- #1 Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection
97% matchMixed70% of 289 reviews2016
Dev: HeroLabs
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection is a set of three historical turn-based strategies, in which you are going to take command of the armies in the greatest Medieval wars as well as take control of countries and nations during World War II.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24% ★, Strategy 19.5%, Historical 18.1%, Alternate History 16.7%, War 13.2%
- #2 Medieval Kingdom Wars
96% 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: Diplomacy 23.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, Medieval 12.8%, RTS 12.3%, Wargame 9.6%
- #3 A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 14,798 reviews2018
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
From the multi-award-winning strategy series, A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia combines huge real-time battles with engrossing turn-based campaign, set at a critical flashpoint in history. Anglo-Saxons, Gaelic clans and Viking settlers clash for control. What Kingdom will you build?
Why similar: Historical 20.5%, Grand Strategy 16.8% ★, RTS 14.4%, Medieval 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%
- #4 Dawn of Ages
95% matchMixed55% of 211 reviews2025
Dev: Stratosphere GamesPub: BoomBit
Windows
Experience authentic medieval warfare. Command vast armies in brutal mass battles, utilizing diverse weapons and tactics. Embark on historical campaigns against rival kingdoms or challenge real opponents in epic PvP wars.
Why similar: Medieval 34.9%, Historical 25.9%, War 13.8%, Strategy 13.6%, Simulation 11.7%
- #5 Total War: ATTILA
94% matchVery Positive82% of 37,441 reviews2015
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.4 hrsMean: 81.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Against a darkening background of famine, disease and war, a new power is rising in the great steppes of the East. With a million horsemen at his back, the ultimate warrior king approaches, and his sights are set on Rome… The next instalment in the multi award-winning PC series that combines turn-based strategy with real-time tactics,...
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.4% ★, Historical 20.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, War 12.2%, RTS 11.6%
- #6 Ultimate General: Civil War
94% matchVery Positive89% of 8,518 reviews2017
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 45.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Ultimate General: Civil War is a tactical real time strategy war-game. Experience the bloodiest period of U.S. history - the American Civil War of 1861-1865.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.1% ★, RTS 13.6%, Wargame 13.5%, Historical 12.6%, Board Game 11.7%
- #7 Old World
93% matchVery Positive82% of 6,667 reviews2022
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Diplomacy 20.7% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9% ★, Alternate History 13%, Historical 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
- #8 Ancestors Legacy
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,615 reviews2018
Dev: Destructive Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually solved by war.
Why similar: Medieval 25.8%, RTS 24.3%, Historical 20.7%, Strategy 15.1%, War 9.3%
- #9 ENDLESS Legend™ 2
91% 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: Diplomacy 21.4% ★, Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, Historical 12.1%, Medieval 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%
- #10 Strategos
89% matchVery Positive86% of 234 reviews2026
Dev: Strategos GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Strategos is a real-time tactics wargame set in classical antiquity. Simulate large-scale battles with over 120 factions, and 250+ units, from the ancient world. Create custom battles, or take command of historical ones.
Why similar: Historical 18.4%, Medieval 15.3%, RTS 14.7%, Wargame 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%
- #11 Veil of Crows
91% matchMixed51% of 479 reviews2018
Dev: Kerry FawdrayPub: Humble Sage Games
Windows
Veil of crows is a sandbox style real-time strategy game set in a chaotic medieval world. From violent, and overtly bloody battles, to completely destructible castles, RPG style hero development, and meaningful interactions with other factions. Trade, extort, and conquer!
Why similar: Medieval 32.9%, RTS 20.6%, Sandbox 17.6%, Strategy 15.9%, RPG 13%
- #12 A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition
90% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,937 reviews2020
Dev: Dire WolfPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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: Diplomacy 19.5% ★, Politics 15.5% ★, Grand Strategy 13.2% ★, Board Game 13.1%, Medieval 8.8%
- #13 Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 36,032 reviews2006
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 36.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Spanning the most turbulent era in Western history, your quest for territory and power takes you through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and even onto the shores of the New World.
Why similar: Medieval 20%, Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Historical 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Strategy 10.5%
- #14 Iron Order 1919
88% matchMixed69% of 448 reviews2022
Dev: Bytro Labs GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
An unique long-term strategy game with week-long matches with up to 101 players, set in the alternate reality of 1919.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19% ★, Alternate History 18.5%, Board Game 14.2%, RTS 11.5%, Historical 9.3%
- #15 Wars Across The World
87% matchVery Positive82% of 221 reviews2017
Dev: StrategiaePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 43.9%, Strategy 24.9%, Historical 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%
- #16 Mordheim: City of the Damned
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 8,387 reviews2015
Dev: Rogue FactorPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Mordheim: City of the Damned is the first video game adaptation of Games Workshop's cult classic tabletop game Mordheim. Set in the Warhammer World's decimated Empire city, Mordheim: City of the Damned is a turn-based tactical game where you lead warbands into bloody and lethal skirmishes.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Dark Fantasy 18.2%, Board Game 16.5%, Medieval 14.2%, RPG 13.7%
- #17 Field of Glory II: Medieval
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 974 reviews2021
Dev: Byzantine GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Field of Glory II Medieval is a turn-based tactical game set in the High Middle Ages from 1040 AD to 1270 AD. Developed by legendary designer Richard Bodley Scott it brings the best from the tabletop world into the best digital framework.
Why similar: Medieval 28.1%, Wargame 24.6%, War 14.8%, Strategy 12.4%, Simulation 11.8%
- #18 Age of Conquest IV
85% matchVery Positive82% of 2,817 reviews2016
Dev: Noble Master LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Age of Conquest is a turn-based grand strategy wargame.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, War 12.3%, Board Game 11.6%, Historical 9.6%
- #19 Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades
83% matchVery Positive83% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: JOTASOFT STUDIOS
Windows
New Real Time Strategy Game based on medieval times, where you will control powerful factions and empires, with large-scale epic battles, asymmetric civilizations, unit customization system with RPG elements, dynamic AI, 8K support and much more.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.8% ★, RTS 16%, Historical 15.2%, Medieval 13.5%, Wargame 13.2%
- #20 The Dark Legions
84% matchVery Positive86% of 174 reviews2016
Dev: Marcell BaranyaiPub: Mascot Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
The Dark Legions is a 3d real-time strategy game in the medieval ages. You can command your army and build your empire through story driven missions. Or you can prove your strength against computer players, on randomly generated missions.
Why similar: Medieval 43%, RTS 35.7%, Strategy 21.3%
- #21 Monarch : Medieval Remastered
81% matchVery Positive81% of 378 reviews2025
Dev: Mr.Lordy
Windows
In the medieval era, assume the role of a lord and engage with other lords,develop fiefdoms, and employ strategies involving intrigue, warfare, and plunder. Expand your territory and strengthen your house lineage Or, be a god, manipulate the world? This game primarily strategic role-playing elements
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.8% ★, Medieval 17.2%, Historical 16.7%, Sandbox 7.7%, Wargame 7.5%
- #22 Battle Synth
80% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Cow Games
Windows
BattleSynth — Tactical Fantasy Warfare Assemble your army, plan your moves, and watch your strategy come alive on the battlefield. In BattleSynth, every unit matters and every choice can lead to victory — or defeat. Smart tactics, wild magic, and a bit of chaos await!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 23.1%, Wargame 19.4%, Simulation 17.8%, Medieval 16.2%, Strategy 12.3%
- #23 Diplomacy is Not an Option
79% matchVery Positive85% of 12,247 reviews2024
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Historical 24.3%, Real-Time with Pause 23.8% ★, Medieval 22.2%, RTS 11.8%, War 8.8%
- #24 BEAST: False Prophet
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 243 reviews2023
Dev: False Prophet
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 38%
BEAST is a brutal, gridless tactical RPG that sends players to the dark ages rife with plague and raiders. Join forces with your warband, develop your skills, and unleash your inner beast to shred through your enemies. But take heed, as your choices have consequences – in and out of battle.
Why similar: Historical 33.2%, Medieval 20.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Dark Fantasy 13.2%, Strategy 7.7%
- #25 Precipice
82% matchVery Positive80% of 323 reviews2019
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A game of diplomacy and war in the atomic age. Safeguard your closest allies and change unfavorable regimes without giving away your long-term ambitions. Every action risks an enemy reprisal, and if nobody backs down from a standoff, we all lose.
Why similar: Diplomacy 20.3% ★, Politics 19.6% ★, Alternate History 14.6%, Historical 10.1%, Strategy 8.3%
- #26 Supreme Ruler 1936
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 306 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Real-Time Strategy Game. Guide your nation through the most violent era in modern history. Play massive campaigns as one of the principal nations, set-piece scenarios of famous battles, or set your own victory condition and play as any nation in the world in Sandbox mode.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, Real-Time with Pause 14.8% ★, Politics 14.5% ★, Historical 12%, RTS 10%
- #27 SandTable War: Three Kingdoms
76% matchVery Positive82% of 264 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 20.6% ★, Politics 15.1% ★, Historical 13.4%, RTS 12.3%, Wargame 9.3%
- #28 Dead Monarchy
76% matchVery Positive81% of 139 reviews2023
Dev: Kevin Zhang
Windows
Dead Monarchy is an open-world, turn-based tactical RPG set in a low fantasy world. Personally lead and manage your mercenary company as the captain and embark on your personal quest to defeat the arena champions.
Why similar: Strategy 27%, RPG 26.1%, Medieval 25.2%, Dark Fantasy 14.4%, Fantasy 7.3%
- #29 Grand Ages: Medieval
79% matchMixed48% of 1,971 reviews2015
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Rise from the humble role of a simple mayor governing a small settlement and rule over all of Europe.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.9% ★, Medieval 18.2%, RTS 12.4%, Strategy 10.8%, Historical 8.9%
- #30 The Age of Decadence
77% matchVery Positive82% of 4,006 reviews2015
Dev: Iron Tower Studio
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees.
Why similar: Medieval 35%, Turn-Based Strategy 29.2%, Dark Fantasy 14.5%, RPG 12.9%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #31 Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
77% matchVery Positive84% of 509 reviews2020
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg is a turn-based strategy set in the period of WW2. It brings a modern look and new features to a good old wargame genre. You are to lead the German Armed forces overcoming unthinkable odds and claiming the ultimate bittersweet victory in Europe. Blitzkrieg is the way!
Why similar: Board Game 22.9%, Alternate History 18.8%, Historical 14.3%, Wargame 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%
- #32 Sons of Valhalla
75% matchMixed67% of 969 reviews2024
Dev: Pixel Chest
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Sons of Valhalla is a roguelike strategy game set in the Viking Age. Build fortresses, gather warriors, and lay siege to enemy strongholds, engaging in personal combat as you raid and conquer across England.
Why similar: Medieval 22.2%, Historical 21%, War 15.4%, Sandbox 12.8%, Strategy 8.3%
- #33 Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar
78% matchMixed60% of 449 reviews2014
Dev: Longbow Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar takes you to the plains and forests of ancient Gaul where Julius Caesar wages a decade long war to subjugate the barbarian hordes. Hegemony Rome will immerse you in the history like no other real time strategy game ever before, forcing you to pay close attention to the changing seasons and rapidly...
Why similar: Historical 20.7%, Strategy 18.3%, Real-Time with Pause 17.6% ★, RTS 15.7%, Grand Strategy 14.4% ★
- #34 Colonial Conquest
78% matchMixed62% of 264 reviews2015
Dev: Argonauts InteractivePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Colonial Conquest is a conquest simulation set in the Victorian age of warfare and expansion of the late 1800's and early 1900's.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, Historical 22.1%, Wargame 19%, Alternate History 14.4%, Strategy 10.9%
- #35 NORSE: Oath of Blood
73% matchMixed56% of 2,711 reviews2026
Dev: Arctic HazardPub: Tripwire Presents
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A Turn-Based Tactics game set in Viking-Age Norway. Build a settlement, forge alliances, and fight strategic battles. Manage a community of craftspeople, farmers, and warriors, as you grow strong on your path to vengeance in this story-rich saga.
Why similar: Historical 34.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 31.2%, RPG 13.8%, Strategy 13.3%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #36 Battle Brothers
74% matchVery Positive88% of 28,141 reviews2017
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 19.0 hrsMean: 93.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
Why similar: Historical 22.1%, Medieval 21.6%, War 15%, Sandbox 12.7%, Strategy 8.2%
- #37 King of Dragon Pass
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 564 reviews2015
Dev: A SharpPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Create your own epic saga of survival, mythology and diplomacy! Rule your clan, make strategic decisions that affect the game world, win battles and expand your influence in this unique mix of RPG, strategy and story-telling.
Why similar: Medieval 32.2%, Strategy 23.5%, RPG 21.7%, Fantasy 13.4%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #38 Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
74% matchVery Positive90% of 2,087 reviews2011
Dev: Martin IvanovPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron game. The game features a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century. Play from the outbreak of the Great War up until the onset of the Cold War.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 39% ★, Historical 19.7%, Strategy 12.1%, Wargame 11.2%, RTS 7.2%
- #39 Solium Infernum
71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,682 reviews2024
Dev: League of Geeks
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 25.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Take the Infernal Throne in this hellish turn-based grand strategy game. The Prince of Darkness has vanished, leaving Archfiends to conspire: muster your legions while intoning dark sorceries, devilish schemes, and machiavellian plots. Who will be the new ruler of Hell and ascend the Throne?
Why similar: Diplomacy 20.6% ★, Politics 20.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.3% ★, Board Game 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%
- #40 Napoleon's Eagles: Game of the Napoleonic Wars
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 150 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 26.5% ★, Historical 18%, Wargame 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, War 11.8%
- #41 Blood Rage: Digital Edition
73% matchMixed56% of 833 reviews2020
Dev: EndavaPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 37.7%, War 17.5%, Medieval 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Strategy 11.4%
- #42 Voor De Kroon
70% matchVery Positive88% of 641 reviews2022
Dev: Future Minimalism
Windows
Voor de Kroon is an immersive medieval strategy-action game with historically inspired arms and armor. Fight historical battles and command your troops from the front line or the RTS camera. Use the Warforge editor to reshape the entire game and build your own medieval campaigns.
Why similar: Medieval 24.3%, Historical 21.4%, War 16.9%, Sandbox 13.2%, Alternate History 11%
- #43 Kingdom Wars 4
72% matchMixed66% of 239 reviews2021
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 38%
It's 1347, the time of the Hundred Years' War. In this historical grand strategy and RTS hybrid you play as one of 200 minor lords across medieval Europe, Africa or Middle East. Rise up to take over your Kingdom and be crowned, then fight to preserve your empire as Black Death descends on Europe.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.6% ★, Diplomacy 17.9% ★, Medieval 11.5%, RTS 11.4%, Historical 10.6%
- #44 Clash II
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 110 reviews2024
Dev: Prime Bit Games SA
Windows
Clash II is a turn-based strategy game in a world steeped in ancient magic. Immerse yourself in its history and explore forgotten land full of magical creatures. Gather and train an army, expand your stronghold, upgrade your heroes! Lead one side of the conflict and decide the fate of the continent!
Why similar: Medieval 30.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 28.3%, War 19.2%, Dark Fantasy 14.4%, Strategy 7.5%
- #45 Thirty Years' War
73% matchMixed66% of 53 reviews2016
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Thirty Years War is a new game designed by developer HQ covering one of the darkest ages of European history. The Thirty Years War is the series of conflicts between Catholics and Protestants in the Holy Roman Empire and its surroundings, between 1618 and 1648.
Why similar: Strategy 35.3%, Simulation 32.6%, Historical 32.2%
- #46 Britannia
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: Avalon DigitalPub: PID Games
Windows · Mac
Relive over a thousand years of Great Britain's history in this epic game of conquest and domination. From Roman legions to the Norman Conquest led by William the Conqueror, explore the fate of numerous nations and fight to become king.
Why similar: Wargame 18.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, Historical 15.4%, Simulation 13.4%, Strategy 13.2%
- #47 Bellfortis
67% matchVery Positive91% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Bellfortis is a strategy game from the early Middle Ages. Expand your kingdom, use politics and power. Strategic planning on the map alternates with realtime battles of armies. Play as a grand strategy or on smaller local maps, build, recruit armies and fight!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.2% ★, Historical 16.4%, Medieval 15.7%, RTS 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%
- #48 Fantasy Wars
71% matchVery Positive86% of 312 reviews2010
Dev: Ino-CoPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Fantasy Wars is a turn-based strategy game set in a fantasy world. Combining both classic strategy gameplay and sophisticated 3D graphics players can experience epic battles like never before. Taking place in a fantasy world of Human kingdoms, Orc clans, Dwarfs' citadels and Elven forests the player is thrust into a world of war and...
Why similar: Strategy 42.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 42.3%, Fantasy 15%
- #49 Scythe: Digital Edition
69% matchVery Positive89% of 3,803 reviews2018
Dev: The Knights of Unity
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Scythe transports you to an alternate reality in 1920s Europa, one ravaged by the First World War. Take up the role of leader by assuming command of one of 5 factions, and set out to conquer the coveted "Factory". Lead your mechs to war and your people to victory!
Why similar: Board Game 30.4%, Alternate History 26%, Historical 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, War 8.3%
- #50 Age of History 3
65% matchVery Positive85% of 18,215 reviews2024
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 37.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.
Why similar: Diplomacy 21.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.9% ★, Alternate History 16%, Wargame 12%, RTS 10.8%
- #51 Rising Lords
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 969 reviews2024
Dev: ArgonwoodPub: Deck13
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising Lords is a medieval turn-based strategy game with card and board game elements. Send your serfs to fight and die in your name... or let them prosper, and use them to your advantage!
Why similar: Medieval 35.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.8%, Strategy 12.7%, Sandbox 10%, Co-op 7.9%
- #52 Fated Kingdom
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 298 reviews2019
Dev: GameLiberty
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Fated Kingdom is an old school digital board game sandbox for 2-4 players with shared physical space and no rules enforced by computer. The Kingdom of Kinmarr is falling apart, and to survive in this dark times, players need to roll the dice, draw cards from the decks and move along a game board.
Why similar: Board Game 38.5%, Sandbox 13.9%, Co-op 11.6%, Dark Fantasy 10.6%, Simulation 10%
- #53 Making History: The Great War
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 454 reviews2015
Dev: Muzzy Lane SoftwarePub: Factus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Grand Strategy 27.5% ★, Historical 15.6%, Alternate History 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, War 9.8%
- #54 RuneQuest: Warlords
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: VirtuosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
RuneQuest: Warlords is a battle-scale turn-based strategy game set in the RuneQuest universe. Immerse yourself in the rich lore of Glorantha. Become a warlord, master the use of runes and defend your tribe against the incursions of Chaos. Field an army drawing from heroes and creatures.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 48.5%, Strategy 38.4%, Fantasy 13.1%
- #55 Dragon's Chronicles~暗黒大魔王と北斗の剣(つるぎ)~
65% matchVery Positive88% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: スタジオあっとほ~む
Windows
Command two armies and resolve the continental turmoil in this traditional, robust, and highly authentic simultaneous turn-based strategy.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22.7%, Wargame 19.2%, Medieval 14.8%, Strategy 11.4%, Simulation 9.6%
- #56 Blocks!: Richard III
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Richard the Third is an epic two-player wargame that recreates the bloody dynastic struggle in the 15th century between the royal houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England.
Why similar: Board Game 31.2%, Strategy 18.5%, Historical 15.8%, Wargame 13.2%, Simulation 11.5%
- #57 Steam Squad
68% matchMixed65% of 89 reviews2016
Dev: Bretwalda Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Alternate History 46.9%, Strategy 28.5%, Wargame 19.7%, Atmospheric 4.9%
- #58 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
67% matchVery Positive80% of 2,707 reviews2014
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A Tactical Battle Simulator that allows you to command thousands of soldiers as a Union or Confederate General. The game features the most accurately created map, a non-linear battle campaign, complex morale, innovative control mechanics and smart AI.
Why similar: Historical 30.8%, RTS 20.9%, Wargame 16.3%, Strategy 14.8%, War 9.2%