swap_horiz Humankind Alternatives

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Crusader Kings III

Medieval politics become personal in Crusader Kings III, a grand strategy game centered on rulers and their dynasties. A...

RPG Character Driven Medieval Politics

8.65 Great

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XCOM 2

In XCOM 2, an alien occupation has replaced humanity's earlier defense effort, and a mobile resistance organization must...

Strategy Tactical Sci Fi Turn Based

8.56 Great

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Company of Heroes

Set during World War II, Company of Heroes uses real-time strategy to put squad-level tactics at the center of combat. P...

Strategy Tactical Modern Real Time

8.48 Great

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Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition updates a historical real-time strategy game while preserving its central cycle of...

Classic Multiplayer Complex Microsoft

8.41 Great

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Europa Universalis IV

Running a nation across centuries is the central challenge in Europa Universalis IV. Its historical setting stretches fr...

Complex Renaissance Historical Diplomacy

8.33 Great

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Civilization VI

Civilization VI is a classic turn-based strategy game where you lead a civilization from antiquity to the modern era, ex...

Strategy Turn Based Complex PC

8.25 Great

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Tactics Ogre: Reborn

While not a Final Fantasy title, this is the spiritual ancestor and highest-quality tactical RPG in the genre. It offers...

Turn Based JRPG Isometric Party Based

8.17 Great

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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is a challenging real-time tactical game set in feudal Japan. Players control a tea...

Tactical Stealth Historical Samurai

8.09 Great

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Frostpunk

Frostpunk is a brutal survival city-builder where players must manage the last city on Earth during a global ice age. It...

Resource Management Management Challenging Survival

8.02 Great

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Total War: Warhammer III

Total War: Warhammer III combines a massive grand strategy campaign map with real-time tactical battles. Players manage...

Strategy Fantasy Tactical Turn Based

7.88 Good

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Hearts of Iron IV

Hearts of Iron IV is a grand strategy game centered on World War II. Players manage nations, focusing on industrial prod...

Military Simulation Complex Historical

7.82 Good

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Age of Empires IV

Age of Empires IV revitalizes the classic RTS formula with modern graphics and refined mechanics. It features distinct c...

Multiplayer Real Time Base Building Historical

7.75 Good

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Frostpunk 2

Frostpunk 2 expands on the brutal survival city-building of its predecessor. Players must manage a freezing society wher...

Strategy Resource Management Complex Challenging

7.69 Good

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Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Baneshire

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Baneshire is a real-time tactics game set in Nazi-occupied Belarus during World War II. Player...

Strategy Tactical Stealth Historical

7.62 Good

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Endless Space 2

Endless Space 2 is a premier 4X strategy orcs where you build an interstellar empire. It features unique orcs for each f...

Sci Fi Immersive Exploration Turn Based

7.56 Good

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Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic is a highly complex city builder set in a fictional Eastern Bloc country. It featur...

Cold War Management Simulation Complex

7.43 Good

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Manor Lords

Manor Lords is a medieval city builder and real-time strategy game. It focuses on organic village growth, where building...

Tactical Management Realistic Survival

7.30 Good

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Northgard

Northgard is a real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Players control a Viking clan vying for control of a pr...

Strategy Premium Resource Management Turn Based

7.23 Good

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Victoria 3

Victoria 3 is a grand strategy game focusing on the 19th century. It emphasizes economic systems, industrialization, and...

Complex 19TH Century Economics Politics

6.78 Fair

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Distant Worlds 2

Distant Worlds 2 is a complex and detailed 4X space strategy game where players build and manage interstellar empires. T...

Sci Fi Simulation Complex Real Time

6.46 Fair