Games like Oriental Empires
by Shining Pixel Studios
Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.
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$39.99Millennia
Mar 26 · C Prompt Games
Both: 4X · Grand Strategy · Historical
Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.
StrategyTurn-Based Strategy4XGrand StrategySimulationAlternate HistoryHistoricalTurn-BasedEconomyWar👍 2,977
$69.99Sid Meier's Civilization VII
Feb 10 · Firaxis Games
Both: Grand Strategy · Historical · 4X
Lead empires that evolve or endure through the Ages. Build something you believe in with Sid Meier's Civilization® VII.
Grand StrategyHistoricalStrategy4XMilitaryCity BuilderSimulationDiplomacyMultiplayerWar👍 44,851
-60%$15.99ZEPHON
Nov 8 · Proxy Studios
Both: Turn-Based · 4X · Sandbox
From the developers of Warhammer 40,000: Gladius, ZEPHON is a post-apocalyptic 4X strategy game built on Proxy’s unique tactical combat system. Guide survivors through a turbulent future, navigating unexpected disasters, eldritch horror and cyberpunk monstrosities. What will you do to survive?
StrategyTurn-Based4XTacticalMultiplayerLovecraftianSandboxCo-opSci-fiProcedural Generation👍 1,841
$49.99Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition
Sep 24 · Oxide Games
Both: 4X · Grand Strategy · Historical
Build a nation starting at any point in human history and compete for supremacy in this epic turn-based strategy game. Engage in diplomacy, fight wars, and go head-to-head with other leaders from history.
Strategy4XGrand StrategyAlternate HistoryHistoricalSingleplayerResource ManagementTurn-Based TacticsDiplomacyManagement👍 2,141
$2.99Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
Jan 31 · 瞬息万变工作室
Both: 4X · Grand Strategy · Historical
This is a classic historical simulation + real-time strategy game, where you will go back to the era of the Three Kingdoms and play as various renowned sovereigns.
WargameReal Time TacticsRTSTurn-Based StrategyStrategy4XRPGGrand Strategy3DHistorical👍 953
$39.99Galactic Civilizations IV
Oct 19 · Stardock Entertainment
Both: Grand Strategy · 4X · Sandbox
Take command of a civilization that has just achieved faster-than-light travel in Galactic Civilizations IV, the newest entry in the award-winning space 4X strategy game series. Explore the galaxy, colonize worlds, shape cultures, make alliances, fight wars and pioneer new technologies.
SpaceGrand StrategySimulation4XStrategySci-fiExplorationSandboxMultiplayerTurn-Based Strategy👍 2,210
$16.99Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty
Sep 26 · 不秋草游戏工作室(Bamboo Games)
Both: Historical · Military · Grand Strategy
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.
Early AccessWarHistoricalTacticalWargameMilitaryGrand StrategySingleplayerTactical RPGResource Management👍 1,708
-50%$24.99ENDLESS Legend™ 2
4 days ago · AMPLITUDE Studios
Both: Grand Strategy · 4X · Historical
Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.
StrategySimulationGrand Strategy4XTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerHistoricalWarTacticalManagement👍 2,699
$39.99Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
Apr 30 · Unfrozen
Both: Grand Strategy · 4X
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer.
StrategyRPGTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerGrand StrategySimulation4XTacticalTurn-Based TacticsWar👍 19,290
-50%$19.99Terra Invicta
Jan 5 · Pavonis Interactive
Both: Grand Strategy · 4X · Historical
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.
StrategyGrand StrategySimulation4XEconomyWarHistoricalTurn-Based StrategyTacticalManagement👍 9,064
-15%$16.99Ascension
May 8 · Element Game 微元游戏
Both: 4X · Sandbox
In this cultivation 4X strategy game, your sect has been in peril, and so they open a portal—sending you, a young disciple and their last hope, inside. Stand tall as the new sect leader and guide disciples to rebuild what was lost. Sharpen your focus, master alchemy, and ascend to immortality.
Early AccessXianxiaStrategy4XTurn-Based StrategyBuildingReal Time TacticsSandboxMythologyResource Management👍 2,438
$29.99Revival: Recolonization
Apr 11 · HeroCraft PC
Both: 4X · Grand Strategy · Turn-Based
Set in a post-apoc version of Earth, Revival is a 4x strategy game where the world and its rules can change at key moments, creating a deep and highly replayable experience.
4XGrand StrategyTurn-Based StrategyHex GridStrategyFuturisticEconomyTurn-BasedTacticalSci-fi👍 335
$19.99Primitive Society Simulator
Feb 26 · YSH BigDove
Both: Sandbox · Historical
A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.
City BuilderColony SimBase BuildingSandboxAgricultureBuildingWargameDiplomacyManagementHistorical👍 647
$29.99Norland
Jul 18 · Long Jaunt
Both: Grand Strategy · Historical · Sandbox
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.
StrategySimulationCity BuilderBase BuildingColony SimGrand StrategyManagementHistoricalBuildingSandbox👍 8,912
$29.99Empires of the Undergrowth
Jun 7 · Slug Disco
Both: Grand Strategy · Sandbox · Historical
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
StrategySimulationBase BuildingCity BuilderManagementGrand StrategyColony SimSandboxBuildingHistorical👍 17,498
$29.99Myth of Empires
Feb 21 · Angela Game
Both: Sandbox
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox game featuring a high degree of freedom and multiple civilizations. Players must survive, craft, create, and lead troops in their quest to conquer PVE or PVP territory and build their own empire. Xizhou Civilization Pack is now officially released!
BuildingOpen World Survival CraftSandboxMMORPGOpen WorldSurvivalBase BuildingMultiplayerWarCharacter Customization👍 15,523
$9.99Age of History 3
Oct 23 · Łukasz Jakowski
Both: Grand Strategy
Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.
WargameStrategyGrand StrategyRTSAlternate HistoryDiplomacyWorld War IEconomyWorld War IIEducation👍 18,110
$29.99Nova Roma
Mar 26 · Lion Shield
Both: Grand Strategy · Historical · Sandbox
The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.
StrategySimulationCity BuilderBase BuildingGrand StrategyHistoricalManagementBuildingSandboxEconomy👍 2,093
$29.99Total War: PHARAOH
Oct 11 · CREATIVE ASSEMBLY
Both: Grand Strategy
In Total War: PHARAOH, the newest entry in the award-winning grand strategy series, immerse yourself in ancient Egypt at the zenith of its power and experience the dramatic events that threaten its destruction.
StrategyRTSGrand StrategyTacticalActionWarMultiplayerSingleplayerAtmosphericTurn-Based Strategy👍 3,623
-35%$9.74The Emperor and State
Jul 26 · 涂途
Both: Grand Strategy · Historical
The Emperor and State is a turn-based strategy game that simulates the rule of an ancient feudal monarch. It involves the administration, policy adjustment, diplomatic checks and balances, national wars, as well as the emperor's self-cultivation, the cultivation of successors and so on.
Grand StrategyStrategyHistoricalSimulationStrategy RPGAlternate HistoryTurn-Based StrategyRPGWargameDiplomacy👍 314
$44.99Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator
Jan 17 · Illwinter Game Design
Both: 4X · Grand Strategy
In Dominions 6 you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to old dragons or an enormous tree. Dominions is a deep 4x turn based strategy game with a very large variety of spells and units.
Strategy4XTurn-Based StrategyAsynchronous MultiplayerGrand StrategyGod GameFantasyWargameHand-drawnAuto Battler👍 1,687
$29.99KAISERPUNK
Mar 21 · Overseer Games
Both: Sandbox · Grand Strategy · Military
Build a city to rule the world in Kaiserpunk, a grand city builder blending production-focused city building with world conquest in an alternate 20th century world. Manage your city, grow industries, build a military, and defeat rivals to become the greatest empire.
City BuilderStrategyAlternate HistorySimulationWarSandboxBuildingGrand StrategyMilitaryTactical👍 885
-90%$1.99Hexarchy
Oct 19 · Main Tank Software
Both: 4X · PvP
Hexarchy is an innovative, fast-paced, historical 4x strategy game where you use cards and deckbuilding to make your decisions. Single-player and online multiplayer.
4XDeckbuildingTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsStrategyWarSimulationCo-opPvPMultiplayer👍 1,231
$39.99Empire of the Ants
Nov 6 · Tower Five
Both: Sandbox · PvP · Grand Strategy
Conquer enemy nests and lead your colony through the perils of the forest in this groundbreaking RTS. Empire of the Ants is a photorealistic, third-person real-time strategy game where you command your insect legions in epic battles.
WargameReal Time TacticsSandboxPvEPvPRTSGrand StrategyStrategyThird Person3D👍 931
$19.99Heroes' Vow: Three Kingdoms
Mar 25 · Free Wing
Both: Grand Strategy
"Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms" is a single-player RPG where you shape the Three Kingdoms era. Choose to be a ruler, a loyal advisor, or a cunning mercenary. Marry, build homes, or train in martial arts. Restore peace through diplomacy or conquer with mighty armies.
Early AccessSimulationStrategyRPGTurn-Based StrategyAction RPGGrand StrategyStrategy RPGWargameTactical RPG👍 6,653
$29.99Songs of Silence
Nov 13 · Chimera Entertainment
Both: 4X
Lead armies, rebuild fallen kingdoms, and rise to greatness! Embark on an epic journey of strategy in a visually stunning world. Fight intense battles and uncover a captivating story.
StrategyRPGTurn-Based StrategyStrategy RPG4XAuto BattlerTurn-Based TacticsHand-drawnFantasyTactical👍 2,369
$14.99The Conquest of Go
Dec 10 · Wolfey Studios
Both: Turn-Based
Learn and play Go, the classic board game that has been played for thousands of years, and compete in the race to conquer the most land in the in-game world, or compete online against opponents around the real world.
Turn-BasedStrategyBoard GameTabletop2DTop-DownTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyEducationTutorial👍 581
$17.99Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion
Nov 15 · 半瓶醋工作室(Half Amateur Studio)
Both: Turn-Based
Hero's Adventure:Road to Passion is a wuxia open-world RPG. You will commence your journey as an underdog in the tumultuous Martial World and will be met with a wide array of choices as you navigate your own heroic saga.
RPGMartial ArtsOpen WorldMultiple EndingsWuxiaStrategyTurn-BasedPixel GraphicsIndieAdventure👍 24,909
$29.99Songs of Conquest
May 20 · Lavapotion
Both: 4X
Raise mighty armies, wield ancient magic and forge an empire. This turn-based strategy adventure game fuses strategic decision making, tactical combat and kingdom management.
Local MultiplayerTurn-Based TacticsTactical4XTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based CombatFantasyStrategy RPGPixel GraphicsStrategy👍 12,131
$5.99Legendary Creatures 2
Oct 17 · HideChara
Both: 4X
Sequel to the acclaimed Legendary Creatures, created by HideChara, and a fun treat combining both roguelike and auto-battler gameplay. Recruit and evolve a large array of troops, creatures, and an arsenal of weapons, to defeat the demon lord spreading corruption across the land.
ExplorationAuto Battler4XDungeon CrawlerStrategy RPGRoguelikeStrategyTurn-Based StrategyProcedural GenerationReplay Value👍 885
$29.99The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome
Jun 16 · ConchShip Games
Both: Sandbox
"The Scroll of Taiwu" is an indie game themed around Chinese mythology and wuxia. Players assume the role of the mysterious "heir of the Taiwu clan" in an alternate ancient China, working through generations of heirs to defeat a powerful hereditary enemy and shape the fate of the human world.
RPGMartial ArtsSandboxWuxiaOpen WorldStrategyIndieSingleplayerAdventureSimulation👍 56,539
-42%$8.69River Town Factory
Feb 6 · iFAction Studio
Both: Sandbox
If possible, would you like to go back to ancient times to start a factory, refine oil, or even build a large computer? With the accidental fall of a meteorite, you traveled back to River Town a thousand years ago and became a workshop owner. And the story will begin from here……
AutomationBase BuildingPixel GraphicsOpen WorldSimulationSandboxTime TravelAlternate History2DIndie👍 1,277
$17.99Microcivilization
Jan 22 · Ondrej Homola
Both: 4X · Historical
Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.
IncrementalBase BuildingResource Management4XHistoricalStrategyAutomationInventory ManagementCity BuilderGod Game👍 1,437
$59.99ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE
Oct 23 · KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Both: Military · Grand Strategy
Theater of war, infinite drama. A masterpiece of historical simulation "ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8" is revived after 20 years. Enjoy the greatest military drama in the Three Kingdoms series, with the largest number of officers and scenarios!
Turn-Based TacticsWargameMilitaryImmersive SimDiplomacyTurn-Based StrategyRTSStrategyCharacter CustomizationGrand Strategy👍 3,120
$14.99House of Legacy
May 14 · S3 Studio
Both: Sandbox
Step into the shoes of a fallen clan leader, starting with nothing but a crumbling estate and a handful of hopes, rising through careful planning, trade, and diplomacy to become one of the most powerful families in the land. Now it’s time to forge a legendary dynasty that leaves its mark on history.
ManagementDiplomacySandboxCity BuilderOpen WorldRPGSimulationEconomyStrategyBase Building👍 3,270
