- #1 Interstellar Space: Genesis
97% matchVery Positive84% of 846 reviews2019
Dev: Praxis Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 26.8% ★, Grand Strategy 13.9% ★, Turn-Based 13.4%, Space 9.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%
- #2 Stellar Monarch 2
96% matchVery Positive89% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: Silver Lemur Games
Windows
Stellar Monarch 2 is a feudal space empire builder where you feel like the Emperor, not a logistics officer. Great noble houses, usurpers to the throne, rebels, assassins, court intrigues, disloyal admirals, incompetent governors and ever-present alien threat.
Why similar: 4X 36.8% ★, Grand Strategy 23.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Space 9.2%, Strategy 6.8%
- #3 Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
96% matchMixed61% of 23,137 reviews2014
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 29.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.
Why similar: 4X 24.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Turn-Based 13.4%, Space 10.3%, Grand Strategy 9.8% ★
- #4 ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
95% 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 36% ★, Space 13.9%, Turn-Based 13.2%, Strategy 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%
- #5 Stellar Reach
94% 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 30.5% ★, Grand Strategy 15% ★, Space 10.6%, Military 8.4%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #6 Alliance of the Sacred Suns
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KatHawk Studios
Windows · Mac
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 22% ★, Grand Strategy 15.2% ★, Turn-Based 11.9%, Space 8.9%, Military 8.9%
- #7 Lord of Rigel
93% matchMixed68% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: Rhombus Studios
Windows
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: 4X 21.3% ★, Grand Strategy 15.4% ★, Military 11%, Space 8.6%, Turn-Based 8.2%
- #8 Horizon
92% matchMixed59% of 477 reviews2014
Dev: L3O Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 27% ★, Grand Strategy 20.7% ★, Turn-Based 12.6%, Space 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%
- #9 Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,711 reviews2011
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 45.3 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Get the complete GalCiv II saga including Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, the expansion pack Dark Avatar, and the newest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor!
Why similar: 4X 31.2% ★, Grand Strategy 22% ★, Turn-Based 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Strategy 4.7%
- #10 Pax Nova
91% matchMixed56% of 452 reviews2020
Dev: Grey Wolf EntertainmentPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 26.1% ★, Grand Strategy 17% ★, Turn-Based 12.3%, Military 9.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%
- #11 The Last Federation
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 506 reviews2014
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 27.8% ★, Turn-Based 16.2%, Space 16%, Grand Strategy 13.3% ★, Strategy 8.8%
- #12 Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection
89% 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 44.7% ★, Turn-Based 16.6%, Space 12.8%, Strategy 9.4%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #13 Oriental Empires
88% matchVery Positive80% of 2,998 reviews2017
Dev: Shining Pixel StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.
Why similar: 4X 30.4% ★, Turn-Based 17.4%, Grand Strategy 14.6% ★, Military 11.8%, Strategy 7.2%
- #14 Heroes of Science and Fiction
86% matchVery Positive90% of 922 reviews2026
Dev: Oxymoron Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 22.5% ★, Grand Strategy 16.3% ★, Turn-Based 12.2%, Military 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%
- #15 Distant Worlds 2
87% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,552 reviews2022
Dev: CodeForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 37.3% ★, Grand Strategy 23.3% ★, Space 12%, Strategy 8%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #16 Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
85% matchVery Positive87% of 21,938 reviews2026
Dev: UnfrozenPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 23.6% ★, Grand Strategy 17.1% ★, Turn-Based 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Military 9.9%
- #17 Master of Orion
86% 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 46.7% ★, Turn-Based 14.9%, Space 12.6%, Strategy 10.2%, Grand Strategy 5.9% ★
- #18 Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
84% matchVery Positive82% of 18,612 reviews2018
Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.
Why similar: 4X 33.8% ★, Turn-Based 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Grand Strategy 11.1% ★, Strategy 7.2%
- #19 Space Empires V
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 477 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 45%
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 45.6% ★, Turn-Based 16.3%, Space 12.9%, Strategy 10.8%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #20 Spaceman's Luck
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gideon Kennedy
Windows
A space 4X game. Colonize planets and annihilate enemy races in an intergalactic war for living space. Designed to be fun, fast, and easy to play.
Why similar: 4X 27.1% ★, Grand Strategy 22.1% ★, Space 19.3%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Strategy 7%
- #21 Solar Nations 2
82% matchVery Positive85% of 595 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 23.6% ★, Grand Strategy 20% ★, Military 11.3%, Space 10.3%, War 7.3%
- #22 Cosmist
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gulbrandr Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Expand your empire one sector at a time in a fast-paced turn-based 4X strategy game. Capture planets, harvest resources, command powerful fleets, and adapt your strategy with unique Emperors and unpredictable divine interventions. Play solo, or challenge rivals in tactical PvP.
Why similar: 4X 37.5% ★, Grand Strategy 23.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Space 11.2%, Sci-fi 5.7%
- #23 Space Empires I
81% 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 31.2% ★, Grand Strategy 18.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Strategy 8.9%, Management 8.1%
- #24 Stellaris
80% matchVery Positive86% of 196,831 reviews2016
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 144.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 29.3% ★, Grand Strategy 22.7% ★, Space 15%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Military 6.3%
- #25 Near Sol
81% 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 32.5% ★, Grand Strategy 22.3% ★, Space 10.6%, Management 6.1%, Military 5.5%
- #26 Hex Kingdoms
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Sunset GamesPub: SIG Publishing
Windows
Hex Kingdoms is a turn-based strategy game set in medevial times with fantasy themes. Expand your kingdom, set up your defenses, train soldiers and monsters to become the only ruler of the land.
Why similar: 4X 27.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Turn-Based 15.3%, War 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%
- #27 Commanders Fury
79% 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 29.9% ★, Grand Strategy 15.1% ★, Space 12.5%, Military 7.5%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #28 Space Empires IV Deluxe
78% 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 49.4% ★, Turn-Based 11.7%, Space 11.1%, Strategy 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%
- #29 Tachyon Wars
78% 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.
Why similar: 4X 34.3% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, Space 13.9%, Strategy 8.5%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #30 Red Pearl Pirates
77% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Eoin Tolster
Windows · Linux
Command vast fleets in epic space battles, master a turn-based galactic campaign, and unite a pirate rebellion to find the legendary Red Pearl and stand against the tyrannical Z-Army. They can't take the stars from us!
Why similar: 4X 25.8% ★, Grand Strategy 24.2% ★, Military 13.4%, Space 8.7%, Simulation 5.6%
- #31 Terrol
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Max Krupp
Windows
Capture Resources. Upgrade your Empire. Destroy all Rivals.
Why similar: 4X 27.7% ★, Grand Strategy 21% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, War 12.1%, Turn-Based 10.3%
- #32 Pandora: First Contact
77% matchMixed63% of 645 reviews2014
Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Pandora: First Contact is a science fiction 4X turn-based strategy game on a planetary scale. Our Earth has been exhausted and colonial attempts on other planetary bodies have been in vain. Finally, after decades of exploration, an interstellar probe has brought promise of a new world.
Why similar: 4X 45.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Turn-Based 9.5%, Strategy 9.2%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #33 Old Stars
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: adamjr
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fast-paced 4X galaxy you can actually finish. Expand by colonising and besieging rival worlds, wield government powers that bend the rules - freeze enemy fleets, sever hyperlanes, vanish into stealth - and race rivals to claim the galactic core. A grand-strategy empire in an evening, not a month.
Why similar: 4X 34.8% ★, Grand Strategy 23.3% ★, Space 11.9%, War 8.8%, Strategy 8.2%
- #34 Shadow Empire
75% matchVery Positive84% of 1,947 reviews2020
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features. Players take the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation, with the goal of reconquering a devastated planet.
Why similar: 4X 23.6% ★, Grand Strategy 15.9% ★, Turn-Based 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%, War 8.6%
- #35 Predestination
76% matchMixed45% of 86 reviews2019
Dev: Brain and Nerd Ltd
Windows
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 39.6% ★, Turn-Based 19.1%, Space 15.4%, Strategy 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
- #36 Master of Orion 2
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,744 reviews2016
Dev: SimTexPub: Wargaming Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
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 44.1% ★, Turn-Based 20.4%, Space 11.9%, Strategy 9.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.3%
- #37 Vega Chronicle
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Just Add Lava
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 39.4% ★, Turn-Based 19.1%, Space 14.2%, Strategy 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
- #38 Millennia
73% matchMixed67% of 3,777 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.
Why similar: 4X 26.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1% ★, Turn-Based 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Military 9.1%
- #39 Shattered Spheres
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Data Vikings
Windows
Shattered Spheres is a turn-based 2D space 4X strategy game inspired by the classics of the genre. Explore a living galaxy, build your empire, and crush your rivals through military conquest or diplomatic cunning — without the micromanagement bloat of modern 4X games.
Why similar: 4X 36.6% ★, Grand Strategy 20% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Space 12.6%, Management 5.2%
- #40 Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
74% 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 48.6% ★, Space 15.3%, Strategy 10.6%, Sci-fi 8%, Turn-Based 7.5%
- #41 HUMANKIND™
71% matchMixed69% of 28,603 reviews2021
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Rewrite history by shaping a civilization as unique as you are. Combine 60 cultures from the Ancient Era to the Modern Age to lead your empire to victory. Build thriving cities, outsmart rivals in epic battles, spread your influence and leave your mark on HUMANKIND™.
Why similar: 4X 32.2% ★, Grand Strategy 18.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Turn-Based 8.9%, Strategy 8.7%
- #42 Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
71% matchVery Positive86% of 378,177 reviews2016
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.2 hrsMean: 101.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
Why similar: 4X 21.2% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.5%, Turn-Based 13.5%, Strategy 9.8%
- #43 Mandate of Galactic Empires
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Oddbit
Windows · Linux
A logistics-focused turn-based space 4X. Govern through Administrative Nodes, connect systems with wormhole infrastructure, assign population to production and research, and expand only as far as your empire can support.
Why similar: 4X 38.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Grand Strategy 12.7% ★, Space 10.5%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #44 Hexarchy
70% matchVery Positive82% of 1,640 reviews2023
Dev: Main Tank SoftwarePub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Hexarchy is an innovative, fast-paced, historical 4x strategy game where you use cards and deckbuilding to make your decisions. Single-player and online multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 23.8% ★, Grand Strategy 16.1% ★, Turn-Based 12.4%, Military 10.6%, War 9%
- #45 Lords of the Black Sun
73% 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 46.1% ★, Space 17.5%, Turn-Based 12.4%, Strategy 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%
- #46 Napoleon 1813
70% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Empire Interactive EntertainmentPub: Strategy First
Windows
In an enormous strategic area stretching from Paris to Breslau, from Hamburg to Vienna, control everything from major strategic territorial decisions to tactical battle manoeuvres.
Why similar: 4X 36.5% ★, Grand Strategy 24.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Military 10.3%, Strategy 8.8%
- #47 Imperium of the Stars
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Hyrcronix
Windows
A real-time 4X where each faction plays like a different game. Rule a Gothic empire that runs on faith, unmake the galaxy world by world, or forge a warhost from salvage. Up to 10,000 procedurally generated star systems. No diplomacy. Only war.
Why similar: 4X 39.8% ★, Grand Strategy 25.2% ★, Space 12%, Strategy 7.4%, Sci-fi 6%
- #48 Galactic Inheritors
72% 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 43.7% ★, Space 21.6%, Grand Strategy 18.4% ★, Strategy 8.5%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #49 Gate Builders
69% 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 29.8% ★, Grand Strategy 20.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Space 10.7%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #50 The Pegasus Expedition
69% matchMixed63% of 390 reviews2023
Dev: Kalla GameworksPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 24.8% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1% ★, Space 9.6%, War 9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%
- #51 Stellar Monarch
69% matchVery Positive80% of 227 reviews2016
Dev: Silver Lemur Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Asymmetric space empire builder where you feel like the Emperor, not a logistics officer. No micromanagement, grand scale, fast paced, audiences, assassins, imperial court, disloyal admirals.
Why similar: 4X 26.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Turn-Based 14.6%, Space 9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%
- #52 Antropico: Colonies
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Scassius Systems
Windows · Linux
A large-scale space strategy game focused on building and maintaining power within a simulated galaxy. Build, develop, and survive in a galaxy shaped by history and consequences.
Why similar: 4X 31.1% ★, Grand Strategy 25.6% ★, Strategy 8.7%, Space 8.7%, Futuristic 8.1%
- #53 Stars in Shadow
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 838 reviews2017
Dev: Ashdar GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 48.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Space 12.4%, Turn-Based 10.8%, Strategy 8.1%
- #54 Revival: Recolonization
67% matchMixed69% of 425 reviews2024
Dev: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Set in a post-apoc version of Earth, Revival is a 4x strategy game where the world and its rules can change at key moments, creating a deep and highly replayable experience.
Why similar: 4X 25.9% ★, Grand Strategy 18.3% ★, Turn-Based 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, War 7.9%
- #55 ZEPHON
66% matchVery Positive83% of 1,898 reviews2024
Dev: Proxy Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
From the developers of Warhammer 40,000: Gladius, ZEPHON is a post-apocalyptic 4X strategy game built on Proxy’s unique tactical combat system. Guide survivors through a turbulent future, navigating unexpected disasters, eldritch horror and cyberpunk monstrosities. What will you do to survive?
Why similar: 4X 28.3% ★, Lovecraftian 17.3%, Turn-Based 16.4%, Grand Strategy 14.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%
- #56 New Stars
66% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: adamjr
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 28% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Space 10.5%, War 9.9%, Military 9.3%
- #57 Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
67% matchVery Positive92% of 3,651 reviews2006
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
With over 6 million units sold and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier's Civilization is recognized as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all-time. Now, Sid Meier and Firaxis Games will take this incredibly fun and addictive game to new heights by adding new ways to play and win, new...
Why similar: 4X 32.1% ★, Turn-Based 21.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Grand Strategy 9.9% ★, Strategy 9.6%
- #58 Clash of Cultures
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zach
Windows · Mac
Clash of Cultures is an addictive turn based stratergy game that is simple to learn yet has a lot of depth. Research technologies, shape your government, progress through the ages, and conquer the world.
Why similar: 4X 36.3% ★, Grand Strategy 23.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Strategy 8.7%, Military 8.2%
- #59 ENDLESS Legend™ 2
65% matchVery Positive83% of 2,825 reviews2025
Dev: AMPLITUDE StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 24.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.5% ★, Turn-Based 12%, Military 9.9%, War 9.1%