60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, 4X, Sci-fi, Space.
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Children of the Galaxy
Children of the Galaxy is a grand scale 4x turn-based strategy game with a turn-based combat and tactical elements. You can explore the galaxy, colonize planets and build huge armies of starships to fight in epic space battles.
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An idle space 4X drawn entirely in Minitel-era text. Your empire builds, scans and colonizes while the game is closed — but the Hegemony raids on ninety seconds' warning, and something at the centre of the galaxy has started listening.
Children of the Galaxy is a grand scale 4x turn-based strategy game with a turn-based combat and tactical elements. You can explore the galaxy, colonize planets and build huge armies of starships to fight in epic space battles.
Why similar: 4X 52% ★, Simulation 21.7%, Strategy 19.7%, Sci-fi 6.6%
An idle space 4X drawn entirely in Minitel-era text. Your empire builds, scans and colonizes while the game is closed — but the Hegemony raids on ninety seconds' warning, and something at the centre of the galaxy has started listening.
Why similar: 4X 38.1% ★, Incremental 16.3%, Strategy 12%, Simulation 11.4%, Space 7.5%
Experience first-hand the challenges of leading one of 16 different races into unequalled galactic supremacy and face a universe of decisions. Set policies, explore, build, declare war, negotiate - put all these elements into motion to guarantee your place in the annals of space and time.
Why similar: 4X 67% ★, Strategy 23.7%, Space 6.1%, Sci-fi 3.3%
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 63.5% ★, Strategy 22.3%, Space 7.7%, Sci-fi 6.4%, Singleplayer 0.2%
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 61.5% ★, Strategy 21.5%, Space 10.4%, Sci-fi 6.2%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 50.7% ★, Strategy 17.4%, Simulation 16.3%, Space 8.8%, Sci-fi 6.4%
Conquer Europe, become an Emperor. Build your family’s dynasty through seven centuries, from 800 A.D. to 1492 A.D., up until the inevitable collapse of the feudal system.
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 63.3% ★, Strategy 22.3%, Space 9.2%, Sci-fi 4.4%, Atmospheric 0.6%
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 62.5% ★, Strategy 19.7%, Space 11.8%, Sci-fi 5.9%, Singleplayer 0.2%
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 61.1% ★, Strategy 23.3%, Space 9.3%, Sci-fi 5.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%
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 51% ★, Strategy 27.8%, Space 12.4%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Singleplayer 0.2%
Void Ascendancy is a UI-driven space empire simulation where you colonize planets, manage specialized worlds, and build interstellar trade networks across a procedurally generated star cluster.
Why similar: 4X 48.2% ★, Simulation 21.5%, Strategy 18.7%, Space 4.6%, Sci-fi 3.6%
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 60.7% ★, Strategy 19.7%, Simulation 8.8%, Sci-fi 6.8%, Space 3.7%
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 56.8% ★, Strategy 23.4%, Space 7.3%, Sci-fi 6.6%, Dark 5.4%
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 58.5% ★, Strategy 15.1%, Space 11.2%, Simulation 9.1%, Sci-fi 5.7%
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 60.2% ★, Strategy 23.2%, Space 12.4%, Sci-fi 4.2%
Empires of a Tiny Universe is a relaxed single-player RTS where you build and expand your empire across space. Manage planetary infrastructure, develop new technologies for your fleet, and conquer the galaxy - all from a clear, minimalist perspective.
Why similar: 4X 43.8% ★, Abstract 19%, Aliens 15.3%, Strategy 12.5%, Space 5.4%
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 62.4% ★, Strategy 21.1%, Space 9.7%, Sci-fi 6.4%, Singleplayer 0.4%
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 53.6% ★, Strategy 24.1%, Space 11.2%, Sci-fi 6%, Aliens 3.1%
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.
Why similar: 4X 70.8% ★, Strategy 18.5%, Space 9.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%
A strategy game about space (location) in space (cosmic). Colonise the galaxy with a thousand clicks of a mouse. Winner of DreamHack Austin Jam!
Why similar: 4X 42.3% ★, Strategy 20.9%, Incremental 17.1%, Simulation 9.9%, Space 9.7%
A free, tick-based strategy MMO where the clock never stops. Expand from one planet across six galaxies, command mega-fleets, and forge alliances. One turn every hour - a war that never sleeps.
Why similar: 4X 48.3% ★, Strategy 19%, Incremental 18.2%, Space 5.3%, Text-Based 5%
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 70.5% ★, Strategy 19.8%, Space 5.9%, Sci-fi 3.4%, Singleplayer 0.3%
Unending Galaxy is a unique space-sim in which you can fill any role from pirate or trader to the leader of a large galactic empire.
Why similar: 4X 36.4% ★, Simulation 22.8%, Strategy 22.5%, Space 10.4%, Sci-fi 4.3%
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 59% ★, Strategy 19.5%, Space 13.3%, Sci-fi 8.2%
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 59.1% ★, Strategy 18.6%, Space 15.8%, Sci-fi 6.5%
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 57.8% ★, Strategy 24%, Space 12.9%, Sci-fi 5.1%, Singleplayer 0.2%
A deep 2D strategy of cosmic trade and faction warfare. Build trading empires, refine asteroids, lead fleets into battle and run faction politics — solo or in four-player co-op
Why similar: 4X 48.2% ★, Simulation 20.6%, Strategy 18.1%, Space 6.4%, Sci-fi 4%
Dawn of Andromeda is a pausable, real-time 4X space strategy game providing an accessible, fun and immersive experience, introducing fresh ideas to the genre. Build your empire, colonize new planets, interact with other factions and characters, research technologies and build great fleets.
Why similar: 4X 59.2% ★, Strategy 23.8%, Space 10.9%, Sci-fi 6.1%
Explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate in this sci-fi 4X turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 60.2% ★, Strategy 24.3%, Space 8%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%
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 41.4% ★, Strategy 21%, Simulation 14.4%, Space 12.9%, Sci-fi 5.2%
Build a defense strategy to protect the peace.
Why similar: 4X 52.5% ★, Simulation 24.8%, Strategy 22.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
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 50.4% ★, Strategy 18.6%, Simulation 14.2%, Space 10%, Sci-fi 5.1%
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.
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 67.2% ★, Strategy 18.1%, Space 9.3%, Sci-fi 5.4%
4X Lite Strategy Game where You are a war AI rebooting after 800 years of silence. Your orders are still active. The enemy is gone—so is everyone else. Conquer the galaxy, uncover corrupted memories, and face the horrifying truth: no one told you to stop.
Why similar: 4X 56.3% ★, Strategy 21.9%, Dark 6.2%, Sci-fi 4.7%, Atmospheric 3.9%
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 57.3% ★, Strategy 24.9%, Space 12%, Sci-fi 5.8%
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 56.8% ★, Strategy 22.2%, Space 11.1%, Sci-fi 6.8%, Atmospheric 2.6%
Xenia’s Ark is a new turn-based, 4X Sci-Fi Strategy Game developed by Malicious Games that blends Planetary, Star System and Galaxy maps with new takes on traditional 4X mechanics. If you want a comfortable 4X strategy game with new systems and twists, it's time you embarked on Xenia's Ark.
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 64.1% ★, Strategy 21.2%, Space 9.4%, Sci-fi 5.2%, Singleplayer 0.2%
At the Gates is an indie strategy game from Jon Shafer, designer of Civilization 5. You are a dark age lord building a kingdom to replace the crumbling Roman Empire. Manage your clans, explore the landscape around you, harvest its resources, and build a mighty economic and military machine.
This is a simple and fun elimination game.
Why similar: 4X 62.5% ★, Simulation 20.3%, Strategy 16.7%, Singleplayer 0.5%
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 51.3% ★, Strategy 19.4%, Simulation 13.5%, Space 9.5%, Sci-fi 4.1%
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 50.9% ★, Strategy 20.4%, Space 11.2%, Aliens 10.2%, Sci-fi 7.2%
A unique 4X real-time historical strategy game, set on a procedurally generated globe. Play from ancient times, right through to the modern day. Expand your empire, build settlements, units, buildings and construct world wonders. Make History, Your Way.
Why similar: 4X 57.7% ★, Strategy 18.1%, Simulation 18%, Abstract 5.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%
A fast-paced, minimalist turn-based strategy game. Wargame.
Why similar: 4X 59.1% ★, Strategy 24.3%, Abstract 15.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Dominions II is turn based fantasy game in which you take the role of a powerful being that is trying to become the supreme god. The type of Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to old dragons or statues. The game features a large variety of spells and units.
Why similar: 4X 70% ★, Strategy 29.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Can anyone build an empire in a place like this? Other factions are naturally suspicious of newcomers and may wage war at the first sign of unidentified craft. Here, a natural death is an uncommon luxury.
Why similar: 4X 46.1% ★, Simulation 14.6%, Strategy 14.5%, Aliens 13%, Space 9.6%
Still reading? No time to talk. TO THE FRONT. A phosphorescent swarm is devouring everything in its path and Node 52 is next. Your base is a tree: grow it, turn it, dig in, HOLD. A million, a billion, who cares. Kill them all.
Why similar: 4X 47.2% ★, Simulation 19%, Strategy 17.5%, Incremental 13.7%, Sci-fi 2.6%
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 50.3% ★, Strategy 20.2%, Simulation 19.5%, Space 5.5%, Sci-fi 4.3%
Lead a nation through decades of political and economic challenges. Manage budgets, taxes, interest rates, crises, and public opinion in a deep grand-strategy simulation where every decision shapes your country's future.
Why similar: 4X 51.9% ★, Simulation 23.6%, Strategy 20.6%, Choices Matter 3.6%, Singleplayer 0.4%
The Rebel Space Admiral is an idler/ clicker game about space exploration with battles, trade, base building, planet invasions and science research. Fight your way through hundreds of star systems, meet aliens, find powerful artifacts and defeat an ancient evil before it purges the galaxy.
Why similar: 4X 43% ★, Aliens 14.5%, Strategy 12.4%, Simulation 10.6%, Incremental 10.4%
It's a Chinese ancient city building strategy game that features ancient-style city building, a rich social simulation system, and always dissatisfied citizens. You come to a nice place, and you will become a lord who leads people to live in peace, reclaim wasteland, and build a stable city.
Why similar: 4X 53.9% ★, Simulation 25.2%, Strategy 20.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%
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.
A compact art gallery simulator that runs quietly on your desktop while you work or study. Perfect for quick breaks, you'll hire artists, create paintings, and grow your gallery business without disturbing your workflow. Ideal for office workers and students.
Why similar: 4X 33.8% ★, Simulation 25%, Strategy 15.6%, Incremental 12.5%, Aliens 10.2%
Space science research theme strategy simulation game, click or drag the mouse to complete all operations.
Why similar: Simulation 29.8%, Strategy 26.4%, Incremental 16.1%, Space 10.1%, Text-Based 9.8%
A turn based strategy game with real time battles! Build up your settlement, train mighty armies, research technologies, cast spells, discover hidden goodies and more as you fight your way across the map to overthrow the enemy warlord in his keep!
Project Sol is a Sci-Fi colony sim set in the future when you civilization is just beginning to reach for the stars. Take control of your Empire, build massive orbital satellites, defend from roving pirates, and conquer the galaxy!
Why similar: 4X 52.3% ★, Strategy 19.7%, Aliens 10.5%, Space 7.2%, Sci-fi 6.4%
