- #1 Kyivan Rus
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Plawius
Windows · Mac · Linux
A historical turn-based strategy game, where you evolve as a leader, gather armies, research technologies, found cities, build the economy, unite the tribes and expand your lands to strengthen your country! Play in a single-player campaign or skirmish against AI.
Why similar: 4X 31.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Historical 9.9%, Isometric 8.3%
- #2 WarBoard: Arena Empire
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Velron Games
Windows
WarBoard: Arena Empire is a turn-based tactical strategy game on a hex arena. Command Rome, the Turks, Vikings, Egypt, Japan or Persia. Play solo against AI, or battle up to 4 Steam friends in private matches. Every move counts.
Why similar: 4X 35.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 19.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Strategy 14%, Historical 7%
- #3 Defense X
96% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Hcenter GamePub: 30 Game Studio
Windows
Build a defense strategy to protect the peace.
Why similar: 4X 41.4% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 17.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Strategy 16.1%, Turn-Based Combat 4.7%
- #4 Napoleon 1813
95% 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 40.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Strategy 14.4%, Historical 6.5%
- #5 Stars in Shadow
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 838 reviews2017
Dev: Ashdar GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Stars in Shadow is a turn-based 4X strategy game and a vivid tribute to the genre classics. Compete with alien factions to explore and colonize nearby starsystems, build fleets to defend against rivals, negotiate or conquer them. Win by unifying the galaxy, through diplomacy or force.
Why similar: 4X 53.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Strategy 13.2%, Turn-Based Combat 7.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.6%
- #6 Kingdom of Krawall
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TinyDragonMagic
Windows · Linux
A fast-paced strategy game about building a kingdom, outplaying your rivals, and conquering your enemies. Play solo or in multiplayer and enjoy the depth of a classic 4X in a single sitting.
Why similar: 4X 46.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, Strategy 16.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%, Stylized 3.9%
- #7 Commander: Modern War
93% 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 40.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Strategy 15%, Isometric 12.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.1%
- #8 Master of Cladia
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Quasar Games FactoryPub: BackGRID Responsive Technologies S.L.
Windows
Master a world of massive turn-based strategy. As an Alchemist, hatch powerful dragons, discover devastating spells, and manage your empire in a persistent world shared by hundreds of players. Will you bring peace through science or rule over the ashes? The throne awaits.
Why similar: 4X 37.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 25.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, Strategy 12.5%, Turn-Based Combat 6.1%
- #9 Buddies to Death
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WABAWEYA
Windows
Buddies to Death - A fast-paced, turn-based, 4X strategy set in a medieval fantasy world with asymmetric factions, amazing lore, and FISHHH!
Why similar: 4X 33.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.1%, Strategy 11.1%, Funny 6.5%
- #10 Ever War
89% 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 38.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 20.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Strategy 8.4%, Turn-Based Combat 7.1%
- #11 A New World: Kingdoms
91% matchNegative0% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Red Phoenix Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A New World: Kingdoms is a turn-based strategic 4X game. Carefully expand your kingdom by constructing buildings and managing your resources. Building your own empire is not easy; there will be challenges along the way, from mountains to navigate to your rival and his warriors.
Why similar: 4X 35.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 20.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Strategy 7.8%, Turn-Based Combat 6.9%
- #12 Space Empires III
90% matchMostly Positive80% of 44 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 37.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 19.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Strategy 15.6%, Economy 4%
- #13 Commander: World War II
89% matchPositive87% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Commander: World War II is a turn-based tactical game where you lead either the Allies or the Axis to victory. Deploy infantry, tanks, planes, and naval units, capture locations, use the terrain, and counter specialized units in intense battles. Design your own maps and dominate the battlefield.
Why similar: 4X 42.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 17.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Strategy 14.9%, Turn-Based Combat 3.9%
- #14 Askara
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lazy Kitty
Windows
Askara is a rogue-like turn-based tactics game, you choose how long each run takes, from a half an hour, to a few days if you want to! Multiple layers of mechanics mesh together to ensure that every run will be unique. It is easy to pick up, but will take years to master.
Why similar: 4X 38% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.8%, Strategy 10.7%, Isometric 9.8%
- #15 Fantasy Fighters
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 34 reviews2023
Dev: CozyCoupleCoding
Windows
Prepare for epic battles in "Fantasy Fighters"! Choose your faction, plan your moves, and unleash devastating attacks on your opponents in local multiplayer. Explore a rich world filled with engaging characters.
Why similar: 4X 36.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Strategy 8.6%, Turn-Based Combat 8%
- #16 WarKind
86% matchMixed53% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: MajerGames
Windows
Turn-based strategy game with different races and heroes
Why similar: 4X 44.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, Strategy 16.3%, Casual 1.8%
- #17 Kingdom Chronicle
85% matchMixed45% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: スタジオ白猫斎 / Studio HakubyousaiPub: くそげ工房 / Atelier KUSOGE
Windows
It looks deep, but plays simple. A turn-based strategy game where you can unify the continent in 1-2 hours per run. Become the ruler of a nation in a war-torn land, master domestic affairs, diplomacy and intrigue, and recruit, headhunt, and capture from 168 officers to carve out your own conquest.
Why similar: 4X 28.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 25.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.7%, Strategy 16.1%, Tactical 2.6%
- #18 Crow's Foot
86% 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 43.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Strategy 14.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 7%, Economy 4.9%
- #19 Dominions - Priests, Prophets & Pretenders
84% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Linux
In Dominions you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. It all takes place in a fantasy world with monsters, magic items and world altering spells. Dominions is a 4x turn based strategy game with a large variety of spells and units.
Why similar: 4X 55.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.6%, Strategy 21.5%
- #20 ALL IN THE GAME: Crime Strategy
84% matchPositive89% of 35 reviews2024
Dev: Strangelet Games
Windows
ALL IN THE GAME is a turn-based crime strategy game. Start off with a small street gang, earn money through robberies and black market, expand your territory and become a kingpin running a fearsome criminal empire. Use violence, money and clout to take over the city before the other players do.
Why similar: 4X 38.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.1%, Isometric 11.2%, Strategy 8.1%
- #21 Annhexation
83% 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 46.1% ★, Strategy 17.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Historical 13.9%, Turn-Based Combat 7.9%
- #22 Great Powers
82% matchMostly Positive70% of 37 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 35.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Isometric 9.8%, Strategy 8.7%
- #23 Colonerra Age of Exploration
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Game Tzar
Windows
Govern the New World as His Majesty's Viceroy during the Age of Exploration. Explore unknown lands, build thriving colonies, trade across the Atlantic, wage war, and forge an independent nation in this historical turn-based 4X strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 44.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Strategy 15.8%, Historical 12.6%, Economy 5%
- #24 The Veiled Atlas: A Cycle of Falls
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flat Gradient
Windows
A turn-based 4X of rival governments contesting the dim Atlas through economy, war and an Influence-weighted Council. At the edge of sensor range, the Shadow does not lose - it only rises.
Why similar: 4X 52.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.4%, Strategy 19.9%, Economy 4.8%, Indie 0.8%
- #25 Search for Sol
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cryptomnesic
Windows · Mac
The children of long-extinct humanity desperately search for the legendary artifact system of Sol. Search for Sol is a sci-fi 4X in the tradition of Reach for the Stars, Master of Orion, and Star Traders. Control Sol for 50 years to ascend to flesh once again.
Why similar: 4X 41.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 23.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Strategy 10.3%, Turn-Based Combat 6%
- #26 Vae Victis
80% matchMixed61% of 18 reviews2023
Dev: Nicholas Rizzo
Windows
Vae Victis is a ruthless minimalistic turn-based strategy game. Engage in intense multiplayer battles with friends or fight through an expansive campaign. With unique units, factions, and abilities you will have to be cunning with your tactical decisions to claim victory!
Why similar: 4X 31.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Isometric 9.3%, Strategy 8.1%
- #27 Ashes & Blood
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Small Strategy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ashes & Blood is a fantasy strategy RPG with fast paced tactical battles and a 4X sandbox campaign. Break the rules, build absurd combos, exploit the world, and unlock even more chaos with each run. Turn based strategy has never been this unhinged.
Why similar: 4X 37.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Isometric 11.2%, Strategy 8.9%
- #28 World of Asgabas
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nathan Istace
Windows · Linux
What happens when a Viking meets a Cowboy? He fights him, of course! The World is not big enough for both of them. World of Asgabas is a turn-based strategy game opposing multiple factions fighting to dominate the world!
Why similar: 4X 41.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 20.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Strategy 10.5%, Turn-Based Combat 7.4%
- #29 决胜千里:三国 VICTORY HORIZON:THREE KINGDOMS
78% matchPositive82% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: 超自然游戏
Windows
Victory Away:Three Kingdoms is a traditional battle chess game where you will play the role of Liu Bei and embark on the journey of reviving the Han dynasty.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 32.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 30%, Historical 18.8%, Strategy 16.8%, Indie 1.5%
- #30 Space Empires I
78% 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 39.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Strategy 16.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.9%, Economy 5.2%
- #31 Grand Strategy: The Three Kingdoms
76% matchPositive88% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: Yiming
Windows
Based on the classic history of the Three countries, the 2D grand strategy game integrates deep strategy, resource management, diplomatic game and sand table, presenting a magnificent stage for players in the turbulent world.
Why similar: 4X 45.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.7%, Strategy 16.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.9%, Historical 7.9%
- #32 Clash of Cultures
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zach
Windows · Mac
Clash of Cultures is an addictive turn based stratergy game that is simple to learn yet has a lot of depth. Research technologies, shape your government, progress through the ages, and conquer the world.
Why similar: 4X 43.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.7%, Strategy 15.5%, Economy 4.8%
- #33 BattleMaster
77% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: KGS
Windows
BattleMaster is a traditional turn-based flag game that allows you to prepare for tough battles by equipage, reinforcement, skills, or recruiting new players
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 38.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 28.7%, Strategy 20.9%, Turn-Based Combat 10.8%, Indie 1.1%
- #34 Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
77% matchVery Positive87% of 1,563 reviews2008
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 14.1 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 43.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.3%, Strategy 19.5%, Historical 13%, Economy 1.6%
- #35 The Mystic
75% 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 45.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20.9%, Strategy 18%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.1%, Turn-Based Combat 4.5%
- #36 荒野国度 LEGENDS OF THE WILD
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 圆桌工作室Pub: 瓦弄游戏
Windows
Recruit animal heroes, understand their attributes and create your own team Conquer land with your allies, make rational use of all resources on the continent, and defeat enemies from other faction Step by step, move towards the center of the continent, and finally seize the heart of the world.
Why similar: 4X 51% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Strategy 19%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%
- #37 Void Eclipse
75% matchMixed41% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: Tau Ceti Studios
Windows
Void Eclipse is turn-based strategy in an immersive sci-fi world, blending card battle tactics with 4X grand strategy. Explore the stars, Evolve your army and Fight an alien threat. Help characters or harm them - will you be Feared, Admired, or Respected?
Why similar: 4X 39% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 21.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Strategy 10.1%, Turn-Based Combat 8.2%
- #38 Vega Chronicle
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Just Add Lava
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead your civilization to galactic glory in this bite-sized 4X strategy game. Build, colonize, trade, and, by tact or might, overcome all who oppose you.
Why similar: 4X 49.3% ★, Strategy 17.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Turn-Based Combat 5.7%
- #39 Master of the Ages: Foundations of History
73% 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 37.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Historical 11.7%, Strategy 6.5%
- #40 Plane Starship2:Galactic Contender
72% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: 爱芙尔
Windows
This is a 4x turn-base strategy game. You can develop your planet, expand your territory by colonizing and building space stations, research technology to unlock more ships, and ultimately discover and eliminate your enemies.
Why similar: 4X 44% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 20.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, Strategy 11.6%, Tactical 4.2%
- #41 Civilization IV®: Warlords
73% matchVery Positive90% of 549 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 48.7% ★, Strategy 23.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.5%, Historical 6.9%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #42 Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,043 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 45.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 25.8%, Strategy 18.3%, Historical 9.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #43 Sengoku: Shadow Strikers
70% 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 40% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 18.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Isometric 10.1%, Strategy 8.1%
- #44 Defensia
70% matchNo user reviews2032
Dev: RedPain
Windows
Defensia is a turn-based strategy game. Build structures, Grow carrots, Recruit bunnians, Kill enemies, Keep your castle safe!
Why similar: 4X 41.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.1%, Turn-Based Combat 7.2%, Strategy 7%
- #45 Crossfire: Dungeons
72% matchMixed48% of 92 reviews2015
Dev: Random Thoughts EntertainmentPub: Random Thoughts Enterainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Battle against rival fantasy armies in this fast paced turn based strategy game. Fight powerful bosses while you hunt for treasure in dungeon mode, play through over one hundred single player missions in campaign mode, or match wits against your friends in multiplayer.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 40.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 33.9%, Strategy 23.7%, Indie 2%
- #46 Conquer: Napoleonic Wars
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: Estuego Games
Windows
A turn-based strategy game based off the Napoleonic Wars! Lead, attack, buy, and communicate. Learn how to play difficult 4x grand strategy games by starting with simple strategy. *Disclaimer, this game is made by a teenager for a school project*
Why similar: 4X 36.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Historical 9.6%, Strategy 8.5%
- #47 Trailblader
68% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: 迟到的南雨亭
Windows
Trailblader is a turn-based strategy game that features loop-based combat, integrating 4X strategy and hero development. The game tells the story of a hero who, having lost their homeland, leads the people to migrate to the wilderness to rebuild their home.
Why similar: 4X 44.5% ★, Strategy 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.7%, Economy 5.4%
- #48 Fossilpunk
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ahsaurus
Windows
A roguelike base builder about founding your tiny new dino nation. Balance between growing charming cities while defending against massive empires in this tight but comforting turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 32.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Strategy 9.7%, Isometric 7.5%
- #49 Shattered Spheres
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 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 46.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.8%, Strategy 8.7%, Turn-Based Combat 4.5%
- #50 Armada 2526 Gold Edition
71% matchMixed67% of 108 reviews2013
Dev: Ntronium GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Conquer the Galaxy In This ‘4x’ Strategy Game. Lead one of 18 different alien races to become a mighty pan-galactic empire. Manage your colonies, deploy your fleets and conduct research. Plot your strategy and turn your planets into mighty bastions.
Why similar: 4X 49.2% ★, Strategy 28.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Indie 3.1%
- #51 Interstellar Conquest
69% 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 37.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Isometric 12.2%, Strategy 9.3%
- #52 Dynastic Era
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LOONW
Windows
Simple map coloring game, And about history of ancient civilized, Mini ancient strategy game with a large world map to explore, in which you can simulate different ancient civilizations, the game will have different chapters showing ancient historical events.
Why similar: 4X 41.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.7%, Strategy 14%, Historical 5.5%
- #53 Al Bassel
68% matchPositive79% of 28 reviews2023
Dev: Lucky 7 Studios
Windows
Al bassel is a turn-based puzzle game where you play as a soldier trying to save his kingdom from foreign invasion. you will strategically maneuver around the battlefield and try to outsmart and outmaneuver your enemies.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 20.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Isometric 16%, Historical 13.7%, Strategy 11.9%
- #54 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
67% matchVery Positive90% of 606 reviews2024
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.
Why similar: 4X 67.2% ★, Strategy 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #55 Uciana
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Birdshel, LLC
Windows
Explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate in this sci-fi 4X turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 55.1% ★, Strategy 20.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 6.7%, Local Multiplayer 3.2%
- #56 Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Infinite InteractivePub: SNEG
Windows
Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria is a turn-based fantasy strategy game of conquest and heroes. Capture cities, recruit armies from ten distinct factions, level up your units, and clash in fast one-on-one duels where the marching order you choose decides the battle.
Why similar: 4X 31.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 22.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Strategy 15.8%, Isometric 10.7%
- #57 Humankind in a nutshell
67% 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 38.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Historical 11.5%, Strategy 9.3%
- #58 Palm Kingdoms 3
66% 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 33.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 20.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, Strategy 10.4%, Turn-Based Combat 7.2%