Games like Potemkin
Remember how replayable and competitive Potemkin felt at its best? These games could fill that gap nicely.
Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator
A map simulator for watching custom AI nations fight over the world. Paint terrain and borders, set stats and behaviour, then sit back while alliances form, revolts spark and puppet states flip the map. Made for history and geography nerds who like asking what if and watching chaos answer.
Replayable
96% of 9,527 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 715$6.99Observe
A grand strategy sandbox where history writes itself. Watch nations rise, ally and collapse on their own, reach in with God Mode to redraw the map, or take command of any country, including the 1912 First World War campaign. Then build your own worlds, campaigns and national AI from scratch.
Replayable
92% of 126 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 24$7.99Fantasy Map Simulator
Draw a world, fill it with nations, and watch centuries of invented history unfold: wars, alliances, dynasties rising and falling. You can play god and steer it all, or let it run as your desktop wallpaper while you work. A quiet, endlessly replayable toy for anyone who ever doodled kingdoms in a school notebook.
Replayable
89% of 4,270 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 79$7.99States of Power
Command a World War II nation's armies, economy and diplomacy in a grand strategy wargame that fits a full match into one session. Easy to pick up in minutes, deep enough to master, with a built-in Scenario Editor for making and sharing your own worlds.
Replayable, Competitive
90% of 506 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 44$11.99Warnament
An approachable turn-based grand strategy sandbox. Pick a country, forge alliances, trade, raise armies and rewrite history, solo or with friends. Easier to learn than the big grand strategy names, quick to return to, and endlessly replayable thanks to map and scenario editors plus community mods.
Replayable, Competitive
84% of 498 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$9.74Armchair Commander
A turn-based strategy game where you can experience WWII campaigns and explore alternate history scenarios made by the community.
Replayable, Competitive
88% of 113 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1FreeOzymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
A whole empire in one sitting. Ozymandias strips the 4X genre down to its sharpest moves: expand across hex maps, found cities, and pick one opportunity per turn. With 52 empires, 8 handmade Bronze Age maps and multiplayer with simultaneous turns, a full game takes about an hour, and the next one is already tempting.
Replayable, Competitive, Minimalist
89% of 1,324 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$14.99Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Lead red or blue wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places and fantasy worlds, then watch the wobbliest physics decide who stays standing. With 100+ silly units, campaigns, sandbox, possession and multiplayer, it is strategy that keeps collapsing into comedy.
Replayable, Competitive
97% of 145,398 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,787$19.99Dummynation
You get one country and one promise to keep: world domination. Dummynation is a real-time grand strategy game with shifting borders, streamlined economy and diplomacy, and no chores. Invade, negotiate or outgrow your rivals, alone or against real players, in sessions that end long after you meant them to.
Replayable, Competitive, Minimalist
88% of 3,186 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 68$11.99Age of History II
Age of History II is a turn-based grand strategy wargame about running a civilization from the dawn of history to the far future. You manage economy, technology, diplomacy and armies to unify the world or conquer it, province by province. Simple to learn and easy to replay, it suits map lovers who want big alternate-history what-ifs without heavy rules.
Replayable
89% of 48,365 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 949$5.99Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2
Put a million characters on one battlefield and watch what happens. Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2 lets you stage absurdly huge fights, command them as an RTS, or jump in yourself as any unit on the field. Sandbox chaos, campaigns, and mods make every battle one you invented yourself.
Replayable, Competitive
84% of 7,296 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 107$19.99War, the Game
'War, the Game' is a RTS for pc in realistic present day setting.The controls are intuitive, the game rules are simple and transparent.The game focuses on strategy and the use of ones brain to complete the scenarios.The map is a spherical version of earth. That's new.
Replayable, Competitive, Minimalist
63% of 333 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$6.99
Cheaper than Potemkin
Timeline
Timeline is a turn-based strategy game where you can play through the human history from stone age to modern times.
96% of 25 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Countryballs at War
Countryballs at War is a grand strategy wargame that combines turn-based empire building with real-time battles.
91% of 101 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$2.99
Banana Kingdom
An addictive retro strategy simulation! Simple rules with deep strategy. A powerful, highly flexible map editor.
100% of 33 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$3.99
Making History: The Calm & the Storm
Making History® delivers the open-ended gameplay of strategy-game classics, but with compelling new economic, military, and diplomatic systems and…
78% of 557 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection
Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection is a set of three historical turn-based strategies, in which you are going to take command of the armies in…
70% of 229 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$0.99
Empires Shall Fall
Empires Shall Fall is a turn-based tactics game set in a dieselpunk world.
86% of 133 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$3.24
Twilight Struggle
Run the US or the USSR, spread influence country by country and play your cards to outmanoeuvre a rival.
86% of 2,587 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 60$2.49
Battle Time
Take a role of a true general of a real army. Join the battle, capture enemies’ castles and raise the power of your army.
78% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Forgotten War
A "historical" strategy on the theme of wars of different times and peoples, with fun physics and destructibility.
50% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
Run a country as a simple economy and a bigger army, then take the whole map one neighbour at a time.
94% of 5,898 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$0.99
Hidden gems like Potemkin
States of Power
Command a World War II nation's armies, economy and diplomacy in a grand strategy wargame that fits a full match into one session.
90% of 506 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 44$11.99
Doodle Empires
Sketch kingdoms onto a blank map, deal out their fates card by card, and see which empires rise, fracture or fade.
92% of 1,347 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 71$6.99
Observe
Watch nations rise and fall on their own, redraw the map as a god, or take command of any country in a world you can build from scratch.
92% of 126 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 24$7.99
Rising Front
Fight in first person or command from above while tanks, cavalry and planes turn the front line into glorious mayhem.
88% of 4,133 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 72$14.99
Warnament
Pick a nation, build alliances and armies, and take your own version of history into turn-based matches with friends.
84% of 498 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$9.74
Fantasy Map Simulator
Draw a world, seed it with nations, and steer or simply observe as wars, alliances and dynasties shape its history.
89% of 4,270 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 79$7.99
Age of Clicks
Grow an industry, raise armies and take over the map in a strategy idler where every conquest opens up more to manage.
72% of 660 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 36$12.99
Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
Lead a Bronze Age civilization across hex maps, founding cities and choosing one move per turn, alone or against rivals in multiplayer.
89% of 1,324 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$14.99
Winter Falling: Battle Tactics
Lead troops in tense tactical battles, just you and your brain against the dying world. Can you save it?
90% of 452 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Armchair Commander
A turn-based strategy game where you can experience WWII campaigns and explore alternate history scenarios made by the community.
88% of 113 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
War of Dots
Claim territory and command minimalist armies in quick tactical matches against other players.
81% of 7,769 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 89Free
Battleplan
Sketch your battle plan on real-world terrain and let hundreds of thousands of troops carry it out in real time.
72% of 303 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 49$29.99
Newest games like Potemkin
Battleplan
Sketch your battle plan on real-world terrain and let hundreds of thousands of troops carry it out in real time.
72% of 303 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 49$29.99
ENDLESS Legend™ 2
Guide one of several distinct factions across a living ocean planet, building armies and economies while the tides reshape your route to victory.
82% of 3,792 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 456$49.99
States of Power
Command a World War II nation's armies, economy and diplomacy in a grand strategy wargame that fits a full match into one session.
90% of 506 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 44$11.99
Earth Simulator
Shape continents and climates, then watch civilizations rise under your hand, with friends along for the ride.
93% of 238 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 89$4.99
Age of Clicks
Grow an industry, raise armies and take over the map in a strategy idler where every conquest opens up more to manage.
72% of 660 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 36$12.99
Horn of the Warlord
Lead a Viking clan to glory in this accessible turn-based conquest strategy game.
98% of 40 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$14.99
War of Dots
Claim territory and command minimalist armies in quick tactical matches against other players.
81% of 7,769 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 89Free
Rising Front
Fight in first person or command from above while tanks, cavalry and planes turn the front line into glorious mayhem.
88% of 4,133 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 72$14.99
Warnament
Pick a nation, build alliances and armies, and take your own version of history into turn-based matches with friends.
84% of 498 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$9.74
Doodle Empires
Sketch kingdoms onto a blank map, deal out their fates card by card, and see which empires rise, fracture or fade.
92% of 1,347 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 71$6.99
Observe
Watch nations rise and fall on their own, redraw the map as a god, or take command of any country in a world you can build from scratch.
92% of 126 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 24$7.99
Countryballs Conquest
Lead your country through the Victorian age, expand your empire as you go head to head with the great powers of the world.
86% of 90 Steam reviews are positive$4.99