- #1 Hades' Star
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,651 reviews2019
Dev: Parallel Space Inc
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 55.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
A unique space strategy game where thousands of players participate in one shared galaxy.
Why similar: Space 25.2%, Massively Multiplayer 23.6%, 4X 16% ★, RTS 13.4%, Strategy 8.3%
- #2 Space Wars: Interstellar Empires
96% matchMixed65% of 243 reviews2017
Dev: Desert Owl Games LLCPub: ToHeroes Game Studios LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Helm your own ship, battle for supremacy in a multi-faction war, and conquer the cosmos in this science fiction turn-based strategy game. Select from more than 100+ diverse star ships and fight for territory across a 2D hex-based grid.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 74.8%, Strategy 21.3%, Indie 3.9%
- #3 Istrolid
95% matchVery Positive87% of 2,693 reviews2016
Dev: treeform
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 50%
In Istrolid you design your own unique spaceships from a large number of parts to fit your strategy and play style. With no set units or factions you are free to create a fleet where each ship has its own balanced strengths and weaknesses, from basic fighters and bombers to hulking battleships and speedy destroyers.
Why similar: Space 28.7%, RTS 28.6%, Strategy 14.5%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #4 Idol Hands
94% matchMixed44% of 188 reviews2015
Dev: Pocket GamesPub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Idol Hands is a strategy game where you gradually take over the world by guiding your people and defeating other gods.
Why similar: God Game 65.5% ★, Strategy 16.2%, Simulation 15.5%, Indie 2.9%
- #5 Star Ruler 2
94% 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 42.2% ★, RTS 20.4%, Space 16.8%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Strategy 8.8%
- #6 Operation: New Earth
93% matchMixed60% of 826 reviews2016
Dev: Hunted Cow Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 35.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Operation: New Earth is an intense sci-fi multiplayer strategy game in which you must command an advanced military facility to defend Earth from a hostile alien invasion. Create an alliance, gather resources, and unlock advanced technology to level up your stronghold!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 51%, Strategy 19.6%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Simulation 8.8%, Multiplayer 8.7%
- #7 Idling to Rule the Gods
91% matchVery Positive85% of 2,096 reviews2016
Dev: Shugasu GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 592.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Idling to Rule the Gods is a free to play Idle-Game with a lot of content and some Minigames. Depending on your play-style, you can play it fast or slow. Either way it can be fun for hundreds of hours!
Why similar: God Game 47.8% ★, Idler 21.5%, Simulation 9.2%, Strategy 8.9%, Sci-fi 8.7%
- #8 Sins of a Solar Empire II
89% matchVery Positive84% of 8,352 reviews2024
Dev: Ironclad Games CorporationPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 30.1 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 36.9% ★, RTS 21.1%, Space 18.4%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Strategy 7.1%
- #9 Star Ruler
89% matchVery Positive83% of 340 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 44.2% ★, Space 17.5%, RTS 17.1%, Strategy 11.5%, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #10 Godhood
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,081 reviews2020
Dev: Abbey Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Create your Religion, raise your Disciples, and guide them to bring you glory! Inspire growth in your Disciples so they may challenge the false gods and convert their followers. Defeat your rivals, and become the One Truth!
Why similar: God Game 70.7% ★, Strategy 15.8%, Simulation 13.6%
- #11 Shallow Space
88% 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: RTS 26%, Space 23.9%, 4X 19.9% ★, Strategy 12.8%, Simulation 9.7%
- #12 Galactic Inheritors
87% matchMixed44% of 86 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 52.4% ★, Space 24.7%, Strategy 10.3%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Indie 3.1%
- #13 Genesis of a Small God
84% matchVery Positive82% of 65 reviews2024
Dev: Pierre Nury
Windows
You have awoken as a small god. As you accumulate the faith and souls of your followers, you will learn incredible new abilities. Protect, guide your people and smite any threats that may arise. The fate of your world is in your hands.
Why similar: God Game 71% ★, Strategy 12.5%, Simulation 11.9%, Indie 4.6%
- #14 The Infinite Black
86% matchMixed66% of 213 reviews2016
Dev: SpellbookPub: www.Spellbook.com
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 83.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Fleet up with thousands of players in The Infinite Black -- The wildly popular online space combat and adventure game! Command massive spaceships, form powerful corporations, and battle it out in never-ending intergalactic warfare!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 53.6%, Space 24.6%, Strategy 16%, Indie 5.8%
- #15 The Universim
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,560 reviews2024
Dev: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.
Why similar: God Game 58.8% ★, Space 16.2%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Strategy 6.7%, Simulation 6.3%
- #16 Solaris
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 89 reviews2021
Dev: SpacialCircumstances
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover a space strategy game filled with conquest, betrayal and subterfuge. Build alliances, make enemies and fight your way to victory and galactic domination. Will you conquer the galaxy?
Why similar: 4X 56.2% ★, War 14.7%, Strategy 14.2%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Multiplayer 4.5%
- #17 Kingdom Wars
84% matchMixed67% of 2,798 reviews2013
Dev: Reverie World Studios
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Kingdom Wars is a free to play 3D MMORTS with real-time siege combat, without the pay to win element so common in the genre. Kingdom Wars offers beautiful 3D online world, where players construct strongholds, direct citizens, complete quests and eventually manage a global empire.
Why similar: RTS 35.3%, Massively Multiplayer 26.4%, Strategy 16.3%, War 9.1%, Multiplayer 6.9%
- #18 Religion inc.
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: GameFirst
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Create your own unique religion in god simulator strategy sandbox games
Why similar: God Game 45.5% ★, RTS 27.8%, Strategy 9%, Simulation 8.3%, 3D 4.7%
- #19 Solar Nations 2
79% matchVery Positive88% of 263 reviews2025
Dev: Flomgus Games
Windows
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 40.7% ★, Space 16.8%, War 15.6%, Sci-fi 11%, Strategy 7.1%
- #20 Project Entropy
80% matchMixed53% of 233 reviews2024
Dev: FunPlus International AG
Windows
Welcome, commander, to Project Entropy- an ultimate Sci-Fi and role-playing game with battles in space. In this immersive MMO experience, you will command alien civilizations, conquer uncharted planets, and build Hero fleets.
Why similar: Sci-fi 29.2%, Strategy 19%, Simulation 17.8%, Realistic 16%, Multiplayer 10.2%
- #21 Nova Empire
81% matchMixed53% of 287 reviews2022
Dev: Gamebear Tech
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Build up a Space Empire and establish control of the Galaxy and the Universe! Nova Empire is a multiplayer space game in which the aim is to build your empire and conquer the galaxy in epic space battles against your rivals with other allies worldwide!
Why similar: 4X 51.8% ★, Sci-fi 15.7%, Strategy 11.3%, Massively Multiplayer 8.1%, Space 8%
- #22 Pixel Starships
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,939 reviews2023
Dev: SavySoda
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Pixel Starships is an FTL-style online sci-fi strategy builder and management game with a competitive PVP tournament. Set in the retro galaxy, your role is to explore space, meet aliens, and develop your ship, crew and AI. The game contains deep strategic and 4x elements. PSS is community-driven.
Why similar: 4X 37.4% ★, Massively Multiplayer 21%, Space 16.5%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Multiplayer 7%
- #23 Lords of the Black Sun
82% matchVery Negative20% of 396 reviews2014
Dev: Arkavi StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 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 56.2% ★, Space 20.4%, Strategy 13.6%, Sci-fi 6.4%, Indie 3.4%
- #24 The Fermi Paradox
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 991 reviews2021
Dev: Anomaly Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Fermi Paradox is a choice-driven sci-fi narrative strategy game in which your decisions in one corner of the galaxy can upend entire civilizations in another. Guide species through millennia and help them explore the vastness of space, make contact and, perhaps, create harmony.
Why similar: God Game 53.9% ★, Space 16.6%, Sci-fi 14%, Strategy 7.6%, Simulation 4.7%
- #25 Reprisal Universe
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 403 reviews2014
Dev: electrolyte
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Reprisal Universe places you in charge of the very elements themselves. Raise and lower land to expand your tribes, harness the power of fire and water. Explore the hidden mysteries of the Universe and gather your people together once again.
Why similar: God Game 52.4% ★, RTS 31.8%, Strategy 8.4%, Simulation 7.4%
- #26 Ascension
76% matchMixed61% of 2,647 reviews2025
Dev: Element Game 微元游戏Pub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this cultivation 4X strategy game, your sect has been in peril, and so they open a portal—sending you, a young disciple and their last hope, inside. Stand tall as the new sect leader and guide disciples to rebuild what was lost. Sharpen your focus, master alchemy, and ascend to immortality.
Why similar: 4X 86.3% ★, Strategy 13.7%
- #27 Creo God Simulator
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 239 reviews2025
Dev: MKSM Design LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Creo God Simulator is a game of city building, resource management, survival, and a ton of villager smiting. As the divinely chosen Creostrider, it's your job to build a society bit by bit, while convincing your new population to believe in you as their one true god.
Why similar: God Game 56.1% ★, RTS 17%, Simulation 8.4%, Strategy 8.1%, Colorful 3.8%
- #28 StarMade
77% matchMixed68% of 2,982 reviews2014
Dev: Schine GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!
Why similar: Space 42.9%, Multiplayer 15.2%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Massively Multiplayer 11.8%, Simulation 6.2%
- #29 The Mims Beginning
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 290 reviews2016
Dev: Squatting PenguinsPub: The End of the Sun Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Experience a mystical journey with the Mims in this strategic god-like adventure—build, grow, protect, and wield divine powers. Now it's completely free! Also check out our other story-rich fantasy game, The End of the Sun, where you become a tracker of mythical beings and unravel mysteries.
Why similar: God Game 34.7% ★, Action RTS 26.9% ★, RTS 19.7%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Strategy 4.8%
- #30 Idle Civilization
77% matchMixed51% of 180 reviews2015
Dev: Very Simple Idea Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 62.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take command of a pair of villagers and help them build a mighty civilization that will spread across the world and conquer it. Idle Civilization is a civilization builder management game where you will oversee the growth of your people into a mighty kingdom through building, research, warfare, religion, diplomacy, culture, heroic...
Why similar: Strategy 41.9%, Simulation 40%, Indie 18.1%
- #31 Galimulator
75% matchVery Positive91% of 497 reviews2018
Dev: Snoddasmannen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Galimulator is a galactic empire simulation and sandbox game. See how Empires rise and fall, and how the people in them climb through the ranks to bring prestige to their Dynasty. Then throw in an invasion of self replicating Smatter monsters if you want to spice things up.
Why similar: God Game 56.8% ★, Simulation 32.7%, Strategy 10.5%
- #32 Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension
74% matchVery Positive91% of 1,450 reviews2013
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 48.1 hrs≥1hr: 65%
You are a God! You are master and ruler of a loyal nation. You have unimaginable powers at your disposal. You have claimed this world as yours. But there are others who stand in your way. You must defeat and destroy these pretenders. Only then can you ascend to godhood and become the new Pantokrator.
Why similar: 4X 34.2% ★, God Game 32% ★, Strategy 17.1%, Multiplayer 12%, Indie 4.7%
- #33 Star Crusade CCG
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,879 reviews2016
Dev: ZiMAD, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Star Crusade: War for the Expanse is a free-to-play, online, digital collectible card game (CCG) based in a richly styled sci-fi universe, where each player takes command of one of the six factions vying for supremacy in an unclaimed exotic sector of space.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 43.5%, Strategy 28.6%, Space 19.3%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #34 Fata Deum - The God Sim
71% matchMixed60% of 453 reviews2025
Dev: 42 Bits EntertainmentPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.
Why similar: God Game 54.4% ★, RTS 27.9%, Strategy 9%, Simulation 8.7%
- #35 Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
72% matchVery Positive93% of 16,284 reviews2012
Dev: Ironclad Games CorporationPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 35.4% ★, RTS 20.1%, Space 13.2%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Multiplayer 8%
- #36 Art of War: Red Tides
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 6,958 reviews2016
Dev: Game Science
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Art of War: Red Tides is a fair multiplayer strategy game that allows different teams on the same platform (e.g. smartphones, PC, etc.) to battle against each other. You will encounter players around the world!
Why similar: RTS 41.8%, War 22.6%, Multiplayer 16.4%, Strategy 13.9%, Sci-fi 3.4%
- #37 Gangs of Space
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 431 reviews2017
Dev: Little Big MMO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 284.3 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Gangs of Space is a massively-multiplayer Rogue Shmup where Gangs of players compete for the conquest of the galaxy.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 58.9%, Space 25.9%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Indie 4.3%
- #38 CivIdle
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,037 reviews2025
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 78.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up!
Why similar: 4X 55.4% ★, Idler 29.6%, Strategy 6.7%, Simulation 6.2%, Indie 2.1%
- #39 Ways of History
74% matchMixed53% of 257 reviews2017
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Hardcore real-time strategy with a long-term round. Development of your civilization from caves to space. Huge world. Thousands of players. 240+ sciences and technologies. About 100 troops. 4 races. 50+ resource deposits. War, trade, science, construction...
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 62.5%, Strategy 24.1%, Multiplayer 7.5%, Indie 5.9%
- #40 Dawn of Andromeda
73% matchMixed44% of 242 reviews2017
Dev: Grey Wolf EntertainmentPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 55.1% ★, Space 17.9%, Strategy 13.9%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Indie 3.7%
- #41 EDYN
69% matchMixed71% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: GALESTORM GAMES
Windows · Mac
Join the battle for EDYN, the ultimate multiplayer strategy game. Build settlements, command armies, and unify the realms in epic PvP warfare to etch your legacy into history. Raid, loot, make alliances, and unite to conquer the planet itself, with no Pay-To-Win mechanics to upset the playing field.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 63.2%, Strategy 18.8%, Simulation 18%
- #42 Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest
70% matchVery Positive83% of 866 reviews2014
Dev: Hassey Enterprises, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Galcon 2 is a demolition derby in space! Send swarms of ships from planet to planet to conquer the galaxy in this fast paced multiplayer strategy game!
Why similar: 4X 17.7% ★, RTS 17%, Space 15.7%, Strategy 15.3%, Multiplayer 14.1%
- #43 NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
68% matchVery Positive81% of 3,880 reviews2022
Dev: Eridanus IndustriesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 31.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.
Why similar: RTS 34%, War 32%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Strategy 10.5%, Simulation 9.5%
- #44 Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,943 reviews2016
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.
Why similar: RTS 37.6%, War 16.4%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Dark 9.4%, Strategy 9.2%
- #45 Galactic Civilizations IV
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,448 reviews2023
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 46.3% ★, Space 18.5%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Strategy 7.2%
- #46 Galaxy Idle Clicker
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,155 reviews2025
Dev: SoehnlePub: TimeLost Gaming
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 350.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Embark on an interstellar journey with Galaxy Idle Clicker! Conquer galaxies, upgrade your spaceship, and face off against a myriad of enemy ships. With engaging minigames, powerful upgrades, GIC delivers an unparalleled idle space adventure. Join the cosmic conquest today and dominate the universe!
Why similar: Idler 38.1%, Space 30.3%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Simulation 8.7%, Colorful 5.9%
- #47 Minds of Nations
68% matchMixed67% of 564 reviews2023
Dev: OmnemPub: Soul Playing Games
Windows
Grand Strategy Game. How does reincarnation affect the evolution of a state ? Control the material well-being of your country with a backbone of spiritual growth. Religion. Economy. Diplomacy. War. Souls. Karma. Ideology. Tech. Stories. Single-Player. MMO.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 56%, Strategy 16.9%, Simulation 16%, Indie 6.1%, RTS 5.1%
- #48 Soulmask
63% matchMostly Positive77% of 21,464 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 68.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
Why similar: War 52.3%, Multiplayer 21%, Simulation 15.9%, 3D 10.8%
- #49 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
65% matchVery Positive94% of 12,599 reviews2022
Dev: Walternate Realities
Windows
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 41.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!
Why similar: Space 30.6%, Sci-fi 28%, Multiplayer 14.9%, Strategy 11.8%, Simulation 9.7%
- #50 StarDrive
71% matchMixed45% of 1,484 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 48.2% ★, Space 16.1%, RTS 16.1%, Strategy 9.5%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #51 Executive Assault 2
65% matchVery Positive83% of 1,738 reviews2023
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.
Why similar: RTS 28.7%, Action RTS 18.4% ★, Space 13.8%, War 13.2%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #52 Galaxy Control: 3D Strategy
69% matchMixed59% of 533 reviews2016
Dev: FX Games Media
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Build your base and battle with other players to control the galaxy! Galaxy Control is an ultimate space combat strategy game with fast-paced combats! Gather minerals and extract uranium, defend your base with laser towers, missile turrets, cannons, walls and mines.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 56%, Space 24.4%, Strategy 19.6%
- #53 Prosperous Universe
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,066 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: Massively Multiplayer 27.9%, Space 19.5%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Realistic 12.2%, Multiplayer 10%