- #1 Kron Wars
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alien Bulb
Windows
A persistent space MMO that runs in your browser. No download. No installation. Open a tab and you are in the Frontier. Trade, mine and fight across 5,000 sectors, in an economy that players build. And one mechanic that no other MMO has: war rewrites the map.
Why similar: 4X 21.7% ★, Trading 16.7%, Massively Multiplayer 15.2%, Space 11.1%, Base Building 10.4%
- #2 Hades' Star
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,682 reviews2019
Dev: Parallel Space Inc
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 54.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
A unique space strategy game where thousands of players participate in one shared galaxy.
Why similar: Space 27%, Massively Multiplayer 23.2%, 4X 14.7% ★, Strategy 9.8%, RTS 9.2%
- #3 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 41.6% ★, Space 20.2%, RTS 15.7%, Strategy 11.6%, Sci-fi 10.9%
- #4 StarFringe: Adversus
94% matchMixed64% of 235 reviews2023
Dev: CasualogicPub: Conglomerate 5
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.
Why similar: 4X 23.3% ★, Base Building 17.8%, RTS 14.4%, Space 13.7%, Top-Down Shooter 9.2%
- #5 StarDrive
94% 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 47.5% ★, Space 19.3%, Strategy 12.5%, RTS 12.3%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #6 Shallow Space
93% matchMostly Negative25% of 231 reviews2015
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Construct your Taskforce and lead your forces to domination in the ultimate Fleet Warfare RTS!
Why similar: Space 24.7%, RTS 17.2%, 4X 16.9% ★, Strategy 14.5%, RPG 11%
- #7 Stellar outpost commander
91% matchPositive84% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Kinderril
Windows
Real-time strategy game with commander task control. Pilots-Mercenary, each with their own character, and many unique ships for them. Interesting missions. Base development, various technologies and space exploration.
Why similar: Base Building 17.3%, Trading 16.8%, Space 16.1%, RTS 12.8%, Resource Management 7.4%
- #8 For The Stars
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
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.
Why similar: 4X 31.8% ★, Base Building 17.4%, Space 14.3%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Massively Multiplayer 8%
- #9 Anno 2205™
90% matchMostly Positive70% of 6,333 reviews2015
Dev: Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 54.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.
Why similar: 4X 27.2% ★, Space 10.2%, Strategy 9.7%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Futuristic 7.5%
- #10 Reshaping Mars
89% matchVery Positive84% of 832 reviews2023
Dev: TholusPub: Yooreka Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
「Reshaping Mars」is a colony simulation game on Mars, you will start by gathering resources, storing food, accepting immigrants, and building a better colony together. Develop powerful technologies for Mars Reshaping, make Mars great agai..sorry, just great. Don't forget to make the residents happy.
Why similar: 4X 23.5% ★, Base Building 16.8%, RTS 13%, Space 10.6%, Management 6.6%
- #11 Sins of a Solar Empire II
89% matchVery Positive84% of 8,614 reviews2024
Dev: Ironclad Games CorporationPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 31.7% ★, Space 19.6%, RTS 14.2%, Base Building 9.4%, Strategy 8.3%
- #12 Space Empires II
88% matchMixed56% of 18 reviews2020
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
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 28.8% ★, Base Building 22.2%, Strategy 12.8%, Management 10.9%, Space 8.9%
- #13 Gewevo : Interstellar
87% 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 38.5% ★, RTS 15.8%, Strategy 13.1%, Space 11.6%, Base Building 9.8%
- #14 Star Ruler
86% 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 43.5% ★, Space 21%, Strategy 15.1%, RTS 13.1%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #15 Exogate Initiative
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 727 reviews2025
Dev: Xeno Bits
Windows
Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.
Why similar: 4X 23.2% ★, Base Building 15.8%, RTS 10.5%, Space 9.8%, Management 8.9%
- #16 Periphery Online
84% matchMixed72% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: Aleksandr Nagaev
Windows
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 21.7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 19.1%, RTS 16.2%, Space 15.8%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #17 StarDrive 2
86% 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.
Why similar: 4X 40.9% ★, Space 21.5%, Strategy 18.7%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Management 6%
- #18 Hollow Stars
84% 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 36.5% ★, RTS 13.9%, Strategy 11.5%, Space 10.5%, Simulation 9%
- #19 Stellar Dynasty
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joshua R.D. Wilson
Windows
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 33.1% ★, Space 16.7%, RTS 11%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Futuristic 8.8%
- #20 云之城
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ALGHUB
Windows
It's a Chinese ancient city building strategy game that features ancient-style city building, a rich social simulation system, and always dissatisfied citizens. You come to a nice place, and you will become a lord who leads people to live in peace, reclaim wasteland, and build a stable city.
Why similar: 4X 38.2% ★, Base Building 29.5%, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 10.3%, RPG 9.9%
- #21 Solar Wave
81% 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 32.2% ★, Space 15.7%, RTS 12.9%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Management 8.1%
- #22 Commanders Fury
82% 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 32.3% ★, Space 15.7%, RTS 14.9%, Strategy 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #23 Gate Builders
81% 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 31.4% ★, Space 13%, Trading 12.2%, Management 10.1%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #24 4X-Galaxy 无主之地:银河
80% matchMixed51% of 255 reviews2018
Dev: Mercator
Windows
“4X-Galaxy” is a game developed by the 4X concept system(eXplore、eXpand、eXploit、eXterminate)
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 33.1%, 4X 32% ★, Space 16%, Strategy 11.3%, RPG 7.7%
- #25 Near Sol
79% 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 35.7% ★, RTS 14.6%, Space 13.5%, Management 9.2%, Strategy 7.6%
- #26 Stellar Reach
78% 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 36.9% ★, Space 14.9%, Sci-fi 10.1%, RTS 10.1%, Strategy 8.3%
- #27 Distant Worlds: Universe
78% 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 48.5% ★, Space 20.1%, Strategy 10.5%, Sci-fi 9%, RTS 6.6%
- #28 Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
79% 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 52.4% ★, Space 19.1%, Strategy 15.4%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Multiplayer 3.2%
- #29 Stardust Exile
77% matchMixed69% of 47 reviews2024
Dev: Apseren
Windows · Linux
Stardust Exile is an RTS set in the Milky Way galaxy, containing currently known stars and exoplanets with their real characteristics. The remaining star systems are procedurally generated. It has both online mode and single-player skirmish mode. The online server is persistent and single-shard.
Why similar: 4X 27.4% ★, Massively Multiplayer 15.3%, RTS 12.4%, Space 12.2%, Base Building 11.4%
- #30 Space One - Electron
77% matchMixed56% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: Triangle4 Studios Inc.
Windows
Adventure through a limitless procedural galaxy, as you play the role of a colonist in this epic colony simulator.
Why similar: 4X 31.2% ★, Base Building 18%, Space 14.6%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #31 Age of Space
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PodPal Games
Windows
Evolve from being a nobody to being the center of power! Age of space combines real time resource management with tactical combat. Work as a mercenary for clients in our solar system as you gradually get dragged into a liberation war between the Martians and the UEA. Who will you side with?
Why similar: 4X 28.1% ★, Space 24.6%, RTS 17.9%, Strategy 15.2%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #32 ASTRA LIMES: Belt Operations
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CorvusPub: Minus1K
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.
Why similar: 4X 41.1% ★, RTS 17%, Space 16.2%, Strategy 13%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #33 Star Conqueror 舰队指挥官
75% matchMixed58% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: MirrorAlice Studio
Windows
Engage in real-time battles with customizable space warships. Explore the galaxy, forge alliances, develop powerful ships, and defeat alien invaders.
Why similar: 4X 23.9% ★, Trading 17.5%, Space 15.2%, Sci-fi 8.9%, RTS 8.2%
- #34 ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
75% 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 44.6% ★, Space 20%, Strategy 16.8%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Multiplayer 3%
- #35 Twilight Imperium Digital
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Square Games
Windows
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 39.9% ★, Massively Multiplayer 19.5%, Space 16.3%, Strategy 11.8%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #36 Planeticus
74% 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.
Why similar: 4X 38.3% ★, Space 15.6%, RTS 14.3%, Strategy 9.3%, Multiplayer 6.6%
- #37 Ascendance
73% 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 31% ★, RTS 13.1%, Space 13%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Resource Management 7.5%
- #38 Wayfallen
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wayfarer
Windows
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 27.6% ★, Space 16.6%, RTS 11.9%, Base Building 9.6%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #39 Astronomics Rise of a New Empire
72% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: JayFiArts
Windows
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 29% ★, Space 14%, Trading 13.1%, RTS 12.1%, Management 8.4%
- #40 Empires of a Tiny Universe
72% 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 37.2% ★, RTS 16%, Base Building 10.6%, Space 9.8%, Strategy 8.9%
- #41 Master of Orion
71% 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 55.1% ★, Space 17.3%, Strategy 16.2%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Multiplayer 2.8%
- #42 Powerplay
68% matchPositive87% of 38 reviews2026
Dev: Frantic
Windows · Mac
Powerplay is an RTS with a focus on resources and industry. Create supply chains, transport, and explore in this thrilling base builder. Grow into a powerful industrial nation, but don't spread too thin! Resources are finite and "the others" can reclaim what is theirs at any time.
Why similar: 4X 31.8% ★, Base Building 21.2%, RTS 16%, Resource Management 10.6%, Strategy 8%
- #43 Etherium
71% matchMostly Negative37% of 953 reviews2015
Dev: Tindalos InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Etherium is a real-time strategy game set in a science-fiction universe, where three factions battle it out for a mysterious and rare resource known as ‘Etherium’.
Why similar: Sci-fi 26.8%, RTS 20%, Strategy 17.8%, 4X 15.7% ★, Space 13.8%
- #44 Space Empires I
70% 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 36% ★, Strategy 13.8%, Management 12.8%, Space 10.6%, Base Building 7.6%
- #45 Ashen Throne
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ashen Throne Games
Windows
Ashen Throne is a post-apocalyptic 4X strategy MMO. Command a mobile fortress Crawler, raid a dead world for unbanked loot, and fight your alliance's way through a 24/7 siege of the Citadel, the last city on Earth. Drive out. Grab what you can. Don't die on the way home.
Why similar: 4X 37.6% ★, Massively Multiplayer 14.4%, Strategy 11.7%, Base Building 11%, Trading 8.1%
- #46 Galactic Inheritors
71% 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 48.9% ★, Space 28.1%, Strategy 12.9%, Sci-fi 10.1%
- #47 Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection
70% matchVery Positive88% of 710 reviews2010
Dev: Kerberos Productions Inc.Pub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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 53.4% ★, Space 17.8%, Strategy 15.1%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Multiplayer 3.3%
- #48 Star Hunter - Infinite Lagrange
69% matchMixed57% of 1,061 reviews2021
Dev: NetEase Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 89.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
In a remote corner of the Milky Way, you, a star hunter, will control a fleet, take on a wide variety of bounty contracts and missions, and venture into the vastness of space. You will hunt for mysterious items for your employers and explore specific targets in uncharted territory.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 32.3%, Space 22.2%, Base Building 19.2%, Strategy 14.5%, Simulation 7.1%
- #49 Prosperous Universe
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,103 reviews2022
Dev: simulogics
Windows
In Prosperous Universe start your galactic empire by trading on the real-time market exchange with other real players. Build your 1st base from humble beginnings & watch as your business flourishes with complex supply chain strategies. Economics, politics & realism fuel this immersive business MMO.
Why similar: Trading 18.4%, Base Building 16.2%, Massively Multiplayer 15.2%, Space 11.7%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #50 Space Empires IV Deluxe
68% 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 57.3% ★, Strategy 16.9%, Space 15%, Sci-fi 10.8%
- #51 Beyond Astra
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nebule Games
Windows
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 32.6% ★, RTS 15.1%, Base Building 13.1%, Space 12.3%, Sci-fi 7%
- #52 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
66% 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 60.4% ★, Space 18%, Strategy 13.2%, Multiplayer 8.3%
- #53 SPACECOM
68% matchMixed68% of 533 reviews2014
Dev: Flow CombinePub: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
SPACECOM – a strategic-to-the-bone, starfleet command game in which deception, smart movement, and choices to battle decide victory or defeat.
Why similar: 4X 36.2% ★, RTS 22.6%, Space 13.5%, Strategy 9.7%, Sci-fi 8.8%
- #54 Galactum Meridian
66% 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 40.3% ★, Space 17.1%, Strategy 12.5%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Simulation 6.5%
- #55 Space Empires III
67% matchPositive80% of 45 reviews2020
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
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 36.9% ★, Base Building 16.6%, Strategy 14.1%, Space 9.2%, Management 8.2%