Games like Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
by Firaxis Games
Sid Meier's Civilization IV®: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for Civilization IV - the 2005 PC Game of the Year that has become a worldwide hit.
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$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.
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$39.99Millennia
Mar 26 · C Prompt Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · 4X · Grand Strategy
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.
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$29.99Revival: Recolonization
Apr 11 · HeroCraft PC
Both: 4X · Grand Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy
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.
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4 days ago · AMPLITUDE Studios
Both: Grand Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
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.
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-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.
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$39.99Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
Apr 30 · Unfrozen
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · 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.
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$44.99Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator
Jan 17 · Illwinter Game Design
Both: 4X · Turn-Based Strategy · 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
$39.99Galactic Civilizations IV
Oct 19 · Stardock Entertainment
Both: Grand Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
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.
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$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: Turn-Based Strategy · 4X · Grand Strategy
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.
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Nov 8 · Proxy Studios
Both: Turn-Based · 4X
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
$29.99Songs of Silence
Nov 13 · Chimera Entertainment
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · 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.
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Oct 19 · Main Tank Software
Both: 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
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.
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Mar 17 · Oxymoron Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Grand Strategy · 4X
A turn-based sci-fi strategy that combines exploration and exciting clashes on the battlefield. Take control over several different species, raise powerful armies for your heroes and destroy your opponents! This HoMM-like is set in a scifi universe, with new mechanics on top of the classic formula.
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Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy
Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!
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$39.99Xenonauts 2
Apr 2 · Goldhawk Interactive
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
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$19.99Yield! Fall of Rome
Aug 11 · Billionworlds
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · 4X
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$29.99Songs of Conquest
May 20 · Lavapotion
Both: 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
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.
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$5.99Legendary Creatures 2
Oct 17 · HideChara
Both: 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
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.
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Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy
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Both: 4X · Grand Strategy
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Both: 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
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Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
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$59.99ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE
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Both: 4X · Historical
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Both: Turn-Based Strategy · 4X
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Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
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Oct 23 · Crate Entertainment
Both: Historical · 4X
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Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy
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Both: Grand Strategy · Historical
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Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy
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Both: Turn-Based Strategy
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Both: Historical
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Both: Historical · Grand Strategy
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$7.99Behind the Sword
Aug 30 · Agustin Vuelta
Both: Turn-Based Strategy
Behind the Sword is a fresh take on the turn-based strategy genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.
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Both: Moddable
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Both: Historical
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Both: Turn-Based Strategy
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Both: Grand Strategy · Historical
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Both: Grand Strategy · Historical
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Both: Turn-Based Strategy
Sandwalkers is a roguelike turn-based exploration game. Build your team, traverse varied hostile environments, face countless dangers, and gain knowledge that will help you find and resurrect the Mother Tree Umama.
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Both: Turn-Based Strategy
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Both: Grand Strategy
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$24.99Interregnum: False Prophet
Jun 18 · Spacewalkers
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
A tactical, turn-based strategy game in a post-apocalyptic world of eternal winter. As the titular False Prophet, recruit and lead a group of survivors to a promised land. Loot, craft, and make the best of what you find.
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