The Best Grand-strategy Games for Xbox One

Update : UFC 5 added at rank #1.
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UFC 5 (2023)

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Android Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

EA SPORTS™ UFC® 5 is as real as it gets. Powered by Frostbite engine’s advanced rendering capabilities. All-new authentic damage system brings intensity and strategy of a fight to life. New Transition-Based Submissions make grappling feel more fluid and realistic.


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

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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.

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

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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!


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

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Imagine Earth (2021)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One

Imagine Earth is a thrilling real-time planet simulation and strategy game that lets you explore and colonize distant planets. In this game, you play a space colony manager tasked with building profitable colonies while preserving living conditions for your people amidst corporate greed and environmental concerns. Dig for resources, build power plants, farms, and factories while fending off threats like asteroids, wild fires, and hostile colonies. You can trade resources and technologies to enrich your colonies, build towers, and research for advanced technologies. Now, it's time to expand your colony and dominate the universe!


What we like:
  • Well-polished game with unique art design and relaxing gameplay
  • Heavy emphasis on competitiveness with multiple ways to hinder AI competition
  • Great fun in multiplayer games
  • Continual and meaningful updates from the developers
  • Unique approach to a tile-based system
What could be improved:
  • Lack of micromanagement may disappoint city-building enthusiasts
  • Voice acting could be better
  • Limited countermeasures against weather effects
  • Unintuitive resource gathering and pollution mitigation

  • simulation
  • diplomacy
  • colony
  • lore
  • nature
  • city-building
  • grand-strategy
  • science
  • management
  • base-building
  • economy
  • procedural
  • sandbox
  • space
  • resource

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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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Axis Football 2024 (2023)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 l

Axis Football is a simulation-style football game featuring the industry's best franchise mode, massive customization, and realistic gameplay.


  • american
  • football
  • grand-strategy
  • simulation
  • immersive
  • customization
  • management
  • sandbox
  • sport
  • building
  • moddable
  • economy
  • realistic
  • 3d
  • character

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Minecraft Dungeons Ultimate Edition for Windows (2023)

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Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

Assemble your ultimate team of Marvel Super Heroes from a huge cast including the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, the X-Men, and more. Team up with friends to prevent galactic devastation at the hands of the mad cosmic tyrant Thanos and his ruthless warmasters, The Black Order. Get closer to the action by shifting the view to an over-the-shoulder “Heroic Camera” perspective.


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

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Borderlands Collection: Pandora's Box (2023)

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early access Mac OS PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4

For the first time ever, get all six Borderlands adventures together in one mayhem-fueled package, all at an incredible value! Includes all six acclaimed base games from the Borderlands franchise: Borderlands, Borderlands 2, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Tales from the Borderlands, Borderlands 3, and New Tales from the Borderlands, as well as all of their add-on content, in one giant bundle.


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

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We Are The Caretakers (2021)

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Xbox One PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox Series X/s

We Are The Caretakers is a sci-fi turn-based squad management RPG. Assemble arcane teams of protectors to defend your planet and the endangered wildlife you rely on. Unite the world against an extraterrestrial threat. Fight for our future.


  • rpg
  • japanese
  • rogue-like
  • grand-strategy
  • strategy
  • jrpg
  • turn-based
  • 4x
  • perma-death
  • post-apocalyptic
  • dark
  • 3d
  • real-time
  • exploration
  • atmospheric

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Phoenix Point: Year One Edition (2020)

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Mac OS Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

The acclaimed strategy game from the creator of X-COM. Fight tactical battles on procedural maps against a foe that adapts to your tactics. Manage diplomacy and economy on a global scale. Research, explore, overcome. Includes two DLCs, a weapon pack, and digital extras.


  • transhumanism
  • tactical
  • grand-strategy
  • tutorial
  • perma-death
  • pve
  • procedural
  • character
  • tps
  • strategy
  • post-apocalyptic
  • turn-based
  • isometric
  • customization
  • aliens

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