60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, 4X, Sci-fi, Space.
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.
Pandora: First Contact
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.
Stellar Monarch 2
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.
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 49.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Hex Grid 11.2% ★, Strategy 8.5%, Sci-fi 8%
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 46.4% ★, Grand Strategy 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Space 8.4%, Strategy 7.3%
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 39.8% ★, Grand Strategy 13.9%, Space Sim 11.4%, Space 9.8%, Strategy 8%
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 44.7% ★, Grand Strategy 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Space 9.6%, Sci-fi 6%
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 41.4% ★, Space Sim 20.1%, Space 10.9%, Strategy 8.1%, Grand Strategy 8%
Ultakia is a turn-based space 4X strategy game with distinctive resource management. Explore exotic systems and acquire powerful technologies. Exploit your planets, trade with other races and destroy those who stand in your way.
Why similar: 4X 37.9% ★, Hex Grid 19.5% ★, Space 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Sci-fi 7.5%
Myriad Strategies: a turn-based strategy game. Rule a nation amid wars, famine, plague, and refugees. Manage cities, talent, economy. The world shifts. Win by holding cities, stabilizing lives, solving refugee crises, building food systems & spy networks, or surviving the chaos.
Why similar: 4X 42.7% ★, Grand Strategy 14.6%, Hex Grid 14% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Strategy 6.1%
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 33.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, Hex Grid 10.8% ★, Space 10%, Sci-fi 9.8%
A turn-based 4X of rival governments contesting the dim Atlas through economy, war and an Influence-weighted Council. At the edge of sensor range, the Shadow does not lose - it only rises.
Why similar: 4X 51.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Strategy 11.3%, Space 8.9%, Sci-fi 8.6%
A sci-fi turn-based strategy game, no gimmicky mechanics just pure 4x glory.
Why similar: 4X 43.2% ★, Grand Strategy 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Hex Grid 11% ★, Strategy 9.1%
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 60.3% ★, Strategy 11.2%, Space 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Sci-fi 8.7%
Hollow Orbits 4X combines 4X strategy with the mechanics of a board game. Collect and use tactic cards, and roll dice for your fleet’s weapons. Play solo, against AI, or with friends for dominance in a galaxy filled with ancient dangers and hidden treasures.
Why similar: 4X 47.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Hex Grid 12.9% ★, Strategy 9.7%, Space 8.9%
"Fire and Dark Stars" is a real-time 4X strategy game. You can grow your base, build your fleet, search for enemies, and destroy them. You need to carefully manage your resources, set up and protect your supply lines, so that your fleet does not run out of ammo and fuel.
Why similar: 4X 40.2% ★, Hex Grid 15.9% ★, Grand Strategy 13.2%, Space 10.4%, Sci-fi 7%
Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 47.9% ★, Grand Strategy 15.6%, Space 11.1%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Strategy 8.7%
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 52.6% ★, Space 18.8%, Grand Strategy 11.6%, Strategy 8.8%, Sci-fi 8.3%
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 42.3% ★, Hex Grid 15.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Strategy 7.7%, Grand Strategy 7.3%
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 59.3% ★, Space 13.4%, Strategy 11%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%
Indie 4X space strategy game with TB empire management and RTS combat set in a 3D star cluster. Build an interstellar empire by colonizing and conquering star systems, develop your colonies establish trade routes and construct fleets from a range of retrofittable capital & escort class vessels.
Why similar: 4X 33.8% ★, Space Sim 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Grand Strategy 12%, Space 7.9%
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 49.7% ★, Space 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Strategy 11.8%, Sci-fi 8%
In this 4X + RPG strategy game, lead humanity’s last ark and rebuild a new home among the mysterious ruins of the stars. Starting from nothing, you will develop technology, build powerful fleets, resist external threats, and shape the rebirth of human civilization.
Why similar: 4X 28.5% ★, Space Sim 17%, Space 12%, Hex Grid 10.4% ★, Grand Strategy 9.8%
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 55% ★, Space 14.1%, Grand Strategy 10.9%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Strategy 7.5%
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.
Why similar: 4X 65% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Space 12%, Strategy 9%, Singleplayer 1.4%
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 58.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Space 10.8%, Strategy 8.3%, Sci-fi 6.6%
Stargazer's Terraforming Estate Company terraforms & sells planets for years. Be a respectful member of the family and monopolize the galaxy by building dyson spheres in the name of the company.
Why similar: 4X 28.9% ★, Hex Grid 22.2% ★, Space 14.3%, Space Sim 13%, Sci-fi 8.3%
Beyond is a sci-fi turn-based strategy game set in a generated solar system that orbits a distant star every round. Play as one of five alien species as you race to collect resources, build your military, develop new tech, expand the area you control, and drive opposing factions from the system.
Why similar: 4X 34.1% ★, Hex Grid 18% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Grand Strategy 10.7%, Space 8.9%
Miniciv is an accessible hex‑grid 4X turn‑based strategy. Start with one city and settler, explore and build your budding civilization into a mighty empire. Procedural maps and flexible playtime bring unique runs, pairing easy entry with deep political, trade, faith and industrial mechanics.
Why similar: 4X 50% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Grand Strategy 14.8%, Strategy 7.9%, War 5%
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 57.6% ★, Space 15.8%, Strategy 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Sci-fi 5.7%
Conquer Irkalla, a world of mortals torn apart by a war between eight civilizations! Command heroes, forge and break alliances, journey through five eras of history, and choose one of the Seven Truths to change the face of reality forever. A turn-based 4X strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 56.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Strategy 12.8%, War 8.8%, 2D 1.5%
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 59.3% ★, Space 12.1%, Strategy 12%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%
Colonize a galaxy in 256 colors! In this RiscOS gem from 1997, the fate of human civilization lies in your hands. Travel the stars, claim uninhabited planets or fight over them against your alien opponents. Your ultimate chance to relive the original experience, on the PC for the first time ever.
Why similar: 4X 33.8% ★, Space Sim 21.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 7.9%
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 35.6% ★, Hex Grid 17.1% ★, Grand Strategy 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, War 9.6%
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 60.4% ★, Space 12.5%, Strategy 10.8%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.7%
Astro Protocol is a high-stakes, turn-based 4X space strategy game distilled into intense one-hour matches. Six factions, randomized maps, tech trees, and anomalies ensure every run is unique. Victories are earned against challenging opponents that play to win.
Why similar: 4X 36.8% ★, Hex Grid 15.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Grand Strategy 12.7%, Space 7.9%
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 47.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Grand Strategy 13.5%, Space 11.8%, Sci-fi 5.5%
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 63% ★, Space 12.3%, Strategy 11.8%, Sci-fi 6.3%, Grand Strategy 4.1%
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 31.2% ★, Hex Grid 14.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Grand Strategy 11.2%, Space 9.1%
ENDLESS Legend™ is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of ENDLESS Space™ and Dungeon of the ENDLESS™. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga. Create your own Legend!
Why similar: 4X 50.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Hex Grid 14.8% ★, Strategy 10.6%, Grand Strategy 3.9%
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 47.4% ★, Grand Strategy 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Strategy 9.6%, War 6.7%
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 31% ★, Hex Grid 16.5% ★, Grand Strategy 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Space 8%
Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms is a turn-based 4X grand strategy game, played on a procedurally generated world. Battles are real-time and tactical. Every world-map and battlefield is entirely unique, so this game will always have something to throw at you.
Why similar: 4X 46.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Grand Strategy 14.1%, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 5.7%
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 45.4% ★, Grand Strategy 14.3%, Space 13.3%, Strategy 9.6%, Sci-fi 9.2%
Rebuild a scattered empire in a Gothic galaxy of distant beacons and lost colonies. A real-time 4X with four distinct playable factions, empire-wide command, and Living Sagas shaped by how you govern and conquer up to 10,000 star systems.
Why similar: 4X 51.6% ★, Grand Strategy 17.1%, Space 11.2%, Strategy 8.1%, Sci-fi 6.8%
Diehexegy is a hex grid turn-based 4x game with a unique twist: your armies are composed of dice. It has multiple victory conditions and straightforward gameplay.
Why similar: 4X 53.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Hex Grid 15.7% ★, Strategy 11.4%, 2D 1.4%
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 35.8% ★, Space Sim 16.8%, Grand Strategy 13.1%, Space 9.7%, War 8.5%
4x turn based strategy mixed with real time (turn stealing) bidding mechanics. Complete single player or competitive online matches with up to 4 players in a single sitting, while telling the history of a fantasy world from the creation of its continents to the twilight of its gods.
Why similar: 4X 48.3% ★, Hex Grid 17.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Strategy 6.8%, War 6.5%
Play campaign stories within the Galactic Ruler universe. Invade the galaxy to eliminate those who stand in your way or rally alien races to defend against the invaders. Fight battles at both planet and space across a procedurally generated galaxy. Use new unit control systems to manage your forces.
Why similar: 4X 31.8% ★, Grand Strategy 14%, Hex Grid 13.6% ★, Space 11%, Space Sim 11%
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 54.6% ★, Space 16.4%, Strategy 12%, Grand Strategy 9.7%, Sci-fi 7%
Demise of Nations is a 4X turn-based grand strategy wargame covering the rise of Rome till the fall of modern civilization.
Why similar: 4X 40.2% ★, Hex Grid 19.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Grand Strategy 12.9%, War 6.5%
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 33.3% ★, Hex Grid 17.8% ★, Grand Strategy 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, War 6.8%
Build order on a strange planet, keep your crew alive, and gather the parts needed to repair the crashed main ship. Manage resources, explore new areas, face growing threats, and strengthen your colony a little more with each passing day.
Why similar: 4X 41.3% ★, Space Sim 27.8%, Space 10.3%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Strategy 5.8%
A turn-based grand strategy game in space, set in the near future: Defend Earth against an alien invasion from the edge of the Solar System and expand your campaign to push them back to their base.
Why similar: 4X 31.7% ★, Space Sim 17.2%, Grand Strategy 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Space 9.9%
A real-time sci-fi 4X strategy game where you explore procedurally generated star systems, expand your empire, manage resources, build fleets, and wage war against multiple AI factions in a dynamic and evolving galaxy.
Why similar: 4X 44.7% ★, Space Sim 22.8%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 8%, Space 6.5%
Build your own galactic empire and lead it to dominance across the cosmos. Develop technology, manage your fleet, colonize planets, and engage in turn-based battles. Every decision shapes your path to victory in a dynamic sci-fi strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 40.9% ★, Space Sim 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Space 11.1%, Sci-fi 8.2%
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 36.9% ★, Space 18.9%, Grand Strategy 15.7%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Strategy 8.1%
Dominium Mundi is a lightweight 4X strategy game set in the medieval period where 4 players compete to create the most influential empire. Expand your empire over the map, convert more people to your religion, and control more trade routes.
Why similar: 4X 62.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Grand Strategy 11.9%, Strategy 7.5%, Resource Management 3%
This is a 4x turn-base strategy game. You can develop your planet, expand your territory by colonizing and building space stations, research technology to unlock more ships, and ultimately discover and eliminate your enemies.
Why similar: 4X 46.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Space 10.9%, Sci-fi 8%, War 7.6%
Frostward is a turn-based 4X survival strategy game set on a frozen hex world, where you plan districts, work toward monumental Wonders, command armies in battle, and decide whether humanity will endure, escape, or restore warmth to the world.
Why similar: 4X 49.2% ★, Hex Grid 22.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Strategy 6.3%, Resource Management 3.2%
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 31.2% ★, Space Sim 15.6%, Grand Strategy 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Space 9.1%
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 64.1% ★, Space 16.2%, Strategy 10.7%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%
