
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.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, 4X, Space, Sci-fi.

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.

Gemini Wars
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.

Horizon
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.
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: 4X 36.9% ★, Grand Strategy 23.9% ★, Space 10.5%, Aliens 8.7%, Top-Down 7.1%
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 32.3% ★, Grand Strategy 23.3% ★, Space 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Turn-Based Combat 8.9%
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 63.7% ★, Space 17.4%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Strategy 8.8%
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: 4X 28.7% ★, Politics 18.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Economy 9.1%, Sci-fi 6.9%
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 20% ★, Diplomacy 13.5% ★, Politics 12.6% ★, Grand Strategy 12.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%
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 30.3% ★, Grand Strategy 14.8% ★, Diplomacy 12.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Space 8.6%
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 56.9% ★, Space 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Strategy 9.7%, Sci-fi 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 50.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%, Space 10%, Sci-fi 6.8%
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: 4X 25.3% ★, Diplomacy 21.3% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Space 8.3%
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: 4X 21.6% ★, Diplomacy 18.3% ★, Grand Strategy 14.7% ★, Military 8.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%
Galactic Civilizations is a space based strategy game in which you are in control of humanity's destiny.
Why similar: 4X 25% ★, Diplomacy 17.2% ★, Grand Strategy 16.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%, Aliens 6.5%
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: Turn-Based Strategy 26.3%, Space 26.3%, 4X 21.1% ★, Sci-fi 15.7%, Strategy 10.6%
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: 4X 23.5% ★, Diplomacy 21.9% ★, Grand Strategy 16% ★, Economy 10.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
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: 4X 58.6% ★, Space 19.1%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Strategy 8.5%
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: 4X 50.6% ★, Space 16.4%, Grand Strategy 16.2% ★, Strategy 9.2%, Sci-fi 7.6%
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 42.6% ★, Space 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Strategy 8.4%, Sci-fi 8.1%
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: 4X 34.8% ★, Grand Strategy 15.7% ★, Space 15.7%, Strategy 7.8%, Sci-fi 7.3%
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 27% ★, Grand Strategy 17.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Aliens 9.9%, Turn-Based Combat 8.6%
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: Diplomacy 25.4% ★, Politics 22.5% ★, Grand Strategy 18.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Sci-fi 7.2%
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: Diplomacy 25.2% ★, 4X 24.1% ★, Grand Strategy 16.1% ★, Military 8.5%, Management 7.5%
Unending Galaxy is a unique space-sim in which you can fill any role from pirate or trader to the leader of a large galactic empire.
Why similar: 4X 39.5% ★, Space 16.3%, Economy 12.7%, Strategy 10.7%, Simulation 10.3%
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: 4X 24.1% ★, Diplomacy 21.2% ★, Grand Strategy 15.9% ★, Economy 9.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%
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: 4X 23.3% ★, Diplomacy 18.2% ★, Grand Strategy 16.4% ★, Politics 12.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%
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: 4X 23% ★, Diplomacy 21.9% ★, Grand Strategy 15.7% ★, Aliens 8.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%
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 40.5% ★, Grand Strategy 24.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Space 7.9%, Sci-fi 7.3%
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: 4X 25% ★, Diplomacy 18.9% ★, Grand Strategy 16.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Economy 9.1%
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 47.5% ★, Grand Strategy 18.8% ★, Space 18.4%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Strategy 6.6%
Forge an empire in a universe where population growth is stripping away planetary resources. Colonize unknown planets and trade with other races for their knowledge.
Why similar: 4X 60.9% ★, Space 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Strategy 8.9%, Sci-fi 8.3%
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 52.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Strategy 14.6%, Space 14.2%
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: Economy 19.8%, Turn-Based Combat 19.4%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Management 16.2%, Space 12.6%
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 26.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Turn-Based Combat 15.8%, Aliens 13.7%, Management 11.4%
In Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity, you are the leader of a civilization embroiled in a galactic war, fighting for the survival of your entire race against relentless foes.
Why similar: 4X 29.7% ★, Diplomacy 25.5% ★, Military 9.5%, Aliens 9.3%, Space 8.3%
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: 4X 56.6% ★, Space 23.1%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Strategy 7.6%
Forge an empire in a universe where population growth is stripping away planetary resources. Colonize unknown planets and trade with other races for their knowledge.
Why similar: 4X 69.6% ★, Strategy 8.6%, Space 8.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%, Sci-fi 5.6%
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore the stars, trade goods, fight battles, build stations, buy and equip ships, and command fleets in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to your decisions.
Why similar: 4X 29.5% ★, Economy 21.9%, Space 14.1%, Building 9.2%, Management 8.6%
Predestination is a turn-based sci-fi 4X game set in the distant past of our own galaxy. Ships from countless races are flung back in time by a powerful hostile race known as the Revenants, and must now work to rebuild their empires and somehow stop the Revenants in the past.
Why similar: 4X 52.9% ★, Space 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Strategy 10.1%, Sci-fi 8.9%
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: 4X 32.2% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, Aliens 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Sci-fi 8.2%
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 33.7% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Top-Down 8.2%, Diplomacy 7.8% ★
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: 4X 23.4% ★, Diplomacy 21.5% ★, Grand Strategy 15.3% ★, Economy 10%, Management 9.9%
A retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling. Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition is a massively enhanced version of the Award Winning indie strategy RPG, Halcyon 6.
Why similar: 4X 34.1% ★, Diplomacy 23.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%, Space 7.7%
USC is a turn-based, top-down view tactics game in which you control the crew of a stranded recon vessel in a "first contact war" for survival, featuring a detailed combat system with RPG elements, fully interactive randomized maps, unique weapons and gadgets, crafting, and custom multiplayer modes.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
Crash-landed in the universe of Cantata, will you expand your empire or bring peace to the war torn planet? Grow your army, manage resources and discover the colourful planet of Shoal, its people, and the armed forces overrunning this land in this genre-defining Grand Tactics game.
Why similar: 4X 39.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Management 15%, Building 11.3%, Sci-fi 10.7%
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: Diplomacy 17.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.5% ★, Politics 17.1% ★, 4X 10.8% ★, Economy 10.4%
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: 4X 26.3% ★, Diplomacy 18.6% ★, Grand Strategy 17% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Economy 9.7%
Construct your Taskforce and lead your forces to domination in the ultimate Fleet Warfare RTS!
Why similar: 4X 31.5% ★, Space 30.9%, Strategy 14.2%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Simulation 11.2%
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 59.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Space 10.5%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Strategy 9.2%
Explore, trade, fight & plunder in this tribute to classic sandbox spacesims of old.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
Build a nation starting at any point in human history and compete for supremacy in this epic turn-based strategy game. Engage in diplomacy, fight wars, and go head-to-head with other leaders from history.
Why similar: 4X 31.1% ★, Diplomacy 21.3% ★, Grand Strategy 19.9% ★, Military 6.9%, Management 6.1%
Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.
Why similar: 4X 24.3% ★, Diplomacy 21.8% ★, Grand Strategy 16.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Economy 9.2%
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: 4X 29.9% ★, Diplomacy 23.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.7% ★, Space 8.8%, Management 7.3%
Pixel Starships is an FTL-style online sci-fi strategy builder and management game with a competitive PVP tournament. Set in the retro galaxy, your role is to explore space, meet aliens, and develop your ship, crew and AI. The game contains deep strategic and 4x elements. PSS is community-driven.
Why similar: 4X 39.9% ★, Space 14.4%, Aliens 12.8%, Building 12.7%, Sci-fi 12.3%
Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.
Why similar: 4X 33.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, Economy 12.4%, Sci-fi 8%, Management 7.8%
Build amongst the stars in Starport Delta, a light sci-fi strategy game that focuses on survival. Station Commanders across the universe will turn to you for guidance to expand, defend, and survive. Help them build a thriving station, but watch out, there are many dangers hiding in space...
Why similar: Space 17.3%, Strategy 16.3%, Simulation 15.9%, Building 14.2%, Sci-fi 12.8%
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: 4X 29.4% ★, Spaceships 27% ★, Grand Strategy 15.8% ★, Space 12.3%, Sci-fi 8.2%
Experience first-hand the challenges of leading one of 16 different races into unequalled galactic supremacy and face a universe of decisions. Set policies, explore, build, declare war, negotiate - put all these elements into motion to guarantee your place in the annals of space and time.
Why similar: 4X 73% ★, Strategy 11.4%, Space 9.6%, Sci-fi 6%
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 31.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Grand Strategy 11.7% ★, Sci-fi 10.8%, Space 10.2%
Play your cards right to conquer the world in the Roguelite 4x. Explore mysterious lands, survive against the barbarian horde, and grow your stone age empire into the stars!
Why similar: 4X 41.2% ★, Grand Strategy 24.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Building 7.9%, Management 7.2%
Assume command of a battle fleet and deploy immediately to the Dust Zone, commander. Our main food supply station has gone dark and the United Earth Nations (UEN) needs to know why in this 4X RTS space sim. Manage your ships, control space stations, and watch your back.
Why similar: 4X 49.1% ★, Space 15.7%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Military 6.4%, Strategy 6.2%
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 56.5%, 4X 17.6% ★, Space 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 5%, Sci-fi 5%
Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.
Why similar: Resource Management 26.3%, Management 20.2%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 11%