Games Like Dawn of Andromeda

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 54.7% ★, Strategy 18.5%, Space 17.1%, Sci-fi 6.2%, Indie 3.4%

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 51.4% ★, Space 16.5%, Strategy 14.3%, Real-Time with Pause 11.1% ★, Sci-fi 6.1%

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 43.7% ★, Strategy 25.6%, Space 17.7%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Indie 4.3%

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 51.2% ★, Space 19.1%, Strategy 18.2%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Indie 2.9%

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 54.9% ★, Space 16.6%, Strategy 16.5%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Indie 2.6%

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 58.7% ★, Strategy 22.3%, Space 14.1%, Sci-fi 4.9%

Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.

Why similar: 4X 50% ★, Strategy 18.5%, Space 14.4%, Real-Time with Pause 9.5% ★, Sci-fi 7.6%

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 52.4% ★, Strategy 21.7%, Space 17.8%, Sci-fi 4.3%, Indie 3.7%

Take control of a squadron of ships in full 3D space combat. Explore, battle and trade your way through a pirate, machine and monster-infested solar system.

Why similar: Strategy 28.7%, Space 28.2%, Real-Time with Pause 25.3% ★, Sci-fi 11.2%, Indie 6.5%

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 54% ★, Space 17.6%, Strategy 15.2%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Indie 3.9%

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 53.7% ★, Space 19.3%, Strategy 15.6%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Indie 2.1%

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 42.7% ★, Space 19.5%, Real-Time with Pause 17.2% ★, Strategy 12.5%, Sci-fi 8.1%

Stars in Shadow is a turn-based 4X strategy game and a vivid tribute to the genre classics. Compete with alien factions to explore and colonize nearby starsystems, build fleets to defend against rivals, negotiate or conquer them. Win by unifying the galaxy, through diplomacy or force.

Why similar: 4X 59.2% ★, Strategy 17.5%, Space 13.5%, Sci-fi 5.7%, Indie 4.1%

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 50.4% ★, Strategy 24.4%, Space 17.4%, Sci-fi 6.8%, Indie 1.1%

Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.

Why similar: Space 43.3%, Strategy 42.2%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Indie 1.4%

A sci-fi simulation game, in which players must design, assemble and test spaceships, in a bid to build a supreme Galactic Mega-Corporation. Gain your reputation by engineering and selling your own spacecraft, testing them to the limit in RTS missions and simulated emergency and combat situations.

Why similar: Strategy 45.5%, Space 32.9%, Indie 11.8%, Sci-fi 9.7%

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 46.8% ★, Strategy 31.7%, Space 14.5%, Indie 7%

This is a fun yet challenging RTS game. To survive in the vast galaxy, you need to build up your own fleet and customize your warships. You will also learn to control them efficiently in battle to defeat your enemies, conquer planets, and expand your galactic empire!

Why similar: Strategy 41.6%, Space 39.2%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Indie 6.1%

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 51.2% ★, Space 23.9%, Strategy 16.8%, Sci-fi 8.1%

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 56.2% ★, Strategy 23.1%, Space 14.2%, Sci-fi 6.4%

Build and command a fleet of starships and travel between planets as you explore, build, negotiate, and fight to preserve your vision for humanity.

Why similar: Space 34.1%, Strategy 29.4%, 4X 23.9% ★, Sci-fi 12.7%

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 49.8% ★, Strategy 22.2%, Space 18.5%, Sci-fi 5.3%, Indie 4.2%

Galactic Ruler offers real time strategy game play at both planetary level and in space! Lead your faction in diplomacy or conquest across a procedurally generated galactic map where any system might hold hostile enemies or resource riches. Develop advanced technologies to rule the galaxy!

Why similar: 4X 39.6% ★, Real-Time with Pause 29.9% ★, Space 14.7%, Strategy 7.9%, Sci-fi 6.5%

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 50.5% ★, Space 22.3%, Strategy 17.1%, Sci-fi 6.6%, Indie 3.5%

Unending Galaxy is a unique space-sim in which you can fill any role from pirate or trader to the leader of a large galactic empire.

Why similar: 4X 33% ★, Strategy 21.9%, Real-Time with Pause 19.1% ★, Space 15.6%, Indie 5.7%

Strategy from the front lines! Starpoint Gemini Warlords combines 3rd person capital spaceship combat with 4X strategy and RPG gameplay elements. Build mighty war fleets and send them into battle or lead them into combat yourself. Become the Warlord and conquer the Gemini system!

Why similar: 4X 48.6% ★, Space 23.4%, Strategy 15.2%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Indie 3.1%

Forge an empire in a universe where population growth is stripping away planetary resources. Colonize unknown planets and trade with other races for their knowledge.

Why similar: 4X 59% ★, Strategy 21%, Space 14.3%, Sci-fi 5.7%

Build a civilization that will stand the test of time in the largest space-based strategy game ever! Choose from dozens of unique races and make a name for yourself across the galaxy through diplomacy, espionage, technological advances, and more.

Why similar: 4X 58.1% ★, Space 17%, Strategy 14.4%, Sci-fi 10.5%

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 63.2% ★, Strategy 22.1%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Space 6.3%

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 55.1% ★, Space 20.6%, Strategy 14.6%, Sci-fi 9.8%

Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 32.9% ★, Strategy 31.3%, Space 21.9%, Indie 7.4%, Sci-fi 6.6%

BAFTA award winning fleet-based RTS meets rogue-lite. In Distant Star: Revenant Fleet, build your fleet of up to 5 ships from a choice of 8 classes and traverse a randomly generated galaxy to defeat the Erebus Platform. NOW AVAILABLE ON MAC AND LINUX

Why similar: Space 38.2%, Strategy 32.7%, Sci-fi 19.1%, Indie 10%

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 80.3%, 4X 10.2% ★, Space 7.3%, Sci-fi 2%, Indie 0.1%

Asymmetric space empire builder where you feel like the Emperor, not a logistics officer. No micromanagement, grand scale, fast paced, audiences, assassins, imperial court, disloyal admirals.

Why similar: 4X 57.5% ★, Space 17.6%, Strategy 14.5%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Indie 0.8%

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 62.9% ★, Strategy 23.9%, Space 9.5%, Sci-fi 3.7%

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 55.7% ★, Space 19.5%, Strategy 14.8%, Sci-fi 10%

Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.

Why similar: 4X 55.6% ★, Strategy 21.7%, Space 13.2%, Sci-fi 9.5%

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 48.7% ★, Strategy 22.8%, Space 16.9%, Sci-fi 5.8%, Indie 5.7%

Forge an empire in a universe where population growth is stripping away planetary resources. Colonize unknown planets and trade with other races for their knowledge.

Why similar: 4X 66.7% ★, Strategy 20.2%, Space 9.3%, Sci-fi 3.8%

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 58.9% ★, Strategy 22.2%, Space 11.8%, Sci-fi 7.1%

Construct your Taskforce and lead your forces to domination in the ultimate Fleet Warfare RTS!

Why similar: Space 32.1%, Strategy 31.5%, 4X 28.5% ★, Sci-fi 7.9%

Andromeda is a hybrid between a space 4X and an MMO for Android and PC. Get dropped into an online universe sandbox with 2 galaxies full of planets to colonize. Build structures like Mines to generate resources to build ships and engage in fleet battles with NPCs and other players.

Why similar: Strategy 51.5%, Space 30.3%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Indie 4%

Dominus Galaxia is a 4X space strategy game with a focus on amplifying strategic decisions and minimising non-strategic busywork.

Why similar: Strategy 79.9%, Indie 20.1%

Play as humans or robots in a brand new sci-fi strategy adventure! Travel into the far reaches of space, through cleverly designed star constellations and variable game modes, conquering enemy planets using 15 combinable technologies.

Why similar: Strategy 91.3%, Space 4.3%, Indie 2.7%, Sci-fi 1.7%

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: Space 40.4%, Strategy 38.1%, Sci-fi 21.6%

Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.

Why similar: 4X 47.4% ★, Strategy 23.3%, Space 17.7%, Sci-fi 11.6%

Aeon Command is a tug of war strategy game, where you play as one of three unique factions to help gain dominance over the Aeon Nebula! Take control of your mother ship to gather resources, produce ships and fight off the enemy mother ship. Grow stronger as you progress through the 24 mission campaign and unlock new upgrades.

Why similar: Strategy 54.7%, Space 23.3%, Sci-fi 11%, Indie 11%

Build a galactic transportation empire and supply humanity with everything it needs to colonize the stars. In this sci-fi logistics simulator, grow your company from a local transport agency into an interstellar logistics behemoth! Singleplayer, vs AI, and online multiplayer.

Why similar: Space 44.7%, Real-Time with Pause 25.3% ★, Strategy 18.6%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Indie 1.5%

An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements. Complete contracts and Claim sectors for your faction in the near-future, where resource exploiting corporations are in a state of constant conflict over territory control.

Why similar: Space 43.6%, Strategy 27.3%, Sci-fi 20.5%, Indie 8.5%

Ambitious megacorporations monopolize the conquest of space and the colonization of the solar system. At the very edge of the solar system, the companies make a discovery that will shift the technological advantage and upset the balance. And so a new conflict is born: "The Jupiter Incident."

Why similar: Space 37.6%, Strategy 31%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Real-Time with Pause 13.8% ★, Indie 2.5%

Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore the stars, trade goods, fight battles, build stations, buy and equip ships, and command fleets in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to your decisions.

Why similar: 4X 49.1% ★, Space 26.9%, Strategy 14.2%, Sci-fi 9.7%

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 51.9% ★, Strategy 23.8%, Space 14.9%, Sci-fi 9.4%

Have you ever wanted to be admiral of a huge, sprawling space battle-fleet of your own design? Ever wanted to design a fleet of battle-cruisers so powerful they can rip all who oppose them into space-dust? Ever wanted to build a battleship with purple rotating radars and 64 engines? Well we have good news for you...

Why similar: Strategy 45.2%, Space 34.1%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Indie 9.9%

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 39.3% ★, Real-Time with Pause 29.1% ★, Space 14.1%, Strategy 10.5%, Sci-fi 6.9%

Ancient Frontier is a turn-based strategy RPG set in the far future. You command the fleet. Buy new ships, outfit them with crew and equipment, then deploy and destroy the enemy. Take control of massive fleets of capital ships and support craft as you play through two unique campaigns.

Why similar: Strategy 49.5%, Space 30.6%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Indie 4.9%

Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!

Why similar: 4X 40.7% ★, Real-Time with Pause 30% ★, Space 11.8%, Strategy 11.1%, Sci-fi 6.3%

Astra Exodus is a single player turn based Sci-fi 4X strategy game inspired by the classics, with a multiple choice narrative driven epic campaign, top down real time tactical battles and an extensive semi-randomized research grid.

Why similar: Strategy 47.5%, 4X 34.5% ★, Indie 12.9%, Sci-fi 5%