- #1 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
97% matchVery Positive86% of 770 reviews2023
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
A Giant Strategy Sandbox experience set in Warlord China. *Tons of playable factions! *Communist insurgents, * Boxers like rebels, *Greedy warlords, *Mongol riders, *A mad russian baron, *Shanghai gangsters, *And armored trains!
Why similar: 4X 45% ★, Grand Strategy 23.2%, War 10.7%, Strategy 8.2%, Management 6.6%
- #2 Near Sol
96% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: LTide
Windows · Mac · Linux
Space 4X game with the ability to build factories, extract resources, with characters, internal and external markets ... Take part in the discussion of the game, share your vision)
Why similar: 4X 32.1% ★, Grand Strategy 17.3%, RTS 10.8%, Space 9.6%, Strategy 5.7%
- #3 Commanders Fury
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RoboFox Games LLC
Windows
Take command of the war machine of an empire in this 4x RTS hybrid. Fight battles with your flagship fleet in fully 3D real-time space combat. Recruit, train and dispatch commanders. Give them orders, directives and equip their fleets. Manage your empire’s supply logistics and fleet operations.
Why similar: 4X 29.6% ★, Grand Strategy 11.7%, Space 11.4%, RTS 11.2%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #4 Solar Wave
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: SavGus Studio
Windows
A large-scale 4X strategy game with indirect control and a focus on simulating a space empire. Capture systems, develop your economy and logistics, call up hundreds of powerful fleets and watch them incinerate enemies of the Solar Empire.
Why similar: 4X 30% ★, Grand Strategy 17.2%, Space 11.6%, RTS 9.9%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #5 NationWar:Chronicles | 国战:列国志传
94% matchMixed69% of 444 reviews2019
Dev: Yiming
Windows
This is a sandbox game that is deeply rooted in the rich historical information of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The story of the game unfolds slowly in the eighth century BC on the vast and mysterious land of China.
Why similar: 4X 30.6% ★, Grand Strategy 21.5%, RTS 13.7%, Military 10.4%, War 9.4%
- #6 Star Ruler
94% matchVery Positive83% of 342 reviews2010
Dev: Blind Mind Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
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 42.6% ★, Space 16.3%, Strategy 12.4%, Grand Strategy 11.4%, RTS 10.5%
- #7 Distant Worlds 2
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,566 reviews2022
Dev: CodeForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 41.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 40.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.9%, Space 12%, Strategy 9.8%, Sci-fi 8.7%
- #8 New Stars
91% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: adamjr
Windows · Mac · Linux
Expand your own galactic empire across new stars, research technologies, and challenge great alien powers in this immersive 4X grand strategy game. Build interstellar colonies, and starbases to gather more resources. Explore a unique galaxy full of secrets, great perils, and limitless possibilities.
Why similar: 4X 28.2% ★, Grand Strategy 15.5%, Space 9.7%, War 6.7%, Military 6.1%
- #9 Tachyon Wars
92% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Fair Games
Windows
Tachyon Wars is a sci-fi real-time space strategy game. It introduces seriously deep gameplay with an emphasis on fleet control. Open space to explore, large-scale battles, crafty AI. All of it is well seasoned with novel real-time game mechanics.
Why similar: 4X 36% ★, Grand Strategy 17%, Space 13.4%, Strategy 10.1%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #10 Old Stars
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: adamjr
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fast-paced 4X galaxy you can actually finish. Expand by colonising and besieging rival worlds, wield government powers that bend the rules - freeze enemy fleets, sever hyperlanes, vanish into stealth - and race rivals to claim the galactic core. A grand-strategy empire in an evening, not a month.
Why similar: 4X 37.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5%, Space 11.7%, Strategy 9.8%, War 6.3%
- #11 Galactic Inheritors
91% matchMixed43% of 88 reviews2015
Dev: Crispon GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 45.7% ★, Space 20.8%, Grand Strategy 15.1%, Strategy 10%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #12 Distant Worlds: Universe
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,856 reviews2014
Dev: Code ForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of turn-based strategy, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game.
Why similar: 4X 47.4% ★, Space 15.5%, Grand Strategy 14.1%, Strategy 8.5%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #13 Imperium of the Stars
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Hyrcronix
Windows
Rebuild a scattered empire in a Gothic galaxy of distant beacons and lost colonies. A real-time 4X with four distinct playable factions, empire-wide command, and Living Sagas shaped by how you govern and conquer up to 10,000 star systems.
Why similar: 4X 41.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.8%, Space 11.6%, Strategy 8.7%, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #14 Stellar Dynasty
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joshua R.D. Wilson
Windows
A sci-fi, 4X, real-time strategy game. Build, fight, and explore to survive against an unstoppable alien threat. Carry the fight from one galaxy to the next as you battle back from the brink of extinction, and unlock the secrets of the past to restore your people to the path of galactic super power.
Why similar: 4X 33.6% ★, Space 13.4%, Futuristic 11.9%, RTS 9.2%, Sci-fi 8.8%
- #15 Stellaris
87% matchVery Positive86% of 197,307 reviews2016
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 145.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: 4X 32% ★, Grand Strategy 19.5%, Space 15.2%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Strategy 6.1%
- #16 Spaceman's Luck
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gideon Kennedy
Windows
A space 4X game. Colonize planets and annihilate enemy races in an intergalactic war for living space. Designed to be fun, fast, and easy to play.
Why similar: 4X 30% ★, Space 19.6%, Grand Strategy 19.2%, Strategy 8.7%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #17 Galactum Meridian
85% 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 37.7% ★, Space 12.7%, Grand Strategy 10.9%, Science 9.8%, Strategy 9.8%
- #18 Star Ruler 2
86% 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 46.3% ★, Space 17.8%, RTS 14.3%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Strategy 10.7%
- #19 HARD VOID
84% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: jejoxdev
Windows · Linux
HARD VOID is a 4X turn-based space strategy game in a lovecraftian universe. Lead your species across galaxies and multiple dimensions to build an Empire. Design your spaceships, assemble your fleets and fight for supremacy. But beware, unthinkable Eldritch horrors lurk in the vast darkness.
Why similar: 4X 30.5% ★, Grand Strategy 15%, Space 10.6%, Military 8.4%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #20 Ascendance
83% 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 30.5% ★, Grand Strategy 16.7%, RTS 10.6%, Space 10.1%, Futuristic 7.8%
- #21 StarDrive
84% 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 52% ★, Space 16.7%, Strategy 11.5%, RTS 11.1%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #22 Antropico: Colonies
82% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Scassius Systems
Windows · Linux
A large-scale space strategy game focused on building and maintaining power within a simulated galaxy. Build, develop, and survive in a galaxy shaped by history and consequences.
Why similar: 4X 33.3% ★, Grand Strategy 21.4%, Strategy 10.5%, Futuristic 10.3%, Space 8.5%
- #23 Star Trek: Infinite
81% matchMixed42% of 3,529 reviews2023
Dev: Nimble Giant EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 32.3% ★, Grand Strategy 18.6%, Space 11.2%, RTS 9.6%, Science 9%
- #24 Space Empires I
82% matchMixed56% of 16 reviews2020
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Space Empires I is the first chapter of the Space Empires series. A classic galactic conquest and turn-based strategy video game where you are the leader of a race of intelligent beings building large spaceships for interplanetary and interstellar travel through warp points between star systems.
Why similar: 4X 35.3% ★, Grand Strategy 16.3%, Strategy 11.3%, Space 8.2%, Management 8.1%
- #25 Hollow Stars
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AppGX
Windows
A deep 2D strategy of cosmic trade and faction warfare. Build trading empires, refine asteroids, lead fleets into battle and run faction politics — solo or in four-player co-op
Why similar: 4X 38.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20%, RTS 12.1%, Strategy 10.1%, Space 8.8%
- #26 Stellar Monarch 2
79% matchVery Positive89% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: Silver Lemur Games
Windows
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 47.2% ★, Grand Strategy 23.6%, Space 10.9%, Strategy 9.8%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #27 Solar Nations 2
78% matchVery Positive85% of 634 reviews2025
Dev: Flomgus Games
Windows
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: 4X 27.6% ★, Grand Strategy 18.4%, Space 11.1%, Futuristic 9.7%, Military 8.6%
- #28 Gewevo : Interstellar
81% 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 41.1% ★, RTS 13.8%, Strategy 11.7%, Space 9.8%, Futuristic 8.2%
- #29 Interstellar Space: Genesis
79% matchVery Positive84% of 850 reviews2019
Dev: Praxis Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 35.1% ★, Grand Strategy 14.3%, Space 11.8%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Futuristic 6.8%
- #30 Falling Frontier
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stutter Fox StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Conquer a vast procedurally generated star system in Falling Frontier, a sci-fi RTS where intel and logistics are decisive factors. Design ships and raid enemy supply lines, lay minefields and construct recon stations, and ambush enemy forces within asteroid fields and nebulae.
Why similar: 4X 28.4% ★, Grand Strategy 16.7%, Space 11.6%, Sci-fi 7.6%, Futuristic 7.1%
- #31 Hyper Empire
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Weather Studios
Windows
Play a 4x game in 40 minutes... or less! We streamlined 4x strategy down to a game that captures the fun in a manageable play time. Lead your faction against escalating enemies and expand the reach of your empire. Multiple paths to victory allows for a variety of strategies. Build your empire.
Why similar: 4X 52.4% ★, Futuristic 12.3%, Sci-fi 10%, Strategy 8.7%, Economy 7.9%
- #32 Periphery Online
75% matchMixed71% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Aleksandr Nagaev
Windows
A refugee capsule lands on an uninhabited planet. You have to survive, rebuild civilization and, if possible, regain control over the Earth. One big universe, one endless pvp session for all players.
Why similar: 4X 23.9% ★, Grand Strategy 15%, RTS 14.7%, Space 13.8%, Futuristic 12.6%
- #33 NABERON
76% 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 34.8% ★, Grand Strategy 16.2%, RTS 12%, Space 11.3%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #34 Lord of Rigel
75% matchMixed69% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: Rhombus Studios
Windows
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 26.9% ★, Grand Strategy 15.2%, Space 9.9%, Military 8.9%, Futuristic 7.3%
- #35 Rivers of Chaos
77% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Bugarug GamesPub: Burgarug Games
Windows
Conquer the galaxy in this cinematic, battle-simulator. Each playthrough offering a completely unique galaxy, over 100 total specialized ships to command, and distinct commanders to lead your people. Pick your favorite faction and lead your forces into a dynamically generated battlefield.
Why similar: 4X 33.9% ★, Grand Strategy 21.4%, Space 14.8%, Sci-fi 9%, Strategy 6.4%
- #36 EOL: End Of Line
76% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: MLS Games, LLC
Windows
A sci-fi turn-based strategy game, no gimmicky mechanics just pure 4x glory.
Why similar: 4X 41.5% ★, Grand Strategy 21.5%, Strategy 11.5%, Science 9.5%, Futuristic 9%
- #37 Nexus Legacy
73% matchMixed66% of 365 reviews2026
Dev: Nexus Legacy Team
Windows
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: 4X 28.6% ★, Grand Strategy 15.8%, Space 10.2%, Futuristic 8.6%, Military 8.2%
- #38 Starithm
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Game Orithm
Windows
Become the dominant star-fairing-civilization throughout the procedurally generated star systems. The player must establish/pursue: (1) Ideology; (2) Population; (3) Military assets; (4) 4x dominance (5) Technologies; (6) Artificial Evolution; (7) Cyber attacks; (8) Peace or war.
Why similar: 4X 37% ★, Grand Strategy 19.9%, RTS 12.1%, Futuristic 7.8%, Strategy 7.4%
- #39 AI War 2
74% matchVery Positive87% of 1,563 reviews2019
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.
Why similar: 4X 34.9% ★, Grand Strategy 17.8%, RTS 8.8%, Space 7.8%, Military 7.1%
- #40 Gate Builders
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pyralis Studio
Windows · Linux
Gate Builders is a sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game. Build space stations, manage work force, exploit, trade and transform resources. Face space pirates and enemy factions. Build, Expand, Thrive!
Why similar: 4X 34.1% ★, Grand Strategy 18.8%, Space 11.2%, Sci-fi 9%, Management 7.1%
- #41 Fragile Existence
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fragile ContinuumPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Save humanity from the brink of extinction in this sci-fi strategy game of survival. Travel among the stars to seek out resources, establish and develop colonies to sustain civilization, and grow your military might to push back against an overwhelming threat.
Why similar: 4X 27.1% ★, Grand Strategy 15.3%, Space 9.9%, Futuristic 8.4%, Military 8%
- #42 Master of Orion
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 8,196 reviews2016
Dev: NGD StudiosPub: Wargaming Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 101.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The ascendant spacefaring 4X strategy game returns! A new chapter in the epic Master of Orion saga is poised to once again capture the imaginations of millions of gamers.
Why similar: 4X 57.4% ★, Space 14.3%, Strategy 14.1%, Sci-fi 6.8%, Grand Strategy 5.7%
- #43 Stellar Sovereigns
71% matchMixed65% of 31 reviews2023
Dev: Imagined Reality
Windows
Indie 4X space strategy game with TB empire management and RTS combat set in a 3D star cluster. Build an interstellar empire by colonizing and conquering star systems, develop your colonies establish trade routes and construct fleets from a range of retrofittable capital & escort class vessels.
Why similar: 4X 32.3% ★, Grand Strategy 17.3%, Space 9.6%, Futuristic 9.5%, RTS 9.1%
- #44 StarDrive 2
73% matchMixed55% of 2,102 reviews2015
Dev: Zero Sum GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: 4X 45.7% ★, Space 19%, Strategy 17.4%, Sci-fi 13%, Management 4.3%
- #45 Solar Imperium
71% 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 27.2% ★, Grand Strategy 15%, RTS 10.3%, Science 9.6%, Space 8.3%
- #46 Trumpets of War
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xblur
Windows
Trumpets of War is a grand-scale historical strategy game where armies clash and empires rise. Command vast forces across dynamic battlefields, orchestrate campaigns with precision, and experience the drama of war through an innovative system that blends tactical combat with strategic mastery.
Why similar: 4X 39.3% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6%, RTS 12.4%, Strategy 10.5%, Military 6.4%
- #47 Aries
71% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Wirlwith
Windows
Space strategy gaming reimagined. Dive into fast-paced real-time planetary battles against the backdrop of a turn-based campaign that sees you build your empire in the stars. With hundreds of troops and ships at your command, can you forge an empire that lasts?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.3%, RTS 13%, Space 10.7%, Futuristic 9%, Military 8.8%
- #48 HEXPANSE
70% 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 43% ★, RTS 14.7%, Strategy 11.1%, Space 9.3%, Futuristic 8.1%
- #49 Red Pearl Pirates
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Eoin Tolster
Windows · Linux
Command vast fleets in epic space battles, master a turn-based galactic campaign, and unite a pirate rebellion to find the legendary Red Pearl and stand against the tyrannical Z-Army. They can't take the stars from us!
Why similar: 4X 30.9% ★, Grand Strategy 22.8%, Military 10.4%, Space 9.6%, Strategy 6.5%
- #50 Alliance of the Sacred Suns
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KatHawk Studios
Windows · Mac
Alliance of the Sacred Suns is a sci-fi grand-strategy RPG that begins with your coronation as the head of an interstellar Empire, and ends with your demise. Manage feuding noble houses and the schemes of would-be usurpers as you try to revive the glory of an Empire on the brink of collapse.
Why similar: 4X 28.9% ★, Grand Strategy 15.6%, Space 10.7%, Military 7.5%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #51 ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
69% matchVery Positive81% of 9,610 reviews2012
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 48.1% ★, Space 17.1%, Strategy 15.1%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Grand Strategy 4.4%
- #52 Fertile Crescent
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: gold_iron_and_salt
Windows · Linux
A real-time grand strategy game set in the Bronze Age. Lead one of 29 ancient civilizations from a single settler to an empire. Found cities, work the land, research new technologies, advance your culture, and wage war. Will your civilization outlive the age that made it?
Why similar: 4X 37.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8%, RTS 12.1%, Strategy 9.5%, Military 5.6%
- #53 Cosmist
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gulbrandr Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Expand your empire one sector at a time in a fast-paced turn-based 4X strategy game. Capture planets, harvest resources, command powerful fleets, and adapt your strategy with unique Emperors and unpredictable divine interventions. Play solo, or challenge rivals in tactical PvP.
Why similar: 4X 46.5% ★, Grand Strategy 23%, Space 12.8%, Strategy 7.9%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #54 Astral 4X
67% 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 33.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18%, Space 12.6%, RTS 11.9%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #55 Space Empires II
68% matchMixed58% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Explore the galaxy, discover and colonize new planets to acquire enough resources. Design your ships, choosing from different hulls, weapons, shields, and several devices. Once you advance with technologies, new systems will be available, and you will have to update your designs.
Why similar: 4X 33.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16.1%, Strategy 12.5%, Space 8.3%, Management 8.3%
- #56 Astronomics Rise of a New Empire
67% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: JayFiArts
Windows
Astronomics Rise of a New Empire is an easy-to-learn real-time global strategy(4X) game. Control your faction in an intergalactic conflict. Manage your economy, conduct diplomatic negotiations and build a fleet to rule the galaxy.
Why similar: 4X 31.6% ★, Grand Strategy 18.2%, Space 12%, RTS 10.8%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #57 Fire and Dark Stars
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 没工作工作室
Windows
"Fire and Dark Stars" is a real-time 4X strategy game. You can grow your base, build your fleet, search for enemies, and destroy them. You need to carefully manage your resources, set up and protect your supply lines, so that your fleet does not run out of ammo and fuel.
Why similar: 4X 40.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.9%, Space 13.3%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Strategy 6.7%
- #58 ASTRA LIMES: Belt Operations
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: CorvusPub: Minus1K
Windows
Command fleets in this indirect control RTS game set within treacherous asteroid belts. Easily design your own skirmishes for a quick 15-minute battle or dive into an hours-long campaign of high-risk surgical strikes and systematic border advancement.
Why similar: 4X 45.6% ★, RTS 15.4%, Strategy 12.5%, Military 7.5%, Space 7.1%
- #59 Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
69% matchMixed44% of 962 reviews2012
Dev: Kerberos ProductionsPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
The Enhanced Edition contains Sword of the Stars II: The Lords of Winter and the first expansion, the End of Flesh. The new expansion introduces the new playable race, the Loa. All previous DLCs containing new avatars, new combat music, alternate voices, skins, and new badges for the warships are also included.
Why similar: 4X 58.1% ★, Space 16.8%, Strategy 14.2%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #60 Beyond
66% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Quixotic Universe
Windows
Beyond is a sci-fi turn-based strategy game set in a generated solar system that orbits a distant star every round. Play as one of five alien species as you race to collect resources, build your military, develop new tech, expand the area you control, and drive opposing factions from the system.
Why similar: 4X 33.4% ★, Grand Strategy 15.7%, Space 11.1%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Futuristic 7.1%