- #1 Commanders Fury
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RoboFox Games LLC
Windows
Take command of the war machine of an empire in this 4x RTS hybrid. Fight battles with your flagship fleet in fully 3D real-time space combat. Recruit, train and dispatch commanders. Give them orders, directives and equip their fleets. Manage your empire’s supply logistics and fleet operations.
Why similar: 4X 24.2% ★, RTS 14%, Grand Strategy 13.5% ★, Space 9.6%, Diplomacy 7% ★
- #2 Near Sol
96% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: LTide
Windows · Mac · Linux
Space 4X game with the ability to build factories, extract resources, with characters, internal and external markets ... Take part in the discussion of the game, share your vision)
Why similar: 4X 27.1% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, RTS 14%, Space 8.4%, Management 5.6%
- #3 Solar Wave
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SavGus Studio
Windows
A large-scale 4X strategy game with indirect control and a focus on simulating a space empire. Capture systems, develop your economy and logistics, call up hundreds of powerful fleets and watch them incinerate enemies of the Solar Empire.
Why similar: 4X 25.2% ★, Grand Strategy 20.7% ★, RTS 12.8%, Space 10.1%, Economy 7.1%
- #4 Gate Builders
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pyralis Studio
Windows · Linux
Gate Builders is a sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game. Build space stations, manage work force, exploit, trade and transform resources. Face space pirates and enemy factions. Build, Expand, Thrive!
Why similar: 4X 25% ★, Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Diplomacy 8.7% ★, Space 8.5%, Economy 6.6%
- #5 Final Vanguard
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Heavy Pepper Inc.
Windows
Rule a living interstellar empire in this real-time 4X grand strategy. Make decisions that shape civilian lives, manage fragile supply lines, lead military conquests, and decide whether your civilization thrives or collapses under its own expansion.
Why similar: 4X 22.8% ★, Grand Strategy 17.6% ★, RTS 11.8%, Diplomacy 10.3% ★, Space 8.7%
- #6 Stellaris
93% matchVery Positive86% of 191,915 reviews2016
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.5 hrsMean: 142.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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.
Why similar: 4X 26.4% ★, Grand Strategy 22.6% ★, Space 12.8%, Diplomacy 7.3% ★, Sci-fi 6.4%
- #7 Antropico: Colonies
92% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Scassius Systems
Windows · Linux
Un gioco di strategia spaziale su larga scala che mira a costruire e mantenere il potere in una galassia simulata. Costruisci, sviluppa e sopravvivi in una galassia plasmata dalla storia e conseguenze.
Why similar: 4X 26.8% ★, Grand Strategy 24.3% ★, Strategy 8.2%, Futuristic 7.5%, Space 7.1%
- #8 Stellar Reach
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Stelleas
Windows
Stellar Reach is a 4X hard sci-fi strategy game where you control a faction vying for dominance across a hostile galactic frontier. Guide your empire through conquest, prosperity, or industrial power as you advance through six distinct tech trees and forge your path to victory.
Why similar: 4X 30.5% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, RTS 10.4%, Space 10%, Futuristic 7.6%
- #9 Falling Frontier
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stutter Fox StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Conquer a vast procedurally generated star system in Falling Frontier, a sci-fi RTS where intel and logistics are decisive factors. Design ships and raid enemy supply lines, lay minefields and construct recon stations, and ambush enemy forces within asteroid fields and nebulae.
Why similar: 4X 22.5% ★, Grand Strategy 18.4% ★, Diplomacy 10.8% ★, Space 9.1%, Moddable 8.7% ★
- #10 Distant Worlds: Universe
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,845 reviews2014
Dev: Code ForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of turn-based strategy, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game.
Why similar: 4X 40.4% ★, Grand Strategy 17% ★, Space 13.7%, Strategy 7.2%, RTS 6.9%
- #11 Star Trek: Infinite
89% matchMixed42% of 3,468 reviews2023
Dev: Nimble Giant EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Star Trek: Infinite is a grand strategy experience that lets you play your own Star Trek story as the leader of one of four major factions in the galaxy. Follow the specially crafted story or blaze your own trail in the first Star Trek grand strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 25.7% ★, Grand Strategy 20.9% ★, Diplomacy 12.3% ★, RTS 11.7%, Space 9.2%
- #12 Fragile Existence
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fragile ContinuumPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Save humanity from the brink of extinction in this sci-fi strategy game of survival. Travel among the stars to seek out resources, establish and develop colonies to sustain civilization, and grow your military might to push back against an overwhelming threat.
Why similar: 4X 21.3% ★, Grand Strategy 16.9% ★, Diplomacy 12% ★, Moddable 9.1% ★, Space 8%
- #13 Galactic Civilizations IV
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,388 reviews2023
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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.
Why similar: 4X 23.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, Diplomacy 12% ★, Space 9.3%, Moddable 9% ★
- #14 Astronomics Rise of a New Empire
87% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: JayFiArts
Windows
Astronomics Rise of a New Empire is an easy-to-learn real-time global strategy(4X) game. Control your faction in an intergalactic conflict. Manage your economy, conduct diplomatic negotiations and build a fleet to rule the galaxy.
Why similar: 4X 24% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, RTS 12.6%, Diplomacy 12.2% ★, Space 9.4%
- #15 Space Empires I
86% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Space Empires I is the first chapter of the Space Empires series. A classic galactic conquest and turn-based strategy video game where you are the leader of a race of intelligent beings building large spaceships for interplanetary and interstellar travel through warp points between star systems.
Why similar: 4X 29.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3% ★, Strategy 9.3%, Management 8.5%, Economy 7.5%
- #16 Galactic Ruler Enlightenment
85% matchMixed63% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Play campaign stories within the Galactic Ruler universe. Invade the galaxy to eliminate those who stand in your way or rally alien races to defend against the invaders. Fight battles at both planet and space across a procedurally generated galaxy. Use new unit control systems to manage your forces.
Why similar: 4X 22.7% ★, Grand Strategy 21.2% ★, Diplomacy 11.6% ★, Space 10.4%, Moddable 9.9% ★
- #17 Star Ruler
86% matchVery Positive83% of 340 reviews2010
Dev: Blind Mind Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction in a procedurally generated 3D galaxy (with the option to flatten it) from 1 System to 10,000+! Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves)...
Why similar: 4X 38.9% ★, Space 15.3%, RTS 14.7%, Grand Strategy 14.6% ★, Strategy 11.1%
- #18 Cosmist
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gulbrandr Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Conquer the galaxy in this arcade-like strategy game. Pick and send your generals to deploy the fleet in the far-off star sectors, mine resources, and upgrade your ships forgeries. Deities might interfere with your plans.
Why similar: 4X 37.1% ★, Grand Strategy 25.9% ★, Space 10.1%, Resource Management 9.6%, Strategy 5.9%
- #19 Distant Worlds 2
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,478 reviews2022
Dev: CodeForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 37.8% ★, Grand Strategy 26% ★, Space 11.5%, Strategy 8.9%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #20 Periphery Online
83% matchMixed64% of 39 reviews2022
Dev: Aleksandr Nagaev
Windows
A refugee capsule lands on an uninhabited planet. You have to survive, rebuild civilization and, if possible, regain control over the Earth. One big universe, one endless pvp session for all players.
Why similar: 4X 19.9% ★, RTS 18.7%, Grand Strategy 17.6% ★, Space 11.9%, Futuristic 9.5%
- #21 AI War 2
82% matchVery Positive88% of 1,533 reviews2019
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.
Why similar: 4X 29% ★, Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, RTS 11.2%, Moddable 7.1% ★, Economy 7.1%
- #22 Revival: Recolonization
82% matchMixed69% of 424 reviews2024
Dev: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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.
Why similar: 4X 23.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.4% ★, Diplomacy 12.7% ★, Economy 8.1%, Futuristic 6.9%
- #23 Dune: Spice Wars
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,257 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.
Why similar: 4X 22.4% ★, Grand Strategy 17.2% ★, RTS 12.6%, Diplomacy 12.5% ★, Management 8.2%
- #24 Reshaping Mars
79% matchVery Positive85% of 831 reviews2023
Dev: TholusPub: Yooreka Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
「Reshaping Mars」is a colony simulation game on Mars, you will start by gathering resources, storing food, accepting immigrants, and building a better colony together. Develop powerful technologies for Mars Reshaping, make Mars great agai..sorry, just great. Don't forget to make the residents happy.
Why similar: 4X 22.8% ★, Grand Strategy 17.6% ★, RTS 15.9%, Space 8.4%, Resource Management 6.8%
- #25 Aries
81% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Wirlwith
Windows
Space strategy gaming reimagined. Dive into fast-paced real-time planetary battles against the backdrop of a turn-based campaign that sees you build your empire in the stars. With hundreds of troops and ships at your command, can you forge an empire that lasts?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, RTS 16.5%, Diplomacy 14.7% ★, Space 9.1%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #26 Seven Kingdoms 2 HD
80% matchVery Positive81% of 397 reviews2015
Dev: Enlight Software Limited
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Get ready for an exciting real-time strategy game experience like no other with Seven Kingdoms 2! Say goodbye to the monotony of resource gathering and army building, its unique gameplay offers a thrilling blend of city management, trade, industry, espionage, diplomacy, and conquest!
Why similar: 4X 23.1% ★, RTS 16.6%, Grand Strategy 13.9% ★, Diplomacy 13% ★, Economy 10.3%
- #27 Starithm
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Game Orithm
Windows
Become the dominant star-fairing-civilization throughout the procedurally generated star systems. The player must establish/pursue: (1) Ideology; (2) Population; (3) Military assets; (4) 4x dominance (5) Technologies; (6) Artificial Evolution; (7) Cyber attacks; (8) Peace or war.
Why similar: 4X 31.6% ★, Grand Strategy 23.9% ★, RTS 15.8%, Strategy 6.2%, Futuristic 6.1%
- #28 Stellar Sovereigns
78% matchMixed69% of 29 reviews2023
Dev: Imagined Reality
Windows
Indie 4X space strategy game with TB empire management and RTS combat set in a 3D star cluster. Build an interstellar empire by colonizing and conquering star systems, develop your colonies establish trade routes and construct fleets from a range of retrofittable capital & escort class vessels.
Why similar: 4X 27.3% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, RTS 11.8%, Space 8.3%, Futuristic 7.3%
- #29 NWO - Anarchy Collapsed
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KNK DEVELOP
Windows · Mac
A grand strategy game of world domination. Conquer and unite 195 countries before an unknown enemy arrives. Build your economy, military, and influence. Choose war or diplomacy, control resources, and shape the future—only one ruler will rise to the top. Will it be you?
Why similar: 4X 25.8% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, RTS 14.6%, Diplomacy 13.8% ★, Economy 8.5%
- #30 Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
77% matchVery Positive93% of 16,246 reviews2012
Dev: Ironclad Games CorporationPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.
Why similar: 4X 22.9% ★, Grand Strategy 18% ★, Diplomacy 14.5% ★, RTS 12.7%, Space 8.5%
- #31 Existence: The Outer Reach
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cozy Orchards
Windows
Existence is a strategy game on a massive scale. Lead your expanding empire, explore the galaxy, and master simultaneous space and planetary battles. Engage in solo play or team up with friends for intense PvP and co-op action.
Why similar: 4X 22% ★, Diplomacy 17.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, RTS 11.6%, Space 9.1%
- #32 Relentless Expanse
74% matchVery Positive90% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Cowmera Games
Windows
Capture and upgrade planets, outsmart your enemies, and conquer the galaxy! Simple yet addicting, you can play alone or outsmart your friends in this 2D top-down space RTS. Completely free, no monetization, just fun!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, RTS 18.9%, Diplomacy 13% ★, Space 11.6%, Economy 8.1%
- #33 Tachyon Wars
76% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Fair Games
Windows
Tachyon Wars is a sci-fi real-time space strategy game. It introduces seriously deep gameplay with an emphasis on fleet control. Open space to explore, large-scale battles, crafty AI. All of it is well seasoned with novel real-time game mechanics.
Why similar: 4X 34.7% ★, Grand Strategy 23.1% ★, Space 13.4%, Strategy 9.5%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #34 Galactic Inheritors
77% matchMixed44% of 86 reviews2015
Dev: Crispon GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Colonise solar systems and watch them grow. Explore the galaxy to find its strategic choke points. Build up your empire and your fleet and then use the power of the media to prepare your people for the inevitable war. At the same time watch your opponents, keep on an eye on their own media and watch for threats and opportunities.
Why similar: 4X 43.2% ★, Space 20.3%, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Strategy 9.3%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #35 The Pegasus Expedition
75% matchMixed63% of 382 reviews2023
Dev: Kalla GameworksPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The Pegasus Expedition is a story-driven sci-fi grand strategy game set in a key moment for humankind’s survival. Facing an overwhelming threat at home, humanity sends expeditions to the Pegasus Galaxy in a desperate attempt to find a refuge for the population of Earth.
Why similar: 4X 24.6% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, Diplomacy 14.3% ★, Space 9.1%, Futuristic 6.5%
- #36 Star Ruler 2
75% matchVery Positive82% of 719 reviews2015
Dev: Blind Mind Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Massive scale 4X-RTS set in space. Control hundreds of planets, manipulate galactic politics, research numerous advanced technologies, and command thousands of units and hundreds of planets in your quest for galactic dominance.
Why similar: 4X 43.3% ★, RTS 20.5%, Space 17.1%, Strategy 9.8%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #37 Manor Lords
72% matchVery Positive85% of 85,453 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Why similar: 4X 22.4% ★, Grand Strategy 18.4% ★, Diplomacy 13.4% ★, Moddable 10.1% ★, Economy 8.5%
- #38 Nova Historia
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BairdyDev
Windows
A unique 4X real-time historical strategy game, set on a procedurally generated globe. Play from ancient times, right through to the modern day. Expand your empire, build settlements, units, buildings and construct world wonders. Make History, Your Way.
Why similar: 4X 40.2% ★, Grand Strategy 24.3% ★, Strategy 8.6%, Simulation 7.3%, Resource Management 7%
- #39 Space Empires II
74% matchMixed59% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Explore the galaxy, discover and colonize new planets to acquire enough resources. Design your ships, choosing from different hulls, weapons, shields, and several devices. Once you advance with technologies, new systems will be available, and you will have to update your designs.
Why similar: 4X 28.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3% ★, Strategy 10.3%, Management 8.7%, Economy 7.3%
- #40 Uncharted Sectors
73% matchNo user reviews2029
Dev: Luc ToupensePub: N42C
Windows · Linux
A grand strategy game built on a deep economic simulation and orchestrated by an intelligent AI storyteller. Ensure the survival of your domain at the edge of the galaxy: colonize worlds, manage populations, navigate politics, design custom goods, and master dynamic markets.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.6% ★, 4X 19.1% ★, Diplomacy 14.3% ★, Economy 11%, Space 9%
- #41 Structura
73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Binary Station Studio
Windows · Linux
Structura is a rather unique sci-fi real-time strategy set in space. Its a hybrid of rts and fps, with emphasis on combat and survival. Build your economy for war, modify the unit by adding components, explore, expand, and survive the savage waves of enemy attacks.
Why similar: 4X 30.3% ★, Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, RTS 17.1%, Futuristic 6.4%, Strategy 5.6%
- #42 Terra Invicta
70% matchVery Positive81% of 9,023 reviews2026
Dev: Pavonis InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 51.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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.
Why similar: 4X 22.9% ★, Grand Strategy 18.4% ★, Diplomacy 13% ★, RTS 9.9%, Moddable 8.9% ★
- #43 Rise of Hegemony
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lion Loewe
Windows
Take control of a country from its very first beginnings and lead it successfully to become a global hegemon. In a complex simulation of economy, diplomacy and warfare the path you chose to triumph is up to you.
Why similar: 4X 26.1% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Diplomacy 13.7% ★, Economy 10%, Moddable 7.6% ★
- #44 Nova Roma
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 670 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
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.
Why similar: 4X 21.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, Diplomacy 12.1% ★, Moddable 9.8% ★, Economy 8.9%
- #45 Stellar Monarch 2
71% matchVery Positive88% of 123 reviews2022
Dev: Silver Lemur Games
Windows
Stellar Monarch 2 is a feudal space empire builder where you feel like the Emperor, not a logistics officer. Great noble houses, usurpers to the throne, rebels, assassins, court intrigues, disloyal admirals, incompetent governors and ever-present alien threat.
Why similar: 4X 43.3% ★, Grand Strategy 30.5% ★, Space 10.3%, Strategy 8.8%, Sci-fi 7%
- #46 Norland
70% matchVery Positive82% of 9,662 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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.
Why similar: 4X 21.9% ★, Grand Strategy 18.8% ★, Diplomacy 13.1% ★, Moddable 9.9% ★, Economy 8.6%
- #47 Alliance of the Sacred Suns
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KatHawk Studios
Windows · Mac
Alliance of the Sacred Suns is a sci-fi grand-strategy RPG that begins with your coronation as the head of an interstellar Empire, and ends with your demise. Manage feuding noble houses and the schemes of would-be usurpers as you try to revive the glory of an Empire on the brink of collapse.
Why similar: 4X 25.1% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, Space 9.6%, Moddable 9.6% ★, Economy 8.2%
- #48 Whiskerwood
68% matchVery Positive93% of 2,769 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Why similar: 4X 21.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Diplomacy 12.6% ★, Moddable 9.9% ★, Economy 8.8%
- #49 Anno 2205™
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 6,263 reviews2015
Dev: Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 54.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.
Why similar: 4X 28.1% ★, Economy 9.9%, Futuristic 9.2%, RTS 9.2%, Space 8.6%
- #50 Heart of the Machine
67% matchVery Positive93% of 1,838 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
Why similar: 4X 21.3% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3% ★, Diplomacy 13.3% ★, Moddable 10% ★, Economy 8.5%
- #51 StarDrive
71% matchMixed45% of 1,482 reviews2013
Dev: Zero Sum Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
As a space bear, human or any other race, venture forth into the galaxy, create custom ships, conquer new worlds, build new colonies and defend your very existence against those who would take what is yours.
Why similar: 4X 49.6% ★, Space 16.5%, RTS 16.2%, Strategy 10.7%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #52 Eternity
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Firedrake GamesPub: Ground Control Studios
Windows
An unforgettable journey of discovery, hope, and survival, as you strive to unlock the secrets of the universe and pave the way for humanity's destiny. By intertwining Exploration, Adaptive Gameplay, and Survival, ETERNITY offers a rich and immersive experience.
Why similar: 4X 27% ★, RTS 14.7%, Economy 8.2%, Moddable 7.8% ★, Resource Management 7.8%
- #53 Beyond Astra
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nebule Games
Windows
Lead your civilization in a galaxy brimming with life and intrigue. Seamlessly explore and expand across uncharted worlds, from their surfaces to the stars. Forge your destiny in this sci-fi 4X offering a unique blend of grand strategy, planetary city-building, and RTS combat.
Why similar: 4X 26.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, RTS 11.6%, Diplomacy 11.5% ★, Space 7.3%
- #54 Advisors at the End of the Universe
68% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Flux-Soul
Windows · Linux
AEU is a fast paced realtime strategy and 4x hybrid. Players influence their empire to grow, fight, forge alliances or engage in trade. Players are given control over the empire's traits, research and a set of three types of abilities(Construction, Plagues and Agents) to accomplish their goals.
Why similar: 4X 22% ★, Grand Strategy 21.4% ★, RTS 11.3%, Diplomacy 10.8% ★, Space 6.4%
- #55 Against the Storm
66% matchVery Positive95% of 35,504 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: 4X 21.3% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, Diplomacy 12.7% ★, Moddable 9.9% ★, Economy 8.5%
- #56 Horizon
69% matchMixed59% of 477 reviews2014
Dev: L3O Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Horizon is a turn-based space strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which you are in control of humanity’s destiny. You will explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover alien artifacts hidden on long-abandoned planets.
Why similar: 4X 30.3% ★, Grand Strategy 25.6% ★, Space 11.5%, Sci-fi 6.8%, Futuristic 6.3%
- #57 Lord of Rigel
67% matchMixed70% of 102 reviews2024
Dev: Rhombus Studios
Windows
Lord of Rigel is a turn-based 4X space strategy game inspired by the classics. In a galaxy divided by two elder races, will you unite with other species or forge your own path? Navigate galactic politics and defeat threats using espionage, research, and military force. How will you shape the galaxy?
Why similar: 4X 24.3% ★, Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Diplomacy 12.5% ★, Space 9.3%, Economy 7%
- #58 Strategeist
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galactic Starfish, Inc.
Windows
Become a strategeist and lead one of hundreds of nations on the globe across centuries of conflict and diplomacy in this grand strategy game. Balance war, politics, and internal institutions to shape the fate of your empire, and secure your legacy in history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.1% ★, 4X 14.8% ★, Diplomacy 13.7% ★, Economy 8.3%, RTS 7.8%
- #59 Empires of the Undergrowth
65% matchVery Positive94% of 17,329 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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.
Why similar: 4X 21.6% ★, Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Diplomacy 12.2% ★, Moddable 9.9% ★, Economy 8.8%