Games Like Homeworld 3

Experience the epic space strategy games that redefined the RTS genre. Control your fleet and build an armada across more than 30 single-player missions. Choose unit types, fleet formations and flight tactics for each strategic situation.

Why similar: RTS 32.4%, Space 30%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Strategy 9.3%, Tactical 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This collection provides the definitive experience of the original games that defined the 3D space RTS genre.

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: RTS 20.5%, Space 19.4%, Real-Time 12.3% ★, Tactical 7.3%, Competitive 6.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: Offers massive, large-scale space RTS combat with deep fleet management and strategic depth.

A ground-based RTS prequel to the classic Homeworld games. Assemble your fleet and lead them to victory on the shifting sands of Kharak in this compelling strategy game for PC from Blackbird Interactive.

Why similar: RTS 40.7%, Strategy 12.6%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Space 10.5%, Multiplayer 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A ground-based prequel that retains the tactical DNA and cinematic storytelling style of the Homeworld series.

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 is the new real-time strategy game adapted from Games Workshop’s famous tabletop game that portrays the epic space battles of the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

Why similar: Space 35.8%, RTS 33.6%, Strategy 12.4%, Sci-fi 6.6%, Co-op 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features tactical 3D space combat with a heavy focus on managing capital ships in a dark sci-fi universe.

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 29.2%, Competitive 20.4% ★, Tactical 14.6%, Co-op 11.8%, Multiplayer 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply tactical and realistic 3D space combat simulator that emphasizes sensor management and positioning.

Ambitious megacorporations monopolize the conquest of space and the colonization of the solar system. At the very edge of the solar system, the companies make a discovery that will shift the technological advantage and upset the balance. And so a new conflict is born: "The Jupiter Incident."

Why similar: Space 31.8%, RTS 24.6%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Strategy 12.8%, Tactical 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tactical space combat where individual ship management and positioning are key to survival.

The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.

Why similar: RTS 21.3%, Real-Time 21.3% ★, Space 13.7%, Co-op 9.2%, Tactical 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A complex, asymmetric space RTS that emphasizes grand-scale strategy and survival against overwhelming odds.

A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.

Why similar: RTS 29.2%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Tactical 12.8%, Management 11.4%, Co-op 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic RTS that balances resource management with tactical unit control in a legendary sci-fi world.

Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.

Why similar: RTS 33.1%, Tactical 17.6%, Space 12.4%, Strategy 12.3%, Sci-fi 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers tactical, squad-based real-time combat that captures the tension of sci-fi warfare perfectly.

The last days of man are at hand.. Two years after the Infinite War the once great warring nations now lie in ruins, and humanity’s hope for a brighter future is nothing but a bitter memory. A new, seemingly unstoppable enemy, supported by the zealots of The Order, now seeks to eradicate mankind: UEF, Aeon Loyalist, and Cybran alike.

Why similar: RTS 43.6%, Strategy 12.8%, Real-Time 10.3% ★, Sci-fi 10.1%, Multiplayer 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Widely considered the gold standard for large-scale, high-tech RTS combat with massive unit counts.

Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.

Why similar: Space 22.1%, RTS 21.9%, Tactical 12.1%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Strategy 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features tactical space combat combined with a strong narrative focus and roguelike progression.

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: Space 39.8%, Sci-fi 19.4%, Strategy 14.3%, Management 11.8%, Simulation 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on realistic 3D space combat and logistics within a gritty, immersive sci-fi setting.

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

Why similar: RTS 39.7%, Tactical 22.9%, Strategy 14.3%, Management 13.3%, Simulation 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game with a deep focus on space fleet development and solar system-wide control.

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: RTS 27.1%, Space 19.4%, Co-op 11.2%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Multiplayer 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic 4X space RTS that excels at managing massive, multi-front fleet battles.

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

Why similar: Space 35.7%, Strategy 22.4%, Sci-fi 19.1%, Simulation 9.8%, Combat 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A deep 4X space strategy game that simulates a massive, living galaxy with complex fleet interactions.

Lead the Mobile Infantry in this RTS game set in the Starship Troopers film universe. Balance your army composition with a diverse set of unit types, overcome line-of-sight and line-of-fire challenges through tactical positioning, and use special abilities to smash the Arachnid hordes!

Why similar: RTS 41.7%, Real-Time 22% ★, Strategy 14.2%, Tactical 11.6%, Sci-fi 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RTS focusing on defensive positioning and large-scale sci-fi warfare against massive swarms.

Company of Heroes 3 combines heart-pounding combat with deeper strategic choices in a stunning Mediterranean theatre of war. In Company of Heroes 3, every battle tells a story...what's yours?

Why similar: RTS 44.2%, Co-op 15.8%, Strategy 14.6%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Tactical 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RTS that shares the high-stakes, squad-based intensity found in Homeworld's ground-based combat.

Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore the stars, trade goods, fight battles, build stations, buy and equip ships, and command fleets in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to your decisions.

Why similar: Space 41.7%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Strategy 10.8%, Management 10.3%, Simulation 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A deep space simulation that allows for complex fleet management and tactical control over a massive economic empire.

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: Space 29.9%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Isometric 13.1%, Multiplayer 11%, Strategy 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A 4X space strategy game that emphasizes diplomacy and fleet-based expansion across the stars.

Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.

Why similar: RTS 63.1%, Strategy 16%, Real-Time 10% ★, Multiplayer 4.3%, Isometric 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style RTS that captures the fast-paced tactical feel of traditional sci-fi strategy games.

Take command of Naval Strike Group 7 and lead your fleet to victory in full 3D tactical space combat. Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy is a sci-fi strategy saga that will test your skills as both capital assault ship Captain and naval fleet Commander.

Why similar: Space 37.9%, Strategy 21.8%, Tactical 17.7%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Simulation 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers tactical space combat with a specific focus on positioning and weapon management.

The first ever auto-battler game, from way back in 2009Who needs backstory? Who needs resource-gathering? Diplomacy is so last year. Gratuitous Space Battles cuts right to the chase of sci-fi strategy games, and deals with large, completely unjustified space battles between huge opposing space fleets.

Why similar: Space 31.2%, RTS 19.7%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Strategy 14.6%, Tactical 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses entirely on the tactical design and deployment of massive space fleets in automated, cinematic battles.

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: RTS 37.9%, Space 32.1%, Management 10.7%, Strategy 8.1%, Story Rich 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game focused on exploration and fleet management within the iconic Star Trek universe.

Start with nothing... End with everything! All you have is a basic ship, barely fit for combat, with it you'll start your journey and empire. A open world space sandbox, inspired by and expanding the classics.

Why similar: RTS 34.6%, Space 28.3%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Strategy 11.2%, Simulation 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines space simulation with tactical RTS elements in a persistent, open-world universe.

ENDLESS™ Space 2 is a Strategic Space Opera, featuring the compelling “just one more turn” gameplay, set in the mysterious ENDLESS™ Universe. As the leader of your civilization, will you impose your vision and build the greatest stellar empire?

Why similar: Strategy 77.3%, Space 14.4%, Sci-fi 4.1%, Multiplayer 2%, RTS 1%

Why You'll Like It: A 4X space strategy game with a strong focus on sci-fi lore and unique, faction-specific combat mechanics.

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: Space 43.9%, Sci-fi 18.5%, Strategy 13.7%, Multiplayer 7.5%, Management 6%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that features extensive space fleet customization and large-scale galactic combat.

The most scientifically accurate space warfare simulator ever made. Now with Steam Workshop!

Why similar: Space 48.2%, Strategy 20.8%, Sci-fi 18.1%, Simulation 11%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A hard sci-fi space combat simulator that uses realistic physics to govern its tactical engagements.

Era One is an innovative space game that combines elements of real-time strategy, base building, space survival, and tactical battles. Players can create and customize their bases from scratch, construct various types of structures and warships, manage fleets, and engage in tactical space battles.

Why similar: RTS 37.9%, Space 27%, Female Protagonist 8.9%, Strategy 8.9%, Sci-fi 6.5%

Fight for control of a frontier world. Gather resources, build your base, and command your forces in battle. Survive long enough to unleash your ultimate weapon - THE EPIC.

Why similar: RTS 49.6%, Strategy 13.9%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Space 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A traditional RTS that features unique, distinct factions and tactical base-building mechanics.

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: Space 51.1%, Sci-fi 21.5%, Strategy 16.3%, Simulation 7.6%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada is the RTS videogame adaptation of Games Workshop’s classic tabletop game, pitting the Chaos, Imperium, Eldar, and Orks against each other in visceral space-battles.

Why similar: RTS 32.7%, Space 28.7%, Strategy 14.6%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Tactical 6.8%

Assume command of a battle fleet and deploy immediately to the Dust Zone, commander. Our main food supply station has gone dark and the United Earth Nations (UEN) needs to know why in this 4X RTS space sim. Manage your ships, control space stations, and watch your back.

Why similar: Real-Time 29.5% ★, Space 20.9%, Tactical 12.3%, Sci-fi 11%, RTS 9.9%

Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.

Why similar: RTS 37.3%, Space 33.6%, Strategy 16%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: A space RTS that prioritizes a strong narrative campaign and tactical fleet combat.

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 30.7%, Real-Time 25.8% ★, Space 16.1%, Strategy 7.1%, Sci-fi 6.6%

Space RTS with base building and ship customization. Personal passion project. More than 200 available ships, weapons and modules to design your fleet with. Contains a small campaign, several single and multiplayer game modes and a coop game mode. Also contains Wave defense!

Why similar: RTS 24.1%, Space 17.6%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Co-op 8.3%, Multiplayer 6.6%

In Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity, you are the leader of a civilization embroiled in a galactic war, fighting for the survival of your entire race against relentless foes.

Why similar: Real-Time 28.9% ★, RTS 24.6%, Space 17%, Tactical 11%, Sci-fi 8.7%

A next-gen re-imagination of a groundbreaking 80s classic. Carrier Command: Gaea Mission brings a breathtaking combination of action and strategy elements.

Why similar: RTS 40.5%, Strategy 27.5%, Tactical 15%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Simulation 2.1%

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: Space 40.1%, Strategy 31%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Multiplayer 6.7%, RTS 3%

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is a story-driven survival strategy game in which the fate of the iconic starship is in your hands. Take the helm, manage the ship and resources, and make difficult decisions. Will you be able to bring home the ship and its crew?

Why similar: Space 21.8%, Strategy 20%, Roguelike 16%, Management 12.7%, Sci-fi 12.6%

X3: Reunion continues the epic space saga, blending deep space trading and intense real-time combat. Explore a vast universe, establish your empire, and shape the new frontier. With enhanced graphics and intricate economies, it's a journey of strategy, simulation, and interstellar intrigue.

Why similar: Space 57.6%, Sci-fi 17%, Strategy 14.7%, Simulation 8%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Wage war across entire solar systems with massive armies at your command. Annihilate enemy forces with world-shattering TITAN-class units, and demolish planets with massive super weapons!

Why similar: RTS 40.5%, Space 17.2%, Co-op 10.7%, Strategy 10%, Sci-fi 9.8%

Stormgate is a free-to-play real-time strategy game with a full single-player campaign, 3-player co-op, and PvP versus modes on over 60 maps. Our Editor is also freely available for you to craft just about any custom game mode you can imagine. Join our development journey today!

Why similar: RTS 43.5%, Space 17.5%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Strategy 11.5%, Co-op 10.1%

A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+

Why similar: RTS 42.9%, Real-Time 17.4% ★, Strategy 10.4%, Competitive 8.6% ★, Co-op 7.7%

Includes 47 Steam achievements, leaderboards, and stats!

Why similar: RTS 41.2%, Real-Time 16.2% ★, Strategy 14.1%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Multiplayer 7%

Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!

Why similar: RTS 47.3%, Strategy 14.3%, Management 10.2%, Combat 9.7%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Become the Captain of an interstellar cruiser and journey across the galaxy to save the Republic. During your journey you will have to make important decisions, improve the weaponry of your ship and fight against numerous enemies.

Why similar: Space 48.5%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Strategy 13.4%, Simulation 7.5%, Roguelite 6%

An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements. Complete contracts and Claim sectors for your faction in the near-future, where resource exploiting corporations are in a state of constant conflict over territory control.

Why similar: RTS 28.4%, Space 26.6%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Tactical 10.4%, Strategy 8.1%

Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.

Why similar: Space 23.8%, Strategy 19.1%, Tactical 17.8%, Sci-fi 17.4%, Management 10.9%

For a thousand years, three opposing forces have waged war for what they believe is true. There can be no room for compromise: their way is the only way. Dubbed The Infinite War, this devastating conflict has taken its toll on a once-peaceful galaxy and has only served to deepen the hatred between the factions.

Why similar: RTS 42.6%, Real-Time 17.6% ★, Strategy 13.7%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Multiplayer 5.8%

Combining the best of space combat and real time strategy. Victory can be tactical, a dogfight or capital ship slugging match - depending on how you decide to achieve it. Space combat on a RTS scale with space sim savagery.

Why similar: Space 35.2%, RTS 27.8%, Strategy 16.7%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Simulation 7.9%

IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

Why similar: Space 51.1%, Strategy 16%, RTS 14.9%, Management 6%, Atmospheric 5.2%

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 42.4%, Isometric 12.7%, Sci-fi 12%, Co-op 10.4%, Strategy 10.1%

BattleGroupVR is a first person real-time space strategy where you lead a fleet of powerful warships into battle from the bridge of your own flagship. Assemble your fleet, upgrade your load-outs, train your captains, engage the enemy and secure the sector. Try not to go down with the ship.

Why similar: RTS 21.8%, Space 17.5%, Real-Time 17.1% ★, Co-op 9.6%, Tactical 9.2%

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: Space 35.8%, RTS 32.1%, Strategy 21%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%

SPACECOM – a strategic-to-the-bone, starfleet command game in which deception, smart movement, and choices to battle decide victory or defeat.

Why similar: RTS 33.2%, Space 13.8%, Real-Time 11.8% ★, Tactical 10.7%, Strategy 8.1%

EVERSPACE 2 is a fast-paced single-player spaceship shooter with exploration in space and on planets, tons of loot, RPG elements, mining, and crafting. Experience an exciting sci-fi story set in a vivid, handcrafted open world full of secrets, puzzles, and perils.

Why similar: Space 46.6%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Story Rich 13.8%, Combat 13.2%, Simulation 6.2%

SpellForce 3 - The perfect blend between RTS and RPG!

Why similar: RTS 51.8%, Strategy 15.2%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Co-op 9.7%, Isometric 4.3%

Customize your unique faction in a new take on real-time strategy as you fight in a variety of skirmish, solo, and multiplayer battles. You are not only a commander, but also an engineer – so you have ultimate control over your faction’s units, factories, superweapons and economy.

Why similar: RTS 67%, Strategy 17.8%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Simulation 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.2%

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: Space 33%, Real-Time 18.8% ★, RTS 15.6%, Strategy 14%, Sci-fi 12.3%