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 25.2% ★, Grand Strategy 21.4% ★, Turn-Based 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, War 10.1%

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 18.1% ★, Diplomacy 17.4% ★, Politics 12.5% ★, Turn-Based 11.1%, Political 11.1% ★

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 16.8% ★, Diplomacy 16% ★, Politics 15.9% ★, Turn-Based 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%

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 30.4% ★, Political 21.9% ★, Diplomacy 18% ★, Management 7.6%, War 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 21.8%, Sci-fi 20.6%, Management 18.4%, Space 14.7%, RPG 9.4%

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 19.2% ★, Turn-Based 15.3%, Diplomacy 14.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Space 9.9%

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 22.8% ★, Turn-Based 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, War 11.2%, Space 8.8%

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 20.1% ★, Grand Strategy 18.6% ★, Political 12.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%, War 7.8%

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 40% ★, Grand Strategy 34.7% ★, Management 12.4%, Strategy 6.3%, Simulation 5.1%

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 18.7% ★, Political 17% ★, Politics 16.9% ★, Diplomacy 16.3% ★, Science 10.6%

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 25% ★, Politics 21.9% ★, Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Sci-fi 7%

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 26.2% ★, Grand Strategy 22.7% ★, Turn-Based 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, War 10.6%

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 40.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.3%, Space 11.6%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Strategy 9.7%

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 21.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.8% ★, Political 13.6% ★, Turn-Based 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%

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 21.2% ★, Grand Strategy 20.9% ★, Political 13.1% ★, Turn-Based 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%

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 17.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Strategy RPG 12.5%, Space 11.6%, Strategy 11%

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 33.9% ★, Political 18.2% ★, Management 10.8%, War 9.9%, Strategy 8.2%

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 19.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, Political 18% ★, Turn-Based 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%

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 21.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.6% ★, Political 16.6% ★, Strategy RPG 10.7%, Turn-Based 9.3%

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 24.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.4% ★, War 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%, Space 7.9%

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 21% ★, Diplomacy 19.8% ★, Political 15.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, War 8.9%

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 33.7% ★, Space 30.1%, Strategy 21.2%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%

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: Politics 39.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.7%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Space 9.9%, Strategy 8.4%

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 20.6% ★, Politics 18.8% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, Strategy RPG 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%

Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected...

Why similar: Politics 24.3% ★, Diplomacy 19.8% ★, Political 16.7% ★, Grand Strategy 15% ★, Management 7.2%

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 26.7% ★, Turn-Based 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Sci-fi 9.6%

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 38.1%, RPG 18.9%, Strategy 14.3%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Turn-Based 9.4%

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 32.2% ★, Strategy RPG 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, War 12.7%, Sci-fi 5%

Become the leader of any contemporary country in this streamlined real-time grand strategy game. Use diplomacy, espionage, military and economic power to deal with other nations, while tackling issues such as terrorism, financial crises and medical epidemics, all in an effort to achieve global domination!

Why similar: Diplomacy 36.5% ★, Politics 27.6% ★, Grand Strategy 22.9% ★, Strategy 8.8%, War 2.4%

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 42.6% ★, Political 30.6% ★, Management 12.4%, RPG 6%, Strategy 4.1%

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: Political 33.7% ★, Procedural Generation 13.6%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Space 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.9%

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 29.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 29.4%, Sci-fi 18.1%, Strategy 15%, Turn-Based 6.2%

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 29%, Space 22.3%, Strategy 15.4%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Simulation 10.3%

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 32.5% ★, Turn-Based 16.3%, Space 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Sci-fi 10%

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 26.8% ★, Grand Strategy 26% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Space 10.6%, Sci-fi 8.2%

You are the Evil Emperor's only daughter, but can you claim the throne? Raise stats, make deals, appoint advisors, and scheme your way through the Imperial Election - unless an assassin gets you first. Rule the galaxy or die trying!

Why similar: Diplomacy 57.9% ★, Choices Matter 12.2%, RPG 8%, Story Rich 6.4%, Strategy 5.9%

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 21.7%, Space 20.2%, Turn-Based 16.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Strategy 11.4%

Lead your people to glory and write a new chapter of history in Realpolitiks II, a real-time grand strategy game where you lead any contemporary nation in an attempt to secure world dominance.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.4% ★, Politics 26.1% ★, Political 18% ★, Strategy 10.3%, Simulation 7.7%

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 25.7%, Management 16.4%, Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 12.7%, Turn-Based 11.3%

In this Grand Strategy game, you take control of the Solar System's Great Powers in 2092 and weather the storm of change as you navigate the uncertain waters of the future. Control the greatest military forces in the world and wage wars on an epic scale: outer space is yours to conquer!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.1% ★, Politics 22.2% ★, Space 11.7%, War 10.3%, Sci-fi 9.7%

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 30.9%, Turn-Based 20.1%, Space 19.9%, Strategy 15.2%, Sci-fi 13.9%

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 33.7% ★, Strategy RPG 18.6%, Management 11.2%, War 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.3%

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 26.7% ★, Strategy RPG 19.1%, Space 18.4%, Sci-fi 12.5%, RPG 8.9%

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 19.2%, Space 17.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Strategy 14.7%, Sci-fi 11.4%

Become the Dictator of Gradnar! Rule the nation, choose between democracy and tyranny, wage wars with a unique card-based mechanic, and expand your empire. A political dystopia packed with satire and humor!

Why similar: Diplomacy 27% ★, Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, Political 19.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, War 8.5%

The political drama set in a future that's too close for comfort. Become the first mayor of ARTEMIS: A Pioneering Lunar City. Navigate the future of lunar colonization, choose between independence and cooperation, shape policies for or against AI influence, and tackle interplanetary conspiracies.

Why similar: Diplomacy 28.5% ★, Politics 27.5% ★, Political 22% ★, Management 8.1%, Choices Matter 6.2%

Lightracer Spark is a Sci-Fi Narrative game. You are an amender from a high civilization, descending to various extraterrestrial worlds. Guide living beings to prosperity, or nip a spark in the bud. Accumulate strength through choices and strategies to grasp the rise and fall of all civilizations.

Why similar: Politics 23.5% ★, Strategy RPG 19.6%, Space 17.6%, Sci-fi 15.4%, RPG 10.5%

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 22.3%, Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, Space 19.5%, Strategy 12.1%, Sci-fi 9.2%

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 29.6% ★, Grand Strategy 24.4% ★, Management 13.5%, War 11.5%, Sci-fi 11.2%

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 34.3% ★, Grand Strategy 29.6% ★, Science 21.1%, Management 9.9%, Strategy 5.1%

Lead an ancient and crumbling noble house in a rich gunpowder fantasy setting. Lie, bribe, and conspire to secure power and prestige – or to save a doomed kingdom from itself.

Why similar: Diplomacy 56.4% ★, Management 15.7%, RPG 14.9%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Story Rich 4.1%

Massive scale 4X-RTS set in space. Control hundreds of planets, manipulate galactic politics, research numerous advanced technologies, and command thousands of units and hundreds of planets in your quest for galactic dominance.

Why similar: Space 43.6%, Sci-fi 32%, Strategy 24.4%

Noblesse Oblige: Legacy of the Sorcerer Kings is a high fantasy RPG that reenvisions turn-based combat in dynamic ways, telling the story of Alexander—an idealistic yet pragmatic nobleman—and his allies as they navigate politics, intrigue, ruling, and love amidst a tempestuous civil war.

Why similar: Political 40.7% ★, War 18.5%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Story Rich 8.7%, Strategy 8.2%

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 28.9% ★, Grand Strategy 25.1% ★, War 11.2%, Space 10.1%, Management 8.8%

A historical sandbox simulation where every NPC lives their own life. They don't wait for you. They ally, marry, betray, and die. Kingdoms rise and fall by someone's will. Sometimes you shape history, sometimes it sweeps you away. An observer of a once-in-a-lifetime story that only you can witness.

Why similar: Politics 26.6% ★, Diplomacy 24.3% ★, Strategy RPG 15.6%, War 11.4%, Procedural Generation 8.4%

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 35% ★, Turn-Based 16.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, War 10.9%, Sci-fi 9.8%

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 30.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Management 14.7%, Story Rich 6.1%

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 26.4%, Strategy 19.1%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Simulation 16.9%, Realistic 14.1%

A Turn-based Strategy game in a futuristic global cold war from the award-winning creators of Out There. Recruit a squad of special agents and run your intel agency to secure the control of the singularity.

Why similar: Politics 25% ★, Grand Strategy 17.4% ★, Political 14.7% ★, Turn-Based 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%