- #1 Civitatem
97% matchMixed63% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: LW Games
Windows
Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.
Why similar: City Builder 37.1%, Strategy 13.1%, Resource Management 10.5%, Medieval 9.6%, Survival 7.8%
- #2 Island Dwellers
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Avokodo Studios
Windows
Island Dwellers is a turn-based strategy game where you guide a tribe through the challenges of rising sea levels. Assign tasks to your people, unlock technologies and build a thriving village. Adapt to new challenges as your tribe sails to different climates in search of a better future.
Why similar: 4X 19.2% ★, City Builder 19%, Turn-Based 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Procedural Generation 8.5%
- #3 Wizard Warfare 2: Cephalopod Wars
96% matchPositive86% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: Psyanotek Limited
Windows
Wizard Warfare 2: Cephalopod Wars is the sequel to Wizard Warfare, a fantasy-themed, 4X-style, turn-based strategy game with a strategic empire management layer supported by a detailed tactical battle simulation layer. Now includes fully simulated naval battles.
Why similar: 4X 30.4% ★, City Builder 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Turn-Based 12.2%, Hex Grid 9.9% ★
- #4 Warlock - Master of the Arcane
95% matchVery Positive86% of 2,631 reviews2012
Dev: Ino-Co PlusPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In a time of chaotic upheaval, the player takes the role of a great mage, a warlord vying for ultimate power.
Why similar: 4X 30.9% ★, Turn-Based 24.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Strategy 11.3%, Hex Grid 6.8% ★
- #5 ENDLESS™ Legend
94% matchVery Positive83% of 18,996 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
ENDLESS™ Legend is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of ENDLESS™ Space and Dungeon of the ENDLESS™. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga. Create your own Legend!
Why similar: 4X 35.5% ★, Turn-Based 23.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Strategy 11.8%, Hex Grid 8.4% ★
- #6 Warlock 2: The Exiled
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,296 reviews2014
Dev: Ino-Co PlusPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Warlock 2 is a turn-based strategy game of fantasy warfare. Rival against Great Mages, lead mighty armies into fierce battles, wield ancient magic and faith as your weapons.
Why similar: 4X 30.3% ★, Turn-Based 28.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Strategy 14.6%, Fantasy 6.9%
- #7 Frostward
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KoPoint Games
Windows
Build your civilization in a world consumed by eternal winter. Explore procedurally generated hex-grid maps, expand under the pressure of cold, survival, and war, and command armies with unique abilities in deep turn-based battles.
Why similar: 4X 34.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Hex Grid 12.8% ★, City Builder 10.1%, Survival 6.9%
- #8 Goblins of Elderstone
92% matchMostly Positive74% of 399 reviews2023
Dev: Outerdawn
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?
Why similar: 4X 26.3% ★, City Builder 21.1%, Procedural Generation 9.7%, Resource Management 9.6%, Survival 7.5%
- #9 Wizard Warfare
91% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: Psyanotek Limited
Windows
Wizard Warfare is a fantasy-themed, 4X-style, turn-based strategy game with a strategic empire management layer supported by a detailed tactical battle simulation layer.
Why similar: 4X 38.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Turn-Based 12.6%, Procedural Generation 10.5%, Strategy 8.6%
- #10 HUMANKIND™
91% matchMixed69% of 28,395 reviews2021
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 33.0 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 30.5% ★, City Builder 19.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Strategy 11%, Turn-Based 10.8%
- #11 Flora Domina
90% matchMixed58% of 45 reviews2023
Dev: Dave Van VerdegemPub: Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Windows
In this unique take on turn-based 4X strategy, play as a nature goddess that defends her island by playing cards to use nature as your ally.
Why similar: 4X 27.8% ★, City Builder 18.2%, Turn-Based 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Hex Grid 10.1% ★
- #12 Havenreach: Last Refuge
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Leonix Games Studio
Windows
Fight for your people’s survival in this turn-based strategy game as you compete against other refugees for land. Expand tile by tile, defend your borders, and sustain your people through gathering or force. A streamlined 4X experience designed to finish in one sitting.
Why similar: 4X 28% ★, City Builder 19.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Hex Grid 9.9% ★, Medieval 7.6%
- #13 Thea: The Awakening
89% matchVery Positive88% of 3,762 reviews2015
Dev: MuHa Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Thea: The Awakening is a turn-based strategic survival game inspired by the Slavic mythology and set in a procedural dark fantasy world infused with non-linear story and unique combat system.
Why similar: Turn-Based 29%, 4X 20.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Strategy 10%, Survival 8.4%
- #14 Predynastic Egypt
88% matchVery Positive92% of 1,907 reviews2016
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Do you know how did Ancient Egypt looked like before the Great Pyramids? Lead the future Egyptian citizens all the way through the historical hardships to the Unification of Lower and Upper Egypt, and you will find out!
Why similar: Turn-Based 19.5%, 4X 19% ★, City Builder 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Survival 8.4%
- #15 Lands of Rumour
86% 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 27.6% ★, City Builder 19%, Turn-Based 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Hex Grid 7.9% ★
- #16 Bronze Age - HD Edition
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 372 reviews2017
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
What was it like to be a chief of a tribe in 6000 year B.C.? Oh, you know, the usual - feed your people, build them shelters, defend them from raids of neighbors. And if you are lucky, sooner or later you will build a kingdom and become their king!
Why similar: 4X 20.3% ★, Turn-Based 18.3%, City Builder 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Survival 7.5%
- #17 Civilization IV®: Warlords
85% matchVery Positive90% of 541 reviews2007
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords is the first expansion pack for the award-winning game that has become an instant world-wide hit. Paying homage to some of history's greatest military leaders, the expansion delivers six unique and interesting scenarios, giving players the chance to change the course of history with the help of their...
Why similar: 4X 37.9% ★, Turn-Based 29.4%, Strategy 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #18 Marble Age: Remastered
84% matchVery Positive86% of 392 reviews2020
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Marble Age is a turn-based historical strategy where your task is to turn a small Ancient Greek village into a flourishing Polis, powerful enough to conquer the known world!
Why similar: Turn-Based 19.5%, 4X 17.4% ★, City Builder 16.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Survival 7.9%
- #19 Worlds of Magic
84% matchMixed50% of 586 reviews2015
Dev: Wastelands InteractivePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Worlds of Magic is a 4X turn-based strategy game. Players can explore and conquer an almost limitless number of procedurally generated universes, using military and magical power to overcome their foes. Found cities, raise armies, research and cast spells, hire powerful heroes, and create powerful magical artifacts.
Why similar: 4X 36.5% ★, Turn-Based 28.8%, Strategy 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Fantasy 5.2%
- #20 Burned Land
83% matchMixed56% of 102 reviews2021
Dev: Koya Game
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Burned Land is a 4x game in which you will take control of a nascent human race and try to avoid its extinction. Build, explore, conquer until you are worthy of gods. Then confront their anger.
Why similar: 4X 33.6% ★, Turn-Based 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Hex Grid 8.9% ★, Survival 7.6%
- #21 Yield! Fall of Rome
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 261 reviews2025
Dev: BillionworldsPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Forge your Kingdom amidst the Ruins of Rome in this turn-based 4X strategy game! As the world crumbles, rebuild civilization and shape your people’s destiny. Unleash your strategic prowess, conquer provinces, and crush all who stand in your way.
Why similar: 4X 22.5% ★, City Builder 15.5%, Turn-Based 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Hex Grid 8.9% ★
- #22 Conquest of Elysium 3
82% matchVery Positive81% of 330 reviews2012
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Conquest of Elysium 3 (CoE3) is a streamlined turn based fantasy strategy game with a touch of rogue-like and the complex undertones of Illwinter's Dominions series. While CoE3 appears to be a simple game with limited options at first glance, delving further into the game reveals a game of complex decision making and risky endeavors.
Why similar: Turn-Based 31.2%, 4X 30.8% ★, Strategy 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Fantasy 5.6%
- #23 Marble Age
81% matchVery Positive83% of 744 reviews2015
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Turn-based historical simulation strategy. Develop the Greek civilization from the small village to the great city-state when it will dominate the world!
Why similar: Turn-Based 19.8%, 4X 18.4% ★, City Builder 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Survival 7.8%
- #24 Egypt: Old Kingdom
81% matchVery Positive87% of 1,246 reviews2018
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 23.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Strategy simulator of the Great Pyramids period, where you take your path from the unification of Egyptian tribes to the foundation of The First Empire. Developed with the assistance of Egyptologists.
Why similar: Turn-Based 19.8%, 4X 18.7% ★, City Builder 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Survival 8%
- #25 Cities Domination
80% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: D Green Games
Windows
Cities Domination is a city builder, resource management and strategy game. Gestion all the units and resources between cities for create an empire, attack enemies cities, build, defend and expand your cities and dominate the castles... or lose yours.
Why similar: 4X 28.1% ★, City Builder 21.4%, Hex Grid 11.4% ★, Resource Management 10.3%, Medieval 8.4%
- #26 Wizards and Warlords
79% matchVery Positive83% of 258 reviews2020
Dev: Valravn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wizards and Warlords is an indie turn-based strategy game, where you play in a randomly generated fantasy world, contending with rival wizards, warlords, roaming marauders and hidden ancient evils. Create a customized sovereign or choose from one of many predefined templates.
Why similar: 4X 28.1% ★, Turn-Based 19.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Hex Grid 10.7% ★, Procedural Generation 10.1%
- #27 Age of Wonders III
79% matchVery Positive80% of 12,777 reviews2014
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Age of Wonders III is the long anticipated sequel to the award-winning strategy series. Delivering a unique mix of Empire Building, Role Playing and Warfare, Age of Wonders III offers the ultimate in turn-based fantasy strategy for veterans of the series and new players alike!
Why similar: 4X 31.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.3%, Turn-Based 19.5%, Strategy 17.4%, Fantasy 5.9%
- #28 Deity Empires
78% matchVery Positive86% of 340 reviews2018
Dev: BaileyHausdorff Systems
Windows
Deity Empires is a 4X, turn-based strategy game with a powerful “just one more turn” feel! Enter an intricate fantasy world as one of many deities posed to become ruler of the world.
Why similar: 4X 31.4% ★, Turn-Based 20.6%, Hex Grid 11.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, City Builder 10.5%
- #29 Monarchs at Play
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MixedMoonGames
Windows
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 31.3% ★, City Builder 21%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Hex Grid 9.6% ★, Strategy 7.5%
- #30 From Village to Empire
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Witch Laboratory
Windows · Linux
From Village to Empire is an indie turn based strategy game with a historical setting. Build cities, research technologies, and train units to discover new lands and conquer the world!
Why similar: 4X 28.8% ★, Turn-Based 18.3%, Hex Grid 12.8% ★, Strategy 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%
- #31 Fantastic Creatures
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Callisto
Windows · Linux
Mythological Units. Ancient China. Experience a turn-based 4X strategy game where the land around you is slowly dying. Incarnate one of the four Fantastic Creatures: Dragon, Tiger, Turtle or Vermilion Bird and fight for survival.
Why similar: 4X 34.2% ★, Turn-Based 24.9%, Strategy 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Indie 5.5%
- #32 Pandora: First Contact
76% matchMixed63% of 642 reviews2014
Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 47.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Strategy 13%, Turn-Based 12.9%, Hex Grid 8.7% ★
- #33 Shields of Loyalty
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 172 reviews2025
Dev: Mosaic Mask StudioPub: indie.io
Windows
Experience tactically challenging turn-based strategy in the hostile island world of Mantaria. Command a dynamic army of various unit types and classes to slay a dark and possessed undead army. Train forces into powerful warriors and fight fervently until the snake's head is at your feet!
Why similar: 4X 32.9% ★, Turn-Based 26%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Medieval 8.9%, Strategy 7.6%
- #34 Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,972 reviews2007
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 44.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 37.8% ★, Turn-Based 27%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.9%, Strategy 13.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #35 Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
73% matchVery Positive86% of 373,909 reviews2016
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.1 hrsMean: 99.8 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 22.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20.9%, Turn-Based 18.3%, City Builder 15.2%, Strategy 13.7%
- #36 Last Days of Old Earth
75% matchMixed60% of 57 reviews2016
Dev: Auroch DigitalPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Last Days of Old Earth is a rich strategy game set in our far, far future where the sun is dying. Can you command the last noble tribes of humanity as they attempt to survive among the machines and marauding clans?
Why similar: Turn-Based 23.9%, 4X 21.7% ★, Hex Grid 15% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Strategy 10.9%
- #37 Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
74% matchVery Positive87% of 1,534 reviews2008
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is the third offering in the award winning Civilization IV series. A re-imagining of the classic Colonization game Sid Meier created in 1994, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is a total conversion of the Civilization IV engine into a game experience in which players will lead a European...
Why similar: 4X 36.4% ★, Turn-Based 29.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Strategy 15%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #38 New Homestead
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Linus Witte
Windows
New Homestead is an online turn-based, strategy game. To build up a functional economy, you have to develop your cities and conquer your enemies on a procedurally generated map!
Why similar: 4X 30.7% ★, Turn-Based 21.3%, City Builder 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Medieval 7.5%
- #39 Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
73% matchVery Positive92% of 3,602 reviews2006
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
With over 6 million units sold and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier's Civilization is recognized as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all-time. Now, Sid Meier and Firaxis Games will take this incredibly fun and addictive game to new heights by adding new ways to play and win, new...
Why similar: 4X 33.3% ★, Turn-Based 28.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.2%, Strategy 13.4%, Resource Management 2.9%
- #40 Underfoot Queens
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ElVillano
Windows · Linux
Underfoot Queens is an ant themed 4x where you will lead your species across generations. Explore, forage for food, expand your colony, fight off competitors, and survive the elements on your path to evolution. In the end, only the most adaptable species will survive.
Why similar: 4X 30.6% ★, City Builder 18.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Hex Grid 9.4% ★, Resource Management 8.6%
- #41 Empires Edge
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kaser Studio
Windows
Empires Edge is a 4X-lite strategy game about building a civilization on floating islands, inspired by the classic Tyrants: Fight Through Time (Mega Lo Mania). Lead your people, achieve technological breakthroughs, and conquer new territories as you forge an empire at the edge of the Universe.
Why similar: 4X 39.1% ★, City Builder 23.8%, Strategy 12.8%, Resource Management 7.9%, Building 7.2%
- #42 Thule
70% match4 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Xeaker
Windows · Linux
A quick turn-based 4X strategy game with RPG elements. Explore and conquer randomly generated worlds, complete diverse missions and forge a powerful empire.
Why similar: 4X 36.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Hex Grid 12.9% ★, Procedural Generation 9.1%, Medieval 8%
- #43 Clans to Kingdoms
72% matchMostly Negative35% of 17 reviews2019
Dev: Clans to Kingdoms
Windows
Clans to Kingdoms is a 4X Turn-Base Strategy City Building Game for Windows PC. You start as a small Clan with one single settlement and the aim is to manage and develop your civilization up to a Kingdom with several cities and armies.
Why similar: City Builder 26.4%, 4X 23.2% ★, Turn-Based 15.6%, Strategy 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%
- #44 BOC: Birth of Cultures
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Code::Arts
Windows
BoC is a historical 4X strategy game. Play on diverse planets with climate simulation and non-linear progression over the last 60,000 years of human evolution. Develop your own ancient civilization starting as a nomadic tribe from the last Ice Age.
Why similar: 4X 29.8% ★, City Builder 12.4%, Hex Grid 11.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #45 Predestination
71% matchMixed45% of 86 reviews2019
Dev: Brain and Nerd Ltd
Windows
Predestination is a turn-based sci-fi 4X game set in the distant past of our own galaxy. Ships from countless races are flung back in time by a powerful hostile race known as the Revenants, and must now work to rebuild their empires and somehow stop the Revenants in the past.
Why similar: 4X 43% ★, Turn-Based 26.8%, Strategy 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Indie 4%
- #46 Hex Kingdoms
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Sunset GamesPub: SIG Publishing
Windows
Hex Kingdoms is a turn-based strategy game set in medevial times with fantasy themes. Expand your kingdom, set up your defenses, train soldiers and monsters to become the only ruler of the land.
Why similar: 4X 29.9% ★, Turn-Based 21.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Strategy 12.1%, Hex Grid 11.6% ★
- #47 Overland
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 561 reviews2019
Dev: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Take care of a group of travelers on a post-apocalyptic road-trip across the United States in this turn-based survival game.
Why similar: Turn-Based 36.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Strategy 14%, Survival 12.1%, Procedural Generation 10.3%
- #48 Diehexegy
69% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Aebersoft
Windows · Linux
Diehexegy is a hex grid turn-based 4x game with a unique twist: your armies are composed of dice. It has multiple victory conditions and straightforward gameplay.
Why similar: 4X 43.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Strategy 14.7%, Hex Grid 10.4% ★, Medieval 8%
- #49 Age of Wonders: Planetfall
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 6,617 reviews2019
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.
Why similar: 4X 28.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Turn-Based 17.3%, City Builder 14%, Strategy 8.6%
- #50 As Far As The Eye
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,113 reviews2020
Dev: UnexpectedPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build a mobile village and travel with your tribe toward the center of the world, called The Eye. This roguelike turn-based resource-management game is made of procedural situations, natural events, skill-trees and hard choices. Ready to move?
Why similar: City Builder 20.6%, 4X 16.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Hex Grid 11.7% ★, Resource Management 7.9%
- #51 Pollute & Conquer
67% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: GOSHA GAMES
Windows
An economic war over territories and resources is raging on the planet. Will you destroy the planet and all life on it in the chaos of pollution... or prevent the end of the world by developing new technologies? Play with friends using "Steam Remote" or play against smart AI!
Why similar: Turn-Based 21.3%, 4X 20.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Hex Grid 12% ★, Resource Management 10.3%
- #52 Dominium Mundi
68% 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% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, Strategy 9.7%, Medieval 6.8%
- #53 Critias Empire
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crystalline Green Ltd.
Windows
Turn-Based 4X-like Strategy: Build the peaceful kingdom of Atlantis into a flourishing civilization. Plan carefully or be ready to adapt as the ancient Gods of Olympus rain down floods, earthquakes, volcanoes and all types of disaster.
Why similar: 4X 32% ★, City Builder 20.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Resource Management 9.6%, Hex Grid 8.2% ★
- #54 Master of Orion 1
67% matchVery Positive90% of 442 reviews2016
Dev: SimTexPub: Wargaming Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Forge an empire in a universe where population growth is stripping away planetary resources. Colonize unknown planets and trade with other races for their knowledge.
Why similar: 4X 57% ★, Turn-Based 22.4%, Strategy 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.9%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #55 Z Dawn
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 285 reviews2019
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!
Why similar: Turn-Based 23.8%, 4X 18.6% ★, Hex Grid 13.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Survival 8.2%
- #56 Elaborate Lands
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Elaborate Games
Windows
Elaborate Lands is a relaxing, turn-based strategy game. It combines unique gameplay mechanics with elements from 4X, city-builder and puzzle builder games. Build cities, gather resources, research technologies and expand your territory. Different maps and biomes offer near endless replayability.
Why similar: 4X 27.8% ★, City Builder 21.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Hex Grid 11.4% ★, Procedural Generation 8.7%
- #57 Space Empires V
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 475 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Space Empires V is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. This new chapter completely updates the UI and takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe. Watch space battles played out in glorious detail and realistic effects. Expand, Explore, Exploit, and Exterminate in a huge living breathing galaxy.
Why similar: 4X 51.3% ★, Turn-Based 23.8%, Strategy 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%