- #1 Mandate 1600: The East
97% 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 23.2%, Political Sim 15.5% ★, Historical 10.6%, 4X 10.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%
- #2 Twisted Three Kingdoms
96% 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 23%, Political Sim 13.7% ★, Historical 11.7%, Wargame 11.7%, Diplomacy 8.6% ★
- #3 Three Kingdoms : Alias
96% 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 20.1%, Political Sim 14.8% ★, Wargame 11.2%, Historical 10.3%, Diplomacy 10.3% ★
- #4 Crowns of Medieval Europe
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: plausegame7
Windows
Lead one of ten medieval kingdoms in this turn-based grand strategy game. Expand your territory, develop your economy, strengthen your army, and shape the future of Europe through diplomacy, war, and strategic decisions.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.6%, Political Sim 15.3% ★, Wargame 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Diplomacy 9.1% ★
- #5 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
94% 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: Grand Strategy 19.4%, Political Sim 15.1% ★, 4X 12.5% ★, Diplomacy 11.5% ★, Wargame 9.8%
- #6 三国記II
94% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: lufy
Windows · Mac
《三国记II》是三国记系列的第2部作品,是一款正统的历史模拟策略游戏。以中国东汉末年的三国时期为总体背景,围绕着争夺大陆霸权,展开了一系列的故事。 《三国记II》采取直接在大地图上进行游戏和战斗,让玩家体验征战四方的快感。
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.4%, Political Sim 14.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Wargame 11.6%, Strategy 8.7%
- #7 Cascade: Hindcast
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Herni Dedalvs
Windows · Mac
Cascade: Hindcast is an alternate-history grand strategy game where monthly political and military decisions reshape a living war map. Use hindsight, spend scarce political capital, and watch borders, armies, and consequences move in real time.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.7%, Political Sim 18.4% ★, Wargame 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Diplomacy 10% ★
- #8 Reversed Front
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ESC Taiwan
Windows
The players may assume the role of Hong Kong, Tibet, Uyghurs (East Turkestan), Kazakhs, Mongolia, Manchuria, Taiwan or Cathaysian Rebel factions, establishing organisations in 269 territories in the Cathayan Continent to overthrow the Communist regime!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.3%, Political Sim 17.4% ★, Wargame 13.2%, Diplomacy 13% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%
- #9 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
91% 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 20.1%, Diplomacy 12.4% ★, Political Sim 11.6% ★, 4X 11% ★, Historical 10%
- #10 逐鹿汉末:三国
91% matchMixed67% of 36 reviews2026
Dev: CXC STUDIO
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 42.4%, Wargame 17.1%, Historical 15.6%, Political Sim 9.7% ★, Strategy 7.8%
- #11 Crown Of Hispania
90% matchPositive100% of 39 reviews2026
Dev: Regalis StudioPub: indie.io
Windows
Rewrite the Reconquista in a grand strategy game set in 11th-century Iberia, where population, religion, and war evolve dynamically based on your decisions. Move armies freely across 300 hand-built provinces, manage a deep medieval economy, and face an AI that actually fights back.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.2%, Political Sim 13.4% ★, Diplomacy 11.2% ★, 4X 10.8% ★, Wargame 10.3%
- #12 Great Powers
89% 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: Grand Strategy 23%, 4X 14.4% ★, Wargame 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Hex Grid 9.5% ★
- #13 Aye! My Liege
89% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Tappole Software
Windows · Mac
A grand strategy game set in an alternate history. Lead your noble house to power using a 4-tier command system that allows for granular management of every individual soldier. Master complex industrial chains, navigate tariffs, and balance diplomacy to shape the continent's ultimate fate.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.9%, Political Sim 16.6% ★, Wargame 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Strategy 8.9%
- #14 Mr. President
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 172 reviews2026
Dev: Exia Labs
Windows · Mac
Can you face the challenges of the Oval Office? Find out in Mr. President, a sandbox simulation of the U.S. presidency. Pursue your legislative agenda. Compete with rivals Russia and China. Deal with crises from 9/11 to COVID-19; and direct the U.S. military against terror groups and rogue states.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22%, Political Sim 18.3% ★, Diplomacy 13.2% ★, Wargame 12%, Historical 11.7%
- #15 NationWar:Annals
87% matchMixed68% of 170 reviews2021
Dev: Yiming
Windows
This is a deep focus on the Spring and Autumn period of the Warring States period of the grand strategy and real-time combat fusion sandbox game.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.3%, Political Sim 15.5% ★, Diplomacy 14.3% ★, 4X 12.1% ★, Wargame 11.6%
- #16 Antiyoy
86% matchPositive86% of 43 reviews2024
Dev: yiotro
Windows
Turn-based strategy with simple rules
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.6%, Political Sim 20.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Historical 9.8%, Strategy 9.3%
- #17 Reiner Knizia Yellow & Yangtze
86% matchVery Positive91% of 120 reviews2019
Dev: Dire Wolf
Windows · Mac
Lead your dynasty to victory in the new digital adaptation of the acclaimed board game!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.4%, Political Sim 15.4% ★, Diplomacy 13.1% ★, Wargame 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
- #18 Tempest of Nations
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Faustian Ambitions LLC
Windows
Tempest of Nations is a real-time, historical grand strategy game set during the Industrial Revolution. Lead your nation through one of the most transformative eras of history as you manage diplomacy, economics, and politics.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 36.5%, Political Sim 22.6% ★, Historical 15.7%, Wargame 14.9%, Strategy 9.3%
- #19 Caracol - Wars of Religion in the 17th Century
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Emanuele Romagnoli
Windows
Lead your nation through the chaos of the Thirty Years’ War. Recruit historical generals, manage pike-and-shot armies, and keep faith and gold in balance.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.3%, Wargame 20.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Diplomacy 11.8% ★, Historical 10.7%
- #20 Visigothic Kingdom: Conquest of Hispania
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MMF Games
Windows
Forge the Visigothic Kingdom, unite Hispania, and face the Muslim invasion in this historical strategy game combining kingdom management, conquest, and tactical battles.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29%, Wargame 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Diplomacy 14% ★, Strategy 9.7%
- #21 European War 4: Napoleon Remastered
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EASYTECH GAMES
Windows
European War 4: Napoleon Remastered is a turn-based strategy game, offering a comprehensive renovation of the original. Return to the Napoleonic era, deploy tactics, conquer territories, command historical generals, experience legendary battles, and master the art of war.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.1%, Wargame 12.1%, 4X 11.8% ★, Historical 10.1%, Political Sim 10% ★
- #22 Silesian Wars
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: GenuiTX Bittner
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule Silesia through a thousand years of history. Wage war, forge alliances and build duchies on a map of real provinces, against cunning historical AI leaders or your friends online — from pagan tribes to the modern day.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.3%, Wargame 16.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Historical 11.5%, Strategy 8.9%
- #23 Napoleon's Eagles: Game of the Napoleonic Wars
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 156 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 27.3%, Wargame 20.2%, Historical 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, War 9.3%
- #24 Ascendant Dawn
81% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Nikous Studio
Windows
Ascendant Dawn is a grand strategy game where you lead a nomadic tribe in a brutal bronze age world. Work your way up from a small clan to a great empire by founding cities and conquering your enemies.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.4%, Political Sim 18.1% ★, 4X 13.9% ★, Wargame 12.6%, Historical 12.3%
- #25 Kingdom's Life
81% matchMixed63% of 259 reviews2022
Dev: Strudio Company
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Kingdom's Life - Large turn-based global strategy game in pixel style. You have to create your own people and state. Can you lead the state to political, economic, technological and military triumph? It depends on you.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.1%, Political Sim 17.1% ★, 4X 14.6% ★, Wargame 12.9%, Historical 9.5%
- #26 Master of the Ages: Foundations of History
80% 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 28.2%, 4X 15.1% ★, Historical 12.9%, Diplomacy 10.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%
- #27 King's Orders
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 273 reviews2024
Dev: AFTERLIFE👻Pub: Games Operators
Windows
King's Orders is a simplified historical strategy game with an important innovation. You command your armies by sending letters with orders. Messengers with these letters travel the land and can be lost or intercepted. Generals execute orders upon receipt and send you reports the same dangerous way.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.1%, Political Sim 15.2% ★, Diplomacy 11.4% ★, Wargame 10.9%, Historical 9.4%
- #28 Legacy of Six Generations
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 疯狗工作室
Windows
《Legacy of Six Generations》 is a hardcore grand strategy game set during the Warring States period.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.5%, Political Sim 23% ★, Wargame 18.1%, Historical 9.3%, Strategy 6.3%
- #29 Imperialist
78% 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 26.5%, Diplomacy 15.4% ★, 4X 14.5% ★, Historical 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
- #30 Conqueror's Stage
77% 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 28.6%, 4X 15.3% ★, Wargame 14.1%, Diplomacy 11.9% ★, Historical 11.5%
- #31 SandTable War: Three Kingdoms
76% matchVery Positive85% of 343 reviews2026
Dev: 古玩工作室
Windows
"SandTable War: Three Kingdoms" is a strategic simulation game set during the Three Kingdoms period. Here you can play as various factions from Three Kingdoms history to conquer cities and lands, unify the realm. With abundant historical officers and scenarios, come restore the Han Dynasty!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25%, Political Sim 15.3% ★, Wargame 12.6%, Historical 12.6%, 4X 11.4% ★
- #32 Trumpets of War
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xblur
Windows
Trumpets of War is a grand-scale historical strategy game where armies clash and empires rise. Command vast forces across dynamic battlefields, orchestrate campaigns with precision, and experience the drama of war through an innovative system that blends tactical combat with strategic mastery.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.7%, 4X 17% ★, Wargame 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Strategy 8.6%
- #33 SGS Battle of the Bulge
77% matchMixed55% of 11 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: Grand Strategy 26.3%, Wargame 24.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Historical 13.9%, Strategy 8.6%
- #34 World Order: Global Power
75% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Global Strategy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead any nation in a deep, turn-based grand strategy and political sim. Master the economy, military, diplomacy and society against rival AI you can actually read. Build a democracy or a dictatorship; the game names what you become, and your reign becomes a shareable saga.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.8%, Political Sim 20.9% ★, 4X 15.5% ★, Wargame 11.1%, Diplomacy 9.1% ★
- #35 SGS Battle For: Shanghai
75% matchVery Positive86% of 93 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 28.4%, Wargame 20.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Historical 13.3%, Strategy 10.4%
- #36 SGS NATO's Nightmare
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 119 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
What if the Warsaw Pact had attacked NATO in the mid-1980s. Or the other way around? Study this titanic conflict, within its most emblematic theater, Germany and Central Europe. Will you be able to achieve your goals without escalating into an uncontrollable nuclear conflict?
Why similar: Wargame 22.4%, Grand Strategy 21.9%, Political Sim 21% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Historical 8%
- #37 Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty
74% matchMixed68% of 2,100 reviews2023
Dev: 不秋草游戏工作室(Bamboo Games)Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty is a wargame demonstrating ancient warfare in China and combining elements of Big Strategy, RTS and RPG. You can learn little-known stories of heroes in ancient China by experiencing battles accommodating thousands of soldiers.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.5%, Wargame 13.8%, Historical 13.6%, Political Sim 13.5% ★, War 9.1%
- #38 Three Kingdoms: Rival Mandates
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TEVROK
Windows · Mac
Choose your ruler, recruit officers, develop your cities, and win the war. Three Kingdoms: Rival Mandates is a strategy game set in the Three Kingdoms era. Grow your power through domestic affairs and diplomacy, and use your officers’ abilities and special skills in turn-based battles.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, Wargame 13.6%, Diplomacy 11.6% ★, Strategy 9%
- #39 Age of History II
73% matchVery Positive90% of 50,416 reviews2018
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 60.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Age of History II is a grand strategy wargame that is simple to learn yet hard to master.Your objective is to use military tactics and cunning diplomacy to either unify the world, or conquer it.Will the world bleed out or bow before you? The choice is yours..
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27%, Historical 17.5%, Political Sim 15.1% ★, War 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%
- #40 SYRAK: the War in the Middle-East
73% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: SAA Studio
Windows
SYRAK is a card-based strategy game set during the most complex war in recent history of the Middle-East. Local or Online game have you play as the Resistance Axis or the Western Defence Organization. Use powerful Political, Espionage and Military Cards to outwit and overwhelm your opponent.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.2%, Political Sim 18.9% ★, Wargame 14%, Diplomacy 11.2% ★, Historical 10%
- #41 Strategeist
72% 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 27.6%, Historical 13.9%, Diplomacy 13.7% ★, Wargame 8.4%, 4X 7.7% ★
- #42 Industrial War
72% 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 33.7%, Wargame 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Historical 10.9%, Strategy 10.6%
- #43 Power & Revolution 2020 Edition
73% matchMixed62% of 856 reviews2020
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
The new version of Geopolitical Simulator 4, the ultrarealistic simulator of today's world where you play as the head of state or as the opposition! Stop the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic and restart the economy, participate in the US elections or engage in lightning wars with new 2020 scenarios.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.8%, Political Sim 20.9% ★, Diplomacy 17.6% ★, Wargame 13.4%, War 5.8%
- #44 Total Victory: World Conflict 1939-1945
71% matchNo user reviews2027
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 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Historical 10.6%, Strategy 9%
- #45 SGS Battle For: Fort Donelson
71% match8 user reviews75% of 8 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 29%, Wargame 21.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Historical 13%, Strategy 11%
- #46 Crusader Kings II
71% matchVery Positive91% of 73,960 reviews2012
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 55.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 52.4%, Political Sim 17.5% ★, Historical 11.6%, Medieval 7.2%, Diplomacy 5.1% ★
- #47 One Planet
70% 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 32.2%, Political Sim 19.3% ★, Diplomacy 17% ★, 4X 16.9% ★, Strategy 7.6%
- #48 NationWar2:Chronicle
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 430 reviews2024
Dev: Yiming
Windows
NationWar 2.0 is a big strategy game based on the theme of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period. There are more than 60 countries to choose from in the game. Map 1: 1 restores the mountainous landscapes and rivers of China.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.2%, Political Sim 19.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Historical 9.6%, 4X 9.5% ★
- #49 Infinite Borders: Three Kingdoms
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NetEase Games
Windows
《万民长歌:三国》是一款单机 · 历史 · 战争策略游戏。在无缝连续、真实还原的3D沙盘地图上,玩家可以自选视角、以自己的意志重演三国。来体验真实的三国策略——真实的沙盘,真实的二十四节气,真实的百姓,真实的战争!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.9%, 4X 16.7% ★, Historical 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, War 7.6%
- #50 活体三国
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: 嗨呻啵咯
Windows
以人为本的策略沙盘,布局谋篇的颅内快感,生机盎然的骚话文案。【我的游戏,该有灵魂】
Why similar: Political Sim 25% ★, Grand Strategy 21.2%, Wargame 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Historical 7.8%
- #51 EraTurn
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lobelia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shape your civilization’s destiny in this epic turn-based strategy game. Manage resources, advance technology, and conquer through the ages. Every choice transforms history—will your empire rise to greatness or fall to obscurity?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.3%, Political Sim 16.4% ★, Diplomacy 12.2% ★, Wargame 11.9%, 4X 11% ★
- #52 Fate Candle: Three Kingdoms - Chronicle Restored
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: XIA WANWAN
Windows
The fire at Red Cliffs fractures history. Rise from one of 44 cities, govern your domain, befriend forgotten generals, and restore their memories. Develop your faction and deploy stratagems across ten-slot battles. Hold cities and awaken City Veins before the world unravels.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.1%, Political Sim 15.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Wargame 12.6%, Historical 8.4%
- #53 Romance of the Three Kingdoms Maker
70% matchMixed66% of 367 reviews2015
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 50.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms Maker" celebrates the 30th anniversary of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" series. It has been realized through a collaboration between the creators of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" series, Koei Tecmo Games, and the creators of the "TSUKURU" series, KADOKAWA.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.6%, Diplomacy 16.3% ★, Wargame 14.7%, Historical 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%
- #54 Samurai Conqueror
66% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Miura Production
Windows
Unify Japanese History! A Timeline Strategy Game Where History Itself Becomes the Battlefield.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.6%, 4X 14.5% ★, Historical 13.9%, Wargame 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%
- #55 HUMANKIND™ 2
68% 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: Grand Strategy 23.4%, 4X 17.3% ★, Historical 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Diplomacy 11% ★
- #56 Crisis Cabinet
66% match4 user reviews60% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Function Labs LimitedPub: Function Labs
Windows
Lead a nation through elections, unrest, war, scandals and economic collapse in this turn-based political strategy simulation. Spend political capital, manage budgets, survive crises and decide how far you’ll go to stay in power.
Why similar: Political Sim 22.4% ★, Grand Strategy 18.2%, Diplomacy 17.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%, Historical 8.4%
- #57 Millennia
67% 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: Grand Strategy 22.6%, 4X 14.2% ★, Diplomacy 12.4% ★, Historical 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%
- #58 Age of Enlightenment
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GSG Johan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shape the destiny of the world as an 18th century ruler. Forge alliances and prepare your armed forces to expand your domain and colonize new lands. Or focus on internal development and help your subjects thrive with prudent economic policy and lawmaking. The choice is yours in Age of Enlightenment!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.4%, Political Sim 17.7% ★, Diplomacy 13.8% ★, Historical 12.4%, Wargame 8.7%
- #59 Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms
68% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Aserisoft
Windows · Mac
Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms is a turn-based 4X grand strategy game, played on a procedurally generated world. Battles are real-time and tactical. Every world-map and battlefield is entirely unique, so this game will always have something to throw at you.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.9%, 4X 19% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Wargame 13.2%, Strategy 9.4%
- #60 MA 2 – President Simulator
66% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Oxiwyle Inc.
Windows
Build nuclear weapon, wage wars, strategize and become the strongest leader
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.6%, Political Sim 17.8% ★, Diplomacy 13.9% ★, 4X 12.2% ★, Wargame 11.6%