- #1 Predatory Islands
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mattone Studio
Windows
Predatory Islands is a real-time multiplayer online game. Start with just an island, develop technologies, build, extract resources and create weapons to attack other players. Different game scenarios set different goals for the players, victory is determined by their achievement.
Why similar: 4X 38.6% ★, Action RTS 21.5% ★, Building 11.5%, Strategy 10.7%, Economy 9.3%
- #2 A Right to Rule
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WildSyeGames
Windows
A medieval isometric strategy game where you manage regional economies, sway faction loyalties, and use cards to influence politics, production, and warfare.
Why similar: 4X 46% ★, Economy 17.1%, Isometric 13.8%, Strategy 12.5%, Building 10%
- #3 Treasure Fleet
96% matchMixed57% of 21 reviews2019
Dev: Dragos Pusca
Windows · Linux
Treasure Fleet is a 4X turn based strategy game set in the Age of Discovery. You start with a small ship with colonists on board, and set off to discover new lands, establish lucrative colonies, trade with the natives and fight the enemies of your country.
Why similar: 4X 40.8% ★, Strategy 18.8%, Isometric 18%, Economy 17.6%, Exploration 4.8%
- #4 OpenFront
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Evan PellegriniPub: OpenFront LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
OpenFront is an intense PvP battle-royale where hundreds clash on a vast map, forging alliances, amassing wealth, and unleashing nuclear strikes to dominate the world.
Why similar: 4X 38.6% ★, Action RTS 23.2% ★, Economy 13.5%, Building 13.1%, Strategy 7.3%
- #5 Rebel space admiral
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Babster
Windows
The Rebel Space Admiral is an idler/ clicker game about space exploration with battles, trade, base building, planet invasions and science research. Fight your way through hundreds of star systems, meet aliens, find powerful artifacts and defeat an ancient evil before it purges the galaxy.
Why similar: 4X 37.4% ★, Building 16%, Aliens 13%, Strategy 7.5%, Sci-fi 6%
- #6 CHAOTIC ERA
94% matchMixed50% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: BOBBY TECHNOLOGY
Windows · Mac · Linux
AT THE LIMITS OF EARTH, AT THE EXTREMITY OF HEAVEN. A REAL-TIME STRATEGY NIGHTMARE.
Why similar: 4X 37.1% ★, Action RTS 21.2% ★, Isometric 15.8%, Aliens 13.6%, Strategy 6.5%
- #7 Machine Mind
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 374 reviews2026
Dev: Chudo-Yudo GamesPub: Targem Games
Windows · Mac
Machine Mind is an action game in a post-apocalyptic setting with elements of survival and RTS. You will fight, craft modules, build your transport, develop and protect your base. You can control other vehicles to automate operations. Discover all the secrets of the destroyed world!
Why similar: Action RTS 18.5% ★, Isometric 17.9%, Building 13.2%, Crafting 12.3%, Action RPG 7.5%
- #8 Force of Nature 2: Prologue
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Force of Nature 2: Prologue is an introduction to the world of the main game. Explore one of the many worlds and uncover its mystery. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
Why similar: Isometric 20.2%, Building 15.4%, Crafting 13.5%, Action RPG 10.3%, Strategy 8.9%
- #9 Antropico: Colonies
91% 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 41.4% ★, Action RTS 15.2% ★, Strategy 13%, Political Sim 12.7% ★, Economy 11%
- #10 Galactic Wargames
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marion
Windows
GalacticWargames is a 4X space war game where you explore, build, and fight to conquer the galaxy. Customize your ships, form alliances, and engage in epic battles. Ready to conquer the stars?
Why similar: 4X 49.6% ★, Isometric 19%, Strategy 13.6%, Building 12.3%, Sci-fi 5.4%
- #11 The Exalted Descendant
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Idania
Windows · Linux
Rebuild a fallen species in this dark sci-fi 4X strategy game. Extract and refine real elements, command drone swarms, and make tough choices as you guide The Exalted Descendant toward resurgence—or extinction—in a procedurally generated galaxy. No diplomacy. No mercy.
Why similar: 4X 37.2% ★, Building 12.2%, Aliens 11.9%, Economy 11.5%, Crafting 9.5%
- #12 10ⁿ - Ten Power N
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raphael LepuschitzPub: RoboLabs
Windows · Mac
10ⁿ - TEN POWER N is a science & fiction strategy-simulation where you create, explore and conquer the universe from quantum foam to the cosmic expanse. Traverse 19 levels, manage more than 600 resources, defend your simulation. The universe isn’t just yours to explore – it’s yours to command!
Why similar: 4X 45.9% ★, Isometric 16.7%, Building 11.3%, Aliens 9.5%, Sci-fi 7%
- #13 The Rings of Powder
89% matchPositive96% of 46 reviews2023
Dev: Artificial Worlds
Windows · Linux
"The Rings of Powder" is a fun and ironizing game combining exploration with the construction of an underground kingdom and elements of real -time strategy and idle. The project is an irony of both some legendary and less legendary movies and scenes from reality.
Why similar: 4X 34.7% ★, Action RTS 19.4% ★, Isometric 14.8%, Building 10.6%, Economy 10.3%
- #14 Master of Orion 3
88% 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 76.4% ★, Strategy 18.9%, Sci-fi 4.7%
- #15 Missing Plane: Survival
87% matchMostly Negative36% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: SU Games
Windows
You survived a plane crash, and now you will need to find a way to be rescued, for that you will be building an SOS signal and wait for a rescue. In the meantime you will need to eat, drink and build stuff to stay alive
Why similar: Hunting 28% ★, Building 20.8%, Crafting 18.3%, Survival 9.6%, RPG 8.1%
- #16 DOUGH: A Crime Strategy RPG
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: OMNIAPub: NotTheBestGames
Windows
A crime based 4X strategy game with heavy RPG elements. Money, power, women... in the Prohibition, the world of crime is prospering, but in it, the road to the top is filled with blood. The ruthless competition, the greedy politicians and the pesky policemen, everyone wants to come out on top!
Why similar: 4X 31.8% ★, Action RTS 21.1% ★, Political Sim 13.6% ★, Economy 12.4%, Building 11%
- #17 Gewevo : Interstellar
86% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Victor Filipiak
Windows
Gewevo : Interstallar is a space strategy game derived from the tabletop RPG universe Gewevo. It offers an approach a little closer to a wargame with regard to the empire management aspect. Made with passion by a one-man team;)
Why similar: 4X 52.7% ★, Action RTS 26.3% ★, Strategy 15%, Sci-fi 5%, Singleplayer 1%
- #18 Kyivan Rus
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Plawius
Windows · Mac · Linux
A historical turn-based strategy game, where you evolve as a leader, gather armies, research technologies, found cities, build the economy, unite the tribes and expand your lands to strengthen your country! Play in a single-player campaign or skirmish against AI.
Why similar: 4X 41.2% ★, Economy 14.9%, Isometric 14.3%, Building 13.8%, Strategy 7.7%
- #19 Lords of Kingdoms
85% matchMixed44% of 87 reviews2018
Dev: ThankGame.com
Windows
Lords of Kingdoms is a multiplayer online war game. Turn your small castle into a mighty fortress and become ruler of the greatest realm.
Why similar: 4X 64% ★, Building 24.2%, Strategy 11%, RPG 0.8%
- #20 Empolicy
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StrategyMagic
Windows
Online strategy in a fantasy world with single-player options. Explore the world, expand the borders of your polis, build settlements and produce goods. Immerse yourself in the role of a powerful tycoon of the city-republic, choose your path - magic, diplomacy, espionage or war.
Why similar: 4X 44.1% ★, Political Sim 15.3% ★, Economy 14.4%, Building 12.3%, Strategy 8.2%
- #21 Ascendant Dawn
82% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Nikous Studio
Windows
Ascendant Dawn is a grand strategy game where you lead a nomadic tribe in a brutal bronze age world. Work your way up from a small clan to a great empire by founding cities and conquering your enemies.
Why similar: 4X 40.1% ★, Political Sim 19.8% ★, Economy 13.2%, Building 11.6%, Strategy 7.1%
- #22 Space Empires IV Deluxe
84% 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 72.3% ★, Strategy 17.8%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #23 Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced
81% matchVery Positive95% of 172 reviews2025
Dev: Holistic Design, Inc.
Windows · Linux
Command interstellar forces in this epic return of the 4X strategy classic. From planetary politics to galactic warfare, the stakes couldn’t be higher as you lead your Royal House through battles on land, sea, air, and the vast reaches of space.
Why similar: 4X 41.4% ★, Political Sim 19.6% ★, Building 11.7%, Economy 11.7%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #24 The Battle of Polytopia
81% matchVery Positive94% of 5,740 reviews2020
Dev: Midjiwan AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to the unique, turn-based strategy game set in the strange, flat world of the Square. Lead one of 16 distinct civilizations to victory by expanding your empire, researching technologies, and ultimately become ruler of the world! Play in single-player or multiplayer mode for up to 16 players.
Why similar: 4X 36.5% ★, Action RTS 16.3% ★, Isometric 15.2%, Building 11.9%, Economy 11.2%
- #25 Feudalism
82% matchMostly Negative33% of 45 reviews2016
Dev: ImagimotionPub: IV Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Conquer Europe, become an Emperor. Build your family’s dynasty through seven centuries, from 800 A.D. to 1492 A.D., up until the inevitable collapse of the feudal system.
Why similar: 4X 72.8% ★, Strategy 27.2%
- #26 Before Arthur
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ashwood Games
Windows
Before Arthur is an open-world grand strategy RPG set in dark age England. Enjoy total freedom as you lead your people through the dark ages and beyond, uniting England and forging your legacy. Will you survive as a Briton, or conquer as a Saxon?
Why similar: 4X 40.9% ★, Isometric 15.3%, Open World 10.5%, Building 10%, Crafting 9.6%
- #27 Station Commander
80% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Ben Marks Game Studios
Windows
Station Commander is an economy strategy game that has you take control of a futuristic space station. Your goal is to build ships, gather resources, and trade with neighboring planets to upgrade your station and ships. Upgrading your station gives you access to better ships and ship abilities.
Why similar: 4X 33.9% ★, Action RTS 18.1% ★, Economy 13.7%, Open World 7.5%, Strategy 6.1%
- #28 dreamboat
78% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: dreamboat
Windows
This is a wonderful game!
Why similar: 4X 54.2% ★, Action RTS 28.6% ★, Strategy 15.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #29 Ruin
78% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Blue Ink Games
Windows
Ruin is an open world, top down fantasy survival game. Players control a group of units as they survive in a large world full of danger.
Why similar: Economy 18.9%, Building 17.1%, Crafting 15.1%, Open World 9.6%, Survival 9.5%
- #30 Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
79% 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 71.9% ★, Strategy 17.6%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #31 DIE LAST
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gosh
Windows · Mac · Linux
We must revive this post-industrial world. Plant trees to earn Karma, build pipes, join Guilds, and participate in league tournaments to stay alive. Find lost objects to craft secret messages. Go rogue, wander with your dog, steal other players' Karma and grow stronger with every battle
Why similar: 4X 43.6% ★, Building 16%, Crafting 10.6%, Open World 9.8%, Survival 8.2%
- #32 Master of Orion 1
77% matchVery Positive90% of 436 reviews2016
Dev: SimTexPub: Wargaming Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 31%
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 78.7% ★, Strategy 15.5%, Sci-fi 4.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #33 Empires of a Tiny Universe
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cactus Games
Windows · Linux
Empires of a Tiny Universe is a relaxed single-player RTS where you build and expand your empire across space. Manage planetary infrastructure, develop new technologies for your fleet, and conquer the galaxy - all from a clear, minimalist perspective.
Why similar: 4X 50.4% ★, Aliens 18%, Building 15.4%, Strategy 10%, Sci-fi 5.7%
- #34 Master of Orion
76% 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 74.4% ★, Strategy 18.3%, Sci-fi 6.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #35 Grimfog: Dead Hand Path
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dire Prism
Windows
Necromancer Base Building Action-RPG. Build your evil exile to defend against raids and craft the tools for survival. Uncover necromantic secrets, raise the dead, summon demons and fallen angels to fight by your side. Sacrifice your mortality to become an undying lich. Burn it all down!
Why similar: Isometric 21%, Building 19.6%, Crafting 18.4%, Survival 11.1%, Action RPG 11.1%
- #36 Empires Edge
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kaser Studio
Windows
Empires Edge is a 4X-lite strategy game about building a civilization on floating islands, inspired by the classic Tyrants: Fight Through Time (Mega Lo Mania). Lead your people, achieve technological breakthroughs, and conquer new territories as you forge an empire at the edge of the Universe.
Why similar: 4X 55.4% ★, Building 16.6%, Strategy 15.2%, Economy 11.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #37 Space Empires V
76% 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.
Why similar: 4X 71% ★, Strategy 18.9%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #38 Uncolonization
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shuffle Studio
Windows
Tribe survival game where you control the chief. Manage your tribe, delegate harvesting, hunting, crafting and research. Grow your tribes, engage other tribes or outsiders through trading, alliance or war. All through mouse click.
Why similar: 4X 33.8% ★, Action RTS 23.3% ★, Economy 16.7%, Survival 8.8%, Strategy 7.9%
- #39 Block Strategy
73% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Marc Makes Games
Windows
Block Strategy is an RTS Base Defence roguelite with a fully destructible world. Build your base and find fuel to power your reactor before you're overrun by an onslaught of enemy robots.
Why similar: Action RTS 25.8% ★, Destruction 16.4%, Economy 15.5%, Building 14.2%, Survival 7.4%
- #40 Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection
73% 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.
Why similar: 4X 72.1% ★, Strategy 17%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #41 TerrApocalipse
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StDesign
Windows · Mac · Linux
TerrApocalipse is an indie space action strategy with RPG elements, set in our solar system under siege by a mysterious, overwhelming force. Soon as the vast void between planets will be filled with conflict your decisions will shape the fate of Terra and beyond.
Why similar: 4X 44.6% ★, Action RTS 18% ★, Action RPG 12.1%, Strategy 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #42 Arbeiter
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Umigame Studios
Windows
Arbeiter is a survival-management game about working-class life. Form unions, spread your ideology, or carve your own path while dealing with hunger, stress, and fatigue. Can you change the system while counting every penny?
Why similar: Political Sim 31.7% ★, Economy 17.1%, Building 13.4%, Open World 12%, Crafting 9.6%
- #43 Children of the Galaxy
72% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Filip Dusek, Empty Keys
Windows
Children of the Galaxy is a grand scale 4x turn-based strategy game with a turn-based combat and tactical elements. You can explore the galaxy, colonize planets and build huge armies of starships to fight in epic space battles.
Why similar: 4X 70.1% ★, Strategy 18.6%, Sci-fi 11.3%
- #44 Keyclash
69% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Monu
Windows
Keyclash is a simple tower defense roguelike about building on keyboard keys and surviving as long as possible.
Why similar: Building 31.7%, Crafting 28.6%, Economy 23.9%, Strategy 13.8%, Destruction 1.3%
- #45 Alpha One
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Space Capsule Games
Windows
Alpha One is a top-down action, 4X-lite strategy game. Each action level is a turn in a strategic conflict as you race to collect resources, acquire upgrades, expand territory and build defenses. All to find a way home!
Why similar: 4X 51% ★, Building 11.7%, Aliens 11.1%, PvE 9%, Strategy 8.7%
- #46 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
68% matchVery Positive91% of 552 reviews2024
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.
Why similar: 4X 81.9% ★, Strategy 15%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #47 DYSPLACED
67% matchVery Positive89% of 253 reviews2026
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows
The realm is dying. As its Guardian, you have one desperate option — tear it apart to rebuild it stronger. Explore a vast open world, master its secrets, and forge salvation from the ruins. Sometimes, saving the world means destroying it first.
Why similar: Hunting 22.1% ★, Destruction 19.7%, Building 16.6%, Crafting 15.2%, Open World 11.8%
- #48 Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition
70% matchMixed66% of 451 reviews2019
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
An intense real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy world of Orcs, Elves and Dragons. Kingdom Wars 2 combines the best of Zombie survival and crafting with complex fast-paced city building. Fight massive siege battles that turn beautiful landscapes into gory blood-soaked battlefields.
Why similar: 4X 32.5% ★, Action RTS 21.3% ★, Building 13.8%, Crafting 12.4%, Dark Fantasy 7.5%
- #49 StarDrive
71% 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 74.1% ★, Strategy 16.3%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #50 LouveSystems' Realms
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LouveSystems
Windows
Realms is a strategy game where all actions are taken simultaneously then resolved all at once. With up to 8 players, there's no waiting for your turn here. Battle for land and for riches, upgrade your kingdom and follow your strategy to conquer other realms - become the one to rule them all.
Why similar: 4X 32.7% ★, Action RTS 21.1% ★, Political Sim 18.9% ★, Isometric 15.5%, Strategy 5.9%
- #51 Hero Generations
71% matchMixed55% of 224 reviews2015
Dev: Heart Shaped Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The original roguelike/4X strategy game where every turn is one year of your life. Explore, find a mate, build a home, and raise a child before you die to keep your legacy going. Praised as "the offspring of Sid Meier's Civilization, Passage, and The Legend of Zelda." IndieCade Finalist.
Why similar: 4X 59% ★, Strategy 18%, RPG 9.3%, Open World 6.4%, Building 6.1%
- #52 Pandora: First Contact
70% matchMixed63% of 638 reviews2014
Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 72% ★, Strategy 16.3%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #53 Global Protocol: New World Order
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dorlion Interactive
Windows
Command any nation in a modern grand strategy simulation set in 2026. Manage diplomacy, economy, espionage, and warfare while shaping the global balance of power. Lead a superpower or build a small state into a global force in a dynamic geopolitical sandbox.
Why similar: 4X 48.1% ★, Political Sim 19% ★, Strategy 12.2%, Building 10.6%, Economy 9%
- #54 Sacrifice of The Spirit
69% matchMixed40% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Luiz Felipe Da Silva MarianPub: MushRoom Angels games
Windows
A fugitive hunter made a terrible mistake by taking the life of a pureblood animal, but Mother Nature didn't let it go, the forest spirits punished him. Now he will brutally fight for survival in a cursed indigenous forest. Are you able to survive?
Why similar: Hunting 27.8% ★, Building 18.7%, Crafting 18.3%, Survival 10.9%, Strategy 7.3%
- #55 Final Vanguard
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Heavy Pepper Inc.
Windows
Rule a living interstellar empire in this real-time 4X grand strategy. Make decisions that shape civilian lives, manage fragile supply lines, lead military conquests, and decide whether your civilization thrives or collapses under its own expansion.
Why similar: 4X 41.6% ★, Political Sim 17.2% ★, Economy 13.8%, Building 11%, Strategy 6.9%
- #56 KINGDOMS
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 4,079 reviews2015
Dev: Oreol
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
KINGDOMS is a procedural medieval RPG in a randomly generated open world. The main feature of KINGDOMS is a smart AI system that completely controls NPC behavior. As the player, you can fully interact with this massive world and become any person you want to be.
Why similar: Building 24.8%, Open World 17.3%, Crafting 17.2%, Hunting 14.3% ★, Survival 11.6%
- #57 Nova Historia
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BairdyDev
Windows
A unique 4X real-time historical strategy game, set on a procedurally generated globe. Play from ancient times, right through to the modern day. Expand your empire, build settlements, units, buildings and construct world wonders. Make History, Your Way.
Why similar: 4X 62.3% ★, Strategy 13.6%, Economy 10%, Building 8.6%, Exploration 4.1%
- #58 Back to Save the Universe
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Clay Peterson
Windows
A 4X strategy game where you start by hatching a single egg and eventually build a galactic empire to rival the greats. Craft resources, navigate politics, and shape the future of the universe in this unique space sandbox.
Why similar: 4X 42.7% ★, Political Sim 21.1% ★, Building 12.7%, Crafting 10.6%, Strategy 8.1%
- #59 ENDLESS™ Space - Definitive Edition
67% 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 64% ★, Strategy 20.2%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Aliens 3.8%, Exploration 1.9%