Games Like Quill & Sword: Fate of Eryndor

Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 15.5% ★, Grand Strategy 14.5%, Diplomacy 14.4% ★, 4X 13.7% ★, Wargame 8.6%

Classic strategy drama of the century, you take control of a nation. Rule your country and gain freedom, become the ruler of the world with depth and historical consistency. Rewrite the history of the world and build a magnificent empire.

Why similar: 4X 19% ★, Diplomacy 17.1% ★, Real-Time with Pause 11.6% ★, Wargame 11.1%, Military 9.2%

Save humanity from the brink of extinction in this sci-fi strategy game of survival. Travel among the stars to seek out resources, establish and develop colonies to sustain civilization, and grow your military might to push back against an overwhelming threat.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 19.3% ★, 4X 16.8% ★, Diplomacy 16.8% ★, Grand Strategy 14.4%, Military 8.6%

Conquer a vast procedurally generated star system in Falling Frontier, a sci-fi RTS where intel and logistics are decisive factors. Design ships and raid enemy supply lines, lay minefields and construct recon stations, and ambush enemy forces within asteroid fields and nebulae.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 19.5% ★, 4X 18.2% ★, Grand Strategy 16.2%, Diplomacy 15.3% ★, Military 7.8%

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: 4X 20.1% ★, Diplomacy 19% ★, Grand Strategy 18.9%, Wargame 11.7%, Military 10.7%

Lord of Rigel is a turn-based 4X space strategy game inspired by the classics. In a galaxy divided by two elder races, will you unite with other species or forge your own path? Navigate galactic politics and defeat threats using espionage, research, and military force. How will you shape the galaxy?

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 18.9% ★, 4X 17.4% ★, Diplomacy 15.8% ★, Grand Strategy 14.9%, Military 10.1%

Rewrite the Reconquista in a grand strategy game set in 11th-century Iberia, where population, religion, and war evolve dynamically based on your decisions. Move armies freely across 300 hand-built provinces, manage a deep medieval economy, and face an AI that actually fights back.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 18.9% ★, 4X 16.8% ★, Diplomacy 16% ★, Grand Strategy 15%, Wargame 9.8%

Become a strategeist and lead one of hundreds of nations on the globe across centuries of conflict and diplomacy in this grand strategy game. Balance war, politics, and internal institutions to shape the fate of your empire, and secure your legacy in history.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 20%, Diplomacy 18% ★, 4X 11% ★, Military 8.2%, Economy 7.6%

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: Real-Time with Pause 20.3% ★, Diplomacy 16.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16.2%, 4X 13.4% ★, Wargame 10.4%

A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.

Why similar: Diplomacy 17.4% ★, 4X 17.2% ★, Real-Time with Pause 16.8% ★, Grand Strategy 14.6%, Military 8.7%

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: 4X 18% ★, Grand Strategy 16.6%, Diplomacy 16.5% ★, Real-Time with Pause 14.5% ★, Military 9.1%

An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.

Why similar: 4X 17.3% ★, Diplomacy 17.1% ★, Real-Time with Pause 16.7% ★, Grand Strategy 14.9%, Military 8.6%

Rule your society through 12,000 years – from the Stone Age to the present day – in a grand strategy game with a living simulation where real historical processes are recreated, but nothing is predetermined. Build, conquer, exploit. Crisis is part of history: keep power or side with the revolution

Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.1%, Diplomacy 14.1% ★, 4X 12.8% ★, Real-Time with Pause 12.3% ★, Economy 12%

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 22.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.4%, Wargame 12.2%, Military 9.1%, Real-Time with Pause 8.2% ★

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 25.2%, Diplomacy 14.7% ★, 4X 12.6% ★, Military 9.8%, Economy 8.9%

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: 4X 23.4% ★, Grand Strategy 22%, Diplomacy 12.7% ★, Wargame 10.2%, Military 5.2%

Lead your civilization in a galaxy brimming with life and intrigue. Seamlessly explore and expand across uncharted worlds, from their surfaces to the stars. Forge your destiny in this sci-fi 4X offering a unique blend of grand strategy, planetary city-building, and RTS combat.

Why similar: 4X 21.1% ★, Real-Time with Pause 20.1% ★, Grand Strategy 16.8%, Diplomacy 14.9% ★, Wargame 8.2%

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 20.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16.9%, Diplomacy 14.9% ★, Real-Time with Pause 12.9% ★, Wargame 10.5%

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 21.1%, Diplomacy 20.1% ★, 4X 15.2% ★, Economy 10.8%, Military 9%

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: Real-Time with Pause 18.1% ★, Diplomacy 18% ★, Grand Strategy 16.2%, 4X 14.2% ★, Economy 8.5%

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: 4X 24.4% ★, Grand Strategy 23%, Diplomacy 17.4% ★, Wargame 13.6%, Military 8.5%

Command grand fleets and wage strategic wars on an interstellar scale in this new take on galactic Grand Strategy. Transform nature to suit the needs of Empire and surge forward! Will you guide aspiring interstellar nations to glory, or rekindle the flames of a long lost Empire?

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.4% ★, Grand Strategy 20%, 4X 12.3% ★, Economy 9.3%, Nonlinear 9%

Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.

Why similar: 4X 24.4% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5%, Real-Time with Pause 14.5% ★, Diplomacy 12% ★, Sandbox 8.3%

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 24.8% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2%, Diplomacy 14.1% ★, Wargame 10.6%, Sandbox 7.9%

Shape the destiny of the world as an 18th century ruler. Forge alliances and prepare your armed forces to expand your domain and colonize new lands. Or focus on internal development and help your subjects thrive with prudent economic policy and lawmaking. The choice is yours in Age of Enlightenment!

Why similar: Diplomacy 19.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19%, Real-Time with Pause 17.1% ★, Economy 9.5%, Wargame 8.1%

Lead a kingdom in a real-time medieval fantasy grand strategy where the campaign world and battles unfold simultaneously. Command armies of up to 100,000 units while shaping your realm through diplomacy, kingdom management, research, and legendary heroes in single-player or campaign multiplayer.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.1% ★, Diplomacy 18.4% ★, Grand Strategy 18%, 4X 11.4% ★, Military 8.9%

Outthink rivals, not tooltips. Lead one of 30+ kingdoms in a medieval grand strategy game where every system shows its work. Build traceable economies, weigh the odds before committing your armies to battle, and carry a complete campaign to victory.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.1%, Wargame 18.9%, Diplomacy 13% ★, Real-Time with Pause 11.3% ★, Economy 8.8%

At a turning point in history, decide the future of a nation. Mandate 1600: The East is a global historical grand strategy game. Govern lands and dynasty, secure your bloodline, grow through trade, and prevail in war. Rewrite history.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.1%, 4X 20.9% ★, Diplomacy 15.7% ★, Wargame 11.3%, Economy 4.9%

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: 4X 21% ★, Grand Strategy 21%, Diplomacy 20% ★, Economy 8.2%, Real-Time with Pause 8% ★

Conquer Medieval Europe and North Africa in a combination of Grand Strategy and Real-Time Strategy gameplay where you rule one of 28 kingdoms as you build and manage your cities, engage in diplomacy and command massive armies on the world map and on the battlefield

Why similar: 4X 20.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5%, Real-Time with Pause 17.5% ★, Diplomacy 14.6% ★, Wargame 12.1%

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 20.4%, Diplomacy 19% ★, 4X 18.8% ★, Wargame 13.6%, Military 9.6%

Rise to power as any modern day country in a realistic military, political and economic simulation. Command your country's diplomacy, espionage, and resource management to strengthen your position. Use real-time tactical control of your military to fortify your place as the Supreme Ruler.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.3%, Diplomacy 16.5% ★, Real-Time with Pause 15.7% ★, Wargame 12.9%, Military 10.7%

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: 4X 24.3% ★, Diplomacy 23.7% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4%, Economy 10.5%, Military 6.6%

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 23.8% ★, Diplomacy 21% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5%, Nonlinear 9.7%, Sandbox 7.2%

Build nuclear weapon, wage wars, strategize and become the strongest leader

Why similar: Diplomacy 20.7% ★, 4X 19.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16.8%, Wargame 11.4%, Military 9.7%

Amidst this chaotic era, shape your own destiny—whether as a loyal minister, a ruthless warlord, or an independent ruler. Every choice and battle writes your legend. Are you ready to rise from a commoner to claim the realm?

Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.2%, 4X 17.7% ★, Diplomacy 16.4% ★, Wargame 14.8%, Military 7.9%

Lead your people through all of human history on a spherical planet. Wage war and forge alliances as you guide your nation in this 4X grand strategy game.

Why similar: 4X 25.8% ★, Real-Time with Pause 24% ★, Grand Strategy 20.8%, Wargame 8.4%, Management 7.3%

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: Diplomacy 26.9% ★, 4X 26.8% ★, Grand Strategy 11.1%, Economy 10.2%, Magic 8.5%

Develop your nation, command your army, and dominate the world in a real-time strategy game combining economic management, diplomacy, technological progress, and military conquest.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.7%, Diplomacy 21.6% ★, Real-Time with Pause 15.1% ★, Military 10.4%, Sandbox 8.3%

Build a civilization from its first settlements into a mighty world power in this turn-based strategy game. Explore uncharted lands, expand your empire, forge lucrative trade relationships, and develop your economy and technology.

Why similar: 4X 27% ★, Grand Strategy 26.9%, Wargame 11.7%, Military 9.7%, Strategy 6.7%

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: Diplomacy 22% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5%, 4X 19.1% ★, Wargame 13.3%, Economy 10.1%

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 24.1%, Diplomacy 20.5% ★, 4X 11.7% ★, Economy 11.6%, Sandbox 8.2%

A new expansion of the ultra-realistic simulator of today's world where you play as the head of state or as the opposition! New Features for 2021: administration of the EU, Covid vaccinations, Biden's Challenge, political coalitions, diplomatic negotiations, worldwide tax and free-trade agreements.

Why similar: 4X 23.3% ★, Grand Strategy 19.4%, Wargame 13.6%, Military 8.8%, Sandbox 8.2%

Unify Japanese History! A Timeline Strategy Game Where History Itself Becomes the Battlefield.

Why similar: 4X 24.2% ★, Real-Time with Pause 24.2% ★, Grand Strategy 22.3%, Wargame 12.4%, Military 5.6%

A real-time grand strategy game set in the Bronze Age. Lead one of 29 ancient civilizations from a single settler to an empire. Found cities, work the land, research new technologies, advance your culture, and wage war. Will your civilization outlive the age that made it?

Why similar: 4X 27.3% ★, Grand Strategy 21.8%, Diplomacy 16.9% ★, Wargame 12.5%, Military 7.1%

Your generals grow old. Your cities grow restless. Your empire need not end. Lead one of 14 factions in a living fantasy world of grand strategy, where populations migrate, crime festers, and every grain shipment matters. Build, conquer, and rule, without end.

Why similar: Diplomacy 30.8% ★, Wargame 20.5%, Grand Strategy 16%, Economy 12.6%, Sandbox 8.4%

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 25% ★, Diplomacy 21.1% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6%, Wargame 11.9%, Economy 7.7%

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 27.2% ★, Grand Strategy 21.1%, Wargame 13.7%, Military 10.2%, Economy 9.4%

In this Grand Strategy game, you take control of the Solar System's Great Powers in 2092 and weather the storm of change as you navigate the uncertain waters of the future. Control the greatest military forces in the world and wage wars on an epic scale: outer space is yours to conquer!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.9%, 4X 21.7% ★, Real-Time with Pause 19.3% ★, Wargame 12.5%, Military 11.7%

Star Trek: Infinite is a grand strategy experience that lets you play your own Star Trek story as the leader of one of four major factions in the galaxy. Follow the specially crafted story or blaze your own trail in the first Star Trek grand strategy game.

Why similar: 4X 24.9% ★, Grand Strategy 21.7%, Diplomacy 21% ★, Sandbox 7.9%, Military 7.8%

Disasters rage. Political factions splinter and grasp at power. As the climate crisis threatens stability, will you unite the planet with diplomacy or take aggressive action? Deploy force or build consensus toward net zero emissions in this grand strategy game where stakes get higher by the minute.

Why similar: 4X 28.7% ★, Grand Strategy 27.5%, Diplomacy 26.5% ★, Economy 8.3%, Strategy 6.8%

Armory Doctrine is a real-time grand strategy game where you run a private arms empire and fight your own wars in a modern world sliding toward war. Expand your factory, master the global weapons market, and decide the fate of every shipment: sell it for profit, equip your own forces or arm a proxy.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.6%, Diplomacy 21.7% ★, Wargame 10.7%, Military 10.6%, Real-Time with Pause 9% ★

AEU is a fast paced realtime strategy and 4x hybrid. Players influence their empire to grow, fight, forge alliances or engage in trade. Players are given control over the empire's traits, research and a set of three types of abilities(Construction, Plagues and Agents) to accomplish their goals.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.4% ★, Grand Strategy 19.7%, 4X 18.9% ★, Diplomacy 16.4% ★, Sandbox 7.1%

Rebuild civilization from a single planet in Nexus Legacy, a persistent sci-fi 4X MMO. Colonize worlds, manage resources, research technologies, command fleets, forge alliances, and fight for control of a living galaxy.

Why similar: 4X 22.1% ★, Diplomacy 20.9% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5%, Wargame 13.3%, Military 11.1%

Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.

Why similar: 4X 21.3% ★, Diplomacy 20.6% ★, Grand Strategy 18.2%, Military 9.9%, Economy 9.1%

Age of Resistance is a modern grand strategy set in South America. Manage your economy, internal stability, political ideologies, and regional conflicts in real-time with pause. Will you be able to dominate the continent?

Why similar: Grand Strategy 24%, Diplomacy 23% ★, Wargame 14.4%, Military 11.3%, Strategy 7.3%

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 20.9% ★, Diplomacy 18.6% ★, Grand Strategy 17.5%, Wargame 12.2%, Military 8%

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: Diplomacy 24% ★, 4X 22.2% ★, Grand Strategy 17.8%, Wargame 12.9%, Military 10%