60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Space, Sci-fi, 4X.
For the Stars invites you to explore and settle a vast universe of diverse planets, each with its own unique wonders and mysteries to uncover. Conquer the challenges of hostile biomes, forge alliances, and build a legacy that spans the galaxy.
Foundation: Galactic Frontier
Command Asimov's OFFICIAL Foundation universe! Live the life as an interstellar trader to exploit your trade routes! Build your starship home, crush enemies in explosive shootouts & outsmart rivals with fleet strategies in epic space wars - with new content expanding your saga!
Stellaris
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.
Command Asimov's OFFICIAL Foundation universe! Live the life as an interstellar trader to exploit your trade routes! Build your starship home, crush enemies in explosive shootouts & outsmart rivals with fleet strategies in epic space wars - with new content expanding your saga!
Why similar: 4X 31.8% ★, Base Building 17.4%, Space 14.3%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Massively Multiplayer 8%
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 35.3% ★, Space 18.6%, Sandbox 12.2%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Moddable 8.4% ★
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 37.7% ★, Space 16.7%, Sandbox 12.3%, Futuristic 11%, Sci-fi 9.7%
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 58.8% ★, Space 18.9%, Strategy 11.2%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Multiplayer 1.3%
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 54.2% ★, Space 19.7%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Strategy 7.6%, Moddable 6.2% ★
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 42.6% ★, Space 16%, Science 13.5%, Strategy 8.6%, Sci-fi 7.2%
A galaxy with its own economy, its own wars, and no reason to wait for you. Trade, mine, fight, and salvage a living - alone on the rim, or at the head of an empire the great powers can't ignore. A single-player space sandbox that never stops moving.
Why similar: 4X 30.3% ★, Space 16.1%, Sandbox 10.3%, Moddable 8.7% ★, Base Building 8.5%
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 59.3% ★, Space 21.2%, Strategy 10.2%, Sci-fi 9.3%
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 42.2% ★, Space 15%, Science 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Futuristic 9.6%
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 53.8% ★, Space 27.2%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Strategy 9.2%
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 63% ★, Space 14.5%, Strategy 12.1%, Sci-fi 10.5%
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 49% ★, Space 22.7%, Strategy 14.6%, Sci-fi 13.7%
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 50.9% ★, Space 20.1%, Strategy 12.5%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Futuristic 3.1%
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 59.9% ★, Space 17.6%, Strategy 11%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Multiplayer 1.4%
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 54.4% ★, Space 23.2%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Strategy 9.8%
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 62.1% ★, Space 17.2%, Strategy 11.9%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Multiplayer 1.1%
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 58.3% ★, Space 22.7%, Strategy 12.3%, Sci-fi 6.7%
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 39.5% ★, Space 18.9%, Third-Person Shooter 15%, Strategy 10.6%, Sci-fi 9.9%
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 69.2% ★, Strategy 13.3%, Space 11.9%, Sci-fi 5.6%
Strategy from the front lines! Starpoint Gemini Warlords combines 3rd person capital spaceship combat with 4X strategy and RPG gameplay elements. Build mighty war fleets and send them into battle or lead them into combat yourself. Become the Warlord and conquer the Gemini system!
Why similar: 4X 29.1% ★, Space 16%, Moddable 13.1% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Sandbox 10.2%
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 60.4% ★, Space 17.5%, Strategy 12.6%, Sci-fi 9.6%
Void Ascendancy is a UI-driven space empire simulation where you colonize planets, manage specialized worlds, and build interstellar trade networks across a procedurally generated star cluster.
Why similar: 4X 47.9% ★, Sandbox 14.8%, Strategy 10.2%, Space 8.6%, Futuristic 7.3%
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore, trade, fight, and build as you rise to command fleets, stations, and entire economies in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to every decision.
Why similar: 4X 31.1% ★, Moddable 15.2% ★, Space 14.5%, Sandbox 11.3%, Sci-fi 7.8%
“4X-Galaxy” is a game developed by the 4X concept system(eXplore、eXpand、eXploit、eXterminate)
Why similar: 4X 38.3% ★, Massively Multiplayer 18.8%, Space 16.9%, Sandbox 12.4%, Strategy 8.8%
Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.
Why similar: 4X 40.6% ★, Space 22.1%, Base Building 9.7%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Strategy 6.9%
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 33.2% ★, Space 14.2%, Moddable 14.1% ★, Sandbox 11.7%, Sci-fi 8.2%
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.
Why similar: 4X 36.4% ★, Base Building 22.7%, Strategy 10.5%, Space 9.9%, Exploration 7.4%
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.
Why similar: 4X 68.7% ★, Space 18%, Strategy 9.8%, Multiplayer 3.5%
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 31.8% ★, Space 15.7%, Moddable 15.3% ★, Sci-fi 8.8%, Sandbox 7.3%
Dominate the galaxy in the legendary strategy board game, now available digitally. Choose your faction and fight to claim the Imperial Throne!
Why similar: 4X 48% ★, Space 17.3%, Massively Multiplayer 11.1%, Strategy 9.2%, Sci-fi 8.9%
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 48.7% ★, Space 12.9%, Strategy 10.8%, Base Building 10%, Futuristic 8%
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 46.4% ★, Space 19.3%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Strategy 10.1%, Futuristic 8.5%
Take the helm of a state-of-the-art warship as you fight epic space battles in a sandbox campaign. Upgrade and customize your ship, master the art of maneuvering, and use a blend of tactical prowess and heavy firepower to overcome deadly threats.
Why similar: 4X 27.4% ★, Space 15.2%, Moddable 14.3% ★, Sandbox 12.9%, Sci-fi 9.2%
Conquer a vast procedurally generated star system in Falling Frontier, a sci-fi RTS where intel and logistics are decisive factors. Design ships and raid enemy supply lines, lay minefields and construct recon stations, and ambush enemy forces within asteroid fields and nebulae.
Why similar: 4X 33.6% ★, Space 15.1%, Moddable 14.4% ★, Sandbox 11.4%, Sci-fi 8.7%
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 55.6% ★, Space 23.6%, Strategy 12.6%, Sci-fi 8.2%
A refugee capsule lands on an uninhabited planet. You have to survive, rebuild civilization and, if possible, regain control over the Earth. One big universe, one endless pvp session for all players.
Why similar: 4X 28% ★, Space 18%, Futuristic 12.2%, Massively Multiplayer 11.7%, Sci-fi 10.8%
Dive into Astronaut Assault, a third-person Sci-Fi tower defense game, and battle against relentless enemy waves in diverse arena settings. Arm yourself with an array of turrets, traps, and gadgets to halt, hinder, and outmaneuver your foes.
Why similar: Base Building 16.9%, Third-Person Shooter 16.5%, Sandbox 16.5%, Space 15.9%, Sci-fi 6.5%
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 37.8% ★, Space 14.6%, Science 12.9%, Sandbox 12.2%, Exploration 5.5%
An exceptional sci-fi strategy game based on space adventure as its core.
Why similar: 4X 42.3% ★, Massively Multiplayer 10.6%, Space 10.5%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Strategy 6.1%
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 57.5% ★, Space 20%, Strategy 12.6%, Sci-fi 9.9%
Lead your civilization to galactic glory in this bite-sized 4X strategy game. Build, colonize, trade, and, by tact or might, overcome all who oppose you.
Why similar: 4X 53.9% ★, Space 20%, Strategy 11.5%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Exploration 4%
Build a civilization that will stand the test of time in the largest space-based strategy game ever! Choose from dozens of unique races and make a name for yourself across the galaxy through diplomacy, espionage, technological advances, and more.
Why similar: 4X 32.7% ★, Moddable 15.5% ★, Sandbox 11.5%, Space 10.9%, Sci-fi 8.2%
Crash-landed in the universe of Cantata, will you expand your empire or bring peace to the war torn planet? Grow your army, manage resources and discover the colourful planet of Shoal, its people, and the armed forces overrunning this land in this genre-defining Grand Tactics game.
Why similar: 4X 29.5% ★, Moddable 18.7% ★, Sandbox 17.4%, Base Building 14.7%, Sci-fi 7.9%
A small quick game about building a factory to launch planets into a solar system! Grow your base and increase production to make the ultimate factory for launching planets!
Why similar: Base Building 22.6%, Sandbox 19%, Space 18.9%, Science 14.6%, Futuristic 11%
A turn-based 4X of rival governments contesting the dim Atlas through economy, war and an Influence-weighted Council. At the edge of sensor range, the Shadow does not lose - it only rises.
Why similar: 4X 60.2% ★, Space 14.7%, Strategy 13.5%, Sci-fi 11.6%
Stars in Shadow is a turn-based 4X strategy game and a vivid tribute to the genre classics. Compete with alien factions to explore and colonize nearby starsystems, build fleets to defend against rivals, negotiate or conquer them. Win by unifying the galaxy, through diplomacy or force.
Why similar: 4X 64.8% ★, Space 17%, Strategy 9.6%, Sci-fi 8.6%
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 71.8% ★, Space 11.4%, Strategy 11%, Sci-fi 5.7%
In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's distant future.
Why similar: Space 28%, Base Building 27.9%, Sandbox 16.2%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Strategy 7.6%
Adventure through a limitless procedural galaxy, as you play the role of a colonist in this epic colony simulator.
Why similar: 4X 39.3% ★, Base Building 18.3%, Space 16.2%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Open World 6.7%
Explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate in this sci-fi 4X turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 60% ★, Space 15.1%, Strategy 13.2%, Sci-fi 11.7%
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 43.5% ★, Space 16.2%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Sandbox 7.7%, Futuristic 6.9%
Lead your space agency in The Search for Life in this authentic strategy simulation game. Investigate the solar system and collect evidence of life. Manage base building, rocket designing, launches, and mission planning to Mars and beyond, leading the way in the future of space exploration.
Why similar: 4X 31.6% ★, Science 17.6%, Space 14.5%, Base Building 11.8%, Sandbox 10.2%
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: 4X 32.2% ★, Moddable 15.2% ★, Space 13.2%, Sandbox 11.5%, Futuristic 8.3%
Predestination is a turn-based sci-fi 4X game set in the distant past of our own galaxy. Ships from countless races are flung back in time by a powerful hostile race known as the Revenants, and must now work to rebuild their empires and somehow stop the Revenants in the past.
Why similar: 4X 55.5% ★, Space 22.1%, Strategy 13.2%, Sci-fi 9.3%
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!
Why similar: 4X 47.6% ★, Space 12.4%, Strategy 9.8%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Base Building 7.1%
Hunt, capture, and command the monsters of the Monsterverse. Build your base, recruit elite Titan Chasers, and lead squads into tactical turn-based battles. Expand your territory in a shared online world, forge alliances, and face colossal threats like Godzilla, Kong, and Skullcrawlers.
Why similar: 4X 37.5% ★, Base Building 19.5%, Massively Multiplayer 14.1%, Sci-fi 8.9%, PvP 5.6%
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 39.2% ★, Space 14.4%, Moddable 11% ★, Sci-fi 8.6%, Futuristic 8.2%
The third game within the Space Empires series brings the dawn of a new age of exploration. Your race keeps running through the fabric of space and moves to other solar systems beyond your own.
Why similar: 4X 44.7% ★, Base Building 16.2%, Strategy 11.1%, Space 9.8%, Sci-fi 7%
