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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, 4X, Sci-fi, Space.

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Command your space fleet, mine asteroids, and conquer colonies in this immersive real-time strategy game. Build powerful space stations, upgrade your ships through combat experience, and manage vital resources as you expand your dynasty across a star system.

Reviews: Positive — 80% — of 25 reviews
Released: 2025-10-21
Developer: Ellipses Studios
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Platforms: Windows

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    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 30.1%, Grand Strategy 19.7%, Space 13.3%, Real Time Tactics 11%, Strategy 9.8%

  2. #2 Galactic Inheritors
    96% matchMixed44% of 86 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 40.9%, Space 22%, Grand Strategy 18.7%, Strategy 10.4%, Sci-fi 8%

  3. #3 Heathen Engineering's Terran
    96% 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 30.1%, Grand Strategy 19.8%, Space 15.3%, Real Time Tactics 14.6%, Strategy 12%

  4. #4 Distant Worlds 2
    95% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,478 reviews2022
    Dev: CodeForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%

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

    Why similar: 4X 38.2%, Grand Strategy 25.9%, Space 13.3%, Strategy 10.6%, Sci-fi 8.7%

  5. #5 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 30.6%, Grand Strategy 16.8%, Space 13.9%, Real Time Tactics 9.2%, Tactical 9.1%

  6. #6 Stellar Monarch 2
    94% matchVery Positive88% of 123 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 41.7%, Grand Strategy 28.9%, Space 11.4%, Strategy 10.1%, Sci-fi 8%

  7. #7 Near Sol
    93% 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 33.1%, Grand Strategy 24.8%, Real Time Tactics 14.6%, Space 11.7%, Strategy 6.9%

  8. #8 Distant Worlds: Universe
    92% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,845 reviews2014
    Dev: Code ForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    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 45.3%, Grand Strategy 18.8%, Space 17.7%, Strategy 9.5%, Sci-fi 8%

  9. #9 Cosmist
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Gulbrandr Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Conquer the galaxy in this arcade-like strategy game. Pick and send your generals to deploy the fleet in the far-off star sectors, mine resources, and upgrade your ships forgeries. Deities might interfere with your plans.

    Why similar: 4X 39.5%, Grand Strategy 27.1%, Space 12.3%, Strategy 7.4%, Sci-fi 6.4%

  10. #10 Red Pearl Pirates
    91% 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 27%, 4X 26.4%, Real Time Tactics 15.2%, Space 9.7%, Strategy 6.4%

  11. #11 Sovereign Stars
    89% 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 32.5%, Grand Strategy 24.6%, Real Time Tactics 15.7%, Space 7.5%, Strategy 7.3%

  12. #12 Star Ruler
    90% matchVery Positive83% of 340 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 43.1%, Space 19.5%, Grand Strategy 16%, Strategy 14.5%, Sci-fi 6.9%

  13. #13 Solaris
    89% matchVery Positive81% of 86 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 43%, Real Time Tactics 20.5%, Strategy 14%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Tactical 8.5%

  14. #14 New Stars
    87% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2026
    Dev: adamjr
    Windows · 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 29.5%, Grand Strategy 22.5%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, Space 12%, Sci-fi 6.7%

  15. #15 Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
    88% matchMixed44% of 956 reviews2012
    Dev: Kerberos ProductionsPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 12.1 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%, Strategy 14.9%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Tactical 4.8%

  16. #16 Rivers of Chaos
    86% 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 32.1%, Grand Strategy 28.2%, Space 16.5%, Sci-fi 9%, Strategy 7%

  17. #17 Stellar Reach
    84% matchMostly Positive78% of 32 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 37.5%, Grand Strategy 20%, Space 14.1%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Strategy 8.1%

  18. #18 Polaris Sector
    86% matchMostly Positive72% of 471 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 33.9%, Grand Strategy 20.3%, Space 14.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.9%, Strategy 8.8%

  19. #19 Master of Orion
    85% matchMostly Positive77% of 8,105 reviews2016
    Dev: NGD StudiosPub: Wargaming Labs
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 101.9 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 15.8%, Strategy 15.5%, Grand Strategy 7.4%, Sci-fi 6.7%

  20. #20 Stellar Sovereigns
    84% matchMixed69% of 29 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 30.9%, Grand Strategy 22.9%, Space 10.8%, Real Time Tactics 10.3%, Sci-fi 7.8%

  21. #21 Shattered Spheres
    83% matchNo user reviews
    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 40.8%, Grand Strategy 24.3%, Space 15.3%, Tactical 6.8%, Strategy 6.8%

  22. #22 Elemental Empire
    82% match4 user reviews50% of 4 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 41.5%, Grand Strategy 33.7%, Space 14.3%, Strategy 8.1%, Resource Management 2.2%

  23. #23 Stellaris
    82% matchVery Positive86% of 191,915 reviews2016
    Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 19.5 hrsMean: 142.4 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 33.8%, Grand Strategy 28.5%, Space 18.8%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Strategy 7.4%

  24. #24 AI War 2
    81% matchVery Positive88% of 1,533 reviews2019
    Dev: Arcen Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.6 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 34%, Grand Strategy 24.1%, Real Time Tactics 11.6%, Space 9%, Tactical 6.3%

  25. #25 The Last Federation
    81% matchMostly Positive75% of 502 reviews2014
    Dev: Arcen Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 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 33.6%, Space 21%, Grand Strategy 17.5%, Strategy 13.8%, Sci-fi 7.5%

  26. #26 Antropico: Colonies
    79% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Scassius Systems
    Windows · Linux

    Un gioco di strategia spaziale su larga scala che mira a costruire e mantenere il potere in una galassia simulata. Costruisci, sviluppa e sopravvivi in ​​una galassia plasmata dalla storia e conseguenze.

    Why similar: 4X 34.8%, Grand Strategy 31.1%, Strategy 12.7%, Space 10.6%, Sci-fi 7.2%

  27. #27 Horizon
    80% 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 33.1%, Grand Strategy 27.6%, Space 14.5%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Tactical 7.9%

  28. #28 Dust Fleet
    78% matchMostly Positive76% of 209 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 34.1%, Real Time Tactics 18.1%, Space 15.2%, Tactical 10.8%, Sci-fi 9.8%

  29. #29 StarDrive 2
    79% matchMixed55% of 2,097 reviews2015
    Dev: Zero Sum GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.5 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 44.7%, Space 22%, Strategy 19.8%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Singleplayer 0.1%

  30. #30 StarDrive
    78% matchMixed45% of 1,482 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 55.4%, Space 21.1%, Strategy 14.1%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Singleplayer 0.1%

  31. #31 ENDLESS™ Space - Definitive Edition
    77% matchVery Positive81% of 9,559 reviews2012
    Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.3 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 47.1%, Space 19.7%, Strategy 17.2%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Grand Strategy 6%

  32. #32 EOL: End Of Line
    76% 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 42%, Grand Strategy 30.3%, Strategy 13.5%, Tactical 7.2%, Sci-fi 6.9%

  33. #33 Descending Empires
    75% 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 online battles

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  34. #34 Space Empires IV Deluxe
    77% matchVery Positive86% of 285 reviews2006
    Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 10.4 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 58.5%, Strategy 16.6%, Space 14.3%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Singleplayer 0.1%

  35. #35 Space Empires I
    76% matchMixed54% of 13 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 37.2%, Grand Strategy 23.8%, Strategy 13.8%, Space 10.2%, Sci-fi 7.3%

  36. #36 Arinoa: Conquest
    75% matchNo user 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 35.3%, Grand Strategy 26.4%, Real Time Tactics 14.5%, Tactical 8.4%, Strategy 7.5%

  37. #37 Novastride
    73% 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 26.1%, Grand Strategy 20.8%, Space 14.8%, Real Time Tactics 14.1%, Sci-fi 8.8%

  38. #38 CIVIREVIVAL
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: DIMENSION CREATIONS LIMITED
    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 26.7%, Grand Strategy 19.5%, Space 17.2%, Strategy 8.3%, Real Time Tactics 7.2%

  39. #39 Star Ruler 2
    74% matchVery Positive82% of 719 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 50.7%, Space 23%, Strategy 13.6%, Sci-fi 12.7%

  40. #40 Solar Wave
    72% matchNo user 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 35.3%, Grand Strategy 28.5%, Space 16.1%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Strategy 8%

  41. #41 HARD VOID
    71% match4 user reviews100% of 4 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 36.6%, Grand Strategy 22.3%, Space 14.9%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Strategy 6.9%

  42. #42 Lords of the Black Sun
    74% matchMostly Negative20% of 395 reviews2014
    Dev: Arkavi StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 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 54.1%, Space 22.4%, Strategy 16.9%, Sci-fi 6.7%

  43. #43 Master of Orion 3
    73% matchMixed53% of 183 reviews2016
    Dev: Quicksilver SoftwarePub: Wargaming Labs
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 6.3 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 64.2%, Strategy 18.4%, Space 11.7%, Sci-fi 5.6%

  44. #44 Space Empires V
    72% matchMostly Positive73% of 469 reviews2006
    Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 46%

    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.

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  45. #45 Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection
    71% matchVery Positive88% of 705 reviews2010
    Dev: Kerberos Productions Inc.Pub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%

    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.

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  46. #46 Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms
    70% 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.

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    68% matchMostly Positive73% of 177 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 32.3%, Grand Strategy 23.7%, Real Time Tactics 15.5%, Tactical 8.6%, Strategy 6.8%

  48. #48 Dune: Spice Wars
    68% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,257 reviews2023
    Dev: Shiro GamesPub: Funcom
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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  49. #49 Ascendance
    69% matchNo user reviews2026
    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.

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  50. #50 AI War: Fleet Command
    70% matchVery Positive82% of 1,594 reviews2009
    Dev: Arcen Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    70% 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.

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  53. #53 Space Empires II
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    Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
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    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.

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  54. #54 Astro Protocol
    66% matchPositive98% of 41 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.

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  55. #55 Interstellar Space: Genesis
    67% matchVery Positive84% of 818 reviews2019
    Dev: Praxis Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    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!

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    Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: Electronic Arts
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    Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.

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    Base of War is a next generation 4x RTS game.

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  58. #58 Terrol
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Max Krupp
    Windows

    Terrol is a grand strategy game focused on capturing and holding strategic resources. The objective is simple: control all resources and destroy rival empires.

    Why similar: 4X 35.1%, Grand Strategy 28.9%, Strategy 12.2%, Tactical 10.3%, War 9.2%

  59. #59 Napoleon 1813
    65% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
    Dev: Empire Interactive EntertainmentPub: Strategy First
    Windows

    In an enormous strategic area stretching from Paris to Breslau, from Hamburg to Vienna, control everything from major strategic territorial decisions to tactical battle manoeuvres.

    Why similar: 4X 45.7%, Grand Strategy 33%, Strategy 14.4%, War 5.7%, Resource Management 1.1%

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