- #1 Space Empires I
97% 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 20.6% ★, Strategy 13.2%, Grand Strategy 11.8% ★, Management 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%
- #2 Space Empires III
96% 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 20.7% ★, Strategy 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Base Building 10.6%, Grand Strategy 9.3% ★
- #3 Shattered Spheres
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
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 29.3% ★, Grand Strategy 15.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Strategy 8.4%, Management 7.6%
- #4 Sengoku: Shadow Strikers
95% 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 26.3% ★, Grand Strategy 17.5% ★, Base Building 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Management 9.1%
- #5 Stellar Monarch 2
94% 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 35.9% ★, Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Strategy 15.1%, Space 6.3%
- #6 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 25% ★, Grand Strategy 17.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Management 10.8%, Strategy 8.3%
- #7 Cosmist
93% 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 33% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Strategy 11.3%, Space 6.9%
- #8 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 25.8% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, Strategy 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, Space 7.3%
- #9 Napoleon 1813
91% 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 32.4% ★, Grand Strategy 20.9% ★, Strategy 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.7%
- #10 Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,708 reviews2011
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 44.5 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 30% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, Base Building 18.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Strategy 10.1%
- #11 万象战略
90% 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 32.7% ★, Grand Strategy 20.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Strategy 12.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%
- #12 The Veiled Atlas: A Cycle of Falls
89% 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 40% ★, Strategy 23.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Space 6.7%, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #13 Interstellar Space: Genesis
89% 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 29.1% ★, Grand Strategy 14.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Strategy 10.7%, Space 7.4%
- #14 EOL: End Of Line
88% 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 33.7% ★, Grand Strategy 21.7% ★, Strategy 18.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Futuristic 5%
- #15 ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
87% 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 37.9% ★, Strategy 23.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Space 10.3%, Sci-fi 5.9%
- #16 Clash of Cultures
86% 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 33.2% ★, Grand Strategy 21.3% ★, Strategy 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.9%
- #17 Wealth of Nations: Economic Strategy
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WoN
Windows
Lead a nation through decades of political and economic challenges. Manage budgets, taxes, interest rates, crises, and public opinion in a deep grand-strategy simulation where every decision shapes your country's future.
Why similar: 4X 32.8% ★, Grand Strategy 20.9% ★, Strategy 18.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Economy 9.5%
- #18 Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
85% 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 26.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.8%, Strategy 17.2%, Grand Strategy 10.3% ★, Space 7.8%
- #19 Antropico: Colonies
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Scassius Systems
Windows · Linux
A large-scale space strategy game focused on building and maintaining power within a simulated galaxy. Build, develop, and survive in a galaxy shaped by history and consequences.
Why similar: 4X 29% ★, Grand Strategy 23.1% ★, Strategy 18.3%, Economy 6.6%, Management 6.3%
- #20 Ever War
82% 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 31.9% ★, Grand Strategy 14.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Strategy 10.7%
- #21 Stars in Shadow
84% 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 44.7% ★, Strategy 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Space 8%, Sci-fi 5.1%
- #22 Vega Chronicle
83% 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 37.8% ★, Strategy 20.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Space 9.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.1%
- #23 Spaceman's Luck
82% 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 27% ★, Grand Strategy 21.4% ★, Strategy 15.8%, Space 13.5%, Management 8.6%
- #24 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 40% ★, Grand Strategy 24.2% ★, Strategy 19.3%, Space 9%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #25 Imperium
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Petroff Games
Windows · Mac
Imperium is a single-player 4X space strategy game. Colonize alien worlds, design your own spaceships, research exotic technologies, and outmaneuver rival empires through diplomacy or open war. Build a galactic empire and rule it your way.
Why similar: 4X 26.7% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9% ★, Strategy 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Base Building 11.2%
- #26 Stellar Reach
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 34 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 33.5% ★, Grand Strategy 16% ★, Strategy 12.6%, Management 8.5%, Space 8.2%
- #27 Neverdark
79% 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 29.1%, 4X 21% ★, Grand Strategy 15.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Management 8.9%
- #28 Mind Prison: The Last War
78% 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 38.6% ★, Grand Strategy 24.7% ★, Strategy 21.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11%, Sci-fi 4.5%
- #29 Galactic Inheritors
80% 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 42.5% ★, Strategy 18.8%, Grand Strategy 17.4% ★, Space 14.8%, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #30 Mercatoria
76% 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 30% ★, Grand Strategy 19.9% ★, Strategy 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Management 8.1%
- #31 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 50% ★, Strategy 24.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Space 7.9%, Sci-fi 7%
- #32 Xenonauts
77% matchVery Positive87% of 5,050 reviews2014
Dev: Goldhawk Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Base Building 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Management 12%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%
- #33 Orbit Economica
75% 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 26.3% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Management 10.6%, Economy 9.4%
- #34 Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
77% 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 48.5% ★, Strategy 23.8%, Space 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.4%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #35 Distant Worlds: Universe
76% 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 46.4% ★, Grand Strategy 17.1% ★, Strategy 16.8%, Space 11.6%, Sci-fi 6.3%
- #36 Infinite Borders: Three Kingdoms
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NetEase Games
Windows
《万民长歌:三国》是一款单机 · 历史 · 战争策略游戏。在无缝连续、真实还原的3D沙盘地图上,玩家可以自选视角、以自己的意志重演三国。来体验真实的三国策略——真实的沙盘,真实的二十四节气,真实的百姓,真实的战争!
Why similar: 4X 31% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Base Building 13%, Strategy 12.1%
- #37 Politon: Prologue
74% 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 28% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Strategy 10.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.4%
- #38 Plane Starship2:Galactic Contender
73% 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 35.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Strategy 14.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.7%, Space 8.1%
- #39 Solar Wave
73% 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 30.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21.7% ★, Strategy 11.9%, Management 10.2%, Space 9%
- #40 Armada 2526 Gold Edition
74% matchMixed67% of 108 reviews2013
Dev: Ntronium GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 13.3 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 39.4% ★, Strategy 34.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Space 9.6%
- #41 Terrol
72% 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 28.5% ★, Grand Strategy 21% ★, Strategy 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.9%
- #42 Lands of Rumour
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Vaeril Games
Windows
Lands of Rumour is a turn-based 4X game about hiding and gossip. Embrace the atmosphere of Robin Hood, develop villages, gather resources, recruit your men and defend your homeland in tactical combat, where every unit has unique abilities.
Why similar: 4X 28.8% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Strategy 11.5%, Management 10.7%
- #43 StarDrive 2
73% matchMixed55% of 2,101 reviews2015
Dev: Zero Sum GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.4 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 39.6% ★, Strategy 30.4%, Space 12.6%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Management 7.8%
- #44 Near Sol
72% 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 33.6% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Strategy 12.1%, Management 11.6%, Space 7.7%
- #45 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 36.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, Strategy 19.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.6%
- #46 Alliance of the Sacred Suns
71% 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 24.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Management 9.6%, Strategy 8.7%
- #47 Imperium of the Stars
70% 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 40.1% ★, Grand Strategy 24.7% ★, Strategy 16.8%, Space 8.5%, Sci-fi 5.2%
- #48 Dwarf Guild Mania
69% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: QuarkbluePub: Kennedy Publishing House
Windows · Mac
Lead a campaign of glory as you mine, trade, spy, & sabotage your way to victory. Your guild of dwarves must vanquish its rivals and conquer the realm in this turn-based economic strategy game. Lead your capitalist dwarves across new lands in search of gems and gold. For the Guild!
Why similar: 4X 26.8% ★, Grand Strategy 14.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Strategy 10.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.7%
- #49 Defensia
70% matchNo user reviews2032
Dev: RedPain
Windows
Defensia is a turn-based strategy game. Build structures, Grow carrots, Recruit bunnians, Kill enemies, Keep your castle safe!
Why similar: 4X 33.6% ★, Base Building 21%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%, Strategy 8.7%
- #50 Ascendance
69% matchNo user reviews2027
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 28.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Strategy 10.3%, Management 8.5%, Space 7.3%
- #51 Stellaris
68% 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 30.8% ★, Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, Strategy 11.8%, Space 11.1%, Sci-fi 6.9%
- #52 The Last Federation
69% 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 30.3% ★, Strategy 21.7%, Grand Strategy 14.1% ★, Space 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.2%
- #53 Neural Dominion
67% 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 27.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Management 10.7%, Strategy 10.4%
- #54 Tachyon Wars
68% 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 35.9% ★, Grand Strategy 21% ★, Strategy 20.2%, Space 10.2%, Sci-fi 7%
- #55 Trailblader
66% 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 36.1% ★, Strategy 21.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Management 10.2%, Economy 7.7%
- #56 Star Ruler
68% 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 42.8% ★, Strategy 25%, Grand Strategy 14.1% ★, Space 12.5%, Sci-fi 5.3%
- #57 Crucible Of Time
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Concrete Games
Windows
A retro 4X game inspired by classic versions of the genre. Lead your people from a small nomadic tribe into a globe-spanning space-fairing civilization. Can your empire survive the Crucible Of Time?
Why similar: 4X 21.8% ★, Base Building 14.9%, Grand Strategy 14.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Management 10.4%
- #58 Astro Protocol
65% matchVery Positive97% of 61 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: Grand Strategy 21.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Base Building 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%, Strategy 9.5%
- #59 Space Opera
66% 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 31.3% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.1%, Strategy 11.1%