Games Like Star Dynasties

An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.

Why similar: Diplomacy 24% ★, Grand Strategy 20.7% ★, Turn-Based 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, War 9.8%

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: Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, Diplomacy 18.2% ★, Turn-Based 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Space 7.3%

Asymmetric space empire builder where you feel like the Emperor, not a logistics officer. No micromanagement, grand scale, fast paced, audiences, assassins, imperial court, disloyal admirals.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.8% ★, Diplomacy 21.8% ★, Turn-Based 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Space 7.6%

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: Grand Strategy 18.3% ★, Turn-Based 14.7%, Diplomacy 13.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Space 9.4%

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: Grand Strategy 21.9% ★, Turn-Based 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, War 10.7%, Space 8.5%

Lord of Rigel is a turn-based 4X space strategy game inspired by the classics. In a galaxy divided by two elder races, will you unite with other species or forge your own path? Navigate galactic politics and defeat threats using espionage, research, and military force. How will you shape the galaxy?

Why similar: Diplomacy 20.3% ★, Grand Strategy 18.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%, Turn-Based 8.3%, War 7.9%

Great Houses of Calderia is a Feudal Grand Strategy game focusing on family dynamics & stories. Use your family strengths to compete against rivals to rise in the ranks of Calderia - produce, trade, scheme, bribe, and battle to build your legacy of power!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 36.4% ★, Diplomacy 21.4% ★, Management 8.9%, War 8.9%, RPG 7.4%

You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 21.7%, Sci-fi 20.8%, Management 18.2%, Space 14.8%, RPG 9.5%

Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?

Why similar: Diplomacy 25% ★, Grand Strategy 21.9% ★, Turn-Based 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, War 10.2%

You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.

Why similar: Diplomacy 37.8% ★, Grand Strategy 33% ★, Management 11.6%, Strategy 6%, 4X 5.4% ★

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: Diplomacy 23.3% ★, Grand Strategy 20.4% ★, Turn-Based 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, War 8%

Take command of humanity’s last survivors and rebuild an empire in the stars. In this immersive turn-based strategy game, you will have to fight to protect your people, control rival factions, and unlock lost technology.

Why similar: Diplomacy 30.2% ★, Grand Strategy 21.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Space 8%

The Pegasus Expedition is a story-driven sci-fi grand strategy game set in a key moment for humankind’s survival. Facing an overwhelming threat at home, humanity sends expeditions to the Pegasus Galaxy in a desperate attempt to find a refuge for the population of Earth.

Why similar: Diplomacy 23.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, War 9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%, Space 7.7%

Ancient Frontier is a turn-based strategy RPG set in the far future. You command the fleet. Buy new ships, outfit them with crew and equipment, then deploy and destroy the enemy. Take control of massive fleets of capital ships and support craft as you play through two unique campaigns.

Why similar: Turn-Based 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Strategy RPG 12.5%, Space 11.7%, Strategy 11%

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: Grand Strategy 37.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Space 10.8%, Sci-fi 10%, Strategy 8.9%

Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.

Why similar: Diplomacy 23.2% ★, Grand Strategy 23% ★, Turn-Based 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, War 9.5%

Build a civilization that will stand the test of time in the largest space-based strategy game ever! Choose from dozens of unique races and make a name for yourself across the galaxy through diplomacy, espionage, technological advances, and more.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.4% ★, Turn-Based 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Procedural Generation 10.3%, Sci-fi 9.1%

Build and command a fleet of starships and travel between planets as you explore, build, negotiate, and fight to preserve your vision for humanity.

Why similar: Space 28.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 28.2%, Sci-fi 17.5%, Strategy 14.4%, Turn-Based 6.1%

A turn-based Galaxy totalwar game. Choose one of 12 factions, direct dozens of admirals, control hundreds of warships, mecha and monsters, set up various buildings, study technology, and lead fleets to carry out grand strategic actions on the map of the galaxy.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.9% ★, Strategy RPG 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, War 12.2%, Sci-fi 4.7%

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: Grand Strategy 29.8% ★, Space 26.7%, Strategy 18.6%, Sci-fi 12.5%, 4X 11.7% ★

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: Diplomacy 25.5% ★, Grand Strategy 25% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Space 10.2%, Sci-fi 7.9%

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: Turn-Based 21.2%, Grand Strategy 20.9% ★, Space 18.4%, Strategy 11.3%, Sci-fi 8.7%

Prove your political brilliance in a grand strategy like no other: pick any contemporary country, set up your government and navigate the pitfalls of domestic and international politics. A glorious destiny awaits - the domination of not just the Earth, but the whole Solar system!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.9% ★, Diplomacy 23.9% ★, Science 15.6%, Space 8.2%, Management 6.2%

You'll time-travel to a turbulent ancient Chinese dynasty as a young monarch. Ascend the throne amidst chaos and navigate among powerful officials, noble clans, and common scholars. Each vermilion note harbors danger. Your choice will shape history: Create a prosperous era or be a fallen king.

Why similar: Diplomacy 25.9% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Strategy RPG 12.8%, Turn-Based 11.3%, Management 8.5%

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

Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.1% ★, Space 14%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Strategy 10.4%, Procedural Generation 9.7%

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: Turn-Based 17.9%, Space 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Strategy 13.5%, Sci-fi 10.5%

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: Grand Strategy 30.7% ★, Turn-Based 15.5%, Space 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Sci-fi 9.4%

Strategy from the front lines! Starpoint Gemini Warlords combines 3rd person capital spaceship combat with 4X strategy and RPG gameplay elements. Build mighty war fleets and send them into battle or lead them into combat yourself. Become the Warlord and conquer the Gemini system!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.2% ★, Strategy RPG 17.9%, Space 17.4%, Sci-fi 11.8%, RPG 8.5%

Unique combination of turn-based 4X and historical grand strategy with a mythological twist. Explore the ancient world and build a world leading civilization. Survive, expand, conquer... and win!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 24% ★, Diplomacy 22.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, War 10.1%, Procedural Generation 7.8%

Star Trek: Infinite is a grand strategy experience that lets you play your own Star Trek story as the leader of one of four major factions in the galaxy. Follow the specially crafted story or blaze your own trail in the first Star Trek grand strategy game.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.5% ★, Diplomacy 25.9% ★, Science 14.1%, Space 10%, Management 7.9%

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: Grand Strategy 31.5% ★, Diplomacy 17% ★, Space 15.3%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Strategy 5.6%

Command interstellar forces in this epic return of the 4X strategy classic. From planetary politics to galactic warfare, the stakes couldn’t be higher as you lead your Royal House through battles on land, sea, air, and the vast reaches of space.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 32.9%, Sci-fi 21.4%, Space 14.5%, 4X 12.4% ★, Strategy 12.2%

Determine the destiny of Rome as you conquer foreign lands and navigate political intrigue in this turn-based RPG. Directly fight with your party of Praetorians, guide your legion to victory, and choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. How will you shape the future of Rome?

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 37.9%, RPG 19.1%, Strategy 14.3%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Turn-Based 9.7%

Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 40% ★, Management 12.6%, War 11.7%, Strategy 9.6%, RPG 8.3%

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: Turn-Based Strategy 26.6%, Space 17.8%, Turn-Based 17.6%, Strategy 13.1%, 4X 12.7% ★

Take command of Naval Strike Group 7 and lead your fleet to victory in full 3D tactical space combat. Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy is a sci-fi strategy saga that will test your skills as both capital assault ship Captain and naval fleet Commander.

Why similar: Turn-Based 28.7%, Space 21.9%, Strategy 15%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Simulation 10%

Rebuild civilization from a single planet in Nexus Legacy, a persistent sci-fi 4X MMO. Colonize worlds, manage resources, research technologies, command fleets, forge alliances, and fight for control of a living galaxy.

Why similar: Diplomacy 27.4% ★, Grand Strategy 24% ★, War 10.7%, Space 9.7%, Management 8.3%

A pixel-art turn-based Galaxy total war game. You can select 14 factions, 61 heroes, hundreds of warships and mecha, and command multiple fleets to carry out grand strategic operations on the map of the galaxy.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 34.2% ★, Turn-Based 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, War 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.6%

A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!

Why similar: Space 36.3%, Sci-fi 30.2%, RPG 27.4%, Singleplayer 3.8%, Adventure 2.4%

Rebuild settlements entirely within a colossal generation ship in this turn-based city builder. Expand your city, manage limited resources and optimize production chains as you navigate difficult choices about humanity’s future among the stars.

Why similar: Management 20.1%, Space 19.2%, Procedural Generation 18.5%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Sci-fi 12.2%

Space Program Manager (SPM) is the ultimate game of space exploration. It is the mid 1950s and the race for dominance between the US and the Soviet Union is about to move into a new dimension: space.

Why similar: Space 25.9%, Management 16.2%, Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 12.7%, Turn-Based 11.4%

Greetings your Excellency. Time to rebuild, reform and prepare for new challenges in the People's Republic of Basenji. In this thrilling political strategy, you will appoint ministers and lead the country to success. Be careful — you may find yourself replaced in the next election.

Why similar: Diplomacy 22.8% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Turn-Based 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, War 10%

The Emperor and State is a turn-based strategy game that simulates the rule of an ancient feudal monarch. It involves the administration, policy adjustment, diplomatic checks and balances, national wars, as well as the emperor's self-cultivation, the cultivation of successors and so on.

Why similar: Diplomacy 25.3% ★, Grand Strategy 22% ★, Strategy RPG 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, War 9.1%

In the medieval era, assume the role of a lord and engage with other lords，develop fiefdoms, and employ strategies involving intrigue, warfare, and plunder. Expand your territory and strengthen your house lineage Or, be a god, manipulate the world? This game primarily strategic role-playing elements

Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.9% ★, Strategy RPG 18.6%, Management 11%, War 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.3%

Into the Void is a strategy RPG and exploration sci-fi game with an epic story and intense battles. Travel through space and discover the origin of a cosmic threat which destroyed Earth centuries ago. Fight or cooperate with the different factions; be a leader !

Why similar: Space 31.3%, Turn-Based 29.6%, Strategy 16.4%, RPG 12.1%, 4X 6.7% ★

Life between myths. Lead the Riders clan into legend or obscurity as you explore an ancient world. Plan ahead as you navigate this challenging storybook strategy game, immersing you in the land of old gods and magic also seen in King of Dragon Pass.

Why similar: Diplomacy 22.8% ★, Turn-Based 17.4%, Strategy RPG 14.8%, Management 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%

The Fermi Paradox is a choice-driven sci-fi narrative strategy game in which your decisions in one corner of the galaxy can upend entire civilizations in another. Guide species through millennia and help them explore the vastness of space, make contact and, perhaps, create harmony.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 20.5%, Sci-fi 19.9%, Space 18.7%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Strategy 9.1%

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling.

Why similar: Strategy RPG 21.6%, Space 20.3%, Turn-Based 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Strategy 11.3%

Step into the shoes of a fallen clan leader, starting with nothing but a crumbling estate and a handful of hopes, rising through careful planning, trade, and diplomacy to become one of the most powerful families in the land. Now it’s time to forge a legendary dynasty that leaves its mark on history.

Why similar: Diplomacy 60.8% ★, Management 17.7%, RPG 8.7%, Strategy 5.9%, Simulation 5.2%

A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.

Why similar: Diplomacy 28.2% ★, Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, Management 12.7%, War 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.7%

Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

Why similar: Space 28%, Management 25.3%, Sci-fi 21.6%, Strategy 12.5%, Simulation 9.6%

ENDLESS Space™ 2 is a Strategic Space Opera, featuring the compelling “just one more turn” gameplay, set in the mysterious ENDLESS Universe™. As the leader of your civilization, will you impose your vision and build the greatest stellar empire?

Why similar: Strategy 65.9%, Space 10.3%, Grand Strategy 5.3% ★, Sci-fi 4.7%, Turn-Based 4.7%

Galactic Civilizations is a space based strategy game in which you are in control of humanity's destiny.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.2% ★, Diplomacy 23.1% ★, Turn-Based 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Space 7.6%

Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.

Why similar: Space 35.2%, Sci-fi 19.2%, Strategy 14.4%, 4X 12.1% ★, Story Rich 8.4%

Build your own global colonies on distant worlds. Manage energy and resource supplies and produce goods for space trade. Form economic and diplomatic alliances or take over competing corporations. Conduct research to protect your colonists from disasters and avoid a climate crisis.

Why similar: Diplomacy 34.2% ★, Grand Strategy 29.7% ★, Science 21.2%, Management 9.8%, Strategy 5%

You will take on the role of the Second Prince of Xuan, heir of the Southern Regime. With foreign invaders entrenched in the north and a complacent court content to linger in the south, you face a defining choice:The choice… is yours!

Why similar: RPG 26.1%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Strategy 18.6%, Simulation 16.5%, Realistic 13.9%

Terraform Mars in this turn-based colony builder and resource management game with roguelike elements. Explore the planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and turn the Red Planet into a green one!

Why similar: Science 19.4%, Turn-Based 15.7%, Procedural Generation 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Space 9.9%

Starship Inspector is a Space Roguelike in which every choice you make matters. Save a galaxy or rescue your crew member? Serve an evil empire or help an ancient tribe? You'll constantly have to make hard decisions and deal with consequences.

Why similar: Space 18.5%, Strategy 17.4%, Sci-fi 15.7%, Procedural Generation 14.6%, RPG 14.1%

Turn-based kingdom management simulator focused on decision-making. Will you survive and lead the kingdom to prosperity, or die in agony? The throne awaits.

Why similar: Strategy RPG 30.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Management 14.5%, Story Rich 6.2%