- #1 Blood & Bananas
97% matchMixed64% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Spotted Moth
Windows
Enter the world of corporate politics, in this cold war grand strategy, become a monopoly of resources, buy the market, build an army, drop a nuke or hire a spy as you conspire against your peers and leaders. Become the greatest power via trade or war, in blood & bananas
Why similar: Cold War 16.2% ★, Political Sim 13.5% ★, Diplomacy 12% ★, Capitalism 11.2%, Trading 10.8%
- #2 Government Contractors: Arms of Influence
96% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Dan K.Pub: Strategy Games Interactive
Windows
Historically accurate strategy game where you act as a government contractor researching, developing, and manufacturing weapons and technology for your clients. You choose the parts for each product, but be aware that cheap or wrong political choices may affect your success rate!
Why similar: 4X 14.4% ★, Cold War 13.9% ★, Diplomacy 12.4% ★, Political Sim 12.2% ★, Wargame 9.6%
- #3 EraTurn
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lobelia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shape your civilization’s destiny in this epic turn-based strategy game. Manage resources, advance technology, and conquer through the ages. Every choice transforms history—will your empire rise to greatness or fall to obscurity?
Why similar: Diplomacy 14.7% ★, 4X 14.5% ★, Political Sim 13.1% ★, Wargame 10.3%, Trading 9.6%
- #4 Tropico 7
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Get rich or die trying! In Tropico 7, you step into El Presidente’s shiny boots again to build your island nation and – literally – move mountains. As glorious leader you guide your loyal citizens (and your Swiss Bank Account) through the ages toward untold prosperity.
Why similar: Political Sim 18.5% ★, Colony Sim 12.9%, City Builder 12.5%, Cold War 11.3% ★, Diplomacy 10.2% ★
- #5 To Victory
94% 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 19% ★, Cold War 14.4% ★, Political Sim 14.2% ★, Wargame 11.7%, Diplomacy 11.3% ★
- #6 Edge of Power
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: David IusPub: Red Border Studio
Windows
A political sandbox where you become the architect of your state. Change the laws, manage the economy, and change the lives of citizens! Here you write your own history of your own country and the whole world. See how your decisions will affect the course of history!
Why similar: Cold War 16% ★, Diplomacy 14.5% ★, Political Sim 13.4% ★, Trading 10.9%, Wargame 10.9%
- #7 MA 2 – President Simulator
92% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Oxiwyle Inc.
Windows
Build nuclear weapon, wage wars, strategize and become the strongest leader
Why similar: Diplomacy 18.3% ★, 4X 17.5% ★, Political Sim 15.7% ★, Trading 11.3%, Wargame 11.1%
- #8 Kingdom Wars 4
93% matchMixed66% of 240 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: 4X 15.3% ★, Diplomacy 14.4% ★, Wargame 11.5%, Colony Sim 10.8%, RTS 9.9%
- #9 Uncharted Sectors
91% matchNo user reviews2029
Dev: Luc ToupensePub: N42C
Windows · Linux
A grand strategy game built on a deep economic simulation and orchestrated by an intelligent AI storyteller. Ensure the survival of your domain at the edge of the galaxy: colonize worlds, manage populations, navigate politics, design custom goods, and master dynamic markets.
Why similar: Diplomacy 18.8% ★, Political Sim 14.9% ★, 4X 14.3% ★, Economy 11.2%, Capitalism 10.9%
- #10 Global Supremacy
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Glory MediaPub: SJ co.
Windows
A vast, real-time geopolitical simulation where 196 nations live and breathe at once. Economy, finance, monetary policy, trade, energy, military, diplomacy, nuclear strategy, politics, society — every lever that moves a nation is in your hands. The clock never stops — until you stop it.
Why similar: 4X 22.4% ★, Political Sim 16% ★, Wargame 13.1%, Trading 10.1%, Military 8.8%
- #11 NWO - Anarchy Collapsed
90% 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 21.5% ★, Diplomacy 20.3% ★, Wargame 13.7%, RTS 12.1%, Military 11.1%
- #12 Rules of War
89% 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: Cold War 22.6% ★, 4X 21.2% ★, Diplomacy 15.3% ★, Wargame 12.2%, Economy 11%
- #13 Clash of Stars
89% matchMixed52% of 29 reviews2023
Dev: Star Magic
Windows
MMO Real-time strategy star game.
Why similar: 4X 22.4% ★, Wargame 15.9%, Political Sim 15.6% ★, Massively Multiplayer 14.5%, RTS 12.2%
- #14 Global Protocol: New World Order
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: Dorlion Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command any of 261 real-world countries in this 2026 grand strategy game. Build your economy, lead armies, and navigate deep diplomacy. Features built-in modding support and 12 supported languages. Shape the global order through espionage, nuclear deterrence, and AI-driven geopolitics.
Why similar: 4X 24.3% ★, Political Sim 15.7% ★, Diplomacy 13.8% ★, Wargame 11.3%, Capitalism 9.3%
- #15 NationWar:Annals
88% matchMixed68% of 169 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: Diplomacy 21.3% ★, 4X 19.7% ★, Political Sim 15.3% ★, Wargame 12.5%, RTS 11.3%
- #16 World Warfare & Economics
86% matchMixed60% of 687 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 19.1% ★, Political Sim 17.7% ★, Diplomacy 17.4% ★, RTS 10.7%, Military 9.4%
- #17 Agecraft
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SnakyDevelop
Windows · Mac
Agecraft is a city-builder strategy where you guide a settlement through thousands of years of human history. Manage individual citizens, grow your economy, trade or wage war with other states, and advance from the Stone Age to the Space Age.
Why similar: 4X 20.9% ★, Trading 13.1%, Diplomacy 12.9% ★, City Builder 12.5%, Colony Sim 12.4%
- #18 暗色战争(Dark Conflict)
84% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Li
Windows
Welcome to "Dark Conflict"! This is a game full of strategy and war elements, allowing you to play as a leader, constructing buildings, assembling armies, and developing resources to compete for the glory of victory.
Why similar: Political Sim 20.2% ★, Wargame 17.3%, RTS 15%, City Builder 14.6%, Economy 11.3%
- #19 Iron Pact
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AlexMog
Windows · Mac · Linux
A persistent, planet-scale real-time strategy MMO on one shared Earth. Forge alliances or betray them, hold your supply lines, and live with every mile of ground you take or lose. Real-time fronts that never pause. No rounds, no resets.
Why similar: Political Sim 16.8% ★, Massively Multiplayer 14.8%, 4X 13.8% ★, Wargame 13.7%, Trading 13.4%
- #20 Megacity Builder
85% matchMixed49% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: Andrew Rowe
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A city builder that has all the bells and whistles you know and love with one twist. In Megacity Builder you build a whole nation not just a city. Pass laws at the national level. Build cities like in classic city builders while producing resources to feed your massive capital.
Why similar: Diplomacy 21.5% ★, Political Sim 20.5% ★, Capitalism 13.7%, Trading 13.2%, City Builder 12.4%
- #21 3 Days War
83% matchVery Positive84% of 721 reviews2023
Dev: 荆棘鸟工作室
Windows
3 Days War is a unique multiplayer strategy war game. Integrating the mechanics of RTS+4X, it allows dozens of players to engage in a three-day real-time strategy competitionon. Commanders, use your skills, strategies, games and even deception to become the ultimate winner!
Why similar: Cold War 20.9% ★, 4X 17.7% ★, Political Sim 15% ★, Wargame 12.3%, RTS 10.9%
- #22 Trade Conquest
82% matchMostly Positive70% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: GrandPaw Games
Windows
Turn wealth into political power in this modern Grand Strategy game. Build a global economic empire, manipulate governments, and challenge the world's superpowers through Economic supremacy or military Conquest.
Why similar: Diplomacy 18.2% ★, Political Sim 17.5% ★, 4X 14.7% ★, Capitalism 12.9%, Wargame 12.4%
- #23 Build and Discover: America
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Angry Bulls Studio
Windows
Build and Discover: America is a mixture of real-time strategy game genres combined with a country building simulation and strong economic elements, all based on the history of the USA.
Why similar: Diplomacy 18.5% ★, Political Sim 17.1% ★, Colony Sim 13.9%, RTS 12.8%, City Builder 11.6%
- #24 Build It Up! - The Holy Roman Empire
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Tec Enterprise
Windows
Build thriving cities in the Holy Roman Empire! Manage resources, production, and trade in a complex economy. Plan defense and siege. Expand your empire through military might or diplomacy and claim the imperial crown!
Why similar: 4X 18.8% ★, City Builder 15.4%, Trading 14.1%, Colony Sim 13.2%, Economy 13.1%
- #25 World Order: Global Power
80% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Global Strategy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead any nation in a deep, turn-based grand strategy and political sim. Master the economy, military, diplomacy and society against rival AI you can actually read. Build a democracy or a dictatorship; the game names what you become, and your reign becomes a shareable saga.
Why similar: 4X 25.2% ★, Political Sim 20.6% ★, Diplomacy 13.6% ★, Wargame 11.9%, Capitalism 9.2%
- #26 Logistic Master
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Strudio Company
Windows
Have you long dreamed of feeling like a businessman? Welcome to the world of house and money! Create your own huge company and seize power in the country. Build cities, sell resources, transport goods, change laws to suit your needs!
Why similar: 4X 17.9% ★, Political Sim 15.7% ★, Trading 13.7%, Capitalism 11.4%, Colony Sim 11.1%
- #27 Europa Universalis V
77% matchMixed67% of 30,445 reviews2025
Dev: Paradox TintoPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 52.4 hrsMean: 119.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Use war, trade or diplomacy to satisfy your grandest ambitions and dominate five centuries of history in the newest version of Europa Universalis, Paradox Interactive's flagship historical grand strategy game.
Why similar: Diplomacy 21.1% ★, 4X 18.4% ★, Trading 16.4%, Wargame 13.9%, Economy 10.7%
- #28 Power & Revolution 2021 Edition
78% 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 22.6% ★, Political Sim 18.9% ★, Wargame 14.4%, RTS 11.8%, Military 8.3%
- #29 Civitas: World Simulator
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 3-Storm StudiosPub: Wrenchy Productions
Windows
Civitas: World Simulator is a deep historical-fantasy simulation where nations will dynamically rise, fall, and evolve. In this game we model internal forces like ethnicity, culture, language and other inner political struggles.
Why similar: Diplomacy 17.3% ★, Political Sim 16.9% ★, Cold War 16.4% ★, War 11.1%, Wargame 11%
- #30 Three Kingdoms : Alias
75% 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: Diplomacy 19% ★, 4X 18.8% ★, Political Sim 18.1% ★, Wargame 14.9%, Military 9.5%
- #31 Precipice
78% matchVery Positive80% of 325 reviews2019
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A game of diplomacy and war in the atomic age. Safeguard your closest allies and change unfavorable regimes without giving away your long-term ambitions. Every action risks an enemy reprisal, and if nobody backs down from a standoff, we all lose.
Why similar: Cold War 25.5% ★, Political Sim 19.9% ★, Diplomacy 18.3% ★, 4X 11.1% ★, War 8.7%
- #32 For the Fatherland: Chronicle of Park Chung-hee
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KMS STUDIO
Windows
January 1, 1960. Become Major General Park Chung-hee at a turning point in Korean history. Preserve democracy and rise as the father of a nation—or cling to power and become a dictator. The fate of the Republic of Korea is in your hands.
Why similar: Cold War 22.1% ★, Political Sim 18.2% ★, Diplomacy 17.4% ★, Capitalism 12.3%, Economy 11.6%
- #33 Systemic War
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Play of Battle SA
Windows
Lead your nation in a modern grand strategy game (2008–2025), using a macroeconomic model with exchange rates, diplomacy, and hybrid warfare. Engage in kinetic warfare on the strategic map, then shift to RTS battles at focal points.
Why similar: Diplomacy 20.5% ★, Political Sim 15.4% ★, Wargame 12.9%, RTS 11.3%, Capitalism 11%
- #34 Economic Miracle
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Strudio Company
Windows
Take charge of any nation and lead it to greatness in the most ambitious geopolitical simulator of the modern era. Manage economy, laws, military, and diplomacy. Build the future without compromise!
Why similar: Political Sim 21.6% ★, 4X 18.9% ★, Trading 17.6%, Capitalism 15.5%, War 12.4%
- #35 Powerplay
73% matchPositive87% of 38 reviews2026
Dev: Frantic
Windows · Mac
Powerplay is an RTS with a focus on resources and industry. Create supply chains, transport, and explore in this thrilling base builder. Grow into a powerful industrial nation, but don't spread too thin! Resources are finite and "the others" can reclaim what is theirs at any time.
Why similar: 4X 24.4% ★, RTS 15.4%, Colony Sim 15%, City Builder 13%, Wargame 12.3%
- #36 Fiducia: Own The World
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Anlak
Windows
Lead a family dynasty in a living island economy. Farm, trade, found a bank, and out-compete rival houses — solo or online with friends.
Why similar: Diplomacy 28.9% ★, Capitalism 19.3%, Political Sim 16.7% ★, Economy 16.5%, RTS 10%
- #37 Kill Capture Destroy
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lite Nite Game Studios
Windows
Kill Capture Destroy (KCD) is a real-time strategy and combat game that combines the intensity of military vehicle gameplay with the depth of strategy and simulation. It gives you control not just over the battlefield, but over the politics and government decisions driving the wars.
Why similar: 4X 20.3% ★, Diplomacy 17.9% ★, Political Sim 16.7% ★, Trading 13.1%, Wargame 12.9%
- #38 Tlatoani: Aztec Cities
72% matchVery Positive83% of 185 reviews2026
Dev: Perspective GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Give rise to wonders of the Aztec Civilization as you build your own magnificent metropolis in this ancient city builder. From humble beginnings build, trade, manage and conquer to become Tlatoani (Emperor).
Why similar: Diplomacy 18.6% ★, Colony Sim 15.1%, Trading 14.4%, City Builder 12.8%, RTS 11.2%
- #39 Socialiskigrad
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SgriusoftPub: Sgriusoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to the Republic of Socialiskigrad, a budding nation to shape with bags of cement! Build working-class districts, develop national industry, and govern the metropolises of each region. Only you can become the shining President the country deserves!
Why similar: Cold War 18.3% ★, Colony Sim 17.4%, City Builder 14.8%, Political Sim 14.7% ★, Trading 14.4%
- #40 Arms Race - TCWE
75% matchMixed70% of 69 reviews2017
Dev: Alina Digital
Windows
Arms Race - TCWE is PC strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR
Why similar: Cold War 24.1% ★, Political Sim 24% ★, Diplomacy 15.8% ★, Economy 9.3%, Military 9.2%
- #41 CastleOn
71% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: Lord Castleon
Windows · Linux
Build a castle! Grow economy, recruit troops from Europe and the Holy Land, man the walls and towers! Place traps and defeat attackers with arrows, wood and stone, fire, disease and cold steel! Survive the Third Crusade and conquer enemy lands in Castleon!
Why similar: Diplomacy 19% ★, Colony Sim 17%, City Builder 15.5%, Military 14.2%, War 13.2%
- #42 Autocrats
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Singular Programmer
Windows
Rule your nation in a first-person government simulator. Expand your territory, command armies, control resources, and forge alliances. Lead your people to prosperity or dominate all nations.
Why similar: Political Sim 23.4% ★, Wargame 18.3%, City Builder 14%, Military 12.4%, Economy 11.9%
- #43 King's Orders
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 268 reviews2024
Dev: AFTERLIFE👻Pub: Games Operators
Windows
King's Orders is a simplified historical strategy game with an important innovation. You command your armies by sending letters with orders. Messengers with these letters travel the land and can be lost or intercepted. Generals execute orders upon receipt and send you reports the same dangerous way.
Why similar: Diplomacy 18.5% ★, Political Sim 16.3% ★, Military 13.5%, Wargame 12.7%, War 11%
- #44 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
70% 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 25% ★, Diplomacy 20.9% ★, Political Sim 18.3% ★, Wargame 12.9%, War 12.3%
- #45 Feudums
70% 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 19% ★, Diplomacy 18.6% ★, Political Sim 15.7% ★, Wargame 11.9%, Massively Multiplayer 10.9%
- #46 Medieval Kingdom Wars
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,615 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: Diplomacy 20.6% ★, 4X 17.3% ★, Wargame 12.8%, RTS 11.8%, City Builder 11.1%
- #47 Socialize: 2023
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rokyte Studio
Windows
If you're a fan of Altis life, DarkRP, GTAV RP and more, Socialize is the multiplayer role-playing game you've been waiting for! Join a unique community that will fit your vision of roleplaying in this endless living world and write your own story with no limits!
Why similar: Diplomacy 19.6% ★, Trading 18%, Massively Multiplayer 15.3%, Political Sim 13.2% ★, Capitalism 13%
- #48 Power & Revolution 2023 Edition
70% matchMixed58% of 643 reviews2023
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
The latest edition of the ultrarealistic world simulator where you play as the Head of State or as the opposition! New Additions: dive deeper into the war in the Ukraine with artillery, trenches, mines, troop morale, etc; detailed immigration management; the justice system; and children.
Why similar: Diplomacy 24.4% ★, Political Sim 22.4% ★, Wargame 16%, Trading 14.8%, Economy 11.4%
- #49 政通人和
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SuBaiism
Windows
"Peace and Prosperity" is a independently developed ink-wash style historical strategy game set in an alternate pre-Qin period of China. Starting from a small village of just a few hundred people, and conquer all sides to gradually build their own vassal state with millions of people.
Why similar: 4X 24.7% ★, Political Sim 18.9% ★, Colony Sim 12.9%, RTS 12.9%, Wargame 11.8%
- #50 Fiducia: Rent The World
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Anlak
Windows
Lead a family dynasty in a living island economy. Farm, trade, found a bank, and out-compete rival houses — solo or online with friends.
Why similar: Diplomacy 27.6% ★, Political Sim 19.1% ★, Capitalism 17.9%, Economy 14.5%, RTS 11.5%
- #51 Gilded Destiny
68% 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: Diplomacy 19.7% ★, Political Sim 17% ★, 4X 15.6% ★, Capitalism 12.7%, Economy 10.3%
- #52 Imagine Earth
69% matchVery Positive82% of 967 reviews2021
Dev: Serious Bros.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build your own global colonies on distant worlds. Manage energy and resource supplies and produce goods for space trade. Form economic and diplomatic alliances or take over competing corporations. Conduct research to protect your colonists from disasters and avoid a climate crisis.
Why similar: Diplomacy 18.2% ★, Political Sim 16% ★, Colony Sim 13%, Capitalism 11.7%, City Builder 10.4%
- #53 Final Vanguard
68% 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 23.3% ★, Diplomacy 16.8% ★, Political Sim 14.5% ★, Wargame 13%, RTS 12%
- #54 Council & Conflict
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ORK GAMES
Windows
Assume the role of a national leader in an original world of competing powers, and steer your country through diplomacy, trade, internal politics, and war as crises test your ability to hold the state together and shape the world order. How will you lead?
Why similar: Political Sim 21.7% ★, Wargame 15.7%, Cold War 15.4% ★, 4X 14.6% ★, City Builder 11.9%
- #55 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
66% 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: Diplomacy 21.3% ★, 4X 20.2% ★, Political Sim 13.3% ★, City Builder 11.2%, Military 11%
- #56 Prevent WW3
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NT7 Studio
Windows
You have no direct power - only diplomacy and influence. A global strategy game where you lead an international organization: stop conflicts, resolve economic crises, and restore stability before the world descends into chaos.
Why similar: Diplomacy 27% ★, Political Sim 24.5% ★, Wargame 15.6%, Capitalism 13.9%, War 8.7%
- #57 DOUGH: A Crime Strategy RPG
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 34 reviews2024
Dev: OMNIAPub: NotTheBestGames
Windows
A crime based 4X strategy game with heavy RPG elements. Money, power, women... in the Prohibition, the world of crime is prospering, but in it, the road to the top is filled with blood. The ruthless competition, the greedy politicians and the pesky policemen, everyone wants to come out on top!
Why similar: 4X 20.2% ★, Diplomacy 18.8% ★, Trading 14.8%, Political Sim 13.7% ★, Economy 10.1%
- #58 Age of Resistance
65% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Luis Humberto
Windows
Age of Resistance is a modern grand strategy set in South America. Manage your economy, internal stability, political ideologies, and regional conflicts in real-time with pause. Will you be able to dominate the continent?
Why similar: Diplomacy 22.7% ★, Wargame 15.6%, RTS 14.5%, Political Sim 14.3% ★, Military 10.9%