- #1 Fantasy Lands
97% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: José Antonio Durá Olmos
Windows · Linux
A single player strategy game in the style of euro board games. Around 30 minutes per game. Collect resources. Explore. Recruit adventurers and fight monsters or complete quests. Improve lands. Research spells. Unlock races, adventurers, land & quest cards, spells and monsters.
Why similar: Turn-Based 21%, Hex Grid 17.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Board Game 13%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #2 Radiis
96% matchVery Positive91% of 99 reviews2018
Dev: Urban Goose Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Radiis is a turn based strategy game without any moving units, only buildings. Place your buildings wisely and be the first player to conquer the land.
Why similar: Turn-Based 18.9%, Hex Grid 18.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Economy 12.5%, Board Game 11.6%
- #3 From Village to Empire
96% matchMostly Positive70% of 54 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: Hex Grid 23.9% ★, 4X 18.8% ★, Turn-Based 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Strategy 10.9%
- #4 ENDLESS™ Legend
95% matchVery Positive84% of 18,949 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 21.6 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 26.1% ★, Turn-Based 22.6%, Hex Grid 17.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Strategy 11.5%
- #5 Pandora: First Contact
94% matchMixed63% of 638 reviews2014
Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.3 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 31.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Hex Grid 16.4% ★, Strategy 11.2%, Turn-Based 11%
- #6 Warlock - Master of the Arcane
94% matchVery Positive86% of 2,624 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: Turn-Based 23.8%, 4X 22.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.9%, Hex Grid 14.3% ★, Strategy 11.1%
- #7 Last Days of Old Earth
93% 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: Hex Grid 27.9% ★, Turn-Based 20.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, 4X 14.1% ★, Strategy 9.4%
- #8 Slipways
92% matchVery Positive93% of 2,269 reviews2021
Dev: Beetlewing
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Weave isolated planets into a vast trade empire. Hatch plans. Research game-breaking technologies. Still be done in time for lunch. Enjoy the endless possibilities of a space grand strategy game in 60 minutes flat.
Why similar: Turn-Based 17.9%, Economy 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, 4X 13.9% ★, Resource Management 11.6%
- #9 Hex Colony: 2284
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KaZoTaPub: Market Garden Works
Windows · Linux
Hex Colony: 2284 is a fast-paced, hexagonal, turn-based, multiplayer strategy game set in a dystopian future. Build and expand your colony on a newly discovered planet by exploiting resources, striking trade deals and asserting dominance over the competition. Hexagons are the Bestagons!
Why similar: Hex Grid 28.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Economy 13%, Board Game 12.9%, Strategy 8.9%
- #10 Imperial Ambitions
91% 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: Hex Grid 17% ★, 4X 15.5% ★, Economy 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Capitalism 10.6%
- #11 Myriads: Renaissance
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 39 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: Turn-Based 21.1%, 4X 20.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Hex Grid 12% ★, Resource Management 10.6%
- #12 扩张吧王国 Expand the Kingdom
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 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 42.5% ★, 4X 14.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Strategy 8.3%, Economy 7.9%
- #13 Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
89% matchMixed60% of 22,976 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: Turn-Based Strategy 21%, 4X 19.6% ★, Turn-Based 17.7%, Hex Grid 14.8% ★, Strategy 9.8%
- #14 Elaborate Lands
88% 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: Hex Grid 20.7% ★, 4X 17.8% ★, Economy 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Building 8.1%
- #15 Sid Meier's Civilization® V
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 208,752 reviews2010
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 29.0 hrsMean: 124.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 27.4%, Turn-Based 20.1%, 4X 14.3% ★, Hex Grid 13.9% ★, Strategy 9.8%
- #16 BankingSim
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loose Change Games
Windows · Linux
BankingSim puts you in charge of a growing bank. Issue loans, set interest rates, manage risk, and deal with defaults as you grow your financial empire.
Why similar: Capitalism 25.2%, Economy 23.3%, Turn-Based 22.6%, Strategy 9.9%, Resource Management 9%
- #17 Stargazer's Terraforming Estate Co.
86% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Ashina Studios
Windows
Stargazer's Terraforming Estate Company terraforms & sells planets for years. Be a respectful member of the family and monopolize the galaxy by building dyson spheres in the name of the company.
Why similar: Hex Grid 29.3% ★, 4X 16.4% ★, Capitalism 12.7%, Economy 11.7%, Space 10.6%
- #18 Bronze Age - HD Edition
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 367 reviews2017
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Turn-Based 17.4%, 4X 14.9% ★, Economy 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Building 10.5%
- #19 Fire Isle
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SneezeDev
Windows
Set the world ablaze in Fire Isle! Choose your fire —Happy, Sad, Angry, or Grumpy— and vs. your friends online to see who can scorch the most of a tropical paradise. Keep your flames alive as rising costs, rainstorms, and other fires try to snuff you out. Can you conquer the Isle?
Why similar: Hex Grid 31.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, Strategy 12.2%, 4X 10.6% ★, Multiplayer 9.9%
- #20 Chaos Reborn
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,136 reviews2015
Dev: Snapshot Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Turn-based wizard combat with the tactical positioning of chess and the bluff of poker. Features wizard customization, 100s of gear items, single player realm adventures, online leagues and co-op play.
Why similar: Hex Grid 30.6% ★, Turn-Based 27.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Strategy 9.2%, Multiplayer 9.2%
- #21 The Trade Prince
83% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Blazing Nebula
Windows
The Trade Prince is a logistical economic simulation game in which you build automated trade networks across multiple planets to produce increasingly complex goods.
Why similar: Capitalism 19.8%, Economy 17.7%, Building 15.3%, Strategy 13.5%, Simulation 11.8%
- #22 Alliance of the Sacred Suns
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KatHawk Studios
Windows · Mac
Alliance of the Sacred Suns is a sci-fi grand-strategy RPG that begins with your coronation as the head of an interstellar Empire, and ends with your demise. Manage feuding noble houses and the schemes of would-be usurpers as you try to revive the glory of an Empire on the brink of collapse.
Why similar: Hex Grid 19.2% ★, 4X 17.3% ★, Turn-Based 15.7%, Economy 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%
- #23 Marble Age: Remastered
81% matchVery Positive86% of 388 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 18.6%, Economy 12.8%, 4X 12.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Building 11.1%
- #24 Greed Corp
82% matchVery Positive86% of 552 reviews2010
Dev: Vanguard GamesPub: Vanguard Entertainment Group
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Turn-based strategy at its finest.
Why similar: Turn-Based 39.3%, Hex Grid 17% ★, Strategy 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Multiplayer 8.6%
- #25 Burned Land
81% matchMixed56% of 102 reviews2021
Dev: Koya Game
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
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 24.4% ★, Hex Grid 18.5% ★, Turn-Based 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Board Game 12%
- #26 Jump Lanes
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: GargantuanCake
Windows
A science fiction turn based game about shipping lanes in space. Make wild profits by getting to the best opportunities first.
Why similar: Economy 22.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.8%, Hex Grid 13% ★, Strategy 9.1%, Capitalism 8.5%
- #27 Wizards and Warlords
79% matchVery Positive84% of 257 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: Hex Grid 22.1% ★, 4X 20.2% ★, Turn-Based 17.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Procedural Generation 9%
- #28 Mordfield Command
78% 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: Hex Grid 22.5% ★, 4X 19.5% ★, Turn-Based 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #29 Critias Empire
79% 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 21.2% ★, Hex Grid 15.5% ★, Economy 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Resource Management 12%
- #30 Egypt: Old Kingdom
77% matchVery Positive87% of 1,240 reviews2018
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 23.4 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 18.7%, 4X 13.6% ★, Economy 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Building 11%
- #31 Isle of the Crown
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Devious Oatmeal
Windows
From a simple home to a mighty kingdom; explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate your opponent in this strategic pixel-art chess-like hex game using cards as your pieces and their abilities as your tools. As many games before it, and as the saying goes; easy to learn, hard to master.
Why similar: 4X 20.2% ★, Hex Grid 15.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Board Game 14%, Building 12.1%
- #32 Age of Wonders: Planetfall
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 6,593 reviews2019
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.9 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 19.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Hex Grid 16.1% ★, Turn-Based 15.2%, Economy 13.1%
- #33 Beard of Stone
76% 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 27% ★, Hex Grid 23.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Strategy 7.9%
- #34 Warlock 2: The Exiled
76% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,292 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: Turn-Based 29.9%, 4X 24.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.8%, Strategy 15.4%, Hex Grid 8.6% ★
- #35 Revival: Recolonization
74% matchMixed69% of 424 reviews2024
Dev: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Hex Grid 22.6% ★, 4X 18.2% ★, Turn-Based 15.7%, Economy 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%
- #36 Seasons of Solitude
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ninjarithm
Windows
You are exiled. Seasons of Solitude is a turn-based strategy and resource management game where every move shapes a fragile landscape. Seasons shift, the land reacts to your choices, and balance is your way home in a hand-painted world inspired by Estonian myth.
Why similar: Hex Grid 30.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%, Resource Management 15.6%, Board Game 13.8%, Turn-Based 8%
- #37 Battle for Wesnoth
74% matchVery Positive94% of 5,785 reviews2018
Dev: The Battle for Wesnoth ProjectPub: Wesnoth Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
The Battle for Wesnoth is an open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Explore the four corners of Irdya in seventeen solo campaigns and dozens of multiplayer maps, taking part in countless adventures as you go.
Why similar: Hex Grid 34.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23%, Turn-Based 20.7%, Strategy 10.8%, Multiplayer 7.8%
- #38 Human Extinction Simulator
75% matchMostly Negative33% of 39 reviews2015
Dev: Machine 22
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Tactical turn-based space battles. Elaborate war strategies to prepare against the inevitable alien invasion.
Why similar: Hex Grid 28.3% ★, Turn-Based 26.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Strategy 12.1%, Space 10.8%
- #39 Wizard Warfare
73% matchVery Positive98% of 60 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 30.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19%, Hex Grid 15.5% ★, Turn-Based 13.1%, Procedural Generation 10.4%
- #40 Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
73% matchVery Positive92% of 3,559 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: Turn-Based 26%, 4X 23.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.9%, Strategy 12.4%, Multiplayer 6.4%
- #41 Nova Historia
72% 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 29.1% ★, Hex Grid 10.7% ★, Strategy 10.1%, Economy 9.7%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #42 Demise of Nations
72% matchVery Positive81% of 542 reviews2017
Dev: Noble Master LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Demise of Nations is a 4X turn-based grand strategy wargame covering the rise of Rome till the fall of modern civilization.
Why similar: Hex Grid 25.2% ★, 4X 22.9% ★, Turn-Based 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Multiplayer 8.4%
- #43 SkyBoats
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 26 reviews2016
Dev: BrainGoodGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Ahoy SkyBoat captains! Today is your chance to learn to sail the skies, take control of the winds and discover vast riches up in the clouds. Even better, as you improve your skill at the game, SkyBoats will use your evolving rank to consistently give you a satisfying strategic challenge.
Why similar: Hex Grid 29.7% ★, Turn-Based 25.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, Strategy 7.8%
- #44 Time to Pay the Bills
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Beans
Windows
Time to Pay the Bills is a financial roguelike where you hit buttons with special marbles to earn money and pay off your debt. Combine different gameplay features to trigger combos and withstand rising bills.
Why similar: Turn-Based 20.6%, Economy 19.1%, Capitalism 18.4%, Board Game 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%
- #45 Automobile Tycoon
71% matchMixed60% of 63 reviews2018
Dev: Silver Lemur Games
Windows
Car manufacturing company simulator. Turn-based, fast paced, covers 100 years of automotive history.
Why similar: Turn-Based 20.5%, Economy 18.9%, Capitalism 18.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #46 Empire at Risk
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BaroxxTech
Windows · Linux
Expand your empire and dominate dynamic maps. Conquer regions to increase your supply per turn, and move your troops wisely to outmanoeuvre your enemies.
Why similar: Hex Grid 26.1% ★, Turn-Based 25.6%, Board Game 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Strategy 10.1%
- #47 Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
71% matchVery Positive87% of 1,513 reviews2008
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 13.7 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: Turn-Based 27.8%, 4X 26.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20.6%, Strategy 14.2%, Multiplayer 5.5%
- #48 Fairysite
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wooltyranny
Windows
In this game you manage a colony of fairies. You and the humans have complicated relationship. As a parasite, you are dependent on their resources. However, they can expand fast and overrun you. You must maintain the balance between restricting the humans and letting them grow unchecked.
Why similar: Hex Grid 32% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.5%, Resource Management 17.1%, Building 11.9%, Top-Down 7.9%
- #49 Ultakia
69% 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: Hex Grid 28.7% ★, 4X 24.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Resource Management 11.5%, Space 9.3%
- #50 Rise of Realms
69% 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: Hex Grid 24.2% ★, 4X 19.7% ★, Economy 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Building 7.9%
- #51 Galaxy Admirals
69% matchVery Positive86% of 331 reviews2017
Dev: Jetdogs Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Galaxy Admirals is a multiplayer turn-based cosmic strategy with pretty innovative and challenging gameplay. Improve your command skills with AI and conquer the whole universe by fighting with real players.
Why similar: Strategy 26.9%, Hex Grid 20.1% ★, Turn-Based 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Board Game 7.4%
- #52 Island Dwellers
68% 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: Turn-Based 16.8%, 4X 16.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Hex Grid 14.1% ★, Resource Management 13.2%
- #53 Monarchs at Play
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MixedMoonGamesPub: Looking for Publisher
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 23.3% ★, Hex Grid 20.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Building 11.5%, Board Game 8.1%
- #54 Age of Wonders III
68% matchVery Positive80% of 12,750 reviews2014
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.1 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: Turn-Based Strategy 24.7%, 4X 23.5% ★, Turn-Based 19.1%, Strategy 17.3%, Hex Grid 9.1% ★
- #55 Qdice
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Benjamin Grosse
Windows · Linux
A turn-based multiplayer strategy boardgame inspired by Risk and Dicewars. Conquer the map, align your borders, calculate the risks, and cut through!
Why similar: Hex Grid 33.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.9%, Board Game 17.2%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Turn-Based 8.9%
- #56 Defense of the Oasis
67% matchVery Positive93% of 60 reviews2020
Dev: Mind Control Software
Windows
One part Minesweeper, one part Civilization. With every click of the mouse your empire grows stronger. But will it be strong enough to withstand the barbarian hordes?
Why similar: 4X 20.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Resource Management 13.7%, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Economy 10.9%
- #57 Flora Domina
67% 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: Hex Grid 22.9% ★, 4X 22.1% ★, Turn-Based 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Procedural Generation 6.7%
- #58 Ever War
65% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Utium Games
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 25.6% ★, Hex Grid 24.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Economy 14.9%, Resource Management 12.4%
- #59 Mech and Tech 1
65% match2 user reviews100% of 2 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: Hex Grid 22.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.5%, 4X 18.5% ★, Strategy 11.9%, Multiplayer 9.5%