The Best Grand-strategy Games for PC Windows - Page 3

Update : Rogue Hex added at rank #30.
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Great Powers (2025)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

A 4x global turn-based strategy game with a well-developed economic and military model.

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  • turn-based
  • grand-strategy
  • 4x
  • hex
  • wargame
  • economy
  • strategy
  • historical
  • military
  • isometric
  • grid
  • medieval
  • pve
  • tactical
  • 2d

22

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

23

Global City: Building Games (2021)

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PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone Android

Become the mayor and build the city of your dreams! In this game, anything is possible. Whatever you can imagine in a city-building and development simulator, you can do. Start from the very beginning and unlock new possibilities for developing your city in Global City!

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  • city-building
  • modern
  • management
  • time-management
  • capitalism
  • grand-strategy
  • building
  • resource-management
  • simulation
  • economy
  • isometric
  • crafting
  • strategy
  • farming
  • colourful

24

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

25

Field of Glory: Kingdoms (2024)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Politics, religion, war. They are nothing without a legacy that can stand the test of time. Lead any nation, and turn it into a mighty kingdom in one of the most compelling grand strategy games ever created.


  • grand-strategy
  • wargame
  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • asynchronous
  • historical
  • buildings
  • tactical
  • multiplayer

26

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

27

Europa Universalis IV: Winds of Change (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Europa Universalis IV gives you control of a nation through four dramatic centuries. Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.


  • grand-strategy
  • historical
  • diplomacy
  • 4x
  • moddable
  • wargame
  • nonlinear
  • political
  • economy
  • military
  • pause
  • alternate
  • sandbox
  • replay-value
  • real-time

28

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

29

Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty (2023)

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early access PC Windows

Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty is a wargame demonstrating ancient warfare in China and combining elements of Big Strategy, RTS and RPG. You can learn little-known stories of heroes in ancient China by experiencing battles accommodating thousands of soldiers.

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  • tactical
  • real-time
  • wargame
  • grand-strategy
  • strategy
  • historical
  • rpg
  • hand-drawn
  • drama
  • sandbox
  • stylized
  • military
  • war
  • story
  • single-player

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Rogue Hex (2025)

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PC Windows

Play your cards right to conquer the world in the Roguelite 4x. Explore mysterious lands, survive against the barbarian horde, and grow your stone age empire into the stars!

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  • 4x
  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • grand-strategy
  • rogue-like
  • deckbuilder
  • hex
  • card
  • strategy
  • battler
  • city-building
  • grid
  • replay-value
  • building
  • historical
  • turn-based

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