Games Like Falling Frontier

Save humanity from the brink of extinction in this sci-fi strategy game of survival. Travel among the stars to seek out resources, establish and develop colonies to sustain civilization, and grow your military might to push back against an overwhelming threat.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 14.4% ★, 4X 13.3% ★, Grand Strategy 11.3% ★, Diplomacy 10.8% ★, Moddable 8.7% ★

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 18.2% ★, Grand Strategy 16.6% ★, Space 10.5%, Real-Time with Pause 10.2% ★, Diplomacy 7.3% ★

Lord of Rigel is a turn-based 4X space strategy game inspired by the classics. In a galaxy divided by two elder races, will you unite with other species or forge your own path? Navigate galactic politics and defeat threats using espionage, research, and military force. How will you shape the galaxy?

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 15.7% ★, 4X 15.3% ★, Grand Strategy 13.1% ★, Diplomacy 11.4% ★, Military 7%

An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.

Why similar: 4X 15.3% ★, Real-Time with Pause 14.1% ★, Grand Strategy 13.1% ★, Diplomacy 12.5% ★, Moddable 9.1% ★

A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.

Why similar: 4X 16.2% ★, Real-Time with Pause 14.9% ★, Grand Strategy 13.7% ★, Diplomacy 13.3% ★, Moddable 9.5% ★

Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 16.1% ★, Grand Strategy 15.8% ★, 4X 15.1% ★, Diplomacy 12.9% ★, Moddable 9.5% ★

Take command of a civilization that has just achieved faster-than-light travel in Galactic Civilizations IV, the newest entry in the award-winning space 4X strategy game series. Explore the galaxy, colonize worlds, shape cultures, make alliances, fight wars and pioneer new technologies.

Why similar: 4X 18.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16.6% ★, Diplomacy 13.8% ★, Moddable 11% ★, Space 8.8%

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 22.6% ★, Grand Strategy 13.4% ★, Space 10.7%, Diplomacy 9.4% ★, Real-Time with Pause 8.9% ★

Play campaign stories within the Galactic Ruler universe. Invade the galaxy to eliminate those who stand in your way or rally alien races to defend against the invaders. Fight battles at both planet and space across a procedurally generated galaxy. Use new unit control systems to manage your forces.

Why similar: 4X 18.2% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1% ★, Diplomacy 13.5% ★, Moddable 12.1% ★, Space 9.9%

A grand strategy game built on a deep economic simulation and orchestrated by an intelligent AI storyteller. Ensure the survival of your domain at the edge of the galaxy: colonize worlds, manage populations, navigate politics, design custom goods, and master dynamic markets.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.3% ★, Diplomacy 15.1% ★, 4X 14% ★, Space 7.8%, Real-Time with Pause 7.6% ★

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 22.4% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Diplomacy 11.3% ★, Space 9%, Management 6.8%

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 35% ★, Grand Strategy 15.7% ★, Space 14.2%, Real-Time with Pause 10.5% ★, Strategy 6.3%

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

Why similar: 4X 31.6% ★, Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, Space 11.5%, Real-Time with Pause 8.3% ★, Strategy 7.5%

Take up the reins of your country, guide domestic and foreign policy, navigate thousands of historical figures and events, engage in various struggles and lead your country to prosperity – all in the name of glory!

Why similar: 4X 20.1% ★, Grand Strategy 20% ★, Diplomacy 15.7% ★, Moddable 9% ★, Alternate History 7.3%

Forge empires, incite revolutions, and reshape society in Gilded Destiny, the definitive grand strategy game of the Industrial Age. Take command of your chosen nation and lead it to glory through masterful diplomacy, sweeping industrialization, and decisive warfare.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 15.8% ★, Grand Strategy 15% ★, Diplomacy 13.6% ★, 4X 13.2% ★, Moddable 10.3% ★

A sci-fi, 4X, real-time strategy game. Build, fight, and explore to survive against an unstoppable alien threat. Carry the fight from one galaxy to the next as you battle back from the brink of extinction, and unlock the secrets of the past to restore your people to the path of galactic super power.

Why similar: 4X 25.4% ★, Real-Time with Pause 19.5% ★, Space 12.4%, Futuristic 7.9%, Sandbox 7.6%

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 22.5% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Diplomacy 10.8% ★, Space 9.2%, Moddable 8.8% ★

Lead your civilization in a galaxy brimming with life and intrigue. Seamlessly explore and expand across uncharted worlds, from their surfaces to the stars. Forge your destiny in this sci-fi 4X offering a unique blend of grand strategy, planetary city-building, and RTS combat.

Why similar: 4X 20.7% ★, Real-Time with Pause 19.1% ★, Grand Strategy 16.4% ★, Diplomacy 12.9% ★, Space 6.7%

Alliance of the Sacred Suns is a sci-fi grand-strategy RPG that begins with your coronation as the head of an interstellar Empire, and ends with your demise. Manage feuding noble houses and the schemes of would-be usurpers as you try to revive the glory of an Empire on the brink of collapse.

Why similar: 4X 19.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16% ★, Moddable 11.5% ★, Space 9%, Military 7%

In this Grand Strategy game, you take control of the Solar System's Great Powers in 2092 and weather the storm of change as you navigate the uncertain waters of the future. Control the greatest military forces in the world and wage wars on an epic scale: outer space is yours to conquer!

Why similar: 4X 19.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3% ★, Real-Time with Pause 16% ★, Space 9.5%, Military 8.2%

AEU is a fast paced realtime strategy and 4x hybrid. Players influence their empire to grow, fight, forge alliances or engage in trade. Players are given control over the empire's traits, research and a set of three types of abilities(Construction, Plagues and Agents) to accomplish their goals.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 21.9% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9% ★, 4X 17.2% ★, Diplomacy 12.2% ★, Sandbox 6.1%

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 21.7% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, Real-Time with Pause 12.9% ★, Diplomacy 12.8% ★, Space 8.3%

Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?

Why similar: 4X 19.8% ★, Grand Strategy 16.9% ★, Diplomacy 15.7% ★, Moddable 11.2% ★, Military 7%

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 28.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, Space 11.2%, Sci-fi 7.4%, Military 7%

Astronomics Rise of a New Empire is an easy-to-learn real-time global strategy(4X) game. Control your faction in an intergalactic conflict. Manage your economy, conduct diplomatic negotiations and build a fleet to rule the galaxy.

Why similar: 4X 21.9% ★, Grand Strategy 19% ★, Diplomacy 16.1% ★, Space 10.2%, Sandbox 6.6%

Existence is a strategy game on a massive scale. Lead your expanding empire, explore the galaxy, and master simultaneous space and planetary battles. Engage in solo play or team up with friends for intense PvP and co-op action.

Why similar: Diplomacy 21.7% ★, 4X 18.7% ★, Grand Strategy 14.9% ★, Space 9.2%, Management 7.9%

Unique combination of turn-based 4X and historical grand strategy with a mythological twist. Explore the ancient world and build a world leading civilization. Survive, expand, conquer... and win!

Why similar: 4X 21% ★, Grand Strategy 17% ★, Diplomacy 13.1% ★, Moddable 11.5% ★, Military 7.1%

Rewrite the Reconquista in a grand strategy game where population, religion, and war evolve dynamically based on your decisions. Will you become a legendary ruler, or will you be rejected by those forgotten by History?

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 23.6% ★, Grand Strategy 18.2% ★, 4X 17.1% ★, Moddable 10.6% ★, Military 7.6%

Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.

Why similar: 4X 19.7% ★, Diplomacy 18.1% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, Space 8.7%, Military 8.5%

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 25.6% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Space 12.1%, Sci-fi 6.7%, Management 6.1%

Become a strategeist and lead one of hundreds of nations on the globe across centuries of conflict and diplomacy in this grand strategy game. Balance war, politics, and internal institutions to shape the fate of your empire, and secure your legacy in history.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.8% ★, Diplomacy 16.2% ★, 4X 12.1% ★, Moddable 9.6% ★, Alternate History 7.6%

Can you exploit the New World to control the Old? Lead your nation over five centuries of history in this 4X Strategy game. Build production chains, manage logistics, grow your Empire, and outmanoeuvre rivals diplomatically or on the battlefield, to become history's first Superpower.

Why similar: 4X 26.3% ★, Grand Strategy 24.8% ★, Diplomacy 18.7% ★, Military 10%, Economy 5.7%

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!

Why similar: 4X 27% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, Space 11.1%, Diplomacy 9.8% ★, Sci-fi 6.9%

Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.

Why similar: 4X 20.7% ★, Grand Strategy 17.5% ★, Diplomacy 16.9% ★, Moddable 12% ★, Military 7.5%

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 24.3% ★, Grand Strategy 21.1% ★, Diplomacy 16.8% ★, Space 10.4%, Sandbox 7.3%

A fantasy grand strategy game where you lead any realm you want, manage resources, forge alliances, and command armies across a hand-painted world. Plan, negotiate, and conquer to shape the balance of power in Quill & Sword: Fate of Eryndor.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 19.3% ★, 4X 18.1% ★, Grand Strategy 15.9% ★, Diplomacy 15.5% ★, Military 7.7%

Rebuild civilization from a single planet in Nexus Legacy, a persistent sci-fi 4X MMO. Colonize worlds, manage resources, research technologies, command fleets, forge alliances, and fight for control of a living galaxy.

Why similar: 4X 20.9% ★, Grand Strategy 17.3% ★, Diplomacy 16.1% ★, Space 9.1%, Military 8.3%

Take control of a country from its very first beginnings and lead it successfully to become a global hegemon. In a complex simulation of economy, diplomacy and warfare the path you chose to triumph is up to you.

Why similar: 4X 22.6% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Diplomacy 17.1% ★, Moddable 10% ★, Alternate History 8.3%

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 28.9% ★, Grand Strategy 23.3% ★, Diplomacy 17.5% ★, Alternate History 10.5%, Military 7.8%

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 27.2% ★, Grand Strategy 26.3% ★, Space 8.6%, Strategy 8.5%, Futuristic 7.4%

Galactic Ruler offers real time strategy game play at both planetary level and in space! Lead your faction in diplomacy or conquest across a procedurally generated galactic map where any system might hold hostile enemies or resource riches. Develop advanced technologies to rule the galaxy!

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 22.1% ★, 4X 21% ★, Grand Strategy 17% ★, Space 9.8%, Moddable 8.7% ★

Create a Company, Build structures, Collect Resources, Make Investments and Speculate on Assets. Carefully manage your Workforce, Finances, Resources, Shareholders, BOD & Political Partnerships.

Why similar: Diplomacy 18.8% ★, 4X 18.4% ★, Grand Strategy 14.8% ★, Space 10.5%, Sandbox 8.4%

You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.

Why similar: 4X 18.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9% ★, Diplomacy 16.7% ★, Moddable 13.3% ★, Alternate History 6.8%

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 29.9% ★, Grand Strategy 24.2% ★, Space 11%, Management 7.3%, Sci-fi 5.4%

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 27.5% ★, Grand Strategy 21.1% ★, Moddable 10.3% ★, Military 7.6%, Space 7.6%

A sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game where you lead the fate of one of several factions divided between three races. Explore new worlds and new star systems filled with exciting secrets as well as dangers. Build cities, expand your influence and fight great battles on land and in space.

Why similar: 4X 24.3% ★, Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, Diplomacy 14.4% ★, Space 9.2%, Military 8.2%

Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.5% ★, Real-Time with Pause 16.4% ★, Diplomacy 15.7% ★, Moddable 10.3% ★, Economy 7.2%

Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.

Why similar: 4X 18.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1% ★, Diplomacy 15.3% ★, Moddable 13.1% ★, Alternate History 7.2%

Dawn of Andromeda is a pausable, real-time 4X space strategy game providing an accessible, fun and immersive experience, introducing fresh ideas to the genre. Build your empire, colonize new planets, interact with other factions and characters, research technologies and build great fleets.

Why similar: 4X 38.7% ★, Real-Time with Pause 28.5% ★, Space 14.8%, Strategy 10.8%, Sci-fi 7.2%

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 29.2% ★, Grand Strategy 20.3% ★, Management 9.9%, Strategy 9.3%, Space 8.3%

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 25.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21% ★, Space 10.8%, Military 7.5%, Procedural Generation 5.8%

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 26.7% ★, Grand Strategy 24.1% ★, Space 12.1%, Sandbox 8.1%, Sci-fi 7%

Ascend to the Macedonian throne as Alexander the Great and relive his conquests! Fighting alongside redoubtable and quirky commanders, recruit numerous types of balls for your army, construct countless cities named Alexandria, and build an empire that stretches to the ends of the known world!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Real-Time with Pause 21.5% ★, 4X 13.9% ★, Diplomacy 13.8% ★, Management 7.4%

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 27.5% ★, Space 17.8%, Grand Strategy 15.5% ★, Real-Time with Pause 15.5% ★, Strategy 9.7%

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 28.8% ★, Real-Time with Pause 25.4% ★, Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, Space 12.6%, Strategy 6.4%

A turn-based sci-fi strategy that combines exploration and exciting clashes on the battlefield. Take control over several different species, raise powerful armies for your heroes and destroy your opponents! This HoMM-like is set in a scifi universe, with new mechanics on top of the classic formula.

Why similar: 4X 23% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Moddable 14.5% ★, Military 9.2%, Sandbox 7.5%

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: Real-Time with Pause 22.1% ★, 4X 20.9% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1% ★, Space 12.3%, Sci-fi 7.1%

Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.

Why similar: 4X 20.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, Diplomacy 17.1% ★, Moddable 14.1% ★, Sandbox 7.4%

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 40.5% ★, Space 22.6%, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Strategy 8.9%, Sci-fi 7.9%

The Pegasus Expedition is a story-driven sci-fi grand strategy game set in a key moment for humankind’s survival. Facing an overwhelming threat at home, humanity sends expeditions to the Pegasus Galaxy in a desperate attempt to find a refuge for the population of Earth.

Why similar: 4X 22.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, Diplomacy 18.5% ★, Space 9.7%, Management 5.9%