- #1 Arkheim - Realms at War
97% 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 32.3% ★, Massively Multiplayer 25%, PvP 11.5%, Team-Based 11.4%, War 8.1%
- #2 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 32.6%, Strategy 14.6%, Medieval 10.9%, 2D 2.5%
- #3 Zombiflux: Sleepless War
96% matchMostly Negative35% of 26 reviews2023
Dev: EGGTART
Windows
Survive and create your own civilization!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 38.5%, 4X 31.9% ★, Strategy 10.8%, War 8.9%, PvP 8.6%
- #4 Game of Planets
95% 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 35.4% ★, Massively Multiplayer 30.6%, PvP 14%, Strategy 10.5%, Real Time Tactics 7.2%
- #5 4X-Galaxy 无主之地:银河
94% matchMixed51% of 252 reviews2018
Dev: Mercator
Windows
“4X-Galaxy” is a game developed by the 4X concept system(eXplore、eXpand、eXploit、eXterminate)
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 44.2%, 4X 32.9% ★, Strategy 11.3%, Open World 7.9%, Indie 3.7%
- #6 Empolicy
93% 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 34% ★, Diplomacy 25.8% ★, War 12.2%, Management 8.4%, Strategy 7.4%
- #7 Goodgame Empire
92% 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 34.2% ★, Massively Multiplayer 24.6%, PvP 15.2%, Strategy 10.4%, Medieval 8.1%
- #8 Crow's Foot
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Thelix
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based hex strategy you can finish over lunch. Outsmart AI rivals, each with their own grudges, ambitions, and breaking points. Conquer provinces, command knights, scouts, assassins, and more. Unlock rule-bending scrolls. Go bankrupt and your own army defects.
Why similar: 4X 41.1% ★, Diplomacy 20.2% ★, Strategy 12.3%, Medieval 8%, War 6.6%
- #9 Hero's Hour 2
90% 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 24.3% ★, Diplomacy 18.6% ★, Auto Battler 16.2%, Medieval 13.4%, War 10.1%
- #10 InfiniteConflict
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Muffinman
Windows · Mac · Linux
A free, tick-based strategy MMO where the clock never stops. Expand from one planet across six galaxies, command mega-fleets, and forge alliances. One turn every hour - a war that never sleeps.
Why similar: 4X 41.2% ★, Massively Multiplayer 22.9%, Strategy 13.3%, War 9%, PvP 5.8%
- #11 Solderia - Fall of Kings
89% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: PopuGames
Windows
Build your kingdom, train armies, forge alliances, and fight for the throne in Solderia: Fall of Kings, a medieval strategy game where every decision shapes your rise to power.
Why similar: 4X 39.9% ★, Massively Multiplayer 26%, Medieval 13.5%, Strategy 13.2%, PvP 7.3%
- #12 Galactic Wargames
88% 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 23.6%, Strategy 13.7%, War 12%, PvP 5.3%
- #13 March of Empires
87% matchMixed62% of 1,836 reviews2017
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 75.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 21.8%, War 14.6%, Medieval 13.6%, PvP 10.4%
- #14 Siege of Turtle Enclave
86% 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 54.7% ★, Medieval 21%, Strategy 20.3%, Indie 4%
- #15 War and Empires: 4X RTS Battle
86% matchMostly Negative38% 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 17.5%, Strategy 13.9%, Medieval 13.9%, PvP 9.2%
- #16 Throneforged
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Genesis Worlds
Windows
Forge your empire. Claim the throne. A competitive 4X strategy game where every tile matters, every decision counts, ZERO RNG, and one win condition exists. Claim the central Throne and hold it for 10 turns.
Why similar: 4X 28.5% ★, Diplomacy 18.2% ★, Competitive 17.5%, War 12.2%, PvP 9.3%
- #17 Realm Divided
84% 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 31% ★, Competitive 24.7%, PvP 12%, War 9.7%, Management 7.5%
- #18 Dune: Spice Wars
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,441 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 16.4 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 28.3% ★, Diplomacy 21.1% ★, War 12.1%, Management 11.5%, PvP 9.1%
- #19 Imperia Online
83% matchMixed59% of 316 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 23.5%, Competitive 18.9%, Medieval 12.9%, War 12.9%, PvP 11.5%
- #20 Lordship
82% 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 43.4% ★, Auto Battler 20.2%, Medieval 13.1%, Strategy 10.1%, PvP 6.7%
- #21 Kingdom Ascension
80% matchVery Positive84% of 224 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 29.9% ★, Auto Battler 17.7%, War 16.3%, Medieval 10.9%, Strategy 7.6%
- #22 Feudums
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kalamona Studios
Windows
Lead your noble house through brutal wars, shifting allegiances and economic strife in an asynchronous multiplayer 4X strategy. Shape the narrative with or against real players in a medieval world where diplomacy isn't binding, there is NO pay-to-win, and only strategy determines your legacy.
Why similar: 4X 26.4% ★, Diplomacy 19.6% ★, Massively Multiplayer 18%, Medieval 10.8%, PvP 9%
- #23 Make Your Country Great Again
81% matchMixed50% 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 46.9%, Idler 14%, Auto Battler 13.1%, PvP 9.3%, War 6.9%
- #24 Clash of Stars
79% matchMixed52% of 29 reviews2023
Dev: Star Magic
Windows
MMO Real-time strategy star game.
Why similar: 4X 35.1% ★, Massively Multiplayer 26.9%, PvP 11.3%, War 10.9%, Strategy 7.5%
- #25 Nova: Space Armada
79% matchMixed51% of 253 reviews2024
Dev: STONE3 PTE. LTD.
Windows
An exceptional sci-fi strategy game based on space adventure as its core.
Why similar: 4X 38.6% ★, Massively Multiplayer 26.6%, PvP 10.5%, Strategy 8.3%, Open World 6.1%
- #26 SALUS
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Video Game Studios
Windows
A fast-paced turn-based 4X strategy game where four radically different factions compete through diplomacy, politics, exploration, and war.
Why similar: 4X 53.3% ★, Strategy 17.4%, War 12.2%, PvP 8.8%, Management 8.2%
- #27 Eden Universe
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Haxo Game Studios
Windows
A true God Game where faith, miracles, morality, and your Avatar decide the destiny of Eden itself. Guide your followers, perform divine miracles, and shape a living world as a young god.
Why similar: 4X 30.9% ★, Diplomacy 22.2% ★, War 13%, Open World 8.8%, Management 8.4%
- #28 ENDLESS Legend™ 2
76% matchVery Positive83% of 2,655 reviews2025
Dev: AMPLITUDE StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 30.5% ★, Diplomacy 23.1% ★, War 13.5%, Medieval 12.7%, Management 8.1%
- #29 Solaris
77% matchVery Positive80% of 90 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 16.8%, War 12.8%, PvP 8.1%, Real Time Tactics 7.8%
- #30 Humankind in a nutshell
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: juron games
Windows · Mac
Spin the slot and decide the fate of your civilization. From seeds to kingdoms, from stone to steel. From the very first turn to a thousand years later, every choice becomes history. From the first spark of fire to a forest of skyscrapers. How long can your people survive?
Why similar: 4X 38.9% ★, Diplomacy 21.3% ★, War 13.6%, Medieval 10.1%, Strategy 8.3%
- #31 Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO
77% matchMixed69% of 208 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 41.1%, 4X 18.8% ★, Diplomacy 12.6% ★, Strategy 11.4%, Economy 7.4%
- #32 A tractor
75% 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 66.6%, Strategy 17.1%, PvP 10.6%, Indie 5.6%
- #33 WARONOMY
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Aventine Legends
Windows
Waronomy is a deceptively simple, yet highly strategic turn-based conquest wargame set in a medieval fantasy world, where strategy is everything: raise armies, empower heroes, forge elite stacks, and annihilate rival warlords until every castle on the map is yours.
Why similar: 4X 40.9% ★, Medieval 15.1%, War 10.5%, PvP 10.5%, Strategy 8.9%
- #34 World Of Conquerors - Origins
74% matchMixed65% of 92 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 66.6%, Strategy 18.5%, Medieval 9.1%, Indie 5.8%
- #35 Land and Castles
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anmoco
Windows · Mac
A retro real time strategy game with solo and multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 40.8% ★, Medieval 16%, PvP 15.8%, Strategy 12.7%, War 6.6%
- #36 Diehexegy
73% matchNo user reviews2028
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 53.3% ★, Strategy 17.6%, Medieval 14.2%, PvP 11.4%, 2D 3.5%
- #37 Starherald
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FU YIBO
Windows
Explore thousands of planets, gather resources, craft warships, and battle space pirates. Form factions, conquer worlds, and build your galactic empire in this vast sci-fi sandbox. Captain — are you ready?
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 46.5%, Open World 16.2%, War 13.2%, Strategy 8.7%, Team-Based 5.4%
- #38 Doomsday × FAIRY TAIL
72% matchMixed65% of 899 reviews2023
Dev: IGG SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 100.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Z-Virus Adventure upgrade! Defend the survivors' last shelter from the zombies!
Why similar: 4X 40.3% ★, Massively Multiplayer 29.8%, Strategy 14.4%, PvP 7.4%, Real Time Tactics 6%
- #39 Battle Dawn 2: Terra Reborn
73% matchMixed47% of 50 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 26.6%, Diplomacy 26% ★, Team-Based 12.8%, PvP 10.7%, War 10%
- #40 Empire Origin:Rise
71% 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 36.9% ★, Massively Multiplayer 23.3%, War 16.4%, Medieval 15.2%, Strategy 8.2%
- #41 Millidor
72% 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 57.2%, Strategy 14.8%, PvP 10.4%, War 10.3%, Open World 7.3%
- #42 MiniState
70% 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 73.4%, Strategy 20%, Indie 6.5%
- #43 World Of Conquerors
70% matchMixed61% of 99 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 74.2%, Strategy 19.4%, Indie 6.4%
- #44 Feudal Lords
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CrabWay
Windows
This is a turn-based strategy in which the kingdoms are fighting for territory.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 73.4%, Strategy 20%, Indie 6.6%
- #45 War of Conquest
70% 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 73.4%, Strategy 20%, Indie 6.6%
- #46 RedSun RTS
69% 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 71.8%, Strategy 21.5%, Indie 6.7%
- #47 Medieval Kingdom Wars
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,611 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 26.5% ★, Diplomacy 24% ★, Medieval 13.5%, War 11.3%, PvP 7.6%
- #48 冒险之路(Adventure Road)
69% matchMixed51% of 37 reviews2017
Dev: WangJianWei
Windows
A global service, real-time combat Strategy Role-Playing online games(SRPG).
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 73.1%, Strategy 20%, Indie 6.9%
- #49 WARZONE
68% 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 71.7%, Strategy 21.5%, Indie 6.8%
- #50 The Battle of Polytopia
66% matchVery Positive94% of 5,904 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 13.8%, PvP 10.5%, Strategy 7.8%
- #51 A Right to Rule
67% 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 50.2% ★, Medieval 18.3%, Strategy 16%, Economy 10.6%, Indie 3.7%
- #52 Deathlands
68% 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 73.8%, Strategy 19.2%, Indie 7%
- #53 Kingdom of Krawall
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TinyDragonMagic
Windows · Linux
A fast-paced strategy game about building a kingdom, outplaying your rivals, and conquering your enemies. Play solo or in multiplayer and enjoy the depth of a classic 4X in a single sitting.
Why similar: 4X 54.2% ★, Strategy 17.4%, War 16.4%, PvP 10.3%, Indie 1.6%
- #54 War Planet Online: Global Conquest
67% matchMixed63% of 967 reviews2017
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Build your army, dominate your region and lead your alliance to conquer the globe!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 26.7%, 4X 25% ★, War 14%, PvP 12.7%, Management 8.9%
- #55 Fire On Fight : Online Multiplayer Shooter
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 107 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 42.9%, Competitive 29.9%, PvP 17.5%, Team-Based 9.1%, Indie 0.5%