- #1 Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms
97% matchVery Positive89% of 8,077 reviews2025
Dev: Free Wing
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 32.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
"Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms" is a single-player RPG where you shape the Three Kingdoms era. Choose to be a ruler, a loyal advisor, or a cunning mercenary. Marry, build homes, or train in martial arts. Restore peace through diplomacy or conquer with mighty armies.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, Wargame 15.8%, Strategy RPG 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Historical 11.2%
- #2 ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV
96% matchMixed63% of 15,920 reviews2020
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 107.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Triumph over the land, take charge of the fate of China! Conquer territories and fly your colors!
Why similar: Diplomacy 21.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.4% ★, Wargame 13.7%, Alternate History 12.5%, Historical 10.5%
- #3 吾皇万岁
96% matchMostly Positive70% of 452 reviews2026
Dev: AI GAME STUDIO
Windows
You'll time-travel to a turbulent ancient Chinese dynasty as a young monarch. Ascend the throne amidst chaos and navigate among powerful officials, noble clans, and common scholars. Each vermilion note harbors danger. Your choice will shape history: Create a prosperous era or be a fallen king.
Why similar: Diplomacy 22.7% ★, Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, Historical 13.2%, Strategy RPG 11.4%, Economy 10.8%
- #4 Monarch : Medieval Remastered
95% matchVery Positive81% of 380 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 24.5% ★, Historical 14.1%, Strategy RPG 13.1%, Wargame 9.4%, Management 8.4%
- #5 Nations
94% matchVery Positive90% of 141 reviews2025
Dev: Krzysztof SteinerPub: Krzysztof Steiner Games
Windows
Select an era, a nation and lead it to greatness or decay. Develop the economy and society, or focus on military and territorial expansion. In Nations you can rule your people for centuries – from ancient times to the modern day and beyond. You shape your state, history and map of the world.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, Historical 18.3%, Diplomacy 16.6% ★, Wargame 14.9%, Alternate History 11.5%
- #6 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
94% matchVery Positive87% of 763 reviews2023
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
A Giant Strategy Sandbox experience set in Warlord China. *Tons of playable factions! *Communist insurgents, * Boxers like rebels, *Greedy warlords, *Mongol riders, *A mad russian baron, *Shanghai gangsters, *And armored trains!
Why similar: Diplomacy 18.4% ★, Grand Strategy 17.6% ★, Wargame 10.4%, War 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
- #7 Imperial Ambitions
92% matchVery Positive82% of 100 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: Grand Strategy 21.5% ★, Alternate History 14.6%, Wargame 13.4%, Historical 13.2%, Economy 11.2%
- #8 The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome
91% matchMixed65% of 70,131 reviews2026
Dev: ConchShip Games
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 61.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
"The Scroll of Taiwu" is an indie game themed around Chinese mythology and wuxia. Players assume the role of the mysterious "heir of the Taiwu clan" in an alternate ancient China, working through generations of heirs to defeat a powerful hereditary enemy and shape the fate of the human world.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 32.3%, RPG 18%, Strategy 12.4%, Simulation 10.9%, Open World 9.7%
- #9 Making History: The First World War
93% matchMixed66% of 115 reviews2021
Dev: Factus Games
Windows · Linux
A turn-based WWI Grand Strategy game. Rush to field new modern weaponry and survive the horrendous attrition battles. Join the global conflict between the Great Powers of the age and forge a new world order for freedom or tyranny.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, Wargame 15.7%, Historical 13.1%, Alternate History 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%
- #10 Countryballs Conquest
91% matchVery Positive86% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Indenial Games
Windows
Lead your country through the Victorian age, expand your empire as you go head to head with the great powers of the world.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.2% ★, War 14.9%, Diplomacy 12.1% ★, Management 10.1%, Historical 6.6%
- #11 Age of History II
90% matchVery Positive90% of 49,951 reviews2018
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 62.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Age of History II is a grand strategy wargame that is simple to learn yet hard to master.Your objective is to use military tactics and cunning diplomacy to either unify the world, or conquer it.Will the world bleed out or bow before you? The choice is yours..
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.6% ★, Historical 17.8%, Diplomacy 14.4% ★, War 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%
- #12 Primitive Society Simulator
89% matchVery Positive84% of 753 reviews2024
Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.
Why similar: Diplomacy 26.7% ★, Wargame 16%, Historical 13.5%, Alternate History 12.1%, War 11.4%
- #13 Warnament
89% matchVery Positive85% of 495 reviews2025
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based grand strategy game, simple for newbies yet challenging for masters. As the leader of a nation, you will conquer territories and advance in military, technology, culture, or politics. Choose from historical scenarios or create your own with an editor.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.4% ★, Diplomacy 21.8% ★, Economy 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Historical 10.4%
- #14 Age of History 3
87% matchVery Positive85% of 18,617 reviews2024
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 37.8 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: Grand Strategy 22% ★, Diplomacy 21.9% ★, Wargame 17.5%, Alternate History 14.7%, Economy 9.5%
- #15 Old World
88% matchVery Positive82% of 6,828 reviews2022
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.0 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 19.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1% ★, Historical 11.1%, Alternate History 11%, War 9.2%
- #16 AlexanderBall: A Countryball Tale
86% matchVery Positive90% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Red Thorn Interactive
Windows · Mac
Ascend to the Macedonian throne as Alexander the Great and relive his conquests! Fighting alongside redoubtable and quirky commanders, recruit numerous types of balls for your army, construct countless cities named Alexandria, and build an empire that stretches to the ends of the known world!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, Diplomacy 14.8% ★, Historical 12.2%, Alternate History 10.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%
- #17 Mandate Order
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 897 reviews2026
Dev: Digital Sky
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Mandate Order is a Warring States war city-builder set in ancient China. Build a stronghold, manage industries and logistics, recruit scholars from the Hundred Schools of Thought, raise armies, and command real-time tactical battles with thousands of soldiers.
Why similar: Wargame 21.4%, Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, Historical 18.4%, Management 10.3%, War 10.3%
- #18 Millennia
85% matchMixed67% of 3,777 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 36.2 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: Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, Diplomacy 18.1% ★, Alternate History 13.7%, Historical 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%
- #19 Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII
86% matchMixed58% of 7,609 reviews2016
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 115.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"The ultimate depiction of the Three Kingdom. A heroic drama of a gathering of Legends. "With this as the concept behind Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13, we have compiled an experience that will immerse you even deeper into the world of the Three Kingdoms, with "human drama," seen through the interactions of the...
Why similar: Diplomacy 22% ★, Grand Strategy 17% ★, Wargame 13.6%, Alternate History 12.1%, Historical 10.4%
- #20 Three Kingdoms Classic
84% matchVery Positive89% of 122 reviews2026
Dev: SEEAT
Windows · Mac
Lead a Three Kingdoms warlord in a turn-based grand strategy simulation focused on logistics, diplomacy, officer management, and large-scale warfare.
Why similar: Wargame 27.6%, War 16.9%, Alternate History 16%, Historical 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%
- #21 SandTable War: Three Kingdoms
82% matchVery Positive84% of 319 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 29.9% ★, Wargame 17.7%, Historical 17.6%, War 10.9%, Alternate History 9.2%
- #22 Three Kingdoms : Alias
81% matchVery Positive82% of 344 reviews2026
Dev: Plotrick
Windows
A world where officers hide their names and abilities. Can you spot Zhuge Liang? A hardcore turn-based strategy simulation for true Three Kingdoms devotees.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.6% ★, Diplomacy 16.8% ★, Wargame 12.1%, Historical 11.1%, Alternate History 11%
- #23 Imperiums: Greek Wars
83% matchVery Positive86% of 547 reviews2020
Dev: Kube Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Unique combination of turn-based 4X and historical grand strategy with a mythological twist. Explore the ancient world and build a world leading civilization. Survive, expand, conquer... and win!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.3% ★, Diplomacy 16.4% ★, Alternate History 12.5%, Historical 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%
- #24 Rogue State Revolution
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 542 reviews2021
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.Pub: Modern Wolf
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Greetings your Excellency. Time to rebuild, reform and prepare for new challenges in the People's Republic of Basenji. In this thrilling political strategy, you will appoint ministers and lead the country to success. Be careful — you may find yourself replaced in the next election.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.2% ★, Diplomacy 20.6% ★, Historical 12.3%, War 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%
- #25 Doodle Empires
79% matchVery Positive92% of 1,263 reviews2025
Dev: Turtle Stack Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Doodle Empires is an alternate history sandbox game all about drawing your own nations with your own histories and stories in a variety of maps. Watch your world take shape and evolve over time, and decide which nations will rise and which nations will fall.
Why similar: Alternate History 31.9%, Historical 20.2%, Wargame 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Simulation 9.3%
- #26 Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War
79% matchVery Positive81% of 726 reviews2025
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crisis in the Kremlin is a global real-time political strategy about the Socialist world in its final decade. Shape the fate of the world as you manage economy, foreign relations, and domestic policy. Engage with countries across the globe, using diplomacy or even proxy wars to expand your reach.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, Alternate History 17.9%, Diplomacy 17.8% ★, Historical 14.3%, Economy 11.6%
- #27 House of Legacy
78% matchVery Positive83% of 3,942 reviews2025
Dev: S3 StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Step into the shoes of a fallen clan leader, starting with nothing but a crumbling estate and a handful of hopes, rising through careful planning, trade, and diplomacy to become one of the most powerful families in the land. Now it’s time to forge a legendary dynasty that leaves its mark on history.
Why similar: Diplomacy 40.1% ★, Economy 13.5%, Management 12.9%, Historical 12.7%, RPG 5.3%
- #28 Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty
80% matchMixed69% of 2,094 reviews2023
Dev: 不秋草游戏工作室(Bamboo Games)Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty is a wargame demonstrating ancient warfare in China and combining elements of Big Strategy, RTS and RPG. You can learn little-known stories of heroes in ancient China by experiencing battles accommodating thousands of soldiers.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.3% ★, Wargame 20.7%, Historical 20.3%, War 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%
- #29 The End of History
78% matchMixed69% of 385 reviews2025
Dev: TatamibeyaPub: WorldMap
Windows
A medieval sandbox. Serve a king, rule your own fief, or raise a claimant to the throne. Marry, scheme, rebel, claim a crown, or just watch. Every NPC in this world lives by the same rules you do, driving it toward collapse. Stopping it is your task; the higher you rise, the more ways you have.
Why similar: Diplomacy 28.8% ★, Historical 19.3%, Strategy RPG 18.8%, War 15.5%, Management 5.9%
- #30 Trade Conquest
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: GrandPaw Games
Windows
Turn wealth into political power in this modern Grand Strategy game. Build a global economic empire, manipulate governments, and challenge the world's superpowers through Economic supremacy or military Conquest.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.9% ★, Diplomacy 23.7% ★, Wargame 14.9%, Economy 12.2%, Management 7.4%
- #31 US and THEM
81% matchMostly Negative34% of 115 reviews2014
Dev: Icehole GamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Lead the CIA or KGB in a turn-based global strategy. Influence nations, run covert ops, and win the Cold War without firing a shot.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 15.5% ★, Diplomacy 14% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Historical 11.8%, Wargame 10.3%
- #32 皇帝游戏:天下-皇游天下
74% matchVery Positive96% of 255 reviews2026
Dev: OTTOCOM
Windows
《皇帝游戏》是一款将皇帝扮演与卡牌构筑相结合的roguelike游戏,在这款游戏中,在这里,您将穿越时空化身千古帝王,亲自执掌乾坤,打造您独一无二的能臣良将班底,亲自排兵布阵,合纵连横。运筹帷幄之中,决胜千里之外。是宵衣旰食开创盛世,还是酒池肉林沦为昏君,都在您的一念之间!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 33.5%, Historical 24.8%, Strategy 16.1%, RPG 7.3%, Indie 6%
- #33 Countryballs at War
75% matchVery Positive92% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: SHN Games
Windows
Countryballs at War is a grand strategy wargame that combines turn-based empire building with real-time battles. Lead any countryball nation, expand your territory through conquest or diplomacy, and rise as the ultimate superpower.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.7% ★, Wargame 18.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Historical 10.4%, Strategy 9.6%
- #34 Europa Universalis V
73% matchMixed67% of 30,445 reviews2025
Dev: Paradox TintoPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 52.4 hrsMean: 119.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Use war, trade or diplomacy to satisfy your grandest ambitions and dominate five centuries of history in the newest version of Europa Universalis, Paradox Interactive's flagship historical grand strategy game.
Why similar: Diplomacy 19.2% ★, Grand Strategy 17.6% ★, Alternate History 11.8%, Wargame 11.6%, Historical 10.8%
- #35 Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord
76% matchMixed69% of 3,953 reviews2021
Dev: LongYou Game StudioPub: LongYou Tech Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Last Warlord is a Turn-based strategy game. The game is based on the famous Chinese historical novel. The Three Kingdoms (A.D. 190 – 280) was the tripartite division of China between the states of Wei, Shu, and Wu.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23% ★, Wargame 18.6%, Historical 18.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, War 13.6%
- #36 The Succession of Changing Kings
73% matchVery Positive87% of 547 reviews2026
Dev: KwaKwaGames
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Turn-based kingdom management simulator focused on decision-making. Will you survive and lead the kingdom to prosperity, or die in agony? The throne awaits.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 19.5%, Alternate History 17.7%, Historical 17.1%, Economy 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%
- #37 Great Houses of Calderia
75% matchMixed61% of 442 reviews2024
Dev: Resistance GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Great Houses of Calderia is a Feudal Grand Strategy game focusing on family dynamics & stories. Use your family strengths to compete against rivals to rise in the ranks of Calderia - produce, trade, scheme, bribe, and battle to build your legacy of power!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.4% ★, Diplomacy 18.8% ★, Economy 11.8%, War 8.9%, Management 8.6%
- #38 For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 173 reviews2009
Dev: Crystal Empire GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 35.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Take up the reins of your country, guide domestic and foreign policy, navigate thousands of historical figures and events, engage in various struggles and lead your country to prosperity – all in the name of glory!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.1% ★, Diplomacy 20.3% ★, Historical 13.4%, Alternate History 13.3%, Economy 8.6%
- #39 NationWar:Chronicles | 国战:列国志传
76% matchMixed69% of 444 reviews2019
Dev: Yiming
Windows
This is a sandbox game that is deeply rooted in the rich historical information of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The story of the game unfolds slowly in the eighth century BC on the vast and mysterious land of China.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.1% ★, Historical 21.3%, Wargame 17.6%, War 16.8%, Strategy 6.8%
- #40 Fantasy Map Simulator
72% matchVery Positive89% of 4,296 reviews2024
Dev: The Stranger
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Fantasy Map Simulator: Create and watch imaginary worlds evolve over centuries. Design maps, simulate nations and their politics, and control destinies. See empires rise and fall on your desktop wallpaper. A unique simulation for history buffs and creative minds.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.6% ★, Alternate History 25.6%, Wargame 16.8%, War 14.6%, Strategy 4.2%
- #41 Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
73% matchMixed59% of 981 reviews2024
Dev: 瞬息万变工作室Pub: Moment HK
Windows
This is a classic historical simulation + real-time strategy game, where you will go back to the era of the Three Kingdoms and play as various renowned sovereigns.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.2% ★, Wargame 24.9%, Historical 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Strategy 6.1%
- #42 Kingdom's Life
74% matchMixed63% of 259 reviews2022
Dev: Strudio Company
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Kingdom's Life - Large turn-based global strategy game in pixel style. You have to create your own people and state. Can you lead the state to political, economic, technological and military triumph? It depends on you.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.4% ★, Wargame 18.4%, Historical 13.4%, War 11.8%, Economy 11%
- #43 The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia
72% matchVery Positive85% of 1,625 reviews2022
Dev: HongShou StudioPub: Pixmain
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Lay out your grand strategy on the land of Eagarlnia where humans, elves, orcs, dwarves, and the undead each battle out a corner of land. Manage your territories by navigating complex decisions and grow your economy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 38.2% ★, Alternate History 21.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, War 12.9%, Strategy 6.4%
- #44 Europa Universalis IV
71% matchVery Positive88% of 137,236 reviews2013
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 281.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Diplomacy 19.3% ★, Alternate History 12.5%, Historical 12.3%, Wargame 11.6%
- #45 Mr. President
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 157 reviews2026
Dev: Exia Labs
Windows · Mac
Can you face the challenges of the Oval Office? Find out in Mr. President, a sandbox simulation of the U.S. presidency. Pursue your legislative agenda. Compete with rivals Russia and China. Deal with crises from 9/11 to COVID-19; and direct the U.S. military against terror groups and rogue states.
Why similar: Diplomacy 21.3% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Wargame 12.9%, Historical 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%
- #46 逆乱封神之武王伐纣
71% matchVery Positive91% of 81 reviews2024
Dev: 赚大钱工作室
Windows
A turn based battle chess game called Fengshen Bang
Why similar: Wargame 19.1%, Strategy RPG 18.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Historical 11.6%, Alternate History 9%
- #47 Three Kingdoms Mushouden
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,146 reviews2025
Dev: NanBei StudioPub: Paleo
Windows
Set on the eve of the Yellow Turban Rebellion (AD 182), you can play as an original character or a historical warlord, building forces and forging alliances. Whether you choose to be a lone wanderer or rally famous generals, use your knowledge and wisdom to reshape history!
Why similar: Wargame 21.3%, Strategy RPG 20.6%, Historical 17.4%, War 14.6%, Strategy 6.3%
- #48 Star Dynasties
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 502 reviews2021
Dev: Pawley GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Take the reins of a feudal dynasty in a divided galaxy following the destruction of earth. Star Dynasties is a turn based, procedurally generated narrative of human drama and personal politics, mixed with a light empire management layer. Your choices. Your legacy.
Why similar: Diplomacy 25.3% ★, Grand Strategy 22% ★, Strategy RPG 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, War 9.1%
- #49 Bonaparte - A Mechanized Revolution
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Imugi
Windows
1789, Paris. Take Napoleon’s place in an alternate history as Céline or César Bonaparte in this ideology driven, turn-based strategy journey. Defend, reform or oppose the monarchy and write your own alternative history by combining cunning political skills and tactical military prowess.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.7% ★, Alternate History 17.2%, Wargame 14.3%, Historical 13.9%, War 10.7%
- #50 Imperator: Rome
70% matchMixed66% of 26,881 reviews2019
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 37.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Dominate the classical Mediterranean in Imperator: Rome, a grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. Navigate the dangerous waters of politics and diplomacy as you build up your provinces and conquer foreign lands. Now available with special content and the digital artbook.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 42.4% ★, Historical 19.2%, Strategy 10.7%, Economy 7.1%, Simulation 6.4%
- #51 Huaxia: Warring States
68% matchMixed64% of 752 reviews2026
Dev: 秦川汉渚
Windows
Forge your epic in Huaxia: Warring States. Form your clan, conquer the lands, and build an empire. The fate of heaven & earth lies within you hands.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.4% ★, Strategy RPG 16.9%, Historical 15.3%, War 13.8%, Management 10.2%
- #52 ENDLESS Legend™ 2
66% matchVery Positive83% of 2,825 reviews2025
Dev: AMPLITUDE StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 22.8% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Historical 12.1%, War 10.4%, Economy 9.3%
- #53 Democracy 4
68% matchVery Positive82% of 6,385 reviews2022
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected...
Why similar: Diplomacy 29.1% ★, Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, Economy 15.6%, Management 11.5%, Strategy 6.4%
- #54 魔塔三国之群雄争霸
69% matchVery Positive87% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: 赚大钱工作室
Windows
Players play one of the heroes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, conquer other forces and unify the world
Why similar: Wargame 25.4%, Strategy RPG 24.4%, Strategy 12.5%, War 12.4%, RPG 11.9%
- #55 World Empire 2027
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Lead your empire in turn based strategy war game. Select your country and start to play.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.9% ★, Wargame 18.6%, War 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Management 11.1%
- #56 King's Orders
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 268 reviews2024
Dev: AFTERLIFE👻Pub: Games Operators
Windows
King's Orders is a simplified historical strategy game with an important innovation. You command your armies by sending letters with orders. Messengers with these letters travel the land and can be lost or intercepted. Generals execute orders upon receipt and send you reports the same dangerous way.
Why similar: Diplomacy 19.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.6% ★, Wargame 12.4%, Historical 10.6%, War 10.1%
- #57 NationWar2:Chronicle
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 427 reviews2024
Dev: Yiming
Windows
NationWar 2.0 is a big strategy game based on the theme of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period. There are more than 60 countries to choose from in the game. Map 1: 1 restores the mountainous landscapes and rivers of China.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 35.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Historical 16.5%, Wargame 16.2%, Strategy 7.3%
- #58 Manor Lords
63% matchVery Positive84% of 90,512 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 34.7% ★, Historical 21.8%, Diplomacy 13.6% ★, Economy 7.8%, Strategy 7.1%
- #59 Making History: The Great War
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 455 reviews2015
Dev: Muzzy Lane SoftwarePub: Factus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.4 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 29.4% ★, Historical 14.9%, Alternate History 12.7%, War 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%