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Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.

Why similar: Tactical 35.8%, Strategy 34.4%, Simulation 25.7%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers highly realistic, tactical fleet combat that rewards careful positioning and system management.

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: Strategy 24.5%, Turn-Based 22.4%, Space 18.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.5%, Tactical 9%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game focused entirely on managing a fleet of ships in tactical space engagements.

Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.

Why similar: Space 37.2%, Strategy 26.2%, Tactical 21.7%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelite that emphasizes fleet management and turn-based combat against a backdrop of a dying empire.

Experience the epic space strategy games that redefined the RTS genre. Control your fleet and build an armada across more than 30 single-player missions. Choose unit types, fleet formations and flight tactics for each strategic situation.

Why similar: Space 47.4%, Strategy 24.9%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Tactical 8.2%, Simulation 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive 3D space strategy experience, focusing on fleet formation and tactical maneuvering.

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

Why similar: Space 29.3%, Strategy 23.4%, Turn-Based 19.1%, Turn-Based Combat 11.1%, Simulation 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines base building with turn-based tactical space combat and fleet management in a retro-inspired setting.

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: Strategy 40.1%, Space 33.3%, Turn-Based 13.9%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: A 4X strategy game that features a robust turn-based tactical combat mode for space battles.

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 35.9%, Strategy 25.7%, Tactical 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Sci-fi 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a streamlined, turn-based tactical experience focused on fleet combat and mission-based objectives.

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: Strategy 24.9%, Space 23%, Turn-Based 18.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based 4X strategy game that places a heavy emphasis on tactical ship combat and fleet design.

Trigon: Space Story sees you take command of your very own spaceship. Carry out tactical battles, defend your vessel against space pirates, and escape from enemy territory. On your voyages, you’ll face a slew of tricky decisions in your quest to uncover the mystery of the galaxy.

Why similar: Space 48.8%, Strategy 30.9%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Singleplayer 4%

Why You'll Like It: Features intense ship management and tactical combat that requires careful decision-making during encounters.

Ambitious megacorporations monopolize the conquest of space and the colonization of the solar system. At the very edge of the solar system, the companies make a discovery that will shift the technological advantage and upset the balance. And so a new conflict is born: "The Jupiter Incident."

Why similar: Space 39.1%, Strategy 26.7%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Simulation 11.1%, Tactical 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical space combat game that emphasizes ship systems, positioning, and managing individual vessel capabilities.

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: Space 23.4%, Turn-Based 21.4%, Strategy 20.6%, Simulation 10.7%, Tactical 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep strategic fleet management combined with tactical combat and complex diplomatic systems.

Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.

Why similar: Space 47.2%, Strategy 38.3%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Adventure 2.1%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven RTS focused on fleet management and tactical combat in deep space.

Battlevoid: Harbinger is a hard sci-fi space exploration game blending roguelike, turn-based, star map strategy, and real-time space battles. You are a young commander venturing out into enemy territories, to unknown galaxies, never knowing what you will face as you jump out from hyperspace.

Why similar: Space 45.7%, Strategy 29.5%, Simulation 17.7%, Sci-fi 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical space game that blends fleet management with roguelike elements and intense combat encounters.

Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.

Why similar: Space 38.4%, Strategy 24.3%, Simulation 19.5%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A grand-scale RTS that excels at managing massive fleets and tactical engagements across star systems.

Star wolves is a 3D space RPG with deep strategy and tactical elements. The game thrusts players into a world of freelance space hunters in the XXI-XXII century A.D. during a time of political crisis for the all-powerful Empire and the three mega-corporations that control all the known worlds.

Why similar: Space 53.9%, Strategy 38.4%, Sci-fi 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical space RPG that uses a real-time-with-pause system to manage small squads of ships in combat.

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: Space 27.4%, Strategy 20.4%, Simulation 18.8%, Sci-fi 17.2%, Turn-Based Combat 16.3%

Why You'll Like It: While more RPG-focused, it offers deep tactical ship combat and crew management in a persistent galaxy.

Combining the best of space combat and real time strategy. Victory can be tactical, a dogfight or capital ship slugging match - depending on how you decide to achieve it. Space combat on a RTS scale with space sim savagery.

Why similar: Space 34.5%, Strategy 27.8%, Simulation 21.2%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Adventure 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tactical command of a fleet with action-oriented space flight mechanics.

The first ever auto-battler game, from way back in 2009Who needs backstory? Who needs resource-gathering? Diplomacy is so last year. Gratuitous Space Battles cuts right to the chase of sci-fi strategy games, and deals with large, completely unjustified space battles between huge opposing space fleets.

Why similar: Space 35.2%, Strategy 27.9%, Simulation 13.3%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Tactical 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses entirely on the tactical design and deployment of space fleets, letting you watch your strategies unfold.

An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements. Complete contracts and Claim sectors for your faction in the near-future, where resource exploiting corporations are in a state of constant conflict over territory control.

Why similar: Space 43%, Strategy 22.4%, Tactical 17.9%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tactical fleet management and combat within a realistic space simulation environment.

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: Space 43.2%, Strategy 23.4%, Simulation 17.7%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: Blends open-world exploration with fleet management and tactical combat mechanics.

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: Turn-Based 26.6%, Space 21.5%, Strategy 15.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, Sci-fi 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A 4X strategy game that features turn-based tactical combat with a focus on ship customization.

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: Turn-Based 19.4%, Space 18.7%, Strategy 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.2%, Tactical 9%

Why You'll Like It: A 4X strategy game that includes tactical ship combat encounters during fleet engagements.

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 30%, Turn-Based 22.5%, Strategy 22.4%, Adventure 9.3%, Tactical 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based space strategy game that focuses on fleet progression and tactical combat encounters.

Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!

Why similar: Strategy 46.2%, Simulation 35.1%, Adventure 18.7%

Why You'll Like It: A complex tactical simulation that requires managing a carrier and its fleet of drones and vehicles.

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: Strategy 33.8%, Space 33.4%, Turn-Based 21.3%, Sci-fi 5.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A 4X strategy game with a focus on turn-based tactical combat and fleet expansion.

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: Turn-Based 31.1%, Tactical 20.2%, Strategy 20.1%, Simulation 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%

Turn-based strategy game full of spacefleet battles. 30+ hours of gameplay, randomized battles, huge campaign with different ways of completion. Experience infinite tactical situations and outsmart the tricky AI using dozens of ships and special abilities.

Why similar: Strategy 58.1%, Simulation 41.9%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated turn-based tactical game that focuses on small-scale space fleet engagements.

Take the role of Captain in this Space Survival Simulation as you explore a massive star system in search of a new home for humanity. Outfit your ship, hand pick your crew and set off on a journey through an open-world where you must scavenge resources, shelter civilians and outrun a hostile alien force.

Why similar: Space 41%, Strategy 27.6%, Simulation 23%, Adventure 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-strategy game that requires careful management of your fleet and resources during a desperate journey.

Lead your orbital battleships to victory in Flotilla! Fight, trade, and explore new planets in your journey through the galaxy. Featuring tactically rich 3D combat, flank and surprise the enemy from any direction. When the dust settles, generate another randomized universe for a brand new adventure!

Why similar: Turn-Based 26.8%, Space 14.3%, Strategy 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%, Tactical 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A unique turn-based tactical game that emphasizes 3D movement and fleet positioning in space.

Take command in the ultimate starship simulator: Star Command Galaxies. Become a Captain, recruit your crew, customize and upgrade your starship, battle alien vessels, teleport to away missions and repel boarding invaders in this real-time strategy simulation adventure from indie studio Warballoon.

Why similar: Space 24.2%, Strategy 20.4%, Tactical 18.6%, Simulation 13.4%, Sci-fi 11.8%

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: Turn-Based 28.3%, Space 22.4%, Strategy 18.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%

Take on the role of a spaceship captain. Explore new worlds, and engage in intense ship-to-ship battles. Develop unique battle tactics, upgrade your ship, and recruit crew members as you fight for peace or piracy.

Why similar: Space 36.3%, Strategy 22.7%, Tactical 19.4%, Simulation 12.1%, Sci-fi 8.2%

Take control of a squadron of ships in full 3D space combat. Explore, battle and trade your way through a pirate, machine and monster-infested solar system.

Why similar: Space 39.2%, Strategy 33.2%, Simulation 16.1%, Sci-fi 11.5%

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: Turn-Based Tactics 27.1%, Space 25%, Tactical 17.1%, Turn-Based Combat 12.6%, Sci-fi 9.7%

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: Space 44.9%, Strategy 44.8%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%

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: Space 45.8%, Strategy 41.2%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Singleplayer 1%

Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion - a turn-based strategy where you command SOF forces against an alien threat. Investigate disappearances, fight the invaders, and uncover the mystery. Every decision affects the fate of humanity.

Why similar: Turn-Based 30.1%, Strategy 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 16%, Aliens 13.4%, Turn-Based Combat 8.5%

In this hex-based, turn-based strategy game, players will lead the Imperial forces of the Armageddon Steel Legion and Space Marines from a variety of Chapters against the Ork invasion through over 30 scenarios, on the hostile terrain of the planet and its gigantic Hive Cities.

Why similar: Strategy 25.3%, Turn-Based 25.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 15%, Tactical 14.2%, Aliens 9.8%

Tactical, beautiful, and wholly unique, the GOTY-winning sci-fi RTS returns with Homeworld 3. Assume control and battle through fleet combat in dazzling, fully 3D space while the award-winning story unfolds on a galactic scale.

Why similar: Space 37.9%, Strategy 21.8%, Tactical 17.7%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Simulation 8.8%

Star Control is a space role-playing game in which you command Earth's first interstellar starship on a mission to save the Earth from hostile alien empires.

Why similar: Space 38%, Aliens 35.6%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Adventure 11.9%

Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.

Why similar: Turn-Based 28.1%, Strategy 18.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.5%, Tactical 11%, Space 9.2%

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada is the RTS videogame adaptation of Games Workshop’s classic tabletop game, pitting the Chaos, Imperium, Eldar, and Orks against each other in visceral space-battles.

Why similar: Space 41.8%, Strategy 36.2%, Tactical 10.5%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Welcome to the future of space warfare! Star Fleet II: Krellan Commander puts you in command of an advanced space battlecruiser and tasks you with exploring sectors, fighting and boarding enemy ships, and invading planets. Manage your ship, crew and escorts effectively and find your way to victory!

Why similar: Strategy 27.5%, Simulation 23.6%, Space 21.5%, Tactical 14.6%, Sci-fi 10.6%

Managing a fleet across a dangerous galaxy. Every star and planet holds untold riches and dangers. Each encounter will require skills in trading, diplomacy, and combat. Allocate power to engines, charge all weapons, and take on the worst the galaxy has to handle.

Why similar: Space 39.9%, Strategy 20.4%, Tactical 19.3%, Sci-fi 14%, Adventure 6.4%

Lead a band of space pirates and loot and pillage your way across the stars in this turn based tactical game!

Why similar: Space 21%, Aliens 18.7%, Tactical 15.1%, Strategy 12%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.1%

Galaxy squad is a hardcore turn-based tactical roguelike, inspired by FTL and XCOM.

Why similar: Strategy 21.3%, Space 19.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.5%, Tactical 12.1%, Turn-Based Combat 8.9%

Have you ever wanted to be admiral of a huge, sprawling space battle-fleet of your own design? Ever wanted to design a fleet of battle-cruisers so powerful they can rip all who oppose them into space-dust? Ever wanted to build a battleship with purple rotating radars and 64 engines? Well we have good news for you...

Why similar: Strategy 36.1%, Space 32.8%, Simulation 23.6%, Sci-fi 7.6%

BAFTA award winning fleet-based RTS meets rogue-lite. In Distant Star: Revenant Fleet, build your fleet of up to 5 ships from a choice of 8 classes and traverse a randomly generated galaxy to defeat the Erebus Platform. NOW AVAILABLE ON MAC AND LINUX

Why similar: Space 41.5%, Strategy 29.5%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Tactical 11.2%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.

Why similar: Space 69.5%, Sci-fi 17.8%, Adventure 11.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Design your battleship and fight your way through unforgiving space. This is a tale of a lone spaceship on a centuries-long mission. As the captain, you´ll make strategic decisions, explore unknown sectors, meet allies and enemies, gather resources, technology and crew. To battle stations!

Why similar: Strategy 30.1%, Space 27.9%, Simulation 22.7%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Adventure 6.9%

Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.

Why similar: Space 37.6%, Strategy 20.4%, Tactical 13.9%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Simulation 10%

Take the reins of a feudal dynasty in a divided galaxy following the destruction of earth. Star Dynasties is a turn based, procedurally generated narrative of human drama and personal politics, mixed with a light empire management layer. Your choices. Your legacy.

Why similar: Turn-Based 31.9%, Space 24.9%, Strategy 17.4%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%

Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.

Why similar: Space 26.9%, Aliens 16.7%, Strategy 16.6%, Tactical 13.4%, Simulation 10.1%

Take control of a fleet commander returned from exile, rise through the ranks of the United Space Federation forces and join an epic war across the stars.

Why similar: Space 29.9%, Aliens 17%, Strategy 16.9%, Tactical 14.5%, Simulation 11.7%

A sci-fi simulation game, in which players must design, assemble and test spaceships, in a bid to build a supreme Galactic Mega-Corporation. Gain your reputation by engineering and selling your own spacecraft, testing them to the limit in RTS missions and simulated emergency and combat situations.

Why similar: Strategy 33.4%, Simulation 31.2%, Space 29.1%, Sci-fi 6.3%

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is a story-driven survival strategy game in which the fate of the iconic starship is in your hands. Take the helm, manage the ship and resources, and make difficult decisions. Will you be able to bring home the ship and its crew?

Why similar: Strategy 35%, Aliens 23.1%, Space 22.4%, Tactical 10.1%, Sci-fi 9.4%

Become the Captain of an interstellar cruiser and journey across the galaxy to save the Republic. During your journey you will have to make important decisions, improve the weaponry of your ship and fight against numerous enemies.

Why similar: Space 42.4%, Strategy 19.9%, Simulation 18.1%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Adventure 8.5%

Final Theory is a 4X-lite turn-based strategy game where you command fleets of battleships engaged in a galactic civil war. It presents an exciting experience for both veteran players and those new to the genre. It features innovative combat mechanics but also hearkens back to some of the classics.

Why similar: Turn-Based 27.9%, Space 14.8%, Strategy 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, Tactical 10.1%