- #1 Feudums
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kalamona Studios
Windows
Lead multiple branches of your noble house in a living, persistent online 4X grand strategy. Expand fiefdoms, command vassals, master warfare, and outwit rivals through diplomacy, espionage, and schemes. With NO pay-to-win, only strategy will determine the legacy you carve in history.
Why similar: 4X 19.6% ★, Diplomacy 14.4% ★, Massively Multiplayer 14%, Medieval 8.1%, War 8.1%
- #2 Arkheim - Realms at War
96% matchMixed62% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: Travian Games GmbH
Windows
Experience a new take on the competitive 4x genre with Arkheim - Realms at War: Team based strategy in a free to play MMO fantasy world, played in game rounds of 10 weeks each!
Why similar: 4X 32.4% ★, Massively Multiplayer 24.8%, PvP 11.5%, Team-Based 11.4%, War 8.1%
- #3 Underwater abyss
96% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Underwater abyss
Windows
This game immerses you in a lush green forest where sunlight filters through the canopy
Why similar: 4X 39.5% ★, Massively Multiplayer 32.3%, Strategy 14.7%, Medieval 11%, 2D 2.5%
- #4 Zombiflux: Sleepless War
95% matchMostly Negative36% of 25 reviews2023
Dev: EGGTART
Windows
Survive and create your own civilization!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 38.2%, 4X 31.9% ★, Strategy 11%, War 8.8%, PvP 8.6%
- #5 Game of Planets
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Indie Games Startup LLC
Windows
Galactic-scale 4X MMORTS. Explore 1 600 star systems, colonise worlds, build fleets, and reshape alliances in real time. Master logistics, tech, and diplomacy to outwit thousands of rival commanders and seize control of the stars.
Why similar: 4X 35.5% ★, Massively Multiplayer 30.4%, PvP 14.1%, Strategy 10.6%, Real Time Tactics 7.2%
- #6 Goodgame Empire
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Goodgame Studios
Windows
Build your empire, wage wars, forge alliances, and claim glory in a vibrant medieval world. Over 200 million players have already joined the battle for power and influence — are you ready to make history?
Why similar: 4X 34.1% ★, Massively Multiplayer 25%, PvP 15.2%, Strategy 10.3%, Medieval 8.2%
- #7 Empolicy
92% 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 33.8% ★, Diplomacy 25.7% ★, War 12.1%, Management 8.6%, Strategy 7.4%
- #8 4X-Galaxy 无主之地:银河
91% matchMixed51% of 251 reviews2018
Dev: Mercator
Windows
“4X-Galaxy” is a game developed by the 4X concept system(eXplore、eXpand、eXploit、eXterminate)
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 44%, 4X 33% ★, Strategy 11.5%, Open World 7.8%, Indie 3.7%
- #9 Hero's Hour 2
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Benjamin "ThingOnItsOwn" HauerPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Linux
Build grand cities, raise mighty armies, and fight massive battles to vanquish your foes in this turn-based strategy RPG auto battler. Powerful heroes at the head of unique factions bring endless possibilities as they lead armies of the dead, the living, and everything in between.
Why similar: 4X 24.1% ★, Diplomacy 18.4% ★, Auto Battler 16.5%, Medieval 13.3%, War 10%
- #10 Galactic Wargames
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marion
Windows
GalacticWargames is a 4X space war game where you explore, build, and fight to conquer the galaxy. Customize your ships, form alliances, and engage in epic battles. Ready to conquer the stars?
Why similar: 4X 42.6% ★, Massively Multiplayer 23.5%, Strategy 13.8%, War 11.9%, PvP 5.3%
- #11 March of Empires
89% matchMixed63% of 1,811 reviews2017
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 77.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Claim your title as Shogun, Highland King, Northern Tsar or Desert Sultan and join this genre-redefining strategy game where you will wage constant war for real territorial conquest! Fortify your castle, fuel a massive army, and enter the ultimate fight for realm domination!
Why similar: 4X 27.2% ★, Massively Multiplayer 21.7%, War 14.5%, Medieval 13.7%, PvP 10.5%
- #12 Siege of Turtle Enclave
88% matchMostly Negative29% of 17 reviews2015
Dev: The Conjurer's Tower
Windows · Linux
A turn based strategy game with real time battles! Build up your settlement, train mighty armies, research technologies, cast spells, discover hidden goodies and more as you fight your way across the map to overthrow the enemy warlord in his keep!
Why similar: 4X 54.5% ★, Medieval 21.1%, Strategy 20.4%, Indie 4%
- #13 War and Empires: 4X RTS Battle
87% matchMostly Negative39% of 41 reviews2022
Dev: DOWNJOY HK
Windows
War and Empires is a war strategy game set in the Middle Ages. It tells a story about the ferocious barbarians continued to expand into the empire's territory and occupied the holy city symbolizing imperial power in the dark ages!
Why similar: 4X 45.4% ★, Massively Multiplayer 17.3%, Strategy 14.1%, Medieval 14%, PvP 9.3%
- #14 Realm Divided
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Devil Kitty Games, LLC
Windows
Dive into the world of deep strategy, where resources are your lifeline, fortifications your stronghold, and forces your arsenal. 🏰⚔️ Unleash your strategic prowess in thrilling turn-based battles! 💥 Gather faith, wield game-changing abilities, and rewrite the battlefield's destiny.
Why similar: 4X 30.9% ★, Competitive 24.4% ★, PvP 12%, War 9.6%, Management 7.6%
- #15 Dune: Spice Wars
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,257 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.
Why similar: 4X 28.1% ★, Diplomacy 21% ★, War 12%, Management 11.7%, PvP 9.1%
- #16 Imperia Online
85% matchMixed59% of 309 reviews2016
Dev: Imperia Online JSC
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Imperia Online brings you into a world, which exists in the times before the age of gunpowder. It is the world of the sharp blade, long bow and war horse. Experience the vast amount of gameplay mechanics and compete with thousands of players in a totally realistic medieval strategic simulation!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 23.2%, Competitive 18.7% ★, Medieval 13%, War 12.8%, PvP 11.5%
- #17 Lordship
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Carpe diem
Windows
Lordship is a turn-based 4x strategy where your objective is to be the first to obtain the set victory points (Fame). Explore, find treasure, build and expand cities, battle creeps and opponents, and interact with various objects on the map that automatically resolve.
Why similar: 4X 43.1% ★, Auto Battler 20.6%, Medieval 13%, Strategy 10.1%, PvP 6.7%
- #18 Kingdom Ascension
82% matchVery Positive85% of 218 reviews2025
Dev: RainRingStudio
Windows
Step into the role of a lord, starting from scratch to build your kingdom. Gather resources, construct buildings, recruit troops, explore, and embark on adventures to continuously expand your territory and defend your homeland.
Why similar: 4X 29.7% ★, Auto Battler 18%, War 16.1%, Medieval 10.8%, Strategy 7.6%
- #19 Make Your Country Great Again
83% matchMixed52% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: A&A Infinite Games
Windows
Here is a global multiplayer clicker/idle game where players from all over the world unite for a chance to restore global justice and make their country the greatest among all others. There has never been a game this global and massive!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 46.1%, Idler 14.6%, Auto Battler 13.3%, PvP 9.3%, War 6.8%
- #20 Imperial Kingdoms
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BaroxxTech
Windows · Linux
Expand your kingdom: Gather resources and transport them to your capital city to produce the materials you need to expand your army and conquer new regions. Research new technologies to improve your economy and army. Use your troops wisely to outmanoeuvre your enemies.
Why similar: 4X 44.8% ★, Strategy 14.4%, Management 12.1%, Medieval 11.8%, War 8.2%
- #21 Clash of Stars
81% matchMixed52% of 29 reviews2023
Dev: Star Magic
Windows
MMO Real-time strategy star game.
Why similar: 4X 35.2% ★, Massively Multiplayer 26.7%, PvP 11.3%, War 10.8%, Strategy 7.6%
- #22 Nova: Space Armada
81% matchMixed52% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: STONE3 PTE. LTD.
Windows
An exceptional sci-fi strategy game based on space adventure as its core.
Why similar: 4X 38.7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 26.4%, PvP 10.6%, Strategy 8.4%, Open World 6%
- #23 Solaris
80% matchVery Positive81% of 86 reviews2021
Dev: SpacialCircumstances
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover a space strategy game filled with conquest, betrayal and subterfuge. Build alliances, make enemies and fight your way to victory and galactic domination. Will you conquer the galaxy?
Why similar: 4X 51.1% ★, Strategy 17%, War 12.7%, PvP 8.1%, Real Time Tactics 7.7%
- #24 Humankind in a nutshell
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: aevew
Windows
"Humankind in a Nutshell" is a compelling 4X strategy game with slot mechanics. Starting in the Ancient era, players manage their tribe's needs, fend off barbarians, and advance through tech to build a thriving nation. Construct diverse facilities for strategic superiority and aim for victory.
Why similar: 4X 38.8% ★, Diplomacy 21.3% ★, War 13.5%, Medieval 10.1%, Strategy 8.4%
- #25 Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO
79% matchMixed68% of 201 reviews2017
Dev: Illyriad Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Build a city, Create an Empire! Research 400+ technologies, and Build 70+ buildings, Craft and Trade 380+ items in an entirely player driven market. Fight Wars and Forge Alliances with thousands of players and create your own Empire in this award-winning, critically-acclaimed MMO.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 40.8%, 4X 18.8% ★, Diplomacy 12.6% ★, Strategy 11.5%, Economy 7.7%
- #26 A tractor
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 142 reviews2018
Dev: Games for May
Windows
An old-fashioned, serious, social-economic simulation and galactic world creation game that combines trading, vehicles, mini-games and blowing things up. And tractors. (Now featuring less about tractors).
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 66.2%, Strategy 17.3%, PvP 10.7%, Indie 5.7%
- #27 World Of Conquerors - Origins
78% matchMixed66% of 91 reviews2020
Dev: HuntahPub: Darkness Development
Windows
Grow your empire and dominate the world in this 100% free game, either through diplomacy or destruction. Forge alliances or go it alone, play as loyal men, elegant elves or brutish orcs.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 66.2%, Strategy 18.7%, Medieval 9.2%, Indie 5.9%
- #28 Diehexegy
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aebersoft
Windows · Linux
Diehexegy is a hex grid turn-based 4x game with a unique twist: your armies are composed of dice. It has multiple victory conditions and straightforward gameplay.
Why similar: 4X 53.2% ★, Strategy 17.7%, Medieval 14.2%, PvP 11.4%, 2D 3.5%
- #29 Poly Kingdom: Siege
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mason Brignac
Windows · Mac
"Poly Kingdom: Siege" is a dynamic RTS taking you from a Native tribe to Roman Empire to Medieval kingdom! Engage in intense battles with siege weapons, traverse dangerous terrains, witness your empire evolve, and enjoy thrilling building destruction in this unique strategy game!
Why similar: 4X 40% ★, War 13.6%, Medieval 11.9%, Management 10.7%, Economy 7.3%
- #30 Doomsday: Last Survivors
76% matchMixed66% of 845 reviews2023
Dev: IGG SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 95.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
New tower defense gameplay! The apocalypse has come, and zombies are running amok. As the leader of the survivors, collect and use resources to defend their last shelter!
Why similar: 4X 40.3% ★, Massively Multiplayer 29.6%, Strategy 14.6%, PvP 7.4%, Real Time Tactics 6%
- #31 Battle Dawn 2: Terra Reborn
76% matchMixed50% of 48 reviews2022
Dev: Zero Games StudiosPub: Gato Games
Windows
Place your colony, find an alliance of like-minded players and triumph over thousands of other players to conquer the world through strategy, tactics, diplomacy and skill in the biggest social-interaction based MMO of all time. Upgrade your colony, collect items for your Avatar and become a legend!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 26.5%, Diplomacy 26.1% ★, Team-Based 12.8%, PvP 10.7%, War 10%
- #32 Empire Origin:Rise
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EmpireOrigin Studio
Windows
The grand strategy game "Empire Origin: Rise" is coming. Explore the traces left by human civilization on the earth, pursue the great achievements of the kings in the historical fragments, and revive the brilliant civilization in history. glory? territory? Waiting for you to dominate the world!
Why similar: 4X 37% ★, Massively Multiplayer 23.1%, War 16.3%, Medieval 15.4%, Strategy 8.3%
- #33 Millidor
75% matchMixed61% of 163 reviews2018
Dev: Smart Online Games
Windows
Миллидор – глобальная клиентская онлайн стратегия в лучших традициях классического fantasy. Миллидор дает возможность стать правителем своего королевства. Суровым, деспотичным воякой или, наоборот, дипломатичным торговцем – выбор за вами!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 57%, Strategy 15%, PvP 10.5%, War 10.3%, Open World 7.2%
- #34 Medieval Kingdom Wars
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,602 reviews2019
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat in a fusion of RTS and Grand Strategy genres. Rule, build, and serve your King as a minor lord in medieval Europe. Experience siege, field and naval combat with an unseen degree of brutality. Rogue-like progression, epic towns and battles await…
Why similar: 4X 26.4% ★, Diplomacy 23.9% ★, Medieval 13.6%, War 11.2%, PvP 7.6%
- #35 MiniState
73% matchMixed60% of 86 reviews2020
Dev: Nalu Zou
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wage war, trade, and build alliances to build the greatest nation the world will ever know.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 73.1%, Strategy 20.3%, Indie 6.6%
- #36 Feudal Lords
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CrabWay
Windows
This is a turn-based strategy in which the kingdoms are fighting for territory.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 73%, Strategy 20.3%, Indie 6.7%
- #37 World Of Conquerors
73% matchMixed61% of 98 reviews2019
Dev: HuntahPub: Darkness Development
Windows
Build your cities, manage resources, train soldiers and fight for supremacy in a vast world with other player controlled empires
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 73.8%, Strategy 19.7%, Indie 6.5%
- #38 A Right to Rule
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WildSyeGames
Windows
A medieval isometric strategy game where you manage regional economies, sway faction loyalties, and use cards to influence politics, production, and warfare.
Why similar: 4X 49.9% ★, Medieval 18.2%, Strategy 16%, Economy 10.9%, Indie 3.7%
- #39 War of Conquest
72% matchMixed59% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: IronZog
Windows
Share a vast game world with thousands of players! Your nation is deep in the fray, carving out a place for itself and fending off usurpers. Develop technologies and defenses, battle for resources, and forge alliances. Search the terrain for Orbs, relics that can imbue your nation with great power.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 73%, Strategy 20.3%, Indie 6.7%
- #40 War Planet Online: Global Conquest
71% matchMixed63% of 961 reviews2017
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 34.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Build your army, dominate your region and lead your alliance to conquer the globe!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 26.5%, 4X 25% ★, War 13.9%, PvP 12.7%, Management 9.1%
- #41 The Battle of Polytopia
69% matchVery Positive94% of 5,740 reviews2020
Dev: Midjiwan AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to the unique, turn-based strategy game set in the strange, flat world of the Square. Lead one of 16 distinct civilizations to victory by expanding your empire, researching technologies, and ultimately become ruler of the world! Play in single-player or multiplayer mode for up to 16 players.
Why similar: 4X 34.4% ★, Diplomacy 23.3% ★, War 13.6%, PvP 10.6%, Strategy 7.9%
- #42 RedSun RTS
71% matchMixed43% of 30 reviews2018
Dev: Yuri EletskikhPub: redsungames
Windows · Mac
Redsun RTS is a prime example of the genre classic RTS, unjustly forgotten today.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 71.4%, Strategy 21.8%, Indie 6.8%
- #43 冒险之路(Adventure Road)
70% matchMixed51% of 35 reviews2017
Dev: WangJianWei
Windows
A global service, real-time combat Strategy Role-Playing online games(SRPG).
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 72.8%, Strategy 20.2%, Indie 7%
- #44 New Homestead
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Linus Witte
Windows
New Homestead is an online turn-based, strategy game. To build up a functional economy, you have to develop your cities and conquer your enemies on a procedurally generated map!
Why similar: 4X 39.4% ★, War 16.5%, Medieval 14.1%, PvP 10.3%, Management 8.8%
- #45 WARZONE
70% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: KEA Games
Windows
WARZONE is a tactical turn-based war game which requires a chess level of logical thinking and which provides an entertainment comparable to that of a tank shooter.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 71.3%, Strategy 21.8%, Indie 6.9%
- #46 Deathlands
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Frost Studios
Windows
Deathlands is a multiplayer turn-based survival game where you fight other players to remain the last man standing. If you only play one turn-based game, make it this one, because you'll love it!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 73.5%, Strategy 19.4%, Indie 7.1%
- #47 Folk Emerging
68% matchNo user 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 41.6% ★, Diplomacy 19% ★, Auto Battler 15.7%, Management 8.5%, Strategy 6.9%
- #48 We Will Be Gods
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cult of the North
Windows
We Will Be Gods is a free-to-play strategy war game on a massive scale. Large kingdoms of players must work together to face-off against other player-owned kingdoms, battling it out in massive, months-long wars in a bid to attain godhood and ultimate victory.
Why similar: 4X 37% ★, Diplomacy 27.7% ★, PvP 9.5%, Team-Based 8%, Strategy 5.5%
- #49 Fire On Fight : Online Multiplayer Shooter
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Amonga99
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Fire On Fight : Online Multiplayer Shooter" is an old-school PvP and Player vs bot online multiplayer first person modern shooter game with stunning 3D graphics and captivating gameplay.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 42.8%, Competitive 29.8% ★, PvP 17.7%, Team-Based 9.2%, Indie 0.5%
- #50 Expanse
69% matchMixed45% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: Yuri EletskikhPub: Tabee Networking Limited
Windows
25th century. The mankind has left the Earth to settle other planets. One of the Ark ships arrived in the star system but eventually no habitable planets were discovered. It led to a conflict between three factions — the scientists, the workers and the military — arisen on a planet with the best living conditions.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 68.6%, Strategy 23.6%, Indie 7.8%
- #51 Predatory Islands
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mattone Studio
Windows
Predatory Islands is a real-time multiplayer online game. Start with just an island, develop technologies, build, extract resources and create weapons to attack other players. Different game scenarios set different goals for the players, victory is determined by their achievement.
Why similar: 4X 49.7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 16.9%, Strategy 16.2%, PvP 10.1%, Economy 7%
- #52 Fate War
65% matchMixed63% of 426 reviews2025
Dev: IGG SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Windows
2025's latest epic strategy simulation game! Lead your Tribe in a vast world with dynamic seasons. Survive using your wit and uncover the secrets of a lost god.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 59.7%, Strategy 20.4%, PvP 19.9%
- #53 Gods and Idols
67% matchMixed70% of 754 reviews2016
Dev: JatteGames
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Take the role of a newly ascended deity in Gods and Idols. Carve your place among the stars in an open, dynamic, and massive MMORTS universe. Command the powers of the cosmos, form alliances, and use your worshipers as instruments to further your goals.
Why similar: 4X 37.3% ★, Massively Multiplayer 23.5%, War 15.9%, Idler 13.7%, Strategy 7.2%
- #54 SAGA
67% matchMixed55% of 137 reviews2015
Dev: Silverlode Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Build cities, command troops, and manage resources like in a traditional RTS, and also go on quests, chat with your friends, join guilds, and trade like an MMO. SAGA is an MMORTS with battling similar to the Total War series, mixed with city building from Stronghold.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 73.1%, Strategy 20.3%, Indie 6.5%
- #55 The Promethium Effect - The Idle Clicker MMO
67% matchMostly Negative29% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Zendo Games
Windows · Mac
Your job as head of the corporation is to take on the role of manager, pirate, and bounty hunter. All for the growth of the corporation. Protect your assets, steal from the weak, post bounties and pay others to do your dirty work to get ahead.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 63.2%, Competitive 20.9% ★, Management 8%, Indie 5.8%, 2D 2.1%