60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Economy, Singleplayer, Simulation.
Inspired by Aerobiz. Build a global airline empire across 90 years of aviation history. Open routes between 496 real-world cities, buy or lease 66 historical aircraft, outmaneuver 35 rival CEOs, and survive the Great Depression, oil shocks, 9/11, and COVID.
US and THEM
Lead the CIA or KGB in a turn-based global strategy. Influence nations, run covert ops, and win the Cold War without firing a shot.
Civilize
From the first stone tool to the first starship. One city carries an entire civilization across eight ages. Civilize is the first CivForge: a city-builder where multiple islands and 100+ resources let you forge an arc of human history that is entirely your own.
Lead the CIA or KGB in a turn-based global strategy. Influence nations, run covert ops, and win the Cold War without firing a shot.
Why similar: Cold War 29.4% ★, Grand Strategy 13.9% ★, Political 13.2% ★, Diplomacy 10.7% ★, Historical 10.3%
From the first stone tool to the first starship. One city carries an entire civilization across eight ages. Civilize is the first CivForge: a city-builder where multiple islands and 100+ resources let you forge an arc of human history that is entirely your own.
Why similar: Transportation 20.2% ★, City Builder 16.1%, Economy 12.3%, Building 11.7%, Resource Management 11.5%
Tycoon of transport, 500 years ago, with real historical events. Build trade routes, boost cities and mines, invest in real companies, lend money to emperors, invest in voyages.
Why similar: Transportation 28.7% ★, Diplomacy 18.9% ★, Political 12.3% ★, Economy 10.6%, Building 9.7%
A modern take on classic city-builders, Theos: Cities of Myth lets you develop a thriving metropolis dedicated to one of 7 Greek Deities. Raise an imposing sanctuary, meet your citizens’ needs, and found a city worthy of the Gods.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.8% ★, Diplomacy 15.9% ★, City Builder 13.9%, Strategy 8%, Historical 7.9%
Rule the underworld in Becoming Pablo. A grand-strategy city-builder set in the gritty 70s-90s drug trade. Lead a cartel, conquer territories, manage operations, and outsmart your rivals. This isn't just about building an empire. It's about surviving it.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, Diplomacy 17.5% ★, Political 13.4% ★, Historical 9.6%, Economy 9%
Arms Race - TCWE is PC strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR
Why similar: Cold War 24.2% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, Diplomacy 14.2% ★, Political 13% ★, Historical 10.3%
Join the race for power in the new political strategy game. Build a strong political party, win the regional elections and have a majority in parliament. As the head of state, you are in charge of running the state, managing the state budget and diplomacy.
Why similar: Cold War 24.3% ★, Grand Strategy 23.7% ★, Diplomacy 19.4% ★, Historical 10.2%, Economy 9.7%
Get rich or die trying! In Tropico 7, you step into El Presidente’s shiny boots again to build your island nation and – literally – move mountains. As glorious leader you guide your loyal citizens (and your Swiss Bank Account) through the ages toward untold prosperity.
Why similar: Transportation 15.9% ★, Cold War 13.7% ★, City Builder 11.9%, Diplomacy 11.1% ★, Political 10.6% ★
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.4% ★, Diplomacy 13.9% ★, Historical 12.9%, City Builder 11.6%, Economy 11.4%
The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Diplomacy 16.8% ★, Historical 12.4%, Economy 10.6%, City Builder 10.2%
Crisis in the Kremlin is a global real-time political strategy about the Socialist world in its final decade. Shape the fate of the world as you manage economy, foreign relations, and domestic policy. Engage with countries across the globe, using diplomacy or even proxy wars to expand your reach.
Why similar: Cold War 23.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.6% ★, Diplomacy 13.1% ★, Political 13.1% ★, Historical 12.2%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.4% ★, Historical 17.6%, City Builder 14.1%, Diplomacy 9.4% ★, Economy 6.5%
Step into the shoes of a fallen clan leader, starting with nothing but a crumbling estate and a handful of hopes, rising through careful planning, trade, and diplomacy to become one of the most powerful families in the land. Now it’s time to forge a legendary dynasty that leaves its mark on history.
Why similar: Diplomacy 26.4% ★, Political 20.2% ★, City Builder 10.9%, Economy 10.6%, Historical 9.6%
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.9% ★, Diplomacy 17.8% ★, Historical 12%, Economy 10.6%, City Builder 9.9%
Trade Empire is a medieval trade strategy game. Create your merchant, start trading in your chosen city, and use diplomatic moves to take control of trade across the entire map and eliminate your rivals.
Why similar: Diplomacy 23.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21.3% ★, Political 15.8% ★, Economy 13.6%, Historical 9.7%
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Diplomacy 18.7% ★, Historical 12%, Economy 10.3%, City Builder 9.5%
Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.7% ★, Diplomacy 15.6% ★, Historical 12.7%, City Builder 10.7%, Economy 10.5%
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Diplomacy 17.1% ★, Historical 12%, Economy 10.6%, City Builder 9.9%
Great Houses of Calderia is a Feudal Grand Strategy game focusing on family dynamics & stories. Use your family strengths to compete against rivals to rise in the ranks of Calderia - produce, trade, scheme, bribe, and battle to build your legacy of power!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.1% ★, Political 19.2% ★, Diplomacy 14.9% ★, Economy 11.2%, Resource Management 7.6%
Take up the reins of your country, guide domestic and foreign policy, navigate thousands of historical figures and events, engage in various struggles and lead your country to prosperity – all in the name of glory!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.3% ★, Diplomacy 20.6% ★, Historical 15.7%, Economy 10.3%, Political 9.4% ★
The city is strangled by its own explosive growth. Identify the chokepoints, invest in infrastructure, and redesign the network. One well-placed roundabout could nurse it back to life. Can you relieve the pressure and let prosperity flow as freely as the traffic?
Why similar: Transportation 38.2% ★, Building 10.8%, City Builder 10.3%, Economy 10.2%, Simulation 9.8%
A Cold War real-time grand strategy game. Players lead a country through the revolutions and superpower conflicts of the late 20th century, competing in the space race and nuclear arms race, destabilizing and overthrowing rival powers to expand their spheres of influence.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.3% ★, Cold War 26.1% ★, Diplomacy 18.6% ★, Historical 10.2%, Strategy 8.6%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20% ★, Diplomacy 18.4% ★, Historical 11.8%, Economy 10.2%, City Builder 10%
Greetings your Excellency. Time to rebuild, reform and prepare for new challenges in the People's Republic of Basenji. In this thrilling political strategy, you will appoint ministers and lead the country to success. Be careful — you may find yourself replaced in the next election.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.1% ★, Diplomacy 17.4% ★, Political 17% ★, Historical 12.1%, Economy 9.8%
Prove your political brilliance in a grand strategy like no other: pick any contemporary country, set up your government and navigate the pitfalls of domestic and international politics. A glorious destiny awaits - the domination of not just the Earth, but the whole Solar system!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.1% ★, Political 19.6% ★, Diplomacy 17.7% ★, Economy 12.4%, Building 8.1%
Give rise to wonders of the Aztec Civilization as you build your own magnificent metropolis in this ancient city builder. From humble beginnings build, trade, manage and conquer to become Tlatoani (Emperor).
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20% ★, Diplomacy 18.2% ★, Historical 13.6%, City Builder 11.2%, Economy 10.3%
A cosy railway management builder set in 19th-century Scotland. Shape the land, lay track, connect industries, and watch towns grow as steam reshapes the Scottish landscape.
Why similar: Transportation 27.8% ★, Historical 13.4%, City Builder 12.9%, Economy 12.3%, Resource Management 9%
Build a cozy little city on top of a brutally honest economy. Every citizen is simulated, one by one: they work, pay rent, get sick, go broke and turn to crime. Set taxes and policy, win elections, and survive a newspaper that blames you for everything.
Why similar: Transportation 24.5% ★, Economy 14.3%, City Builder 13.9%, Diplomacy 11.8% ★, Political 10.1% ★
A sandbox strategy game. Build your nation's transport network, grow your economy, and raise your people's prosperity. Every map is procedurally generated and unique.
Why similar: Transportation 23.6% ★, City Builder 16.6%, Economy 12.6%, Grand Strategy 10.4% ★, Sandbox 10.3%
You'll time-travel to a turbulent ancient Chinese dynasty as a young monarch. Ascend the throne amidst chaos and navigate among powerful officials, noble clans, and common scholars. Each vermilion note harbors danger. Your choice will shape history: Create a prosperous era or be a fallen king.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, Diplomacy 22% ★, Political 17.9% ★, Historical 14.8%, Economy 12.5%
Epic Transport is a casual game where you build paths and spawn vehicles that make you money. You select 1 of 4 Heroes that give boosts to different vehicles.
Why similar: Transportation 37.5% ★, Economy 19%, Building 15.5%, Sandbox 13.3%, Simulation 6.5%
The Cold War Era is strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR
Why similar: Cold War 27.4% ★, Diplomacy 15.3% ★, Grand Strategy 14.8% ★, Political 11.3% ★, Historical 8.4%
Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.3% ★, Diplomacy 18.4% ★, Historical 13.9%, Economy 12.7%, Political 12.2% ★
Transport Fever 3, the ultimate transport tycoon returns, bigger, deeper, and more dynamic than ever. Build the routes that transform the world across land, sea, and sky using over a century of evolving transport options. Design and build your ideal transport network.
Why similar: Transportation 33.8% ★, Grand Strategy 16.8% ★, Economy 13.7%, City Builder 13.4%, Sandbox 6.2%
A turn-based grand strategy game, simple for newbies yet challenging for masters. As the leader of a nation, you will conquer territories and advance in military, technology, culture, or politics. Choose from historical scenarios or create your own with an editor.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23% ★, Diplomacy 16.9% ★, Political 15.7% ★, Economy 10.5%, Sandbox 10%
Agecraft is a historical strategy and city-building sim. Build your settlement, develop the economy, take care of your people, and guide your civilization through the ages, from the Stone Age to the future.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.5% ★, Historical 14.3%, Diplomacy 14.3% ★, City Builder 12.3%, Economy 10.8%
A casual airline management game set on Earth and Mars. Supports singleplayer and Steam co-op.
Why similar: Transportation 32.6% ★, Diplomacy 20.8% ★, Economy 14.1%, Political 11.2% ★, Sandbox 8.3%
Fall of Bali is a historical strategy set in Bali set around 19th century. Divided in many kingdoms after fall of Bali Empire, Bali has fall in warring era for nearly 2 centuries and now the threat of imperialism come. With all your kingdom potential, can you survive and win this era?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.2% ★, Diplomacy 14.8% ★, City Builder 13.6%, Historical 13.2%, Building 9.2%
Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.
Why similar: City Builder 17%, Political 14.8% ★, Economy 14.5%, Historical 13.6%, Building 11.1%
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, Historical 13.3%, Economy 11.3%, City Builder 11%, Diplomacy 9.3% ★
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 23.9% ★, Diplomacy 20.2% ★, Historical 13.9%, Economy 12.1%, Political 10.2% ★
In the world of A-Train, people gather around stations, gradually developing the surrounding town. What kind of railroad will you create? How will you develop the town? All these choices and more are yours to make.
Why similar: Transportation 24.3% ★, City Builder 14.4%, Economy 14.2%, Building 11.9%, Resource Management 9.2%
Building and managing a late medieval city is a series of challenges. Build wells to provide drinking water, markets to provide bread and food, and theaters to collect performance tax. Stage mode continues an interesting story and journey, random map mode fills each game with a new experience.
Why similar: Historical 18%, City Builder 16.7%, Economy 14.6%, Building 14.1%, Resource Management 9.2%
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: Grand Strategy 27.3% ★, Economy 13.2%, City Builder 13.1%, Diplomacy 11.7% ★, Resource Management 8.9%
Can you exploit the New World to control the Old? Lead your nation over five centuries of history in this 4X Strategy game. Build production chains, manage logistics, grow your Empire, and outmanoeuvre rivals diplomatically or on the battlefield, to become history's first Superpower.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.5% ★, Diplomacy 24.5% ★, Historical 16.9%, Economy 11.1%, Simulation 5.8%
The year is 1510. As wars rage across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, it is the age of gunpowder and mercenaries - that changed the course of history. You can do it as well, going from a leader of men to the ruler of an empire in this unique mix of RTS and grand strategy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23% ★, Diplomacy 22.4% ★, Historical 12.9%, Economy 11.7%, Building 9.3%
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 28.7% ★, Diplomacy 21.2% ★, Historical 16.6%, Economy 11%, Sandbox 7.8%
Cities in Motion 2 is the sequel to the popular mass transit simulation game Cities in Motion. Build, manage and lead your transportation network to provide cities with their ever changing needs. CIM2 introduces new features including multiplayer game modes, day and night cycles, timetables and dynamic cities.
Why similar: Transportation 44.9% ★, City Builder 13.9%, Simulation 11.5%, Economy 8.8%, Sandbox 7.7%
Spanning from 1356 to 1956, steer the fate of any country on Earth through six epic centuries of conflict. Diplomacy, economics, warfare and intrigue are all weapons in your arsenal to transform the world that was into the world that could be.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23% ★, Diplomacy 20.2% ★, Political 12.8% ★, Historical 11.4%, Economy 10.5%
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
Why similar: City Builder 23%, Transportation 17.3% ★, Building 14.6%, Economy 14.3%, Sandbox 9.5%
A nation-scale city builder focused on city planning and production chains. Strategically place and develop multiple cities, shape them with synergistic policies, and use transportation and trade as supporting systems for a growing planned economy.
Why similar: Transportation 36.4% ★, City Builder 18%, Resource Management 8.2%, Simulation 8.2%, Strategy 6.8%
PolyTown is a modern, low poly city building game. Zone areas for residents and businesses, connect them and build services and utilities to keep your citizens satisfied. But don’t get too comfy, if you don’t do your job well, people will make you pay the price.
Why similar: Political 23.9% ★, City Builder 18.9%, Economy 18.3%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 7.5%
Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.5% ★, Diplomacy 20% ★, Political 15.5% ★, Historical 14.7%, Economy 10.7%
OpenTTD is a business simulation game in which players earn money by transporting passengers and cargo via road, rail, water, and air. It is an open-source remake and expansion of the 1995 Chris Sawyer video game Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
Why similar: Transportation 30.2% ★, Economy 17.2%, Building 14.6%, City Builder 9.4%, Sandbox 9.4%
Democracy is dirty; get your hands filthy. Manipulate the masses like a flock of sheep, bribe the parliament, and sabotage your rivals. In the chaos of the 70s, honesty is a weakness. Will you be a savior or a dictator? The choice *and the corruption* is yours.
Why similar: Cold War 25.5% ★, Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, Diplomacy 20.7% ★, Political 15.9% ★, Economy 10.4%
Forge an empire under the watchful eyes of the gods! Take care of your people, develop efficient production chains and trade with other landlords. Ensure their survival through harsh winters and disasters.
Why similar: Political 18.2% ★, Historical 15.9%, Economy 14.4%, City Builder 13%, Building 11%
The 20th century heralds the new age of electrification for the railroad, and a new opportunity to make your fortune. Build your corporation carefully, as you deploy modern electric and diesel locomotives, lay new tracks, transport goods and passengers, and stay ahead of the competition.
Why similar: Transportation 26.1% ★, Historical 14.2%, Economy 14.1%, Building 11.7%, City Builder 9.6%
Govern classical Athens across 272 unbroken years (594–322 BC). Steer family factions, the favour of the gods, and shifting alliances through 332 historical events — as the tide of history carries your city, inexorably, toward 322 BC.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.3% ★, Historical 22.6%, Economy 10.3%, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 9.6%
Use war, trade or diplomacy to satisfy your grandest ambitions and dominate five centuries of history in the newest version of Europa Universalis, Paradox Interactive's flagship historical grand strategy game.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.1% ★, Diplomacy 23.3% ★, Historical 15%, Economy 13.2%, Resource Management 8.7%
