Games Like Scythe: Digital Edition

A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+

Why similar: World War I 23.4% ★, Mechs 22% ★, Alternate History 15.3%, Steampunk 13.6% ★, War 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the exact dieselpunk aesthetic and mech-combat themes found in the Scythe universe.

Might makes right in the wild wood! The award-winning board game of asymmetrical woodland warfare comes to cross-platform digital play! Combine subtle strategy and bold daring to guide your forest faction to victory!

Why similar: Board Game 31.6%, Tabletop 23.1%, War 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Like Scythe, this is a highly acclaimed board game adaptation that features deep, asymmetric area control mechanics.

The taming of the Red Planet has begun! Corporations are competing to transform Mars into a habitable planet by spending vast resources and using innovative technology to raise temperature, create a breathable atmosphere, and make oceans of water.

Why similar: Board Game 22.6%, Turn-Based 18.4%, Hex Grid 16% ★, Tabletop 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a similar satisfying engine-building experience where players compete to manage resources and expand their influence.

Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.

Why similar: Mechs 44.4% ★, Turn-Based 22.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%, Strategy 7.8%, Sci-fi 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: If you enjoy the mech-based combat of Scythe, this turn-based tactical game offers deep customization and strategic depth.

The award-winning board game of strategy and intrigue in the iconic universe of Dune. The Spice must flow.

Why similar: Board Game 46.2%, Tabletop 30.1%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Strategy 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: It masterfully combines worker placement and deckbuilding with area control, mirroring the hybrid gameplay style of Scythe.

Welcome to the Industrial Revolution! Lead your fast-growing business enterprise, build and develop new industries, multiply your income and don’t get distracted by your rivals. Show everyone you are the real deal!

Why similar: Board Game 38.4%, Tabletop 25.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Strategy 8.6%, Tactical 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is a premier economic strategy board game that rewards careful planning and efficient resource management.

CONTROL FANTASY RACES, SET OFF TO CONQUER NEW LANDS, OVERTHROW YOUR ENEMIES AND CLAIM THE VICTORY! In this digital adaptation of the legendary board game, dive into a world inhabited by whimsical fantasy races.

Why similar: Board Game 41%, Tabletop 21.9%, Turn-Based 20.3%, Strategy 7.4%, Multiplayer 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic area control board game that is easy to learn but offers complex strategic choices regarding faction management.

A Game of Thrones: The Board Game – Digital Edition is the digital adaptation of the top-selling strategy board game from Fantasy Flight Games.

Why similar: 4X 25.9% ★, Board Game 19.7%, Turn-Based 13.9%, Tabletop 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers intense area control and diplomacy mechanics that mirror the territorial struggles found in Scythe.

Armello is a grim fairy-tale board game come to life, with every match combining deep, tactical card play, rich tabletop strategy and RPG elements. Leverage subterfuge, spells and careful strategy to wrangle control of the game's chaotic odds as you quest for the throne.

Why similar: Board Game 21.5%, Turn-Based 19.6%, Hex Grid 16.1% ★, Tabletop 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This digital board game combines turn-based strategy with card-based mechanics and a unique fantasy setting.

Ragnarök is coming! The sky is falling and the end is upon you… In Blood Rage, the digital adaptation of the hit strategy board game, you lead a proud Viking clan in their final fight for glory.

Why similar: Board Game 28%, Tabletop 19.9%, Turn-Based 11.8%, War 10.1%, Multiplayer 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at area control and combat, providing a similar tension between expansion and tactical positioning.

Become the spirits of the land, and defend the island from colonizing Invaders spreading blight and destruction! Your spirits work with the native islanders to increase your power and drive the invading colonists from your island in this strategic area-control game.

Why similar: Board Game 54.4%, Tabletop 28.2%, Strategy 11.6%, Multiplayer 4.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: A complex and rewarding cooperative board game that requires significant strategic foresight and engine optimization.

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: 4X 21% ★, Turn-Based 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Strategy 11.6%, Historical 11%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for 4X hex-grid strategy, offering the same sense of empire-building and territorial expansion.

Hexarchy is an innovative, fast-paced, historical 4x strategy game where you use cards and deckbuilding to make your decisions. Single-player and online multiplayer.

Why similar: 4X 23.4% ★, Hex Grid 18.5% ★, Turn-Based 15.3%, Historical 7.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced 4X game that uses deckbuilding mechanics to drive strategic decisions on a hex-grid.

In a world of fantasy, called Terra Mystica, 14 races are fighting together or individually against their opponents to gain power and territory. Using their resources smartly and terraforming wisely to gain supremacy and lead their own settlers to victory.

Why similar: Board Game 35.1%, Tabletop 30.8%, Turn-Based 16.7%, Strategy 11.2%, Multiplayer 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This board game is renowned for its deep strategic layers and lack of luck, appealing to players who enjoy Scythe's deterministic nature.

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 33.1% ★, Turn-Based 25.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, War 8.8%, Multiplayer 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A streamlined 4X game that focuses on efficient expansion and tactical combat in a clean, turn-based environment.

Concordia is a strategic, Euro-style board game. 🏺 Players take the roles of powerful Roman merchants and follow the Roman expansion with their trade routes, franchises, and production houses. 🏛️

Why similar: Board Game 26.7%, Turn-Based 26.4%, Tabletop 20.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Strategy 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A streamlined yet deep economic strategy game that focuses on efficient movement and resource management across a map.

Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?

Why similar: 4X 26.5% ★, Turn-Based 16.6%, Alternate History 13.2%, Historical 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This 4X strategy game adds character-driven narratives to the traditional empire-building formula, much like Scythe's faction leaders.

Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.

Why similar: 4X 25.6% ★, Turn-Based 15%, Hex Grid 14.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Strategy 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It blends 4X empire management with deep turn-based tactical combat, perfect for fans of Scythe's combat encounters.

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.

Why similar: 4X 31.3% ★, Hex Grid 17.7% ★, Turn-Based 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Strategy 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A combat-focused 4X game that emphasizes military expansion and tactical positioning on a hex-based map.

It's Raiding Season! Plunder your way to Viking adventure in the digital adaptation of the award-winning worker-placement board game!

Why similar: Board Game 23.7%, Turn-Based 20.5%, Tabletop 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%, Historical 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A worker-placement board game that emphasizes resource gathering and tactical movement across the board.

Play the classic board game, Axis & Allies 1942 2nd Edition! Act as WWII powers in a turn-based strategy game that fits your screen and schedule— get notified on your turn and command armies at your own pace! Team up with friends, challenge the world’s top players, or go solo vs. A.I.

Why similar: Board Game 23.9%, World War I 17.5% ★, Tabletop 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Historical 10%

Why You'll Like It: A classic wargame adaptation that focuses on grand strategy and large-scale territorial control.

The official adaptation of the legendary wargame from Steve Jackson Games. Engage in futuristic warfare with armored hovercraft, superheavy tanks, infantry, and giant cybernetic war machines called "Ogres".

Why similar: Hex Grid 25.8% ★, Board Game 19.9%, Turn-Based 17.8%, Tabletop 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This hex-grid wargame features massive, powerful units that dominate the battlefield, similar to Scythe's mechs.

Lead your dynasty to victory in the new digital adaptation of the acclaimed board game!

Why similar: Board Game 23.2%, Tabletop 17.7%, Hex Grid 17.5% ★, War 9.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, abstract strategy board game that focuses on tile placement and territorial influence.

Wingspan is a relaxing, award-winning strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each bird you play extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your three habitats. Your goal is to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.

Why similar: Board Game 36.4%, Tabletop 24.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Strategy 8.7%, PvP 8%

Why You'll Like It: While less combat-focused, this engine-building board game is a masterpiece of resource management and card synergy.

Twilight Struggle is a two-player game where players play as either the US or USSR during the Cold War. Using actual events from history, players must plan out their strategies in order to obtain world dominance. Play Twilight Struggle and change the course of history.

Why similar: Board Game 28.9%, Tabletop 21.4%, Historical 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Turn-Based 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes historical strategy game that focuses on global influence and tension-filled turn-based decisions.

Harvest resources to build a village of woodland critters in this adaptation of the award-winning tabletop board game!

Why similar: Board Game 39.4%, Tabletop 28.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Strategy 10.4%, PvP 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful engine-building game that focuses on worker placement and creating a thriving community.

Lead your band of mercenaries in the land of Gloomhaven, work with unsavoury individuals, shape the fate of the region, fight your way through horrific places and get rich or die trying in this ruthless Tactical-RPG.

Why similar: Board Game 32.7%, Turn-Based 31.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Tactical 10.8%, Strategy 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical combat board game that requires careful hand management and positioning, similar to the tactical depth of Scythe.

The official adaptation of the famous board game Carcassonne! A modern classic tile-placement game based on the award winning game in which the players draw and place a tile with a piece of southern French landscape on it. The player can then decide to place one of his followers, called Meeples.

Why similar: Board Game 28.9%, Turn-Based 21.5%, Tabletop 19.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Multiplayer 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic tile-placement game that emphasizes area control and strategic placement of followers.

Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.

Why similar: 4X 24.6% ★, Turn-Based 14.9%, Alternate History 13.7%, Hex Grid 12.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%

Turn-based tactical combat set in the award-winning world of the Iron Kingdoms. Command your custom squad of steam-powered robots and elite warriors in raging battles dominated by magic and mechanika. Battle in online multiplayer and play the epic 21-mission single player campaign!

Why similar: Turn-Based 29.7%, Steampunk 26.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Strategy 12.7%, Tactical 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game features steampunk-inspired tactical combat that will feel familiar to fans of Scythe's mech aesthetic.

The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!

Why similar: 4X 26% ★, Hex Grid 17.7% ★, Alternate History 13%, Historical 9.5%, War 7.4%

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 26.7% ★, Turn-Based 16.5%, Alternate History 12.9%, Historical 9.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%

Last Days of Old Earth is a rich strategy game set in our far, far future where the sun is dying. Can you command the last noble tribes of humanity as they attempt to survive among the machines and marauding clans?

Why similar: Hex Grid 26.4% ★, Turn-Based 21.3%, 4X 20.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Strategy 9%

A turn-based WWI Grand Strategy game. Rush to field new modern weaponry and survive the horrendous attrition battles. Join the global conflict between the Great Powers of the age and forge a new world order for freedom or tyranny.

Why similar: World War I 26.1% ★, 4X 19% ★, Turn-Based 14.8%, Alternate History 11.2%, Historical 8.8%

Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.

Why similar: 4X 27% ★, Turn-Based 18.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Hex Grid 13.5% ★, Strategy 9.2%

Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!

Why similar: Hex Grid 21.7% ★, Turn-Based 17.1%, Board Game 16.7%, Tabletop 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%

Take over the control of one of the mighty nations during the times of World War 1 in the biggest WW1 strategy game of all time. Conquer provinces, forge alliances and build up your economy in real-time on persistent maps. Build experimental weapons of World War 1 and become the one true superpower!

Why similar: World War I 32.7% ★, Historical 12.8%, War 12.7%, Strategy 10.4%, Board Game 9.7%

Rewrite history by shaping a civilization as unique as you are. Combine 60 cultures from the Ancient Era to the Modern Age to lead your empire to victory. Build thriving cities, outsmart rivals in epic battles, spread your influence and leave your mark on HUMANKIND™.

Why similar: 4X 30.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based 10.3%, Strategy 9.7%, Hex Grid 9.6% ★

The Great War is a turn-based grand strategy game based on the epic struggles of the WWI era. Experience the battles of attrition and punishing artillery barrages. Play as any nation of the period as the modern world of industrialized warfare replaces an age of kings with a struggle of ideologies.

Why similar: World War I 29.4% ★, 4X 13% ★, Turn-Based 10.1%, Alternate History 9.9%, Historical 8.3%

Set in a post-apoc version of Earth, Revival is a 4x strategy game where the world and its rules can change at key moments, creating a deep and highly replayable experience.

Why similar: 4X 27.5% ★, Hex Grid 22.7% ★, Turn-Based 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%, War 6.7%

Steam Squad - a classical tactical wargame with honest physics simulation of battles set in an alternative universe during the First World War. Players acting for the 3 of the superpowers - the Holy Roman, British and Tianxian Empires complete 30 missions with squads of up to 8 units.

Why similar: World War I 32.5% ★, Turn-Based 24%, Steampunk 20.4% ★, Alternate History 13.8%, Strategy 9.4%

An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.

Why similar: 4X 28.3% ★, Alternate History 15.7%, Turn-Based 15.7%, Historical 10%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%

Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features. Players take the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation, with the goal of reconquering a devastated planet.

Why similar: 4X 25.3% ★, Hex Grid 20.7% ★, Turn-Based 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%, War 7.3%

1789, Paris. Take Napoleon’s place in an alternate history as Céline or César Bonaparte in this ideology driven, turn-based strategy journey. Defend, reform or oppose the monarchy and write your own alternative history by combining cunning political skills and tactical military prowess.

Why similar: 4X 20.8% ★, Steampunk 15.1% ★, Alternate History 14.1%, Board Game 11.9%, Mechs 11.8% ★

From Village to Empire is an indie turn based strategy game with a historical setting. Build cities, research technologies, and train units to discover new lands and conquer the world!

Why similar: 4X 23.9% ★, Hex Grid 20.2% ★, Turn-Based 14.7%, Strategy 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%

Rule the skies in strategy dogfights in the digital adaptation of the classic tabletop board game!

Why similar: World War I 28% ★, Board Game 17.4%, Tabletop 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, Historical 8.6%

Uber-Hardcore, Turn-Based, Steampunk, Squad Tactics. Battle 6 other factions for control of Pangea in emergent, tactical gameplay.

Why similar: 4X 26.4% ★, Steampunk 18.2% ★, Hex Grid 15.5% ★, Turn-Based 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%

Deploy for battle in the Variable Armour, a technologically advanced suit of war. With turn-based tactics and quick-fire clashes, lead a strike force of deadly mecha to bring peace to the solar system in a 40-mission campaign. Create your own maps, practice in skirmish, or battle across multiplayer.

Why similar: Mechs 23.5% ★, Turn-Based 21.2%, Hex Grid 18.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Tactical 5.9%

The galaxy, once peaceful after the Terran-Hegemony War, now faces rising tensions. The Galactic Council's efforts to maintain peace are failing as alliances shatter and secret treaties form. A confrontation looms—who will emerge victorious and rule the galaxy? Lead your people to victory!

Why similar: Board Game 33.3%, Hex Grid 24.2% ★, Tabletop 11.4%, Strategy 9.7%, Tactical 7.4%

Turn the tide of the war with nuanced strategies in One-inch Tactics, introducing players to a unique turn-based strategy experience.

Why similar: Mechs 30.7% ★, Turn-Based 23.5%, Tabletop 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Tactical 8.3%

Legendary board game classic from award winning designer Vlaada Chvátil

Why similar: Board Game 23.8%, Turn-Based 18.3%, Tabletop 18.3%, Historical 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%

In this sci-fi turn-based strategy with real-time base-building elements, you’ll be defending human territories against the transhuman Augments. Expand your HQ, and manufacture and upgrade an army of advanced drones to wage interplanetary war for Humanity!

Why similar: Hex Grid 25.7% ★, Mechs 23.9% ★, Turn-Based 22.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, Strategy 6.4%

eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate, EXPRESS. All of the depth, diplomacy, conflict and conquest of a turn-based 4X epic but played in fast-paced 60-minute competitive sessions. Play Solo or Multiplayer for 2-8 players.

Why similar: 4X 25.3% ★, Board Game 23.7%, Tabletop 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%, Multiplayer 7.9%

WAW is a unique historical strategy turn-based game, in a boardgame spirit, which aims at simulating in one single system ALL kind of wars and conflicts throughout the world (and beyond) from Prehistoric times to nowadays, on the operational or strategic levels.

Why similar: Board Game 38.3%, Turn-Based 25.9%, Strategy 18.9%, Historical 8.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%

Nations At War series is a dynamic platoon-level combat computer game based on the award-winning board games of the same series name. Nations At War series centered on armor, artillery and infantry combat during World War 2.

Why similar: Turn-Based 19%, Board Game 18.9%, Hex Grid 17.7% ★, Tabletop 14.4%, War 9.3%

Take over the world in RISK: Global Domination, the iconic strategy board game with 100+ original and classic maps and millions of players

Why similar: Board Game 31.3%, Turn-Based 15.2%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Tabletop 9.7%

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 41.4% ★, War 11.9%, Sci-fi 11%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Tactical 9.4%

Politon: A turn-based strategy game that will push your strategic and management skills to the limit! Expand your territory, strengthen your economy, and outsmart your enemies by planning your strategy carefully.

Why similar: 4X 29% ★, Hex Grid 24.7% ★, Alternate History 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Multiplayer 7.4%

Forge your Kingdom amidst the Ruins of Rome in this turn-based 4X strategy game! As the world crumbles, rebuild civilization and shape your people’s destiny. Unleash your strategic prowess, conquer provinces, and crush all who stand in your way.

Why similar: 4X 25.4% ★, Hex Grid 19% ★, Turn-Based 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%, Historical 8.2%