- #1 Lord of Rigel
97% matchMixed68% of 107 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 19.9% ★, Grand Strategy 15.2% ★, Diplomacy 15.2% ★, Space Sim 13.3%, Military 10.2%
- #2 Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
96% matchVery Positive93% of 16,284 reviews2012
Dev: Ironclad Games CorporationPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: 4X 16.3% ★, Diplomacy 15.3% ★, Space Sim 12.6%, Grand Strategy 12.3% ★, RTS 9.3%
- #3 Galactic Ruler
96% matchMixed49% of 121 reviews2022
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Galactic Ruler offers real time strategy game play at both planetary level and in space! Lead your faction in diplomacy or conquest across a procedurally generated galactic map where any system might hold hostile enemies or resource riches. Develop advanced technologies to rule the galaxy!
Why similar: 4X 21.1% ★, Space Sim 16%, Real Time Tactics 15.9%, Grand Strategy 15.3% ★, RTS 9.8%
- #4 Nova Empire
95% matchMixed53% of 287 reviews2022
Dev: Gamebear Tech
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Build up a Space Empire and establish control of the Galaxy and the Universe! Nova Empire is a multiplayer space game in which the aim is to build your empire and conquer the galaxy in epic space battles against your rivals with other allies worldwide!
Why similar: 4X 28.2% ★, Space Sim 23.6%, Real Time Tactics 18.7%, Base Building 9.5%, Military 8.4%
- #5 Fragile Allegiance
94% matchVery Positive94% of 125 reviews2015
Dev: Gremlin InteractivePub: Alternative Software Ltd
Windows
Assemble your fleets, fill your silos with nuclear warheads, conduct research, gather resources, and wage war in a vast galaxy in this unique take on 4X Strategy. Appoint Colony Supervisors to manage your colony and deploy Spy Satellites for the ultimate in skulduggery.
Why similar: Space 36.6%, Strategy 33.4%, Wargame 30%
- #6 Star Traders: 4X Empires
94% matchMixed63% of 82 reviews2014
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Take command of humanity’s last survivors and rebuild an empire in the stars. In this immersive turn-based strategy game, you will have to fight to protect your people, control rival factions, and unlock lost technology.
Why similar: 4X 25.4% ★, Diplomacy 20.6% ★, Grand Strategy 15.9% ★, Economy 11.3%, Space 8.3%
- #7 Sins of a Solar Empire II
91% matchVery Positive84% of 8,352 reviews2024
Dev: Ironclad Games CorporationPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 30.1 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 36.5% ★, RTS 21%, Space 21%, Base Building 8.2%, Strategy 7.6%
- #8 Dust Fleet
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 220 reviews2023
Dev: Orbiting DiscoPub: indie.io
Windows
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: 4X 26.7% ★, Space Sim 18.6%, Real Time Tactics 15.4%, Space 12%, Wargame 7.5%
- #9 Galactic Inheritors
93% matchMixed44% of 86 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 45.4% ★, Space 24.7%, Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Strategy 9.7%
- #10 Outlive 25
89% matchVery Positive96% of 206 reviews2026
Dev: Continuum EntertainmentPub: CriticalLeap
Windows
Build your base, prepare your troops, and face your most epic battle yet in this old-school real-time strategy game. Choose between two factions, test your skills in three epic campaigns and engage in online battles with up to 16 players simultaneously.
Why similar: Space Sim 19.1%, RTS 18.6%, Colony Sim 16.8%, Old School 11.3%, Base Building 10.1%
- #11 Star Ruler
91% matchVery Positive83% of 340 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 40.2% ★, Space 18.3%, RTS 15.6%, Grand Strategy 14.5% ★, Strategy 11.3%
- #12 Terra Invicta
88% matchVery Positive81% of 9,264 reviews2026
Dev: Pavonis InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 51.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: 4X 22.7% ★, Diplomacy 18.9% ★, Grand Strategy 17.4% ★, Economy 11.3%, Military 10%
- #13 Interstellar Space: Genesis
89% matchVery Positive84% of 825 reviews2019
Dev: Praxis Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 36.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Space 14.7%, Diplomacy 13.6% ★, Military 8%
- #14 Gemini Wars
90% 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 22.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16.6% ★, Space Sim 15%, Wargame 13.6%, RTS 11.2%
- #15 Stellar Monarch
87% matchVery Positive80% of 227 reviews2016
Dev: Silver Lemur Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 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 30.1% ★, Grand Strategy 23.9% ★, Diplomacy 21.2% ★, Space 11.3%, Management 8.7%
- #16 ENDLESS™ Space - Definitive Edition
86% matchVery Positive81% of 9,577 reviews2012
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.4 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 47.4% ★, Space 20.1%, Strategy 14.5%, Diplomacy 7.5% ★, Grand Strategy 5.9% ★
- #17 Pixel Starships
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,939 reviews2023
Dev: SavySoda
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Pixel Starships is an FTL-style online sci-fi strategy builder and management game with a competitive PVP tournament. Set in the retro galaxy, your role is to explore space, meet aliens, and develop your ship, crew and AI. The game contains deep strategic and 4x elements. PSS is community-driven.
Why similar: 4X 26.2% ★, Space Sim 24.6%, Wargame 13.8%, Space 13.3%, Base Building 12.6%
- #18 Shadow Empire
84% matchVery Positive84% of 1,875 reviews2020
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 70.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 23.4% ★, Asynchronous Multiplayer 20.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16.7% ★, Wargame 14.5%, Space 9.2%
- #19 StarDrive
86% matchMixed45% of 1,484 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 51.7% ★, Space 19.9%, RTS 17.3%, Strategy 11%
- #20 Relentless Expanse
82% matchVery Positive90% of 107 reviews2025
Dev: Cowmera Games
Windows
Capture and upgrade planets, outsmart your enemies, and conquer the galaxy! Simple yet addicting, you can play alone or outsmart your friends in this 2D top-down space RTS. Completely free, no monetization, just fun!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, RTS 16.8%, Diplomacy 16.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.5%, Space 11.6%
- #21 Stars in Shadow
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 825 reviews2017
Dev: Ashdar GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 14.6 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 68.2% ★, Space 19%, Strategy 12.7%
- #22 Rogue Station
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 228 reviews2023
Dev: Quint Studio
Windows
This "space station builder simulation roguelite" puts you in charge of a space station. Fight off enemy ships, fleets and rival stations to dominate your corner of space. Build and upgrade your station, hire and manage your crew. Survive as long as you can.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 20%, Base Building 19.6%, Time Management 19.2%, Space 18.9%, Management 14.9%
- #23 Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
79% matchVery Positive88% of 1,638 reviews2022
Dev: The Secret Games CompanyPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 24.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, Asynchronous Multiplayer 18.1% ★, Economy 12.2%, Management 9.1%
- #24 Dawn of Andromeda
82% matchMixed44% of 242 reviews2017
Dev: Grey Wolf EntertainmentPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 60.8% ★, Space 22.7%, Strategy 16.5%
- #25 NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
78% matchVery Positive81% of 3,880 reviews2022
Dev: Eridanus IndustriesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 31.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Diplomacy 27.1% ★, Grand Strategy 26.1% ★, RTS 17.8%, Military 16.8%, Multiplayer 6.3%
- #26 Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 813 reviews2011
Dev: Ironclad Games CorporationPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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: 4X 22.6% ★, Diplomacy 17.4% ★, Space Sim 16.5%, RTS 12.2%, Military 9.8%
- #27 Taking London
77% matchVery Positive85% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Pink Pegasus Games
Windows · Linux
A love letter to old-school browser-based RTS MMOs – with charming nostalgic pixel graphics, a dash of political satire, and tonnes of strategic tension. Build your empire, face off against other players, and take what’s yours in true British imperial style: by dominating the map.
Why similar: Wargame 15.6%, Grand Strategy 15.6% ★, RTS 13.3%, Real Time Tactics 13.1%, Colony Sim 12.3%
- #28 Star Ruler 2
79% 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 46.1% ★, RTS 22.4%, Space 21.1%, Strategy 10.3%
- #29 SpaceBourne 2
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,057 reviews2025
Dev: Burak Dabak
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Embark on a journey to greatness. Get ready for adrenaline-fueled battles and a chance to claim your place in the galaxy. Grab the controls of your ship, gear up for the fight, and unleash your ambition to conquer and build a new empire in the vastness of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.7%, Base Building 18.3%, Economy 16.5%, Space 14.9%, Management 10.7%
- #30 Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced
74% matchVery Positive95% of 180 reviews2025
Dev: Holistic Design, Inc.
Windows · Linux
Command interstellar forces in this epic return of the 4X strategy classic. From planetary politics to galactic warfare, the stakes couldn’t be higher as you lead your Royal House through battles on land, sea, air, and the vast reaches of space.
Why similar: 4X 42.1% ★, Wargame 21.9%, Economy 15.3%, Space 9.8%, Strategy 7.2%
- #31 PlanetX
76% matchMixed67% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Giedrius Talzunas
Windows · Mac
PlanetX is a real-time strategy MMO set on a spherical planet. Players expand territories, construct buildings, and manage resources to develop their empire. The ultimate goal is to conquer the entire planet by claiming all land plots and outpacing rivals in strategic growth and domination.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.2%, Grand Strategy 23.5% ★, RTS 17.3%, Economy 13%, Space 8.5%
- #32 Outworld Station
73% matchVery Positive86% of 714 reviews2026
Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Take the helm as a new Station Commander and exploit an alien star system in this stunning space-station factory automation game. Amass resources and construct starships using increasingly advanced manufacturing and expand your station in a hostile universe.
Why similar: Base Building 23.9%, Space 23.6%, RTS 22.8%, Management 16.8%, Strategy 7.1%
- #33 Galactic Civilizations IV
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,448 reviews2023
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: 4X 27.2% ★, Grand Strategy 21.6% ★, Diplomacy 20.6% ★, Space 12.5%, Management 8.7%
- #34 Prosperous Universe
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,066 reviews2022
Dev: simulogics
Windows
In Prosperous Universe start your galactic empire by trading on the real-time market exchange with other real players. Build your 1st base from humble beginnings & watch as your business flourishes with complex supply chain strategies. Economics, politics & realism fuel this immersive business MMO.
Why similar: Space Sim 21%, Economy 18.5%, Base Building 14.4%, Space 12.8%, Text-Based 12.3%
- #35 Shipping Manager
76% matchMixed45% of 558 reviews2023
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Create and manage your own shipping empire. Control every aspect from route creation to marketing to staff handling and beat other managers to top the leaderboards.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.1%, Grand Strategy 17.2% ★, Diplomacy 15.2% ★, Economy 13%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%
- #36 AI War 2
73% matchVery Positive88% of 1,536 reviews2019
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: 4X 25.9% ★, Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, RTS 10.3%, Real Time Tactics 9.6%, Economy 8.7%
- #37 Lords of the Black Sun
77% matchVery Negative20% of 396 reviews2014
Dev: Arkavi StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 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 59.5% ★, Space 24.9%, Strategy 15.6%
- #38 Pax Nova
74% matchMixed56% of 449 reviews2020
Dev: Grey Wolf EntertainmentPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.3 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 28.4% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Diplomacy 17.2% ★, Military 10.7%, Space 10.5%
- #39 Interstellar Rift
72% matchMixed68% of 1,660 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Interstellar Rift is an open world starship simulator with an emphasis on ship construction and multi-player interaction. Survive in a hostile galaxy with your own custom designed and constructed starship. Invite other players to join your crew or fight them across the galaxy!
Why similar: Space Sim 69.4%, Space 30.6%
- #40 SUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 3
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,896 reviews2018
Dev: Dorado Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 35.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
This Long Term Strategy Game lets you take control of the armed forces of your nation. Become responsible for its military expansion, technological research and economic development. Form alliances and wage total war for global dominance on the battlefields of World War 3.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Wargame 20.2%, Diplomacy 18.1% ★, RTS 12.2%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 11.2% ★
- #41 Solaris
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 89 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 53.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 27.9%, Strategy 14.7%, Multiplayer 3.7%
- #42 Battle Dawn 2: Terra Reborn
71% matchMixed47% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Zero Games StudiosPub: Gato Games
Windows
Place your colony, find an alliance of like-minded players and triumph over thousands of other players to conquer the world through strategy, tactics, diplomacy and skill in the biggest social-interaction based MMO of all time. Upgrade your colony, collect items for your Avatar and become a legend!
Why similar: Diplomacy 19.9% ★, Asynchronous Multiplayer 17.3% ★, Wargame 14.9%, RTS 11.8%, Military 8.7%
- #43 Solargene
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 836 reviews2026
Dev: Alexander Semenov
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.5%, Space Sim 19.5%, 4X 16.8% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Economy 11.1%
- #44 Oasis Mission: Colony Sim
69% matchMixed62% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar pug studio
Windows · Mac
A Sci-Fi colony and strategy sim with a complex economy, immersive logistics, and a war against the rise of the machines! Build your colony and ensure supplies for your people. Automate industrial ships and create combat groups to defend against waves of enemies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.4%, Wargame 14.9%, RTS 12.8%, Real Time Tactics 12.1%, Economy 11.1%
- #45 Airship: Kingdoms Adrift
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,038 reviews2023
Dev: Revolution IndustryPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Welcome to Suthseg! As the newly commissioned airship captain, forge a mercantile empire across the archipelago, until the great powers of Europa turn their attention toward it. Build up a fleet, chart trade routes, establish industries, and explore the frontier at your airship's helm!
Why similar: 4X 31.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 26%, Space Sim 24.6%, Management 12.4%, Strategy 5.3%
- #46 Exogate Initiative
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 707 reviews2025
Dev: Xeno Bits
Windows
Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.
Why similar: 4X 25.3% ★, Colony Sim 19.7%, RTS 14.8%, Base Building 13.2%, Management 11.6%
- #47 Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander
70% matchVery Positive84% of 1,314 reviews2016
Dev: Massive Damage, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling.
Why similar: Space 45.6%, Base Building 32%, Strategy 22.5%
- #48 Interstellar Transport Company
70% matchMixed67% of 410 reviews2019
Dev: MT Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build a galactic transportation empire and supply humanity with everything it needs to colonize the stars. In this sci-fi logistics simulator, grow your company from a local transport agency into an interstellar logistics behemoth! Singleplayer, vs AI, and online multiplayer.
Why similar: Space 32%, Space Sim 18.7%, Economy 18.7%, Management 18.4%, Strategy 6.8%
- #49 Distant Worlds: Universe
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,848 reviews2014
Dev: Code ForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 24.4 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 46% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Space 18.1%, RTS 8.1%, Strategy 8.1%
- #50 Solar Nations 2
66% matchVery Positive88% of 263 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 25.1% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Wargame 14.3%, Space 11.9%, Military 11.8%
- #51 MoonBase Commander
69% matchVery Positive89% of 180 reviews2014
Dev: Humongous EntertainmentPub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Explore. Strategize. Conquer.In the far future, Mankind has nearly exhausted all of earth’s natural resources. Fragile alliances between nations are tested to their limits as fierce wars ignite across land and space.MoonBase Commander puts you in charge of your own lunar territory in a quest to build the most powerful empire in space.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #52 Space Station Tycoon
68% matchMixed61% of 216 reviews2023
Dev: Lunheim Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Create a thriving space station in a lost sector. Face thrilling challenges head-on, from pirate raids to asteroid impacts, as you lead your company to new heights.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6%, Space Sim 20.5%, Economy 14.1%, Space 14%, Management 13%
- #53 STAR FLEET II - Krellan Commander Version 2.0
66% matchVery Positive97% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Trevor Sorensen, Mark BaldwinPub: Trevor Sorensen
Windows
Welcome to the future of space warfare! Star Fleet II: Krellan Commander puts you in command of an advanced space battlecruiser and tasks you with exploring sectors, fighting and boarding enemy ships, and invading planets. Manage your ship, crew and escorts effectively and find your way to victory!
Why similar: Space Sim 28.6%, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, Text-Based 13.8%, Military 12%, RTS 12%
- #54 Millennia
65% matchMixed67% of 3,763 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 35.3 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 27.3% ★, Grand Strategy 19.7% ★, Diplomacy 18.5% ★, Economy 11.3%, Military 9.3%
- #55 Dune: Spice Wars
64% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,346 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: 4X 18.4% ★, Diplomacy 15.2% ★, Grand Strategy 13.5% ★, RTS 10.6%, Management 10%
- #56 Starport Delta
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 75 reviews2020
Dev: Cloudfire Studios
Windows
Build amongst the stars in Starport Delta, a light sci-fi strategy game that focuses on survival. Station Commanders across the universe will turn to you for guidance to expand, defend, and survive. Help them build a thriving station, but watch out, there are many dangers hiding in space...
Why similar: Space Sim 30.6%, RTS 19.1%, Strategy 17.3%, Space 16.8%, Base Building 16.3%