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Games Like Empires of a Tiny Universe

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

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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.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: Coming soon
Developer: Cactus Games
Genres: Indie, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Linux

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    97% matchNo user reviews2021
    Dev: Victor Filipiak
    Windows

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  2. #2 Star Ruler 2
    96% matchVery Positive82% of 721 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 46.7%, RTS 22.8%, Space 11.7%, Strategy 11.6%, Sci-fi 6.8%

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    96% matchMixed45% of 1,489 reviews2013
    Dev: Zero Sum Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    Why similar: 4X 52.9%, RTS 17.8%, Strategy 12.5%, Space 11.1%, Sci-fi 5.2%

  4. #4 Star Ruler
    95% matchVery Positive82% of 341 reviews2010
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    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%

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    94% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2022
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    Windows

    In this game, you are a leader, leading a force of army to fight other forces in the deep spaces. You will plunder their resources, build your homelands, explore and expand, managing your army both strategically and tactically. This will be a saga written with blood and fire.

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    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.

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    93% matchNo user reviews2026
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    Windows

    Command fleets in this indirect control RTS game set within treacherous asteroid belts. Easily design your own skirmishes for a quick 15-minute battle or dive into an hours-long campaign of high-risk surgical strikes and systematic border advancement.

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    92% matchVery Positive84% of 127 reviews2020
    Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows

    Well-received by gamers and critics alike, Legion Gold is the expanded and improved version of its predecessor, Legion, and includes not only the original Legion game but a hefty expansion pack too.

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    91% matchMixed64% of 235 reviews2023
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    Windows

    This is the story about the beginning of the conquest of outer space by earthlings. It began as a global idea of saving mankind from hunger and lack of resources, and ended as a brutal and merciless war in space far from Earth.

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  10. #10 Age of Space
    91% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    90% 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 38.3%, RTS 22.9%, Strategy 9.7%, Space 9.7%, Futuristic 7.6%

  12. #12 Stellar Reach
    89% 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 42.9%, RTS 15.2%, Futuristic 10.2%, Space 9%, Strategy 8.6%

  13. #13 Planeticus
    89% match8 user reviews13% of 8 reviews2023
    Dev: Keshbel Games
    Windows

    Planeticus offers to conquer new planets in the company of friends or strangers. The essence of the game is to capture planets, manage resources, create as many of your own super planets as possible and generate space invaders.

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  14. #14 SPACECOM
    88% matchMixed68% of 533 reviews2014
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%

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    Why similar: 4X 40.7%, RTS 32.9%, Strategy 9.8%, Space 7.9%, Sci-fi 5.5%

  15. #15 Near Sol
    87% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
    Dev: LTide
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Why similar: 4X 43%, RTS 22.9%, Space 8.4%, Strategy 8.3%, Futuristic 4.6%

  16. #16 Chieftain
    86% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2018
    Dev: Splout Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Chieftain is a fantasy game of world conquest - containing elements of a procedurally generated 4X world, and real-time skirmishes including hundreds of soldiers on screen battling for your dominion and reign to be supreme!

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    85% matchVery Positive84% of 832 reviews2023
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    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%

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    86% matchVery Positive88% of 646 reviews2017
    Dev: Digital RealityPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%

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    84% matchMostly Positive76% of 727 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    Windows · Mac

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    82% matchVery Positive98% of 89 reviews2022
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    Windows

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    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 38%

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    82% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,855 reviews2014
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    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%

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    Why similar: 4X 58.6%, Space 12.6%, Strategy 11.3%, RTS 10.3%, Sci-fi 6%

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    80% matchMostly Positive77% of 71 reviews2026
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    Windows

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    81% matchMixed44% of 959 reviews2012
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    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%

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    81% matchVery Positive86% of 291 reviews2006
    Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%

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    78% matchVery Positive84% of 8,614 reviews2024
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    Windows
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  28. #28 Stellar Dynasty
    79% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    Why similar: 4X 41.9%, RTS 18%, Futuristic 12.8%, Space 10.9%, Strategy 9.3%

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    79% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2022
    Dev: MAX GAME PTE. LTD.
    Windows

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    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.

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    77% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    Windows

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    Windows

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    76% matchVery Positive81% of 9,603 reviews2012
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    75% matchNo user reviews2026
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    Windows

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    Why similar: RTS 32.5%, Aliens 18.4%, Strategy 16.6%, War 11.3%, Space 8.3%

  37. #37 Black Stars - The M87 Conflict
    74% matchNo user reviews2027
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    Windows

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    Why similar: 4X 52.1%, RTS 28.4%, Strategy 8.8%, Space 4.9%, Sci-fi 3.5%

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    73% matchNo user reviews2025
    Dev: KszaDev
    Windows

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    Why similar: 4X 43.4%, RTS 21.1%, Aliens 12.1%, War 9.2%, Strategy 6.4%

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    72% matchMostly Positive72% of 46 reviews2023
    Dev: Moonroof Studios
    Windows

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    73% matchMostly Positive73% of 477 reviews2006
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    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 45%

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    Why similar: 4X 64.1%, Strategy 18.4%, Space 10.9%, Sci-fi 6.4%, Singleplayer 0.2%

  41. #41 Foundation: Galactic Frontier
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: FunPlus International AG
    Windows

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    Why similar: 4X 37.2%, RTS 16%, Base Building 10.6%, Space 9.8%, Strategy 8.9%

  42. #42 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 62.5%, Strategy 18.1%, Space 14.3%, Sci-fi 4.5%, Indie 0.5%

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    73% 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.

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  44. #44 Project Sol
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Quack Reactions
    Windows

    Project Sol is a Sci-Fi colony sim set in the future when you civilization is just beginning to reach for the stars. Take control of your Empire, build massive orbital satellites, defend from roving pirates, and conquer the galaxy!

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  45. #45 Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection
    71% matchVery Positive88% of 710 reviews2010
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    Windows
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    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Flat Gradient
    Windows

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  47. #47 Hollow Stars
    70% matchNo user reviews2026
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    Windows

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    70% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,874 reviews2019
    Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    68% matchPositive87% of 38 reviews2026
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    69% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    69% match6 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
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    68% matchMostly Positive70% of 6,333 reviews2015
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    Windows
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    67% matchNo user reviews
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    68% matchMostly Positive77% of 816 reviews2011
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    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%

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    Windows

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    66% matchVery Positive90% of 610 reviews2024
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    Become the ruler of the entire Galaxy: colonize planets, extract resources, build defenses and fight in planetary battles!

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