Games Like Miniciv

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 33.8% ★, Grand Strategy 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, City Builder 16.2%, Strategy 11.5%

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 45.2% ★, Grand Strategy 26.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Strategy 10.5%

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 39.1% ★, Grand Strategy 23.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Strategy 11.7%, War 3.2%

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 36.4% ★, Grand Strategy 18.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, City Builder 13%, Strategy 10.6%

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 40.7% ★, Grand Strategy 23.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Strategy 12.1%, War 4.4%

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 40.8% ★, Grand Strategy 21.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Strategy 11.9%, War 3.7%

《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 36.4% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, City Builder 9.2%, Strategy 7.8%

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 32.8% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6%, City Builder 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Strategy 7.2%

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 24.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23.4%, Grand Strategy 19%, Strategy 14.2%, City Builder 12.5%

Expand your empire one sector at a time in a fast-paced turn-based 4X strategy game. Capture planets, harvest resources, command powerful fleets, and adapt your strategy with unique Emperors and unpredictable divine interventions. Play solo, or challenge rivals in tactical PvP.

Why similar: 4X 45.1% ★, Grand Strategy 25.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Strategy 8.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 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 42.4% ★, Grand Strategy 25%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Strategy 8.9%, War 3.5%

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 56.5% ★, Grand Strategy 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Strategy 9.9%, Indie 0.4%

Conquer Irkalla, a world of mortals torn apart by a war between eight civilizations! Command heroes, forge and break alliances, journey through five eras of history, and choose one of the Seven Truths to change the face of reality forever. A turn-based 4X strategy game.

Why similar: 4X 53% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.1%, Strategy 17.6%, War 6.3%, Indie 1%

《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 29.8%, 4X 29.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23.4%, Strategy 12%, Simulation 4.6%

Build a civilization from its first settlements into a mighty world power in this turn-based strategy game. Explore uncharted lands, expand your empire, forge lucrative trade relationships, and develop your economy and technology.

Why similar: 4X 37.3% ★, Grand Strategy 28.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Strategy 10.4%, War 5.7%

Turn-based 4X strategy in just one hour. Place buildings, chain adjacency bonuses, optimize resources, and outsmart rival monarchs through trade or war to earn the most Glory - solo or multiplayer.

Why similar: 4X 36.8% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2%, City Builder 18.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Strategy 8.3%

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 39.4% ★, Grand Strategy 22.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Strategy 11.3%, Simulation 5%

A sci-fi turn-based strategy game, no gimmicky mechanics just pure 4x glory.

Why similar: 4X 43.5% ★, Grand Strategy 26%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Strategy 13.4%, Indie 0.7%

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 42.7% ★, Grand Strategy 25.3%, Strategy 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Simulation 5.9%

In Dominions you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. It all takes place in a fantasy world with monsters, magic items and world altering spells. Dominions is a 4x turn based strategy game with a large variety of spells and units.

Why similar: 4X 57.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23.3%, Strategy 18.9%

SSI's Sword of Aragon was one of the earliest precursors to the 4x genre and is widely regarded as one of the best 4X games ever made. Combining deep RPG character progression, military units, resource management, and a fun story, Sword of Aragon is a MUST have for any fan of the 4x genre!

Why similar: 4X 37.6% ★, Grand Strategy 22.7%, City Builder 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Strategy 5%

A historical 4X where you rule a dynasty, not just an empire. 88 civilizations across ten eras of real history on a hex map of Earth. Your rulers age and die; the heir you raised inherits their traits, their rivalries, and your bloodline's standing.

Why similar: 4X 42.2% ★, Grand Strategy 24%, City Builder 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Strategy 7.6%

SATUS - global fantasy strategy, in which you can lead one of the 4 fractions: magicians, dwarfs, dark side, hell virus. Every fraction is unique. Capture all the enemies, arrange the end of the world, build a great empire!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.9%, 4X 19.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19%, City Builder 9.3%, War 9.3%

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 36.5% ★, Grand Strategy 22.1%, City Builder 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Strategy 6.6%

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 32.5% ★, Grand Strategy 21.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, City Builder 12.6%, Strategy 6.9%

4X Lite Strategy Game where You are a war AI rebooting after 800 years of silence. Your orders are still active. The enemy is gone—so is everyone else. Conquer the galaxy, uncover corrupted memories, and face the horrifying truth: no one told you to stop.

Why similar: 4X 49% ★, Grand Strategy 29.1%, Strategy 14.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.4%, Casual 2.6%

DeckTerra is a 4X strategy game built around cards. Explore procedurally generated maps, research new technologies, develop your settlements, and raise armies all while building a deck that complements your strategy.

Why similar: 4X 30.7% ★, Grand Strategy 21.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, City Builder 15.7%, Strategy 7.4%

Turn-based strategy. Build, trade, fight, and lead your empire to victory.

Why similar: 4X 33.8% ★, Grand Strategy 20.8%, City Builder 17.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Strategy 6.7%

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 42.7% ★, Grand Strategy 25.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Strategy 12.7%, War 3.6%

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 46.9% ★, Grand Strategy 23.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Strategy 7.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 3.3%

Lead your civilization across six thousand years of history in this turn-based strategy game built for the Game Boy Advance. D-pad-first play makes it a natural fit for Steam Deck.

Why similar: 4X 55.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 28.6%, Strategy 15.8%

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 41.4% ★, Grand Strategy 22%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, Strategy 14.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 3.3%

Strategically place outposts & settlements to capture resources. Upgrade you empire and destroy all rivals!

Why similar: 4X 35.3% ★, Grand Strategy 24.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Strategy 7.8%, War 7.7%

Wage total war across the ancient world from the Aegean to Mesopotamia in this free addition to Total War: PHARAOH. Challenge the Bronze Age Collapse by building your own dynasty and leading your faction to victory with new cultures, new units and dramatic new battle mechanics.

Why similar: 4X 42.4% ★, Grand Strategy 26.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Strategy 13%, War 4%

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 37.8% ★, Grand Strategy 26.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Strategy 10.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 3.7%

Pandora: First Contact is a science fiction 4X turn-based strategy game on a planetary scale. Our Earth has been exhausted and colonial attempts on other planetary bodies have been in vain. Finally, after decades of exploration, an interstellar probe has brought promise of a new world.

Why similar: 4X 60.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.8%, Strategy 15.2%, Simulation 2.7%

A logistics-focused turn-based space 4X. Govern through Administrative Nodes, connect systems with wormhole infrastructure, assign population to production and research, and expand only as far as your empire can support.

Why similar: 4X 50% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Grand Strategy 14.8%, Strategy 7.9%, War 5%

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 39.2% ★, Grand Strategy 24.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Strategy 9.9%, War 4.4%

A fast-paced strategy game about building a kingdom, outplaying your rivals, and conquering your enemies. Play solo or in multiplayer and enjoy the depth of a classic 4X in a single sitting.

Why similar: 4X 52.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.4%, Strategy 16%, War 6.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 2.6%

In Dominions 6 you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to old dragons or an enormous tree. Dominions is a deep 4x turn based strategy game with a very large variety of spells and units.

Why similar: 4X 46.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.1%, Strategy 10.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 1.9%

Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.

Why similar: 4X 51.9% ★, Grand Strategy 29.2%, Strategy 13.9%, Simulation 5.1%

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 42.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20.8%, Grand Strategy 17.6%, Strategy 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.6%

Get the complete GalCiv II saga including Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, the expansion pack Dark Avatar, and the newest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor!

Why similar: 4X 43.7% ★, Grand Strategy 27.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.8%, Strategy 8.2%, War 1.4%

A turn-based 4X of rival governments contesting the dim Atlas through economy, war and an Influence-weighted Council. At the edge of sensor range, the Shadow does not lose - it only rises.

Why similar: 4X 57.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23.3%, Strategy 18.4%, Indie 1%

Conquer the Galaxy In This ‘4x’ Strategy Game. Lead one of 18 different alien races to become a mighty pan-galactic empire. Manage your colonies, deploy your fleets and conduct research. Plot your strategy and turn your planets into mighty bastions.

Why similar: 4X 51.3% ★, Strategy 25.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Indie 3.5%

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.

Why similar: 4X 69.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Strategy 14.1%

Palm Kingdoms 3 is a turn-based strategy game with deep mechanics. Explore maps, build your kingdom, and lead armies in rich, tactical combat. Here, power lies not in a single character, but in the unique Commanders you cultivate within your ranks.

Why similar: 4X 34.9% ★, Grand Strategy 23.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Strategy 9.1%, War 8.2%

Stars in Shadow is a turn-based 4X strategy game and a vivid tribute to the genre classics. Compete with alien factions to explore and colonize nearby starsystems, build fleets to defend against rivals, negotiate or conquer them. Win by unifying the galaxy, through diplomacy or force.

Why similar: 4X 62.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.2%, Strategy 13.1%, Indie 1.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 1.6%

Be the President! Lead a modern nation, make tough choices, and shape history.

Why similar: 4X 41% ★, City Builder 19.8%, Grand Strategy 19.5%, Strategy 13.9%, Simulation 3.4%

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 46% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20.6%, Grand Strategy 13.6%, Strategy 12.2%, War 4.7%

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 31.9% ★, Grand Strategy 21.8%, City Builder 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Strategy 6.1%

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 32.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, City Builder 13.3%, Strategy 6.8%

Sid Meier's Civilization IV®: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for Civilization IV - the 2005 PC Game of the Year that has become a worldwide hit.

Why similar: 4X 48.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 27.2%, Strategy 16.4%, Grand Strategy 7.9%

A New World: Kingdoms is a turn-based strategic 4X game. Carefully expand your kingdom by constructing buildings and managing your resources. Building your own empire is not easy; there will be challenges along the way, from mountains to navigate to your rival and his warriors.

Why similar: 4X 40.6% ★, City Builder 22.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Strategy 7.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.9%

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 40.3% ★, Grand Strategy 28.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Strategy 5.8%, War 4%

A country simulator built on strategy: 160 real nations, deep production chains, a live world market, diplomacy, intelligence and war. Win the world with economy, not armies.

Why similar: 4X 43.6% ★, Grand Strategy 24%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Strategy 13%, Simulation 5.8%

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 30.4% ★, Grand Strategy 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, City Builder 13.7%, Strategy 7.4%

A fantasy strategy, featuring turn-based factory building over procedural resource types. Expand and optimize your network of towns, grow your heroes, and excel in deep tactical seamless auto-battler combat.

Why similar: 4X 34.6% ★, Grand Strategy 20%, City Builder 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Strategy 6.9%

A fast-paced 4X galaxy you can actually finish. Expand by colonising and besieging rival worlds, wield government powers that bend the rules - freeze enemy fleets, sever hyperlanes, vanish into stealth - and race rivals to claim the galactic core. A grand-strategy empire in an evening, not a month.

Why similar: 4X 47.1% ★, Grand Strategy 28.4%, Strategy 13.9%, War 6.2%, Simulation 3.8%