- #1 Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,712 reviews2011
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 45.9 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Get the complete GalCiv II saga including Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, the expansion pack Dark Avatar, and the newest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor!
Why similar: 4X 29.7% ★, Grand Strategy 22.6%, Turn-Based 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Base Building 10.5%
- #2 Space Empires II
96% matchMixed58% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Explore the galaxy, discover and colonize new planets to acquire enough resources. Design your ships, choosing from different hulls, weapons, shields, and several devices. Once you advance with technologies, new systems will be available, and you will have to update your designs.
Why similar: 4X 25.9% ★, Grand Strategy 17.1%, Base Building 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Strategy 11.4%
- #3 Stellar Monarch 2
96% matchVery Positive89% of 133 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 39.1% ★, Grand Strategy 26.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Strategy 9.7%, Sci-fi 4.8%
- #4 Space Empires I
95% matchMixed56% of 16 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% ★, Grand Strategy 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Strategy 11.4%, Management 6.1%
- #5 Space Empires III
94% matchPositive80% of 46 reviews2020
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
The third game within the Space Empires series brings the dawn of a new age of exploration. Your race keeps running through the fabric of space and moves to other solar systems beyond your own.
Why similar: 4X 31.2% ★, Grand Strategy 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Strategy 11.9%, Base Building 9.2%
- #6 Horizon
94% matchMixed59% of 477 reviews2014
Dev: L3O Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Horizon is a turn-based space strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which you are in control of humanity’s destiny. You will explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover alien artifacts hidden on long-abandoned planets.
Why similar: 4X 28.4% ★, Grand Strategy 23.4%, Turn-Based 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Strategy 6.4%
- #7 Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
93% matchMixed61% of 23,177 reviews2014
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 29.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.
Why similar: 4X 27.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19%, Turn-Based 13.6%, Grand Strategy 11.8%, Strategy 10.5%
- #8 EOL: End Of Line
92% 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 35.6% ★, Grand Strategy 25.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Strategy 11.7%, Futuristic 5.6%
- #9 Interstellar Space: Genesis
91% matchVery Positive84% of 850 reviews2019
Dev: Praxis Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Interstellar Space: Genesis is a turn-based space 4X strategy game in which you attempt to build a thriving galactic empire. Discover mysteries among the stars, colonize worlds, and engage enemies in tactical turn-based combat on your journey to becoming the ruler of the galaxy!
Why similar: 4X 31.7% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7%, Turn-Based 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Strategy 6.9%
- #10 Cosmist
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gulbrandr Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Expand your empire one sector at a time in a fast-paced turn-based 4X strategy game. Capture planets, harvest resources, command powerful fleets, and adapt your strategy with unique Emperors and unpredictable divine interventions. Play solo, or challenge rivals in tactical PvP.
Why similar: 4X 39.4% ★, Grand Strategy 26.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Strategy 7.9%, Sci-fi 4.2%
- #11 Hex Kingdoms
90% 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 28.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21.8%, Turn-Based 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Strategy 11.5%
- #12 Wizard Warfare
89% matchVery Positive97% of 63 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 42.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Turn-Based 9.9%, Strategy 9.5%, Tactical 8.9%
- #13 ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
89% matchVery Positive81% of 9,610 reviews2012
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
ENDLESS Space™ is a turn-based 4X strategy game, covering the space colonization age in the ENDLESS Universe™, where you can control every aspect of your civilization as you strive for galactic domination.
Why similar: 4X 42.2% ★, Strategy 15.8%, Turn-Based 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Sci-fi 5.5%
- #14 ENDLESS Legend™
88% matchVery Positive83% of 19,088 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
ENDLESS Legend™ is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of ENDLESS Space™ and Dungeon of the ENDLESS™. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga. Create your own Legend!
Why similar: 4X 40.5% ★, Turn-Based 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Strategy 13.4%, Grand Strategy 6.5%
- #15 Pax Nova
87% matchMixed56% of 453 reviews2020
Dev: Grey Wolf EntertainmentPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game where you lead the fate of one of several factions divided between three races. Explore new worlds and new star systems filled with exciting secrets as well as dangers. Build cities, expand your influence and fight great battles on land and in space.
Why similar: 4X 29.1% ★, Grand Strategy 20.4%, Turn-Based 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Strategy 6.8%
- #16 HUMANKIND™
86% matchMixed69% of 28,852 reviews2021
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 32.7 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 33.4% ★, Grand Strategy 20.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Strategy 12.1%, Turn-Based 8.5%
- #17 Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,101 reviews2007
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 45.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Sid Meier's Civilization IV®: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for Civilization IV - the 2005 PC Game of the Year that has become a worldwide hit.
Why similar: 4X 38.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20.9%, Turn-Based 19.2%, Strategy 13.8%, Grand Strategy 7.5%
- #18 Shattered Spheres
84% match3 user reviews100% of 3 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 38.4% ★, Grand Strategy 22.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Strategy 6.5%, Tactical 4.7%
- #19 Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
84% matchVery Positive92% of 3,677 reviews2006
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
With over 6 million units sold and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier's Civilization is recognized as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all-time. Now, Sid Meier and Firaxis Games will take this incredibly fun and addictive game to new heights by adding new ways to play and win, new...
Why similar: 4X 33.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Turn-Based 19.9%, Strategy 13.2%, Grand Strategy 10.9%
- #20 Revival: Recolonization
82% matchMixed69% of 428 reviews2024
Dev: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 12.0 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 27% ★, Grand Strategy 20.5%, Turn-Based 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Futuristic 6.2%
- #21 Dominium Mundi
82% 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 51% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Strategy 9.5%, Procedural Generation 5.7%
- #22 Lands of Rumour
80% 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 30.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Turn-Based 10%, Strategy 7.2%
- #23 Civilization IV®: Warlords
81% matchVery Positive90% of 554 reviews2007
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords is the first expansion pack for the award-winning game that has become an instant world-wide hit. Paying homage to some of history's greatest military leaders, the expansion delivers six unique and interesting scenarios, giving players the chance to change the course of history with the help of their...
Why similar: 4X 41.6% ★, Turn-Based 22.8%, Strategy 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #24 ZEPHON
78% matchVery Positive83% of 1,948 reviews2024
Dev: Proxy Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
From the developers of Warhammer 40,000: Gladius, ZEPHON is a post-apocalyptic 4X strategy game built on Proxy’s unique tactical combat system. Guide survivors through a turbulent future, navigating unexpected disasters, eldritch horror and cyberpunk monstrosities. What will you do to survive?
Why similar: 4X 29.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16.2%, Turn-Based 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Tactical 6.9%
- #25 Wizards and Warlords
79% matchVery Positive83% of 260 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 30.1% ★, Grand Strategy 20.9%, Turn-Based 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Strategy 7.5%
- #26 Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
79% matchVery Positive82% of 18,807 reviews2018
Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.7 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 37.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Turn-Based 13.7%, Grand Strategy 13.3%, Strategy 10.6%
- #27 Millennia
77% matchMixed67% of 3,788 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 36.6 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 29% ★, Grand Strategy 21.2%, Turn-Based 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Alternate History 9.8%
- #28 Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
78% matchVery Positive87% of 1,583 reviews2008
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is the third offering in the award winning Civilization IV series. A re-imagining of the classic Colonization game Sid Meier created in 1994, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is a total conversion of the Civilization IV engine into a game experience in which players will lead a European...
Why similar: 4X 37.5% ★, Turn-Based 21.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Strategy 15.6%, Grand Strategy 5.5%
- #29 三国.群英录
76% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: DRAGONJOY Studios
Windows · Mac
点燃你的战魂,投身乱世掀起惊天风暴!化身铁血诸侯,号令三国名将,统领无敌雄师,在真实还原的三国版图上纵横沙场,血战四方!
Why similar: 4X 28.2% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Alternate History 8.7%, Base Building 8%
- #30 Miniciv
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: yyyz26
Windows
Miniciv is an accessible hex‑grid 4X turn‑based strategy. Start with one city and settler, explore and build your budding civilization into a mighty empire. Procedural maps and flexible playtime bring unique runs, pairing easy entry with deep political, trade, faith and industrial mechanics.
Why similar: 4X 43.1% ★, Grand Strategy 26.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.9%, Strategy 10.7%
- #31 万象战略
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MeleePsycho
Windows
Myriad Strategies: a turn-based strategy game. Rule a nation amid wars, famine, plague, and refugees. Manage cities, talent, economy. The world shifts. Win by holding cities, stabilizing lives, solving refugee crises, building food systems & spy networks, or surviving the chaos.
Why similar: 4X 39.3% ★, Grand Strategy 27.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Strategy 8.9%, Alternate History 4.9%
- #32 Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
74% matchVery Positive86% of 379,637 reviews2016
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.2 hrsMean: 101.6 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: 4X 23% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.4%, Grand Strategy 21.3%, Strategy 14.2%, Turn-Based 13.4%
- #33 Wartra
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jens P. Behrens
Windows
Build a civilization from its first settlements into a mighty world power in this turn-based strategy game. Explore uncharted lands, expand your empire, forge lucrative trade relationships, and develop your economy and technology.
Why similar: 4X 34% ★, Grand Strategy 30.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Strategy 10.1%, Base Building 4.7%
- #34 Space Empires IV Deluxe
76% matchVery Positive86% of 291 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 37%
The award-winning Space Empires IV Deluxe is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. A grand strategy title in the space 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) genre, Space Empires has already found a place in the heart of strategy gamers everywhere.
Why similar: 4X 54.9% ★, Strategy 16%, Turn-Based 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Sci-fi 6.4%
- #35 Alliance of the Sacred Suns
74% 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 26.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.7%, Turn-Based 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Tactical 5.8%
- #36 Sengoku: Shadow Strikers
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ikemoto Systems
Windows · Mac · Linux
Turn your clan into a Sengoku legend in this tactical RPG. Recruit and train warriors, shape alliances, conquer castles, and alter history through brutal turn-based battles. Influence the outcome of feudal Japan in Sengoku: Shadow Strikers.
Why similar: 4X 34.7% ★, Grand Strategy 25.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Base Building 11.6%, Strategy 6.4%
- #37 Dominions 3: The Awakening
73% matchVery Positive81% of 127 reviews2013
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 40%
The Old God has left the world and the pretenders are awakening and coming out from hiding. You start the game by designing one of the pretender gods that will compete for true ascension to godhood. The type of god can range from a magically powerful arch mage to an ancient kraken or a mystic monolith that people pray to.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.2%, 4X 22.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Turn-Based 16.9%, Strategy 16.5%
- #38 Astro Protocol
71% matchVery Positive94% of 70 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 31.7% ★, Grand Strategy 22.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Base Building 8%, Tactical 6.9%
- #39 Master of Orion
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 8,196 reviews2016
Dev: NGD StudiosPub: Wargaming Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 101.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The ascendant spacefaring 4X strategy game returns! A new chapter in the epic Master of Orion saga is poised to once again capture the imaginations of millions of gamers.
Why similar: 4X 54.2% ★, Strategy 15.9%, Turn-Based 15.8%, Grand Strategy 7.3%, Sci-fi 4.4%
- #40 Age of Wonders III
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 13,326 reviews2014
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Age of Wonders III is the long anticipated sequel to the award-winning strategy series. Delivering a unique mix of Empire Building, Role Playing and Warfare, Age of Wonders III offers the ultimate in turn-based fantasy strategy for veterans of the series and new players alike!
Why similar: 4X 34.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23.1%, Strategy 19%, Turn-Based 15.1%, Grand Strategy 4.8%
- #41 Pandora: First Contact
73% matchMixed63% of 645 reviews2014
Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Pandora: First Contact is a science fiction 4X turn-based strategy game on a planetary scale. Our Earth has been exhausted and colonial attempts on other planetary bodies have been in vain. Finally, after decades of exploration, an interstellar probe has brought promise of a new world.
Why similar: 4X 51.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%, Strategy 13.9%, Turn-Based 9.8%, Sci-fi 6.6%
- #42 Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms
71% 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 39.8% ★, Grand Strategy 24.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Strategy 12.4%, Tactical 4.8%
- #43 HUMANKIND™ 2
70% 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 36.4% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Strategy 11.3%, Alternate History 9.1%
- #44 HARD VOID
69% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: jejoxdev
Windows · Linux
HARD VOID is a 4X turn-based space strategy game in a lovecraftian universe. Lead your species across galaxies and multiple dimensions to build an Empire. Design your spaceships, assemble your fleets and fight for supremacy. But beware, unthinkable Eldritch horrors lurk in the vast darkness.
Why similar: 4X 31.6% ★, Grand Strategy 21.4%, Turn-Based 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Strategy 6.2%
- #45 Terrol
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Max Krupp
Windows
Strategically place outposts & settlements to capture resources. Upgrade you empire and destroy all rivals!
Why similar: 4X 30.3% ★, Grand Strategy 25%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Turn-Based 12.2%, Tactical 7.2%
- #46 Space Empires V
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 480 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Space Empires V is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. This new chapter completely updates the UI and takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe. Watch space battles played out in glorious detail and realistic effects. Expand, Explore, Exploit, and Exterminate in a huge living breathing galaxy.
Why similar: 4X 52.1% ★, Turn-Based 17.1%, Strategy 16.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%, Sci-fi 5.8%
- #47 Infinite Borders: Three Kingdoms
70% 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 35.4% ★, Grand Strategy 26%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Base Building 8.5%, Strategy 8.1%
- #48 Gate Builders
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pyralis Studio
Windows · Linux
Gate Builders is a sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game. Build space stations, manage work force, exploit, trade and transform resources. Face space pirates and enemy factions. Build, Expand, Thrive!
Why similar: 4X 32.8% ★, Grand Strategy 24.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Strategy 6.4%, Management 6%
- #49 Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith
69% matchVery Positive94% of 2,175 reviews2017
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 100.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
In Dominions 5 you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to huge titans or large monuments. Dominions is a deep 4x turn based strategy game with a very large variety of spells and units.
Why similar: 4X 30.3% ★, Grand Strategy 23.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.8%, Turn-Based 15.6%, Strategy 10.9%
- #50 Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection
68% matchVery Positive88% of 710 reviews2010
Dev: Kerberos Productions Inc.Pub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection is the original Sword of the Stars games and the three expansions Born of Blood, A Murder of Crows and Argos Naval Yard. It is the year 2405, and human scientists have discovered a new technology that allows travel from star to star at speeds faster than light.
Why similar: 4X 53.2% ★, Turn-Based 18.1%, Strategy 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 7%, Sci-fi 6.3%
- #51 Palm Kingdoms 3
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hack The Publisher
Windows · Mac
Palm Kingdoms 3 is a turn-based strategy game with deep mechanics. Explore maps, build your kingdom, and lead armies in rich, tactical combat. Here, power lies not in a single character, but in the unique Commanders you cultivate within your ranks.
Why similar: 4X 29.7% ★, Grand Strategy 23.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Turn-Based 13.9%, Strategy 8.3%
- #52 Deity Empires
68% 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 34.5% ★, Grand Strategy 21.2%, Turn-Based 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Strategy 9.7%
- #53 Oil Sheik: Dominion
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Reliq
Windows
Dominate five rival regions in a turn-based 4X. Save the world from Nihlex's evil alien forces in a race to conquer Mars' oil reserves. Research, boost your economy with stock trades, build units, fight tactical battles on a hex tile map. Are you strong enough to lead a united humanity to victory?
Why similar: 4X 33% ★, Grand Strategy 28%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Strategy 9.9%, Base Building 7.5%
- #54 Napoleon 1813
65% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Empire Interactive EntertainmentPub: Strategy First
Windows
In an enormous strategic area stretching from Paris to Breslau, from Hamburg to Vienna, control everything from major strategic territorial decisions to tactical battle manoeuvres.
Why similar: 4X 41.3% ★, Grand Strategy 29%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Strategy 13.1%, 2D 1%
- #55 Wealth of Nations: Economic Strategy
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WoN
Windows
Lead a nation through decades of political and economic challenges. Manage budgets, taxes, interest rates, crises, and public opinion in a deep grand-strategy simulation where every decision shapes your country's future.
Why similar: 4X 39.6% ★, Grand Strategy 28%, Strategy 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Management 4.1%
- #56 The Last Federation
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 508 reviews2014
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
From the creators of AI War: Fleet Command comes an all-new grand strategy title with turn-based tactical combat, set in a deep simulation of an entire solar system and its billions of inhabitants. You are the last of a murdered race, determined to unify or destroy the 8 others.
Why similar: 4X 33.3% ★, Turn-Based 17.8%, Grand Strategy 17.2%, Strategy 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.3%