- #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 35.8% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Space 9.8%, Strategy 4.7%
- #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 30.7% ★, Grand Strategy 15.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Strategy 7.6%, Management 7.4%
- #3 Stellar Monarch 2
96% matchVery Positive89% of 131 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 14.6%, Space 9.6%, Strategy 6.8%
- #4 Space Empires III
95% matchMostly Positive80% of 44 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 32.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Grand Strategy 13.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%, 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 29.3% ★, Grand Strategy 15.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Strategy 8.4%, Management 7.6%
- #6 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%
- #7 Galactic Inheritors
93% matchMixed43% of 88 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%
- #8 Stars in Shadow
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 833 reviews2017
Dev: Ashdar GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.5 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 15.5%, Space 12%, Strategy 7.7%, Turn-Based Combat 5.7%
- #9 Space Opera
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bradley Labs
Windows · Linux
Found colonies, create spaceships from modules, colonize planets, form alliances and destroy your opponents in a turn-based game.
Why similar: 4X 33.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%, PvE 5%
- #10 Interstellar Space: Genesis
91% matchVery Positive84% of 836 reviews2019
Dev: Praxis Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.3 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 35.2% ★, Grand Strategy 15.9% ★, Space 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.5%
- #11 Napoleon 1813
90% match8 user reviews63% of 8 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 40.5% ★, Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, 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 33.2% ★, Grand Strategy 20.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Space 10.8%, Management 7.2%
- #13 ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
89% matchVery Positive81% of 9,592 reviews2012
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.5 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 46.3% ★, Space 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Strategy 11.3%, Sci-fi 4.9%
- #14 Plane Starship2:Galactic Contender
88% 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 39.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Space 11.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.1%, Strategy 6.3%
- #15 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
87% matchVery Positive91% of 600 reviews2024
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.
Why similar: 4X 59.7% ★, Space 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Strategy 8.5%, Multiplayer 4.6%
- #16 万象战略
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MeleePsycho
Windows
Myriad Strategies: a turn-based strategy game. Rule a nation amid wars, famine, plague, and refugees. Manage cities, talent, economy. The world shifts. Win by holding cities, stabilizing lives, solving refugee crises, building food systems & spy networks, or surviving the chaos.
Why similar: 4X 41.4% ★, Grand Strategy 23.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 9%, Strategy 6.1%
- #17 Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
86% 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 55.8% ★, Space 16%, Strategy 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%, Sci-fi 5.2%
- #18 Vega Chronicle
85% 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 9.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.1%
- #19 Hollow Stars
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AppGX
Windows
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 40.5% ★, Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, Space 9.1%, Strategy 8.3%, Management 5.2%
- #20 Distant Worlds: Universe
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,851 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 52.1% ★, Grand Strategy 17.2% ★, Space 16.9%, Strategy 7.3%, Sci-fi 4.8%
- #21 The Veiled Atlas: A Cycle of Falls
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flat Gradient
Windows
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 50.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, Strategy 11.4%, Space 11.1%, Sci-fi 5.5%
- #22 Elemental Empire
82% 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%
- #23 Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
82% matchMixed61% of 23,084 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 20.2%, Space 12.5%, Grand Strategy 11.3% ★, Strategy 8.2%
- #24 Palm Kingdoms 3
81% 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%
- #25 Distant Worlds 2
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,527 reviews2022
Dev: CodeForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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%
- #26 Sengoku: Shadow Strikers
79% 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 37.4% ★, Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.8%, Management 6.6%
- #27 EOL: End Of Line
80% 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 42.5% ★, Grand Strategy 24.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Strategy 9.2%, Tactical 4.2%
- #28 Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
79% matchVery Positive82% of 18,249 reviews2018
Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.1 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 15.8%, Grand Strategy 12% ★, Strategy 7.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.7%
- #29 Mind Prison: The Last War
77% 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%
- #30 Dominium Mundi
78% 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 6.9%, PvP 2.2%
- #31 Imperium of the Stars
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Imperium of the Stars
Windows
A real-time grand strategy 4X set in a living Gothic Space Opera galaxy. Lead asymmetric factions, expand across the stars, survive galactic crises, and adapt to a universe shaped by a dynamic Game Director.
Why similar: 4X 47.2% ★, Grand Strategy 26% ★, Space 13%, Strategy 7.6%, Sci-fi 4.1%
- #32 Space Empires IV Deluxe
78% matchVery Positive86% of 289 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.0 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%
- #33 Spaceman's Luck
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gideon Kennedy
Windows · Mac · Linux
A space 4X game. Colonize planets and annihilate enemy races in an intergalactic war for living space. Designed to be fun, fast, and easy to play.
Why similar: 4X 33.5% ★, Grand Strategy 23.8% ★, Space 21.7%, Strategy 7.6%, Management 5.5%
- #34 Rivers of Chaos
76% 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%
- #35 Master of Orion
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 8,153 reviews2016
Dev: NGD StudiosPub: Wargaming Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 101.6 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 3.9%
- #36 Ever War
73% 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 40.4% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.1%, Turn-Based Combat 6%
- #37 Uciana
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Birdshel, LLC
Windows
Explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate in this sci-fi 4X turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 52.3% ★, Space 11.8%, Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.2%, Sci-fi 5.7%
- #38 Star Ruler
75% 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 19.1%, Grand Strategy 14.9% ★, Strategy 11.4%, Sci-fi 4.2%
- #39 Mandate of Galactic Empires
73% 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 47% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Grand Strategy 13.4% ★, Space 11.7%, Sci-fi 5.4%
- #40 The Last Federation
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 504 reviews2014
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 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 35.9% ★, Space 18.8%, Grand Strategy 15% ★, Strategy 9.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.1%
- #41 Clash of Cultures
72% 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 43.2% ★, Grand Strategy 24.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Strategy 9.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%
- #42 Mercatoria
71% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Dinkel Games
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%
- #43 Politon
70% matchVery Positive90% of 87 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 32.4% ★, Grand Strategy 15.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%, Strategy 5.1%
- #44 Lords of the Black Sun
74% matchMostly 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 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Sci-fi 3.6%
- #45 Stellaris
71% matchVery Positive86% of 195,709 reviews2016
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 144.1 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 36.8% ★, Grand Strategy 24.8% ★, Space 17.2%, Sci-fi 5.5%, Strategy 5.4%
- #46 Tachyon Wars
72% 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%
- #47 Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms
71% 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%
- #48 Pandora: First Contact
70% matchMixed63% of 644 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 57.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, Strategy 10.1%, Sci-fi 6%, Space 5.8%
- #49 Dynastic Era
68% 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%
- #50 Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection
69% matchVery Positive88% of 710 reviews2010
Dev: Kerberos Productions Inc.Pub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 28.3 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 58.8% ★, Space 15.4%, Strategy 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.9%, Sci-fi 5.6%
- #51 Terrol
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Max Krupp
Windows
Terrol is a 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%
- #52 Rome 2077: Tactics
69% 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 22.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Space 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.7%, Tactical 6.3%
- #53 ALL IN THE GAME: Crime Strategy
67% 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 7.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.1%, Turn-Based Combat 6.5%
- #54 Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator
66% matchVery Positive91% of 1,691 reviews2024
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 44.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 45.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Strategy 7.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.6%
- #55 Search for Sol
67% 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%
- #56 HUMANKIND™
67% matchMixed69% of 28,527 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 40.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%, Strategy 9.7%, Management 5.2%
- #57 Mayhem Intergalactic
69% 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%
- #58 Kingdom of Krawall
66% 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 51.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Strategy 10.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.9%, PvE 4%
- #59 Galactic Civilizations IV
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,484 reviews2023
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 22.0 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%