The Best Grand-strategy Games - Page 5

Update : WayPoint added at rank #42.
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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

42

WayPoint (2026)

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PC Windows

Turn-based multiplayer strategy for up to 4 players. Carve your path to the finish line or eliminate your opponents using devastating events. There are no good events in this world—only the hope that your opponent's situation is worse. Only cunning and strategy will lead you to victory!

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  • grand-strategy
  • strategy
  • board-game
  • tabletop
  • scroller
  • turn-based
  • hidden-object
  • abstract
  • survival
  • stylized
  • hand-drawn
  • logic
  • card
  • 3d
  • exploration

43

Legacy of Sin ill-boding (2025)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

The world as we knew it no longer exists. Join the few remaining survivors, lead them, and build your city, feed your people and organize your defenses to survive the hordes of enemies attacking your kingdom, mankind's last kingdom, our hope. Can you turn a small village into a great realm?

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  • tactical
  • real-time
  • city-building
  • grand-strategy
  • strategy
  • tower-defense
  • rpg
  • agriculture
  • board-game
  • wargame
  • isometric
  • turn-based
  • building
  • anime
  • dungeon-crawler

44

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

45

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

46

Norland (2024)

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early access PC Windows Android

Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.


  • colony
  • simulation
  • moddable
  • grand-strategy
  • base-building
  • 4x
  • city-building
  • resource-management
  • building
  • medieval
  • management
  • strategy
  • historical
  • economy
  • sandbox

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Realm's Crossing (2024)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Realm's Crossing is a turn-based strategy tabletop game. Victory can be achieved in multiple ways so whatever your playstyle is, you will have a good time. Balance between controlling your hero and army, expanding your base, controlling supply paths and training new troops to optimize your strategy.


  • wargame
  • turn-based
  • grand-strategy
  • strategy
  • tabletop
  • tactical
  • base-building
  • board-game
  • comedy
  • magic
  • medieval
  • top-down
  • fantasy
  • pvp
  • cooperative

48

Meta Pong (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone

IT'S DEMON TIME!

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  • tutorial
  • grand-strategy
  • first-person
  • shooter
  • 3d
  • fps
  • controller-support
  • arcade
  • 1980s
  • demons
  • colourful
  • strategy
  • illuminati
  • simulation

49

Warnament (2025)

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Android j

A turn-based grand strategy game, simple for newbies yet challenging for masters. As the leader of a nation, you will conquer territories and advance in military, technology, culture, or politics. Choose from historical scenarios or create your own with an editor.


  • i
  • historical
  • grand-strategy
  • diplomacy
  • politics
  • wargame
  • resource-management
  • competitive
  • sandbox
  • military
  • pvp
  • economy
  • minimalist
  • education
  • alternate

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Elemental Rush (2025)

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Android PC Windows j

Elemental Rush is a strategic action game where you build defensive towers, protect your base, and face waves of enemies in stunning 3D graphics. Adapt your tactics, upgrade your towers, and survive the relentless onslaught!


  • grand-strategy
  • tower-defense
  • tactical
  • real-time
  • strategy
  • casual
  • 3d
  • first-person
  • relaxing
  • puzzle

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