- #1 StarDrive
97% 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 50.9% ★, Strategy 16.4%, RTS 16.4%, Space 8%, Indie 4.2%
- #2 Star Ruler 2
96% 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 45.8% ★, RTS 21.4%, Strategy 15.5%, Space 8.6%, Sci-fi 5.4%
- #3 StarWay
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: jiahuiJIA
Windows
Technology, Magic, and Immortals collide in a universe torn apart by endless aggression. War is total; even the laws of existence are erased. Lead your fleets to invade worlds across the stars. Your goal is simple: Expand. Conquer. Destroy. Supports LAN & Online Multiplayer (PvP & Co-op).
Why similar: 4X 35% ★, RTS 20.3%, Wargame 19.6%, Strategy 10%, Minimalist 4%
- #4 Chieftain
95% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2018
Dev: Splout Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chieftain is a fantasy game of world conquest - containing elements of a procedurally generated 4X world, and real-time skirmishes including hundreds of soldiers on screen battling for your dominion and reign to be supreme!
Why similar: 4X 38.1% ★, Strategy 28.9%, RTS 22.7%, Indie 10.2%
- #5 Black Stars - The M87 Conflict
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Robin KrausePub: Rob-Gaming
Windows
Command a rising interstellar empire in the M87 cluster. Explore and colonize distant worlds, build powerful economies, terraform hostile planets, deploy specialized fleets, and wage war against rival factions in a VR-exclusive galactic 4X strategy game where every decision shapes the conflict.
Why similar: 4X 41.8% ★, RTS 21.8%, Wargame 21.6%, Strategy 9.6%, Space 2.9%
- #6 Star Ruler
94% matchVery Positive83% of 342 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 46% ★, Strategy 19.6%, RTS 17.2%, Space 8.6%, Indie 5.1%
- #7 HEXPANSE
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Seedforge Studio
Windows
Hexpanse is a real-time space strategy game. Build your ships and stations block by block, mine asteroids, program the doctrine of your autonomous fleets, and conquer a procedurally generated galaxy. Play solo or in multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 40.7% ★, RTS 21%, Strategy 15.3%, Exploration 5.5%, Space 4.3%
- #8 reWinWar
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oleksandr Hulchenko
Windows · Linux
A fast-paced, minimalist turn-based strategy game. Wargame.
Why similar: 4X 47.2% ★, Strategy 19.9%, Wargame 18.8%, Minimalist 9.3%, Indie 2.3%
- #9 SPACECOM
91% matchMixed68% of 533 reviews2014
Dev: Flow CombinePub: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
SPACECOM – a strategic-to-the-bone, starfleet command game in which deception, smart movement, and choices to battle decide victory or defeat.
Why similar: 4X 37% ★, RTS 28.6%, Strategy 12.2%, Space 5.3%, Minimalist 4.7%
- #10 TerraMartis4x
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LeBroGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
For gamers who love Master of Orion and Homeworld but want something new and different. For gamers with a small time budget. A lightweight fresh take on the space 4x game genre about the war between Terra and Mars.
Why similar: 4X 39.5% ★, RTS 21.1%, Wargame 16.1%, Strategy 11.4%, Space 4.3%
- #11 Land and Castles: Gold
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Anmoco
Windows · Mac
A retro real time strategy game with solo and multiplayer. Build your own maps and play online with friends.
Why similar: 4X 37.2% ★, RTS 25.4%, Strategy 14.5%, Military 8.9%, Minimalist 4.1%
- #12 Uciana
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Birdshel, LLC
Windows
Explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate in this sci-fi 4X turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 52% ★, Strategy 21.5%, Space 5.7%, Sci-fi 5.1%, Procedural Generation 4.7%
- #13 Y2K Directive
89% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: KszaDev
Windows
Will your leadership help your country survive a sci-fi disaster like a zombie plague or an alien invasion? Find out in this unique blend of real time strategy and a brutal (and often unfair) survival wargame!
Why similar: 4X 38.6% ★, RTS 18%, Wargame 17.1%, Strategy 7.7%, Minimalist 5.7%
- #14 The Qin Empire
88% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: MAX GAME PTE. LTD.
Windows
真·春秋戦国戦略SLG―中国史上最もドラマチックな時代が舞台! 名もなき小国の人物から成長し、春秋時代の戦国武将を集め、領土を広げ、他のプレイヤーや味方と同盟を結んで共に戦い、戦略と知恵を駆使して始皇帝の如く天下を制覇しよう! いざ出陣だ!これは、始皇帝へとつながる戦乱!
Why similar: 4X 45.1% ★, RTS 22.8%, Strategy 19%, Wargame 13.1%
- #15 Master of Orion 3
87% matchMixed53% of 191 reviews2016
Dev: Quicksilver SoftwarePub: Wargaming Labs
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Experience first-hand the challenges of leading one of 16 different races into unequalled galactic supremacy and face a universe of decisions. Set policies, explore, build, declare war, negotiate - put all these elements into motion to guarantee your place in the annals of space and time.
Why similar: 4X 67.6% ★, Strategy 24.5%, Space 5.1%, Sci-fi 2.8%
- #16 Moons That Belong
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: v4.games
Windows · Mac
Embark on a journey of strategy and domination in Moons That Belong, a 2D space strategy game that challenges your tactical prowess. Command your fleet, conquer planets, and outsmart your opponents in this visually captivating and intellectually engaging adventure.
Why similar: 4X 40.8% ★, RTS 22.8%, Strategy 9.4%, Minimalist 7.7%, Space 7.4%
- #17 Imperium Galactica II
86% matchVery Positive88% of 651 reviews2017
Dev: Digital RealityPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Reintroducing a classic from the golden era of gaming, the original empire building space RTS, Imperium Galactica 2 is back and looking better than ever with new high-res textures and vivid colors.
Why similar: 4X 37.9% ★, Strategy 31.3%, RTS 20.7%, Space 10.1%
- #18 Gewevo : Interstellar
85% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Victor Filipiak
Windows
Gewevo : Interstallar is a space strategy game derived from the tabletop RPG universe Gewevo. It offers an approach a little closer to a wargame with regard to the empire management aspect. Made with passion by a one-man team;)
Why similar: 4X 46.4% ★, RTS 23.6%, Strategy 19.3%, Space 5.4%, Sci-fi 2.9%
- #19 StarDrive 2
84% matchMixed55% of 2,102 reviews2015
Dev: Zero Sum GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
StarDrive 2 is an exciting and evolutionary step forward for the StarDrive franchise. In this eagerly anticipated sequel, the core mechanics have evolved to incorporate a turn-based strategic layer, featuring spectacular realtime battles.
Why similar: 4X 49.1% ★, Strategy 27.5%, Space 9.9%, Sci-fi 6.9%, Indie 6.3%
- #20 Jon Shafer's At the Gates
84% matchMixed41% of 499 reviews2019
Dev: Conifer Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
At the Gates is an indie strategy game from Jon Shafer, designer of Civilization 5. You are a dark age lord building a kingdom to replace the crumbling Roman Empire. Manage your clans, explore the landscape around you, harvest its resources, and build a mighty economic and military machine.
Why similar: 4X 49.8% ★, Strategy 37.8%, Indie 12.3%
- #21 Uncharted Space - project 3062
83% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Kong Linghui
Windows
In this game, you are a leader, leading a force of army to fight other forces in the deep spaces. You will plunder their resources, build your homelands, explore and expand, managing your army both strategically and tactically. This will be a saga written with blood and fire.
Why similar: 4X 39.8% ★, RTS 25%, Strategy 17.9%, Military 7.5%, Space 3.7%
- #22 Drums & Steel
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OuterBounds
Windows
Command formations of 18th-century armies in real-time strategic combat. Maneuver infantry, cavalry, and artillery through skirmishes and campaigns. May the best army win.
Why similar: 4X 31.7% ★, RTS 21.2%, Wargame 15.4%, Strategy 10.1%, Military 8.2%
- #23 Galactic Conflict
81% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Sinpros Software & GamingPub: Sinpros
Windows
A real-time sci-fi 4X strategy game where you explore procedurally generated star systems, expand your empire, manage resources, build fleets, and wage war against multiple AI factions in a dynamic and evolving galaxy.
Why similar: 4X 42.5% ★, RTS 21.8%, Strategy 17.6%, Minimalist 5.9%, Space 3.9%
- #24 Lords of the Black Sun
82% matchMostly Negative20% of 396 reviews2014
Dev: Arkavi StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take command of one race to join the struggle for supremacy in the galaxy. As the leader of your empire you are tasked with exploring the stars, colonizing new worlds, managing your empire and conquering whoever dares to oppose you.
Why similar: 4X 58.2% ★, Strategy 23%, Space 9.9%, Indie 5.4%, Sci-fi 3.4%
- #25 Feudalism
81% matchMostly Negative33% of 46 reviews2016
Dev: ImagimotionPub: IV Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Conquer Europe, become an Emperor. Build your family’s dynasty through seven centuries, from 800 A.D. to 1492 A.D., up until the inevitable collapse of the feudal system.
Why similar: 4X 64.6% ★, Strategy 35.4%
- #26 Solar Wave
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 84 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 38.8% ★, RTS 19.2%, Wargame 15.1%, Strategy 11%, Space 7.3%
- #27 Armada 2526 Gold Edition
80% matchMixed66% of 110 reviews2013
Dev: Ntronium GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Conquer the Galaxy In This ‘4x’ Strategy Game. Lead one of 18 different alien races to become a mighty pan-galactic empire. Manage your colonies, deploy your fleets and conduct research. Plot your strategy and turn your planets into mighty bastions.
Why similar: 4X 50.1% ★, Strategy 32.4%, Indie 9.8%, Space 7.7%
- #28 Space Empires IV Deluxe
79% matchVery Positive86% of 291 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 37%
The award-winning Space Empires IV Deluxe is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. A grand strategy title in the space 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) genre, Space Empires has already found a place in the heart of strategy gamers everywhere.
Why similar: 4X 64.6% ★, Strategy 23.3%, Space 6.5%, Sci-fi 5.4%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #29 Trumpets of War
78% 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 43% ★, RTS 20.5%, Strategy 16.9%, Wargame 13%, Military 6.5%
- #30 Lords of Kingdoms
79% matchMixed43% of 89 reviews2018
Dev: ThankGame.com
Windows
Lords of Kingdoms is a multiplayer online war game. Turn your small castle into a mighty fortress and become ruler of the greatest realm.
Why similar: 4X 57.4% ★, Wargame 27%, Strategy 14.5%, Indie 0.7%, 2D 0.4%
- #31 TON Wars
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Basalt Interactive OÜ
Windows
Build a planetary empire, research game-changing tech, and raid real players across a persistent galaxy. The classic browser space strategy, reborn - and finally fair: no pay-to-win, ever. Team up for 8-fleet combined attacks. Your mines keep working while you sleep.
Why similar: 4X 45.2% ★, RTS 16.1%, Strategy 12.4%, Wargame 10.3%, Space 7.1%
- #32 AI War: Fleet Command
77% matchVery Positive82% of 1,612 reviews2009
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"You are outgunned. You are massively outnumbered. You must win." These are your orders. Humanity has already fought its war against the machines -- and lost. AI death squads stand watch over every planet and every wormhole, the few remaining human settlements are held captive in orbiting bubbles, and the AIs have turned their...
Why similar: Strategy 34.4%, 4X 27.6% ★, RTS 23.3%, Space 7.1%, Sci-fi 3.7%
- #33 NWO - Anarchy Collapsed
77% 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 35.4% ★, RTS 19.8%, Wargame 15.5%, Military 10.1%, Strategy 9.4%
- #34 Fertile Crescent
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: gold_iron_and_salt
Windows · Linux
A real-time grand strategy game set in the Bronze Age. Lead one of 29 ancient civilizations from a single settler to an empire. Found cities, work the land, research new technologies, advance your culture, and wage war. Will your civilization outlive the age that made it?
Why similar: 4X 40.4% ★, RTS 19.7%, Strategy 15%, Wargame 13.9%, Military 5.6%
- #35 Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
76% matchMixed44% of 962 reviews2012
Dev: Kerberos ProductionsPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
The Enhanced Edition contains Sword of the Stars II: The Lords of Winter and the first expansion, the End of Flesh. The new expansion introduces the new playable race, the Loa. All previous DLCs containing new avatars, new combat music, alternate voices, skins, and new badges for the warships are also included.
Why similar: 4X 62.9% ★, Strategy 22.6%, Space 8.9%, Sci-fi 5.3%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #36 Eufloria 2
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Omni Systems
Windows
Eufloria 2 is the sequel to 2009's indie hit "Eufloria", featuring major gameplay additions and innovations, and a powerful level editor. Intergalactic floral conquest has EVOLVED to the next level!
Why similar: 4X 44.4% ★, RTS 22.1%, Strategy 10.9%, Procedural Generation 7.3%, Space 7.3%
- #37 Varren's Expanse
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Wonder Forge, Inc.
Windows
Varren's Expanse is a roguelite strategy game. Explore the wilderness using mice and badger legionnaires, rabbit scouts, and squirrel skirmishers. Every round builds your strength, every round brings new challenges.
Why similar: 4X 44.7% ★, RTS 26.1%, Strategy 19.5%, Exploration 5.1%, Colorful 3.3%
- #38 Clash of Stars
74% matchMixed52% of 29 reviews2023
Dev: Star Magic
Windows
MMO Real-time strategy star game.
Why similar: 4X 36.6% ★, RTS 19.8%, Wargame 17.9%, Strategy 9.8%, Military 8.3%
- #39 Master of Orion
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 8,196 reviews2016
Dev: NGD StudiosPub: Wargaming Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 101.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The ascendant spacefaring 4X strategy game returns! A new chapter in the epic Master of Orion saga is poised to once again capture the imaginations of millions of gamers.
Why similar: 4X 64% ★, Strategy 23.1%, Space 7.7%, Sci-fi 3.7%, RTS 1.3%
- #40 Distant Worlds: Universe
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,856 reviews2014
Dev: Code ForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 24.5 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 58.6% ★, Strategy 15.5%, RTS 9.9%, Space 9.3%, Sci-fi 4.8%
- #41 The Veiled Atlas: A Cycle of Falls
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flat Gradient
Windows · Linux
A turn-based 4X of rival governments contesting the dim Atlas through economy, war and an Influence-weighted Council. At the edge of sensor range, the Shadow does not lose - it only rises.
Why similar: 4X 57.4% ★, Strategy 24.2%, Space 6.1%, Sci-fi 5.6%, 2D 3.5%
- #42 Children of the Galaxy
73% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Filip Dusek, Empty Keys
Windows
Children of the Galaxy is a grand scale 4x turn-based strategy game with a turn-based combat and tactical elements. You can explore the galaxy, colonize planets and build huge armies of starships to fight in epic space battles.
Why similar: 4X 60.6% ★, Strategy 23.6%, Indie 9.3%, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #43 Stellar Reach
70% 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 45.6% ★, RTS 15.4%, Strategy 12.5%, Military 7.5%, Space 7.1%
- #44 Space Empires V
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 480 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Space Empires V is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. This new chapter completely updates the UI and takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe. Watch space battles played out in glorious detail and realistic effects. Expand, Explore, Exploit, and Exterminate in a huge living breathing galaxy.
Why similar: 4X 62.4% ★, Strategy 24.4%, Space 7.9%, Sci-fi 5%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #45 Old Stars
71% 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 47.1% ★, Strategy 18.3%, RTS 10.5%, Wargame 8.2%, Space 7.2%
- #46 Realm of Mystery
70% matchMixed54% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Puzala Games Limited
Windows
Set forth on an epic journey of conquest!
Why similar: 4X 44.8% ★, RTS 22.5%, Strategy 17.9%, Wargame 14.8%
- #47 Age of Space
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PodPal Games
Windows
Evolve from being a nobody to being the center of power! Age of space combines real time resource management with tactical combat. Work as a mercenary for clients in our solar system as you gradually get dragged into a liberation war between the Martians and the UEA. Who will you side with?
Why similar: 4X 34.3% ★, RTS 27.1%, Strategy 22.6%, Space 11.6%, Sci-fi 3.8%
- #48 Galactic Inheritors
71% 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 57.9% ★, Strategy 18.7%, Space 12.8%, Sci-fi 5.3%, Indie 5.3%
- #49 Dawn of Andromeda
71% matchMixed43% of 244 reviews2017
Dev: Grey Wolf EntertainmentPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dawn of Andromeda is a pausable, real-time 4X space strategy game providing an accessible, fun and immersive experience, introducing fresh ideas to the genre. Build your empire, colonize new planets, interact with other factions and characters, research technologies and build great fleets.
Why similar: 4X 57% ★, Strategy 23.4%, Space 8.7%, Indie 5.9%, Sci-fi 4.9%
- #50 NodeFeat
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: VOXELMANA
Windows · Linux
Still reading? No time to talk. TO THE FRONT. A phosphorescent swarm is devouring everything in its path and Node 52 is next. Your base is a tree: grow it, turn it, dig in, HOLD. A million, a billion, who cares. Kill them all.
Why similar: 4X 42.8% ★, RTS 17.8%, Strategy 16.2%, Wargame 13.6%, Military 5.8%
- #51 Flotsam Front
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PurityWorksPub: Strategic Developments
Windows
A real-time naval strategy game set in an alternate-universe archipelago. Design your own warships and aircraft, refine resources to fuel a war economy, then command fleets to launch carrier strikes, hunt submarines, and seize islands.
Why similar: 4X 40.1% ★, RTS 20.7%, Strategy 15%, Wargame 10.9%, Military 8.6%
- #52 Hollow Stars
68% 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 46.8% ★, RTS 22.1%, Strategy 18%, Space 5.2%, Sci-fi 3.2%
- #53 State of Survival: Last Warrior
67% matchMixed42% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: FunPlus International AG
Windows
Build a shelter to fend off the zombies and survive in the apocalypse
Why similar: 4X 45.9% ★, RTS 22.2%, Strategy 18.1%, Wargame 13.8%
- #54 Predestination
69% matchMixed45% of 86 reviews2019
Dev: Brain and Nerd Ltd
Windows
Predestination is a turn-based sci-fi 4X game set in the distant past of our own galaxy. Ships from countless races are flung back in time by a powerful hostile race known as the Revenants, and must now work to rebuild their empires and somehow stop the Revenants in the past.
Why similar: 4X 53.8% ★, Strategy 24%, Space 9.4%, Indie 8.3%, Sci-fi 4.5%
- #55 StarFringe: Adversus
67% matchMixed64% of 237 reviews2023
Dev: CasualogicPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
This is the story about the beginning of the conquest of outer space by earthlings. It began as a global idea of saving mankind from hunger and lack of resources, and ended as a brutal and merciless war in space far from Earth.
Why similar: 4X 32.1% ★, RTS 24.6%, Wargame 12.8%, Strategy 12.1%, Space 7.3%
- #56 Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection
68% matchVery Positive88% of 710 reviews2010
Dev: Kerberos Productions Inc.Pub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection is the original Sword of the Stars games and the three expansions Born of Blood, A Murder of Crows and Argos Naval Yard. It is the year 2405, and human scientists have discovered a new technology that allows travel from star to star at speeds faster than light.
Why similar: 4X 63.8% ★, Strategy 22.1%, Space 8.2%, Sci-fi 5.5%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #57 Starithm
67% 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 43.4% ★, RTS 21.4%, Wargame 17.5%, Strategy 12.7%, Sci-fi 3.4%
- #58 CIVIREVIVAL
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 筋斗云
Windows
In this 4X + RPG strategy game, lead humanity’s last ark and rebuild a new home among the mysterious ruins of the stars. Starting from nothing, you will develop technology, build powerful fleets, resist external threats, and shape the rebirth of human civilization.
Why similar: 4X 31.5% ★, Wargame 24.8%, RTS 20.1%, Strategy 12.4%, Space 8.2%
- #59 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
65% matchVery Positive90% of 619 reviews2024
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.
Why similar: 4X 71.8% ★, Strategy 19.2%, Space 8.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #60 山海:传承
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 薮羽制作组
Windows
在这款幻想题材的4X类型游戏中,您将扮演真龙天子,上承天命,下安黎民。打造一个四方来朝的盛世王朝。您将在此过程中体验朝代的更迭与传承,体验或真实或奇妙的事件,经受住时代的考验。每一次风云变幻都将让您感受到独特的民族魅力与文化。谨记,帝国只有一位真龙。
Why similar: 4X 44.6% ★, RTS 23.3%, Wargame 14.3%, Strategy 12%, Military 2.5%