- #1 Star Ruler 2
97% matchVery Positive82% of 719 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 41.2% ★, Space 18.5%, RTS 14.8%, Strategy 11.6%, Sci-fi 10.9%
- #2 StarDrive
96% matchMixed45% of 1,482 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 46.4% ★, Space 17.5%, Strategy 12.4%, RTS 11.4%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #3 Gewevo : Interstellar
96% 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 37% ★, Action RTS 18.1% ★, RTS 14.4%, Strategy 12.8%, Space 10.3%
- #4 Star Ruler
95% matchVery Positive83% of 340 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 42.2% ★, Space 18.9%, Strategy 14.9%, RTS 12.1%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #5 StarDrive 2
94% matchMixed55% of 2,097 reviews2015
Dev: Zero Sum GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.5 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 41.6% ★, Space 20.2%, Strategy 19.3%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Indie 5.1%
- #6 Rank: Warmaster
94% 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: Spaceships 29.3% ★, 4X 25.7% ★, Action RTS 13.2% ★, RTS 11%, Space 8.2%
- #7 Stardust Exile
93% matchMixed69% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: Apseren
Windows · Linux
Stardust Exile is an RTS set in the Milky Way galaxy, containing currently known stars and exoplanets with their real characteristics. The remaining star systems are procedurally generated. It has both online mode and single-player skirmish mode. The online server is persistent and single-shard.
Why similar: 4X 27.2% ★, Spaceships 24.8% ★, RTS 11.7%, Action RTS 11.5% ★, Space 11.2%
- #8 Galactic Inheritors
92% matchMixed44% of 86 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 47.8% ★, Space 25.4%, Strategy 12.8%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Indie 4.1%
- #9 Lords of the Black Sun
91% matchMostly Negative20% of 395 reviews2014
Dev: Arkavi StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 51.1% ★, Space 20.9%, Strategy 16.8%, Sci-fi 6.7%, Indie 4.5%
- #10 Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
91% matchMixed44% of 956 reviews2012
Dev: Kerberos ProductionsPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 12.1 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 54.3% ★, Space 18.4%, Strategy 16.2%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #11 Shallow Space
90% matchMostly Negative25% of 231 reviews2015
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Construct your Taskforce and lead your forces to domination in the ultimate Fleet Warfare RTS!
Why similar: Space 26.1%, 4X 19.3% ★, RTS 18.7%, Strategy 16.9%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #12 Distant Worlds: Universe
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,845 reviews2014
Dev: Code ForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 50.7% ★, Space 19.6%, Strategy 11.2%, Sci-fi 9.5%, RTS 6.6%
- #13 Space Empires IV Deluxe
89% matchVery Positive86% of 285 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 37%
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 57.5% ★, Strategy 17.2%, Space 13.9%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #14 Axan Ships - Low Poly
88% matchMixed67% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: Adam Stępiński
Windows
Sci-fi RTS and Top-Down
Why similar: Spaceships 43.8% ★, Action RTS 21.7% ★, Space 12%, Sci-fi 8.8%, RTS 7.8%
- #15 Drox Operative
87% matchVery Positive90% of 321 reviews2014
Dev: Soldak Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Drox Operative is a starship action RPG with warring alien races, fierce space battles, a dynamic, evolving galaxy, and co-op multiplayer for Windows and Mac.Eons ago the Drox ruled the galaxy through their mighty Operatives. These elite starship captains were trained to accomplish the impossible at whatever cost necessary.
Why similar: Space 27.2%, Action RPG 22%, 4X 19.3% ★, Sci-fi 13.4%, RPG 7.5%
- #16 Uciana
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Birdshel, LLC
Windows
Explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate in this sci-fi 4X turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 49.9% ★, Strategy 17.1%, Space 13.2%, Sci-fi 11.1%, 2D 5.7%
- #17 Axan Ships
86% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Adam Stępiński
Windows
Sci-fi RTS and Top-Down
Why similar: Spaceships 47.7% ★, Action RTS 24.7% ★, Space 8.9%, Strategy 6.3%, Sci-fi 5.6%
- #18 Master of Orion
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 8,105 reviews2016
Dev: NGD StudiosPub: Wargaming Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 101.9 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 57.2% ★, Strategy 17.2%, Space 16.5%, Sci-fi 7.5%, RTS 0.9%
- #19 Space Empires V
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 469 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Space Empires V is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. This new chapter completely updates the UI and takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe. Watch space battles played out in glorious detail and realistic effects. Expand, Explore, Exploit, and Exterminate in a huge living breathing galaxy.
Why similar: 4X 54.8% ★, Strategy 17.8%, Space 16.7%, Sci-fi 10%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #20 Dawn of Andromeda
84% matchMixed44% of 242 reviews2017
Dev: Grey Wolf EntertainmentPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dawn of Andromeda is a pausable, real-time 4X space strategy game providing an accessible, fun and immersive experience, introducing fresh ideas to the genre. Build your empire, colonize new planets, interact with other factions and characters, research technologies and build great fleets.
Why similar: 4X 49.9% ★, Space 18.3%, Strategy 17%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Indie 5%
- #21 Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection
83% matchVery Positive88% of 705 reviews2010
Dev: Kerberos Productions Inc.Pub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection is the original Sword of the Stars games and the three expansions Born of Blood, A Murder of Crows and Argos Naval Yard. It is the year 2405, and human scientists have discovered a new technology that allows travel from star to star at speeds faster than light.
Why similar: 4X 55.4% ★, Space 17.1%, Strategy 15.9%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #22 Master of Orion 3
82% matchMixed53% of 183 reviews2016
Dev: Quicksilver SoftwarePub: Wargaming Labs
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 38%
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 63.5% ★, Strategy 19.1%, Space 11.5%, Sci-fi 5.9%
- #23 Predestination
81% matchMixed45% of 86 reviews2019
Dev: Brain and Nerd Ltd
Windows
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 47% ★, Space 19.7%, Strategy 17.4%, Sci-fi 9%, Indie 6.9%
- #24 Star Armada
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bitbuildr
Windows · Mac
Star Armada is a spaceship auto-battler where you assemble and command a fleet of capital ships and fighter squadrons. Unlock powerful new ships and outfit them with a range of turrets, energy shields, and starfighter hangars. Engage in automated battles, carefully timing unique abilities to win.
Why similar: Spaceships 48.9% ★, Space 14.2%, RTS 11.2%, Strategy 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #25 SPACECOM
81% matchMixed68% of 527 reviews2014
Dev: Flow CombinePub: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
SPACECOM – a strategic-to-the-bone, starfleet command game in which deception, smart movement, and choices to battle decide victory or defeat.
Why similar: 4X 37.4% ★, RTS 22.2%, Space 13%, Strategy 10.2%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #26 Gratuitous Space Battles
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 874 reviews2009
Dev: Positech Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Spaceships 43.1% ★, Space 15.9%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Strategy 10%, RTS 7.2%
- #27 Space Menace
78% matchMixed60% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: Only4Gamers
Windows · Mac
Space Menace is a sci-fi space RTS and battle game. You play as a space captain, seeking fortune and glory as you see fit. Leave your mark on the world and determine the fate of the galaxy with your decisions.
Why similar: Spaceships 30.8% ★, Action RTS 16.1% ★, Space 15.1%, RTS 14.7%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #28 Age of Space
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PodPal Games
Windows
Evolve from being a nobody to being the center of power! Age of space combines real time resource management with tactical combat. Work as a mercenary for clients in our solar system as you gradually get dragged into a liberation war between the Martians and the UEA. Who will you side with?
Why similar: 4X 30.6% ★, Space 24.9%, RTS 18.6%, Strategy 16.8%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #29 Etherium
79% matchMostly Negative37% of 953 reviews2015
Dev: Tindalos InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Etherium is a real-time strategy game set in a science-fiction universe, where three factions battle it out for a mysterious and rare resource known as ‘Etherium’.
Why similar: Sci-fi 28.7%, RTS 20.3%, Strategy 19.3%, 4X 16.8% ★, Space 13.6%
- #30 ENDLESS™ Space - Definitive Edition
77% matchVery Positive81% of 9,559 reviews2012
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.3 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 48.8% ★, Space 20.2%, Strategy 18.7%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Indie 1.4%
- #31 Imperium Galactica II
76% matchVery Positive87% of 633 reviews2017
Dev: Digital RealityPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Reintroducing a classic from the golden era of gaming, the original empire building space RTS, Imperium Galactica 2 is back and looking better than ever with new high-res textures and vivid colors.
Why similar: 4X 35.4% ★, Strategy 25.5%, Space 23.2%, RTS 15.9%
- #32 RogueCraft Squadron
77% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Missing Sentinel Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
RogueCraft Squadron is a fast paced real-time strategy space adventure with roguelike elements. Play as a squadron commander fighting against a hostile alien race; collecting resources, researching new ships and building an armada as you fight to survive against overwhelming odds.
Why similar: RTS 23.9%, Space 22.8%, Strategy 21.8%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Indie 9.2%
- #33 Final Theory
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 392 reviews2018
Dev: Monticube
Windows
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: Spaceships 41.3% ★, 4X 31% ★, Space 10%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Strategy 7.6%
- #34 Galaxy Trek
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Peritoma Studios
Windows
Galaxy Trek is a fun, simple and addictive indie game that will test your reflexes, strategy and skill. Each game you play is unique!
Why similar: Action RTS 36.3% ★, Space 22.4%, RTS 17.3%, Strategy 12.1%, Action 4.2%
- #35 Chieftain
75% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2018
Dev: Splout Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chieftain is a fantasy game of world conquest - containing elements of a procedurally generated 4X world, and real-time skirmishes including hundreds of soldiers on screen battling for your dominion and reign to be supreme!
Why similar: 4X 42.7% ★, Strategy 26.9%, RTS 19.5%, Indie 10.9%
- #36 Stars in Shadow
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 816 reviews2017
Dev: Ashdar GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 57.2% ★, Space 15.7%, Strategy 13.4%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Indie 4.9%
- #37 STARHOME
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DIGIFOXPub: Games Operators
Windows
Take command of the fleet of starships that is the home to the remnants of your civilization. Manage the limited space of each spacecraft and find the balance between living space, production, defenses, and weapons. Explore the galaxy as you seek refuge and safety from an overwhelming threat.
Why similar: Spaceships 38% ★, Action RTS 16.7% ★, Space 13.3%, RTS 11.7%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #38 Starpoint Gemini Warlords
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 3,569 reviews2017
Dev: Little Green Men Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Spaceships 32.4% ★, 4X 28.1% ★, Space 16.2%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Strategy 7%
- #39 Armada 2526 Gold Edition
73% matchMixed68% of 108 reviews2013
Dev: Ntronium GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 36%
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 47.7% ★, Strategy 25.6%, Space 17.7%, Indie 8.9%
- #40 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
71% matchVery Positive91% of 552 reviews2024
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.
Why similar: 4X 65.3% ★, Space 18.4%, Strategy 14.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #41 Battle For Cosmos
72% 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 33.2% ★, RTS 20.8%, Space 16.4%, Strategy 11.6%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #42 CHAOTIC ERA
71% matchMixed50% 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 35% ★, Action RTS 19.6% ★, RTS 14.6%, Space 10%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #43 Sins of a Solar Empire II
70% matchVery Positive84% of 8,167 reviews2024
Dev: Ironclad Games CorporationPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 39.5% ★, Space 22.2%, RTS 16.8%, Strategy 10.3%, Sci-fi 10%
- #44 Admiral Stepinski
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Adam Stępiński
Windows
A multiplayer, tactical, real-time strategy with spaceships
Why similar: Spaceships 46.4% ★, RTS 19.9%, Space 10.6%, Strategy 8.7%, Sci-fi 6.9%
- #45 Nexus - The Jupiter Incident
72% matchVery Positive86% of 1,053 reviews2007
Dev: Mithis GamesPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 30.1%, Spaceships 17.6% ★, RTS 16.7%, Strategy 16.3%, Sci-fi 16%
- #46 AI War: Fleet Command
71% matchVery Positive82% of 1,594 reviews2009
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"You are outgunned. You are massively outnumbered. You must win." These are your orders. Humanity has already fought its war against the machines -- and lost. AI death squads stand watch over every planet and every wormhole, the few remaining human settlements are held captive in orbiting bubbles, and the AIs have turned their...
Why similar: Strategy 27.4%, 4X 26.6% ★, RTS 17.2%, Space 16.3%, Sci-fi 8%
- #47 Heathen Engineering's Terran
70% matchMostly Negative33% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: Heathen Engineering
Windows · Mac · Linux
Galactic Strategy | Tactics | Action! Found an empire and expand across the stars, command massive fleets in interstellar conflicts and pilot powerful warships as you battle for victory in Heathen Engineering’s Terran.
Why similar: 4X 39.6% ★, Space 19.9%, Strategy 16.6%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Indie 7.2%
- #48 Master of Orion 1
70% matchVery Positive90% of 436 reviews2016
Dev: SimTexPub: Wargaming Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 31%
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 66.3% ★, Strategy 15.9%, Space 11.1%, Sci-fi 6.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #49 Galaxy Reavers
69% matchMixed70% of 204 reviews2016
Dev: Good Games
Windows
This is a fun yet challenging RTS game. To survive in the vast galaxy, you need to build up your own fleet and customize your warships. You will also learn to control them efficiently in battle to defeat your enemies, conquer planets, and expand your galactic empire!
Why similar: Space 32.5%, RTS 25.3%, Strategy 22.7%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Indie 5.2%
- #50 Vega Chronicle
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Just Add Lava
Windows · Mac · Linux
Choose peace or destruction to conquer the stars in this turn-based 4X game. Trade and negotiate with alien civilizations. Command semi-autonomous fleets in real-time combat. Explore the galaxy and build your colonies. Unlock ancestral virtues to enhance your civilization for the next play-through.
Why similar: 4X 50.8% ★, Space 19.8%, Strategy 16.9%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #51 Children of the Galaxy
69% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Filip Dusek, Empty Keys
Windows
Children of the Galaxy is a grand scale 4x turn-based strategy game with a turn-based combat and tactical elements. You can explore the galaxy, colonize planets and build huge armies of starships to fight in epic space battles.
Why similar: 4X 58.4% ★, Strategy 18.9%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Indie 8.6%
- #52 Gods and Idols
69% matchMixed70% of 754 reviews2016
Dev: JatteGames
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Take the role of a newly ascended deity in Gods and Idols. Carve your place among the stars in an open, dynamic, and massive MMORTS universe. Command the powers of the cosmos, form alliances, and use your worshipers as instruments to further your goals.
Why similar: 4X 35% ★, Action RTS 17.5% ★, RTS 14.4%, Space 13.7%, Sci-fi 9.5%
- #53 Master of Orion 2
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,693 reviews2016
Dev: SimTexPub: Wargaming Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
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 57.7% ★, Space 16.8%, Strategy 16.2%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #54 Haegemonia: Legions of Iron
68% matchMixed68% of 101 reviews2014
Dev: Digital RealityPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 25.0 hrs≥1hr: 27%
From the makers of the award-winning Imperium Galactica 1 and 2 games, discover a powerful space-opera like RTS game.
Why similar: Space 32.2%, RTS 27.1%, Strategy 23.2%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Indie 4.5%
- #55 Ephemeris
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YrdVaab
Windows
Guide your civilization to epic victory in Ephemeris, the upcoming turn-based space war strategy game. Spread your civilization across the galaxy, unlock new tech, design warships and crush your enemies in cinematic, fully 3D real-time space battles!
Why similar: 4X 37.5% ★, RTS 15.5%, Physics 13%, Space 10%, Strategy 7.2%
- #56 Off Course ELEMENTS of SPACE
67% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: JG
Windows
2d pixel art, top down sci- fi space ship building, resource management simulation with some arcade, tower defense elements. You build spaceship, collect necessary resources and defend yourself against waves of enemies. Equip ship with: rockets, life support, electric system and weapons.
Why similar: Spaceships 57.7% ★, Space 15.7%, Strategy 15.2%, Sci-fi 4.5%, 2D 3.2%
- #57 Stellar Insurgency
66% 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: Action RTS 24.7% ★, Physics 15.5%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Space 13.7%, RTS 12.8%
- #58 Solar War
67% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2015
Dev: Snipefish Entertainment
Windows · Linux
A turn-based grand strategy game in space, set in the near future: Defend Earth against an alien invasion from the edge of the Solar System and expand your campaign to push them back to their base.
Why similar: Spaceships 33.4% ★, 4X 31.4% ★, Space 14.7%, Strategy 8.2%, Sci-fi 5.2%