- #1 Stars in Shadow
97% 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 54.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.5%, Space 11.6%, Strategy 9.3%, Sci-fi 5.9%
- #2 Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
96% matchMixed44% of 962 reviews2012
Dev: Kerberos ProductionsPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
The Enhanced Edition contains Sword of the Stars II: The Lords of Winter and the first expansion, the End of Flesh. The new expansion introduces the new playable race, the Loa. All previous DLCs containing new avatars, new combat music, alternate voices, skins, and new badges for the warships are also included.
Why similar: 4X 52.5% ★, Space 13.8%, Strategy 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #3 Space Empires IV Deluxe
96% matchVery Positive86% of 291 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 37%
The award-winning Space Empires IV Deluxe is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. A grand strategy title in the space 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) genre, Space Empires has already found a place in the heart of strategy gamers everywhere.
Why similar: 4X 57.4% ★, Strategy 12.8%, Space 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #4 Pandora: First Contact
95% 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 53.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Strategy 11%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Space 5%
- #5 Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection
94% 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 56% ★, Space 13.4%, Strategy 12%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.2%
- #6 Space Empires V
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 480 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 15.1 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 56.4% ★, Strategy 13.7%, Space 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #7 Distant Worlds: Universe
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,856 reviews2014
Dev: Code ForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of turn-based strategy, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game.
Why similar: 4X 57.9% ★, Space 17.2%, Strategy 9.5%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Real-Time 5.8% ★
- #8 Star Ruler
92% matchVery Positive83% of 342 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 56.5% ★, Space 19.6%, Strategy 14.9%, Sci-fi 6.9%, Indie 1.8%
- #9 Star Ruler 2
91% 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 56.4% ★, Space 19.6%, Strategy 11.9%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Indie 1.2%
- #10 Lords of the Black Sun
91% 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 53.5% ★, Space 17%, Strategy 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Sci-fi 5.1%
- #11 Armada 2526 Gold Edition
90% matchMixed66% of 110 reviews2013
Dev: Ntronium GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Conquer the Galaxy In This ‘4x’ Strategy Game. Lead one of 18 different alien races to become a mighty pan-galactic empire. Manage your colonies, deploy your fleets and conduct research. Plot your strategy and turn your planets into mighty bastions.
Why similar: 4X 47.2% ★, Strategy 18.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Space 13.6%, Indie 2.7%
- #12 Plane Starship2:Galactic Contender
89% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: 爱芙尔
Windows
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 34.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Space 9.4%, War 8.3%, Tactical 7%
- #13 The Veiled Atlas: A Cycle of Falls
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flat Gradient
Windows · Linux
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 47.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Strategy 12.3%, Space 9.4%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #14 Shattered Spheres
88% 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 39.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Space 11.5%, Old School 6.3%, PvP 6.2%
- #15 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
86% matchVery Positive90% of 619 reviews2024
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.
Why similar: 4X 57.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Space 12.3%, Strategy 9.6%, Multiplayer 6.4%
- #16 Mini Gal4Xy
87% matchPositive84% of 38 reviews2019
Dev: Jérôme BodinPub: Le Studio des Ténèbres
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mini Gal4Xy is a light strategy game set in space.
Why similar: 4X 42.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Procedural Generation 14%, Space 9.1%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #17 Irkalla
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nocturne Industries
Windows
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 49.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.7%, Strategy 13.5%, War 11.3%, 2D 4.2%
- #18 Final Theory
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 394 reviews2018
Dev: Monticube
Windows
Final Theory is a 4X-lite turn-based strategy game where you command fleets of battleships engaged in a galactic civil war. It presents an exciting experience for both veteran players and those new to the genre. It features innovative combat mechanics but also hearkens back to some of the classics.
Why similar: 4X 37.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Space 9.5%, Tactical 8.2%, Futuristic 7.5%
- #19 ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
84% matchVery Positive81% of 9,610 reviews2012
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.6 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 45.6% ★, Space 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Strategy 13%, Sci-fi 7%
- #20 Wizard Warfare
84% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2019
Dev: Psyanotek Limited
Windows
Wizard Warfare is a fantasy-themed, 4X-style, turn-based strategy game with a strategic empire management layer supported by a detailed tactical battle simulation layer.
Why similar: 4X 46.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Tactical 11.7%, Strategy 8%
- #21 Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
83% matchMixed61% of 23,177 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 31.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.4%, Space 11.1%, Strategy 9.3%, Sci-fi 9%
- #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 44.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Space 11%, Strategy 6.8%, Sci-fi 5.6%
- #23 Sid Meier's Starships
82% matchMixed50% of 2,476 reviews2015
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build and command a fleet of starships and travel between planets as you explore, build, negotiate, and fight to preserve your vision for humanity.
Why similar: Space 23.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.4%, 4X 17.7% ★, Strategy 12.9%, Sci-fi 10.8%
- #24 Hollow Orbits 4x
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Harimaru Studio
Windows
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 45.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Strategy 11.2%, Space 10%, PvP 6.5%
- #25 Kingdom of Krawall
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TinyDragonMagic
Windows · Linux
A fast-paced strategy game about building a kingdom, outplaying your rivals, and conquering your enemies. Play solo or in multiplayer and enjoy the depth of a classic 4X in a single sitting.
Why similar: 4X 46.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, War 11.8%, Strategy 11.6%, PvP 8.4%
- #26 Space Tyrant
80% matchVery Positive84% of 616 reviews2018
Dev: Blue Wizard Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Terrorize the galaxy for fun and profit! Space Tyrant is a surprisingly deep beer & pretzels strategy game set in a darkly humorous future. Build a mighty space force, disintegrate peaceful aliens, and rule irresponsibly on your relentless march to total domination.
Why similar: 4X 47.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23.4%, Strategy 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Space 5.2%
- #27 Numeral Lord
79% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2022
Dev: Flint Games
Windows
minimalism strategy game
Why similar: 4X 27.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 24.8%, PvP 16.8%, Strategy 9.1%, Tactical 7.3%
- #28 Dominium Mundi
79% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Dusan Petrovic
Windows · Linux
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 56.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Procedural Generation 11.3%, Strategy 8%, PvP 5.1%
- #29 Age of Wonders: Planetfall
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 6,729 reviews2019
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: 4X 31.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, Strategy 7.2%, Tactical 7%, PvP 6.9%
- #30 EOL: End Of Line
78% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: MLS Games, LLC
Windows
A sci-fi turn-based strategy game, no gimmicky mechanics just pure 4x glory.
Why similar: 4X 42.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Strategy 10.7%, Futuristic 8%, Top-Down 8%
- #31 Mandate of Galactic Empires
77% 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 45.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Space 10.4%, War 8.7%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #32 Buddies to Death
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WABAWEYA
Windows
Buddies to Death - A fast-paced, turn-based, 4X strategy set in a medieval fantasy world with asymmetric factions, amazing lore, and FISHHH!
Why similar: 4X 34.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23.1%, War 9.5%, Strategy 7.9%, PvP 7.9%
- #33 Interstellar Space: Genesis
76% matchVery Positive84% of 850 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 37.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Space 11.3%, Procedural Generation 8.7%, War 7.9%
- #34 Uciana
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Birdshel, LLC
Windows
Explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate in this sci-fi 4X turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 51.4% ★, Strategy 13.2%, Procedural Generation 10.6%, Space 10.6%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #35 StarDrive
75% matchMixed45% of 1,489 reviews2013
Dev: Zero Sum Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
As a space bear, human or any other race, venture forth into the galaxy, create custom ships, conquer new worlds, build new colonies and defend your very existence against those who would take what is yours.
Why similar: 4X 60.5% ★, Space 17.7%, Strategy 12.1%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Indie 1.4%
- #36 Crow's Foot
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Thelix
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based hex strategy you can finish over lunch. Outsmart AI rivals, each with their own grudges, ambitions, and breaking points. Conquer provinces, command knights, scouts, assassins, and more. Unlock rule-bending scrolls. Go bankrupt and your own army defects.
Why similar: 4X 44.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Strategy 10.3%, Top-Down 6.8%, War 6%
- #37 Solaris
73% matchVery Positive80% of 90 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 48.2% ★, Strategy 12.3%, War 10%, Tactical 8.2%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #38 A New World: Kingdoms
74% matchNegative0% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Red Phoenix Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A New World: Kingdoms is a turn-based strategic 4X game. Carefully expand your kingdom by constructing buildings and managing your resources. Building your own empire is not easy; there will be challenges along the way, from mountains to navigate to your rival and his warriors.
Why similar: 4X 42.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, War 9.2%, Top-Down 8.8%, Tactical 7.8%
- #39 Lordship
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Carpe diem
Windows
Lordship is a turn-based 4x strategy where your objective is to be the first to obtain the set victory points (Fame). Explore, find treasure, build and expand cities, battle creeps and opponents, and interact with various objects on the map that automatically resolve.
Why similar: 4X 43.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Top-Down 8.4%, Strategy 7.9%, Procedural Generation 7.8%
- #40 Mech and Tech 1
72% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: colmer_it UG
Windows · Mac
Conquer. Build. Survive. A tactical strategy game on procedural hex grids - intense, deep. Plan every move: establish your base, secure supply lines, and unleash suppression fire against all who stand in your way. Research new technologies - improve your units. Play solo, co-op, or PvP.
Why similar: 4X 29.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.5%, PvP 13.3%, Strategy 11%, Procedural Generation 7.9%
- #41 Diehexegy
73% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Aebersoft
Windows · Linux
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 49.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Strategy 12.7%, PvP 10.1%, 2D 4.1%
- #42 The Mystic
72% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: PipeDream
Windows
The Mystic is a dark fantasy, turn-based strategy game. Become a follower of the first gods, gain their favour, overthrow the High King by innovative combat and magic systems and establish harmony. The game offers an exciting campaign full of twists, battles and difficult decisions and multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 44.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.5%, Strategy 12.3%, PvP 10%, Procedural Generation 7.9%
- #43 Dominions - Priests, Prophets & Pretenders
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Linux
In Dominions you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. It all takes place in a fantasy world with monsters, magic items and world altering spells. Dominions is a 4x turn based strategy game with a large variety of spells and units.
Why similar: 4X 57.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.2%, Strategy 15.4%, 2D 4.7%
- #44 Space Empires III
71% matchPositive80% of 46 reviews2020
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
The third game within the Space Empires series brings the dawn of a new age of exploration. Your race keeps running through the fabric of space and moves to other solar systems beyond your own.
Why similar: 4X 39.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, Strategy 11.5%, Retro 8.3%, Space 7%
- #45 Stellar Monarch 2
71% 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 51.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.9%, Space 10.9%, Strategy 9.8%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #46 Sins of a Solar Empire II
69% matchVery Positive84% of 8,792 reviews2024
Dev: Ironclad Games CorporationPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 32.8 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 38.8% ★, Space 17.3%, Tactical 8.6%, PvP 8.5%, Strategy 7.7%
- #47 Stellar Sovereigns
70% matchMixed65% of 31 reviews2023
Dev: Imagined Reality
Windows
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 34.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Procedural Generation 10.3%, Space 9.2%, Futuristic 8.7%
- #48 Armada Pet Wars
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Longshot Games
Windows
Armada Pet Wars is a 4X-lite asynchronous turn based space-themed strategy game... with pets. Design Starships, make or break alliances, setup your fleets for victory in this strategic, space-themed, auto-battler.
Why similar: 4X 32% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, War 10.8%, Space 9.5%, Futuristic 8.6%
- #49 Predestination
70% 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 49.4% ★, Space 16%, Strategy 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #50 Gemini Wars
70% matchMostly Negative32% of 165 reviews2012
Dev: Camel 101
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Take control of a fleet commander returned from exile, rise through the ranks of the United Space Federation forces and join an epic war across the stars.
Why similar: 4X 38.5% ★, War 13.6%, Space 11.7%, Real-Time 10.6% ★, Tactical 7.3%
- #51 StarDrive 2
69% matchMixed55% of 2,102 reviews2015
Dev: Zero Sum GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
StarDrive 2 is an exciting and evolutionary step forward for the StarDrive franchise. In this eagerly anticipated sequel, the core mechanics have evolved to incorporate a turn-based strategic layer, featuring spectacular realtime battles.
Why similar: 4X 50% ★, Space 18.8%, Strategy 17.3%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Indie 1.9%
- #52 Master of Orion
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 8,196 reviews2016
Dev: NGD StudiosPub: Wargaming Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 101.3 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 61.3% ★, Space 13.8%, Strategy 13.7%, Sci-fi 5.9%, Multiplayer 2.5%
- #53 Planeticus
68% match8 user reviews13% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Keshbel Games
Windows
Planeticus offers to conquer new planets in the company of friends or strangers. The essence of the game is to capture planets, manage resources, create as many of your own super planets as possible and generate space invaders.
Why similar: 4X 43.6% ★, Space 12.8%, PvP 11.9%, Strategy 8%, Futuristic 6.8%
- #54 Mordfield Command
67% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Software Verde, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Set in a world seized by machines, Mordfield Command is a turn-based hex wargame. Reclaim territory under mounting pressure and expand your control of the battlefield. Move too slowly, and the Algorithm’s growing forces will overrun you.
Why similar: 4X 33.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, War 11%, PvP 8.5%, Procedural Generation 8.3%
- #55 HEXPANSE
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Seedforge Studio
Windows
Hexpanse is a real-time space strategy game. Build your ships and stations block by block, mine asteroids, program the doctrine of your autonomous fleets, and conquer a procedurally generated galaxy. Play solo or in multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 45.8% ★, Strategy 10.7%, Space 9%, Futuristic 7.5%, Top-Down 7%
- #56 Realm Tycoons
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sunstone Entertainment LLC
Windows
Realm Tycoons is a turn-based fantasy strategy board game where rival rulers claim realms, build economies, grow armies, cast spells, upgrade strongholds, and battle for control of the kingdom.
Why similar: 4X 43.2% ★, War 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, PvP 9.9%, Strategy 7.2%
- #57 UniverseV: Star Domination
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Ultimate Universe Studio
Windows · Linux
Conquer the galaxy and defeat the mysterious elder race in this amazing 2D turn-based strategy game. To do this, you will have to build your fleets with different ships equipped with modules of your choice. Your conquest will be supported by special game cards different for each race.
Why similar: 4X 25.9% ★, Space 11.3%, Tactical 9.9%, War 8.3%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #58 WARONOMY
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Aventine Legends
Windows
Waronomy is a turn-based fantasy strategy conquest wargame set in a medieval magic world, where strategy is everything: raise armies, empower heroes, forge elite stacks, and annihilate rival warlords until every castle on the map is yours.
Why similar: 4X 39.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, PvP 9.6%, War 8.5%, Top-Down 7.4%
- #59 Space Empires I
67% 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 40.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Strategy 11.7%, Space 8.5%, Futuristic 6.4%