- #1 Kingdom Wars 4
96% matchMixed66% of 241 reviews2021
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.1 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 15.4%, 4X 14.3% ★, RTS 10.1%, Wargame 9.2%, Diplomacy 9.1% ★
- #2 Small Kingdoms Prologue
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 34 reviews2023
Dev: Bad Logic Studios
Windows
Rule a small fantasy kingdom and conquer your rival as you build up your cities and armies on the world map and command your troops on the battlefield. Small Kingdoms is a streamlined grand strategy and real-time strategy game, the Small Kingdoms Prologue is a free introductory campaign
Why similar: 4X 20.1% ★, Grand Strategy 19%, RTS 12.4%, Wargame 10.6%, Real Time Tactics 7.6%
- #3 Crown Of Hispania
94% matchPositive100% of 39 reviews2026
Dev: Regalis StudioPub: indie.io
Windows
Rewrite the Reconquista in a grand strategy game set in 11th-century Iberia, where population, religion, and war evolve dynamically based on your decisions. Move armies freely across 300 hand-built provinces, manage a deep medieval economy, and face an AI that actually fights back.
Why similar: 4X 15.8% ★, Grand Strategy 15.1%, Real-Time with Pause 13.4% ★, Diplomacy 10.1% ★, RTS 8.8%
- #4 Renaissance Kingdom Wars - Prologue
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
The year is 1510. In this grand strategy & RTS hybrid you play as one of a dozen characters across medieval Europe, Africa and Middle East. Start as a landless mercenary captain. Fight your way to become a minor lord. Rise up through Kingdoms hierarchy and be crowned, then expand your Kingdom.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.2%, RTS 13.1%, Diplomacy 12.5% ★, Wargame 11.9%, Real Time Tactics 8.4%
- #5 For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 173 reviews2009
Dev: Crystal Empire GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 36.1 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 19.9%, 4X 18.7% ★, Diplomacy 12% ★, Historical 9.1%, Alternate History 7.9%
- #6 Medieval Kingdom Wars
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,616 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: Grand Strategy 17.1%, 4X 15% ★, Diplomacy 12% ★, RTS 11.1%, Wargame 9.5%
- #7 Europa Universalis IV
91% matchVery Positive88% of 137,440 reviews2013
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 284.1 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 18.6%, 4X 16.6% ★, Real-Time with Pause 14.1% ★, Diplomacy 11.7% ★, Wargame 9.7%
- #8 Knights of the Crusades
91% matchMixed69% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Travel to the Holy Land with the First Crusades. Rise from a humble knight to the founding father of a world-spanning holy order. Lead through war, faith, diplomacy, and cunning schemes. Experience a unique blend of RTS, city-building, and sandbox gameplay, and shape history!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.3%, 4X 13.7% ★, RTS 13.4%, Wargame 10.8%, Diplomacy 8.9% ★
- #9 Rule of Iron: Dark Age
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Eisengeist Studio
Windows
Build your realm in a turn-based campaign. Break theirs in battle. Real-time, 1:1-scale warfare where tactics, not spreadsheets, win clashes between tens of thousands of soldiers.
Why similar: 4X 16.2% ★, Grand Strategy 14.5%, Diplomacy 11.8% ★, RTS 10.1%, Naval Combat 9.6% ★
- #10 Beyond Astra
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nebule Games
Windows
Lead your civilization in a galaxy brimming with life and intrigue. Seamlessly explore and expand across uncharted worlds, from their surfaces to the stars. Forge your destiny in this sci-fi 4X offering a unique blend of grand strategy, planetary city-building, and RTS combat.
Why similar: 4X 21.1% ★, Grand Strategy 17.8%, Real-Time with Pause 15.1% ★, Diplomacy 10% ★, RTS 9.1%
- #11 Trumpets of War
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xblur
Windows
Trumpets of War is a grand-scale historical strategy game where armies clash and empires rise. Command vast forces across dynamic battlefields, orchestrate campaigns with precision, and experience the drama of war through an innovative system that blends tactical combat with strategic mastery.
Why similar: 4X 26.8% ★, Grand Strategy 22.6%, RTS 14%, Wargame 10.1%, Real Time Tactics 7.2%
- #12 Strategeist
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galactic Starfish, Inc.
Windows
Become a strategeist and lead one of hundreds of nations on the globe across centuries of conflict and diplomacy in this grand strategy game. Balance war, politics, and internal institutions to shape the fate of your empire, and secure your legacy in history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.6%, Diplomacy 12.9% ★, 4X 11.7% ★, Historical 9.9%, Alternate History 8.6%
- #13 Final Vanguard
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Heavy Pepper Inc.
Windows
Rule a living interstellar empire in this real-time 4X grand strategy. Make decisions that shape civilian lives, manage fragile supply lines, lead military conquests, and decide whether your civilization thrives or collapses under its own expansion.
Why similar: 4X 21.1% ★, Grand Strategy 18.4%, RTS 11.7%, Diplomacy 10.2% ★, Wargame 10%
- #14 Samurai Conqueror
85% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Miura Production
Windows
Unify Japanese History! A Timeline Strategy Game Where History Itself Becomes the Battlefield.
Why similar: 4X 22.4% ★, Grand Strategy 22%, Real-Time with Pause 16.9% ★, Wargame 10.7%, Historical 10%
- #15 NationWar:Annals
86% matchMixed68% of 170 reviews2021
Dev: Yiming
Windows
This is a deep focus on the Spring and Autumn period of the Warring States period of the grand strategy and real-time combat fusion sandbox game.
Why similar: 4X 20% ★, Grand Strategy 17%, Diplomacy 14.6% ★, RTS 12.5%, Wargame 10.9%
- #16 Fertile Crescent
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: gold_iron_and_salt
Windows · Linux
A real-time grand strategy game set in the Bronze Age. Lead one of 29 ancient civilizations from a single settler to an empire. Found cities, work the land, research new technologies, advance your culture, and wage war. Will your civilization outlive the age that made it?
Why similar: 4X 25.3% ★, Grand Strategy 21.5%, RTS 13.5%, Wargame 10.9%, Diplomacy 10.5% ★
- #17 Cataclismo
84% matchVery Positive89% of 4,346 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 16.5%, 4X 16.2% ★, Diplomacy 11.7% ★, RTS 9.6%, Historical 7.6%
- #18 Dato of Srivijaya
84% matchMixed59% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: Sengkala Dev
Windows
Dato of Srivijaya is Historical RTS about rise of Srivijaya Empire in 7th century from unknown power in South Sumatra’s river to strong maritime power in Asia for almost 3.5 centuries! Explore Southeast Asia in 7th-10th century and build the strong empire!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.5%, Diplomacy 16.7% ★, RTS 13.4%, Wargame 10.6%, Real Time Tactics 7.9%
- #19 Rebel Inc: Escalation
83% matchVery Positive82% of 7,594 reviews2021
Dev: Ndemic CreationsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.1 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: 4X 18.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16.9%, Real-Time with Pause 13.8% ★, Diplomacy 12.7% ★, RTS 8.7%
- #20 Magine: War of Restoration
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GreatZaochen
Windows
A real-time strategy game anyone can pick up, featuring “click-to-deploy” and “zero micromanagement”. On a continent of magic and engine, gather your remnants, rebuild under siege and restore a shattered empire. Say goodbye to complex RTS controls and enjoy the pure joy of strategy and epic battles!
Why similar: 4X 20.7% ★, Grand Strategy 15.9%, RTS 14.8%, Wargame 13.6%, City Builder 8.2%
- #21 Gilded Destiny
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aquila InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Forge empires, incite revolutions, and reshape society in Gilded Destiny, the definitive grand strategy game of the Industrial Age. Take command of your chosen nation and lead it to glory through masterful diplomacy, sweeping industrialization, and decisive warfare.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.6%, 4X 14.5% ★, Real-Time with Pause 14% ★, Diplomacy 12.3% ★, RTS 8.4%
- #22 Conqueror's Stage
80% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: LeftLane InteractivePub: Lunexa Solutions
Windows
The grand strategy you can actually finish. A full 4X empire to build, expand, and conquer, with all the depth and none of the grind, in a campaign you complete in a single evening. Fight across five ages on a fresh world every time, or design your own, all the way to total conquest.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.1%, 4X 25% ★, Wargame 13.1%, Diplomacy 12.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 9.4%
- #23 NWO - Anarchy Collapsed
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KNK DEVELOP
Windows · Mac
A grand strategy game of world domination. Conquer and unite 195 countries before an unknown enemy arrives. Build your economy, military, and influence. Choose war or diplomacy, control resources, and shape the future—only one ruler will rise to the top. Will it be you?
Why similar: 4X 23% ★, Grand Strategy 23%, Diplomacy 14.6% ★, RTS 14.1%, Wargame 12.6%
- #24 SandTable War: Three Kingdoms
79% matchVery Positive85% of 343 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 22%, 4X 18.8% ★, RTS 14.2%, Wargame 11.8%, Historical 9.7%
- #25 NationWar:Chronicles | 国战:列国志传
81% 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 19.3%, 4X 17.1% ★, Real-Time with Pause 16% ★, RTS 12.7%, Wargame 9.3%
- #26 Magna Conquest
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: CH4WORKS
Windows
Lead a kingdom in a real-time medieval fantasy grand strategy where the campaign world and battles unfold simultaneously. Command armies of up to 100,000 units while shaping your realm through diplomacy, kingdom management, research, and legendary heroes in single-player or campaign multiplayer.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.5%, Real-Time with Pause 19.2% ★, Diplomacy 12.6% ★, RTS 12.5%, 4X 11.6% ★
- #27 TREUD
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nikolai Karulin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule your society through 12,000 years – from the Stone Age to the present day – in a grand strategy game with a living simulation where real historical processes are recreated, but nothing is predetermined. Build, conquer, exploit. Crisis is part of history: keep power or side with the revolution
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.3%, 4X 14.1% ★, Historical 11.3%, Diplomacy 10.5% ★, Real-Time with Pause 10.2% ★
- #28 Renaissance Kingdom Wars
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 171 reviews2024
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
The year is 1510. As wars rage across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, it is the age of gunpowder and mercenaries - that changed the course of history. You can do it as well, going from a leader of men to the ruler of an empire in this unique mix of RTS and grand strategy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.6%, Diplomacy 13.9% ★, RTS 12.3%, Wargame 12%, Historical 7.9%
- #29 Trade Conquest
77% matchMixed70% of 76 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 19.2%, Real-Time with Pause 17% ★, 4X 14.9% ★, Diplomacy 12.4% ★, Wargame 10.8%
- #30 Seres Universalis:Three Kingdoms
77% 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: Grand Strategy 22.8%, 4X 20.7% ★, Real-Time with Pause 19.4% ★, Historical 9.7%, Wargame 9%
- #31 Small Kingdoms
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bad Logic Studios
Windows
Small Kingdoms is a streamlined grand strategy and RTS game with procedurally generated campaigns. Build up your cities and armies on the world map and command your troops on the battlefield. Rule a medieval fantasy kingdom and conquer your rivals.
Why similar: 4X 23.3% ★, Grand Strategy 22.1%, RTS 14.2%, Wargame 12.6%, Medieval 7.5%
- #32 City States: Medieval
74% matchMixed63% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
You are the leader of a city-state in high medieval Europe. Expand your city through deep city-building systems, build a trade empire across the known world, and lead men to war to defend trade routes in a high-stakes struggle of global strategy and brutal warfare.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.9%, RTS 14.2%, Wargame 11.9%, Naval Combat 9% ★, City Builder 8.1%
- #33 战国宏图
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 夜渔工作室
Windows
Warring States: Grand Ambitions is a grand strategy game set in ancient China. Rule as a feudal lord during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States eras. Shape your empire's fate with branching focus trees, city building, tech trees, and historical choices.
Why similar: 4X 31.5% ★, Grand Strategy 26%, Wargame 21.6%, Historical 10.1%, Strategy 6.7%
- #34 Three Kingdoms Reimagined
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jeremy Cabaccang
Windows
Rule a warlord’s domain in China in 196 AD. Decide where to expand on a pausable real-time campaign map, then command formations in field battles and sieges. Play as a historical ruler or create your own; casualties, wounds and captures carry into the campaign.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.8%, RTS 16.8%, Wargame 14.5%, Diplomacy 10.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 10.5%
- #35 Manor Lords
73% matchVery Positive84% of 92,096 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 23.7 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: 4X 18.4% ★, Grand Strategy 17.2%, Diplomacy 13% ★, RTS 11%, Historical 8.1%
- #36 Strategy & Tactics: Dark Ages
76% matchMixed59% of 194 reviews2017
Dev: HeroLabs
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Dark Ages is a tactical digital board game set in the violent world of alternate Middle Ages. Vikings against war elephants, musketeers against the Mongol cavalry, ancient phalanx legions against crusaders; the deadliest armies in history clashing in bloody war.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.4%, Real-Time with Pause 14.1% ★, Diplomacy 13.2% ★, Alternate History 10.1%, RTS 9.9%
- #37 Twisted Three Kingdoms
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seasonbean Team
Windows
Amidst this chaotic era, shape your own destiny—whether as a loyal minister, a ruthless warlord, or an independent ruler. Every choice and battle writes your legend. Are you ready to rise from a commoner to claim the realm?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.8%, 4X 17.8% ★, Wargame 13.9%, Historical 11.5%, Diplomacy 11.1% ★
- #38 Ascendant Dawn
72% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Nikous Studio
Windows
Ascendant Dawn is a grand strategy game where you lead a nomadic tribe in a brutal bronze age world. Work your way up from a small clan to a great empire by founding cities and conquering your enemies.
Why similar: 4X 24.2% ★, Grand Strategy 23.7%, Wargame 12.4%, Historical 10%, Alternate History 8.8%
- #39 Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,737 reviews2022
Dev: Black Sea GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.5%, RTS 18.7%, Medieval 12.4%, 4X 10.4% ★, Strategy 9.1%
- #40 Earth of Oryn
72% matchMostly Positive70% of 44 reviews2026
Dev: Earth of Oryn
Windows · Mac
A medieval kingdom-builder focused on meaningful decision-making and long-term strategy. Rule your lands, manage resources, plan your expansion, and guide your settlement from humble beginnings to a thriving realm as the seasons turn.
Why similar: 4X 18.2% ★, Real-Time with Pause 18% ★, Wargame 11.6%, RTS 10.8%, City Builder 7.7%
- #41 Europa Universalis V
71% matchMixed67% of 30,806 reviews2025
Dev: Paradox TintoPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 53.1 hrsMean: 124.7 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: Grand Strategy 20.3%, 4X 18.8% ★, Diplomacy 14.5% ★, Wargame 12.2%, Historical 9.3%
- #42 World Warfare & Economics
73% matchMixed59% of 688 reviews2023
Dev: Okron Studio
Windows · Mac
Take control of any nation and shape its future. Manage resources, trade, and taxes, engage in real-time warfare, navigate global diplomacy, and react to dynamic world events. Build a thriving economy, forge alliances, and command armies in a constantly evolving world!
Why similar: 4X 20.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1%, Diplomacy 12.6% ★, RTS 12.4%, Real-Time with Pause 12.4% ★
- #43 Solar Wave
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: SavGus Studio
Windows
A large-scale 4X strategy game with indirect control and a focus on simulating a space empire. Capture systems, develop your economy and logistics, call up hundreds of powerful fleets and watch them incinerate enemies of the Solar Empire.
Why similar: 4X 26.3% ★, Grand Strategy 24.3%, RTS 14.3%, Wargame 12.9%, Economy 6%
- #44 Norland
71% matchVery Positive82% of 10,516 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.9%, 4X 17.5% ★, Diplomacy 12.4% ★, RTS 10.3%, Historical 8.3%
- #45 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
70% matchVery Positive91% of 27,451 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 71.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.4%, 4X 15.3% ★, Diplomacy 11.4% ★, City Builder 9.1%, Historical 9%
- #46 Mandate Order
69% matchVery Positive81% of 1,304 reviews2026
Dev: Digital Sky
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 13.9%, RTS 13.2%, Grand Strategy 13.2%, City Builder 10.5%, Historical 10%
- #47 To Victory
71% match1 user reviews50% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Old_Gamer
Windows
This is a single player strategy management game.Base on a randomly generated map.It includes construction, trading, strategy, and management elements . Players need to make decisions to achieve the final victory.
Why similar: 4X 22.9% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5%, RTS 13.4%, Wargame 12.1%, Diplomacy 9.2% ★
- #48 States of Power
68% matchVery Positive89% of 403 reviews2026
Dev: Sarunas
Windows
Command your nation's armies, economy, and diplomacy in this WWII Grand Strategy Wargame. Easy to start, hard to master and a full match fits in one session. Play singleplayer and multiplayer, or create, play and share your own custom scenarios with the built-in Scenario Editor.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.2%, Real-Time with Pause 18.5% ★, Wargame 13.7%, RTS 11.9%, Diplomacy 10.7% ★
- #49 Total War: ROME REMASTERED
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 13,805 reviews2021
Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 39.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Total War: ROME REMASTERED lets you relive the legacy that defined the award-winning strategy game series. Remastered to 4K with multiple improvements to visuals as well as refinements to gameplay, it’s time to revisit a true classic. Not everyone gets a second chance to conquer the Roman Empire.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.6%, 4X 20.6% ★, RTS 12.7%, Diplomacy 12% ★, Wargame 11.4%
- #50 Against the Storm
67% matchVery Positive94% of 37,624 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: 4X 18% ★, Grand Strategy 17.5%, Diplomacy 12.8% ★, RTS 10.6%, Historical 8.1%
- #51 Kinjea
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tenikkan Games
Windows · Linux
Lead your people through all of human history on a spherical planet. Wage war and forge alliances as you guide your nation in this 4X grand strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 26.3% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5%, Real-Time with Pause 18.4% ★, Alternate History 8.7%, Wargame 8%
- #52 Power & Revolution 2021 Edition
69% matchMixed56% of 836 reviews2021
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
A new expansion of the ultra-realistic simulator of today's world where you play as the head of state or as the opposition! New Features for 2021: administration of the EU, Covid vaccinations, Biden's Challenge, political coalitions, diplomatic negotiations, worldwide tax and free-trade agreements.
Why similar: 4X 23.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.9%, RTS 13.3%, Wargame 12.9%, Real Time Tactics 8%
- #53 Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
68% matchMixed59% of 982 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: 4X 24.5% ★, Grand Strategy 21%, Wargame 16.2%, RTS 15.8%, Real Time Tactics 10.6%
- #54 Heart of the Machine
66% matchVery Positive92% of 2,139 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.6%, 4X 18% ★, Diplomacy 13.3% ★, Historical 8.4%, Alternate History 7.7%
- #55 Three Kingdoms Online
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GE Soft
Windows
Real-time Three Kingdoms strategy. No turns. No waiting. Domestic affairs, diplomacy, court politics, war — all of it runs at once. Up to 8 players in one world. Bring your friends. Lose the night. Write a new history of the Three Kingdoms.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.3%, RTS 16.8%, Diplomacy 14.5% ★, Historical 10.3%, Wargame 6.9%
- #56 Empires of the Undergrowth
65% matchVery Positive94% of 18,977 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.6%, 4X 18% ★, Diplomacy 12.1% ★, Historical 8.4%, Alternate History 8.1%
- #57 Perang Laut - Maritime Warfare
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Sengkala Dev
Windows
Perang Laut Maritime Warfare is a historical real time strategy set on early modern age(15th-18th century) in Indonesia archipelago. Lot of kingdoms rise as spices trading booming and this is your chance to establish your maritime power by use diplomacy, influence, and war!
Why similar: RTS 18.2%, Grand Strategy 16.9%, Historical 11.5%, Diplomacy 11.1% ★, Wargame 9.5%
- #58 HUMANKIND™ 2
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows
Build a civilization that spans the ages in this historical turn-based strategy game. Combine evolving cultures, raise cities, command armies and expand your empire as a changing climate reshapes the world and your path through history.
Why similar: 4X 29.1% ★, Grand Strategy 21.1%, Diplomacy 11.4% ★, Historical 10.7%, Alternate History 9%