Games Like Distant Worlds 2

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 44% ★, Grand Strategy 16.6% ★, Space 13.4%, Strategy 10.5%, Sci-fi 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: The direct predecessor to the seed game, offering unparalleled depth in galactic simulation and automation.

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 32.2% ★, Grand Strategy 24.7% ★, Space 14%, Strategy 8.1%, Sci-fi 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: The most prominent modern grand-strategy space game that matches the scale and emergent storytelling of the seed game.

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 50.5% ★, Space 22.3%, Strategy 14.2%, Sci-fi 9.9%, 3D 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines real-time strategy with 4X elements, focusing on large-scale space warfare and empire management.

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 41.4% ★, Grand Strategy 29.7% ★, Strategy 9.8%, Real-Time with Pause 9.8% ★, Simulation 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A complex grand-strategy game that focuses on realistic solar system expansion and deep geopolitical simulation.

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 37.8% ★, Grand Strategy 25.3% ★, Space 11.5%, Strategy 8.9%, Sci-fi 8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides an incredibly deep, procedurally generated wargame experience that rivals the complexity of the seed game.

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 36.1% ★, Grand Strategy 26.8% ★, Space 12.8%, Strategy 8.2%, Sci-fi 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic 4X space strategy game that emphasizes empire-building and deep research trees.

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 53.7% ★, Space 19%, Strategy 16.4%, Sci-fi 11%

Why You'll Like It: Features massive scale and real-time management that appeals to players who enjoy the logistical side of space strategy.

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 44.9% ★, Grand Strategy 28.8% ★, Space 9.3%, Sci-fi 6.3%, Strategy 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique asymmetric warfare experience where the player must manage a small empire against a vastly superior AI.

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 41.2% ★, Grand Strategy 21.1% ★, Space 12.7%, Strategy 9.9%, Sci-fi 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A solid 4X experience that focuses on exploration and empire expansion in a sci-fi setting.

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 41.3% ★, Space 21.5%, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 10.3%, Sci-fi 10%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a living, breathing space economy and simulation where you can manage fleets and trade routes in real-time.

Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 58.2% ★, Strategy 15.8%, Real-Time with Pause 13.6% ★, Simulation 11.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: While terrestrial, it offers the deep economic and political simulation that fans of the seed game's management systems will appreciate.

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 46.7% ★, Strategy 23.5%, Space 17.9%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Why You'll Like It: Blends 4X strategy with tactical ship combat and deep customization options.

Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 56.6% ★, Strategy 24.4%, Real-Time with Pause 10% ★, Simulation 8%, Singleplayer 1%

Why You'll Like It: A deep grand-strategy game focused on military logistics and complex production chains.

Rule the Waves III is a simulation of naval ship design and construction, fleet management and naval warfare from 1890 to 1970.

Why similar: Strategy 48.9%, Simulation 45.7%, Singleplayer 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, spreadsheet-heavy naval simulation that captures the same 'managerial' feel as the seed game.

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 57.4% ★, Strategy 20.1%, Space 13.7%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic 4X experience that offers deep customization and a massive scope for empire building.

Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. From World War II through the Cold War and into the future, re-live or re-imagine the tensions and crises of our recent history! Guide your nation through the era of your choice in Campaigns, Scenarios, and Sandboxes, as you make every effort to become Supreme Ruler!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 54.2% ★, Real-Time with Pause 18.8% ★, Strategy 14.4%, Simulation 11.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: A real-time, massive-scale simulation that allows for granular control over every aspect of a nation.

From the creators of AI War: Fleet Command comes an all-new grand strategy title with turn-based tactical combat, set in a deep simulation of an entire solar system and its billions of inhabitants. You are the last of a murdered race, determined to unify or destroy the 8 others.

Why similar: 4X 33% ★, Space 16.1%, Grand Strategy 15.6% ★, Strategy 15.4%, Simulation 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A unique simulation that focuses on galactic politics, diplomacy, and managing multiple alien races.

Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.3% ★, 4X 28.3% ★, Strategy 16.3%, Simulation 10.1%, Real-Time with Pause 7.2% ★

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the internal management and political maneuvering of an empire, providing a different but equally deep strategic layer.

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 36% ★, Grand Strategy 20.3% ★, Space 16.4%, Strategy 9.7%, Sci-fi 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Blends 4X strategy with open-world space combat and fleet management.

Dominate the classical Mediterranean in Imperator: Rome, a grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. Navigate the dangerous waters of politics and diplomacy as you build up your provinces and conquer foreign lands. Now available with special content and the digital artbook.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 59% ★, Strategy 24.5%, Simulation 13.4%, Real-Time with Pause 2.1% ★, Singleplayer 1%

Why You'll Like It: A grand-strategy game with complex population and political systems that require careful management.

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 38.1% ★, Grand Strategy 25.7% ★, Space 10.5%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Strategy 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Refined 4X gameplay with deep customization and a focus on long-term empire development.

Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 50.9% ★, Strategy 20.5%, Simulation 17%, Combat 6.8%, 3D 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on real-time logistics, vehicle management, and tactical decision-making.

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 48.8% ★, Strategy 20.2%, Space 15.9%, Sci-fi 8%, Grand Strategy 5.7% ★

Why You'll Like It: A stylized 4X game with unique faction mechanics and deep strategic choices.

Battle for survival in the skies of a mysterious future Earth in this unique action-strategy game mixing arcade combat, exploration, management and diplomacy. As giant flying ships wage spectacular aerial warfare, a prophecy tells of one who will save the world – could it be you?

Why similar: Strategy 38.2%, Sci-fi 28.5%, Simulation 27.9%, Singleplayer 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A real-time strategy game with intense simulation, logistical management, and strategic depth.

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 56% ★, Strategy 18.2%, Space 12.7%, Grand Strategy 7% ★, Sci-fi 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A modern reboot of the classic 4X formula that remains accessible while offering deep strategic depth.

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 39.1% ★, Grand Strategy 25.1% ★, Space 11.1%, Strategy 10.1%, Sci-fi 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 4X strategy game that focuses on planetary exploration and colonization in a sci-fi universe.

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 44% ★, Grand Strategy 27.7% ★, Strategy 12.1%, Space 9.3%, Sci-fi 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A grand-strategy game that focuses on the management of a galactic empire from the perspective of an emperor.

Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 49.8% ★, Real-Time with Pause 18.7% ★, Strategy 16.3%, Simulation 13.3%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: Tactical space combat that emphasizes realistic physics and deep simulation of fleet systems.

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 63% ★, Strategy 16%, Space 13.6%, Sci-fi 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style 4X game with a distinct art style and focused strategic gameplay.

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 35.1% ★, Grand Strategy 26.6% ★, Space 11.9%, Strategy 8.7%, Sci-fi 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A 4X space strategy game that emphasizes research, exploration, and empire expansion.

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 36% ★, Grand Strategy 25.3% ★, Space 11.9%, Strategy 8.2%, Sci-fi 7.9%

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 45.3% ★, Strategy 17.3%, Space 15.9%, Grand Strategy 15.2% ★, Sci-fi 5.9%

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 59.5% ★, Strategy 17.8%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Simulation 6.6%, Space 5.6%

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 57.8% ★, Space 17.1%, Strategy 16.7%, Sci-fi 8%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Assume command of a battle fleet and deploy immediately to the Dust Zone, commander. Our main food supply station has gone dark and the United Earth Nations (UEN) needs to know why in this 4X RTS space sim. Manage your ships, control space stations, and watch your back.

Why similar: 4X 47.5% ★, Space 16.5%, Strategy 12.5%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Simulation 8.7%

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 75.1%, 4X 11.2% ★, Space 7.6%, Grand Strategy 3.3% ★, Sci-fi 2.7%

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 60% ★, Strategy 19.4%, Space 11.4%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%

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 38.2% ★, Grand Strategy 28.3% ★, Space 11.1%, Strategy 8.2%, Sci-fi 7.8%

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 50% ★, Strategy 18.5%, Space 14.4%, Real-Time with Pause 9.5% ★, Sci-fi 7.6%

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 41% ★, Grand Strategy 28.2% ★, Sci-fi 12%, Strategy 9.4%, Simulation 7.8%

In this Grand Strategy game, you take control of the Solar System's Great Powers in 2092 and weather the storm of change as you navigate the uncertain waters of the future. Control the greatest military forces in the world and wage wars on an epic scale: outer space is yours to conquer!

Why similar: 4X 33% ★, Grand Strategy 27.5% ★, Space 12%, Strategy 8.5%, Sci-fi 7.9%

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 60.4% ★, Strategy 18.4%, Space 13.8%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Combining the best of space combat and real time strategy. Victory can be tactical, a dogfight or capital ship slugging match - depending on how you decide to achieve it. Space combat on a RTS scale with space sim savagery.

Why similar: Space 32.7%, Strategy 28.7%, Simulation 23.9%, Sci-fi 14.6%

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 42.9% ★, Grand Strategy 31.2% ★, Space 13.7%, Strategy 6.4%, Simulation 4%

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 34.6% ★, Strategy 19.7%, Simulation 16.5%, Space 15.5%, Real-Time with Pause 7.1% ★

Battlevoid: Harbinger is a hard sci-fi space exploration game blending roguelike, turn-based, star map strategy, and real-time space battles. You are a young commander venturing out into enemy territories, to unknown galaxies, never knowing what you will face as you jump out from hyperspace.

Why similar: Space 37.7%, Strategy 26.5%, Simulation 17.4%, Real-Time with Pause 8.8% ★, Sci-fi 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 32.1% ★, Grand Strategy 23% ★, Space 10.9%, Real-Time with Pause 8.5% ★, Strategy 7.3%

Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!

Why similar: Space 26.3%, Sci-fi 24.1%, Real-Time with Pause 17.2% ★, Strategy 16.9%, Simulation 12.5%

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 47.4% ★, Grand Strategy 32% ★, Strategy 11.2%, Simulation 8.4%, Singleplayer 1%

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 33.1% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Space 11.6%, Real-Time with Pause 8.9% ★, Procedural Generation 7.3%

Tactical, beautiful, and wholly unique, the GOTY-winning sci-fi RTS returns with Homeworld 3. Assume control and battle through fleet combat in dazzling, fully 3D space while the award-winning story unfolds on a galactic scale.

Why similar: Space 35.7%, Strategy 22.4%, Sci-fi 19.1%, Simulation 9.8%, Combat 6.7%

Rule a fantasy realm of your own design! Explore new magical realms in Age of Wonders’ signature blend of 4X strategy and turn-based tactical combat. Control a faction that grows and changes as you expand your empire with each turn!

Why similar: 4X 48.5% ★, Grand Strategy 30.5% ★, Strategy 12%, Simulation 8%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Get the complete GalCiv II saga including Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, the expansion pack Dark Avatar, and the newest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor!

Why similar: 4X 47% ★, Grand Strategy 32.9% ★, Strategy 10.4%, Space 3.4%, 3D 3.2%

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: Strategy 31.2%, Space 24.1%, Simulation 20.9%, Real-Time with Pause 13.7% ★, Sci-fi 9.4%

Can anyone build an empire in a place like this? Other factions are naturally suspicious of newcomers and may wage war at the first sign of unidentified craft. Here, a natural death is an uncommon luxury.

Why similar: 4X 36.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Space 12.1%, Strategy 10.8%, Simulation 9%

Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.

Why similar: Space 29.8%, Strategy 20.3%, Sci-fi 19.3%, Procedural Generation 14.3%, Simulation 14%

Start with nothing... End with everything! All you have is a basic ship, barely fit for combat, with it you'll start your journey and empire. A open world space sandbox, inspired by and expanding the classics.

Why similar: 4X 48.6% ★, Space 15.9%, Strategy 11.6%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Simulation 9.7%

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 65% ★, Strategy 21.1%, Space 9.2%, Sci-fi 4.7%

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 36%, Strategy 26.8%, Sci-fi 18.7%, Simulation 12.1%, Real-Time with Pause 5% ★