Heroes of Science and Fiction
Lead one of five factions through a cut-off star system, turn by turn, and win battles with plans instead of numbers.
89% of 867 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$29.99
Games like Beyond
Hooked on the replayable side of Beyond? These games line up well for what comes next.
Solar Frontier
A sci-fi turn-based stategy game, where you settle, terraform, and invade other planets. Replay with different species, each offering a unique experience for robots, aliens, humans, or insects.
Replayable
$9.99Space Wars: Interstellar Empires
Helm your own ship, battle for supremacy in a multi-faction war, and conquer the cosmos in this science fiction turn-based strategy game. Select from more than 100+ diverse star ships and fight for territory across a 2D hex-based grid.
Also in Co-op · Replayable
65% of 248 Steam reviews are positiveFreeSolar War
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.
85% of 27 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Stars in Shadow
A turn-based space 4X in the spirit of the old classics: explore nearby stars, settle worlds, grow a fleet from a few destroyers to planet-destroying Dread Stars, and win the galaxy by diplomacy or force. Streamlined empire management, sharp tactical ship battles, seven factions and a comic-book look make it easy to learn and hard to put down.
Replayable
77% of 736 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$24.99Horizon
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.
Replayable
58% of 377 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$29.99Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
Humanity's last shot: lead an expedition to an alien planet and build a new civilization from scratch. Pick a sponsor, seed your colony, chart a branching tech web and decide what your people become. A sci-fi spin on Civilization that plays differently every time, solo or against up to seven rivals.
Replayable
61% of 14,071 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 432$9.99Terra Invicta
Pick one of seven human factions and fight over how to face an alien invasion: seize control of Earth's nations from the shadows, research your way into space, mine asteroids, and build fleets for Newtonian fleet battles across a moving Solar System.
Replayable
79% of 9,174 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 578$39.99ENDLESS Space™ 2
A turn-based space opera where you lead one of eight wildly different civilizations across a galaxy littered with the ruins of the ENDLESS. Colonize systems, steer senates, design ships and chase the truth about Dust. Gorgeous to look at, backed by a superb soundtrack, and built so each new empire plays like a different game.
Replayable
83% of 17,339 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 254$39.99Pandora: First Contact
Pandora: First Contact is a science fiction 4X turn-based strategy game on a planetary scale. Our Earth has been exhausted and colonial attempts on other planetary bodies have been in vain. Finally, after decades of exploration, an interstellar probe has brought promise of a new world.
Also in Co-op · Replayable
61% of 540 Steam reviews are positive$29.99Stellar Reach
Stellar Reach is a 4X hard sci-fi strategy game where you control a faction vying for dominance across a hostile galactic frontier. Guide your empire through conquest, prosperity, or industrial power as you advance through six distinct tech trees and forge your path to victory.
Replayable
79% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection
A 4X space strategy from 2405, when humanity's first faster-than-light drive meets an alien attack on Earth. Six races with genuinely different ways to travel the stars, a randomized tech tree, hands-on ship design and real-time fleet battles. Turn-based empire building that plays differently every time, alone or with up to eight players.
Replayable
87% of 590 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 24$9.99Interstellar Space: Genesis
A turn-based space 4X about building a galactic empire the classic way: explore, colonize, research, and fight on a tactical grid when talks fail. Remote exploration hides secrets in every system, six races and custom builds keep runs fresh, and micromanagement stays out of your way.
Replayable
83% of 720 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$29.99
Hidden gems like Beyond
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
Lead a faction of ideologues across an alien world, out-think six rivals and shape a whole planet's future one turn at a time.
90% of 610 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 51$4.99
Stellar Tactics
A sci-fi RPG where you wake from cryosleep 500 years late, build a squad of mercenaries and set out into a universe of over 160,000 star systems.
77% of 1,694 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$24.99
ZEPHON
A post-apocalyptic 4X where humanity's leftovers fight over a ruined Earth.
83% of 1,908 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 114$39.99
Planet S
Claim procedurally generated planets, raise cities from a single spaceport, and grow your faction into a scientific or military power, alone or…
91% of 2,908 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5Free
Terra Invicta
Steer one of seven factions through an alien arrival, from covert politics on Earth to fleet battles across the Solar System.
79% of 9,174 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 578$39.99
Sins of a Solar Empire II
A real-time 4X where tactics and empire-building happen in one mode with no turns.
82% of 7,270 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 848$49.99
Chaos Galaxy 2
A turn-based Galaxy totalwar game. Choose one of 12 factions, direct dozens of admirals, control hundreds of warships, mecha and monsters, set up…
82% of 305 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
Galactic Civilizations IV
Guide a young spacefaring civilization across a fresh galaxy each run, growing it by war, trade, diplomacy or culture until the stars answer to you.
72% of 2,249 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 275$39.99
Lord of Rigel
Lord of Rigel is a turn-based 4X space strategy game inspired by the classics.
68% of 119 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
Interstellar Space: Genesis
Build a turn-based galactic empire your way, from first colony ship to tactical battles between the stars.
83% of 720 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$29.99
Final Theory
Final Theory is a 4X-lite turn-based strategy game where you command fleets of battleships engaged in a galactic civil war.
79% of 389 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$7.49
Newest games like Beyond
Empires of a Tiny Universe
Empires of a Tiny Universe is a relaxed single-player RTS where you build and expand your empire across space.
80% of 15 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Space Imperia 4X
A board-game 4X that finishes in one to two hours. Explore a new hex galaxy, research techs, build fleets from scouts to Dreadnaughts, and hunt down…
92% of 89 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$22.99
Xenonauts 2
Scramble jets at UFOs, command ground battles turn by turn, and hold a divided world together one hard decision at a time.
81% of 4,966 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 234$39.99
Stellar Tactics
A sci-fi RPG where you wake from cryosleep 500 years late, build a squad of mercenaries and set out into a universe of over 160,000 star systems.
77% of 1,694 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$24.99
Heroes of Science and Fiction
Lead one of five factions through a cut-off star system, turn by turn, and win battles with plans instead of numbers.
89% of 867 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$29.99
Astro Protocol
High-stakes, turn-based 4X space strategy distilled into intense matches of about an hour.
94% of 72 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
Terra Invicta
Steer one of seven factions through an alien arrival, from covert politics on Earth to fleet battles across the Solar System.
79% of 9,174 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 578$39.99
Stellar Reach
Stellar Reach is a 4X hard sci-fi strategy game where you control a faction vying for dominance across a hostile galactic frontier.
79% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Beat the Humans
Beat the Humans is the turn-based tactical strategy game. Here you lead an army of aliens against invaders from the human race.
75% of 59 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
ZEPHON
A post-apocalyptic 4X where humanity's leftovers fight over a ruined Earth.
83% of 1,908 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 114$39.99
Xenowars
This is a turn-based strategy/RPG game set in the stars. In the early stages, you will recruit a team of experts on Earth for exploring a distant…
84% of 31 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Lord of Rigel
Lord of Rigel is a turn-based 4X space strategy game inspired by the classics.
68% of 119 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99