- #1 Civil War II
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 345 reviews2014
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
You take the part of the military and political leadership, trying to lead your nation to victory, in the midst of some of the toughest operations of the Civil War. You will build, organize and command your armies over one of the largest maps of the USA ever made for a Civil War game.
Why similar: Strategy 22%, Historical 21.7%, Grand Strategy 21.5% ★, Wargame 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%
- #2 Revolution Under Siege Gold
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 167 reviews2015
Dev: Sep RedsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Make the Reds side triumph to save the Soviet Proletarian revolution, or, on the other side, lead the Whites side to victory in order to place the old regime back in power and protect the countries of Europe from the perils of the revolution. This is the biggest civil war game you will ever play!
Why similar: Strategy 22%, Wargame 21.1%, Grand Strategy 20.9% ★, Historical 15.3%, Turn-Based 10.1%
- #3 Wars of Napoleon
96% matchMixed53% of 118 reviews2016
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
AGEod goes back to the Napoleonic era and delivers the most detailed and comprehensive strategy game ever created about a time of struggle and conquest that forged modern Europe.
Why similar: Strategy 26.8%, Grand Strategy 21.9% ★, Historical 21.6%, Turn-Based 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%
- #4 Pride of Nations
95% matchMixed49% of 136 reviews2011
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Pride of Nations is a turn-based historical strategy game set in the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country and guides it through industrialization, military conquest, and colonization.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.1% ★, Strategy 21.1%, Historical 17.6%, Turn-Based 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
- #5 Pike and Shot : Campaigns
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 384 reviews2015
Dev: Byzantine GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The ultimate wargame set in the age of Pike and Shot is back. You are now in full charge of your nation’s armies, throughout a long campaign in the struggle for dominance.
Why similar: Wargame 24.7%, Historical 21.6%, Strategy 20.9%, Turn-Based 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%
- #6 Alea Jacta Est
94% 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: Grand Strategy 38.5% ★, Strategy 32.2%, Historical 26%, Multiplayer 2.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #7 Europa Universalis: Rome - Gold Edition
93% matchMixed67% of 237 reviews2008
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 18.7 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 47% ★, Strategy 27%, Historical 26%
- #8 Advanced Tactics Gold
92% matchVery Positive84% of 176 reviews2014
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Advanced Tactics: Gold offers a unique and infinitely replayable wargaming experience for any strategy fan. Building off of the enormous success of Advanced Tactics: World War II, the Gold edition gives players a more powerful game editor, much improved random game engine, many new features and abilities, and more.
Why similar: Wargame 35.2%, Strategy 25.2%, Turn-Based 23.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Multiplayer 3.2%
- #9 Legions of Steel
91% matchMixed52% of 46 reviews2015
Dev: Studio NyxPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
The Empire of the Machines is threatening the entire universe. The other factions have banded together to defend the galaxy from the invader. Battles are raging in the corridors of the Machines underground production facilities!
Why similar: Strategy 33.4%, Wargame 28%, Turn-Based 26.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.5%, Multiplayer 3.4%
- #10 Battle Academy
91% matchVery Positive85% of 362 reviews2014
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
A turn-based strategy game like no other has landed on Steam. Approachable, absorbing and visually impressive yet detailed, Battle Academy aims to revolutionise the strategy games market with a blend of intuitive design and compelling gameplay.
Why similar: Wargame 30%, Turn-Based 25.1%, Strategy 23.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Multiplayer 2.9%
- #11 Field of Glory: Empires
89% matchVery Positive83% of 858 reviews2019
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 30.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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: Grand Strategy 25.6% ★, Historical 16.8%, Turn-Based 16.4%, Strategy 16.4%, Wargame 12.5%
- #12 Lightning: D-Day
90% matchMixed48% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows · Mac
This 1 on 1 card game recreates the drama of the day Allied soldiers went ashore in occupied France, 6 June 1944.
Why similar: Strategy 31.9%, Historical 19.6%, Wargame 18.1%, Turn-Based 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%
- #13 Hearts of Iron 2 Complete
89% matchVery Positive87% of 654 reviews2009
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Includes Hearts of Iron II plus the two expansions, Doomsday and Armageddon When Germany is defeated in 1945, the Allies and the new Soviet alliance fight for supremacy. World War III is drawing closer. Play as the ruler of one of 175 countries through World Wars II and III.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 47.3% ★, Strategy 30.4%, Historical 22.3%
- #14 Victory and Glory: Napoleon
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 153 reviews2016
Dev: Electric GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
From acclaimed boardgame designer Glenn Drover, a grand strategy game where you take the role of Napoleon Bonaparte and attempt to dominate the entire continent of Europe.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.3% ★, Wargame 21.1%, Historical 17.7%, Strategy 17.1%, Turn-Based 12.6%
- #15 逐鹿汉末
86% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: VOWZIN GAME
Windows
这款游戏邀请您来到精彩刺激且充满变革的东汉末年三国时代,以前所未见的自由、深度及历史真实性,进行称霸天下一统中原的征程。
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33% ★, Wargame 24.9%, Strategy 21.6%, Historical 19.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #16 Colonial Conquest
87% matchMixed62% of 262 reviews2015
Dev: Argonauts InteractivePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Colonial Conquest is a conquest simulation set in the Victorian age of warfare and expansion of the late 1800's and early 1900's.
Why similar: Wargame 24.8%, Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Historical 19.1%, Turn-Based 17.5%, Strategy 14.7%
- #17 Arsenal of Democracy: A Hearts of Iron Game
85% matchVery Positive84% of 387 reviews2010
Dev: BL-LogicPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Taking place from 1936-64, Arsenal of Democracy lets you play as any nation during the era of WW2, complete with detailed models for economics, diplomacy, research, and intelligence. Warfare is also fully represented with all three branches of operations: land, sea, and air.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 54.8% ★, Strategy 45.2%
- #18 Vietnam ‘65
84% matchVery Positive83% of 433 reviews2015
Dev: Every Single Soldier
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
It is 1965 and the US ground war in Vietnam is in full swing. As a US Army commander, wage a counter-insurgency (COIN) war to secure the Ia Drang valley, on the border with Cambodia.
Why similar: Historical 23.6%, Strategy 23.4%, Turn-Based 19.3%, Wargame 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%
- #19 SGS Battle of the Bulge
82% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
On 16 December 1944, under appalling weather conditions, the Germans launch their last major offensive in the West. Their goal: cut off the Allies from their sources of supply by taking Antwerp. To do so, they must break through the Ardennes salient, starting the battle of the Bulge…
Why similar: Wargame 28.3%, Grand Strategy 27.5% ★, Strategy 15.1%, Historical 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%
- #20 To End All Wars
84% matchMixed63% of 189 reviews2014
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Ageod’s To End All Wars is a grand strategy game set during World War One. Players will take control over one of the major powers that so desperately fought for control over Europe and to end all wars.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 38.1% ★, Strategy 35.3%, Wargame 26.7%
- #21 Napoleon's Eagles: Game of the Napoleonic Wars
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 144 reviews2023
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Napoleon's Eagles is the classic board game War & Peace for computer. Be Napoleon – or stand against him – in a series of short scenarios that cover the epic battles of the age, or in a multiplayer-only grand campaign that may – or may not – end on the field of Waterloo.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.8% ★, Wargame 25.4%, Historical 17.2%, Strategy 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%
- #22 March of the Eagles
83% matchMixed67% of 382 reviews2013
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
“he Who Fears Being Conquered Is Sure Of Defeat.”The war-game March of the Eagles focuses on the dramatic conflicts of Europe during 1805 to 1820. Explore one of the defining periods in European history with this experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy, Paradox Development Studio.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 47.2% ★, Strategy 29.6%, Historical 23.2%
- #23 SGS Battle For: Fort Donelson
81% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the first decisive battle of the U.S. Civil War. Lead the Union force as General Grant to seize the key forts on the Cumberland, or play the Confederate defenders to maintain the gate to the South closed.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30% ★, Wargame 22.9%, Strategy 19.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Historical 12.3%
- #24 Strategic Command: American Civil War
80% matchVery Positive85% of 233 reviews2022
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
For the first time in the series’ history, Strategic Command will be taking you to the 19th century battlefields of the American Civil War. You will control the armies, research, production and diplomatic policy of either the Union or the Confederacy during a time of innovation and dramatic battles.
Why similar: Wargame 29.6%, Historical 24.5%, Strategy 23.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Multiplayer 4.8%
- #25 SGS Battle For: Shanghai
79% matchVery Positive86% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the ‘Stalingrad on the Yangze’, as was sometimes called the Battle for Shanghai in 1937. Play as the Chinese willing to reclaim the whole city or as the Imperial Japanese forces in their counter-attack.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.2% ★, Wargame 22.5%, Strategy 18.9%, Historical 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%
- #26 WarDoom ssp Wargame
81% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Mark AinsworthPub: (Mark Ainsworth)
Windows
2D Hard core, Hex & Chit, Turn Based Wargame with A.I. or Hotseat. Move units or stacks around, attack using all the info from live database and unit breakdowns. set your battle objectives in the battle report. A detailed Editor effect live game systems
Why similar: Grand Strategy 35.9% ★, Wargame 26.2%, Strategy 24.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%
- #27 Gary Grigsby's War in the East
79% matchVery Positive90% of 579 reviews2015
Dev: 2by3 GamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 49.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
War on an Epic scale from Moscow to Berlin – this is War in the East!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.6% ★, Wargame 25.8%, Strategy 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Turn-Based 8.6%
- #28 Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive
77% matchVery Positive92% of 125 reviews2022
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive is the fourth wargame in the Decisive Campaign series. Covering the battles in the Ardennes between December 1944 and January 1945, it brings to life Operational wargaming by lowering the scale to just above tactical level.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26% ★, Wargame 23.7%, Strategy 16.6%, Historical 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%
- #29 Rebel Fury
76% matchPositive92% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: Hexes of WarPub: GMT Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rebel Fury is a digital implementation of the wargame published by GMT Games and designed by Mark Herman.
Why similar: Wargame 30.1%, Strategy 25.8%, Historical 22.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Multiplayer 3.8%
- #30 Industrial War
78% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Yocone
Windows · Mac
Explore the world In the 1920s, with more than 800 cities and 200 mines. Know your industrial chain and plan the role of each city; know your nation's unique polity structure and adjust your overall strategy. Resist the restlessness of your neighbors, acquire resources, and develop your industry.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.6% ★, Wargame 21.1%, Strategy 20%, Historical 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%
- #31 Field of Glory: Kingdoms
76% matchVery Positive83% of 317 reviews2024
Dev: AGEODPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Politics, religion, war. They are nothing without a legacy that can stand the test of time. Lead any nation, and turn it into a mighty kingdom in one of the most compelling grand strategy games ever created.
Why similar: Wargame 30.7%, Strategy 27.5%, Historical 26.1%, Grand Strategy 10.7% ★, Multiplayer 5%
- #32 Sengoku
78% matchMixed62% of 473 reviews2011
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Use your power as a Feudal Lord to unite the land of the Rising Sun under your iron fist.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 43.5% ★, Historical 29.2%, Strategy 27.3%
- #33 Commander: The Great War
77% matchVery Positive80% of 292 reviews2014
Dev: The Lordz Games StudioPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Take Command and Secure Victory in the Great War! Commander – The Great War features a Grand Campaign covering the whole war from the invasion of Belgium on August 5, 1914 to the Armistice on the 11th of November 1918 in addition to 16 different unit types including Infantry, Cavalry, Armoured Cars and Tanks, Artillery, and much more!
Why similar: Strategy 23.9%, Wargame 21.9%, Grand Strategy 21.3% ★, Historical 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%
- #34 中华三国志 the Three Kingdoms of China
75% matchVery Positive86% of 1,375 reviews2019
Dev: 中三之家
Windows
Three Kingdoms of China is a free, open-source single-machine strategy three-country game developed by the domestic folk team. The game does not have any commercial nature, hoping to create a dream of Three Kingdoms for the fans of the three kingdoms.
Why similar: Strategy 25%, Historical 22.7%, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Wargame 14.3%, Turn-Based 13.1%
- #35 Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
73% matchVery Positive86% of 371,365 reviews2016
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.0 hrsMean: 98.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.6% ★, Strategy 21.6%, Historical 19.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Turn-Based 14.2%
- #36 Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,012 reviews2012
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Unity of Command is an innovative and refreshing operational-level wargame that covers the entire 1942/43 Stalingrad Campaign on the Eastern Front.
Why similar: Wargame 23.5%, Strategy 21%, Turn-Based 18.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Historical 12.9%
- #37 Destiny of the World
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: Fiddlyware
Windows · Linux
WWII grand strategy game where planning and logistics are foundations of successful campaigns: simultaneous weekly turns, convoy warfare, production, trade, research, espionage and command from 1939 to 1945. Control a single major power, or the entire Axis or Allied command.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.8% ★, Wargame 30%, Historical 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Strategy 10.5%
- #38 Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
73% matchVery Positive92% of 26,827 reviews2010
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Complete your Total War collection with this Definitive Edition of Total War: NAPOLEON, which includes all DLC and feature updates since the game’s release
Why similar: Historical 30.1%, Grand Strategy 26.4% ★, Strategy 23.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Turn-Based 7.1%
- #39 Rome: Total War™ - Alexander
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 901 reviews2007
Dev: The Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Rome: Total War - Alexander is the second official expansion pack to Rome: Total War. An entirely new campaign map that stretches from Macedonia to Greece and into the heart of the ancient Persian Empire New campaign game that tasks players with matching the exploits of Alexander the Great as he swept across Central Asia and dominated...
Why similar: Strategy 33.1%, Historical 22.6%, Grand Strategy 21% ★, Turn-Based 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%
- #40 Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,322 reviews2021
Dev: Grand Engineer Corps
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 83.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take command of the Union or the Confederacy. Prepare your nation for war, recruit and organize great armies and fleets under legendary commanders like Grant, Lee, Jackson or Farragut, plan cunning maneuvers on an epic campaign map and defeat your enemies in real-time battles!
Why similar: Strategy 29.3%, Grand Strategy 28.6% ★, Historical 26.7%, Wargame 14.9%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #41 Countryballs at War
71% matchPositive85% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: SHN Games
Windows
Countryballs at War is a grand strategy wargame that combines turn-based empire building with real-time battles. Lead any countryball nation, expand your territory through conquest or diplomacy, and rise as the ultimate superpower.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.1% ★, Wargame 22.3%, Strategy 19.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Historical 12.1%
- #42 Cauldrons of War - Stalingrad
71% matchVery Positive89% of 132 reviews2021
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac
Cauldrons of War Stalingrad is the turn-based strategic wargame you will launch whenever you want your WW2 shot but don't have time for a monster strategy game.From May 1942 to November 1942 play the USSR or the Axis forces in some of the largest and bloodiest operations in history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.8% ★, Wargame 24.2%, Historical 16.6%, Strategy 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%
- #43 Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
71% matchVery Positive91% of 37,274 reviews2009
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 44.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.6% ★, Historical 27.8%, Strategy 23.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, Turn-Based 7%
- #44 Total Victory: World Conflict 1939-1945
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kraken Studios
Windows
The ultimate turn-based World War 2 grand strategy game wargamers have been yearning for decades. The best ideas born from players and from wargames so huge they overtook your dining room table, and your wife’s patience. From the developer of the WarPlan series.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.5% ★, Wargame 22.7%, Strategy 18.4%, Historical 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%
- #45 Total War: SHOGUN 2
69% matchVery Positive92% of 66,379 reviews2011
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Total War: SHOGUN 2 is the perfect mix of real-time and turn-based strategy gaming for newcomers and veterans alike.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.7% ★, Historical 25.5%, Strategy 23.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Turn-Based 6.3%
- #46 WarPlan
70% matchVery Positive81% of 220 reviews2020
Dev: Kraken StudiosPub: Matrix Games
Windows
WarPlan is an incredibly accurate World War II simulation engine. It is a balance of realism and playability incorporating the best from 50 years of World War II board wargaming. Play a recreated World War II in every detail, thanks to the engine flexibility and database
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.4% ★, Wargame 22%, Historical 17.2%, Turn-Based 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%
- #47 Panzer Corps 2
69% matchVery Positive85% of 4,064 reviews2020
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 58.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Panzer Corps 2 is the ultimate Second World War strategy game! Enjoy the time-proven gameplay formula which has been appreciated by millions of players over the years, brought to a whole new level of refinement up to the latest technical standards.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.2% ★, Wargame 18.5%, Strategy 16.4%, Turn-Based 15.5%, Historical 13.8%
- #48 Medieval II: Total War™ Kingdoms
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 630 reviews2007
Dev: The Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms is the official expansion to last year's award-winning Medieval II: Total War, presenting players with all-new territories to explore, troops to command, and enemies to conquer.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.5% ★, Strategy 26.4%, Historical 22.6%, Turn-Based 9.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.5%
- #49 Crusader Kings Complete
72% matchMixed62% of 240 reviews2012
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Europe is in turmoil. The lands are fragmented into petty fiefs and the Emperor struggles with the Pope. At this very moment the Pope has declared that those who go to liberate the Holy Land will be freed of all sins. Gather prestige and piety and the world will whisper your name in awe.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 48.7% ★, Strategy 34.2%, Historical 17.1%
- #50 Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
67% matchVery Positive82% of 92,481 reviews2019
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.9 hrsMean: 89.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is the first in the award-winning series to recreate epic conflict across ancient China. Combining a gripping turn-based campaign of empire-building & conquest with stunning real-time battles, THREE KINGDOMS redefines the series in an age of heroes & legends.
Why similar: Historical 32%, Grand Strategy 25% ★, Strategy 22.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Turn-Based 5.4%
- #51 Cauldrons of War - Barbarossa
68% matchVery Positive91% of 179 reviews2020
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cauldrons of War Barbarossa is the turn-based strategic wargame you will launch whenever you want your WW2 shot but don't have time for a monster strategy game.From June 1941 until the Battle of Moscow, play the USSR or the Axis forces in one of the largest and bloodiest operations in history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.1% ★, Wargame 22.1%, Historical 15%, Turn-Based 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%
- #52 Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
69% 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: Strategy 25.9%, Turn-Based 25.5%, Historical 21.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Grand Strategy 6.5% ★
- #53 Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
67% matchVery Positive87% of 86,286 reviews2013
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 24.8 hrsMean: 113.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Emperor Edition is the definitive edition of ROME II, featuring an improved politics system, overhauled building chains, rebalanced battles and improved visuals in both campaign and battleEmperor Edition contains all free feature updates since its release in 2013, which includes bug fixes, balancing, Twitch.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.9% ★, Strategy 24.5%, Historical 22.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Turn-Based 9%
- #54 逐鹿
68% matchMixed57% of 526 reviews2023
Dev: TKG Inc
Windows · Mac
A stand-alone turn-based war chess game with the theme of Chinese history. The core gameplay is territorial competition, and diplomacy, construction, combat and other gameplay will also revolve around territorial competition.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25% ★, Historical 18.6%, Wargame 18.2%, Turn-Based 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%
- #55 Cavalry Charge·Three Kingdoms
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Chengdu Liudao Wuyu Technology Co., Ltd
Windows
Three Kingdoms Cavalry Charge is a game that combines the historical theme of the Three Kingdoms with strategic elements. The game features a connected large-scale map design, supporting national wars with up to ten thousand players on the same map.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31% ★, Strategy 21.4%, Wargame 19.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Historical 12.3%
- #56 Iron Dice
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Steady State Scientific Computing
Windows
The empire has fallen. Will you reunite its factions or forge your own path? Iron Dice is an open-ended grand strategy game set in a fictional, early medieval world. Outmaneuver and outwit your neighboring kingdoms as you develop your economy, research new technologies, and conquer territory.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 41.4% ★, Wargame 31.5%, Strategy 26.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #57 Annals of Rome
67% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Level 9 ComputingPub: MIRROR Soft
Windows · Linux
The 1986 classic DOS title is back. It's 237 B.C. and all of Italy has been united under the same Senate power of Rome. You are the ruler of the Republic, deploying armies and defending against the 13 independent hostile lands which constantly plot to destroy Rome.
Why similar: Strategy 35.9%, Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Historical 17.4%, Turn-Based 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%
- #58 SGS Battle For: Hue
66% matchMixed70% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The battle of Hué is an epic fight during the audacious 1968 Tết offensive launched by the Communists during the Vietnam War. Relive one of the longest, bloodiest battles the Americans would fight against VC in that emblematic conflict.
Why similar: Wargame 33.2%, Strategy 26.7%, Historical 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Multiplayer 3.3%