- #1 Space Empires II
97% matchMixed59% of 17 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 20.5% ★, Strategy 13.3%, Grand Strategy 11.7% ★, Management 10%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%
- #2 Space Empires III
96% matchPositive80% of 41 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 23.6% ★, Strategy 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Grand Strategy 10.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 7.6%
- #3 Shattered Spheres
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Data Vikings
Windows
Shattered Spheres is a turn-based 2D space 4X strategy game inspired by the classics of the genre. Explore a living galaxy, build your empire, and crush your rivals through military conquest or diplomatic cunning — without the micromanagement bloat of modern 4X games.
Why similar: 4X 30.6% ★, Grand Strategy 15.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Strategy 7.7%, Management 7.6%
- #4 Imperial Kingdoms
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BaroxxTech
Windows · Linux
Expand your kingdom: Gather resources and transport them to your capital city to produce the materials you need to expand your army and conquer new regions. Research new technologies to improve your economy and army. Use your troops wisely to outmanoeuvre your enemies.
Why similar: 4X 32.2% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Strategy 15.4%, Management 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%
- #5 Gate Builders
94% 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 26.1% ★, Grand Strategy 17.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Management 10.8%, Strategy 7.5%
- #6 Stellar Monarch 2
94% matchVery Positive88% of 123 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 37.7% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Strategy 13.8%, Space 6.3%
- #7 Cosmist
93% matchNo user reviews
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% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Strategy 10%, Space 6.7%
- #8 Napoleon 1813
91% match3 user reviews67% of 3 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 33.9% ★, Grand Strategy 21% ★, Strategy 16.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%
- #9 Horizon
92% 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 27.1% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Strategy 8.9%, Space 7.2%
- #10 Interstellar Space: Genesis
91% matchVery Positive84% of 818 reviews2019
Dev: Praxis Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 30.6% ★, Grand Strategy 14.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Strategy 9.8%, Space 7.4%
- #11 Sengoku: Shadow Strikers
90% 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 30.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Management 10.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.2%
- #12 EOL: End Of Line
89% 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 35.3% ★, Grand Strategy 21.8% ★, Strategy 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Futuristic 5.1%
- #13 ENDLESS™ Space - Definitive Edition
89% matchVery Positive81% of 9,559 reviews2012
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.3 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 40.1% ★, Strategy 22.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Space 10.3%, Sci-fi 5.7%
- #14 Antropico: Colonies
88% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Scassius Systems
Windows · Linux
Un gioco di strategia spaziale su larga scala che mira a costruire e mantenere il potere in una galassia simulata. Costruisci, sviluppa e sopravvivi in una galassia plasmata dalla storia e conseguenze.
Why similar: 4X 30.3% ★, Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, Strategy 16.7%, Economy 7.1%, Management 6.3%
- #15 Ever War
86% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Utium Games
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 33.1% ★, Grand Strategy 14.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%, Strategy 9.7%
- #16 Stars in Shadow
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 816 reviews2017
Dev: Ashdar GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.5 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 47% ★, Strategy 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Space 7.9%, Turn-Based Combat 4.9%
- #17 Astro Protocol
85% matchPositive98% of 41 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 29.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Grand Strategy 11.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 9.5%, Strategy 7.6%
- #18 Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
86% matchMixed60% of 22,976 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 28.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Strategy 15.8%, Grand Strategy 10.4% ★, Space 7.8%
- #19 Vega Chronicle
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Just Add Lava
Windows · Mac · Linux
Choose peace or destruction to conquer the stars in this turn-based 4X game. Trade and negotiate with alien civilizations. Command semi-autonomous fleets in real-time combat. Explore the galaxy and build your colonies. Unlock ancestral virtues to enhance your civilization for the next play-through.
Why similar: 4X 40% ★, Strategy 19.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Space 9.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.1%
- #20 Stellar Reach
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Stelleas
Windows
Stellar Reach is a 4X hard sci-fi strategy game where you control a faction vying for dominance across a hostile galactic frontier. Guide your empire through conquest, prosperity, or industrial power as you advance through six distinct tech trees and forge your path to victory.
Why similar: 4X 35.1% ★, Grand Strategy 16% ★, Strategy 11.5%, Management 8.4%, Space 8.1%
- #21 Galactic Inheritors
84% 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 44.6% ★, Grand Strategy 17.5% ★, Strategy 17.1%, Space 14.7%, Sci-fi 6.1%
- #22 Orbit Economica
81% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Phoenix SmithPub: Parallel Games
Windows
Trade, Build, Spy, Negotiate, and Battle for total control of the galaxy's riches. Become the backbone of galactic commerce in a grand strategy universe ripe with opportunity for exploitation and conquest.
Why similar: 4X 27.3% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Management 10.6%, Economy 10%
- #23 Space Empires IV Deluxe
82% matchVery Positive86% of 285 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 37%
The award-winning Space Empires IV Deluxe is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. A grand strategy title in the space 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) genre, Space Empires has already found a place in the heart of strategy gamers everywhere.
Why similar: 4X 52.7% ★, Strategy 22.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Space 7.9%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #24 Politon: Prologue
81% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Pinq Games
Windows · Mac
"Politon: Prologue" is the free prologue version of "Politon". This prologue includes a tutorial, game mechanics, and the prologue of the main story inside. Only Single-player modes are available.
Why similar: 4X 29% ★, Grand Strategy 19% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Strategy 9.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.2%
- #25 Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
82% matchMixed44% of 956 reviews2012
Dev: Kerberos ProductionsPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 12.1 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 50.9% ★, Strategy 21.8%, Space 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.2%, Sci-fi 6.4%
- #26 Neverdark
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Simteract
Windows
Neverdark is a pausable RTS game which throws you into a post-apocalyptic world. Following a global blackout, society has collapsed, and it will be your goal to rebuild it.
Why similar: Strategy 27%, 4X 22.3% ★, Grand Strategy 16.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Management 9.1%
- #27 Solar Wave
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SavGus Studio
Windows
A large-scale 4X strategy game with indirect control and a focus on simulating a space empire. Capture systems, develop your economy and logistics, call up hundreds of powerful fleets and watch them incinerate enemies of the Solar Empire.
Why similar: 4X 31.5% ★, Grand Strategy 21.8% ★, Strategy 10.7%, Management 10.2%, Space 8.8%
- #28 Near Sol
79% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: LTide
Windows · Mac · Linux
Space 4X game with the ability to build factories, extract resources, with characters, internal and external markets ... Take part in the discussion of the game, share your vision)
Why similar: 4X 34.9% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Management 11.6%, Strategy 10.9%, Space 7.6%
- #29 Alliance of the Sacred Suns
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KatHawk Studios
Windows · Mac
Alliance of the Sacred Suns is a sci-fi grand-strategy RPG that begins with your coronation as the head of an interstellar Empire, and ends with your demise. Manage feuding noble houses and the schemes of would-be usurpers as you try to revive the glory of an Empire on the brink of collapse.
Why similar: 4X 25.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Management 9.6%, Strategy 7.9%
- #30 Plane Starship2:Galactic Contender
78% 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 37.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Strategy 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%, Space 8%
- #31 Distant Worlds 2
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,478 reviews2022
Dev: CodeForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 41.9% ★, Grand Strategy 24.4% ★, Strategy 17.6%, Space 9%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #32 Ascendance
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Torchdrive
Windows
Ascendance is a real-time space strategy game that sees you lead your civilisation into a vast and mysterious galaxy. Experience an immersive journey with detailed civilisations, deeply-simulated economies, internal politics, nuanced diplomacy, and intense space battles.
Why similar: 4X 29.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3% ★, Strategy 9.3%, Management 8.5%, Economy 7.5%
- #33 Terrol
76% 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 29.9% ★, Grand Strategy 21.1% ★, Strategy 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.9%
- #34 Stellaris
75% matchVery Positive86% of 191,915 reviews2016
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.5 hrsMean: 142.4 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 32.3% ★, Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, Space 11%, Strategy 10.7%, Exploration 6.7%
- #35 Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms
76% 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 38.2% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, Strategy 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.5%
- #36 StarDrive 2
75% matchMixed55% of 2,097 reviews2015
Dev: Zero Sum GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
StarDrive 2 is an exciting and evolutionary step forward for the StarDrive franchise. In this eagerly anticipated sequel, the core mechanics have evolved to incorporate a turn-based strategic layer, featuring spectacular realtime battles.
Why similar: 4X 42.1% ★, Strategy 28.1%, Space 12.7%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Management 8%
- #37 Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,697 reviews2011
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 44.0 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Get the complete GalCiv II saga including Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, the expansion pack Dark Avatar, and the newest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor!
Why similar: 4X 36.1% ★, Grand Strategy 23.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Strategy 10.6%, Base Building 6.1%
- #38 The Last Federation
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 502 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 32% ★, Strategy 19.9%, Grand Strategy 14.3% ★, Space 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 6%
- #39 Distant Worlds: Universe
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,845 reviews2014
Dev: Code ForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 48.3% ★, Grand Strategy 17.2% ★, Strategy 15.3%, Space 11.5%, Sci-fi 6%
- #40 Neural Dominion
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GamesBond StudiosPub: Camlann Games
Windows
A brutal cyberpunk 4X turn-based strategy game. Take control of one of 5 gangs in Technograd — a dark, crime ridden city where getting to the top is the only thing that matters.
Why similar: 4X 29.1% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Management 10.8%, Strategy 9.5%
- #41 Trailblader
71% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: 迟到的南雨亭
Windows
Trailblader is a turn-based strategy game that features loop-based combat, integrating 4X strategy and hero development. The game tells the story of a hero who, having lost their homeland, leads the people to migrate to the wilderness to rebuild their home.
Why similar: 4X 37.7% ★, Strategy 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Management 10.2%, Economy 8.2%
- #42 Tachyon Wars
73% 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 37.7% ★, Grand Strategy 21.2% ★, Strategy 18.5%, Space 10.2%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #43 Armada 2526 Gold Edition
73% matchMixed68% of 108 reviews2013
Dev: Ntronium GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Conquer the Galaxy In This ‘4x’ Strategy Game. Lead one of 18 different alien races to become a mighty pan-galactic empire. Manage your colonies, deploy your fleets and conduct research. Plot your strategy and turn your planets into mighty bastions.
Why similar: 4X 42% ★, Strategy 32.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Space 9.6%
- #44 Star Ruler
72% 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 45.1% ★, Strategy 22.9%, Grand Strategy 14.3% ★, Space 12.5%, Sci-fi 5.1%
- #45 Galactic Civilizations IV
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,388 reviews2023
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 27.8% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Management 9.6%, Strategy 8.4%
- #46 Master of Orion
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 8,105 reviews2016
Dev: NGD StudiosPub: Wargaming Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 101.9 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 53.8% ★, Strategy 23.2%, Space 9.6%, Grand Strategy 6.3% ★, Sci-fi 4.7%
- #47 HARD VOID
69% match4 user reviews100% of 4 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 33.8% ★, Grand Strategy 17.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Strategy 9.6%, Space 8.4%
- #48 HUMANKIND™
69% matchMixed69% of 28,231 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 35.3% ★, Strategy 18.8%, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Management 8.4%
- #49 Pandora: First Contact
71% matchMixed63% of 638 reviews2014
Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.3 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 50.8% ★, Strategy 20.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Space 3.8%
- #50 Pax Nova
70% matchMixed57% of 447 reviews2020
Dev: Grey Wolf EntertainmentPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.4 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 29.3% ★, Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Strategy 10%, Management 9.1%
- #51 Lords of the Black Sun
71% matchMostly Negative20% of 395 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 50% ★, Strategy 23.6%, Space 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, Sci-fi 4.4%
- #52 Revival: Recolonization
68% matchMixed69% of 424 reviews2024
Dev: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Set in a post-apoc version of Earth, Revival is a 4x strategy game where the world and its rules can change at key moments, creating a deep and highly replayable experience.
Why similar: 4X 27% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Economy 8.7%, Management 8%
- #53 Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
68% matchVery Positive88% of 1,626 reviews2022
Dev: The Secret Games CompanyPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.3 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 26.3% ★, Grand Strategy 18.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Management 10.5%, Economy 8.9%
- #54 Hex Kingdoms
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Sunset GamesPub: SIG Publishing
Windows
Hex Kingdoms is a turn-based strategy game set in medevial times with fantasy themes. Expand your kingdom, set up your defenses, train soldiers and monsters to become the only ruler of the land.
Why similar: 4X 30.7% ★, Grand Strategy 20.4% ★, Strategy 18.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Management 10.2%
- #55 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
67% matchVery Positive91% of 552 reviews2024
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.
Why similar: 4X 58% ★, Strategy 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Space 10.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #56 Space Empires V
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 469 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 46%
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 51.6% ★, Strategy 24.1%, Space 9.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%, Sci-fi 6.2%
- #57 Commanders Fury
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RoboFox Games LLC
Windows
Take command of the war machine of an empire in this 4x RTS hybrid. Fight battles with your flagship fleet in fully 3D real-time space combat. Recruit, train and dispatch commanders. Give them orders, directives and equip their fleets. Manage your empire’s supply logistics and fleet operations.
Why similar: 4X 34.5% ★, Grand Strategy 16.2% ★, Strategy 11.9%, Management 10.5%, Space 9.6%
- #58 Nova Historia
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BairdyDev
Windows
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 43.5% ★, Grand Strategy 22.3% ★, Strategy 16.7%, Economy 6.2%, Management 5.8%
- #59 Rome 2077: Tactics
67% 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 21.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Strategy 12%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.7%, Management 9.7%
- #60 Palm Kingdoms 3
66% 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 29.4% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Strategy 12.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%