- #1 Tachyon Wars
97% 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 28.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, Space 13.1%, Real Time Tactics 10.6%, Strategy 8.6%
- #2 Old Stars
96% 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 30.4% ★, Grand Strategy 22.6% ★, Space 11.6%, Real Time Tactics 9%, Strategy 8.6%
- #3 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 30.6% ★, Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, Space 11.2%, Strategy 5.8%
- #4 Galactic Inheritors
95% 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 40.2% ★, Space 22.3%, Grand Strategy 18.8% ★, Strategy 9.4%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #5 Distant Worlds 2
94% 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 36.8% ★, Grand Strategy 25.5% ★, Space 13.3%, Strategy 9.4%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #6 Commanders Fury
94% 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 28.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16.1% ★, Space 13.5%, Tactical 8.7%, Real Time Tactics 8.7%
- #7 Heathen Engineering's Terran
93% matchMostly Negative33% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: Heathen Engineering
Windows · Mac · Linux
Galactic Strategy | Tactics | Action! Found an empire and expand across the stars, command massive fleets in interstellar conflicts and pilot powerful warships as you battle for victory in Heathen Engineering’s Terran.
Why similar: 4X 29.4% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, Space 15.4%, Real Time Tactics 14.5%, Strategy 10.9%
- #8 Red Pearl Pirates
92% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Eoin Tolster
Windows · Linux
Command vast fleets in epic space battles, master a turn-based galactic campaign, and unite a pirate rebellion to find the legendary Red Pearl and stand against the tyrannical Z-Army. They can't take the stars from us!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26% ★, 4X 24.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.5%, Space 9.5%, Strategy 5.6%
- #9 Cosmist
91% 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 36.7% ★, Grand Strategy 25.7% ★, Space 12.3%, Strategy 6.6%, Resource Management 6.3%
- #10 Imperium of the Stars
91% 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 38.1% ★, Grand Strategy 26.8% ★, Space 13%, Strategy 8.5%, Sci-fi 6.3%
- #11 Stellar Monarch 2
90% 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 41.6% ★, Grand Strategy 29.5% ★, Space 11.7%, Strategy 9.3%, Sci-fi 8%
- #12 New Stars
89% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: adamjr
Windows · Mac · Linux
Expand your own galactic empire across new stars, research technologies, and challenge great alien powers in this immersive 4X grand strategy game. Build interstellar colonies, and starbases to gather more resources. Explore a unique galaxy full of secrets, great perils, and limitless possibilities.
Why similar: 4X 26.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.5%, Space 11.3%, War 9.4%
- #13 Distant Worlds: Universe
89% 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 44.3% ★, Grand Strategy 18.6% ★, Space 17.7%, Strategy 8.5%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #14 Sovereign Stars
88% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: KYDEN
Windows
Build your galactic empire, conquer planets and emerge as the last player standing in this real-time strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 31.3% ★, Grand Strategy 24.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, Space 7.4%, Strategy 6.5%
- #15 Star Ruler
87% 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 42.4% ★, Space 19.8%, Grand Strategy 16% ★, Strategy 13.1%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #16 Spaceman's Luck
86% 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 28.9% ★, Grand Strategy 26.2% ★, Space 23.1%, Strategy 9%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #17 Polaris Sector
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 475 reviews2016
Dev: SoftWarWarePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
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 31.8% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, Space 13.7%, Real Time Tactics 12.1%, Strategy 7.5%
- #18 Elemental Empire
85% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: WizardingGames
Windows · Mac
An economic 4x strategy in a space filled with magic and procedurally generated planets. Build your own empire and become the sole ruler of a new world.
Why similar: 4X 38.8% ★, Grand Strategy 32.1% ★, Space 13.9%, Strategy 6.9%, Resource Management 6.6%
- #19 Stellar Reach
84% 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 35.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, Space 13.9%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Strategy 7.1%
- #20 Trumpets of War
84% 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 35.1% ★, Grand Strategy 26% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.3%, Strategy 10%, War 5.7%
- #21 Solaris
83% matchVery Positive80% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: SpacialCircumstances
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover a space strategy game filled with conquest, betrayal and subterfuge. Build alliances, make enemies and fight your way to victory and galactic domination. Will you conquer the galaxy?
Why similar: 4X 41.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 20.2%, Strategy 12.5%, War 8.7%, Tactical 8.4%
- #22 CIVIREVIVAL
82% matchNo user reviews
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 24.8% ★, Grand Strategy 18.2% ★, Space 16.2%, Strategy 7.1%, Real Time Tactics 6.6%
- #23 Astro Protocol
81% matchVery Positive94% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: Null Vector Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Astro Protocol is a high-stakes, turn-based 4X space strategy game distilled into intense one-hour matches. Six factions, randomized maps, tech trees, and anomalies ensure every run is unique. Victories are earned against challenging opponents that play to win.
Why similar: 4X 31.5% ★, Grand Strategy 23% ★, Space 12.3%, Tactical 9.3%, Sci-fi 7%
- #24 Rivers of Chaos
82% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Bugarug GamesPub: Burgarug Games
Windows
Conquer the galaxy in this cinematic, battle-simulator. Each playthrough offering a completely unique galaxy, over 100 total specialized ships to command, and distinct commanders to lead your people. Pick your favorite faction and lead your forces into a dynamically generated battlefield.
Why similar: 4X 31.5% ★, Grand Strategy 28.3% ★, Space 16.8%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Strategy 6.3%
- #25 Antropico: Colonies
81% 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 32.8% ★, Grand Strategy 29.9% ★, Strategy 11%, Space 10.3%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #26 Stellar Sovereigns
80% 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 29.8% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Space 10.8%, Real Time Tactics 10%, Tactical 7.6%
- #27 Arinoa: Conquest
78% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Alternate
Windows
Arinoa: Conquest is a real time grand strategy game with a focus on hero units, and combines elements of strategy, resource management, and light RPG mechanics. Gather resources, build your army, and conquer your enemies within the harsh world of Arinoa.
Why similar: 4X 32.5% ★, Grand Strategy 24.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, Tactical 8%, War 7.5%
- #28 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 32.3% ★, Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 11.2%, Space 8.9%, War 7.7%
- #29 Mandate of Galactic Empires
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Oddbit
Windows · Linux
A logistics-focused turn-based space 4X. Govern through Administrative Nodes, connect systems with wormhole infrastructure, assign population to production and research, and expand only as far as your empire can support.
Why similar: 4X 41.8% ★, Grand Strategy 15.2% ★, Space 12.8%, Sci-fi 9.3%, War 8.1%
- #30 Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
79% matchMixed44% of 959 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 52.6% ★, Space 18.6%, Strategy 13.7%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Tactical 5%
- #31 Stellaris
77% 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 32.6% ★, Grand Strategy 28% ★, Space 18.8%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Strategy 6.6%
- #32 The Last Federation
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 506 reviews2014
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 32.1% ★, Space 20.8%, Grand Strategy 17.1% ★, Strategy 12.2%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #33 Dust Fleet
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 229 reviews2023
Dev: Orbiting DiscoPub: indie.io
Windows
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 32.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.2%, Space 14.8%, Tactical 10.5%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #34 Dune: Spice Wars
74% 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 25.6% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.8%, War 9.2%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #35 Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms
76% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Aserisoft
Windows · Mac
Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms is a turn-based 4X grand strategy game, played on a procedurally generated world. Battles are real-time and tactical. Every world-map and battlefield is entirely unique, so this game will always have something to throw at you.
Why similar: 4X 39.4% ★, Grand Strategy 25.3% ★, Strategy 11%, War 6.9%, Tactical 6.8%
- #36 Gunship Battle Total Warfare
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 198 reviews2025
Dev: JOYCITY
Windows
In a post-apocalyptic world submerged by the sea, the wake of the enemy is apparent at every turn. From turning the tides of naval warfare to dominating the skies in break-neck aerial combat, every decision you make will change the outcome of the battle.
Why similar: 4X 29.1% ★, Grand Strategy 21.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 14%, War 8.9%, Tactical 7.9%
- #37 Shattered Spheres
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Data Vikings
Windows
Shattered Spheres is a turn-based 2D space 4X strategy game inspired by the classics of the genre. Explore a living galaxy, build your empire, and crush your rivals through military conquest or diplomatic cunning — without the micromanagement bloat of modern 4X games.
Why similar: 4X 40.4% ★, Grand Strategy 24.5% ★, Space 15.7%, Tactical 7%, Strategy 6.2%
- #38 Horizon
76% matchMixed59% of 477 reviews2014
Dev: L3O Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 31.9% ★, Grand Strategy 27.1% ★, Space 14.4%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Tactical 7.8%
- #39 Master of Orion
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 8,174 reviews2016
Dev: NGD StudiosPub: Wargaming Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 101.4 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 54.1% ★, Space 16.4%, Strategy 14.2%, Grand Strategy 7.6% ★, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #40 Descending Empires
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Parcyval
Windows
A multiplayer space RTS blending in depth mechanics with fast paced skirmish matches. control and manage an empire together with your team in large-scale physic-based online battles, and expand your army mit modded factions
Why similar: 4X 26% ★, Grand Strategy 21.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, War 7.3%, Strategy 5.6%
- #41 Conqueror's Stage
71% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: LeftLane InteractivePub: Lunexa Solutions
Windows
The grand strategy you can actually finish. A full 4X empire to build, expand, and conquer, with all the depth and none of the grind, in a campaign you complete in a single evening. Fight across five ages on a fresh world every time, or design your own, all the way to total conquest.
Why similar: 4X 33.2% ★, Grand Strategy 29.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.2%, War 7.6%, Tactical 6.4%
- #42 Fire and Dark Stars
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 没工作工作室
Windows
"Fire and Dark Stars" is a real-time 4X strategy game. You can grow your base, build your fleet, search for enemies, and destroy them. You need to carefully manage your resources, set up and protect your supply lines, so that your fleet does not run out of ammo and fuel.
Why similar: 4X 37% ★, Grand Strategy 25.8% ★, Space 14.9%, Sci-fi 8%, War 7.2%
- #43 Hollow Stars
72% 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 38.6% ★, Grand Strategy 28.5% ★, Strategy 10.8%, Space 10.7%, Sci-fi 5.7%
- #44 Solar Wave
70% 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 34% ★, Grand Strategy 27.6% ★, Space 16.1%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Strategy 7%
- #45 Terrol
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Max Krupp
Windows
Capture Resources. Upgrade your Empire. Destroy all Rivals.
Why similar: 4X 31.2% ★, Grand Strategy 26.3% ★, War 13.6%, Strategy 10%, Tactical 9.4%
- #46 Structura
71% 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 33.2% ★, Grand Strategy 24.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.6%, Base Building 8.2%, Space 7%
- #47 Ascendance
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Torchdrive
Windows
Ascendance is a real-time space strategy game that sees you lead your civilisation into a vast and mysterious galaxy. Experience an immersive journey with detailed civilisations, deeply-simulated economies, internal politics, nuanced diplomacy, and intense space battles.
Why similar: 4X 31.8% ★, Grand Strategy 24.6% ★, Space 12.9%, Sci-fi 7.6%, Tactical 7%
- #48 Mind Prison: The Last War
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Rotten Sewer Productions
Windows
4X Lite Strategy Game where You are a war AI rebooting after 800 years of silence. Your orders are still active. The enemy is gone—so is everyone else. Conquer the galaxy, uncover corrupted memories, and face the horrifying truth: no one told you to stop.
Why similar: 4X 44.2% ★, Grand Strategy 32.4% ★, Strategy 12.8%, Sci-fi 6.6%, Atmospheric 3.5%
- #49 StarDrive 2
71% 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 44% ★, Space 22.3%, Strategy 17.9%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Indie 2%
- #50 Infinite Borders: Three Kingdoms
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NetEase Games
Windows
《万民长歌:三国》是一款单机 · 历史 · 战争策略游戏。在无缝连续、真实还原的3D沙盘地图上,玩家可以自选视角、以自己的意志重演三国。来体验真实的三国策略——真实的沙盘,真实的二十四节气,真实的百姓,真实的战争!
Why similar: 4X 36.1% ★, Grand Strategy 27.4% ★, War 10.6%, Tactical 8.7%, Strategy 7.4%
- #51 Novastride
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stradvian Games
Windows · Mac
Control your aerial and ground units using Real-Time-Strategy, OR switch during battle and join your comrades yourself in high-action dogfights and ground battles in Novastride. Dominate enemy civilizations throughout the galaxy and be the great strategist to lead your nation to victory.
Why similar: 4X 25.1% ★, Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, Space 14.7%, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #52 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 31.8% ★, Grand Strategy 21.6% ★, Strategy 12.6%, Base Building 12.3%, Space 9.5%
- #53 Space Empires I
69% 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 36.3% ★, Grand Strategy 23.7% ★, Strategy 12.4%, Space 10.3%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #54 StarDrive
70% 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 54.5% ★, Space 21.4%, Strategy 12.8%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Indie 1.6%
- #55 Hex Kingdoms
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Sunset GamesPub: SIG Publishing
Windows
Hex Kingdoms is a turn-based strategy game set in medevial times with fantasy themes. Expand your kingdom, set up your defenses, train soldiers and monsters to become the only ruler of the land.
Why similar: 4X 32.1% ★, Grand Strategy 25.4% ★, War 12.7%, Strategy 11.6%, Tactical 11.1%
- #56 HARD VOID
65% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: jejoxdev
Windows · Linux
HARD VOID is a 4X turn-based space strategy game in a lovecraftian universe. Lead your species across galaxies and multiple dimensions to build an Empire. Design your spaceships, assemble your fleets and fight for supremacy. But beware, unthinkable Eldritch horrors lurk in the vast darkness.
Why similar: 4X 33.1% ★, Grand Strategy 23.1% ★, Space 14%, War 9.5%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #57 Galactum Meridian
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hedra Games
Windows
Lead humanity's first deep survey beyond Sol in a research-first space strategy game. Explore star systems, investigate worlds, deploy probes, and turn scientific discoveries into strategic power.
Why similar: 4X 40.7% ★, Space 16.7%, Grand Strategy 16.7% ★, Strategy 11.2%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #58 ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
67% matchVery Positive81% of 9,603 reviews2012
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 46.7% ★, Space 20.3%, Strategy 15.7%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Grand Strategy 6.1% ★
- #59 EOL: End Of Line
67% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: MLS Games, LLC
Windows
A sci-fi turn-based strategy game, no gimmicky mechanics just pure 4x glory.
Why similar: 4X 41.7% ★, Grand Strategy 30.7% ★, Strategy 12.3%, Tactical 7.3%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #60 Clash of Cultures
65% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zach
Windows · Mac
Clash of Cultures is an addictive turn based stratergy game that is simple to learn yet has a lot of depth. Research technologies, shape your government, progress through the ages, and conquer the world.
Why similar: 4X 41.7% ★, Grand Strategy 30.6% ★, Strategy 12%, War 6.7%, Resource Management 3.3%