- #1 Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece
97% matchVery Positive95% of 218 reviews2012
Dev: Longbow Games
Windows
Conquer the ancient Greek world in Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece, an epic strategy wargame that expands and refines the award-winning Hegemony: Philip of Macedon with brand new content and features.
Why similar: Strategy 28.8%, Real-Time with Pause 25.7% ★, Historical 20.8%, RTS 15.2%, Indie 9.5%
- #2 Ratergy
96% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Jens BolanzPub: Bolanzarts
Windows
Ratergy is a local multiplayer arena action game. Fill your nest with cheese by using your two rats and put your skills and friendship to the test. Develop the most efficient cheese-gathering tactics by interacting with elements such as conveyor belts, bombs and many other power ups.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 35.4%, Local Multiplayer 29.4%, Mouse Only 15.4% ★, Indie 11.6%, Strategy 8.2%
- #3 Viking Chess: Hnefatafl
96% matchVery Positive89% of 65 reviews2020
Dev: Diamond Sky GamesPub: Rain Games
Windows · Mac
Play the ancient game of "Hnefatafl" in style on your PC, in Singleplayer mode against the AI or Multiplayer over the internet. "Hnefatafl" is a strategic, chess-like boardgame with assumed origins all the way back to the Viking era.
Why similar: Strategy 36.4%, Board Game 30.6%, Historical 18.2%, Indie 14.8%
- #4 Tile Battle
95% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Masterstrike
Windows · Mac · Linux
A local multiplayer mix inspired by Warcraft III and Lemmings. Play with factions, spells and tiles to outwit your friends in this chaotic new take on the RTS genre.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 34.1%, Strategy 27.2%, Local Multiplayer 26.7%, Indie 12.1%
- #5 Lost Bazaar
94% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Lost Bazaar developers
Windows · Linux
Merchant-princes gather from all corners of the world to sell their bric-a-brac for a tidy profit. An easy to learn, hard to master multiplayer card game where 2 to 4 players compete for the customers in the mythical Bazaar.
Why similar: Strategy 36.9%, Board Game 22%, Local Multiplayer 15.6%, Indie 14.8%, 4 Player Local 10.7%
- #6 Coffee Pot Terrarium
94% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2016
Dev: Brothers Flint
Windows · Mac · Linux
Created by two brothers, Coffee Pot Terrarium is a turn-based puzzle game of tile manipulation. Raise new pathways to traverse the map, drop tiles to eliminate the enemy. Stop and smell the cherry blossoms.
Why similar: Strategy 71.1%, Indie 28.9%
- #7 Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small
93% matchMostly Negative39% of 132 reviews2017
Dev: DIGIDICEDPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Agricola: All Creatures Big & Small is a digital adaptation of Uwe Rosenberg's award-winning two-player board game featuring farming and livestock breeding.
Why similar: Strategy 45.7%, Board Game 37.3%, Indie 16.9%
- #8 BattleLore: Command
92% matchMixed65% of 121 reviews2015
Dev: Fantasy Flight GamesPub: Fantasy Flight Publishing, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
BattleLore: Command is based on the board game BattleLore Second Edition from Fantasy Flight Games. Lead the noble Daqan army in a campaign against the demon-blooded Uthuk Y’llan or battle head-to-head against a friend or AI opponent in Multiplayer!
Why similar: Strategy 43.9%, Board Game 42.3%, Indie 13.9%
- #9 Yardlings
91% matchVery Positive85% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Yardlings is a local multiplayer battle arena about vegetables in a garden! Build an adorable army, place yourself strategically on the battlefield, using special abilities, capturing potted plants (outposts) and big seed-shooting flowers while you try to gain control over the yard!
Why similar: Strategy 55.3%, Indie 22.7%, 4 Player Local 12%, Local Multiplayer 10%
- #10 PlayUSA
91% matchMixed46% of 68 reviews2018
Dev: Sebastian HavensPub: Gavisus Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 23%
PlayUSA is an online turn-based strategy game in which the goal is to buy as many cities as you can with your starting balance of $100 billion, building a network of planes in between the cities to gain points, play with 1-3 friends or if you have a shortage of friends, strangers don’t bite either.
Why similar: Strategy 41.2%, Board Game 34%, Indie 24.7%
- #11 Wars Across The World
90% matchVery Positive82% of 221 reviews2017
Dev: StrategiaePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.7 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: Strategy 38.3%, Board Game 34.7%, Indie 14.9%, Historical 12.1%
- #12 Fourzy
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MindIsle Games
Windows
COMPETITIVE MATCH FOUR
Why similar: Strategy 40%, Board Game 24.6%, Local Multiplayer 19.1%, Indie 16.3%
- #13 Istanbul: Digital Edition
89% matchVery Positive92% of 277 reviews2018
Dev: Acram Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Collect and trade goods! Plan ahead! Earn rubies and win the race to fortune! Become the best merchant in Istanbul! This faithful adaptation of one of the best board games of all time will turn you into a merchant on a journey from rags to riches. 🕌📦👳
Why similar: Board Game 24.3%, Mouse Only 19.9% ★, Strategy 19.1%, 4 Player Local 17.9%, Local Multiplayer 11.3%
- #14 Dragon`s Checkers
89% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: iwangr
Windows
Your pawns are at the bottom of the board. In your turns you move one of your pawn diagonally to one of a nearest square. You can destroy enemy's pawn by jumping diagonally over it. Note: If you can destroy enemy's pawn you MUST do it.That's the rule.
Why similar: Strategy 48.1%, Board Game 31.7%, Indie 20.2%
- #15 东周拟战
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GameMan
Windows
The Spring and Autumn period was a period in Chinese history from approximately 710. No foreign version now.
Why similar: Strategy 53.5%, Historical 25.4%, Indie 21.1%
- #16 Between Two Castles - Digital Edition
88% matchMostly Negative40% of 446 reviews2019
Dev: Daisu Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 16%
Between Two Castles - Digital Edition brings the delightful experience of the original board game to your computer! Build unique procedural castles, make strategies and play online with your friends!
Why similar: Strategy 51.5%, Board Game 43.6%, Indie 4.9%
- #17 Solmec: Among Stars
87% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Octopus 8 Studios
Windows
Solmec: Among Stars is a resource management game which allows you to play as the Ankazil, giant space roaming beasts. Infected by the Rot, you must travel across the different solar systems to find your way home. However, the Rot has spread across the galaxy making once peaceful environment’s infested with hostile enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 71.1%, Indie 28.9%
- #18 Cossacks II: Battle for Europe
86% matchVery Positive81% of 1,206 reviews2011
Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC World Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Cossacks II: Battle for Europe is a standalone add-on for "Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars" presenting new nations with the possibility to wage multiplayer battles.
Why similar: Strategy 54.6%, RTS 23.1%, Historical 22.4%
- #19 Chickamauga Battles
84% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Refight one of the most significant battles of the American Civil War 'the Battle of Chickamauga'.
Why similar: Strategy 41.5%, Board Game 34.8%, Historical 23.7%
- #20 Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars
85% matchMixed57% of 651 reviews2011
Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC World Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars sends the player into the heroic XIX century where they assume the role of a commander to take part in the massive historical battles for the supremacy over Europe.
Why similar: Strategy 52%, RTS 26.8%, Historical 21.3%
- #21 Daka Dara
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Sugarsnapp Games
Windows
Out-position your friends in this two player strategy board game. The first ever digital version of the centuries old board game, Dara.
Why similar: Strategy 33.1%, Board Game 32.8%, Local Multiplayer 21.3%, Indie 12.8%
- #22 American Conquest
83% matchMixed68% of 681 reviews2011
Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC World Publishing
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 40%
In American Conquest, Players set sail from Europe to discover new world and conquer its innumerable riches.
Why similar: Strategy 43.2%, RTS 31.3%, Historical 25.5%
- #23 Cossacks: European Wars
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 626 reviews2011
Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC World Publishing
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 33%
This game is devoted to the key events of the XVII–XVIII centuries.
Why similar: Strategy 61.2%, RTS 20.3%, Historical 18.5%
- #24 Patchwork
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 280 reviews2016
Dev: DIGIDICEDPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In the long-awaited digital adaptation of Uwe Rosenberg's Patchwork, players patch their way to victory using fabric pieces of assorted sizes, colors, and buttons.
Why similar: Board Game 45.2%, Strategy 39.6%, Indie 15.2%
- #25 曲阿小将 Minor Leader
79% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: SunQ Games
Windows
《曲阿小将》是一款以三国为时代背景的策略类多人在线游戏,玩家将以历史上最神秘的三国武将——“曲阿小将”为第一视角,开启他传奇的一生。
Why similar: Strategy 53.1%, Historical 26%, Indie 20.9%
- #26 American Conquest: Fight Back
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 613 reviews2011
Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC World Publishing
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 45%
American Conquest: Fight Back is the sequel to American Conquest. The most significant events of that glorious time have found their way into this title.
Why similar: Strategy 43.1%, RTS 34.6%, Historical 22.3%
- #27 Fractured State
77% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Mechanical Monocle
Windows
Fractured State refines the RTS genre into fast-paced strategic urban combat. Take part as the machine driven imperialistic faction of the Laperian Imperial Army battle to remain in control against the Children of the Ancients, worshipers and masters of an ancient power. Includes Map Editor.
Why similar: Strategy 48.1%, RTS 32.4%, Indie 19.5%
- #28 Cro Magnon
78% matchMostly Negative36% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Thor Gaming
Windows
Europe, 39000 BC. A group of people have arrived at a location suitable for a settlement. The lands are rich and fertile, but not uninhabited. You will take command of a newly formed clan of Cro Magnon, in the final days of the Neanderthals. Your goal is survival and dominance.
Why similar: Strategy 47.6%, RTS 31.1%, Indie 21.3%
- #29 In The Dead Of Night - Urszula's Revenge
78% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2015
Dev: Axed Game Studio
Windows
In The Dead of Night is a story driven top down game that merges the best elements of RTS with Tower Defence. Take control of the town to gather resources and build your defences before Urszula’s zombies charge upon you at nightfall.
Why similar: Strategy 71.1%, Indie 28.9%
- #30 Soul Harvest
73% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Nanoleptic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Soul Harvest is a fast paced local multiplayer strategy game set in the depths of Hell! Play as Archdemons fighting for the domination of the underworld, harvest souls to summon armies of minions or to cast unholy magicks and send your enemies into oblivion!
Why similar: Strategy 33.2%, 4 Player Local 19.6%, Local Multiplayer 17.6%, RTS 15.7%, Indie 13.9%
- #31 The Castles of Burgundy
75% matchVery Positive81% of 276 reviews2019
Dev: DIGIDICED
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stefan Feld's highly decorated board game "The Castles Of Burgundy" by Ravensburger is getting its digital version on Steam! Enjoy against the challenging AI or friends a beautiful digital version of the classic board game!
Why similar: Strategy 48.5%, Board Game 35.1%, Indie 16.4%
- #32 VoidStep
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: 2508 GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
A tactical turn-based board game set in a realm born from divine tears. Move, destroy, isolate. Master the void through a story campaign, 5 AI difficulty levels, and fierce cross-platform online competition.
Why similar: Strategy 31.7%, Board Game 27.5%, Local Multiplayer 21.4%, Indie 19.3%
- #33 Le Havre: The Inland Port
77% matchMixed56% of 68 reviews2016
Dev: DIGIDICEDPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build a prosperous port in Uwe Rosenberg’s award winning two-player board game!
Why similar: Strategy 47.4%, Board Game 33.9%, Indie 18.7%
- #34 Shape Wars
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Lefler IosifPub: Lefios Production
Windows
A fast-paced auto-battler where Squares, Triangles, and Circles clash in an endless lane war. Build your army, manage your economy, and destroy the enemy Nexus before they destroy yours.
Why similar: Strategy 46.2%, Real-Time with Pause 34.9% ★, Resource Management 12.9%, Indie 6.1%
- #35 Olympia: Festival of the Gods
69% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Tim Poliquin
Windows · Mac
Olympia: Festival of the Gods is a digital board game where players collect tokens in order to perform rituals to honor the Gods of Ancient Greece!
Why similar: Board Game 36.3%, Strategy 25.4%, Historical 15.8%, Mythology 11.5%, 4 Player Local 11.1%
- #36 Tactical Mind
76% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Drageus Games S.A.
Windows
Become a Master of Pawns with your Tactical Mind!
Why similar: Strategy 52.4%, Board Game 33.3%, Indie 14.2%
- #37 1775: Rebellion
76% matchMixed57% of 126 reviews2016
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Command the armies of the British Redcoats, English Loyalists, German Hessians, American Regulars, Patriots, French Regulars and Native Americans to decide the fate of the Americas!
Why similar: Strategy 58.2%, Board Game 41.8%
- #38 Isle of Skye
75% matchMixed66% of 161 reviews2018
Dev: DIGIDICEDPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Five clans are fighting to rule over the Isle of Skye. Only the chieftain who develops the best clan territory and trades wisely will be king!
Why similar: Strategy 44.2%, Board Game 38.4%, Indie 17.4%
- #39 Grimante
73% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: aftermonk
Windows · Mac
50+ levels of tactical combat boiled down to its addicting, puzzle-like core. Solve the battlefield.
Why similar: Strategy 71.1%, Indie 28.9%
- #40 Crown Jewels
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Srihari Korrapati
Windows · Mac · Linux
Crown Jewels is a turn-based digital board game. Snatch jewels, use allies, and race to complete a crown before your opponents! Crown Jewels is a turn-based digital board game for 2-4 players. Play solo against computer opponents, with friends on one device, or with other steam players online!
Why similar: Board Game 34.6%, Strategy 31.7%, 4 Player Local 18.4%, Local Multiplayer 11.6%, Indie 3.7%
- #41 Antihero
71% matchVery Positive88% of 833 reviews2017
Dev: Tim ConklingPub: Versus Evil
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Run a Thieves Guild in a gas-lit Victorian city! Antihero is a fast-paced digital board game with an (Oliver) Twist. Recruit street urchins, hire thugs, start a gang, upgrade your guild, steal everything... and bribe, blackmail, and assassinate your way to victory.
Why similar: Strategy 38.3%, Board Game 36.8%, Indie 14.2%, Local Multiplayer 10.7%
- #42 Royal Dice Bingo
62% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Ark Factory
Windows
Yahtzee meets Bingo! Roll dice and place them one by one on a 5x5 board. When you complete a line, choose one of 12 scoring categories to earn points. Every decision matters in this strategic dice game.
Why similar: Board Game 36.8%, Strategy 35.6%, 4 Player Local 13.6%, Local Multiplayer 10%, Indie 4%
- #43 Champions of Midgard: Digital Edition
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shufflestone Games
Windows
Champions of Midgard blends strategic planning and dice-driven combat. Recruit warriors, acquire powerful runes, and journey across the sea to battle legendary beasts. Outwit your rivals and prove yourself worthy to be heralded as a Champion of Midgard!
Why similar: Board Game 32.3%, Strategy 26.6%, Mythology 16.6%, Resource Management 14.6%, Local Multiplayer 9.9%
- #44 Darkest Mana: Master of the Table
72% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: IKINAGAMES
Windows
Darkest Mana: Master of the Table is a card duel game. Create a deck and play online against players from around the world. You can also play solo in 20+ stages.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #45 Blocked In
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Blocked In
Windows
Blocked In brings the nostalgia of the classic pen and paper game "Dots and Boxes" into the digital era, offering lively gameplay for players of all ages. The objective remains simple – players take turns adding lines between adjacent dots to create boxes, earning points with each completed square.
Why similar: Board Game 33.3%, Strategy 30.5%, 4 Player Local 19.1%, Local Multiplayer 17.1%
- #46 Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar
73% 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: Strategy 39.3%, Historical 19.5%, RTS 17.5%, Real-Time with Pause 17.3% ★, Indie 6.4%
- #47 Banana for Scale
71% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Marco GiammettiPub: Hypothermic Games
Windows
A Virtual Reality game where you measure things with bananas.
Why similar: Strategy 60.9%, Indie 25.1%, Local Multiplayer 13.9%
- #48 三国志猛将传
70% matchMixed57% of 118 reviews2020
Dev: OneOneGames
Windows
摒弃传统三国游戏的数据对碰,实现对每个单位都进行独立的实时演算。国产单机三国游戏,尽可能在保留三国历史原貌同时还原壮观的冷兵器决战场景。
Why similar: Strategy 51.1%, Indie 20.8%, RTS 14.3%, Historical 13.8%
- #49 Reactor Critical
64% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Terran Future Games
Windows · Linux
High-stakes starship combat on a hex grid. Outmaneuver your enemies, unleash devastating firepower, or swarm their capital ships with fighter squadrons. Every decision counts.
Why similar: Board Game 31.4%, Strategy 27.5%, 4 Player Local 24.1%, Local Multiplayer 17.1%
- #50 Isometric Chess
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Green Lemon Games
Windows
Isometric Chess is a challenging chess variant that expands the game into the third dimension in a unique way.
Why similar: Board Game 39.1%, Strategy 36.9%, Local Multiplayer 19.3%, Indie 4.7%
- #51 King and Assassins
72% matchMostly Negative32% of 93 reviews2018
Dev: PlaysoftPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Discover the digital adaptation of this renowned two-player game. Can you safeguard the King all the way to his castle? Danger abounds in an angry mob controlled by your opponent. Three assassins are planning to murder the monarch! Get ready for a fight – the hunt is on!
Why similar: Strategy 65.6%, Board Game 34.4%
- #52 Bionic Attack
71% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: The Selenite Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bionic Attack is a fast paced Real Time Strategy game set in a post apocalyptic world, where two factions are fighting for the planet domination. During the campaign or fight mode, you will play both factions, each one has a special unit with a unique gameplay.
Why similar: Strategy 53.5%, RTS 23.3%, Indie 23.2%
- #53 Micromanagement
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: FuzzyCube
Windows · Linux
You're bacteria. Luckily, you have psychic powers! Control your mutation to overwhelm and conquer. Gain amazing abilities for both tactical and strategic advantage. You'll need them all because this microcosmic world has a new threat...
Why similar: Strategy 44%, Real-Time with Pause 38.6% ★, Indie 17.3%
- #54 JIN
59% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: NipsApp Game StudiosPub: Cronk Design and Company
Windows
JIN is a modern traditional strategy board game where every move matters. Combine pieces to grow stronger, outplay your opponent, and capture your way to victory.
Why similar: Strategy 42.8%, Board Game 41.2%, Local Multiplayer 16%
- #55 Particle Fleet: Emergence
68% matchVery Positive92% of 1,271 reviews2016
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.
Why similar: Strategy 35.9%, Real-Time with Pause 29% ★, RTS 22.6%, Indie 12.6%
- #56 Rolling Realms
64% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Savant Games
Windows · Mac
The official digital port of the Stonemaier Games roll-and-write
Why similar: Board Game 37%, Strategy 20.9%, 4 Player Local 15.9%, Resource Management 14.1%, Local Multiplayer 12.1%