- #1 Rise of Hegemony
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lion Loewe
Windows
Take control of a country from its very first beginnings and lead it successfully to become a global hegemon. In a complex simulation of economy, diplomacy and warfare the path you chose to triumph is up to you.
Why similar: 4X 21.9% ★, Diplomacy 19.1% ★, Moddable 10.4% ★, Economy 10.3%, Hex Grid 7.7% ★
- #2 Tartaria: Frozen Frontier
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Rubedo Games
Windows
Lead your clan, build settlements, and survive enemy raids in a turn-based strategy set in the harsh northern lands.
Why similar: 4X 22.3% ★, Hex Grid 14.2% ★, Diplomacy 11.8% ★, Level Editor 9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
- #3 Imperialist
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BRR Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
From a veteran 4X Strategy developer comes a new deep strategy game of logistics, empire, and control. Develop the New World, industrialise your capital, manage your growing Empire, and outmanoeuvre rivals to become history's first Superpower. Can you exploit the New World to control the Old?
Why similar: 4X 24.2% ★, Diplomacy 22.3% ★, Historical 11.9%, Economy 10.3%, Hex Grid 7.9% ★
- #4 BOC: Birth of Cultures
95% 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 24.1% ★, Hex Grid 13.2% ★, Historical 9.5%, Management 7.8%, Level Editor 7.1%
- #5 Rules of War
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Active Endeavour Games
Windows
Take command in this 4X-lite strategy game with fast-paced tactical combat and missile warfare. Build your economy, deploy land, sea, and air units, expand borders, advance technology, and navigate deceitful diplomacy. In a world of collapsing nuclear powers, can you lead your nation to victory?
Why similar: 4X 23.4% ★, Diplomacy 16% ★, Economy 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Wargame 7.6%
- #6 Ascendant Realms
94% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Soaring Pals
Windows · Linux
In Ascendant Realms you lead a nation in a struggle for glory. Cozy setting meets tactical thinking from classic turn based strategies, but twists it with compact gameplay. Develop your city, research new technologies, fight other leaders - or just create your own story in the sandbox.
Why similar: 4X 26.7% ★, Moddable 16.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Economy 8.7%, Management 7.6%
- #7 Crow's Foot
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Thelix
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based hex strategy you can finish over lunch. Outsmart AI rivals, each with their own grudges, ambitions, and breaking points. Conquer provinces, command knights, scouts, assassins, and more. Unlock rule-bending scrolls. Go bankrupt and your own army defects.
Why similar: 4X 33.2% ★, Diplomacy 20.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Economy 8.7%, Strategy 7.6%
- #8 Ever War
92% 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 29.9% ★, Hex Grid 13.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Economy 9.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.2%
- #9 Dwarf Guild Mania
91% match6 user reviews83% of 6 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 23.8% ★, Hex Grid 11.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Historical 9%, Economy 8.6%
- #10 Master of Galaxies
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zbigniew Peter Dudkowski
Windows
Master of Galaxies is a turn based space strategy game. Explore the galaxy and settle new planets. Research technologies and design powerful ships. Each planet can have a leader and a lot of buildings and worker improvements. Managing the empire is totally new and unique!
Why similar: 4X 35.1% ★, Diplomacy 20.3% ★, Turn-Based Combat 10.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.3%, Strategy 8.9%
- #11 Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
90% matchVery Positive88% of 1,666 reviews2022
Dev: The Secret Games CompanyPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.3 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 21.8% ★, Hex Grid 12.5% ★, Historical 10.9%, Economy 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
- #12 Master of the Ages: Foundations of History
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sovereign Era Games
Windows · Mac
Command a civilization from antiquity to the modern era in a historical 4X focused on grand strategy over micro-management. Direct armies, research technologies, run spy networks, and shape your empire through deep, intuitive macro-mechanics.
Why similar: 4X 27.4% ★, Diplomacy 16.6% ★, Historical 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Economy 7.1%
- #13 Millennia
89% 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: 4X 24.3% ★, Diplomacy 18.5% ★, Historical 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Economy 8.9%
- #14 Imperiums: Greek Wars
88% 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: 4X 23.3% ★, Diplomacy 16.7% ★, Moddable 13.6% ★, Historical 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
- #15 Great Powers
87% matchMixed68% of 38 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 27.1% ★, Hex Grid 13.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Wargame 9.5%, Historical 8.9%
- #16 Ultakia
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Simon Alber
Windows
Ultakia is a turn-based space 4X strategy game with distinctive resource management. Explore exotic systems and acquire powerful technologies. Exploit your planets, trade with other races and destroy those who stand in your way.
Why similar: 4X 29.4% ★, Hex Grid 16.8% ★, Diplomacy 16.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Management 6.9%
- #17 ENDLESS Legend™ 2
84% 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: 4X 21.7% ★, Diplomacy 20.4% ★, Moddable 13.4% ★, Historical 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%
- #18 Old World
85% 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: 4X 21.8% ★, Diplomacy 19.9% ★, Moddable 13.1% ★, Historical 10.9%, Economy 8.7%
- #19 Star Traders: 4X Empires
86% matchMixed63% of 82 reviews2014
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Take command of humanity’s last survivors and rebuild an empire in the stars. In this immersive turn-based strategy game, you will have to fight to protect your people, control rival factions, and unlock lost technology.
Why similar: 4X 24% ★, Diplomacy 21.9% ★, Economy 9.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, Turn-Based Combat 7.6%
- #20 Folk Emerging
83% 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 27.6% ★, Diplomacy 16.4% ★, Historical 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Hex Grid 9.3% ★
- #21 Uncivilized
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jamorian 5
Windows · Mac
A short-form empire building strategy game. Explore the planet and grow your colony, while attempting to negotiate with the many characterful rival factions. Make friends, break allegiances, or just drop nukes on them.
Why similar: 4X 30.2% ★, Diplomacy 29.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 8%, Tactical 6%
- #22 Revival: Recolonization
81% matchMixed69% of 425 reviews2024
Dev: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 23.6% ★, Diplomacy 21.2% ★, Hex Grid 14.1% ★, Economy 9.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%
- #23 Interstellar Conquest
82% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take planets and assemble your fleet. The conquest of space is now, navigate through asteroid fields and hide in nebulas to outsmart your opponents. Experience the challenge of ion storms disrupting your ship's sensors and become the ultimate space fleet commander.
Why similar: 4X 27.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Wargame 10.1%, Hex Grid 7.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 7.7%
- #24 Mordfield Command
81% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Software Verde, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Set in a world seized by machines, Mordfield Command is a turn-based hex wargame. Reclaim territory under mounting pressure and expand your control of the battlefield. Move too slowly, and the Algorithm’s growing forces will overrun you.
Why similar: 4X 25.1% ★, Hex Grid 13.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Level Editor 9.7%, Wargame 8.4%
- #25 Terra Invicta
79% matchVery Positive80% of 9,823 reviews2026
Dev: Pavonis InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 52.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
Why similar: 4X 21.4% ★, Diplomacy 20% ★, Moddable 13.4% ★, Historical 10.5%, Economy 9.6%
- #26 Whiskerwood
78% matchVery Positive92% of 3,269 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Why similar: 4X 19.8% ★, Diplomacy 19.4% ★, Moddable 14.8% ★, Historical 11%, Economy 9.9%
- #27 Business Empire
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dragon Slumber
Windows · Mac · Linux
BUSINESS EMPIRE is a 4X turn-based strategy game that puts you in charge of an ever-expanding company. Design your own products and market them to the masses, set up distribution routes, and develop new technologies.
Why similar: 4X 27.7% ★, Level Editor 11.9%, Economy 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Management 9%
- #28 Ever Fallen Empire
79% matchNo user reviews2030
Dev: Luke AP
Windows
A Strategic Empire Collapser. As The Authority. Manage a living galaxy, and plan large-scale actions according to your needs. Collapse governments, inflame rebellions, seed new factions, and sacrifice your own. All for purposes grander than any Empire could hold.
Why similar: Diplomacy 25.3% ★, Level Editor 17.2%, Moddable 16.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Economy 10.9%
- #29 Nova Roma
76% matchVery Positive94% of 2,244 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.
Why similar: 4X 19.4% ★, Diplomacy 18.8% ★, Moddable 14.7% ★, Historical 11.6%, Economy 10.1%
- #30 Annhexation
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: James Randall
Windows · Mac
Conquer the world in an evening. 4X distilled. Eight civilisations, three victory paths, complete games in 3-4 hours. No twelve-hour death marches. No spreadsheets. Just maps, decisions, and the next turn.
Why similar: 4X 36.9% ★, Hex Grid 19% ★, Historical 17.2%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%, Strategy 9.5%
- #31 Empolicy
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StrategyMagic
Windows
Online strategy in a fantasy world with single-player options. Explore the world, expand the borders of your polis, build settlements and produce goods. Immerse yourself in the role of a powerful tycoon of the city-republic, choose your path - magic, diplomacy, espionage or war.
Why similar: 4X 29.7% ★, Diplomacy 28.2% ★, Economy 11.2%, Management 8.9%, Hex Grid 7.5% ★
- #32 Imperial Ambitions
75% 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: 4X 22% ★, Historical 12.8%, Hex Grid 11.7% ★, Economy 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%
- #33 Legions
76% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: MindscapePub: SNEG
Windows
In Legions, lead your empire to glory across 10 historical scenarios, from Caesar’s conquest of Gaul to the rise of Charlemagne. Master diplomacy, economy, and military strategy to dominate rivals in this immersive strategy game set in the ancient world.
Why similar: Diplomacy 37.6% ★, Economy 16.3%, Historical 16.1%, Strategy 9.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%
- #34 Kingdom Wars
77% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Obsidiagon
Windows
A medieval themed turn-based strategy/tactical game where you will build a kingdom, lead armies to the war, fight tactical battles and conquer enemy cities. Choose your main leader character from the 7 different available factions and start building your kingdom.
Why similar: 4X 26.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Hex Grid 10.6% ★, Wargame 10.6%, Turn-Based Combat 8.3%
- #35 Heart of the Machine
73% matchVery Positive92% of 2,098 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 18.1 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: Diplomacy 20.4% ★, 4X 19.6% ★, Moddable 15.1% ★, Historical 10.9%, Economy 9.6%
- #36 Commander: Modern War
75% 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 34% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Hex Grid 10.4% ★, Level Editor 9.7%, Strategy 8.5%
- #37 Humankind in a nutshell
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: juron games
Windows · Mac
Spin the slot and decide the fate of your civilization. From seeds to kingdoms, from stone to steel. From the very first turn to a thousand years later, every choice becomes history. From the first spark of fire to a forest of skyscrapers. How long can your people survive?
Why similar: 4X 29.3% ★, Diplomacy 20% ★, Historical 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Economy 8.4%
- #38 Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced
73% matchVery Positive95% of 190 reviews2025
Dev: Holistic Design, Inc.
Windows · Linux
Command interstellar forces in this epic return of the 4X strategy classic. From planetary politics to galactic warfare, the stakes couldn’t be higher as you lead your Royal House through battles on land, sea, air, and the vast reaches of space.
Why similar: 4X 29.6% ★, Moddable 14.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Economy 9.6%, Wargame 9.4%
- #39 The Mystic
74% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: PipeDream
Windows
The Mystic is a dark fantasy, turn-based strategy game. Become a follower of the first gods, gain their favour, overthrow the High King by innovative combat and magic systems and establish harmony. The game offers an exciting campaign full of twists, battles and difficult decisions and multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 35.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Level Editor 12.4%, Hex Grid 12.2% ★, Strategy 9.5%
- #40 Heroes, Warlords and Ruin
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Autware
Windows
Create your hero, manage resources, raise armies and build an empire. This fantasy turn-based 4x strategy game features empire management, large-scale tactical battles, and RPG mechanics.
Why similar: 4X 29.2% ★, Moddable 14.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Level Editor 11.1%, Turn-Based Combat 6.7%
- #41 Empires of the Undergrowth
71% matchVery Positive94% of 18,736 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: 4X 19.9% ★, Diplomacy 18.7% ★, Moddable 14.9% ★, Historical 11%, Economy 9.9%
- #42 Shardorium
72% 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 24.4% ★, 4X 21.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 8.8%, Grid-Based Movement 8.3%
- #43 Conqueror's Stage
71% matchPositive100% of 15 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: 4X 29.6% ★, Diplomacy 20% ★, Historical 12.3%, Wargame 10.1%, Economy 7%
- #44 Gate Builders
72% 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 29% ★, Diplomacy 16.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Management 10%, Economy 9.3%
- #45 Against the Storm
70% matchVery Positive94% of 37,259 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.7 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: Diplomacy 19.9% ★, 4X 19.8% ★, Moddable 14.9% ★, Historical 10.7%, Economy 9.4%
- #46 Tracktopia
71% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: GalaDev
Windows
Tracktopia is a strategy game with city-building elements, where your city moves on tracks and serves as a super powerful unit. Expand it to boost production, advance technologies, and create smaller units to ultimately defeat the enemy nation!
Why similar: 4X 29% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Grid-Based Movement 10%, Economy 8.8%, Turn-Based Combat 7.8%
- #47 Mech and Tech 1
70% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: colmer_it UG
Windows · Mac
Conquer. Build. Survive. A tactical strategy game on procedural hex grids - intense, deep. Plan every move: establish your base, secure supply lines, and unleash suppression fire against all who stand in your way. Research new technologies - improve your units. Play solo, co-op, or PvP.
Why similar: 4X 23.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Hex Grid 13.7% ★, Moddable 12.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%
- #48 Mercatoria
69% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Dinkel Games
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 30% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Historical 10.1%, Economy 9.5%, Wargame 9.3%
- #49 Cataclismo
68% matchVery Positive89% of 4,300 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Diplomacy 20% ★, 4X 19.6% ★, Moddable 14.9% ★, Historical 11%, Economy 9.9%
- #50 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
68% matchMixed48% of 58,486 reviews2025
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 49.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Lead empires that evolve or endure through the Ages. Build something you believe in with Sid Meier's Civilization® VII.
Why similar: 4X 22.4% ★, Diplomacy 22.4% ★, Historical 11.6%, Hex Grid 11% ★, Economy 9.6%
- #51 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
69% 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: 4X 28% ★, Diplomacy 22.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Historical 9.3%, Economy 8.6%
- #52 Liegecraft
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: From Chaos
Windows
You are the King. Lead your vassals, build your feudal realm and conquer foreign kingdoms in this blend of turn based 4X and realtime rpg. Attend feasts, host tourneys and fight duels. Every character has their own mind so promote the loyal, scheme against rivals and imprison the disobedient.
Why similar: 4X 24.9% ★, Diplomacy 22.3% ★, Hex Grid 12.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Economy 9.9%
- #53 From Village to Empire
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 57 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 27.9% ★, Hex Grid 17% ★, Historical 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Strategy 9.1%
- #54 Frostward
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KoPoint Games
Windows
Plan industrial districts and strive toward monumental wonders while defending humanity against hostile forces and the endless winter.
Why similar: 4X 36.9% ★, Hex Grid 19% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Tactical 7.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.3%
- #55 Astro Protocol
66% matchVery Positive94% of 65 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 29.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Hex Grid 11.6% ★, Grid-Based Movement 9.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.1%
- #56 Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition
67% matchMixed69% of 2,291 reviews2024
Dev: Oxide GamesPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a nation starting at any point in human history and compete for supremacy in this epic turn-based strategy game. Engage in diplomacy, fight wars, and go head-to-head with other leaders from history.
Why similar: 4X 32.6% ★, Diplomacy 22.9% ★, Historical 13.3%, Management 7.4%, Resource Management 7.4%
- #57 Feudums
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kalamona Studios
Windows
Lead your noble house through brutal wars, shifting allegiances and economic strife in an asynchronous multiplayer 4X strategy. Shape the narrative with or against real players in a medieval world where diplomacy isn't binding, there is NO pay-to-win, and only strategy determines your legacy.
Why similar: 4X 21.6% ★, Diplomacy 20% ★, Moddable 14.3% ★, Hex Grid 11.7% ★, Economy 7.8%
- #58 Three Kingdoms : Alias
65% 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: 4X 22.5% ★, Diplomacy 21.6% ★, Historical 13.8%, Wargame 10%, Economy 9.4%
- #59 Tiny Conquests
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 30-Parallel
Windows
Build tiny empires with big ambitions. A cozy, bite-sized 4X where every turn counts: grow cities block by block, research three historical ages, and outscore rivals through building, conquest, or exploration. One currency, one score, 25-minute matches.
Why similar: 4X 35.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%, Historical 11.3%, Strategy 7.7%