- #1 Imperialist
97% 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 22%, 4X 21.1% ★, Diplomacy 19.3% ★, Historical 12%, Hex Grid 11.1% ★
- #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 20.6% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2%, Diplomacy 17.9% ★, Hex Grid 11.7% ★, Historical 7.7%
- #3 Demise of Nations
96% matchVery Positive81% of 558 reviews2017
Dev: Noble Master LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 7.6 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: 4X 24.6% ★, Hex Grid 21.2% ★, Grand Strategy 20.3%, Rome 18.2% ★, Historical 11.7%
- #4 HUMANKIND™ 2
95% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows
Build a civilization that spans the ages in this historical turn-based strategy game. Combine evolving cultures, raise cities, command armies and expand your empire as a changing climate reshapes the world and your path through history.
Why similar: 4X 26.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.7%, Diplomacy 14.8% ★, Historical 13.6%, Hex Grid 6.3% ★
- #5 Total War: ROME REMASTERED
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 13,805 reviews2021
Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 39.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Total War: ROME REMASTERED lets you relive the legacy that defined the award-winning strategy game series. Remastered to 4K with multiple improvements to visuals as well as refinements to gameplay, it’s time to revisit a true classic. Not everyone gets a second chance to conquer the Roman Empire.
Why similar: Rome 30.7% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5%, 4X 19.3% ★, Diplomacy 15.7% ★, Historical 10%
- #6 Millennia
94% matchMixed67% of 3,788 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 36.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.
Why similar: 4X 22.2% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2%, Diplomacy 16.8% ★, Hex Grid 12.9% ★, Historical 11%
- #7 Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition
93% matchMixed69% of 2,301 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 26.5% ★, Grand Strategy 24.4%, Diplomacy 18.7% ★, Historical 12.6%, Alternate History 5.9%
- #8 Master of the Ages: Foundations of History
92% 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 27%, 4X 25.4% ★, Diplomacy 15.3% ★, Historical 14%, Hex Grid 10.4% ★
- #9 Nova Historia
91% 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 33.6% ★, Grand Strategy 24.7%, Historical 11.7%, Hex Grid 9.5% ★, Simulation 4.8%
- #10 Revival: Recolonization
91% matchMixed69% of 428 reviews2024
Dev: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 12.0 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: 4X 21.6% ★, Hex Grid 20.8% ★, Grand Strategy 20.4%, Diplomacy 19.3% ★, Economy 5.9%
- #11 Imperator: Rome
90% matchMixed66% of 26,916 reviews2019
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 37.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Dominate the classical Mediterranean in Imperator: Rome, a grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. Navigate the dangerous waters of politics and diplomacy as you build up your provinces and conquer foreign lands. Now available with special content and the digital artbook.
Why similar: Rome 39% ★, Grand Strategy 33%, Historical 14.5%, Simulation 3.3%, Economy 3.2%
- #12 Seres Universalis:Three Kingdoms
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Boqi Island
Windows
Return to the Three Kingdoms period. On the grand strategic tactical battlefield, use terrain for defense setup and resource allocation to shift the battle situation. Control the war via hexagonal grid movement and tactical ability activation, and unify the realm.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.6%, Hex Grid 23.9% ★, 4X 21.1% ★, Historical 13.6%, Diplomacy 7.3% ★
- #13 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
89% matchMixed47% of 62,332 reviews2025
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 50.3 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 20.7%, 4X 19.8% ★, Diplomacy 19.3% ★, Hex Grid 15.5% ★, Historical 11.6%
- #14 Imperiums: The Americas
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kube Games
Windows
Guide your people across generations in the pre-Columbian Americas. Build a lasting civilization through trade, diplomacy, culture, and war in this historical turn-based 4X grand strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 19.9% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3%, Diplomacy 18.3% ★, Hex Grid 16.7% ★, Historical 11.5%
- #15 Imperial Ambitions
86% matchVery Positive81% of 108 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: Grand Strategy 22.8%, 4X 20.2% ★, Hex Grid 17.3% ★, Historical 13.5%, Economy 6.8%
- #16 Alea Jacta Est
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 137 reviews2014
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
“ALEA JACTA EST” (The Die is Cast) is what Caesar said as he crossed the Rubicon River when he learned that the Senate had removed him from his command. Crossing that small Italian river was equivalent to disobeying Rome’s orders and entering into open rebellion in this historical turn-based strategy wargame .
Why similar: Rome 46% ★, Grand Strategy 27.7%, Historical 16.9%, Simulation 5.6%, Strategy 3.4%
- #17 TREUD
85% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nikolai Karulin
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 31.7%, Historical 16.4%, Diplomacy 15.4% ★, 4X 14.9% ★, Economy 9.1%
- #18 Aggressors: Ancient Rome
86% matchVery Positive82% of 282 reviews2018
Dev: Kubat SoftwarePub: Kube Games
Windows
A mix of deep gameplay and rich historical flavor, Aggressors: Ancient Rome lets you relive history as the ruler of one of the mighty civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean. Choose one of twenty available factions and conquer the world.
Why similar: Rome 35.2% ★, 4X 26% ★, Grand Strategy 20.5%, Historical 15.2%, Strategy 2%
- #19 Carthage: Bellum Punicum
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MindebytePub: Aquila Interactive
Windows
Lead Hannibal's epic campaign to crush the Roman Republic. Command individually rendered legions, manage complex supply lines, master realistic real-time tactics, and outplay challenging enemies in the Second Punic War to claim your place in history.
Why similar: Rome 29.5% ★, 4X 22.4% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6%, Historical 13.5%, Resource Management 4.7%
- #20 One Planet
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Qardinal Games
Windows · Linux
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: Grand Strategy 31.3%, 4X 28.9% ★, Diplomacy 25% ★, Economy 5.4%, Resource Management 3.7%
- #21 万象战略
82% 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 32.6% ★, Grand Strategy 28.6%, Hex Grid 19.2% ★, Resource Management 5.7%, Economy 4.3%
- #22 For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 173 reviews2009
Dev: Crystal Empire GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 36.1 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 25.6%, 4X 22.7% ★, Diplomacy 20.3% ★, Historical 15.1%, Economy 5.7%
- #23 Mandate 1600: The East
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RM GAME
Windows
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 29.6%, 4X 22.7% ★, Diplomacy 16% ★, Historical 15.2%, Economy 3.5%
- #24 Conqueror's Stage
81% matchPositive100% of 16 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 29.1%, 4X 27.3% ★, Diplomacy 18.4% ★, Historical 13.2%, Economy 4.2%
- #25 Strategeist
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galactic Starfish, Inc.
Windows
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 27.4%, Diplomacy 20.5% ★, Historical 15.6%, 4X 13.3% ★, Economy 5.9%
- #26 Europa Universalis V
79% matchMixed67% of 30,806 reviews2025
Dev: Paradox TintoPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 53.1 hrsMean: 124.7 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 23%, Diplomacy 21.5% ★, 4X 20% ★, Historical 13.6%, Economy 6.8%
- #27 Rome Invictus
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ragnar Beaucoup
Windows
A Roman grand strategy game where real time battles decide the field and Senate politics decide who's still standing to fight them. Conquer, divide, and rule a living Mediterranean.
Why similar: Rome 45% ★, Grand Strategy 25.8%, Historical 12.9%, Diplomacy 11% ★, Management 2%
- #28 Twisted Three Kingdoms
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seasonbean Team
Windows
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 29.5%, 4X 19.2% ★, Historical 17%, Diplomacy 16.7% ★, Alternate History 4.4%
- #29 Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
78% matchVery Positive88% of 1,681 reviews2022
Dev: The Secret Games CompanyPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.6%, 4X 22.3% ★, Hex Grid 20.7% ★, Historical 13%, Economy 6.4%
- #30 Pax Augusta
77% matchMixed70% of 659 reviews2025
Dev: Roger GassmannPub: Senatis
Windows
Pax Augusta is probably the most authentic ancient city-building simulation. Build flourishing cities and look after your citizens. Earn gold with production and trade of goods and build impressive monuments. Strengthen your influence and become a Roman emperor!
Why similar: Rome 47.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3%, Historical 16.8%, Simulation 5.7%, Resource Management 4.8%
- #31 Three Kingdoms : Alias
75% matchVery Positive80% of 373 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 25.3%, 4X 20.6% ★, Diplomacy 19.6% ★, Historical 14.6%, Economy 5.6%
- #32 Great Powers
76% matchMixed68% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Flame-Dragons
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 4x global turn-based strategy game with a well-developed economic and military model.
Why similar: 4X 27.6% ★, Grand Strategy 25.1%, Hex Grid 22.4% ★, Historical 10.5%, Economy 4.8%
- #33 Seven Kingdoms 2 HD
78% matchVery Positive81% of 408 reviews2015
Dev: Enlight Software Limited
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Get ready for an exciting real-time strategy game experience like no other with Seven Kingdoms 2! Say goodbye to the monotony of resource gathering and army building, its unique gameplay offers a thrilling blend of city management, trade, industry, espionage, diplomacy, and conquest!
Why similar: 4X 22% ★, Diplomacy 20.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16%, Historical 14.9%, Economy 7.8%
- #34 Field of Glory: Empires
77% matchVery Positive82% of 869 reviews2019
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Field of Glory: Empires is a grand strategy game in which you will have to move in an intricate and living tapestry of nations and tribes, each one with their distinctive culture.
Why similar: Rome 33.1% ★, Grand Strategy 23%, 4X 20.2% ★, Historical 13%, Resource Management 5.2%
- #35 Samhan: Where Korea Began
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CODEMAPO
Windows · Mac
Silla's thousand-year reign is crumbling, and Gyeon Hwon, Gung Ye and Wang Geon rise to claim the peninsula. Command 500+ historical figures across a 3D Korea in this turn-based grand strategy of statecraft, diplomacy and war—and reunite the Three Han.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.2%, Diplomacy 16.3% ★, Historical 15.5%, 4X 15.2% ★, Hex Grid 12.8% ★
- #36 Fall of an Empire
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 92 reviews2026
Dev: JG Games
Windows · Mac
In a crumbling realm, hold back collapse in this grand strategy epic. Fall of an Empire has you balance deadly politics, manage resources, and command battles to survive invasions and intrigue in a vast, Roman-inspired world.
Why similar: Rome 39.3% ★, Grand Strategy 26.3%, 4X 23.2% ★, Economy 6.1%, Simulation 3%
- #37 Zaman
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Naleka Studio
Windows
Zaman is a fast, card-driven 4X strategy game where every card shapes your empire. Found cities, research technologies, command your leader on the battlefield and unleash game-changing abilities in short, high-stakes matches.
Why similar: 4X 28.9% ★, Grand Strategy 23.4%, Hex Grid 22.7% ★, Historical 11.7%, Minimalist 4.8%
- #38 Folk Emerging
72% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: Curious Dynamics
Windows
Lead nomadic families through the Stone Age in this turn-based 4X strategy game with in-depth characters, cultures, and ecosystems. Explore the wilderness, hunt megafauna, outsmart competitors in trade & autobattler combat. Discover fire, agriculture, politics... and survive to tell the tale.
Why similar: 4X 28.9% ★, Diplomacy 17.1% ★, Hex Grid 15.8% ★, Historical 15.7%, Resource Management 5.2%
- #39 Empolicy
73% 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 27.8% ★, Grand Strategy 13.9%, Hex Grid 12% ★, Economy 7.3%
- #40 Tales From Outer Space
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: William MurphyPub: Ludi Absurdi
Windows · Mac · Linux
The hardest part about interstellar expansion isn't the technical cost, its the people. Exploit ecosystems, manipulate the masses, and conquer the intergalactic market. Growth is mandatory -- ethics are not.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.5%, Diplomacy 26.8% ★, 4X 20.6% ★, Resource Management 8.1%, Economy 7.4%
- #41 Heart of the Machine
71% matchVery Positive92% of 2,139 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.8%, Diplomacy 20.5% ★, 4X 19.8% ★, Historical 12.7%, Economy 6.3%
- #42 Embersong: History Is Yours
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Camis Publishers
Windows · Mac · Linux
A historical turn-based 4X with the feel of '90s strategy games. Build your empire across eight eras in a roguelike campaign: five completed matches, win or lose, build bonuses for a sixth-match mythic finale. Beware your Archenemy.
Why similar: 4X 29.7% ★, Grand Strategy 24.5%, Diplomacy 20.3% ★, Historical 14%, Management 4%
- #43 Europa Universalis: Rome - Gold Edition
74% matchMixed65% of 250 reviews2008
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Europa Universalis Rome Gold combines the epic strategy title Europa Universalis Rome with the expansion pack Vae Victis. Experience one of the most defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 40.7%, Rome 34.5% ★, Historical 19.6%, Strategy 3.3%, Simulation 1.8%
- #44 BOC: Birth of Cultures
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Code::Arts
Windows
The 4X where you shape 50,000 years of human history across planet-scale worlds.
Why similar: 4X 27.1% ★, Hex Grid 23.9% ★, Grand Strategy 21.7%, Historical 12.3%, Resource Management 6.5%
- #45 Fertile Crescent
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: gold_iron_and_salt
Windows · Linux
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 30.5% ★, Grand Strategy 27.5%, Diplomacy 17.7% ★, Historical 9.7%, Hex Grid 8.7% ★
- #46 Gladiatorum: Sacramentum
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Andrei Hliban
Windows
A deep management strategy sim blending political intrigue and character-driven narrative. Acquire and train gladiators with unique backstories and skills, manage your ludus from resources to staff, and navigate a world of political maneuvering and sabotage. Every choice leads to glory or ruin.
Why similar: Rome 35.8% ★, Diplomacy 21.3% ★, Historical 14.5%, Economy 7.5%, Resource Management 6.9%
- #47 ENDLESS Legend™ 2
68% matchVery Positive83% of 3,878 reviews2026
Dev: AMPLITUDE StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 23.3% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4%, Diplomacy 21.1% ★, Historical 13.2%, Economy 6.4%
- #48 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
69% matchVery Positive91% of 27,451 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 71.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.4%, Diplomacy 18.2% ★, 4X 17.4% ★, Historical 14.1%, Economy 7.2%
- #49 Bloodlines & Banners
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Synprax Labs
Windows
A historical 4X where you rule a dynasty, not just an empire. 88 civilizations across ten eras of real history on a hex map of Earth. Your rulers age and die; the heir you raised inherits their traits, their rivalries, and your bloodline's standing.
Why similar: 4X 33.3% ★, Grand Strategy 28.2%, Hex Grid 23.5% ★, Alternate History 6.7%, Simulation 3.9%
- #50 Old World
70% matchVery Positive82% of 6,919 reviews2022
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
Why similar: 4X 23.7% ★, Grand Strategy 22.8%, Diplomacy 20% ★, Historical 13.7%, Economy 6.2%
- #51 Empires of the Undergrowth
68% matchVery Positive94% of 18,977 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22%, 4X 20.1% ★, Diplomacy 18.8% ★, Historical 12.8%, Economy 6.5%
- #52 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
69% matchVery Positive86% of 770 reviews2023
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
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 28% ★, Grand Strategy 24.7%, Diplomacy 22.1% ★, Historical 10.7%, Economy 5.6%
- #53 Europa Universalis IV
70% matchVery Positive88% of 137,440 reviews2013
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 284.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Grand Strategy 25.2%, 4X 21.1% ★, Diplomacy 20.7% ★, Historical 14.9%, Economy 6.2%
- #54 Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,769 reviews2024
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Wage total war across the ancient world from the Aegean to Mesopotamia in this free addition to Total War: PHARAOH. Challenge the Bronze Age Collapse by building your own dynasty and leading your faction to victory with new cultures, new units and dramatic new battle mechanics.
Why similar: 4X 32.6% ★, Grand Strategy 30.4%, Rome 19.8% ★, Historical 14.3%, Strategy 2.6%
- #55 Imperiums: Greek Wars
69% matchVery Positive85% of 548 reviews2020
Dev: Kube Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Unique combination of turn-based 4X and historical grand strategy with a mythological twist. Explore the ancient world and build a world leading civilization. Survive, expand, conquer... and win!
Why similar: 4X 25.5% ★, Grand Strategy 23.4%, Diplomacy 18.1% ★, Historical 13.8%, Economy 6.2%
- #56 Roman General
66% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Moore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A hex based strategy game set in the time of the Roman Republic. Fight through numerous historical wars and campaigns to experience the rise of one of the worlds greatest empires.
Why similar: Rome 36.6% ★, Hex Grid 26.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.9%, Historical 10.7%, Strategy 1.6%
- #57 All Men Are Brothers / 水浒豪
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 221 Games
Windows
《水浒豪》是一款回合制战略游戏,是《三国志》、《文明》、《欧陆风云》的粉丝们不容错过的作品。您扮演山寨之主,运筹帷幄,纵横捭阖。原著中528位好汉、116处据点、49个势力在游戏中登场。被奸臣谋害,魂断蓼儿洼?呸!洒家要清君侧!慢着……洒家要当皇帝!兀那赵老官!给洒家从宝座上爬下来!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.2%, 4X 24.7% ★, Historical 21.1%, Resource Management 6%, Simulation 5.8%
- #58 Cataclismo
66% matchVery Positive89% of 4,346 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.4%, Diplomacy 20.1% ★, 4X 19.8% ★, Historical 12.8%, Economy 6.5%
- #59 Agecraft
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SnakyDevelop
Windows · Mac
Agecraft is a city-builder strategy where you guide a settlement through thousands of years of human history. Manage individual citizens, grow your economy, trade or wage war with other states, and advance from the Stone Age to the Space Age.
Why similar: 4X 25.8% ★, Grand Strategy 25.5%, Diplomacy 15.1% ★, Historical 14.7%, Economy 6.3%
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64% matchVery Positive92% of 3,795 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.8%, 4X 20.4% ★, Diplomacy 20.4% ★, Historical 13.6%, Economy 6.9%