- #1 Novalast
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raging Storm Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Novalast is an immersive 2.5D Space RTS with full physics based combat, putting you in the Captain's chair of powerful starships. It features a fully physicalized logistics and supply system, where Nolithium supply matters. Run out of Nolithium, you're dead in the water.
Why similar: Action RTS 17.2% ★, 4X 15.6% ★, Space Sim 13.2%, Vehicular Combat 10.8%, Space 9.4%
- #2 Wayfallen
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wayfarer
Windows
A galaxy with its own economy, its own wars, and no reason to wait for you. Trade, mine, fight, and salvage a living - alone on the rim, or at the head of an empire the great powers can't ignore. A single-player space sandbox that never stops moving.
Why similar: 4X 21.5% ★, Space Sim 19.9%, Space 11%, RTS 10%, Economy 9.2%
- #3 Extinction Eclipse
96% matchPositive85% of 34 reviews2022
Dev: TuanisApps
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are in command of the human fleet, searching for asteroids to mine, extract resources and build bases and more ships to defeat aliens invaders. This simple and short action RTS has a full and exciting campaign, and a skirmish mode that allows you to play a different mission on every match.
Why similar: Action RTS 24.4% ★, Space Sim 13.5%, RTS 11.6%, Space 11.4%, Base Building 8%
- #4 Stellar Insurgency
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tensorial
Windows
Explore a galaxy of 300 systems as you control your fleet in a top-down 3D style, navigating through Star-lanes, Warp gates, and Black holes. Customize and upgrade your fleet, complete missions, trade, hire your crew, wage war and determine the fate of the galaxy in this grand sim saga.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.9%, Action RTS 22.8% ★, RTS 10.1%, Space 8.7%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #5 Gewevo : Interstellar
95% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Victor Filipiak
Windows
Gewevo : Interstallar is a space strategy game derived from the tabletop RPG universe Gewevo. It offers an approach a little closer to a wargame with regard to the empire management aspect. Made with passion by a one-man team;)
Why similar: 4X 33.3% ★, Action RTS 21.8% ★, RTS 14.8%, Strategy 9.1%, Space 8.5%
- #6 Solar Imperium
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Node One Digital
Windows
Crash-land on an unknown world and build your settlement hex by hex across its entire globe. Then take it to the stars: a real-time grand strategy game where you zoom from one colony's roads out to a galaxy held by ancient powers that play by the same rules you do.
Why similar: 4X 21.4% ★, Space Sim 17.4%, RTS 10.7%, Economy 9.1%, Base Building 8.4%
- #7 SunWars
93% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Bode
Windows
Over 500,000 players on mobile! SunWars is a minimalist real-time strategy game about energy, expansion and timing. Grow your suns, conquer enemy systems and adapt to black holes and cosmic hazards across 80+ handcrafted levels. Easy to learn, challenging to master.
Why similar: Action RTS 23.4% ★, Tactical RPG 18.3%, Space Sim 18.1%, Space 10.7%, RTS 10.4%
- #8 Core Order
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sernato Games
Windows
Customize your ship to fit your needs in the deep space. Explore the Milky Way in this ultimate open world sandbox.
Why similar: 4X 25% ★, Space Sim 19.5%, Vehicular Combat 16.5%, Space 9.4%, Economy 7.9%
- #9 SALVOR ADRIFT
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Undock
Windows · Mac · Linux
A lo fi space salvage game. Strip dead warships for parts, fuel and gear. Fit your ship, manage your heat, and fight the machines that still hunt out here. Two hundred star systems, thousands of rolled drops, stations to build up. Made by one person. Trust nothing. Stay adrift.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.5%, 4X 23.3% ★, Space 10.5%, Open World 7%, Economy 6.7%
- #10 Ripped From Time: Outpost
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Looming Games
Windows
First-person drone combat meets RTS base-building: command historical squads, advance from stone to lasers, and power the outpost’s defenses and superweapon to seal a space-time rupture.
Why similar: Action RTS 21.7% ★, Tactical RPG 16.3%, RTS 12%, Strategy RPG 11.4%, Base Building 8.4%
- #11 Rank: Warmaster
90% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Laser Beams & Particle Streams Software, Inc.
Windows
Stranded on Mars with next to nothing, build a city, assemble a fleet, and expand your empire to survive a hostile solar system in this new take that combines elements of space combat and RTS inspired by the classics.
Why similar: 4X 23.4% ★, Space Sim 19.4%, Action RTS 16% ★, RTS 11.4%, Base Building 9.2%
- #12 Starpoint Gemini Warlords
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 3,598 reviews2017
Dev: Little Green Men Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 22.4% ★, Space Sim 19.3%, Space 11.9%, Tactical RPG 10.1%, Strategy RPG 8.9%
- #13 Final Armada
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rosko Games
Windows
Build ships block by block, command your fleet in real-time space battles, and choose your path through a roguelike campaign. Upgrade your ships, watch them break apart in combat, and uncover what happened to the galaxy around you.
Why similar: Action RTS 24.7% ★, Space Sim 17.4%, Space 15.5%, RTS 11.2%, Tactical RPG 10.9%
- #14 Structura
89% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Binary Station Studio
Windows · Linux
Structura is a rather unique sci-fi real-time strategy set in space. Its a hybrid of rts and fps, with emphasis on combat and survival. Build your economy for war, modify the unit by adding components, explore, expand, and survive the savage waves of enemy attacks.
Why similar: 4X 29.4% ★, Space Sim 22.6%, RTS 14.3%, Base Building 10.5%, Space 5.5%
- #15 NABERON
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NABERON Studio
Windows
Explore an unknown galaxy, colonize planets, and build an interstellar empire. In NABERON, a real-time space strategy game, you lead fleets and ground armies to war in space and on planet surfaces — alone or with your friends. Inspired by a legendary '90s Hungarian classic.
Why similar: 4X 30.5% ★, RTS 13.9%, Space 10.6%, Base Building 9.1%, Economy 7.9%
- #16 Galactic Conflict
86% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Sinpros Software & GamingPub: Sinpros
Windows
A real-time sci-fi 4X strategy game where you explore procedurally generated star systems, expand your empire, manage resources, build fleets, and wage war against multiple AI factions in a dynamic and evolving galaxy.
Why similar: 4X 33.8% ★, Space Sim 23.3%, RTS 15.1%, Strategy 9.2%, Space 6.8%
- #17 TON Wars
85% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Basalt Interactive OÜ
Windows
Build a planetary empire, research game-changing tech, and raid real players across a persistent galaxy. The classic browser space strategy, reborn - and finally fair: no pay-to-win, ever. Team up for 8-fleet combined attacks. Your mines keep working while you sleep.
Why similar: 4X 35.3% ★, Space 12.2%, Base Building 11.4%, RTS 11%, Strategy 6.3%
- #18 Zorehrai: Space Formations
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Khochu Games
Windows
Start with your own character and a small ship in a world that lives independently of the player. Develop your skills, explore space, trade, build industry, and grow your fleet to survive real-time battles against hostile fleets—and something far more terrifying lurking in the darkness.
Why similar: 4X 27.3% ★, Space Sim 24%, Strategy RPG 10.7%, Space 9.4%, Economy 7%
- #19 Byte Lynx
84% matchVery Positive98% of 89 reviews2022
Dev: Artful Games
Windows
Byte Lynx is a fast-paced RTS with no units. Build defenses, dismantle your enemy, and steal their buildings in this deeply tactical building combat-based strategy game. Expand your arsenal across a series of diverse levels!
Why similar: 4X 24.2% ★, Action RTS 21.9% ★, RTS 14%, Base Building 12.4%, PvE 6.2%
- #20 Stellar Trader
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ParaVerseLabPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
See the galaxy through the eyes of a trader. Hundreds of years after humanity took to the stars, you're free to buy, fight, explore, and build your way to power. Shape economies, form alliances, and influence the systems that control trade, tech, and politics.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.2%, Economy 14.6%, Space 13.7%, Tactical RPG 13.4%, 4X 10.3% ★
- #21 Ironseed : Lost Chapter
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Robert MorganPub: Red Shadow Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ironseed: Lost Chapter is a standalone side story built on the 25th Anniversary Edition engine. Restored from unused lore and expanded quest fragments, it explores events that were hinted at, but never fully realized, in the original Ironseed timeline.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.7%, Tactical RPG 22.1%, Strategy RPG 15.8%, Exploration 7.4%, Open World 7.4%
- #22 Space Reign
80% matchMostly Positive74% of 462 reviews2026
Dev: Propulsive Games
Windows
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 Sim 28.7%, Action RTS 19.6% ★, Vehicular Combat 13.5%, Space 12.7%, RTS 11.9%
- #23 CHAOTIC ERA
81% matchMixed49% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: BOBBY TECHNOLOGY
Windows · Mac · Linux
AT THE LIMITS OF EARTH, AT THE EXTREMITY OF HEAVEN. A REAL-TIME STRATEGY NIGHTMARE.
Why similar: 4X 29.1% ★, Action RTS 21.8% ★, Space Sim 14.4%, RTS 13.8%, Space 7.7%
- #24 Nova Empire
82% matchMixed53% of 302 reviews2022
Dev: Gamebear Tech
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Build up a Space Empire and establish control of the Galaxy and the Universe! Nova Empire is a multiplayer space game in which the aim is to build your empire and conquer the galaxy in epic space battles against your rivals with other allies worldwide!
Why similar: 4X 25.6% ★, Space Sim 21.8%, Base Building 8.1%, PvE 7.9%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #25 Star Ruler 2
82% matchVery Positive82% of 721 reviews2015
Dev: Blind Mind Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 44.3% ★, Space 18.3%, RTS 18.1%, Strategy 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.5%
- #26 Oreship Stellar Frontier
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tischkanten_Flavor
Windows · Linux
Start with a small mining ship and build an interplanetary space enterprise. Mine resources, refine goods, automate trade routes, expand your fleet, and take direct control of your freighter as you explore the Solar System.
Why similar: 4X 25.3% ★, Space Sim 21.2%, Economy 15.8%, Space 13.8%, Exploration 7.6%
- #27 HEXPANSE
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Seedforge Studio
Windows
Hexpanse is a real-time space strategy game. Build your ships and stations block by block, mine asteroids, program the doctrine of your autonomous fleets, and conquer a procedurally generated galaxy. Play solo or in multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 37.9% ★, RTS 17.1%, Strategy 9.4%, Space 8.8%, Base Building 6.9%
- #28 Moons That Belong
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: v4.games
Windows · Mac
Embark on a journey of strategy and domination in Moons That Belong, a 2D space strategy game that challenges your tactical prowess. Command your fleet, conquer planets, and outsmart your opponents in this visually captivating and intellectually engaging adventure.
Why similar: 4X 34.1% ★, RTS 16.7%, Space 13.8%, Resource Management 11.6%, Top-Down 7.1%
- #29 Star Zeal 4x
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Akuu Digital Entertainment
Windows
Star Zeal 4x is an open world space based strategy and rpg hybrid with elements from the 4x genre and survival mechanics sprinkled on top of it. Highly emergent gameplay within an open world persistent galaxy is the core purpose and idea of the game.
Why similar: 4X 27.9% ★, Space Sim 19.5%, RTS 12.4%, Tactical RPG 12.1%, Strategy RPG 11.1%
- #30 Stationbreak
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broken SpaceshipPub: Slug Disco
Windows · Linux
You are on the run. Build stations in hostile systems, gather what resources you can, and jump away before you are overwhelmed. Your ships are slowly failing, but the Swarm is relentless, hungry, and on your heels. Can you survive long enough to secure a future for humanity?
Why similar: Space Sim 27.7%, Base Building 16.3%, Space 12.5%, Resource Management 9.8%, RTS 9.5%
- #31 Endeavor: Rite of Passage
76% matchPositive86% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: Endeavor
Windows
Take command of powerful armies with intuitive player controls and classic RTS features and feel. Control powerful super-weapons and elite units through 39 campaign missions. Continue the fight on 20 skirmish and 8 unique survival maps.
Why similar: Action RTS 25.4% ★, RTS 15.9%, Economy 12.9%, Base Building 11.7%, Top-Down 7.6%
- #32 Astral 4X
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Encelade Interactive
Windows
A deep-space 4X simulation. Explore a procedurally generated universe, colonize worlds, build a realistic economy, and lead your civilization toward galactic domination. Brave ecological and economic crises, face famines, wars, and disasters, and ensure your survival!
Why similar: 4X 29.2% ★, Action RTS 14.3% ★, RTS 13.6%, Economy 11.9%, Space 11.7%
- #33 StarDrive
78% matchMixed45% of 1,489 reviews2013
Dev: Zero Sum Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 50.4% ★, Space 17.4%, RTS 14.2%, Strategy 10.7%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #34 MachineCorps
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Warhelm Games
Windows
Build factories, solve puzzles, and send robots to explore the desert planet of Drath. With each release comes a new planet with stranger challenges, smarter enemies, and more advanced tech. It will take a logical mind, cunning, and a yearning for adventure to succeed. Do you have what it takes?
Why similar: Action RTS 22% ★, Space Sim 21.1%, RTS 17.2%, Base Building 12.4%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #35 Ironseed 25th Anniversary Edition
76% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Robert MorganPub: Channel 7 Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sci-fi exploration game written in 1994, updated to use a modern 3D engine, and remains faithful to the original. The story is fully intact with only minor tweaks to gameplay and cosmetics. The original game is often compared to Star Control and Starflight.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.5%, 4X 20.1% ★, Tactical RPG 10.8%, Resource Management 9.4%, Open World 8.8%
- #36 Eufloria 2
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Omni Systems
Windows
Eufloria 2 is the sequel to 2009's indie hit "Eufloria", featuring major gameplay additions and innovations, and a powerful level editor. Intergalactic floral conquest has EVOLVED to the next level!
Why similar: 4X 36.4% ★, Action RTS 22.5% ★, RTS 15.9%, Space 13.1%, Top-Down 6.2%
- #37 Morancairn: The Silent Wake
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aether Codex
Windows
Single-player space strategy about the last ship of a vanished civilization: built to copy itself, no longer able to. Turn dead systems into mines, refineries, and shipyards. Design fleets, command the fights, lose ships, never the factory. Find out what silenced the galaxy.
Why similar: Space Sim 30%, RTS 19.6%, Space 16.9%, Strategy 9.1%, Open World 8.6%
- #38 Project Sol
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quack Reactions
Windows · Linux
Project Sol is a Sci-Fi colony sim set in the future when you civilization is just beginning to reach for the stars. Take control of your Empire, build massive orbital satellites, defend from roving pirates, and conquer the galaxy!
Why similar: 4X 36.6% ★, Action RTS 25.2% ★, Strategy 9.3%, Space 9.2%, Sci-fi 7%
- #39 CIVIREVIVAL
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 筋斗云
Windows
In this 4X + RPG strategy game, lead humanity’s last ark and rebuild a new home among the mysterious ruins of the stars. Starting from nothing, you will develop technology, build powerful fleets, resist external threats, and shape the rebirth of human civilization.
Why similar: 4X 24.9% ★, Space Sim 20.1%, Space 14.4%, RTS 13.9%, Tactical RPG 6.9%
- #40 Spaceship Commander
75% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2018
Dev: Sokolov Yaroslav Vladimirovich
Windows · Linux
Fight in space or on the planets, or just travel the universe. Visit cities and buildings, mine resources, trade with or speak to individuals on the planets. Explore and discover. Buy a new ship, fit upgrades, and hire a whole army of crew!
Why similar: Space Sim 24.4%, RTS 14.4%, Space 14.1%, Tactical RPG 12.5%, Open World 10.6%
- #41 Engraven
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Skippydog Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Engraven is a single player sci-fi real time tactics game. Build and customize your regiment of soldiers and fight endless hordes of sorcerers and graven thralls.
Why similar: Action RTS 29.9% ★, Tactical RPG 24.9%, RTS 15.7%, Strategy RPG 13.9%, Strategy 6.8%
- #42 Battle For Cosmos
73% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Oscar Makes Games
Windows
Battle For Cosmos is a fast-paced, action-packed RTS set in space. With a focus on the battle it is perfect for those who want a thrilling and engaging strategy game without the unnecessary filler. Take control of your empire, build your defenses, and conquer the cosmos!
Why similar: Action RTS 38.4% ★, RTS 20.5%, Space 13.1%, Strategy 8%, Resource Management 7.7%
- #43 Uncolonization
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shuffle Studio
Windows
Tribe survival game where you control the chief. Manage your tribe, delegate harvesting, hunting, crafting and research. Grow your tribes, engage other tribes or outsiders through trading, alliance or war. All through mouse click.
Why similar: 4X 24% ★, Action RTS 21.8% ★, Economy 14.4%, RTS 13.9%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #44 Alienshire
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: emagnetic
Windows
Alienshire is a classic real-time strategy game where you command an alien force, harvest biomass, build your army, and fight for control of a familiar landscape.
Why similar: RTS 24.6%, Action RTS 22.1% ★, Resource Management 16%, Strategy 10.4%, Sci-fi 9.1%
- #45 Ascendance
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Torchdrive
Windows
Ascendance is a real-time space strategy game that sees you lead your civilisation into a vast and mysterious galaxy. Experience an immersive journey with detailed civilisations, deeply-simulated economies, internal politics, nuanced diplomacy, and intense space battles.
Why similar: 4X 30.3% ★, RTS 13.9%, Space 10.8%, Economy 10.6%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #46 Galactum Meridian
70% matchNegative14% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Hedra Games
Windows
Lead humanity's first deep survey beyond Sol in a research-first space strategy game. Explore star systems, investigate worlds, deploy probes, and turn scientific discoveries into strategic power.
Why similar: 4X 38.1% ★, Space Sim 24.9%, Space 13.8%, Strategy 9.5%, Sci-fi 6%
- #47 NGC-404: Fractured Sector
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: WhiteDogo Entertainment
Windows
Lead a small fleet in a cut-off 2D space sector where trade, colonies, fuel, supplies and battles decide who survives. Build your faction, explore unknown systems, develop colonies, fit ships and shape a living simulated galaxy alone or with friends.
Why similar: 4X 34.5% ★, Strategy RPG 16.7%, Economy 12.1%, Space 8.8%, PvE 8.6%
- #48 After the Crash : Colony
69% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Penche Software
Windows
Build order on a strange planet, keep your crew alive, and gather the parts needed to repair the crashed main ship. Manage resources, explore new areas, face growing threats, and strengthen your colony a little more with each passing day.
Why similar: 4X 33.8% ★, Space Sim 30.7%, Space 11.6%, Sci-fi 6.8%, Strategy 6%
- #49 SpaceCraft Brawl
69% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: ruploz
Windows
Build spacecrafts and fight with or against your friends! This game offers physics driven gameplay, with a variety of weapons and powerups. Slice your enemies in half with a laser beam, or erase them from existence with a black hole bomb!
Why similar: Space Sim 24.3%, Action RTS 19.7% ★, Vehicular Combat 19.2%, RTS 10.6%, Space 8.9%
- #50 IGW - Imperium: Galactic War™ Classic
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vavel Games
Windows
Imperium: Galactic War is a free-to-play science-fiction strategy game of galactic warfare, empire building, and untold glory. Three mighty factions struggle for supremacy of a battle-torn universe. Some fight for peace, others for glory and conquest, and others seek only profit, power and chaos.
Why similar: Space Sim 18.8%, Action RTS 17.8% ★, RTS 11.4%, Strategy RPG 10.9%, Base Building 9.1%
- #51 Nova: Space Armada
70% matchMixed52% of 273 reviews2024
Dev: STONE3 PTE. LTD.
Windows
An exceptional sci-fi strategy game based on space adventure as its core.
Why similar: 4X 34.2% ★, Space Sim 22.8%, Space 8.2%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Strategy 6%
- #52 Mandate of Galactic Empires
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Oddbit
Windows · Linux
A logistics-focused turn-based space 4X. Govern through Administrative Nodes, connect systems with wormhole infrastructure, assign population to production and research, and expand only as far as your empire can support.
Why similar: 4X 42% ★, Space Sim 25.2%, Space 11.3%, Sci-fi 8%, Strategy 5.7%
- #53 Glyphs Of The East
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Divider Interactive
Windows · Linux
Explore the dark, mystical land of Runetide in Glyphs of the East, a single-player real-time strategy game. Unravel ancient glyphs, harness their power, and command forces in a battle against the shadows. Master strategy and magic, as every move shapes your civilization's destiny.
Why similar: Action RTS 26.9% ★, RTS 16.7%, Strategy RPG 15.3%, Base Building 10.1%, Top-Down 7.1%
- #54 DRUID
68% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Park Personal
Windows
ARPG like RTS. No double-clicking, no right-clicking, no wheel, just one click. Other games from this developer : cats diner
Why similar: Action RTS 23.8% ★, Tactical RPG 16.9%, RTS 16.2%, Strategy RPG 14.8%, Action RPG 9.8%
- #55 Ironseed 3 : Vigil
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Robert MorganPub: Red Shadow Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sequel to a sci-fi exploration game Ironseed written in 1994, continued in Ironseed 2: Consensus, and now in Ironseed 3 : Vigil!
Why similar: Space Sim 30.1%, Tactical RPG 23.2%, Strategy RPG 16.5%, Exploration 7.8%, Space 7.5%
- #56 Littlest Catalyst: Swarm Defense
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LittlestGameDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command a crew of tiny bots, build a modular space base, and repel relentless alien swarms. Build, upgrade, defend, but don't stay too long, the hive is closing in.
Why similar: Action RTS 31.6% ★, RTS 16.9%, Base Building 15.3%, Strategy 10.2%, Resource Management 9.8%
- #57 Starport Tycoon
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Michael Blum
Windows · Linux
Starport Tycoon is a trade and management simulation set it space. Obtain landing rights, transport goods, plan profitable routes, develop spaceports and your fleet. Hold your ground against competitors and pirates.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.4%, Economy 23.8%, Strategy 9.5%, Space 8.2%, Base Building 7.8%
- #58 Star Shogun
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: First Fire Studio
Windows
Star Shogun is a first person sci-fi combination of city building and vehicle combat. We've got simulation, logistics, strategy, and lots of mech on mech action!
Why similar: Action RTS 25.1% ★, Vehicular Combat 22.9%, Base Building 14.2%, Economy 12.8%, Resource Management 9.1%
- #59 TerrApocalipse
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StDesign
Windows · Mac · Linux
TerrApocalipse is an indie space action strategy with RPG elements, set in our solar system under siege by a mysterious, overwhelming force. Soon as the vast void between planets will be filled with conflict your decisions will shape the fate of Terra and beyond.
Why similar: 4X 32.1% ★, Action RTS 17% ★, Space 13%, Action RPG 11.8%, RTS 11.2%
- #60 The Rings of Powder
66% matchPositive96% of 47 reviews2023
Dev: Artificial Worlds
Windows · Linux
"The Rings of Powder" is a fun and ironizing game combining exploration with the construction of an underground kingdom and elements of real -time strategy and idle. The project is an irony of both some legendary and less legendary movies and scenes from reality.
Why similar: 4X 27.4% ★, Action RTS 20.1% ★, RTS 12.9%, Strategy RPG 12.4%, Economy 9.9%