
A faithful digital adaptation of the acclaimed board game Space Empires 4X by GMT Games, beloved by wargamers for almost two decades. Command the rise of your civilization and the fall of others, all in one to two hours.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, 4X, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics.

A faithful digital adaptation of the acclaimed board game Space Empires 4X by GMT Games, beloved by wargamers for almost two decades. Command the rise of your civilization and the fall of others, all in one to two hours.

Plane Starship2:Galactic Contender
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.

Master of Cladia
Master a world of massive turn-based strategy. As an Alchemist, hatch powerful dragons, discover devastating spells, and manage your empire in a persistent world shared by hundreds of players. Will you bring peace through science or rule over the ashes? The throne awaits.
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 32% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%, Space 12.5%, Board Game 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%
Master a world of massive turn-based strategy. As an Alchemist, hatch powerful dragons, discover devastating spells, and manage your empire in a persistent world shared by hundreds of players. Will you bring peace through science or rule over the ashes? The throne awaits.
Why similar: 4X 32% ★, Wargame 20.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Strategy 7.5%
Take planets and assemble your fleet. The conquest of space is now, navigate through asteroid fields and hide in nebulas to outsmart your opponents. Experience the challenge of ion storms disrupting your ship's sensors and become the ultimate space fleet commander.
Why similar: 4X 29.4% ★, Wargame 15.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Space 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.6%
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 34.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 17.4%, Wargame 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.5%, Space 6.6%
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 48.5% ★, Space 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Strategy 8.6%, Sci-fi 6.5%
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 36.4% ★, Wargame 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Hex Grid 9.4% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%
An asymmetric hex wargame about occupation and insurgency. Command the alien Verkhan Empire pacifying a human world — or the fractured Sons of Earth fighting to reclaim it.
Why similar: Wargame 21.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.7%, Space 17.3%, PvP 7.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.9%
Beyond is a sci-fi turn-based strategy game set in a generated solar system that orbits a distant star every round. Play as one of five alien species as you race to collect resources, build your military, develop new tech, expand the area you control, and drive opposing factions from the system.
Why similar: 4X 28.6% ★, Space 12.4%, Wargame 12.1%, Hex Grid 10.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%
Set in a world seized by machines, Mordfield Command is a turn-based hex wargame. Reclaim territory under mounting pressure and expand your control of the battlefield. Move too slowly, and the Algorithm’s growing forces will overrun you.
Why similar: 4X 28.1% ★, Wargame 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 11%, Hex Grid 9.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 7.2%
Streak of Power is a turn-based strategy game of precise laser duels. Aim your laser strategically, use gravitational satellites that alter its path, and seize control of them. Outsmart your opponent and destroy their base before you’re hit.
Why similar: Space 17.2%, Wargame 16.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.1%, Board Game 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%
Dominate the galaxy in the legendary strategy board game, now available digitally. Choose your faction and fight to claim the Imperial Throne!
Why similar: 4X 38.1% ★, Board Game 19.5%, Space 16.1%, Strategy 8.7%, Tabletop 7%
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 29.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.6%, Space 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%, Hex Grid 7.7% ★
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 41.7% ★, Space 18.1%, Strategy 10.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%, Sci-fi 8.1%
WarBoard: Arena Empire is a turn-based tactical strategy game on a hex arena. Command Rome, the Turks, Vikings, Egypt, Japan or Persia. Play solo against AI, or battle up to 4 Steam friends in private matches. Every move counts.
Why similar: 4X 33.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 16%, Wargame 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Strategy 9.4%
Recruit animal heroes, understand their attributes and create your own team Conquer land with your allies, make rational use of all resources on the continent, and defeat enemies from other faction Step by step, move towards the center of the continent, and finally seize the heart of the world.
Why similar: 4X 43.4% ★, Wargame 18.5%, Strategy 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.2%
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 38.9% ★, Space 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Sci-fi 5.2%
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 51.8% ★, Space 19.6%, Strategy 11.7%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 4.5%
Explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate in this sci-fi 4X turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 46.8% ★, Space 13.9%, Strategy 12.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%, Sci-fi 9%
A turn-based war game where you must fight for the throne! Use tactics, strategy and magic to wage war. Destroy your enemies with steel and fireballs, or force them to bend the knee, and you will be king of the island!
Why similar: 4X 28.2% ★, Wargame 14.2%, Hex Grid 11.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%
The galaxy, once peaceful after the Terran-Hegemony War, now faces rising tensions. The Galactic Council's efforts to maintain peace are failing as alliances shatter and secret treaties form. A confrontation looms—who will emerge victorious and rule the galaxy? Lead your people to victory!
Why similar: Board Game 17%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.8%, Space 14.1%, Hex Grid 9.7% ★, Sci-fi 7.9%
eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate, EXPRESS. All of the depth, diplomacy, conflict and conquest of a turn-based 4X epic but played in fast-paced 60-minute competitive sessions. Play Solo or Multiplayer for 2-8 players.
Why similar: 4X 23.5% ★, Board Game 12.8%, Tabletop 11.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%, Space 10.5%
Do you have a Spaceman's Luck? A space strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 56.8% ★, Space 20.7%, Strategy 12.2%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Master tactics and fulfil your galactic ambitions in a PvP sci-fi strategy board game.
Why similar: Wargame 17.5%, Board Game 15.6%, Hex Grid 13.6% ★, Space 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%
Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features. Players take the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation, with the goal of reconquering a devastated planet.
Why similar: 4X 26.2% ★, Wargame 14.2%, Space 11.3%, Hex Grid 9.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 6.7%
Ultakia is a turn-based space 4X strategy game with distinctive resource management. Explore exotic systems and acquire powerful technologies. Exploit your planets, trade with other races and destroy those who stand in your way.
Why similar: 4X 35.5% ★, Space 17.5%, Hex Grid 12.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%, Sci-fi 8%
Commander: World War II is a turn-based tactical game where you lead either the Allies or the Axis to victory. Deploy infantry, tanks, planes, and naval units, capture locations, use the terrain, and counter specialized units in intense battles. Design your own maps and dominate the battlefield.
Why similar: 4X 40% ★, Wargame 14.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.3%, Strategy 10%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%
A two-player turn-based strategy game where you place planets on orbits, rotate and move your galaxy, and win by making one of your planets collide with the opponent's star.
Why similar: Space 20.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Strategy 12.1%, PvP 9.8%
Arete: The Battles of Alexander the Great is a classic hex-and-counter digital wargame where you'll relive the Macedonian king's most epic battles, from fighting alongside his father in Greece to climactic clashes with Darius in Persia to battling warlords at the extreme fringe of the empire.
Why similar: Wargame 19%, Board Game 14.6%, Hex Grid 12.9% ★, Tabletop 12.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%
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 51.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Strategy 10.9%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Hex Grid 8.1% ★
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 29.6% ★, Wargame 14.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Hex Grid 11.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%
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 56.2% ★, Space 15.2%, Strategy 12.7%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.6%
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.
Why similar: 4X 59.7% ★, Space 18.8%, Strategy 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%, Multiplayer 2.9%
Risse & Fall is a game involving strategic units positioning, territory control and opportunity seizing designed by Christophe Boelinger (Dungeon Twister, Earth Reborn, Archipelago, Living Planet...). Each player leads a nation trying to expand and progress in a fantasy world.
Why similar: 4X 18.5% ★, Board Game 15.3%, Tabletop 13.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.7%, Hex Grid 11.5% ★
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 32.6% ★, Space 15.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%, Wargame 10.9%, Sci-fi 7.8%
Lock 'n Load Tactical is fast and Furious tactical combat that is fast to learn. In LnLT you get squads, weapon teams, armored vehicles, fixed-wing aircraft, and, in the modern-era games, helicopters. Individuals such as Leaders, Medics, Snipers, Chaplains, Advisors, and, of course, Heroes.
Why similar: Wargame 25.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 21%, Board Game 18.5%, Hex Grid 6.9% ★, Tabletop 6.9%
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 51.7% ★, Space 23.6%, Strategy 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.9%, Sci-fi 5.9%
Saratoga is a digital implementation of the Saratoga, Volume I of the Great Battles of the American Revolution wargame published by GMT Games and designed by Mark Miklos.
Why similar: Wargame 24.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.3%, Hex Grid 11.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Strategy 10.4%
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 46.5% ★, Space 21.6%, Strategy 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, Sci-fi 8.6%
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 44.8% ★, Space 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.3%, Strategy 6.7%
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 54.4% ★, Space 18.8%, Strategy 11.9%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 4.4%
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 46.1% ★, Strategy 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.8%, PvP 5.9%
A digital turn-based strategy board game where you battle opponents, expand territory, and outsmart rivals in a tactical, tile-based warfare game.
Why similar: Wargame 23.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.5%, Board Game 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, PvP 10%
Discover a space strategy game filled with conquest, betrayal and subterfuge. Build alliances, make enemies and fight your way to victory and galactic domination. Will you conquer the galaxy?
Why similar: 4X 45.9% ★, Strategy 11.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%, Sci-fi 8.4%, PvP 4.9%
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 54.2% ★, Space 18.4%, Strategy 13.4%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.2%
A medieval themed turn-based strategy/tactical game where you will build a kingdom, lead armies to the war, fight tactical battles and conquer enemy cities. Choose your main leader character from the 7 different available factions and start building your kingdom.
Why similar: 4X 31.9% ★, Wargame 18.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Hex Grid 8% ★
A turn-based strategy game! Enjoy a fun local PvP tactical battles with up to 4 friends and family!Invade and capture enemy defenses.Beware! This game may cause you to loose friends!
Why similar: Wargame 20.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.9%, Board Game 14.7%, Tabletop 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%
Dominus is a turn-based tactics and strategy game with a unique twist. Inspired by strategy legends like Civilization, Dominus focuses that epic 'just one more turn' gameplay into rapid multiplayer mayhem lasting from 5 minute squad battles to epic half-hour struggles between empires.
Why similar: 4X 30.7% ★, Wargame 14.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%, PvP 7.1%
Competitive wargaming gets a facelift with fast-paced tactical battles and turn-based strategy, set in in the hilariously brutal, but not so very grim-dark, universe of the future.
Why similar: Wargame 20.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.2%, Board Game 11.4%, Tabletop 11.2%, Sci-fi 8.6%
Dive into the world of deep strategy, where resources are your lifeline, fortifications your stronghold, and forces your arsenal. 🏰⚔️ Unleash your strategic prowess in thrilling turn-based battles! 💥 Gather faith, wield game-changing abilities, and rewrite the battlefield's destiny.
Why similar: 4X 30.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.6%, Board Game 12.9%, Hex Grid 9.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%
LeapDrive Tactics is a single-player turn-based tactical game where you command a fleet of two capital ships and two wings of drones in a campaign against an alien threat throughout the solar system.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 24.1%, Space 22.2%, Hex Grid 11.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Sci-fi 10.1%
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 50.6% ★, Space 30.1%, Strategy 10.3%, Sci-fi 9.1%
Turn-based tactical strategy with massive capital ships, frigates, gunships and fighter squads. Gather resources, research technologies, design and expand your fleet. Destroy your enemies. Single player and multi player mode, hot seat mod also available.
Why similar: 4X 30.3% ★, Wargame 19.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%, PvP 8.6%
As a space bear, human or any other race, venture forth into the galaxy, create custom ships, conquer new worlds, build new colonies and defend your very existence against those who would take what is yours.
Why similar: 4X 56.2% ★, Space 23.6%, Strategy 11.4%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Singleplayer 0.1%
Empis is a turn-based strategy game that focuses on short and sweet multiplayer matches. Choose from individual factions each with their own unique units and upgrades, unlock technology, and build sprawling cities with buildings and fortifications.
Why similar: 4X 29.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.4%, Hex Grid 13% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Sci-fi 7.6%
A sci-fi turn-based strategy game. A faithful digital rendition of the beloved board game, Empires of the Void II.
Why similar: 4X 37.9% ★, Board Game 20%, Space 15.2%, Strategy 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%
Vae Victis is a ruthless minimalistic turn-based strategy game. Engage in intense multiplayer battles with friends or fight through an expansive campaign. With unique units, factions, and abilities you will have to be cunning with your tactical decisions to claim victory!
Why similar: 4X 30.2% ★, Wargame 15.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Turn-Based Combat 6.6%
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 46% ★, Space 25%, Strategy 16.2%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Singleplayer 0.2%