- #1 It Takes a Tribe
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bad Cog
Windows · Linux
ITAT is a single-player strategy set in a harsh and mythical world before cities and civilization. Lead a tribe of hunter-gatherers to fulfil their destiny. Survive, explore, craft, perform rituals, design art and forge a cultural identity. What stories will your tribe tell?
Why similar: 4X 22.4% ★, Hex Grid 12.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Grid-Based Movement 8.6%, PvE 6.7%
- #2 Nova Historia
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BairdyDev
Windows
A unique 4X real-time historical strategy game, set on a procedurally generated globe. Play from ancient times, right through to the modern day. Expand your empire, build settlements, units, buildings and construct world wonders. Make History, Your Way.
Why similar: 4X 31.9% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Historical 10.7%, Procedural Generation 9%, Hex Grid 8.1% ★
- #3 Imperial Kingdoms
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BaroxxTech
Windows · Linux
Lead a medieval kingdom through expansion, warfare and economic growth. Manage resources, supply your capital and research new technologies to strengthen your realm. Customize your armies and conquer rival kingdoms across dynamic hex maps.
Why similar: 4X 29.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Historical 9.7%, Management 9.5%
- #4 HUMANKIND™
95% matchMixed69% of 28,395 reviews2021
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 33.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Rewrite history by shaping a civilization as unique as you are. Combine 60 cultures from the Ancient Era to the Modern Age to lead your empire to victory. Build thriving cities, outsmart rivals in epic battles, spread your influence and leave your mark on HUMANKIND™.
Why similar: 4X 26.7% ★, Grand Strategy 17% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Historical 13.2%, Hex Grid 9.1% ★
- #5 Demise of Nations
94% matchVery Positive82% of 546 reviews2017
Dev: Noble Master LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Demise of Nations is a 4X turn-based grand strategy wargame covering the rise of Rome till the fall of modern civilization.
Why similar: 4X 25.8% ★, Hex Grid 19.9% ★, Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, Historical 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%
- #6 Astro Protocol
94% matchPositive96% of 46 reviews2026
Dev: Null Vector Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Astro Protocol is a high-stakes, turn-based 4X space strategy game distilled into intense one-hour matches. Six factions, randomized maps, tech trees, and anomalies ensure every run is unique. Victories are earned against challenging opponents that play to win.
Why similar: 4X 24.1% ★, Grand Strategy 16.4% ★, Hex Grid 14.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Grid-Based Movement 9.6%
- #7 All Men Are Brothers / 水浒豪
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 221 Games
Windows
《水浒豪》是一款回合制战略游戏,是《三国志》、《文明》、《欧陆风云》的粉丝们不容错过的作品。您扮演山寨之主,运筹帷幄,纵横捭阖。原著中528位好汉、116处据点、49个势力在游戏中登场。被奸臣谋害,魂断蓼儿洼?呸!洒家要清君侧!慢着……洒家要当皇帝!兀那赵老官!给洒家从宝座上爬下来!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.9% ★, 4X 21.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Historical 17.6%, Strategy 8.4%
- #8 From Village to Empire
92% matchMostly Positive71% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Witch Laboratory
Windows · Linux
From Village to Empire is an indie turn based strategy game with a historical setting. Build cities, research technologies, and train units to discover new lands and conquer the world!
Why similar: 4X 24.4% ★, Hex Grid 21.5% ★, Historical 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Strategy 9.6%
- #9 Lands of Rumour
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Vaeril Games
Windows
Lands of Rumour is a turn-based 4X game about hiding and gossip. Embrace the atmosphere of Robin Hood, develop villages, gather resources, recruit your men and defend your homeland in tactical combat, where every unit has unique abilities.
Why similar: 4X 24.8% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Hex Grid 14.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Management 7.4%
- #10 Hex Kingdoms
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Sunset GamesPub: SIG Publishing
Windows
Hex Kingdoms is a turn-based strategy game set in medevial times with fantasy themes. Expand your kingdom, set up your defenses, train soldiers and monsters to become the only ruler of the land.
Why similar: 4X 24.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, Hex Grid 18.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Tactical 9%
- #11 Folk Emerging
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Curious Dynamics
Windows
Lead nomadic families through the Stone Age in this turn-based 4X strategy game with in-depth characters, cultures, and ecosystems. Explore the wilderness, hunt megafauna, outsmart competitors in trade & autobattler combat. Discover fire, agriculture, politics... and survive to tell the tale.
Why similar: 4X 27% ★, Historical 13.7%, Hex Grid 12.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Nature 9.7%
- #12 BOC: Birth of Cultures
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Code::Arts
Windows
BoC is a historical 4X strategy game. Play on diverse planets with climate simulation and non-linear progression over the last 60,000 years of human evolution. Develop your own ancient civilization starting as a nomadic tribe from the last Ice Age.
Why similar: 4X 24.7% ★, Hex Grid 19.4% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, Historical 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%
- #13 Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
89% matchVery Positive88% of 1,638 reviews2022
Dev: The Secret Games CompanyPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 21.3% ★, Grand Strategy 18% ★, Hex Grid 17.7% ★, Historical 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%
- #14 Dominium Mundi
88% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Dusan Petrovic
Windows · Linux
Dominium Mundi is a lightweight 4X strategy game set in the medieval period where 4 players compete to create the most influential empire. Expand your empire over the map, convert more people to your religion, and control more trade routes.
Why similar: 4X 42.8% ★, Grand Strategy 17.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Historical 10%, Procedural Generation 9.7%
- #15 Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
87% matchVery Positive86% of 373,909 reviews2016
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.1 hrsMean: 99.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 19%, 4X 18.9% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1% ★, Historical 15.4%, Strategy 10.5%
- #16 EOL: End Of Line
86% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: MLS Games, LLC
Windows
A sci-fi turn-based strategy game, no gimmicky mechanics just pure 4x glory.
Why similar: 4X 32.5% ★, Grand Strategy 24.1% ★, Hex Grid 13.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Strategy 9.7%
- #17 Monarchs at Play
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MixedMoonGames
Windows
Turn-based 4X strategy in just one hour. Place buildings, chain adjacency bonuses, optimize resources, and outsmart rival monarchs through trade or war to earn the most Glory - solo or multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 27.6% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9% ★, Hex Grid 16.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Historical 7.3%
- #18 Alliance of the Sacred Suns
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KatHawk Studios
Windows · Mac
Alliance of the Sacred Suns is a sci-fi grand-strategy RPG that begins with your coronation as the head of an interstellar Empire, and ends with your demise. Manage feuding noble houses and the schemes of would-be usurpers as you try to revive the glory of an Empire on the brink of collapse.
Why similar: 4X 21.8% ★, Grand Strategy 16.8% ★, Hex Grid 16.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Procedural Generation 8.5%
- #19 Wizard Warfare
84% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: Psyanotek Limited
Windows
Wizard Warfare is a fantasy-themed, 4X-style, turn-based strategy game with a strategic empire management layer supported by a detailed tactical battle simulation layer.
Why similar: 4X 37.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Hex Grid 13.3% ★, Tactical 12%, Procedural Generation 11.3%
- #20 Underfoot Queens
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ElVillano
Windows · Linux
Underfoot Queens is an ant themed 4x where you will lead your species across generations. Explore, forage for food, expand your colony, fight off competitors, and survive the elements on your path to evolution. In the end, only the most adaptable species will survive.
Why similar: 4X 26.5% ★, Hex Grid 16.1% ★, Grid-Based Movement 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Nature 9.4%
- #21 Great Powers
83% matchMostly Positive70% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: Flame-Dragons
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 4x global turn-based strategy game with a well-developed economic and military model.
Why similar: 4X 27.4% ★, Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, Hex Grid 19.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Historical 10%
- #22 Imperial Ambitions
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: aoiti
Windows · Mac
Discover and colonize the world, Allocate your labor force, Monopolize markets, Fight tactical battles, Survive the age of imperialism...
Why similar: 4X 20.9% ★, Grand Strategy 19.9% ★, Hex Grid 15.9% ★, Historical 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%
- #23 Mercatoria
81% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Groundwork Studio
Windows
Turn-based grand strategy in the Age of Discovery. Develop a transport network, industrialise your economy, colonise the New World, and compete with five rival powers. Inspired by Imperialism 2. Early Access — built by one developer in his spare time.
Why similar: 4X 27.9% ★, Grand Strategy 21.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Historical 10.5%, Strategy 6.8%
- #24 Seres Universalis:Three Kingdoms
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Boqi Island
Windows
Return to the Three Kingdoms period. On the grand strategic tactical battlefield, use terrain for defense setup and resource allocation to shift the battle situation. Control the war via hexagonal grid movement and tactical ability activation, and unify the realm.
Why similar: Hex Grid 23% ★, 4X 22.6% ★, Grand Strategy 22% ★, Historical 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
- #25 Hexarchy
81% matchVery Positive82% of 1,571 reviews2023
Dev: Main Tank SoftwarePub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Hexarchy is an innovative, fast-paced, historical 4x strategy game where you use cards and deckbuilding to make your decisions. Single-player and online multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 21.7% ★, Hex Grid 18% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, Historical 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%
- #26 Yield! Fall of Rome
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 261 reviews2025
Dev: BillionworldsPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Forge your Kingdom amidst the Ruins of Rome in this turn-based 4X strategy game! As the world crumbles, rebuild civilization and shape your people’s destiny. Unleash your strategic prowess, conquer provinces, and crush all who stand in your way.
Why similar: 4X 21.1% ★, Hex Grid 16.4% ★, Grand Strategy 14.4% ★, Historical 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%
- #27 Rogue Hex
79% matchVery Positive89% of 260 reviews2025
Dev: Topstitch Games
Windows · Mac
Play your cards right to conquer the world in the Roguelite 4x. Explore mysterious lands, survive against the barbarian horde, and grow your stone age empire into the stars!
Why similar: 4X 27.3% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, Hex Grid 17.7% ★, Historical 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%
- #28 Dwarf Guild Mania
79% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: QuarkbluePub: Kennedy Publishing House
Windows · Mac
Lead a campaign of glory as you mine, trade, spy, & sabotage your way to victory. Your guild of dwarves must vanquish its rivals and conquer the realm in this turn-based economic strategy game. Lead your capitalist dwarves across new lands in search of gems and gold. For the Guild!
Why similar: 4X 24.7% ★, Hex Grid 16.7% ★, Grand Strategy 15.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Historical 10.4%
- #29 Millennia
78% matchMixed67% of 3,763 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 35.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.
Why similar: 4X 24.6% ★, Grand Strategy 18.8% ★, Hex Grid 12.7% ★, Historical 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%
- #30 Frostward
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KoPoint Games
Windows
Build your civilization in a world consumed by eternal winter. Explore procedurally generated hex-grid maps, expand under the pressure of cold, survival, and war, and command armies with unique abilities in deep turn-based battles.
Why similar: 4X 34.9% ★, Hex Grid 25.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Tactical 9.5%, Survival 7.8%
- #31 Shattered Spheres
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Data Vikings
Windows
Shattered Spheres is a turn-based 2D space 4X strategy game inspired by the classics of the genre. Explore a living galaxy, build your empire, and crush your rivals through military conquest or diplomatic cunning — without the micromanagement bloat of modern 4X games.
Why similar: 4X 34.7% ★, Grand Strategy 21.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Management 7.2%, Tactical 6.4%
- #32 Inflection Point
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Martin Giannakopoulos
Windows
A multiplayer 4X strategy game where wars are won by breaking through defensive lines, encircling enemy armies, cutting their supply lines, securing resource-producing islands, and blockading those of your opponents. Games are quick and packed with dramatic, high-stakes combat.
Why similar: 4X 30.9% ★, Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, Hex Grid 13.6% ★, Historical 10.8%, Grid-Based Movement 9.6%
- #33 Cosmist
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gulbrandr Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Conquer the galaxy in this arcade-like strategy game. Pick and send your generals to deploy the fleet in the far-off star sectors, mine resources, and upgrade your ships forgeries. Deities might interfere with your plans.
Why similar: 4X 37.6% ★, Grand Strategy 26.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Strategy 6.6%, Tactical 5.2%
- #34 Space Empires I
76% matchMixed53% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Space Empires I is the first chapter of the Space Empires series. A classic galactic conquest and turn-based strategy video game where you are the leader of a race of intelligent beings building large spaceships for interplanetary and interstellar travel through warp points between star systems.
Why similar: 4X 30.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Management 11.7%, Strategy 10.5%
- #35 Revival: Recolonization
75% matchMixed69% of 424 reviews2024
Dev: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Set in a post-apoc version of Earth, Revival is a 4x strategy game where the world and its rules can change at key moments, creating a deep and highly replayable experience.
Why similar: 4X 23.7% ★, Hex Grid 20.5% ★, Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Tactical 8%
- #36 Infinite Borders: Three Kingdoms
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NetEase Games
Windows
《万民长歌:三国》是一款单机 · 历史 · 战争策略游戏。在无缝连续、真实还原的3D沙盘地图上,玩家可以自选视角、以自己的意志重演三国。来体验真实的三国策略——真实的沙盘,真实的二十四节气,真实的百姓,真实的战争!
Why similar: 4X 29.8% ★, Grand Strategy 22.7% ★, Historical 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Tactical 7.7%
- #37 Politon
73% matchVery Positive90% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Pinq Games
Windows · Mac
Politon: A turn-based strategy game that will push your strategic and management skills to the limit! Expand your territory, strengthen your economy, and outsmart your enemies by planning your strategy carefully.
Why similar: 4X 25.8% ★, Hex Grid 22.9% ★, Grand Strategy 16.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, PvE 6.4%
- #38 Deity Empires
74% matchVery Positive86% of 340 reviews2018
Dev: BaileyHausdorff Systems
Windows
Deity Empires is a 4X, turn-based strategy game with a powerful “just one more turn” feel! Enter an intricate fantasy world as one of many deities posed to become ruler of the world.
Why similar: 4X 29.8% ★, Hex Grid 22.3% ★, Grand Strategy 19% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Tactical 8.3%
- #39 Wizards and Warlords
74% matchVery Positive83% of 258 reviews2020
Dev: Valravn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wizards and Warlords is an indie turn-based strategy game, where you play in a randomly generated fantasy world, contending with rival wizards, warlords, roaming marauders and hidden ancient evils. Create a customized sovereign or choose from one of many predefined templates.
Why similar: 4X 27.1% ★, Hex Grid 20.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Procedural Generation 10.6%
- #40 Imperialist
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BRR Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: 4X 29.8% ★, Grand Strategy 26.7% ★, Historical 15.8%, Hex Grid 7.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 6.2%
- #41 Antiyoy
72% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2024
Dev: yiotro
Windows
Turn-based strategy with simple rules
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Hex Grid 16.3% ★, Historical 12%, Grid-Based Movement 10.7%
- #42 Ever War
71% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Autware
Windows
Ever War is a turn-based strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. This game combines empire-building, resource management and large-scale tactical turn-based battles.
Why similar: 4X 32.7% ★, Hex Grid 21.7% ★, Grand Strategy 17.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Tactical 8.2%
- #43 Epoch of Guardians
71% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: 伊洛维游戏
Windows
In history, many brilliant civilizations faced annihilation due to the invasion of powerful empires, leaving only sighs of regret. In a fictional world, you will take on the role Guardian of Civilization. Can you help these civilizations grow and thrive, resisting the invasion of formidable enemies?
Why similar: Hex Grid 31.9% ★, Historical 16.9%, 4X 15.7% ★, Grand Strategy 10.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%
- #44 Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms
73% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Aserisoft
Windows · Mac
Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms is a turn-based 4X grand strategy game, played on a procedurally generated world. Battles are real-time and tactical. Every world-map and battlefield is entirely unique, so this game will always have something to throw at you.
Why similar: 4X 35.2% ★, Grand Strategy 22.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Strategy 9.9%, Tactical 6.5%
- #45 Winter Hunts Us
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Syslí Nora
Windows
Lead a prehistoric clan across a brutal hex map in a turn-based survival roguelite. Outrun the glacier, fight hunger, face strange events, and defy extinction.
Why similar: Hex Grid 24.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Historical 12%, Strategy 10.8%, Survival 10.4%
- #46 Critias Empire
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crystalline Green Ltd.
Windows
Turn-Based 4X-like Strategy: Build the peaceful kingdom of Atlantis into a flourishing civilization. Plan carefully or be ready to adapt as the ancient Gods of Olympus rain down floods, earthquakes, volcanoes and all types of disaster.
Why similar: 4X 29% ★, Grand Strategy 17% ★, Hex Grid 14.7% ★, Historical 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%
- #47 Rise and Fall: Bronze Age
70% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Ludwig LoreKhan
Windows
Rise & Fall: Bronze Age is a Grand Strategy game set in the Bronze Age between 3400BC and 1150BC. Expand your power by diplomacy and war and manage your troublesome elites. Feed your people, build temples for your gods and tombs for your rulers. How high can you rise before your empire falls ?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, Historical 18.8%, Management 12.4%, Strategy 8.3%
- #48 Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
70% matchVery Positive82% of 17,446 reviews2018
Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.
Why similar: 4X 34.7% ★, Hex Grid 20.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Grand Strategy 13.1% ★, Strategy 8.8%
- #49 European War 4 - Napoleon Remastered
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EASYTECH GAMES
Windows
European War 4: Napoleon Remastered is a turn-based strategy game, offering a comprehensive renovation of the original. Return to the Napoleonic era, deploy tactics, conquer territories, command historical generals, experience legendary battles, and master the art of war.
Why similar: 4X 23.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, Hex Grid 19.1% ★, Historical 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%
- #50 Khaldun: Text Based Strategy
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SkyWolf
Windows
Khaldun is a medieval-themed ASCII graphics kingdom management game. Take part in realistic war simulations and decide every detail of your kingdom, from its economy to its demographics! Your decisions will shape the life of a nation. Rise or be lost to history...
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.8% ★, 4X 22.5% ★, Historical 15.1%, Management 10.4%, Tactical 9.3%
- #51 Sid Meier's Civilization® V
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 209,586 reviews2010
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 28.9 hrsMean: 124.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 26.9%, 4X 20.3% ★, Historical 14.5%, Hex Grid 13.7% ★, Grand Strategy 10% ★
- #52 Rise of Realms
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Goat Works Ltd
Windows · Mac
Rise of Realms is a 4X RPG, for 1-6 players, in a medieval fantasy setting. Command an empire and recruit heroes to lead your armies. Use your tactical abilities to conquer the lands and reshape them in your image. Wishlist now.
Why similar: 4X 26.1% ★, Hex Grid 22.3% ★, Grand Strategy 20.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Procedural Generation 7.2%
- #53 Shardorium
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Turtle Speed Development
Windows · Mac · Linux
Indie turn-based strategy game. Capture the whole shard by defeating their guards, build your own stronghold, level up your heroes and equip most powerful items!
Why similar: Hex Grid 35.8% ★, 4X 21.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Grid-Based Movement 10.9%, Strategy 9.1%
- #54 SporeBloom
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antigen Interactive Inc.
Windows
A fungi-fueled 'battle of nutrition!' Turn-based strategy inspired by mycelium networks and territory control. Produce fantastical mushrooms and expand to outgrow your rivals. Develop peacefully or parasitize your friends in multiplayer and solo play - may the fittest fungi survive!
Why similar: 4X 27.3% ★, Hex Grid 25.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Nature 8.4%, Management 8%
- #55 Stellar Monarch 2
68% matchVery Positive88% of 128 reviews2022
Dev: Silver Lemur Games
Windows
Stellar Monarch 2 is a feudal space empire builder where you feel like the Emperor, not a logistics officer. Great noble houses, usurpers to the throne, rebels, assassins, court intrigues, disloyal admirals, incompetent governors and ever-present alien threat.
Why similar: 4X 42.3% ★, Grand Strategy 30.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, Strategy 9.5%
- #56 Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
65% matchVery Positive89% of 16,795 reviews2026
Dev: UnfrozenPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 25.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, Historical 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Tactical 9.8%
- #57 Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,374 reviews2024
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Wage total war across the ancient world from the Aegean to Mesopotamia in this free addition to Total War: PHARAOH. Challenge the Bronze Age Collapse by building your own dynasty and leading your faction to victory with new cultures, new units and dramatic new battle mechanics.
Why similar: 4X 33.2% ★, Grand Strategy 25.9% ★, Historical 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Strategy 9.8%
- #58 Timeline
67% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: Taueon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Timeline is a turn-based strategy game where you can play through the human history from stone age to modern times. In the game you command wide range of units, make them collect resources and build buildings, towns and cities, explore the map and meet other players controlled by AI.
Why similar: 4X 25% ★, Hex Grid 14.2% ★, Historical 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Grid-Based Movement 10%
- #59 Restitutor: Empire Restored
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Linux
Restitutor is a historical incremental grand strategy game focused on statecraft, diplomacy, and calculated warfare. Strengthen your economy, research new technologies, form alliances, and outmaneuver rivals through high-level strategic decisions without micromanagement.
Why similar: 4X 24.4% ★, Grand Strategy 23% ★, Hex Grid 22.2% ★, Historical 15.3%, Management 6.2%
- #60 Commander: Modern War
67% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience the thrill of a modern conflict between two factions, as you outsmart your opponents in an epic game of strategy and cunning. Take command of your ground, air, and naval units and lead them to victory in the most immersive turn-based battle simulation. The battlefield awaits.
Why similar: 4X 35.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Hex Grid 15.6% ★, Strategy 10.7%, Tactical 8.2%