- #1 Pandora: First Contact
97% matchMixed63% of 645 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 54% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Hex Grid 14.3% ★, Strategy 8.6%, Sci-fi 5.7%
- #2 Mini Gal4Xy
96% matchPositive84% of 38 reviews2019
Dev: Jérôme BodinPub: Le Studio des Ténèbres
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mini Gal4Xy is a light strategy game set in space.
Why similar: 4X 47% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Resource Management 9.2%, Roguelite 7%
- #3 Dominium Mundi
96% 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 59.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Procedural Generation 8.4%, Strategy 6.5%, Resource Management 6.1%
- #4 Wizard Warfare
95% matchVery Positive97% of 63 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 51.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Hex Grid 13.2% ★, Procedural Generation 9.7%, Strategy 6.8%
- #5 Settlers of Idlestan
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ratz 'N' Godz
Windows · Linux
Settlers of Idlestan is an 4X idle civilization builder set on a procedurally generated hex-grid island. Gather resources, grow your cities, research technologies, trade goods, and prestige into deeper layers to build an ever-expanding empire — even while you're away.
Why similar: 4X 44.4% ★, Hex Grid 24.6% ★, Incremental 17.6%, Resource Management 7%, Strategy 5%
- #6 Thule
94% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Xeaker
Windows
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 49.4% ★, Hex Grid 19.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Procedural Generation 6.2%, Strategy 5.5%
- #7 Frostward
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KoPoint Games
Windows
Plan industrial districts and strive toward monumental wonders while defending humanity against hostile forces and the endless winter.
Why similar: 4X 46.2% ★, Hex Grid 25.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Resource Management 6.4%, Strategy 5.5%
- #8 Ultakia
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Simon Alber
Windows
Ultakia is a turn-based space 4X strategy game with distinctive resource management. Explore exotic systems and acquire powerful technologies. Exploit your planets, trade with other races and destroy those who stand in your way.
Why similar: 4X 40.5% ★, Hex Grid 24.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Resource Management 8.2%, Sci-fi 5.3%
- #9 Empis
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kyle Meadows
Windows
Empis is a turn-based strategy game that focuses on short and sweet multiplayer matches. Choose from individual factions each with their own unique units and upgrades, unlock technology, and build sprawling cities with buildings and fortifications.
Why similar: 4X 32.1% ★, Hex Grid 23.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Procedural Generation 8.4%, Strategy 5.1%
- #10 Diehexegy
91% 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 51.7% ★, Hex Grid 17.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, Strategy 10.3%, 2D 1.5%
- #11 Mandate of Galactic Empires
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Oddbit
Windows · Linux
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 49.1% ★, Hex Grid 18.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Sci-fi 5.8%, Strategy 4.9%
- #12 Beard of Stone
89% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: Dwarfaparte Games
Windows
4x turn based strategy mixed with real time (turn stealing) bidding mechanics. Complete single player or competitive online matches with up to 4 players in a single sitting, while telling the history of a fantasy world from the creation of its continents to the twilight of its gods.
Why similar: 4X 47.4% ★, Hex Grid 20.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Strategy 6.2%, Resource Management 4.7%
- #13 Astro Protocol
88% matchVery Positive94% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: Null Vector Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Astro Protocol is a high-stakes, turn-based 4X space strategy game distilled into intense one-hour matches. Six factions, randomized maps, tech trees, and anomalies ensure every run is unique. Victories are earned against challenging opponents that play to win.
Why similar: 4X 38.2% ★, Hex Grid 15.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Resource Management 7.9%, Procedural Generation 7.3%
- #14 The Mystic
89% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: PipeDream
Windows
The Mystic is a dark fantasy, turn-based strategy game. Become a follower of the first gods, gain their favour, overthrow the High King by innovative combat and magic systems and establish harmony. The game offers an exciting campaign full of twists, battles and difficult decisions and multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 47.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Hex Grid 17.1% ★, Strategy 10%, Procedural Generation 5.9%
- #15 Dominions - Priests, Prophets & Pretenders
87% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Linux
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 61.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21%, Strategy 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 3.1%, 2D 1.8%
- #16 ENDLESS Legend™
86% matchVery Positive83% of 19,066 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 22.1 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 51.4% ★, Hex Grid 17.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Strategy 10.1%, Sci-fi 2.1%
- #17 Ever War
85% 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 45% ★, Hex Grid 21.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Resource Management 9.2%, Strategy 5.3%
- #18 The Veiled Atlas: A Cycle of Falls
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flat Gradient
Windows
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 58.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20.2%, Strategy 11.9%, Sci-fi 6.5%, 2D 1.7%
- #19 万象战略
84% 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 48.9% ★, Hex Grid 18.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Resource Management 8.6%, Strategy 6.5%
- #20 Numeral Lord
84% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2022
Dev: Flint Games
Windows
minimalism strategy game
Why similar: 4X 32.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 25.5%, Minimalist 17.7%, Hex Grid 15.3% ★, Strategy 8.1%
- #21 Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
82% matchVery Positive82% of 18,573 reviews2018
Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 48% ★, Hex Grid 20.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%, Strategy 8.1%, Sci-fi 4.3%
- #22 Space Empires IV Deluxe
83% matchVery Positive86% of 291 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
The award-winning Space Empires IV Deluxe is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. A grand strategy title in the space 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) genre, Space Empires has already found a place in the heart of strategy gamers everywhere.
Why similar: 4X 69.4% ★, Strategy 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Sci-fi 6.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #23 Wizards and Warlords
82% matchVery Positive83% of 259 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 38.7% ★, Hex Grid 21.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Procedural Generation 9.5%, Strategy 5.7%
- #24 Nova Historia
81% 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 54.7% ★, Hex Grid 10.2% ★, Procedural Generation 9.7%, Strategy 8.4%, Resource Management 7.5%
- #25 Cosmist
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gulbrandr Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 53.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Resource Management 11.2%, Strategy 6.4%, Sci-fi 4.7%
- #26 扩张吧王国 Expand the Kingdom
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: 奥特斯盗
Windows
"Expand the Kingdom" is a strategy game based on construction and expansion. In the game, you need to expand and plan land, acquire resources to maintain the internal balance of the kingdom, and survive and defeat all opponents in the competition between kingdoms.
Why similar: Hex Grid 43.4% ★, 4X 29.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Strategy 7.5%, Resource Management 4.6%
- #27 Underfoot Queens
80% 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 40.3% ★, Hex Grid 18% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Resource Management 9.1%, Procedural Generation 7.8%
- #28 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
78% matchVery Positive90% of 610 reviews2024
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.
Why similar: 4X 73.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Strategy 9.5%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #29 Warlock - Master of the Arcane
79% matchVery Positive86% of 2,637 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 47.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 26.4%, Hex Grid 15.1% ★, Strategy 10.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #30 军团战棋Legion War
78% matchVery Positive90% of 824 reviews2021
Dev: Bear & Cat Studio
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 42.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
"Legion War" is a 4X strategy game in a fantasy setting. You can build and expand your territory, explore unknown lands, and search for mysterious treasure, cultivate your own heroes and troops while exterminating your opponent's, and challenge the god who rules the world behind the scenes.
Why similar: 4X 44.4% ★, Hex Grid 28.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Strategy 6.5%, 2D 1.4%
- #31 Fealty
77% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: ToddMakesGames
Windows · Mac
A turn-based war game where you must fight for the throne! Use tactics, strategy and magic to wage war. Destroy your enemies with steel and fireballs, or force them to bend the knee, and you will be king of the island!
Why similar: 4X 36.6% ★, Hex Grid 24.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Minimalist 11%, Procedural Generation 7.9%
- #32 Stars in Shadow
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 838 reviews2017
Dev: Ashdar GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 66.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Strategy 8.9%, Sci-fi 5.1%
- #33 SporeBloom
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antigen Interactive Inc.
Windows
A fungi-fueled 'battle of nutrition!' Turn-based strategy inspired by mycelium networks and territory control. Produce fantastical mushrooms and expand to outgrow your rivals. Develop peacefully or parasitize your friends in multiplayer and solo play - may the fittest fungi survive!
Why similar: 4X 38.6% ★, Hex Grid 26.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Procedural Generation 6.9%, Resource Management 6.9%
- #34 Shardorium
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Turtle Speed Development
Windows · Mac · Linux
Indie turn-based strategy game. Capture the whole shard by defeating their guards, build your own stronghold, level up your heroes and equip most powerful items!
Why similar: Hex Grid 37.8% ★, 4X 31.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Strategy 8.6%, 2D 1.5%
- #35 Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
76% matchMixed61% of 23,132 reviews2014
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 29.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.
Why similar: 4X 40.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 24.1%, Hex Grid 15.3% ★, Strategy 9%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #36 Mordfield Command
74% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Software Verde, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Set in a world seized by machines, Mordfield Command is a turn-based hex wargame. Reclaim territory under mounting pressure and expand your control of the battlefield. Move too slowly, and the Algorithm’s growing forces will overrun you.
Why similar: 4X 38.8% ★, Hex Grid 22.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Resource Management 6.8%, Procedural Generation 6.8%
- #37 Havenreach: Last Refuge
75% matchNo user reviews2027
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 42.1% ★, Hex Grid 21.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Resource Management 8%, Exploration 5.5%
- #38 Wizard Warfare 2: Cephalopod Wars
73% matchPositive87% of 39 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 48.6% ★, Hex Grid 23.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Strategy 6.1%, Exploration 3.6%
- #39 Rogue Hex
73% matchVery Positive87% of 275 reviews2025
Dev: Topstitch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 42.4% ★, Hex Grid 20.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Roguelite 6.9%, Minimalist 6.3%
- #40 EOL: End Of Line
74% 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 52.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Hex Grid 15.7% ★, Strategy 10.2%, Sci-fi 4.5%
- #41 First Colony
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Atesh Entertainment, Inc.
Windows · Mac
A turn-based 4X strategy game inspired by classic colony-building games. Explore a new continent, expand across a hex-based world map, and build a network of production settlements directly on the frontier.
Why similar: 4X 51.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Hex Grid 11.3% ★, Strategy 9.7%, Exploration 6.3%
- #42 Mech and Tech 1
71% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: colmer_it UG
Windows · Mac
Conquer. Build. Survive. A tactical strategy game on procedural hex grids - intense, deep. Plan every move: establish your base, secure supply lines, and unleash suppression fire against all who stand in your way. Research new technologies - improve your units. Play solo, co-op, or PvP.
Why similar: 4X 35.4% ★, Hex Grid 21.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20.8%, Strategy 10.2%, Procedural Generation 6.7%
- #43 Hexiv
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Graeme Little
Windows
Hexiv is a strategy deckbuilder about surviving on a lush but hostile planet. Use cards to build, explore and feed your crew while battling a determined adversary to unlock the mysteries of this genre-blending roguelike!
Why similar: 4X 39.5% ★, Hex Grid 21.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Procedural Generation 8.7%, Strategy 5.1%
- #44 Uciana
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Birdshel, LLC
Windows
Explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate in this sci-fi 4X turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 63.5% ★, Strategy 12.6%, Procedural Generation 9.2%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%
- #45 Conquest of Elysium 5
70% matchVery Positive90% of 1,932 reviews2021
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 34.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Conquest of Elysium 5 is a quick turn based fantasy strategy game with a touch of rogue-like. The game is full of depth, details and monsters. There are also a huge number of factions, each with its own unique gameplay and magic rituals.
Why similar: 4X 47.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.5%, Roguelite 8.5%, Procedural Generation 7.8%, Strategy 6.2%
- #46 Master of Luna
70% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Aleksandr Tiupin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Master of Luna is a turn-based strategy game where you take the role of a half-forgotten deity seeking to regain their former power. It features powerful magic, tactical battles, city building, sweet pixel art and a calm melancholic atmosphere.
Why similar: 4X 56.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Hex Grid 11.4% ★, Strategy 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 3.3%
- #47 Annhexation
71% 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 56.7% ★, Hex Grid 30.8% ★, Strategy 11.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #48 Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
72% matchMixed44% of 959 reviews2012
Dev: Kerberos ProductionsPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
The Enhanced Edition contains Sword of the Stars II: The Lords of Winter and the first expansion, the End of Flesh. The new expansion introduces the new playable race, the Loa. All previous DLCs containing new avatars, new combat music, alternate voices, skins, and new badges for the warships are also included.
Why similar: 4X 71.2% ★, Strategy 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%, Sci-fi 6.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #49 Myriads: Renaissance
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: Sleeping Eight Studio
Windows
Myriads: Renaissance is a turn-based strategy game with city-building and 4X mechanics. Set in a fantasy world made up of thousands of floating islands, you must grow your capital and expand your kingdom. Resist waves of powerful corsairs and construct defence towers to survive their incursions.
Why similar: 4X 43.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Hex Grid 13% ★, Resource Management 9.6%, Procedural Generation 9.5%
- #50 Master of Orion 1
70% matchVery Positive90% of 453 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 77.1% ★, Strategy 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%, Sci-fi 3.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #51 Commander: Modern War
69% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience the thrill of a modern conflict between two factions, as you outsmart your opponents in an epic game of strategy and cunning. Take command of your ground, air, and naval units and lead them to victory in the most immersive turn-based battle simulation. The battlefield awaits.
Why similar: 4X 52.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, Hex Grid 16.8% ★, Strategy 10.3%, 2D 1.6%
- #52 DeckTerra
69% 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 41.8% ★, Hex Grid 26% ★, Resource Management 8.5%, Procedural Generation 8.4%, Roguelite 8.3%
- #53 Tartaria: Frozen Frontier
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Rubedo Games
Windows
Lead your clan, build settlements, and survive enemy raids in a turn-based strategy set in the harsh northern lands.
Why similar: 4X 39.8% ★, Hex Grid 26.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Procedural Generation 6.7%, Resource Management 6.3%
- #54 Stellar Monarch 2
67% matchVery Positive89% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: Silver Lemur Games
Windows
Stellar Monarch 2 is a feudal space empire builder where you feel like the Emperor, not a logistics officer. Great noble houses, usurpers to the throne, rebels, assassins, court intrigues, disloyal admirals, incompetent governors and ever-present alien threat.
Why similar: 4X 62.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.5%, Strategy 9.2%, Sci-fi 6.4%
- #55 Legendary Creatures 2
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 968 reviews2023
Dev: HideCharaPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Sequel to the acclaimed Legendary Creatures, created by HideChara, and a fun treat combining both roguelike and auto-battler gameplay. Recruit and evolve a large array of troops, creatures, and an arsenal of weapons, to defeat the demon lord spreading corruption across the land.
Why similar: 4X 43.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Procedural Generation 8.9%, Resource Management 8.7%, Roguelite 8.2%
- #56 Burned Land
68% matchMixed56% of 103 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 50.5% ★, Hex Grid 19.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, Procedural Generation 4.7%, Strategy 4.6%
- #57 Island Dwellers
67% 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 33% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Hex Grid 14.2% ★, Resource Management 11.1%, Procedural Generation 10.1%
- #58 Space Empires V
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 477 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 14.9 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 70% ★, Strategy 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Sci-fi 6.4%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #59 ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
67% matchVery Positive81% of 9,603 reviews2012
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
ENDLESS Space™ is a turn-based 4X strategy game, covering the space colonization age in the ENDLESS Universe™, where you can control every aspect of your civilization as you strive for galactic domination.
Why similar: 4X 61% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Strategy 13.5%, Sci-fi 6.5%, Exploration 2.3%
- #60 Potventure
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CYCLOPS
Windows · Mac
Open a restaurant on a fantasy continent and build a culinary empire, one dish at a time. Explore, gather, cook, and expand — while six rival empires plot their own rise. Survive crises, seize opportunities, and carve your own path to victory.
Why similar: 4X 45.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Resource Management 15.1%, Exploration 5.2%, Strategy 5.2%