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Games Like Space Empires II

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, 4X, Grand Strategy.

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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.

Reviews: Mixed — 58% — of 19 reviews
Released: 2020-10-13
Developer: Malfador Machinations
Publisher: Strategy First
Genres: Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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  1. #1 Space Empires I
    97% matchMixed56% of 16 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 20.8% ★, Strategy 13.1%, Grand Strategy 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Management 9.6%

  2. #2 Space Empires III
    96% matchPositive80% of 46 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 20.8% ★, Strategy 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Base Building 10.6%, Grand Strategy 9.4%

  3. #3 Shattered Spheres
    96% match3 user reviews100% of 3 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 29.4% ★, Grand Strategy 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Strategy 8.3%, Management 7.4%

  4. #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 26.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7%, Base Building 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Management 8.9%

  5. #5 Oil Sheik: Dominion
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Reliq
    Windows

    Dominate five rival regions in a turn-based 4X. Save the world from Nihlex's evil alien forces in a race to conquer Mars' oil reserves. Research, boost your economy with stock trades, build units, fight tactical battles on a hex tile map. Are you strong enough to lead a united humanity to victory?

    Why similar: 4X 24.8% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1%, Strategy 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Base Building 9.8%

  6. #6 Stellar Monarch 2
    94% matchVery Positive89% of 133 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 36% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Strategy 14.9%, Space 6.4%

  7. #7 Cosmist
    93% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Gulbrandr Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Expand your empire one sector at a time in a fast-paced turn-based 4X strategy game. Capture planets, harvest resources, command powerful fleets, and adapt your strategy with unique Emperors and unpredictable divine interventions. Play solo, or challenge rivals in tactical PvP.

    Why similar: 4X 33.1% ★, Grand Strategy 20.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Strategy 11.1%, Space 7%

  8. #8 Gate Builders
    92% 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 25.2% ★, Grand Strategy 17.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Management 10.5%, Strategy 8.2%

  9. #9 Astro Protocol
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 70 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 25.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Base Building 11.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 8%

  10. #10 Horizon
    91% matchMixed59% of 477 reviews2014
    Dev: L3O Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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 25.9% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3%, Strategy 9.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, Space 7.3%

  11. #11 Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
    90% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,712 reviews2011
    Dev: Stardock Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 45.9 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 30.1% ★, Grand Strategy 20.7%, Base Building 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Strategy 10%

  12. #12 Time Distortionists
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Fluxionary Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Manage time itself from a base outside causality in this turn-based strategy game. Scan and deploy agents across 13 billion years to stabilize collapsing eras. Build infrastructure to extract resources and defend the timeline. Every mission ripples through time. You can't save everything.

    Why similar: 4X 25.9% ★, Grand Strategy 17.1%, Base Building 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Strategy 11.4%

  13. #13 Napoleon 1813
    89% match9 user reviews67% of 9 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% ★, Grand Strategy 20.9%, Strategy 17.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%

  14. #14 万象战略
    88% 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 32.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Strategy 12.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%

  15. #15 The Veiled Atlas: A Cycle of Falls
    87% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Flat Gradient
    Windows · Linux

    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 40.3% ★, Strategy 22.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Space 6.8%, Sci-fi 6.5%

  16. #16 Interstellar Space: Genesis
    86% matchVery Positive84% of 850 reviews2019
    Dev: Praxis Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.1 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 29.2% ★, Grand Strategy 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Strategy 10.5%, Space 7.5%

  17. #17 EOL: End Of Line
    86% 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 33.8% ★, Grand Strategy 21.8%, Strategy 18.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Futuristic 5.1%

  18. #18 ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
    85% matchVery Positive81% of 9,610 reviews2012
    Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.6 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 38.1% ★, Strategy 23.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Space 10.4%, Sci-fi 6%

  19. #19 Clash of Cultures
    84% 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 33.5% ★, Grand Strategy 21.5%, Strategy 17.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.8%

  20. #20 Wartra
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Jens P. Behrens
    Windows

    Build a civilization from its first settlements into a mighty world power in this turn-based strategy game. Explore uncharted lands, expand your empire, forge lucrative trade relationships, and develop your economy and technology.

    Why similar: 4X 29.5% ★, Grand Strategy 24.1%, Strategy 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Base Building 7%

  21. #21 Wealth of Nations: Economic Strategy
    83% 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 33.1% ★, Grand Strategy 21.1%, Strategy 18.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Economy 9.1%

  22. #22 GoE: Escaping the Garden of Eden
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Wicked CreationsPub: GoE
    Windows

    GoE: Escaping the Garden of Eden and origins of humanity. Here, you can choose your faction as you compete for the survival against others but in the end, all must face the Darkness that corrupts or destroys everything it finds. Eden has fallen.

    Why similar: 4X 26.9% ★, Base Building 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Strategy 11.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%

  23. #23 Antropico: Colonies
    81% 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 29.2% ★, Grand Strategy 23.3%, Strategy 18.1%, Economy 6.3%, Futuristic 6.3%

  24. #24 Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
    82% matchMixed61% of 23,177 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 26.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.6%, Strategy 16.9%, Grand Strategy 10.3%, Space 7.9%

  25. #25 Ever War
    79% 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 32.1% ★, Grand Strategy 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Strategy 10.6%

  26. #26 Vega Chronicle
    80% matchNo user reviews2027
    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 38% ★, Strategy 20.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Space 9.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 7%

  27. #27 Stars in Shadow
    81% matchMostly Positive79% of 838 reviews2017
    Dev: Ashdar GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.4 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 45.3% ★, Strategy 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Space 8.2%, Sci-fi 5.1%

  28. #28 Spaceman's Luck
    79% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Gideon Kennedy
    Windows

    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 27.1% ★, Grand Strategy 21.5%, Strategy 15.6%, Space 13.6%, Management 8.4%

  29. #29 Stellar Reach
    77% 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 33.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16.1%, Strategy 12.5%, Space 8.3%, Management 8.3%

  30. #30 Infinite Borders: Three Kingdoms
    78% 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 31.3% ★, Grand Strategy 20.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Base Building 13%, Strategy 11.9%

  31. #31 Miniciv
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: yyyz26
    Windows

    Miniciv is an accessible hex‑grid 4X turn‑based strategy. Start with one city and settler, explore and build your budding civilization into a mighty empire. Procedural maps and flexible playtime bring unique runs, pairing easy entry with deep political, trade, faith and industrial mechanics.

    Why similar: 4X 39.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Strategy 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 3.3%

  32. #32 Galactic Inheritors
    78% 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 42.6% ★, Strategy 18.5%, Grand Strategy 17.5%, Space 14.9%, Sci-fi 6.5%

  33. #33 Distant Worlds 2
    76% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,566 reviews2022
    Dev: CodeForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 41.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.

    Why similar: 4X 40% ★, Grand Strategy 24.3%, Strategy 19%, Space 9.1%, Sci-fi 7.1%

  34. #34 Mind Prison: The Last War
    75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 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 the galaxy, uncover corrupted memories, and face the horrifying truth: no one told you to stop.

    Why similar: 4X 38.7% ★, Grand Strategy 24.8%, Strategy 20.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%, Sci-fi 4.5%

  35. #35 Neverdark
    76% 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 28.9%, 4X 21.2% ★, Grand Strategy 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Management 8.7%

  36. #36 Imperium
    74% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Petroff Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 27.6% ★, Grand Strategy 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Strategy 9.9%, Base Building 9.9%

  37. #37 Space Empires IV Deluxe
    75% matchVery Positive86% of 291 reviews2006
    Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 11.4 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 50.2% ★, Strategy 24.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Space 8%, Sci-fi 7.1%

  38. #38 Hollow Orbits 4x
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Harimaru Studio
    Windows

    Hollow Orbits 4X combines 4X strategy with the mechanics of a board game. Collect and use tactic cards, and roll dice for your fleet’s weapons. Play solo, against AI, or with friends for dominance in a galaxy filled with ancient dangers and hidden treasures.

    Why similar: 4X 39.3% ★, Strategy 21%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%, Space 7.3%

  39. #39 Mercatoria
    72% match4 user reviews40% of 4 reviews2026
    Dev: DKS
    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 30.3% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1%, Strategy 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Management 8%

  40. #40 Orbit Economica
    72% 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 26.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Management 10.4%, Economy 9%

  41. #41 Pax Nova
    73% matchMixed56% of 453 reviews2020
    Dev: Grey Wolf EntertainmentPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    A sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game where you lead the fate of one of several factions divided between three races. Explore new worlds and new star systems filled with exciting secrets as well as dangers. Build cities, expand your influence and fight great battles on land and in space.

    Why similar: 4X 28% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Strategy 10.8%, Management 8.8%

  42. #42 Xenonauts
    73% matchVery Positive87% of 5,076 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 19.8%, Base Building 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Management 11.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%

  43. #43 Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
    74% matchMixed44% of 962 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 48.7% ★, Strategy 23.6%, Space 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.4%, Sci-fi 6.8%

  44. #44 HUMANKIND™ 2
    71% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
    Windows

    Build a civilization that spans the ages in this historical turn-based strategy game. Combine evolving cultures, raise cities, command armies and expand your empire as a changing climate reshapes the world and your path through history.

    Why similar: 4X 33.2% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5%, Strategy 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Management 7.8%

  45. #45 Solar Wave
    69% matchMostly Positive75% of 84 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 30.7% ★, Grand Strategy 21.8%, Strategy 11.8%, Management 10%, Space 9.1%

  46. #46 Plane Starship2:Galactic Contender
    70% 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 35.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Strategy 14.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%, Space 8.2%

  47. #47 Distant Worlds: Universe
    71% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,856 reviews2014
    Dev: Code ForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 24.5 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 46.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.1%, Strategy 16.6%, Space 11.7%, Sci-fi 6.4%

  48. #48 Near Sol
    71% 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 33.8% ★, Grand Strategy 22.6%, Strategy 12%, Management 11.3%, Space 7.8%

  49. #49 Politon: Prologue
    70% matchPositive88% of 24 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 28.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Strategy 10.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.4%

  50. #50 Armada 2526 Gold Edition
    70% matchMixed66% of 110 reviews2013
    Dev: Ntronium GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 14.1 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 39.7% ★, Strategy 34.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Space 9.7%

  51. #51 Lands of Rumour
    68% 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 29% ★, Grand Strategy 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Strategy 11.4%, Base Building 10.5%

  52. #52 Imperium of the Stars
    68% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Hyrcronix
    Windows

    Rebuild a scattered empire in a Gothic galaxy of distant beacons and lost colonies. A real-time 4X with four distinct playable factions, empire-wide command, and Living Sagas shaped by how you govern and conquer up to 10,000 star systems.

    Why similar: 4X 40.3% ★, Grand Strategy 24.8%, Strategy 16.6%, Space 8.6%, Sci-fi 5.2%

  53. #53 StarDrive 2
    69% matchMixed55% of 2,102 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 39.9% ★, Strategy 30.1%, Space 12.7%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Management 7.6%

  54. #54 Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms
    69% 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 36.6% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6%, Strategy 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.6%

  55. #55 Alliance of the Sacred Suns
    67% 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 24.8% ★, Grand Strategy 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Management 9.4%, Strategy 8.7%

  56. #56 Defensia
    67% 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 33.8% ★, Base Building 21%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%, Strategy 8.6%

  57. #57 Ascendance
    67% matchNo user reviews
    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 28.8% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5%, Strategy 10.2%, Management 8.3%, Space 7.3%

  58. #58 Dwarf Guild Mania
    66% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
    Dev: QuarkbluePub: Kennedy Publishing House
    Windows · Mac

    Lead a campaign of glory as you mine, trade, conquer, & sabotage your way to victory. Your Kingdom of Dwarves must vanquish its rivals and conquer the realm in this turn-based economic strategy game. Lead your Dwarves across new lands in search of gems, gold, & glory. For the Guild!

    Why similar: 4X 27.1% ★, Grand Strategy 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Strategy 10%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.7%

  59. #59 Stellaris
    66% matchVery Positive86% of 197,307 reviews2016
    Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 145.5 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 30.9% ★, Grand Strategy 23.3%, Strategy 11.6%, Space 11.2%, Sci-fi 6.9%

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