wargame 10%, Historical 9%
- #54 Inflection Point
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Martin Giannakopoulos
Windows
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 33.3% ★, Grand Strategy 24.3% ★, Wargame 15.1%, Strategy 10.8%, Historical 7.2%
- #55 Sovereign Stars
67% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: KYDEN
Windows
Build your galactic empire, conquer planets and emerge as the last player standing in this real-time strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 32.1% ★, Grand Strategy 24.2% ★, Wargame 14.8%, Strategy 7.6%, Economy 7.5%
- #56 Making History: The First World War
68% matchMixed66% of 115 reviews2021
Dev: Factus Games
Windows · Linux
A turn-based WWI Grand Strategy game. Rush to field new modern weaponry and survive the horrendous attrition battles. Join the global conflict between the Great Powers of the age and forge a new world order for freedom or tyranny.
Why similar: 4X 20.5% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Wargame 14.2%, Historical 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%
- #57 Stellar Monarch 2
67% matchVery Positive89% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: Silver Lemur Games
Windows
Stellar Monarch 2 is a feudal space empire builder where you feel like the Emperor, not a logistics officer. Great noble houses, usurpers to the throne, rebels, assassins, court intrigues, disloyal admirals, incompetent governors and ever-present alien threat.
Why similar: 4X 43.6% ★, Grand Strategy 30.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Strategy 11.2%
- #58 Rimefall
66% 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 30.9% ★, Grand Strategy 27.5% ★, Wargame 11.7%, Simulation 9.2%, Strategy 6%
- #59 Lords of Kingdoms
69% matchMixed43% of 89 reviews2018
Dev: ThankGame.com
Windows
Lords of Kingdoms is a multiplayer online war game. Turn your small castle into a mighty fortress and become ruler of the greatest realm.
Why similar: 4X 46% ★, Wargame 23.6%, Building 13%, Strategy 9.7%, Grand Strategy 4% ★