- #1 Cosmist
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gulbrandr Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Conquer the galaxy in this arcade-like strategy game. Pick and send your generals to deploy the fleet in the far-off star sectors, mine resources, and upgrade your ships forgeries. Deities might interfere with your plans.
Why similar: 4X 36.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Space 9.4%, Strategy 4.6%
- #2 Space Empires I
96% matchMixed53% of 15 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 30.6% ★, Grand Strategy 15.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Strategy 7.6%, Management 7.5%
- #3 Stellar Monarch 2
96% matchVery Positive88% of 128 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 41.7% ★, Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Space 9.5%, Strategy 6.8%
- #4 Space Empires III
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 43 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 32.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Grand Strategy 13.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 9.5%, Strategy 8.2%
- #5 Space Empires II
94% matchMixed56% of 18 reviews2020
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Explore the galaxy, discover and colonize new planets to acquire enough resources. Design your ships, choosing from different hulls, weapons, shields, and several devices. Once you advance with technologies, new systems will be available, and you will have to update your designs.
Why similar: 4X 29.2% ★, Grand Strategy 15.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Strategy 8.4%, Management 7.6%
- #6 Astro Protocol
93% matchPositive96% of 46 reviews2026
Dev: Null Vector Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 30.9% ★, Grand Strategy 16.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Space 10.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.9%
- #7 Horizon
94% matchMixed59% of 477 reviews2014
Dev: L3O Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Horizon is a turn-based space strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which you are in control of humanity’s destiny. You will explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover alien artifacts hidden on long-abandoned planets.
Why similar: 4X 30.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, Space 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.7%
- #8 Stars in Shadow
92% 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 51.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Space 11.9%, Strategy 7.7%, Turn-Based Combat 5.7%
- #9 Galactic Inheritors
91% 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 47.8% ★, Space 21.6%, Grand Strategy 17.5% ★, Strategy 8.2%, Sci-fi 4.9%
- #10 Interstellar Space: Genesis
91% 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 35.1% ★, Grand Strategy 15.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Space 11.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.5%
- #11 Napoleon 1813
90% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Empire Interactive EntertainmentPub: Strategy First
Windows
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 40.4% ★, Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.1%, Strategy 8.6%
- #12 Gate Builders
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pyralis Studio
Windows · Linux
Gate Builders is a sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game. Build space stations, manage work force, exploit, trade and transform resources. Face space pirates and enemy factions. Build, Expand, Thrive!
Why similar: 4X 33.1% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Space 10.8%, Management 7.3%
- #13 ENDLESS™ Space - Definitive Edition
89% 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 46.2% ★, Space 16.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Strategy 11.3%, Sci-fi 4.8%
- #14 Imperial Kingdoms
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BaroxxTech
Windows · Linux
Lead a medieval kingdom through expansion, warfare and economic growth. Manage resources, supply your capital and research new technologies to strengthen your realm. Customize your armies and conquer rival kingdoms across dynamic hex maps.
Why similar: 4X 41% ★, Grand Strategy 22.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Strategy 8.7%, Management 8.3%
- #15 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
86% matchVery Positive91% of 581 reviews2024
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.
Why similar: 4X 59.9% ★, Space 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Strategy 8.6%, Multiplayer 4.6%
- #16 Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
87% matchMixed44% of 958 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 55.7% ★, Space 16%, Strategy 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%, Sci-fi 5.2%
- #17 Vega Chronicle
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Just Add Lava
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 45.4% ★, Space 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Strategy 9.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.1%
- #18 Distant Worlds: Universe
85% 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 51.9% ★, Grand Strategy 17.2% ★, Space 17%, Strategy 7.3%, Sci-fi 4.8%
- #19 Palm Kingdoms 3
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hack The Publisher
Windows · Mac
Palm Kingdoms 3 is a turn-based strategy game with deep mechanics. Explore maps, build your kingdom, and lead armies in rich, tactical combat. Here, power lies not in a single character, but in the unique Commanders you cultivate within your ranks.
Why similar: 4X 30.9% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%, Tactical 6.8%
- #20 Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
84% matchMixed60% of 23,044 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 32.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20.3%, Space 12.5%, Grand Strategy 11.3% ★, Strategy 8.2%
- #21 Elemental Empire
83% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: WizardingGames
Windows · Mac
An economic 4x strategy in a space filled with magic and procedurally generated planets. Build your own empire and become the sole ruler of a new world.
Why similar: 4X 43.4% ★, Grand Strategy 28.2% ★, Space 12.6%, PvE 6.9%, Strategy 5.7%
- #22 EOL: End Of Line
82% 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 42.4% ★, Grand Strategy 24.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Strategy 9.2%, Tactical 4.2%
- #23 Distant Worlds 2
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,504 reviews2022
Dev: CodeForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 42.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 46.5% ★, Grand Strategy 25.2% ★, Space 13.6%, Strategy 8.7%, Sci-fi 5.5%
- #24 Sengoku: Shadow Strikers
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ikemoto Systems
Windows · Mac · Linux
Turn your clan into a Sengoku legend in this tactical RPG. Recruit and train warriors, shape alliances, conquer castles, and alter history through brutal turn-based battles. Influence the outcome of feudal Japan in Sengoku: Shadow Strikers.
Why similar: 4X 37.3% ★, Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.9%, Management 6.7%
- #25 Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
81% matchVery Positive82% of 17,446 reviews2018
Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 41.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Grand Strategy 12.1% ★, Strategy 7.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.7%
- #26 Mind Prison: The Last War
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Rotten Sewer Productions
Windows
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 a dead galaxy, uncover corrupted memories, and face the horrifying truth: no one told you to stop.
Why similar: 4X 46.4% ★, Grand Strategy 26.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%, Strategy 9.8%, Sci-fi 3.6%
- #27 Dominium Mundi
80% 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 56.8% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Strategy 7%, PvP 2.2%
- #28 Space Empires IV Deluxe
79% matchVery Positive86% of 286 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 10.7 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 60.1% ★, Space 12.3%, Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Sci-fi 5.6%
- #29 Rivers of Chaos
78% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Bugarug GamesPub: Burgarug Games
Windows
Conquer the galaxy in this cinematic, battle-simulator. Each playthrough offering a completely unique galaxy, over 100 total specialized ships to command, and distinct commanders to lead your people. Pick your favorite faction and lead your forces into a dynamically generated battlefield.
Why similar: 4X 35.4% ★, Grand Strategy 24.9% ★, Space 15.3%, Management 7%, Sci-fi 5.2%
- #30 Master of Orion
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 8,131 reviews2016
Dev: NGD StudiosPub: Wargaming Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 101.8 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 59.2% ★, Space 14.5%, Strategy 11.4%, Grand Strategy 6.5% ★, Sci-fi 3.8%
- #31 Space Imperia 4X
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Breich Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A faithful digital adaptation of the acclaimed board game Space Empires 4X by GMT Games, beloved by wargamers for almost two decades. Command the rise of your civilization and the fall of others, all in one to two hours.
Why similar: 4X 38.9% ★, Space 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Sci-fi 5.2%
- #32 Ever War
75% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Autware
Windows
Ever War is a turn-based strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. This game combines empire-building, resource management and large-scale tactical turn-based battles.
Why similar: 4X 40.3% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Turn-Based Combat 6%
- #33 Star Ruler
77% 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 50.3% ★, Space 19%, Grand Strategy 14.9% ★, Strategy 11.4%, Sci-fi 4.2%
- #34 The Last Federation
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 503 reviews2014
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 35.8% ★, Space 18.8%, Grand Strategy 15% ★, Strategy 9.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.1%
- #35 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 52.2% ★, Space 11.7%, Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.2%, Sci-fi 5.7%
- #36 Clash of Cultures
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zach
Windows · Mac
Clash of Cultures is an addictive turn based stratergy game that is simple to learn yet has a lot of depth. Research technologies, shape your government, progress through the ages, and conquer the world.
Why similar: 4X 43.1% ★, Grand Strategy 24.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Strategy 9.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%
- #37 Mercatoria
73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Groundwork Studio
Windows
Turn-based grand strategy in the Age of Discovery. Develop a transport network, industrialise your economy, colonise the New World, and compete with five rival powers. Inspired by Imperialism 2. Early Access — built by one developer in his spare time.
Why similar: 4X 36.8% ★, Grand Strategy 21.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Strategy 6.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.5%
- #38 Politon
72% matchVery Positive90% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Pinq Games
Windows · Mac
Politon: A turn-based strategy game that will push your strategic and management skills to the limit! Expand your territory, strengthen your economy, and outsmart your enemies by planning your strategy carefully.
Why similar: 4X 32.3% ★, Grand Strategy 15.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%, Strategy 5.1%
- #39 Lords of the Black Sun
76% 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 55.9% ★, Space 19.4%, Strategy 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Sci-fi 3.6%
- #40 Stellaris
73% matchVery Positive86% of 194,059 reviews2016
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 143.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: 4X 36.7% ★, Grand Strategy 24.8% ★, Space 17.2%, Sci-fi 5.5%, Strategy 5.5%
- #41 Tachyon Wars
74% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Fair Games
Windows
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 42.7% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Space 15.8%, Strategy 9.3%, Sci-fi 5.6%
- #42 Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms
73% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Aserisoft
Windows · Mac
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 43.9% ★, Grand Strategy 22.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Strategy 9%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.6%
- #43 Spaceman's Luck
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gideon Kennedy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Do you have a Spaceman's Luck? A space strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 63.7% ★, Space 17.6%, Strategy 11.5%, Sci-fi 6.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #44 Pandora: First Contact
72% matchMixed63% of 642 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 57.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%, Strategy 10.1%, Sci-fi 6%, Space 5.8%
- #45 Rome 2077: Tactics
71% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Yelaex
Windows
Turn-based strategy in a space Sci-Fi setting. Capture star systems, fight in tactical battles on hexagonal maps, upgrade your mother ship, discover new technologies and conquer the entire galaxy!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Space 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.7%, Tactical 6.3%
- #46 Dynastic Era
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LOONW
Windows
Simple map coloring game, And about history of ancient civilized, Mini ancient strategy game with a large world map to explore, in which you can simulate different ancient civilizations, the game will have different chapters showing ancient historical events.
Why similar: 4X 40.7% ★, Grand Strategy 22% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%, Strategy 8.2%
- #47 Terrol
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Max Krupp
Windows
Terrol is a grand strategy game focused on capturing and holding strategic resources. The objective is simple: control all resources and destroy rival empires.
Why similar: 4X 35% ★, Grand Strategy 23.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Strategy 8.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.2%
- #48 Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection
70% matchVery Positive88% of 710 reviews2010
Dev: Kerberos Productions Inc.Pub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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 58.7% ★, Space 15.4%, Strategy 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.9%, Sci-fi 5.6%
- #49 Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator
67% matchVery Positive91% of 1,639 reviews2024
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 46.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
In Dominions 6 you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to old dragons or an enormous tree. Dominions is a deep 4x turn based strategy game with a very large variety of spells and units.
Why similar: 4X 44.7% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Strategy 7.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.7%
- #50 ALL IN THE GAME: Crime Strategy
68% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2024
Dev: Strangelet Games
Windows
ALL IN THE GAME is a turn-based crime strategy game. Start off with a small street gang, earn money through robberies and black market, expand your territory and become a kingpin running a fearsome criminal empire. Use violence, money and clout to take over the city before the other players do.
Why similar: 4X 40.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Management 7.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.1%, Turn-Based Combat 6.5%
- #51 Search for Sol
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cryptomnesic
Windows · Mac
The children of long-extinct humanity desperately search for the legendary artifact system of Sol. Search for Sol is a sci-fi 4X in the tradition of Reach for the Stars, Master of Orion, and Star Traders. Control Sol for 50 years to ascend to flesh once again.
Why similar: 4X 42.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Strategy 6.3%, Space 6.2%
- #52 HUMANKIND™
68% matchMixed69% of 28,395 reviews2021
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 33.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Rewrite history by shaping a civilization as unique as you are. Combine 60 cultures from the Ancient Era to the Modern Age to lead your empire to victory. Build thriving cities, outsmart rivals in epic battles, spread your influence and leave your mark on HUMANKIND™.
Why similar: 4X 40.8% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Strategy 9.7%, Management 5.3%
- #53 Galactic Civilizations IV
67% 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 32.6% ★, Grand Strategy 21.3% ★, Space 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Management 6%
- #54 Pax Nova
69% 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 33.6% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Space 10.3%, Management 5.6%
- #55 Mayhem Intergalactic
70% matchMixed50% of 28 reviews2009
Dev: Inventive Dingo
Windows
Wage war on your friends and enemies in this simple and engaging strategy game. Easy to learn and quick to play, Mayhem Intergalactic is surprisingly strategic. Play against the computer, or duke it out with friends over the internet. The universe shall be yours!
Why similar: 4X 39.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Space 11.4%, PvP 6.3%, Old School 6.2%
- #56 Space Empires V
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 475 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 14.5 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 58.7% ★, Space 15.1%, Strategy 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%, Sci-fi 5.3%
- #57 Kingdom of Krawall
67% 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 51.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Strategy 11%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.9%, PvE 4.1%
- #58 Ultakia
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Simon Alber
Windows
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 41% ★, Space 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.9%, Management 6.2%
- #59 HARD VOID
65% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: jejoxdev
Windows · Linux
HARD VOID is a 4X turn-based space strategy game in a lovecraftian universe. Lead your species across galaxies and multiple dimensions to build an Empire. Design your spaceships, assemble your fleets and fight for supremacy. But beware, unthinkable Eldritch horrors lurk in the vast darkness.
Why similar: 4X 37.3% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Space 12.8%, Sci-fi 4.9%