- #1 World Order: Global Power
97% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Global Strategy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead any nation in a deep, turn-based grand strategy and political sim. Master the economy, military, diplomacy and society against rival AI you can actually read. Build a democracy or a dictatorship; the game names what you become, and your reign becomes a shareable saga.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.8% ★, 4X 27.2% ★, Political Sim 19.6% ★, Diplomacy 13.1% ★, Strategy 7.6%
- #2 Rise of Hegemony
96% 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 25.4% ★, Grand Strategy 22.7% ★, Diplomacy 20.8% ★, Political Sim 9.8% ★, Economy 8%
- #3 Global Protocol: New World Order
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 71 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 28.7% ★, Grand Strategy 25.5% ★, Political Sim 16.4% ★, Diplomacy 14.5% ★, Strategy 9.5%
- #4 Empolicy
95% 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 29.5% ★, Diplomacy 26.3% ★, Political Sim 14.4% ★, Grand Strategy 13.3% ★, Economy 7.5%
- #5 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
94% matchVery Positive87% of 758 reviews2023
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 8.1 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 27.1% ★, Grand Strategy 23% ★, Diplomacy 20.2% ★, Political Sim 17.5% ★, Strategy 6.4%
- #6 Wealth of Nations: Economic Strategy
94% 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 33.8% ★, Grand Strategy 28.6% ★, Political Sim 16.3% ★, Strategy 12.1%, Economy 8.8%
- #7 Antropico: Colonies
93% 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: Grand Strategy 31.8% ★, 4X 30% ★, Political Sim 12.9% ★, Strategy 12.2%, Economy 6.2%
- #8 Uncharted Sectors
92% matchNo user reviews2029
Dev: Luc ToupensePub: N42C
Windows · Linux
A grand strategy game built on a deep economic simulation and orchestrated by an intelligent AI storyteller. Ensure the survival of your domain at the edge of the galaxy: colonize worlds, manage populations, navigate politics, design custom goods, and master dynamic markets.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.2% ★, Diplomacy 21.9% ★, 4X 18.7% ★, Political Sim 17.2% ★, Economy 8.8%
- #9 Three Kingdoms : Alias
91% matchVery Positive81% of 295 reviews2026
Dev: Plotrick
Windows
A world where officers hide their names and abilities. Can you spot Zhuge Liang? A hardcore turn-based strategy simulation for true Three Kingdoms devotees.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26% ★, 4X 21.9% ★, Diplomacy 19.7% ★, Political Sim 18.6% ★, Economy 6.1%
- #10 World Warfare & Economics
91% matchMixed60% of 684 reviews2023
Dev: Okron Studio
Windows · Mac
Take control of any nation and shape its future. Manage resources, trade, and taxes, engage in real-time warfare, navigate global diplomacy, and react to dynamic world events. Build a thriving economy, forge alliances, and command armies in a constantly evolving world!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.9% ★, 4X 23.7% ★, Political Sim 19.3% ★, Diplomacy 19.2% ★, Economy 6.8%
- #11 Imperialist
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BRR Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
From a veteran 4X Strategy developer comes a new deep strategy game of logistics, empire, and control. Develop the New World, industrialise your capital, manage your growing Empire, and outmanoeuvre rivals to become history's first Superpower. Can you exploit the New World to control the Old?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.2% ★, 4X 29.1% ★, Diplomacy 25.2% ★, Economy 8.4%, Strategy 6.7%
- #12 Theo
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Theo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The player is the architect of the world, plays for one of the world forces and achieves its dominance in the world with the help of tools and through indirect influence on countries and key figures. The story-driven game takes place through key historical events that have impacted the modern world.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.5% ★, Political Sim 25.2% ★, Diplomacy 19.6% ★, Strategy 12.3%, Economy 5%
- #13 Conqueror's Stage
88% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: LeftLane InteractivePub: Lunexa Solutions
Windows
The grand strategy you can actually finish. A full 4X empire to build, expand, and conquer, with all the depth and none of the grind, in a campaign you complete in a single evening. Fight across five ages on a fresh world every time, or design your own, all the way to total conquest.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32% ★, 4X 31.1% ★, Diplomacy 19.8% ★, Economy 5%, Procedural Generation 4.8%
- #14 Geopolaris: Conquer & Dominate
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fenek Games
Windows
Navigate through interactions with competing powers to lead your nation to global domination in this 4X open sandbox geopolitical sim set in post-WW2 alt-history world. You have 251 years at your disposal to conquer and unify the planet or take your nation into space. Can you make it?
Why similar: 4X 28.6% ★, Grand Strategy 25.4% ★, Diplomacy 22.3% ★, Political Sim 12.4% ★, Strategy 7%
- #15 Final Vanguard
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Heavy Pepper Inc.
Windows
Rule a living interstellar empire in this real-time 4X grand strategy. Make decisions that shape civilian lives, manage fragile supply lines, lead military conquests, and decide whether your civilization thrives or collapses under its own expansion.
Why similar: 4X 27.4% ★, Grand Strategy 24.4% ★, Diplomacy 17.5% ★, Political Sim 15% ★, Economy 7.1%
- #16 4th Generation Warfare
86% matchMixed56% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: Eversim
Windows
As the leader of a nation, dispatch and control your team of characters all around the world to destabilize your enemies and establish your supremacy. All methods are fair game: hacking, sabotage, political interference, military strikes, corruption, treachery, assassinations, data theft…
Why similar: 4X 26% ★, Diplomacy 25.2% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Political Sim 16.3% ★, Strategy 4.9%
- #17 Spirit of Europe - Enlightenment
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Predict Edumedia
Windows
Guide the Spirit of Europe in a turn-based historical grand strategy game. Expand across 23 cities, unlock great thinkers, inspire their works, and shape the Enlightenment through ideas, reform, and institutions.
Why similar: 4X 30.4% ★, Political Sim 28% ★, Grand Strategy 26% ★, Strategy 9%, Economy 4.6%
- #18 Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition
85% matchMixed69% of 2,279 reviews2024
Dev: Oxide GamesPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 33.8% ★, Grand Strategy 29.7% ★, Diplomacy 22.3% ★, Strategy 8%, Resource Management 4.7%
- #19 Nova Historia
84% 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 41.5% ★, Grand Strategy 29.3% ★, Strategy 11.7%, Procedural Generation 6.4%, Economy 5.2%
- #20 Realpolitiks 3: Earth and Beyond
84% matchMostly Negative38% of 298 reviews2025
Dev: JujubeePub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Prove your political brilliance in a grand strategy like no other: pick any contemporary country, set up your government and navigate the pitfalls of domestic and international politics. A glorious destiny awaits - the domination of not just the Earth, but the whole Solar system!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.5% ★, Diplomacy 21.8% ★, 4X 14.1% ★, Political Sim 10.9% ★, Economy 9.3%
- #21 Kill Capture Destroy
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lite Nite Game Studios
Windows
Kill Capture Destroy (KCD) is a real-time strategy and combat game that combines the intensity of military vehicle gameplay with the depth of strategy and simulation. It gives you control not just over the battlefield, but over the politics and government decisions driving the wars.
Why similar: 4X 24.6% ★, Grand Strategy 22.3% ★, Diplomacy 19.4% ★, Political Sim 17.8% ★, Strategy 6.1%
- #22 NWO - Anarchy Collapsed
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KNK DEVELOP
Windows · Mac
A grand strategy game of world domination. Conquer and unite 195 countries before an unknown enemy arrives. Build your economy, military, and influence. Choose war or diplomacy, control resources, and shape the future—only one ruler will rise to the top. Will it be you?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.7% ★, 4X 29.1% ★, Diplomacy 24.4% ★, Economy 7.9%, Strategy 6.8%
- #23 Rogue State Revolution
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 542 reviews2021
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.Pub: Modern Wolf
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Greetings your Excellency. Time to rebuild, reform and prepare for new challenges in the People's Republic of Basenji. In this thrilling political strategy, you will appoint ministers and lead the country to success. Be careful — you may find yourself replaced in the next election.
Why similar: 4X 25.1% ★, Grand Strategy 23.9% ★, Diplomacy 19.6% ★, Political Sim 14.6% ★, Economy 6.7%
- #24 SYNCANITE FOUNDATION
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SYNCANITE GmbHPub: TBD
Windows
Take on the role of a unique oligarch and plan your coup from the shadows to take over the world. Eliminate your rivals by using military force, resource management, and political pressure. Unlock new game mechanics and open a path to victory.
Why similar: 4X 28.1% ★, Grand Strategy 26.8% ★, Diplomacy 19.3% ★, Political Sim 7.2% ★, Strategy 7.1%
- #25 NationWar:Annals
81% matchMixed68% of 169 reviews2021
Dev: Yiming
Windows
This is a deep focus on the Spring and Autumn period of the Warring States period of the grand strategy and real-time combat fusion sandbox game.
Why similar: 4X 26.3% ★, Diplomacy 25.3% ★, Grand Strategy 22.9% ★, Political Sim 18% ★, Strategy 6.3%
- #26 Imperium: Titans of Commerce
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Magna Sententia
Windows
Titans of Commerce by Magna Sententia lets you to: design, produce, sell guns, ships and trains! Profit from global tension at the wake of WW1. Exploit governments and bribe officials to get hefty tax cuts. Involve in mafia, manage workers' strikes and maintain profit at all costs!
Why similar: Diplomacy 21.9% ★, Grand Strategy 21.4% ★, 4X 21.3% ★, Political Sim 17.1% ★, Economy 7.3%
- #27 Astronomics Rise of a New Empire
79% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: JayFiArts
Windows
Astronomics Rise of a New Empire is an easy-to-learn real-time global strategy(4X) game. Control your faction in an intergalactic conflict. Manage your economy, conduct diplomatic negotiations and build a fleet to rule the galaxy.
Why similar: 4X 27.9% ★, Grand Strategy 26.5% ★, Diplomacy 22.3% ★, Political Sim 16.7% ★, Procedural Generation 4.9%
- #28 Trade Conquest
79% matchMixed70% of 73 reviews2024
Dev: GrandPaw Games
Windows
Turn wealth into political power in this modern Grand Strategy game. Build a global economic empire, manipulate governments, and challenge the world's superpowers through Economic supremacy or military Conquest.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.7% ★, Diplomacy 20.8% ★, Political Sim 19.9% ★, 4X 19% ★, Economy 7.8%
- #29 Gate Builders
78% 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 31.9% ★, Grand Strategy 28.9% ★, Diplomacy 17.4% ★, Economy 6.9%, Strategy 6.8%
- #30 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
77% matchMixed48% of 57,995 reviews2025
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.4 hrsMean: 48.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Lead empires that evolve or endure through the Ages. Build something you believe in with Sid Meier's Civilization® VII.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.2% ★, 4X 24.5% ★, Diplomacy 22.9% ★, Political Sim 14.1% ★, Economy 7.1%
- #31 Imperium of the Stars
78% 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 42.9% ★, Grand Strategy 35.1% ★, Strategy 11.5%, Resource Management 4.6%, Economy 4.2%
- #32 Machiavelli the Prince
76% matchPositive100% of 12 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 30.9% ★, Grand Strategy 26.9% ★, Political Sim 24.2% ★, Strategy 7.9%, Economy 6.8%
- #33 Gilded Destiny
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aquila InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Forge empires, incite revolutions, and reshape society in Gilded Destiny, the definitive grand strategy game of the Industrial Age. Take command of your chosen nation and lead it to glory through masterful diplomacy, sweeping industrialization, and decisive warfare.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.7% ★, Diplomacy 21.4% ★, 4X 19.1% ★, Political Sim 18.3% ★, Economy 7.6%
- #34 Monstrous Realms
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lockbow Games
Windows · Linux
Monstrous Realms is a Grand Strategy-Tactical RPG Hybrid in a medieval fantasy world. Govern a kingdom, directing heroes and monsters to conquer the continent. Victory is grasped through warfare, research, city development, diplomacy, trade, dungeon delving, crafting, and unit customization.
Why similar: 4X 31.3% ★, Grand Strategy 30.3% ★, Diplomacy 18.4% ★, Strategy 6.7%, Procedural Generation 6.6%
- #35 Concert of Power
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Piedmont Games
Windows
Rule a shattered North America where every claim can become a crisis, and every crisis tests the balance of power. Build industry, command trade, forge treaties, isolate rivals, and decide whether to preserve the fragile order or become the power that breaks it.
Why similar: Diplomacy 29.7% ★, Political Sim 27.1% ★, Grand Strategy 25.3% ★, Economy 9.1%, Strategy 7.2%
- #36 Zenith Frontier
75% 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 30.5% ★, Grand Strategy 27.4% ★, Political Sim 22.4% ★, Economy 8.3%, Strategy 6%
- #37 Global Supremacy
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Glory MediaPub: SJ co.
Windows
A vast, real-time geopolitical simulation where 196 nations live and breathe at once. Economy, finance, monetary policy, trade, energy, military, diplomacy, nuclear strategy, politics, society — every lever that moves a nation is in your hands. The clock never stops — until you stop it.
Why similar: 4X 32.4% ★, Grand Strategy 28.5% ★, Political Sim 20.4% ★, Economy 7.5%, Strategy 7.5%
- #38 Revival: Recolonization
73% matchMixed69% of 425 reviews2024
Dev: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Set in a post-apoc version of Earth, Revival is a 4x strategy game where the world and its rules can change at key moments, creating a deep and highly replayable experience.
Why similar: 4X 28.1% ★, Grand Strategy 25.6% ★, Diplomacy 23.6% ★, Economy 7.9%, Strategy 6%
- #39 Realpolitiks
74% matchMixed62% of 1,243 reviews2017
Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Become the leader of any contemporary country in this streamlined real-time grand strategy game. Use diplomacy, espionage, military and economic power to deal with other nations, while tackling issues such as terrorism, financial crises and medical epidemics, all in an effort to achieve global domination!
Why similar: Diplomacy 34.5% ★, Grand Strategy 26.7% ★, Political Sim 24.6% ★, Strategy 14%, Indie 0.2%
- #40 Rimefall
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Vlachia
Windows
Your colony ship has landed on an alien planet — but the environment kills electronics. Salvage the ark, survive the early years, and build a nation as your society regresses to medieval with remnants of modern knowledge. Grand strategy with simulated population and turn-based combat.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 35% ★, 4X 33.1% ★, Political Sim 19.5% ★, Strategy 6.8%, Economy 5.4%
- #41 Ascendant Dawn
71% 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: Grand Strategy 31.4% ★, 4X 31.4% ★, Political Sim 21.8% ★, Economy 8%, Strategy 7.2%
- #42 Distant Worlds 2
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,546 reviews2022
Dev: CodeForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 41.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 44.1% ★, Grand Strategy 35.5% ★, Strategy 13.7%, Procedural Generation 4.8%, 3D 1.2%
- #43 Dummynation
71% matchVery Positive88% of 3,201 reviews2022
Dev: Alejandro Hernández Ferrero
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 35.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Geopolitical management game with real-time shifting borders and a streamlined gameplay, designed to minimize all burdensome chores while allowing an absolute strategic control, from military recruitment and deployment, to diplomatic and economic management.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.3% ★, Diplomacy 27.3% ★, Political Sim 12.2% ★, Economy 9%, Strategy 6.9%
- #44 Dominium Mundi
73% 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 24.8% ★, Strategy 10.8%, Procedural Generation 6.6%, Resource Management 3.9%
- #45 Power & Revolution 2020 Edition
72% matchMixed62% of 854 reviews2020
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
The new version of Geopolitical Simulator 4, the ultrarealistic simulator of today's world where you play as the head of state or as the opposition! Stop the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic and restart the economy, participate in the US elections or engage in lightning wars with new 2020 scenarios.
Why similar: Diplomacy 30.6% ★, Grand Strategy 29% ★, Political Sim 23.8% ★, Strategy 8.1%, Economy 8%
- #46 Master of the Ages: Foundations of History
70% 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: Grand Strategy 34.9% ★, 4X 34.1% ★, Diplomacy 19.4% ★, Economy 5.9%, Strategy 5.7%
- #47 To Victory
70% match1 user reviews50% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Old_Gamer
Windows
This is a single player strategy management game.Base on a randomly generated map.It includes construction, trading, strategy, and management elements . Players need to make decisions to achieve the final victory.
Why similar: 4X 29.6% ★, Grand Strategy 25.8% ★, Political Sim 19.6% ★, Diplomacy 15.8% ★, Strategy 7.2%
- #48 Great Houses of Calderia
69% matchMixed61% of 438 reviews2024
Dev: Resistance GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Great Houses of Calderia is a Feudal Grand Strategy game focusing on family dynamics & stories. Use your family strengths to compete against rivals to rise in the ranks of Calderia - produce, trade, scheme, bribe, and battle to build your legacy of power!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 39.5% ★, Diplomacy 18.8% ★, 4X 18.1% ★, Economy 8.6%, Strategy 8.5%
- #49 Clash of Cultures
69% 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 40% ★, Grand Strategy 34.1% ★, Strategy 13.9%, Economy 6.9%, Resource Management 2.7%
- #50 Kingdom's Life
70% matchMixed63% of 259 reviews2022
Dev: Strudio Company
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Kingdom's Life - Large turn-based global strategy game in pixel style. You have to create your own people and state. Can you lead the state to political, economic, technological and military triumph? It depends on you.
Why similar: 4X 33.3% ★, Grand Strategy 30.1% ★, Political Sim 20.8% ★, Strategy 7.8%, Economy 6.9%
- #51 Ascendance
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Torchdrive
Windows
Ascendance is a real-time space strategy game that sees you lead your civilisation into a vast and mysterious galaxy. Experience an immersive journey with detailed civilisations, deeply-simulated economies, internal politics, nuanced diplomacy, and intense space battles.
Why similar: 4X 31.7% ★, Grand Strategy 28.5% ★, Diplomacy 16.6% ★, Strategy 7.3%, Economy 7.1%
- #52 Lawgivers II
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 694 reviews2023
Dev: Damian BernardiPub: SomniumSoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lawgivers II is a political sandbox game that features multiple electoral systems, approve/reject bills and govern a country. Start out your career from the very bottom, and perhaps one day, lead your nation to become the most influential in the world.
Why similar: Diplomacy 28% ★, Political Sim 24.8% ★, Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, 4X 15.9% ★, Strategy 5.9%
- #53 For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 173 reviews2009
Dev: Crystal Empire GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 35.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Take up the reins of your country, guide domestic and foreign policy, navigate thousands of historical figures and events, engage in various struggles and lead your country to prosperity – all in the name of glory!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.1% ★, 4X 28.6% ★, Diplomacy 24.1% ★, Strategy 7.9%, Economy 7.4%
- #54 Stellar Monarch 2
68% 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 47.8% ★, Grand Strategy 39.4% ★, Strategy 12.9%
- #55 Democracy 4
68% matchVery Positive82% of 6,369 reviews2022
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected...
Why similar: Political Sim 28.4% ★, Diplomacy 25.9% ★, Grand Strategy 24.5% ★, Economy 10.2%, Strategy 8.4%
- #56 Prevent WW3
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NT7 Studio
Windows
You have no direct power - only diplomacy and influence. A global strategy game where you lead an international organization: stop conflicts, resolve economic crises, and restore stability before the world descends into chaos.
Why similar: Diplomacy 30.5% ★, Grand Strategy 28.1% ★, Political Sim 27.4% ★, Strategy 6.5%, Economy 5.9%
- #57 Elemental Empire
67% 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 42.3% ★, Grand Strategy 40.7% ★, Strategy 9.2%, Resource Management 6.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #58 Europa Universalis V
65% matchMixed67% of 30,133 reviews2025
Dev: Paradox TintoPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 51.8 hrsMean: 115.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Use war, trade or diplomacy to satisfy your grandest ambitions and dominate five centuries of history in the newest version of Europa Universalis, Paradox Interactive's flagship historical grand strategy game.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.7% ★, Diplomacy 25.5% ★, 4X 25.1% ★, Economy 8.8%, Strategy 6.6%
- #59 A World To Win
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Leafbug Labs
Windows
A Cold War real-time grand strategy game. Players lead a country through the revolutions and superpower conflicts of the late 20th century, competing in the space race and nuclear arms race, destabilizing and overthrowing rival powers to expand their spheres of influence.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.1% ★, Political Sim 26.1% ★, Diplomacy 21.9% ★, Strategy 14.9%
- #60 Napoleon 1813
66% match9 user reviews67% of 9 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 41.3% ★, Grand Strategy 35.4% ★, Strategy 14.5%, Economy 5.7%, Resource Management 2.7%