Games Like Cantata

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 27.2% ★, Management 18.7%, Base Building 12.4%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Building 9.5%

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 27.6% ★, Moddable 24.1% ★, Sandbox 14.9%, Management 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%

Raise mighty armies, wield ancient magic and forge an empire. This turn-based strategy adventure game fuses strategic decision making, tactical combat and kingdom management.

Why similar: 4X 30.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.5%, Local Multiplayer 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%

Take command of humanity’s last survivors and rebuild an empire in the stars. In this immersive turn-based strategy game, you will have to fight to protect your people, control rival factions, and unlock lost technology.

Why similar: 4X 39.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Management 15%, Building 11.3%, Sci-fi 10.7%

Command interstellar forces in this epic return of the 4X strategy classic. From planetary politics to galactic warfare, the stakes couldn’t be higher as you lead your Royal House through battles on land, sea, air, and the vast reaches of space.

Why similar: 4X 31.8% ★, Moddable 22% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Strategy 8.8%, Building 8.7%

Interstellar Space: Genesis is a turn-based space 4X strategy game in which you attempt to build a thriving galactic empire. Discover mysteries among the stars, colonize worlds, and engage enemies in tactical turn-based combat on your journey to becoming the ruler of the galaxy!

Why similar: 4X 38.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%, Sandbox 10.9%, Strategy 10.8%

Pixel Starships is an FTL-style online sci-fi strategy builder and management game with a competitive PVP tournament. Set in the retro galaxy, your role is to explore space, meet aliens, and develop your ship, crew and AI. The game contains deep strategic and 4x elements. PSS is community-driven.

Why similar: 4X 23.6% ★, Automation 17.8%, Base Building 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.9%, Building 8.9%

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: Moddable 22.8% ★, 4X 22.3% ★, Sandbox 14.1%, Base Building 12.7%, Management 11.5%

A sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game where you lead the fate of one of several factions divided between three races. Explore new worlds and new star systems filled with exciting secrets as well as dangers. Build cities, expand your influence and fight great battles on land and in space.

Why similar: 4X 36.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Management 13.4%, Strategy 11.2%, Building 10.8%

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 42.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Management 14.7%, Strategy 11%, Sci-fi 10.7%

Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.

Why similar: 4X 25% ★, Moddable 23.6% ★, Sandbox 15.1%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 9%

A pixel-art turn-based Galaxy total war game. You can select 14 factions, 61 heroes, hundreds of warships and mecha, and command multiple fleets to carry out grand strategic operations on the map of the galaxy.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 21%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.1%, 4X 19.7% ★, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Sci-fi 12.5%

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: Moddable 22.4% ★, 4X 21.8% ★, Sandbox 14.3%, Base Building 12.8%, Management 11.7%

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: Moddable 23.2% ★, 4X 21.9% ★, Sandbox 13.9%, Base Building 12.8%, Management 11.5%

ENDLESS™ Space is a turn-based 4X strategy game, covering the space colonization age in the ENDLESS™ Universe, where you can control every aspect of your civilization as you strive for galactic domination.

Why similar: 4X 45.7% ★, Strategy 22.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Multiplayer 4%

Athena Crisis is a modern retro turn-based strategy game that places you in command of 40+ units in your journey across the multiverse. Embark on a challenging single-player quest or dive into the thrill of ranked or casual multiplayer modes to become the best Athena Crisis player!

Why similar: Level Editor 22.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Sci-fi 9.3%

A turn-based Galaxy totalwar game. Choose one of 12 factions, direct dozens of admirals, control hundreds of warships, mecha and monsters, set up various buildings, study technology, and lead fleets to carry out grand strategic actions on the map of the galaxy.

Why similar: 4X 33.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 20.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.7%, Strategy 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%

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 24% ★, Moddable 20.7% ★, Sandbox 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Management 9.7%

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 32.5% ★, Sandbox 18.2%, Moddable 15.9% ★, Sci-fi 9.7%, Strategy 9.6%

Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.

Why similar: Base Building 20.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Management 17.2%, Building 13.8%, Strategy 9.8%

Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.

Why similar: 4X 26.5% ★, Moddable 21.8% ★, Sandbox 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Management 11.5%

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 61.4% ★, Strategy 27.7%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Welcome to Trappist-1, 40.7 light-years from Earth. Fly your Ark, a colossal spaceship and mobile base. Explore the solar system and establish thriving colonies. Uncover the mysteries of Trappist in this story-driven colony builder.

Why similar: 4X 26.7% ★, Automation 17.8%, Sandbox 16.8%, Base Building 14.5%, Building 11.2%

Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions

Why similar: 4X 18.8% ★, Moddable 18.7% ★, Base Building 15.3%, Sandbox 15.2%, Management 12.1%

Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home.

Why similar: Moddable 24.5% ★, Automation 20.4%, Base Building 19.7%, Management 11.8%, Building 8%

A turn-based sci-fi strategy that combines exploration and exciting clashes on the battlefield. Take control over several different species, raise powerful armies for your heroes and destroy your opponents! This HoMM-like is set in a scifi universe, with new mechanics on top of the classic formula.

Why similar: 4X 26.7% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Local Multiplayer 10.3%

Tempest Citadel is a base building simulation set on a storm-ruled planet with a vivid sci-fi story. Build a mighty Citadel in the clouds for your crew of explorers and conquer the deadly planet below in automated squad battles!

Why similar: Strategy 100%

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 35% ★, Sandbox 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%, Strategy 10.3%

Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.

Why similar: 4X 41.9% ★, Strategy 13.9%, Base Building 11.3%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Multiplayer 7.9%

ENDLESS™ Space 2 is a Strategic Space Opera, featuring the compelling “just one more turn” gameplay, set in the mysterious ENDLESS™ Universe. As the leader of your civilization, will you impose your vision and build the greatest stellar empire?

Why similar: Strategy 79.1%, 4X 10% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 3.3%, Sci-fi 3.1%, Multiplayer 1.6%

Lead armies, rebuild fallen kingdoms, and rise to greatness! Embark on an epic journey of strategy in a visually stunning world. Fight intense battles and uncover a captivating story.

Why similar: 4X 42.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.9%, Strategy 11.5%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Story Rich 7.3%

Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features. Players take the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation, with the goal of reconquering a devastated planet.

Why similar: 4X 37.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Management 15.3%, Strategy 10.5%, Sci-fi 10.2%

A turn-based grand strategy game, simple for newbies yet challenging for masters. As the leader of a nation, you will conquer territories and advance in military, technology, culture, or politics. Choose from historical scenarios or create your own with an editor.

Why similar: Level Editor 32.7%, Sandbox 32.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Strategy 9.8%, Multiplayer 8.3%

Pandora: First Contact is a science fiction 4X turn-based strategy game on a planetary scale. Our Earth has been exhausted and colonial attempts on other planetary bodies have been in vain. Finally, after decades of exploration, an interstellar probe has brought promise of a new world.

Why similar: 4X 48.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Strategy 17.2%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Multiplayer 4.6%

Dive into Planetiles, where strategy and creativity converge. Build and transform barren planets into flourishing worlds. Outwit natural disasters, develop vibrant habitats, and navigate complex challenges. Embrace a boardgame-like depth with thoughtful planning and strategic decision-making.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 23.6%, Base Building 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Management 13.7%, Building 10.6%

Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.

Why similar: Base Building 31.7%, Strategy 26.5%, Sci-fi 22.4%, Management 9.1%, Sandbox 8.6%

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 33.9% ★, Sandbox 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Management 13.5%, Sci-fi 9.3%

Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.

Why similar: 4X 24.1% ★, Sandbox 16.1%, Base Building 14.9%, Management 13.8%, Building 10.1%

Build, explore, fight! ReFactory is a 2D strategy game with a focus on construction and logistics where you build an automated mega-factory on an alien planet.

Why similar: Automation 25.2%, Base Building 23.9%, Strategy 18.5%, Sandbox 16.6%, Management 14.4%

Make Mars your own! Take control of the world’s most sophisticated AI (AMI) and terraform the surface of the Red Planet for a city-building experience on a planetary scale. Transform this barren world into a lush paradise and explore the surface for any ancient secrets that may be waiting.

Why similar: Moddable 23.3% ★, Automation 15.5%, Sandbox 12.2%, Base Building 12.1%, Management 11.5%

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Moddable 25.5% ★, Base Building 18.7%, Sandbox 14.9%, Management 12.1%, Sci-fi 7%

You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.

Why similar: Moddable 39.3% ★, Sandbox 21%, Management 17.8%, Sci-fi 13%, Strategy 8.9%

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 29.1% ★, Sandbox 17%, Base Building 14.7%, Management 14.7%, Sci-fi 8.1%

In this sci-fi turn-based strategy with real-time base-building elements, you’ll be defending human territories against the transhuman Augments. Expand your HQ, and manufacture and upgrade an army of advanced drones to wage interplanetary war for Humanity!

Why similar: Base Building 24.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.5%, Strategy 13.9%, Sci-fi 13.2%

Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.

Why similar: 4X 45.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21%, Management 13.3%, Strategy 12.8%, Multiplayer 5.6%

Weave isolated planets into a vast trade empire. Hatch plans. Research game-breaking technologies. Still be done in time for lunch. Enjoy the endless possibilities of a space grand strategy game in 60 minutes flat.

Why similar: 4X 23.1% ★, Sandbox 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Management 12.7%, Strategy 10.3%

Star Sonata 2 is a space sandbox MMO that combines elements of action, RPG, and empire creation into a truly unique MMO. Explore the sandbox style universe, build persistent bases, construct trade ships, and even fight your way to the top and claim the Emperor’s Throne!

Why similar: Sandbox 36.1%, Base Building 30.6%, Building 19.9%, PvP 13.4%

Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!

Why similar: Automation 22.3%, Sandbox 21.3%, Base Building 18.8%, Building 12.7%, Sci-fi 8.3%

Build your own global colonies on distant worlds. Manage energy and resource supplies and produce goods for space trade. Form economic and diplomatic alliances or take over competing corporations. Conduct research to protect your colonists from disasters and avoid a climate crisis.

Why similar: Sandbox 32.5%, Base Building 28.3%, Management 24.5%, Strategy 14.7%

In this turn-based strategic artillery game, players wage interplanetary wars by developing their home planets and firing massive barrages through the unpredictable gravity fields of the solar system.

Why similar: Strategy 33.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.2%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Sci-fi 7.8%

Kingdom's Life - Large turn-based global strategy game in pixel style. You have to create your own people and state. Can you lead the state to political, economic, technological and military triumph? It depends on you.

Why similar: 4X 40.8% ★, Sandbox 22.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, Strategy 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%

Welcome to the unique, turn-based strategy game set in the strange, flat world of the Square. Lead one of 16 distinct civilizations to victory by expanding your empire, researching technologies, and ultimately become ruler of the world! Play in single-player or multiplayer mode for up to 16 players.

Why similar: 4X 32.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.4%, Building 10.3%, Strategy 9.9%

Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?

Why similar: Base Building 24.1%, Sandbox 20.6%, Strategy 17.3%, Management 17.2%, Building 9.5%

Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!

Why similar: Automation 28.3%, Sandbox 22.5%, Base Building 20.9%, Building 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%

Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

Why similar: Base Building 35.8%, Strategy 16.2%, Management 13.7%, Sandbox 11.5%, Building 10.8%

PlanetX is a real-time strategy MMO set on a spherical planet. Players expand territories, construct buildings, and manage resources to develop their empire. The ultimate goal is to conquer the entire planet by claiming all land plots and outpacing rivals in strategic growth and domination.

Why similar: Strategy 26%, Building 24.9%, Base Building 18.5%, Sci-fi 15.6%, PvP 12.4%

Final Factory blends factory building, spaceship design, and a rich universe to explore. Build a mega factory and command a massive fleet against the hostile local aliens. Discover new technologies and unlock the secrets of an ancient civilization as you explore an infinite cosmos.

Why similar: Moddable 22.4% ★, Automation 21.9%, Base Building 16.1%, Sandbox 15.9%, Building 9.3%

Take to the battlefield with Wargroove, a strategy game for up to 4 players! Choose your Commander and wage turn-based war on battling factions. Design and share maps, cut-scenes and campaigns with easy-to-use editors and in-depth customization tools!

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 22.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.8%, Strategy 15.1%, Local Multiplayer 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%

Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!

Why similar: Base Building 21.9%, Sandbox 19.7%, Management 15.6%, Building 14.6%, Strategy 12.3%