- #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 23.8% ★, RTS 14%, Grand Strategy 13.3% ★, Space 9.5%, Diplomacy 6.8% ★
- #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 27.2% ★, Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, RTS 14.3%, Space 8.4%, Management 5.4%
- #3 Solar Wave
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 71 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 25.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.7% ★, RTS 13%, Space 10.2%, Economy 6.7%
- #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 25.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Diplomacy 8.7% ★, Space 8.6%, Economy 6.2%
- #5 Hollow Stars
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AppGX
Windows
A deep 2D strategy of cosmic trade and faction warfare. Build trading empires, refine asteroids, lead fleets into battle and run faction politics — solo or in four-player co-op
Why similar: 4X 30% ★, Grand Strategy 22.1% ★, RTS 14.6%, Strategy 7.6%, Simulation 7.3%
- #6 Stellaris
93% matchVery Positive86% of 196,831 reviews2016
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 144.9 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 22.7% ★, Space 12.9%, Diplomacy 7.3% ★, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #7 Antropico: Colonies
92% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Scassius Systems
Windows · Linux
A large-scale space strategy game focused on building and maintaining power within a simulated galaxy. Build, develop, and survive in a galaxy shaped by history and consequences.
Why similar: 4X 27% ★, Grand Strategy 24.6% ★, Strategy 8.2%, Futuristic 7.7%, Space 7.2%
- #8 Stellar Reach
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 34 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 16.6% ★, RTS 10.6%, Space 10.1%, Futuristic 7.7%
- #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 18.7% ★, Diplomacy 10.7% ★, Space 9.4%, Moddable 8.8% ★
- #10 Distant Worlds: Universe
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,855 reviews2014
Dev: Code ForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 40.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17% ★, Space 13.8%, RTS 7%, Strategy 7%
- #11 Imperium of the Stars
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Hyrcronix
Windows
A real-time 4X where each faction plays like a different game. Rule a Gothic empire that runs on faith, unmake the galaxy world by world, or forge a warhost from salvage. Up to 10,000 procedurally generated star systems. No diplomacy. Only war.
Why similar: 4X 36% ★, Grand Strategy 25.3% ★, Space 10.4%, Strategy 7.2%, Resource Management 6.4%
- #12 Star Trek: Infinite
89% matchMixed43% of 3,512 reviews2023
Dev: Nimble Giant EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 19.0 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 12.2% ★, RTS 11.8%, Space 9.2%
- #13 Astronomics Rise of a New Empire
88% 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 19.6% ★, RTS 12.8%, Diplomacy 12.1% ★, Space 9.5%
- #14 Galactic Civilizations IV
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,564 reviews2023
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 19.6% ★, Diplomacy 11.9% ★, Space 9.4%, Moddable 9.1% ★
- #15 Fragile Existence
86% 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 21.4% ★, Grand Strategy 17.1% ★, Diplomacy 12% ★, Moddable 9.2% ★, Space 8.1%
- #16 Star Ruler
86% matchVery Positive82% of 341 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 15.4%, RTS 14.9%, Grand Strategy 14.7% ★, Strategy 10.9%
- #17 NWO - Anarchy Collapsed
84% 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 25.6% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, RTS 14.7%, Diplomacy 13.6% ★, Economy 7.9%
- #18 Space Empires I
85% matchMixed56% of 16 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 29.9% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, Strategy 9.2%, Management 8.2%, Space 7.2%
- #19 Galactic Ruler Enlightenment
84% matchMixed60% of 20 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 21.3% ★, Diplomacy 11.6% ★, Space 10.4%, Moddable 10% ★
- #20 Final Vanguard
83% 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 24.5% ★, Grand Strategy 18.8% ★, RTS 12.8%, Diplomacy 9.9% ★, Space 7.9%
- #21 Periphery Online
82% matchMixed72% of 54 reviews2026
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 19.8% ★, RTS 18.8%, Grand Strategy 17.6% ★, Space 11.9%, Futuristic 9.6%
- #22 Revival: Recolonization
82% matchMixed69% of 425 reviews2024
Dev: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 24% ★, Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, Diplomacy 12.8% ★, Economy 7.7%, Futuristic 7%
- #23 Distant Worlds 2
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,552 reviews2022
Dev: CodeForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 37.8% ★, Grand Strategy 26.1% ★, Space 11.6%, Strategy 8.7%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #24 Cosmist
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gulbrandr Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Expand your empire one sector at a time in a fast-paced turn-based 4X strategy game. Capture planets, harvest resources, command powerful fleets, and adapt your strategy with unique Emperors and unpredictable divine interventions. Play solo, or challenge rivals in tactical PvP.
Why similar: 4X 37% ★, Grand Strategy 25.8% ★, Space 10.5%, Resource Management 9.1%, Strategy 6%
- #25 Wayfallen
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wayfarer
Windows
A galaxy with its own economy, its own wars, and no reason to wait for you. Trade, mine, fight, and salvage a living - alone on the rim, or at the head of an empire the great powers can't ignore. A single-player space sandbox that never stops moving.
Why similar: 4X 23.8% ★, RTS 13.1%, Space 11.8%, Diplomacy 9.1% ★, Open World 8.1%
- #26 Dune: Spice Wars
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,540 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 16.4 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 22.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.4% ★, RTS 12.9%, Diplomacy 12.5% ★, Management 7.9%
- #27 AI War 2
79% matchVery Positive87% of 1,559 reviews2019
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.7 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 21% ★, RTS 11.4%, Moddable 7.2% ★, Space 6.8%
- #28 Old Stars
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: adamjr
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fast-paced 4X galaxy you can actually finish. Expand by colonising and besieging rival worlds, wield government powers that bend the rules - freeze enemy fleets, sever hyperlanes, vanish into stealth - and race rivals to claim the galactic core. A grand-strategy empire in an evening, not a month.
Why similar: 4X 34.4% ★, Grand Strategy 25.5% ★, Space 11.2%, Strategy 8.7%, RTS 7.9%
- #29 Cataclismo
76% matchVery Positive89% of 4,300 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
Why similar: 4X 19.3% ★, Grand Strategy 17.3% ★, Diplomacy 11.7% ★, RTS 10.7%, Moddable 9.1% ★
- #30 Aries
78% 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 22.7% ★, RTS 16.8%, Diplomacy 14.7% ★, Space 9.2%, Futuristic 6.9%
- #31 Starithm
77% 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 31.5% ★, Grand Strategy 24% ★, RTS 16%, Futuristic 6.1%, Strategy 6.1%
- #32 Stellar Sovereigns
77% matchMixed65% of 31 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 12%, Space 8.4%, Futuristic 7.4%
- #33 Reshaping Mars
76% matchVery Positive84% of 832 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 22.9% ★, Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, RTS 16.2%, Space 8.5%, Futuristic 6.6%
- #34 Rise of Hegemony
74% 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 26.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.4% ★, Diplomacy 13.8% ★, Economy 9.5%, Moddable 7.8% ★
- #35 Seven Kingdoms 2 HD
75% matchVery Positive81% of 405 reviews2015
Dev: Enlight Software Limited
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 7.0 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 23.4% ★, RTS 17.1%, Grand Strategy 14.1% ★, Diplomacy 13.1% ★, Economy 9.8%
- #36 Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
74% matchVery Positive93% of 16,336 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 18.1% ★, Diplomacy 14.5% ★, RTS 12.9%, Space 8.5%
- #37 One Planet
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Qardinal Games
Windows · Linux
Disasters rage. Political factions splinter and grasp at power. As the climate crisis threatens stability, will you unite the planet with diplomacy or take aggressive action? Deploy force or build consensus toward net zero emissions in this grand strategy game where stakes get higher by the minute.
Why similar: 4X 31.9% ★, Grand Strategy 28.6% ★, Diplomacy 16.5% ★, Strategy 7.3%, Economy 7%
- #38 Spaceman's Luck
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gideon Kennedy
Windows
A space 4X game. Colonize planets and annihilate enemy races in an intergalactic war for living space. Designed to be fun, fast, and easy to play.
Why similar: 4X 27.7% ★, Grand Strategy 25.1% ★, Space 18.8%, Strategy 7.8%, Sci-fi 6.9%
- #39 Galactic Inheritors
75% matchMixed43% of 88 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 43.1% ★, Space 20.3%, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Strategy 9.1%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #40 Existence: The Outer Reach
72% 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 22.1% ★, Diplomacy 17.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16.6% ★, RTS 11.8%, Space 9.2%
- #41 Tachyon Wars
73% 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 23.2% ★, Space 13.4%, Strategy 9.4%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #42 Beyond Astra
72% 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 28.3% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, RTS 16.7%, Diplomacy 9% ★, Space 8.8%
- #43 Trumpets of War
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xblur
Windows
Trumpets of War is a grand-scale historical strategy game where armies clash and empires rise. Command vast forces across dynamic battlefields, orchestrate campaigns with precision, and experience the drama of war through an innovative system that blends tactical combat with strategic mastery.
Why similar: 4X 33.6% ★, Grand Strategy 24.8% ★, RTS 16.5%, Strategy 8.7%, Diplomacy 5.1% ★
- #44 Relentless Expanse
70% matchVery Positive90% of 110 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 23.3% ★, RTS 19.3%, Diplomacy 13% ★, Space 11.7%, Economy 7.6%
- #45 Great Houses of Calderia
71% matchMixed61% of 442 reviews2024
Dev: Resistance GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Great Houses of Calderia is a Feudal Grand Strategy game focusing on family dynamics & stories. Use your family strengths to compete against rivals to rise in the ranks of Calderia - produce, trade, scheme, bribe, and battle to build your legacy of power!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.2% ★, 4X 16.2% ★, Diplomacy 10.6% ★, Economy 8.7%, RTS 8.7%
- #46 The Pegasus Expedition
70% matchMixed63% of 390 reviews2023
Dev: Kalla GameworksPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 24.7% ★, Grand Strategy 20% ★, Diplomacy 14.2% ★, Space 9.1%, Futuristic 6.6%
- #47 Star Ruler 2
71% matchVery Positive82% of 721 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 43.2% ★, RTS 20.8%, Space 17.2%, Strategy 9.6%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #48 Rebel Inc: Escalation
69% matchVery Positive82% of 7,522 reviews2021
Dev: Ndemic CreationsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.
Why similar: 4X 23.2% ★, Grand Strategy 18.4% ★, Diplomacy 13.1% ★, RTS 10.1%, Moddable 8.9% ★
- #49 Structura
70% 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 17.4%, Futuristic 6.4%, Strategy 5.5%
- #50 Stellar Monarch 2
68% matchVery Positive89% of 133 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 30.6% ★, Space 10.3%, Strategy 8.7%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #51 Strategeist
68% 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 25.4% ★, 4X 15% ★, Diplomacy 13.8% ★, RTS 8%, Economy 7.8%
- #52 Uncharted Sectors
68% 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 24.9% ★, 4X 19.3% ★, Diplomacy 14.3% ★, Economy 10.4%, Space 9.1%
- #53 Space Empires II
69% matchMixed56% of 18 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 28.8% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, Strategy 10.2%, Management 8.4%, Space 7.3%
- #54 Whiskerwood
65% matchVery Positive92% of 3,269 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 21.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, Diplomacy 12.7% ★, Moddable 10% ★, Economy 8.4%
- #55 Wealth of Nations: Economic Strategy
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WoN
Windows
Lead a nation through decades of political and economic challenges. Manage budgets, taxes, interest rates, crises, and public opinion in a deep grand-strategy simulation where every decision shapes your country's future.
Why similar: 4X 35.9% ★, Grand Strategy 26.2% ★, Economy 10.6%, Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 9.3%
- #56 Nova Historia
67% 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 40.7% ★, Grand Strategy 24.7% ★, Strategy 8.6%, Simulation 7.2%, Resource Management 6.6%
- #57 Nova Roma
64% matchVery Positive94% of 2,244 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 21.3% ★, Grand Strategy 20% ★, Diplomacy 12.2% ★, Moddable 10% ★, Economy 8.5%
- #58 Alliance of the Sacred Suns
67% 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 25.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3% ★, Moddable 9.7% ★, Space 9.7%, Economy 7.7%
- #59 StarDrive
69% matchMixed45% of 1,489 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 49.5% ★, Space 16.5%, RTS 16.4%, Strategy 10.5%, Sci-fi 7.1%