- #1 Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection
97% matchMixed69% of 284 reviews2016
Dev: HeroLabs
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 23.9% ★, Strategy 19.7%, Historical 18%, Alternate History 16.6%, War 13.1%
- #2 Medieval Kingdom Wars
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,602 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 12.9%, RTS 12.2%, Wargame 9.6%
- #3 A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA
96% matchMostly Positive70% of 14,652 reviews2018
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 20.3%, Grand Strategy 16.8% ★, RTS 14.3%, Medieval 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%
- #4 Dawn of Ages
95% matchMixed54% of 192 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 13.7%, Strategy 13.7%, Simulation 11.9%
- #5 Old World
94% matchVery Positive82% of 6,135 reviews2022
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 20.8% ★, Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, Alternate History 13.1%, Historical 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
- #6 Total War: ATTILA
94% matchVery Positive82% of 36,976 reviews2015
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Linux
Median: 17.4 hrsMean: 80.7 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 20.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, War 12.2%, RTS 11.5%
- #7 Ancestors Legacy
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,549 reviews2018
Dev: Destructive Creations
Windows
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 26%, RTS 23.9%, Historical 20.8%, Strategy 15.3%, War 9.2%
- #8 Ultimate General: Civil War
92% matchVery Positive89% of 8,396 reviews2017
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 46.4 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 13.5%, Wargame 13.4%, Historical 12.5%, Board Game 11.8%
- #9 Strategos
90% matchVery Positive87% of 205 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 18.5%, Medieval 15.3%, RTS 14.7%, Wargame 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%
- #10 A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition
91% matchMixed70% of 1,917 reviews2020
Dev: Dire WolfPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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 13.1% ★, Board Game 13.1%, Medieval 8.9%
- #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 33.1%, RTS 20.4%, Sandbox 17.6%, Strategy 16%, RPG 12.9%
- #12 Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 35,447 reviews2006
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 36.6 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 20.2%, Grand Strategy 19.3% ★, Historical 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Strategy 10.6%
- #13 Iron Order 1919
89% matchMixed69% of 432 reviews2022
Dev: Bytro Labs GmbH
Windows · Mac
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 18.4%, Board Game 14.3%, RTS 11.4%, Historical 9.3%
- #14 ENDLESS™ Legend 2
86% matchVery Positive84% of 2,346 reviews2025
Dev: AMPLITUDE StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 20.6% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, Alternate History 12.7%, Historical 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%
- #15 Age of Conquest IV
88% matchVery Positive82% of 2,804 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 20.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, War 12.3%, Board Game 11.4%, Historical 9.6%
- #16 Field of Glory II: Medieval
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 929 reviews2021
Dev: Byzantine GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 13.5 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 24.5%, War 14.7%, Strategy 12.5%, Simulation 12%
- #17 Wars Across The World
86% 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 44.5%, Strategy 25.4%, Historical 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%
- #18 Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades
84% matchVery Positive82% of 85 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 15.9%, Historical 15.2%, Medieval 13.6%, Wargame 13.2%
- #19 Monarch : Medieval Remastered
82% matchVery Positive81% of 375 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 25.7% ★, Medieval 17.3%, Historical 16.6%, Sandbox 7.7%, Wargame 7.5%
- #20 The Dark Legions
85% matchVery Positive86% of 171 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 43.2%, RTS 35.4%, Strategy 21.4%
- #21 Precipice
83% 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 19.7% ★, Alternate History 14.5%, Historical 10.1%, Strategy 8.4%
- #22 Battle Synth
80% matchVery Positive94% of 66 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 23.2%, Wargame 19.3%, Simulation 17.9%, Medieval 16.2%, Strategy 12.4%
- #23 Diplomacy is Not an Option
78% matchVery Positive85% of 11,517 reviews2024
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.7 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 25.1%, Medieval 23.2%, Real-Time with Pause 22.8% ★, RTS 11.4%, War 8.6%
- #24 BEAST: False Prophet
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 237 reviews2023
Dev: False Prophet
Windows
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%, Medieval 20.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Strategy 7.7%
- #25 Supreme Ruler 1936
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 303 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 12.5 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 17.9% ★, Politics 14.7% ★, Real-Time with Pause 14.6% ★, Historical 12%, RTS 9.9%
- #26 Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
79% matchVery Positive85% of 505 reviews2020
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 23%, Alternate History 18.7%, Historical 14.2%, Wargame 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%
- #27 Grand Ages: Medieval
81% matchMixed48% of 1,970 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 21.8% ★, Medieval 18.3%, RTS 12.3%, Strategy 10.9%, Historical 8.9%
- #28 Voor De Kroon
77% matchVery Positive89% of 547 reviews2022
Dev: Future Minimalism
Windows
Fight for control during the Friso-Hollandic Wars. Set in the medieval 13th century, the game features a strategy campaign and historical battles. Fight alongside your army in 3rd person battles and command your troops in this strategy-action game.
Why similar: Medieval 24.4%, Historical 21.3%, War 16.8%, Sandbox 13.2%, Alternate History 10.9%
- #29 Dead Monarchy
77% matchVery Positive83% of 135 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 22.8%, RPG 21.8%, Medieval 21.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%
- #30 Colonial Conquest
79% matchMixed62% of 262 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 14.3%, Strategy 11%
- #31 Mordheim: City of the Damned
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 8,319 reviews2015
Dev: Rogue FactorPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 5.0 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 18.4%, Dark Fantasy 18.2%, Board Game 16.5%, Medieval 14.1%, RPG 13.6%
- #32 Battle Brothers
76% matchVery Positive88% of 27,117 reviews2017
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 93.4 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 14.9%, Sandbox 12.7%, Strategy 8.2%
- #33 Sons of Valhalla
75% matchMixed68% of 936 reviews2024
Dev: Pixel Chest
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.5 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 22.3%, Historical 21%, War 15.2%, Sandbox 12.8%, Strategy 8.4%
- #34 NORSE: Oath of Blood
74% matchMixed54% of 2,436 reviews2026
Dev: Arctic HazardPub: Tripwire Presents
Windows
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%, Turn-Based Strategy 31.4%, RPG 13.7%, Strategy 13.4%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #35 King of Dragon Pass
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 550 reviews2015
Dev: A SharpPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 9.9 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 32.3%, Strategy 23.6%, RPG 21.6%, Fantasy 13.3%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #36 Napoleon's Eagles: Game of the Napoleonic Wars
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 144 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 26.2% ★, Historical 17.8%, Wargame 17.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, War 11.9%
- #37 Solium Infernum
71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,640 reviews2024
Dev: League of Geeks
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 20.5% ★, Politics 20.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.2% ★, Board Game 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%
- #38 Rebel Inc: Escalation
73% matchVery Positive82% of 7,070 reviews2021
Dev: Ndemic CreationsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 16.1% ★, Diplomacy 15.9% ★, Grand Strategy 14.7% ★, Alternate History 12.9%, Historical 10.2%
- #39 Blood Rage: Digital Edition
74% matchMixed56% of 828 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 37.6%, War 17.4%, Medieval 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Strategy 11.5%
- #40 Britannia
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 96 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: Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Wargame 17.8%, Historical 15.4%, Simulation 13.5%, Strategy 13.2%
- #41 Kingdom Wars 4
72% matchMixed67% of 236 reviews2021
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%
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 11.6%, RTS 11.3%, Historical 10.6%
- #42 Making History: The Great War
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 453 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 27.4% ★, Historical 15.6%, Alternate History 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, War 9.8%
- #43 Bellfortis
67% matchVery Positive94% of 124 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 26.1% ★, Historical 16.4%, Medieval 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, RTS 11.8%
- #44 Clash II
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 109 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 30.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 28.4%, War 19%, Dark Fantasy 14.5%, Strategy 7.5%
- #45 Age of History 3
66% matchVery Positive85% of 17,231 reviews2024
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 21.1% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, Alternate History 16%, Wargame 12.1%, RTS 10.7%
- #46 RuneQuest: Warlords
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 83 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 47.7%, Strategy 39.2%, Fantasy 13%
- #47 Viking Rise
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 879 reviews2024
Dev: IGG SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 85.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Race against other players to explore Valhalla and conquer Midgard!
Why similar: Medieval 21.2%, Historical 20.9%, Wargame 19.5%, War 13%, Strategy 10.5%
- #48 Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
70% matchVery Positive90% of 2,069 reviews2011
Dev: Martin IvanovPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 27.0 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 12.2%, Wargame 11.2%, RTS 7.1%
- #49 Oriental Empires
70% matchVery Positive81% of 2,990 reviews2017
Dev: Shining Pixel StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.
Why similar: Historical 25.4%, Grand Strategy 23% ★, Strategy 13.3%, War 9.9%, Simulation 9.9%
- #50 Thirty Years' War
72% matchMixed65% of 52 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 35.4%, Simulation 32.7%, Historical 31.9%
- #51 Fated Kingdom
70% matchMostly Positive75% 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 38.3%, Sandbox 13.9%, Co-op 11.6%, Dark Fantasy 10.6%, Simulation 10%
- #52 Rising Lords
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 951 reviews2024
Dev: ArgonwoodPub: Deck13
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 12.1 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 9.9%, Co-op 7.9%
- #53 Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar
71% matchMixed60% of 449 reviews2014
Dev: Longbow Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.4 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 18.5%, Real-Time with Pause 17.4% ★, RTS 15.6%, Grand Strategy 14.4% ★
- #54 Blocks!: Richard III
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 79 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 31.1%, Strategy 18.6%, Historical 15.7%, Wargame 13.1%, Simulation 11.6%
- #55 Dragon's Chronicles~暗黒大魔王と北斗の剣(つるぎ)~
64% matchVery Positive90% of 105 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 22.8%, Wargame 19.1%, Medieval 14.9%, Strategy 11.5%, Simulation 9.7%
- #56 Fantasy Wars
69% matchVery Positive86% of 308 reviews2010
Dev: Ino-CoPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 40%
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 42.4%, Fantasy 14.9%
- #57 Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs
65% matchVery Positive85% of 227 reviews2024
Dev: Object SoftwarePub: Strategy First
Windows
An epic real-time strategy game set in chaotic Ancient China. Control the kingdoms of Liu Bei, Sun Quan, or Cao Cao, warlords who played a pivotal role in Ancient China. Lead your kingdom, innovate tech, forge alliances, build a formidable army to unite the nation.
Why similar: Diplomacy 22.1% ★, Historical 18.2%, Alternate History 17%, RTS 15.5%, War 12%
- #58 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
68% matchVery Positive81% of 2,701 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 30.7%, RTS 20.7%, Wargame 16.3%, Strategy 14.9%, War 9.2%