- #1 Dominium Mundi
97% 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 53.2% ★, Grand Strategy 16.7% ★, Strategy 9.9%, Procedural Generation 8.8%, Historical 6.9%
- #2 Distant Worlds 2
96% 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 45% ★, Grand Strategy 24.5% ★, Strategy 12.9%, Simulation 10.6%, Procedural Generation 6.5%
- #3 Wealth of Nations: Economic Strategy
96% 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 40.3% ★, Grand Strategy 23% ★, Simulation 13.4%, Strategy 13.3%, Economy 6.9%
- #4 All Men Are Brothers / 水浒豪
95% 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: 4X 29% ★, Grand Strategy 28.4% ★, Historical 13.2%, Strategy 12.6%, Simulation 10.9%
- #5 Antropico: Colonies
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Scassius Systems
Windows · Linux
A large-scale space strategy game focused on building and maintaining power within a simulated galaxy. Build, develop, and survive in a galaxy shaped by history and consequences.
Why similar: 4X 37.3% ★, Grand Strategy 26.7% ★, Strategy 14%, Simulation 11.1%, Economy 5%
- #6 万象战略
94% 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 44.4% ★, Grand Strategy 25.3% ★, Strategy 10%, Hex Grid 7.3% ★, Resource Management 5.9%
- #7 Critias Empire
93% 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 36.2% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, Historical 9.2%, Resource Management 6.6%, Procedural Generation 6.4%
- #8 Imperialist
92% 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 38% ★, Grand Strategy 26.5% ★, Historical 11.1%, Strategy 8%, Simulation 7.6%
- #9 Imperium of the Stars
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Imperium of the Stars
Windows
A real-time grand strategy 4X set in a living Gothic Space Opera galaxy. Lead asymmetric factions, expand across the stars, survive galactic crises, and adapt to a universe shaped by a dynamic Game Director.
Why similar: 4X 48.9% ★, Grand Strategy 27% ★, Strategy 12.1%, Resource Management 5.6%, Economy 3.1%
- #10 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 44.1% ★, Grand Strategy 25.4% ★, Strategy 14.1%, Economy 5%, Simulation 4%
- #11 Napoleon 1813
90% 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 45% ★, Grand Strategy 26% ★, Strategy 14.6%, Historical 6.8%, Economy 4%
- #12 Mercatoria
89% 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 37.7% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Strategy 10.2%, Simulation 9.9%, Historical 7.8%
- #13 Rise of Hegemony
89% 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 32% ★, Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Strategy 7.6%, Simulation 6.8%, Economy 6.6%
- #14 Hollow Stars
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AppGX
Windows
A deep 2D strategy of cosmic trade and faction warfare. Build trading empires, refine asteroids, lead fleets into battle and run faction politics — solo or in four-player co-op
Why similar: 4X 43.9% ★, Grand Strategy 25.4% ★, Strategy 13.7%, Simulation 13.7%, Management 3%
- #15 Solar Wave
87% matchNo user 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 38% ★, Grand Strategy 24.4% ★, Strategy 8.8%, Simulation 7%, Procedural Generation 6.9%
- #16 BOC: Birth of Cultures
86% 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 35.4% ★, Grand Strategy 18.4% ★, Hex Grid 8.7% ★, Historical 8.5%, Strategy 7.6%
- #17 Splinter Colony
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Cast and Wrought Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A modern recreation of the 1994 4x strategy game, Reunion. After many generations of being separated from Earth, the colony is self-sufficient enough to develop a mission to reconquer and reunify Earth.
Why similar: 4X 48.7% ★, Grand Strategy 25.7% ★, Strategy 16.5%, Simulation 4.8%, Exploration 3.7%
- #18 Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms
85% 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 46% ★, Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, Strategy 14.4%, Simulation 8.8%, Resource Management 3.8%
- #19 Imperial Ambitions
84% matchNo user 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 29.2% ★, Grand Strategy 21.6% ★, Historical 10.3%, Strategy 7.4%, Hex Grid 6.9% ★
- #20 The Ancients
84% matchMixed54% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: GorillaSoftWorksPub: Camlann Games
Windows
The Ancients is a turn-based survival strategy game where you lead a prehistoric hunter-gatherer tribe through the last ice age. Survive the elements, hunt fierce animals, migrate to new continents, advance your technology, make social and political tribe decisions, and evolve your civilization.
Why similar: 4X 31.9% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Historical 10.7%, Procedural Generation 9%, Hex Grid 8.1% ★
- #21 Ascendant Dawn
82% 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 36.3% ★, Grand Strategy 24.5% ★, Historical 10.9%, Strategy 7.7%, Simulation 7.1%
- #22 HUMANKIND™
83% matchMixed69% of 28,527 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 41.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, Strategy 15%, Historical 11.3%, Hex Grid 4.4% ★
- #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 38.2% ★, Grand Strategy 23.3% ★, Strategy 7.5%, Simulation 6.2%, Economy 5.4%
- #24 Near Sol
81% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: LTide
Windows · Mac · Linux
Space 4X game with the ability to build factories, extract resources, with characters, internal and external markets ... Take part in the discussion of the game, share your vision)
Why similar: 4X 43.4% ★, Grand Strategy 26% ★, Strategy 9.2%, Simulation 9%, Management 4.1%
- #25 Master of the Ages: Foundations of History
81% 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 39.6% ★, Grand Strategy 27.4% ★, Historical 11.6%, Simulation 6.2%, Strategy 6.2%
- #26 Cosmist
80% 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 50.7% ★, Grand Strategy 27.9% ★, Strategy 10.2%, Resource Management 8%, Exploration 2.6%
- #27 Stellar Monarch 2
79% 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 55.4% ★, Grand Strategy 30.8% ★, Strategy 13.8%
- #28 Conqueror's Stage
78% 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 39.5% ★, Grand Strategy 27.4% ★, Historical 10.1%, Procedural Generation 8.1%, Strategy 5.5%
- #29 Rogue Proxy
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kibernetinis Šakotis
Windows
Command a hacker crew in a gripping 4X roguelite. Plunge into mechanical networks, employing real cyber-skulduggery tactics. Roll the dice for new daring operatives, seize control of systems and exfiltrate resources. Time's a-tickin'! Coppers are tailing you! Regroup, then hit the wires again!
Why similar: 4X 33.4% ★, Grand Strategy 25.3% ★, Historical 12%, Strategy 10.2%, Simulation 8.1%
- #30 Elemental Empire
77% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: WizardingGames
Windows · Mac
An economic 4x strategy in a space filled with magic and procedurally generated planets. Build your own empire and become the sole ruler of a new world.
Why similar: 4X 49.5% ★, Grand Strategy 32.1% ★, Strategy 9.9%, Resource Management 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #31 Distant Worlds: Universe
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,851 reviews2014
Dev: Code ForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of turn-based strategy, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game.
Why similar: 4X 59.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.7% ★, Strategy 12.8%, Simulation 6.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #32 Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
76% matchVery Positive88% of 1,650 reviews2022
Dev: The Secret Games CompanyPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 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 32.1% ★, Grand Strategy 21.2% ★, Historical 9.9%, Hex Grid 8.3% ★, Strategy 6.6%
- #33 Dynastic Era
77% 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 43.9% ★, Grand Strategy 23.8% ★, Strategy 13.5%, Simulation 13.3%, Historical 5.5%
- #34 Monarchs at Play
76% 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 41.2% ★, Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, Strategy 9.9%, Hex Grid 7.7% ★, Historical 6%
- #35 Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition
74% 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 43.3% ★, Grand Strategy 25.7% ★, Historical 10.8%, Strategy 9.4%, Resource Management 6.5%
- #36 Mind Prison: The Last War
74% 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 52.4% ★, Grand Strategy 30.1% ★, Strategy 17%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #37 Inflection Point
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Martin Giannakopoulos
Windows
A multiplayer 4X strategy game where wars are won by breaking through defensive lines, encircling enemy armies, cutting their supply lines, securing resource-producing islands, and blockading those of your opponents. Games are quick and packed with dramatic, high-stakes combat.
Why similar: 4X 43.5% ★, Grand Strategy 25.4% ★, Strategy 13.6%, Historical 8.4%, Hex Grid 5.9% ★
- #38 Children of the Galaxy
75% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Filip Dusek, Empty Keys
Windows
Children of the Galaxy is a grand scale 4x turn-based strategy game with a turn-based combat and tactical elements. You can explore the galaxy, colonize planets and build huge armies of starships to fight in epic space battles.
Why similar: 4X 61.7% ★, Strategy 19.5%, Simulation 18.7%
- #39 Lands of Rumour
73% 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 38.5% ★, Grand Strategy 22.3% ★, Strategy 9.1%, Hex Grid 6.8% ★, Historical 6%
- #40 EOL: End Of Line
73% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: MLS Games, LLC
Windows
A sci-fi turn-based strategy game, no gimmicky mechanics just pure 4x glory.
Why similar: 4X 48.9% ★, Grand Strategy 28.3% ★, Strategy 16.1%, Hex Grid 6.2% ★, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #41 Small Kingdoms Prologue
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 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 38.9% ★, Grand Strategy 25.4% ★, Strategy 9.1%, Simulation 7.9%, Procedural Generation 7.1%
- #42 Rogue Hex
70% matchVery Positive87% of 272 reviews2025
Dev: Topstitch Games
Windows · Mac
Play your cards right to conquer the world in the Roguelite 4x. Explore mysterious lands, survive against the barbarian horde, and grow your stone age empire into the stars!
Why similar: 4X 39.8% ★, Grand Strategy 21.7% ★, Historical 8.1%, Hex Grid 8% ★, Strategy 7.6%
- #43 Oriental Empires
72% matchVery Positive81% of 2,995 reviews2017
Dev: Shining Pixel StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.
Why similar: 4X 43.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.2% ★, Historical 14.2%, Strategy 14.1%, Simulation 9.9%
- #44 Feudalism
73% matchMostly Negative33% of 46 reviews2016
Dev: ImagimotionPub: IV Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Conquer Europe, become an Emperor. Build your family’s dynasty through seven centuries, from 800 A.D. to 1492 A.D., up until the inevitable collapse of the feudal system.
Why similar: 4X 69.2% ★, Strategy 30.8%
- #45 Spaceman's Luck
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gideon Kennedy
Windows · Mac · Linux
A space 4X game. Colonize planets and annihilate enemy races in an intergalactic war for living space. Designed to be fun, fast, and easy to play.
Why similar: 4X 38.2% ★, Grand Strategy 27.2% ★, Strategy 13.2%, Procedural Generation 7.8%, Simulation 4.4%
- #46 Dwarf Guild Mania
69% 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 36.2% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1% ★, Historical 8.4%, Strategy 8.1%, Hex Grid 7.6% ★
- #47 Khaldun: Text Based Strategy
69% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: SkyWolf
Windows
Khaldun is a medieval-themed ASCII graphics kingdom management game. Take part in realistic war simulations and decide every detail of your kingdom, from its economy to its demographics! Your decisions will shape the life of a nation. Rise or be lost to history...
Why similar: 4X 30.1% ★, Grand Strategy 25.2% ★, Historical 10.5%, Strategy 9.6%, Procedural Generation 7.9%
- #48 Space Empires I
71% 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 43.8% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Strategy 16.6%, Economy 6%, Management 5.7%
- #49 Infinite Borders: Three Kingdoms
70% 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 42.4% ★, Grand Strategy 25.2% ★, Historical 11.9%, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 6.3%
- #50 Restitutor: Empire Restored
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Linux
Restitutor is a historical incremental grand strategy game focused on statecraft, diplomacy, and calculated warfare. Strengthen your economy, research new technologies, form alliances, and outmaneuver rivals through high-level strategic decisions without micromanagement.
Why similar: 4X 33.4% ★, Grand Strategy 24.5% ★, Historical 11.6%, Hex Grid 9.5% ★, Simulation 4.9%
- #51 Apollo4x
71% matchMixed50% of 86 reviews2015
Dev: Digital EntertainmentPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Apollo4x is a casual-to-difficult space trading tycoon game, where success is measured in earnings from how efficient your trade routes are in transporting supplies to demands on your planets. Combat is card based, and uses a unique system never before seen.
Why similar: 4X 34.8% ★, Grand Strategy 28.4% ★, Strategy 19.7%, Simulation 17.2%
- #52 Great Powers
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 37 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 41% ★, Grand Strategy 24.3% ★, Hex Grid 9.2% ★, Strategy 9%, Historical 8.3%
- #53 Machiavelli the Prince
67% matchPositive100% of 11 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 38.2% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Historical 9.4%, Strategy 8.9%, Simulation 8.4%
- #54 Annhexation
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: James Randall
Windows · Mac
Conquer the world in an evening. 4X distilled. Eight civilisations, three victory paths, complete games in 3-4 hours. No twelve-hour death marches. No spreadsheets. Just maps, decisions, and the next turn.
Why similar: 4X 53.3% ★, Strategy 18.5%, Historical 15.2%, Hex Grid 12.3% ★, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #55 Agecraft
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SnakyDevelop
Windows · Mac
Agecraft is a historical strategy and city-building sim. Build your settlement, develop the economy, take care of your people, and guide your civilization through the ages, from the Stone Age to the future.
Why similar: 4X 35.9% ★, Grand Strategy 23.1% ★, Historical 10.9%, Strategy 8.4%, Economy 6%
- #56 DeckTerra
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Murray Smith
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Medieval 4X Deckbuilder. Lead a kingdom as you build your deck to conquer the map and expand your rule. Develop your technology through the middle ages to improve your army of knights and keep your peasants happy. Develop your trade, religion, science, and military to conquer the continent.
Why similar: 4X 39.2% ★, Grand Strategy 23% ★, Hex Grid 8.4% ★, Procedural Generation 8.1%, Strategy 7.8%
- #57 Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,466 reviews2024
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 46.1% ★, Grand Strategy 28% ★, Strategy 15.1%, Historical 10.4%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #58 Demise of Nations
68% matchVery Positive81% of 551 reviews2017
Dev: Noble Master LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Demise of Nations is a 4X turn-based grand strategy wargame covering the rise of Rome till the fall of modern civilization.
Why similar: 4X 42.8% ★, Grand Strategy 22.9% ★, Historical 10.9%, Hex Grid 10.2% ★, Strategy 9.9%
- #59 Rise of Realms
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Goat Works Ltd
Windows · Mac
Rise of Realms is a 4X RPG, for 1-6 players, in a medieval fantasy setting. Command an empire and recruit heroes to lead your armies. Use your tactical abilities to conquer the lands and reshape them in your image. Wishlist now.
Why similar: 4X 36.7% ★, Grand Strategy 22.3% ★, Hex Grid 9.7% ★, Procedural Generation 7.3%, Strategy 6.8%
- #60 Zenith Frontier
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Triton Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Zenith Frontier is a simulation-strategy game about the exploration and colonisation of space. Experience visionary strategic gameplay set in an evolving procedural galaxy populated by billions of autonomous citizens and private companies.
Why similar: 4X 38.8% ★, Grand Strategy 23.6% ★, Procedural Generation 7.1%, Strategy 7%, Economy 7%