The Best Grand-strategy Games - Page 3

Update : Europa Universalis IV: Winds of Change added at rank #36.
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Shadow Empire (2020)

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PC Windows

Shadow Empire is a sci-fi 4X game with a huge scope where players rule as an absolute leader of a nation on a far-future planet. Discover new technology, invent industrial-scale warfare, and become the most powerful ruler on the planet. The game has a complex, detail-oriented simulation of politics, governance, and economics that complements the focus on technology and warfare. With a diverse and complex universe, Shadow Empire offers a unique 4X wargame experience that is worth playing.


What we like:
  • Deep strategy game with lots of attention to detail
  • Unique planet generator ensures every game feels different
  • Excellent balancing of game mechanics
  • Combines wargame, city builder, empire management, and RPG elements
  • Hours of gameplay without any dull moments
What could be improved:
  • Steep learning curve and complex mechanics
  • Archaic graphics
  • Lengthy end turn times
  • AI doesn't always play by the same rules as the player
  • Requires time and dedication to master

  • 4x
  • turn-based
  • wargame
  • grand-strategy
  • hex
  • strategy
  • sci-fi
  • multiplayer
  • asynchronous
  • war
  • economy
  • management
  • aliens
  • space
  • empire

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Cooking Fever (2014)

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IOS iPhone Android

Various minor changes and balance improvements to make your gaming experience better. Travel back in time to the Middle Ages and discover dishes fit for kings and queens in a new, exciting restaurant.


  • turn-based
  • time-management
  • strategy
  • card
  • rpg
  • diplomacy
  • grand-strategy
  • japanese
  • wargame
  • immersive
  • cooperative
  • 4x
  • military
  • real-time

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Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim (2022)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer.


  • hex
  • 4x
  • grand-strategy
  • turn-based
  • asynchronous
  • tactical
  • economy
  • strategy
  • historical
  • grid
  • tabletop
  • management
  • board-game
  • resource-management
  • multiplayer

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Strategic Command WWII: World at War (2018)

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PC Windows

Strategic Command WWII: World At War is your chance to re-fight the 20th century’s greatest conflict, from Poland to China, Normandy to the Pacific, on a map encompassing the globe.


  • grand-strategy
  • hex
  • world-war-2
  • strategy
  • turn-based
  • wargame

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Raiders! Forsaken Earth (2020)

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PC Windows

Raiders! Forsaken Earth is a strategy/management game where you play as the leader of a merciless band of post-apocalyptic marauders. Build up your organization while extorting, kidnapping, and destroying the last remnants of civilization. The wasteland doesn't need another hero...


  • grand-strategy
  • rpg
  • base-building
  • 2.5d
  • post-apocalyptic
  • strategy
  • building
  • isometric
  • procedural
  • sandbox
  • top-down
  • old-school
  • management
  • open-world
  • economy

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Terra Invicta (2022)

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early access PC Windows

From the creators of Long War, 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.


  • real-time
  • strategy
  • grand-strategy
  • simulation
  • turn-based
  • military
  • 4x
  • diplomacy
  • city-building
  • economy
  • war
  • moddable
  • sandbox
  • political
  • sci-fi

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Striker Zone: War Shooting Games (2022)

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Xbox One Android

Striker Zone is a PvP shooter game. Outstanding 3D graphics. Realistic physics. Great choice of guns. Become elite stalker in the best online PvP shooter.


  • turn-based
  • card
  • diplomacy
  • strategy
  • grand-strategy
  • rpg
  • japanese
  • wargame
  • military
  • immersive
  • cooperative
  • tactical
  • online
  • 4x

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Stellaris (2016)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android Playstation 4 Xbox One Linux Mac OS

Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.


  • grand-strategy
  • empire
  • 4x
  • strategy
  • sci-fi
  • space
  • resource
  • exploration
  • real-time
  • politics
  • war
  • construction
  • military
  • political

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Maiz (2023)

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PC Windows

Using laser beams, reflexions, blocks and button to push and activate, solve the puzzles in Maiz to discover the story of this Moroccan village.


  • puzzle
  • maze
  • first-person
  • adventure
  • platform
  • farming
  • grand-strategy
  • inventory
  • point-and-click
  • precision
  • funny
  • casual
  • mystery
  • interactive
  • walking-simulator

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Distant Worlds 2 (2022)

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PC Windows

Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.


  • grand-strategy
  • 4x
  • empire
  • pirates
  • strategy
  • simulation
  • economy
  • construction
  • procedural
  • sci-fi
  • space
  • espionage

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