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  1. #1 Cosmist
    97% 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 39%, Grand Strategy 29.1%, Space 9.8%, Resource Management 8.9%, Strategy 6%

  2. #2 Imperium of the Stars
    96% 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 41.2%, Grand Strategy 31%, Space 10.5%, Strategy 7.7%, Resource Management 6.9%

  3. #3 Galactic Inheritors
    96% 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 46.4%, Grand Strategy 23.1%, Space 19.3%, Strategy 9.2%, Indie 2%

  4. #4 Stellar Monarch 2
    95% 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 46.4%, Grand Strategy 35.1%, Space 9.8%, Strategy 8.7%

  5. #5 Tachyon Wars
    94% 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 38.7%, Grand Strategy 27.6%, Space 13.2%, Strategy 9.8%, PvE 4.5%

  6. #6 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 44.5%, Grand Strategy 32.9%, Space 12%, Strategy 9.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%

  7. #7 Distant Worlds: Universe
    93% 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 51.3%, Grand Strategy 23%, Space 15.4%, Strategy 8.3%, 2D 0.8%

  8. #8 Star Ruler
    92% 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 48.2%, Grand Strategy 19.4%, Space 16.8%, Strategy 12.6%, Indie 2.6%

  9. #9 Hollow Stars
    91% 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 40.6%, Grand Strategy 32%, Strategy 9.6%, Space 8.4%, PvE 6.1%

  10. #10 Pixel Imperium
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Tuki Byte
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Play a grand strategy game in any world you want, on land or in space. Import real maps, play a procedurely generated world, or hand-draw your own fictional universe. Then lead your faction to domination by managing its economy, diplomacy, and military.

    Why similar: 4X 36.6%, Grand Strategy 34.3%, PvE 7.9%, Strategy 6.9%, Resource Management 6%

  11. #11 Shattered Spheres
    90% 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 43.5%, Grand Strategy 28.2%, Space 12.6%, PvE 6.8%, Strategy 5.6%

  12. #12 Old Stars
    89% 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 42.2%, Grand Strategy 33.5%, Space 12.1%, Strategy 10.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  13. #13 Fire and Dark Stars
    89% 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 40%, Grand Strategy 29.7%, Space 12%, PvE 8.4%, Strategy 6%

  14. #14 Dominium Mundi
    88% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2020
    Dev: Dusan Petrovic
    Windows · Linux

    Dominium Mundi is a lightweight 4X strategy game set in the medieval period where 4 players compete to create the most influential empire. Expand your empire over the map, convert more people to your religion, and control more trade routes.

    Why similar: 4X 57.6%, Grand Strategy 24.6%, Strategy 8.2%, Resource Management 6.5%, 2D 1.8%

  15. #15 Rivers of Chaos
    87% 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 35.6%, Grand Strategy 34.1%, Space 14.2%, PvE 9.6%, Strategy 6%

  16. #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 33.8%, Grand Strategy 32.7%, Space 20.2%, Strategy 8.9%, Resource Management 4.1%

  17. #17 Mind Prison: The Last War
    86% 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 47.5%, Grand Strategy 37.1%, Strategy 11.7%, 2D 3.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%

  18. #18 Antropico: Colonies
    85% 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 37.9%, Grand Strategy 36.9%, Strategy 10.8%, Space 8.9%, Resource Management 5.1%

  19. #19 Napoleon 1813
    84% match9 user reviews67% of 9 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 45.2%, Grand Strategy 35.7%, Strategy 11.1%, Resource Management 4.7%, 2D 2.8%

  20. #20 Near Sol
    84% 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 41.8%, Grand Strategy 34.1%, Space 11.4%, Strategy 6.7%, Resource Management 3.9%

  21. #21 Nova Historia
    83% 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 49.6%, Grand Strategy 32.2%, Strategy 9.8%, Resource Management 7.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%

  22. #22 万象战略
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: MeleePsycho
    Windows

    Myriad Strategies: a turn-based strategy game. Rule a nation amid wars, famine, plague, and refugees. Manage cities, talent, economy. The world shifts. Win by holding cities, stabilizing lives, solving refugee crises, building food systems & spy networks, or surviving the chaos.

    Why similar: 4X 45.4%, Grand Strategy 35.2%, Resource Management 8.8%, Strategy 7.8%, 2D 1.7%

  23. #23 Splinter Colony
    82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: Cast and Wrought Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A modern recreation of the 1994 4x strategy game, Reunion. After many generations of being separated from Earth, the colony is self-sufficient enough to develop a mission to reconquer and reunify Earth.

    Why similar: 4X 48.2%, Grand Strategy 34.6%, Strategy 12.4%, 2D 2.8%, Indie 1.2%

  24. #24 Master of Orion
    81% 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 62.2%, Space 14.1%, Strategy 13.8%, Grand Strategy 9.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%

  25. #25 Heathen Engineering's Terran
    81% 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 39.8%, Grand Strategy 28.6%, Space 15.6%, Strategy 12.4%, Indie 3.6%

  26. #26 Clash of Cultures
    79% 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 46.2%, Grand Strategy 36.1%, Strategy 11.2%, Resource Management 4.9%, Indie 1%

  27. #27 Stellaris
    79% 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 39.3%, Grand Strategy 36.2%, Space 17%, Strategy 6.8%, Singleplayer 0.7%

  28. #28 One Planet
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Qardinal Games
    Windows · Linux

    Disasters rage. Political factions splinter and grasp at power. As the climate crisis threatens stability, will you unite the planet with diplomacy or take aggressive action? Deploy force or build consensus toward net zero emissions in this grand strategy game where stakes get higher by the minute.

    Why similar: 4X 42.4%, Grand Strategy 40.6%, Strategy 9.1%, Resource Management 6%, Singleplayer 0.9%

  29. #29 Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition
    80% matchMixed50% of 306 reviews2012
    Dev: Stardock Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 6 minMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 24%

    Galactic Civilizations is a space based strategy game in which you are in control of humanity's destiny.

    Why similar: 4X 36.4%, Grand Strategy 29.4%, PvE 11%, Space 8.6%, Resource Management 6%

  30. #30 All Men Are Brothers / 水浒豪
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 221 Games
    Windows

    《水浒豪》是一款回合制战略游戏,是《三国志》、《文明》、《欧陆风云》的粉丝们不容错过的作品。您扮演山寨之主,运筹帷幄,纵横捭阖。原著中528位好汉、116处据点、49个势力在游戏中登场。被奸臣谋害,魂断蓼儿洼?呸!洒家要清君侧!慢着……洒家要当皇帝!兀那赵老官!给洒家从宝座上爬下来!

    Why similar: Grand Strategy 43.5%, 4X 32.6%, Strategy 10.8%, Resource Management 8.7%, 2D 2.3%

  31. #31 Polaris Sector
    77% 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 41.6%, Grand Strategy 26.8%, Space 13.4%, Resource Management 8.7%, Strategy 8.3%

  32. #32 EOL: End Of Line
    77% 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 48.3%, Grand Strategy 37.9%, Strategy 12.1%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%

  33. #33 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 48.1%, Grand Strategy 33%, Strategy 11.4%, Resource Management 5.8%, Indie 1%

  34. #34 Solar Wave
    74% 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 40.7%, Grand Strategy 35.2%, Space 14.3%, Strategy 7.1%, Resource Management 2.7%

  35. #35 Space Opera
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Bradley Labs
    Windows · Linux

    Found colonies, create spaceships from modules, colonize planets, form alliances and destroy your opponents in a turn-based game.

    Why similar: 4X 40.9%, Grand Strategy 32.1%, PvE 14.5%, Strategy 6.5%, 2D 3.2%

  36. #36 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 610 reviews2024
    Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: Electronic Arts
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 43%

    Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.

    Why similar: 4X 70.9%, Space 15.3%, Strategy 11.7%, Singleplayer 2.1%

  37. #37 StarDrive
    76% 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 64.9%, Space 19.1%, Strategy 12.9%, Indie 2.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%

  38. #38 Master of Orion 3
    75% matchMixed54% of 190 reviews2016
    Dev: Quicksilver SoftwarePub: Wargaming Labs
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 6.5 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 73.3%, Strategy 16.4%, Space 10.4%

  39. #39 Gate Builders
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Pyralis Studio
    Windows · Linux

    Gate Builders is a sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game. Build space stations, manage work force, exploit, trade and transform resources. Face space pirates and enemy factions. Build, Expand, Thrive!

    Why similar: 4X 39.9%, Grand Strategy 33.2%, Space 12%, Resource Management 7.7%, Strategy 5.9%

  40. #40 Lords of the Black Sun
    74% matchMostly Negative20% of 396 reviews2014
    Dev: Arkavi StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 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 62.2%, Space 19.9%, Strategy 15.2%, Indie 2.8%

  41. #41 Mandate of Galactic Empires
    72% 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 52.9%, Grand Strategy 20.5%, Space 12.1%, Strategy 6.8%, Resource Management 5.2%

  42. #42 Astro Protocol
    70% 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 41%, Grand Strategy 31.9%, Space 11.9%, Resource Management 9.3%, Strategy 5.3%

  43. #43 Wealth of Nations: Economic Strategy
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: WoN
    Windows

    Lead a nation through decades of political and economic challenges. Manage budgets, taxes, interest rates, crises, and public opinion in a deep grand-strategy simulation where every decision shapes your country's future.

    Why similar: 4X 47.9%, Grand Strategy 37.3%, Strategy 12%, 2D 1.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%

  44. #44 The Last Federation
    73% 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 40.5%, Grand Strategy 23%, Space 19.6%, Strategy 13%, Indie 2.1%

  45. #45 Freewake
    71% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Oakshore Studios
    Windows

    A team-based strategy and space simulation game where allies build an empire together while competing to control it. Explore, trade, colonize, scheme, and fight tactical battles shaped by stealth, sensors, and deception.

    Why similar: Grand Strategy 38.8%, 4X 38.6%, Space 11%, Strategy 7%, Resource Management 4.5%

  46. #46 Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
    72% 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 66.6%, Space 17.6%, Strategy 14.7%, Singleplayer 1%

  47. #47 ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
    71% 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 56.3%, Space 18.3%, Strategy 16%, Grand Strategy 7.9%, Indie 0.8%

  48. #48 Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition
    68% matchMixed69% of 2,291 reviews2024
    Dev: Oxide GamesPub: Xbox Game Studios
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Build a nation starting at any point in human history and compete for supremacy in this epic turn-based strategy game. Engage in diplomacy, fight wars, and go head-to-head with other leaders from history.

    Why similar: 4X 45.1%, Grand Strategy 36.4%, Resource Management 9.8%, Strategy 7.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  49. #49 Trumpets of War
    69% 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 46.7%, Grand Strategy 36.9%, Strategy 11.3%, Resource Management 4.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%

  50. #50 Star Trek: Infinite
    69% matchMixed43% of 3,512 reviews2023
    Dev: Nimble Giant EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    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 39.3%, Grand Strategy 34.2%, Space 12.4%, PvE 10.1%, Strategy 4%

  51. #51 Horizon
    70% 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 40.5%, Grand Strategy 36.7%, Space 13.7%, Strategy 6.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  52. #52 Stellar Reach
    67% 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 48.2%, Grand Strategy 28.1%, Space 14.1%, Strategy 8.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%

  53. #53 Oil Sheik: Dominion
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Reliq
    Windows

    Dominate five rival regions in a turn-based 4X. Save the world from Nihlex's evil alien forces in a race to conquer Mars' oil reserves. Research, boost your economy with stock trades, build units, fight tactical battles on a hex tile map. Are you strong enough to lead a united humanity to victory?

    Why similar: 4X 40.9%, Grand Strategy 38.2%, Strategy 9.3%, PvE 7.6%, 2D 3.2%

  54. #54 Dynasty Protocol
    66% matchMixed68% of 37 reviews2026
    Dev: Ellipses Studios
    Windows

    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.

    Why similar: 4X 38.8%, Grand Strategy 32.1%, Space 13.9%, Strategy 6.9%, Resource Management 6.6%

  55. #55 Galactum Meridian
    68% 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 49.4%, Grand Strategy 21.7%, Space 15.2%, Strategy 11.6%, Indie 2.2%

  56. #56 New Stars
    67% 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 38.5%, Grand Strategy 31.9%, Space 12.1%, Resource Management 9.9%, Strategy 6.2%

  57. #57 Ascendance
    67% 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 39.5%, Grand Strategy 32.6%, Space 12%, Resource Management 9.5%, Strategy 6.4%

  58. #58 Space Empires IV Deluxe
    69% matchVery Positive86% of 291 reviews2006
    Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 11.3 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 70.5%, Strategy 15.6%, Space 13.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%

  59. #59 Space Empires I
    67% 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 45.3%, Grand Strategy 31.6%, Strategy 13.1%, Space 9.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%

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