- #1 Askara
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lazy Kitty
Windows
Askara is a rogue-like turn-based tactics game, you choose how long each run takes, from a half an hour, to a few days if you want to! Multiple layers of mechanics mesh together to ensure that every run will be unique. It is easy to pick up, but will take years to master.
Why similar: 4X 31.5% ★, Tactical RPG 18.1%, Strategy RPG 13.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%
- #2 Dungeon4X
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: SNP Engineering
Windows
"Dungeon4X" is a new type of game that combines 3D dungeon RPG with 4X strategy. As the guild master of an adventurer's guild, you will lead the construction of farms and workshops, build a financial base by selling products, and embark on a grand adventure to obtain the ultimate artifact!
Why similar: 4X 35.6% ★, Tactical RPG 15.3%, Strategy RPG 13.4%, Diplomacy 10.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10%
- #3 Heroes, Warlords and Ruin
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Autware
Windows
Create your hero, manage resources, raise armies and build an empire. This fantasy turn-based 4x strategy game features empire management, large-scale tactical battles, and RPG mechanics.
Why similar: 4X 29.6% ★, Grand Strategy 22.8% ★, Tactical RPG 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.9%
- #4 Master of Magic
95% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,205 reviews2022
Dev: MuHa GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Take up the role of a great wizard, wield powerful spells, command fantasy races and challenge your rivals in this remake of a cult turn-based strategy classic. Do you have what it takes to become Master of Magic?
Why similar: 4X 24.8% ★, Grand Strategy 18.8% ★, Tactical RPG 15%, Strategy RPG 9.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.1%
- #5 Mystical Conquests
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pierre "Morm" ChamponPub: MormWare
Windows · Mac
A turn-based strategy RPG in which you lead a group of survivors in a world where the forces of evil are trying to destroy every civilization. Expand your realm, learn new technologies, train your soldiers, fight enemy hordes, and try to save the world!
Why similar: 4X 29.1% ★, Tactical RPG 16.9%, Perma Death 11.6%, Procedural Generation 8.8%, Strategy RPG 7.3%
- #6 Ashes & Blood
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Small Strategy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ashes & Blood is a fantasy strategy RPG with fast paced tactical battles and a 4X sandbox campaign. Break the rules, build absurd combos, exploit the world, and unlock even more chaos with each run. Turn based strategy has never been this unhinged.
Why similar: 4X 31.4% ★, Tactical RPG 17.9%, Strategy RPG 11.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.5%, Perma Death 9.1%
- #7 战棋大陆
93% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: 战棋游戏聚集地
Windows
This game is a 2D wargame strategy turn-based role-playing game with simple operation and rich gameplay. Players will play as a commander, recruiting soldiers, attacking cities, and waging a battle of wits against foreign beasts and magicians.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.3% ★, Tactical RPG 24.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.8%, Strategy RPG 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%
- #8 Uncivilized
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jamorian 5
Windows · Mac
A short-form empire building strategy game. Explore the planet and grow your colony, while attempting to negotiate with the many characterful rival factions. Make friends, break allegiances, or just drop nukes on them.
Why similar: 4X 33.4% ★, Diplomacy 21.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%, Procedural Generation 9.5%, Grand Strategy 8.5% ★
- #9 万象战略
91% 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 37.3% ★, Grand Strategy 29% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%, Strategy 6.4%
- #10 Hero Generations: ReGen
91% matchMixed60% of 93 reviews2016
Dev: Heart Shaped Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
An innovative Roguelike / 4X Strategy game where every turn is one year of your life. Explore, find a mate, and raise a child before you die to build a great legacy. ReGen is an amazing complete remake, redesigned, re-imagined, and packed with 100s of new features.
Why similar: 4X 28.8% ★, Grand Strategy 24% ★, Perma Death 14%, Strategy RPG 11.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.7%
- #11 Napoleon 1813
89% 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 37.6% ★, Grand Strategy 29.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%, Strategy 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%
- #12 Space Empires I
90% 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 33.5% ★, Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, Strategy 9.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%, Management 8.1%
- #13 Master of the Ages: Foundations of History
89% 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 31.6% ★, Grand Strategy 29.8% ★, Diplomacy 12.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 7%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.3%
- #14 Dynastic Era
87% 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 34.8% ★, Grand Strategy 25.7% ★, Tactical RPG 14.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.9%, Strategy 8.1%
- #15 Age of Wonders 4
86% matchVery Positive81% of 22,647 reviews2023
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 22.1 hrsMean: 60.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Rule a fantasy realm of your own design! Explore new magical realms in Age of Wonders’ signature blend of 4X strategy and turn-based tactical combat. Control a faction that grows and changes as you expand your empire with each turn!
Why similar: 4X 28.8% ★, Grand Strategy 21.8% ★, Tactical RPG 14.9%, Strategy RPG 9.5%, Character Customization 7.5%
- #16 Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,522 reviews2013
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Fallen Enchantress is 4X strategy game from the makers of Sins of a Solar Empire and Galactic Civilizations. Build a civilization in the magical world of Elemental. Recruit heroes, train armies, build cities, forge alliances and save the world in this rich world where it's never the same game twice.
Why similar: 4X 26% ★, Grand Strategy 21.3% ★, Diplomacy 16.2% ★, Tactical RPG 15.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.8%
- #17 Clash of Cultures
86% 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 37.7% ★, Grand Strategy 29.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 9.2%, Strategy 9.1%, Economy 7.2%
- #18 Empire’s Supreme Command
85% 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 28.3% ★, Grand Strategy 23% ★, Diplomacy 13.4% ★, Strategy RPG 10.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.8%
- #19 Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition
84% matchMixed69% of 2,267 reviews2024
Dev: Oxide GamesPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 34.4% ★, Grand Strategy 27.9% ★, Diplomacy 16.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%, Strategy 5.7%
- #20 Sidyq
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yozamu
Windows
Sidyq combines monster collection with dynamic turn-based battles. Unleash your tactical creativity and face formidable bosses in a strategic RPG where every decision can change the outcome of the fight.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 27.6%, Grand Strategy 26.7% ★, Strategy RPG 14.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.6%
- #21 AlexanderBall: A Countryball Tale
83% matchVery Positive90% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Red Thorn Interactive
Windows · Mac
Ascend to the Macedonian throne as Alexander the Great and relive his conquests! Fighting alongside redoubtable and quirky commanders, recruit numerous types of balls for your army, construct countless cities named Alexandria, and build an empire that stretches to the ends of the known world!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.9% ★, 4X 15.9% ★, Diplomacy 12.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 8.9%, Economy 8.4%
- #22 Conqueror's Stage
82% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: LeftLane InteractivePub: Lunexa Solutions
Windows
No fixed maps. No scripted history. No tutorial treadmill. Conqueror's Stage is a real-time grand strategy across five ages - where every decision trades against another. Grand strategy, finally designed to be finished.
Why similar: 4X 32.1% ★, Grand Strategy 30.3% ★, Diplomacy 14.6% ★, Procedural Generation 9%, Economy 5.7%
- #23 Gate Builders
82% 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 31.4% ★, Grand Strategy 26.2% ★, Diplomacy 12.3% ★, Economy 7.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.2%
- #24 Imperialist
81% 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 33.1% ★, Grand Strategy 31.5% ★, Diplomacy 18.3% ★, Economy 7.8%, Strategy 5.3%
- #25 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 42.7% ★, Grand Strategy 27.8% ★, Procedural Generation 12%, Strategy 8.4%, Economy 5.9%
- #26 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
79% 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 28.8% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Diplomacy 15.4% ★, Strategy RPG 7.6%, Economy 6.6%
- #27 Sorcerer King: Rivals
81% matchMixed63% of 409 reviews2016
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore a rich fantasy world, go on quests for powerful weapons, and forge a new civilization in Sorcerer King: Rivals. Can you build a civilization to topple the malevolent Sorcerer King and become a god yourself?
Why similar: 4X 28.3% ★, Grand Strategy 23% ★, Tactical RPG 17%, Strategy RPG 10%, Character Customization 6.6%
- #28 Dwarf Guild Mania
78% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: QuarkbluePub: Kennedy Publishing House
Windows · Mac
Lead a campaign of glory as you mine, trade, spy, & sabotage your way to victory. Your guild of dwarves must vanquish its rivals and conquer the realm in this turn-based economic strategy game. Lead your capitalist dwarves across new lands in search of gems and gold. For the Guild!
Why similar: 4X 28.9% ★, Grand Strategy 19.7% ★, Tactical RPG 15.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.7%, Economy 7.8%
- #29 Dominium Mundi
80% 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 51.8% ★, Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Strategy 7.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.9%
- #30 Starwing Tactics
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Forward Thrust Works
Windows
Command a mercenary squadron of starfighter pilots in this turn-based tactical RPG, where your orders unfold in cinematic dogfights. Take contracts, refit starfighters, forge elite aces, and send them into deadly engagements where losses are permanent and legends are made.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 23.8%, Perma Death 20.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 14%, Procedural Generation 10.1%, Character Customization 8.9%
- #31 Stellar Monarch 2
77% matchVery Positive89% of 131 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 46.5% ★, Grand Strategy 35.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Strategy 8.7%
- #32 Wealth of Nations: Economic Strategy
77% 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 38.5% ★, Grand Strategy 30% ★, Economy 11.1%, Strategy 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.9%
- #33 Mind Prison: The Last War
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Rotten Sewer Productions
Windows
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 a dead galaxy, uncover corrupted memories, and face the horrifying truth: no one told you to stop.
Why similar: 4X 43% ★, Grand Strategy 33.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Strategy 10.5%, Singleplayer 0.1%
- #34 TOHOTOPIA
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 614 reviews2026
Dev: Remilia Command
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 32.3% ★, Grand Strategy 26.4% ★, Strategy RPG 11.1%, Economy 8.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.8%
- #35 Empolicy
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StrategyMagic
Windows
Online strategy in a fantasy world with single-player options. Explore the world, expand the borders of your polis, build settlements and produce goods. Immerse yourself in the role of a powerful tycoon of the city-republic, choose your path - magic, diplomacy, espionage or war.
Why similar: 4X 34.6% ★, Diplomacy 22.1% ★, Grand Strategy 14.4% ★, Economy 9.7%, Management 6.6%
- #36 蜀山幻剑录 Sword of Shushan
76% matchMixed53% of 109 reviews2020
Dev: 星罗云布工作室
Windows
《Sword of Shushan》is a strategic war chess game based on the holy land of Shushan and the war between ancient demons. The player will play the role of Han Yunchuan, a disciple of Shushan, who will call on the friars of Wufeng and the elite of Taihao royal family to fight against the ancient demons.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 22.4%, Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, Strategy RPG 16.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.7%, Strategy 10.4%
- #37 Space Empires III
76% 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 35.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.5%, Strategy 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%
- #38 Cosmist
74% 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 43.9% ★, Grand Strategy 32.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%, Strategy 6.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.4%
- #39 Shattered Spheres
73% 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 41.8% ★, Grand Strategy 27.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, Management 5.5%
- #40 Ever War
72% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Autware
Windows
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 37.9% ★, Grand Strategy 21.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14%, Economy 9.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%
- #41 Aldriak, the advent of a new world
72% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Return to Play
Windows
It's a RPG turn-based strategy game inspired by the first games of the genre but with a new and original mechanic. This mechanic takes the form of 3 distinct rows in which all the battlers are placed. Each skill requires being in a particular row and can only target by following certain rules.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.5% ★, Tactical RPG 20.9%, Strategy RPG 12.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.5%, Character Customization 7.9%
- #42 Space Empires II
73% matchMixed56% of 18 reviews2020
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Explore the galaxy, discover and colonize new planets to acquire enough resources. Design your ships, choosing from different hulls, weapons, shields, and several devices. Once you advance with technologies, new systems will be available, and you will have to update your designs.
Why similar: 4X 32.1% ★, Grand Strategy 23.3% ★, Strategy 10.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.8%, Management 8.3%
- #43 Interstellar Space: Genesis
73% matchVery Positive84% of 836 reviews2019
Dev: Praxis Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Interstellar Space: Genesis is a turn-based space 4X strategy game in which you attempt to build a thriving galactic empire. Discover mysteries among the stars, colonize worlds, and engage enemies in tactical turn-based combat on your journey to becoming the ruler of the galaxy!
Why similar: 4X 35.9% ★, Grand Strategy 22.1% ★, Diplomacy 10.1% ★, Procedural Generation 9.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%
- #44 Huaxia: Warring States
70% matchMixed62% of 645 reviews2026
Dev: 秦川汉渚
Windows
Forge your epic in Huaxia: Warring States. Form your clan, conquer the lands, and build an empire. The fate of heaven & earth lies within you hands.
Why similar: 4X 26.6% ★, Grand Strategy 23.3% ★, Tactical RPG 17.4%, Strategy RPG 11.4%, Character Customization 7.9%
- #45 Stellar Wings
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Odd Games
Windows
In this bullet-hell strategy sandbox game, lead your newly-formed fleet through a vast galaxy. Use your tactics and skills to amass wealth, build influence, engage in galactic affairs, and face the conflicts and crises threatening the entire star system.
Why similar: 4X 33% ★, Grand Strategy 24.7% ★, Tactical RPG 19.2%, Strategy RPG 10.8%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #46 Defense Legend 5: Survivor TD
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Gcenter GamePub: 130 Game Studio
Windows
Build a defense strategy to protect the peace.
Why similar: 4X 46.7% ★, Tactical RPG 24.3%, Strategy 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Character Customization 7%
- #47 Global Protocol: New World Order
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Dorlion Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command any of 261 real-world countries in this 2026 grand strategy game. Build your economy, lead armies, and navigate deep diplomacy. Features built-in modding support and 12 supported languages. Shape the global order through espionage, nuclear deterrence, and AI-driven geopolitics.
Why similar: 4X 35.4% ★, Grand Strategy 28.4% ★, Diplomacy 12.4% ★, Strategy 8.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.1%
- #48 COPS 2170 The Power of Law
71% matchMostly Positive69% of 12 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 32.7% ★, Grand Strategy 26.1% ★, Tactical RPG 16.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.8%
- #49 The Border Lord
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joe PeadenPub: StyleHead Games, LLC
Windows
Defend your frontier village against relentless raiders in this turn-based tactics RPG with settlement building. Survive at all costs!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 25.3%, Perma Death 21.3%, Strategy RPG 14.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.6%, Character Customization 8.9%
- #50 Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms
71% 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 41.6% ★, Grand Strategy 28.6% ★, Strategy 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.4%
- #51 Mercatoria
68% 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 35.4% ★, Grand Strategy 28.7% ★, Economy 8.4%, Strategy 7.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%
- #52 Distant Worlds 2
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,527 reviews2022
Dev: CodeForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 46.3% ★, Grand Strategy 34.3% ★, Strategy 10%, Procedural Generation 9.1%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #53 Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 839 reviews2017
Dev: Massive Damage, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling. Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition is a massively enhanced version of the Award Winning indie strategy RPG, Halcyon 6.
Why similar: 4X 33.4% ★, Tactical RPG 20.2%, Diplomacy 16% ★, Strategy RPG 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.9%
- #54 Orbit Economica
67% 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 30.9% ★, Grand Strategy 29% ★, Economy 11%, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%
- #55 Sengoku: Shadow Strikers
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ikemoto Systems
Windows · Mac · Linux
Turn your clan into a Sengoku legend in this tactical RPG. Recruit and train warriors, shape alliances, conquer castles, and alter history through brutal turn-based battles. Influence the outcome of feudal Japan in Sengoku: Shadow Strikers.
Why similar: 4X 37.3% ★, Grand Strategy 30.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%, Management 6.6%
- #56 Grim wanderings 2
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 81 reviews2021
Dev: Ellinia games
Windows · Linux
This game combines a deep role-playing system inspired by classic board games and a full-fledged 4X strategy
Why similar: 4X 31.7% ★, Tactical RPG 19.3%, Strategy RPG 11.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.7%, Procedural Generation 8.2%
- #57 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
66% 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 26.7% ★, Grand Strategy 25.4% ★, Diplomacy 17.9% ★, Economy 8.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.4%
- #58 Rise of Hegemony
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lion Loewe
Windows
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 30.3% ★, Grand Strategy 25.1% ★, Diplomacy 17.9% ★, Economy 10.6%, Management 5.5%
- #59 Throneforged
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Genesis Worlds
Windows
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 28.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, Diplomacy 15.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%, Economy 8.4%
- #60 Imperiums: Greek Wars
67% 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 29.5% ★, Grand Strategy 24.2% ★, Diplomacy 14.3% ★, Economy 8.2%, Procedural Generation 8%