Distant Worlds: Universe
A pausable real-time 4X space strategy on a huge scale: galaxies of up to 1400 star systems, private citizens running your economy, pirates to bribe…
71% of 1,422 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$29.99
Games like Distant Worlds 2
Did Distant Worlds 2 leave you in a replayable frame of mind? These games offer a similar pull for your backlog.
ENDLESS 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.
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83% of 17,339 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 254$39.99Sins of a Solar Empire II
A real-time 4X where tactics and empire-building happen in one mode with no turns. You zoom from missile-by-missile fleet fights to managing orbiting planets across a living galaxy, leading one of six factions from the TEC, Vasari, and Advent to victory by war, trade, culture, or diplomacy.
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82% of 7,270 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 848$49.99Galactic Civilizations IV
Lead a young starfaring civilization from its first faster-than-light flight to galactic power. Explore procedurally generated galaxies, colonize worlds, design fleets, out-talk or out-fight rival empires, and win your way: by conquest, culture, diplomacy or prestige. Every run plays out differently, and no two empires feel the same.
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72% of 2,249 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 275$39.99Dawn of Andromeda
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.
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42% of 191 Steam reviews are positive$29.99Stellaris
Lead a young starfaring civilization and shape it into something that spans the galaxy. You choose its species, ethics and ambitions, explore new systems, meet alien empires and decide if history remembers you as a pioneer or a conqueror.
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82% of 146,791 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12,817$49.99Star Ruler
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)...
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86% of 261 Steam reviews are positive$7.99Dominus Galaxia: KS Edition
Dominus Galaxia is a 4X space strategy game with a focus on amplifying strategic decisions and minimising non-strategic busywork.
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83% of 251 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6FreeX4: Foundations
You start with one ship and a whole galaxy that does not wait for you. Trade, fight, explore and build your way up to fleets, stations and production chains, in a simulated universe where factions keep trading and fighting with or without you.
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79% of 25,605 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,122$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.
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83% of 720 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$29.99Imperium Galactica II
A classic space empire builder from 1999, back with sharper textures and modern resolutions. Run a galactic power in real time: colonize planets, raise cities, design ships and tanks, spy on rivals or simply outbuild them. Three races, three campaigns, huge battles in space and on the ground. Old-school in the best way, and still hard to put down.
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87% of 598 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$9.99Space Empires V
A turn-based space 4X on a huge scale: explore a galaxy of 100 solar systems, research thousands of tech levels, design every ship from the hull up and test it in a combat simulator before it ever fires a shot. Deep, demanding, endlessly moddable, and the kind of empire builder that keeps pulling you back for one more turn.
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73% of 424 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$14.99StarDrive 2
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.
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55% of 1,933 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$29.99
Cheaper than Distant Worlds 2
ENDLESS Space™ 2
Lead a civilization of your choosing across the galaxy, colonizing systems, shaping politics and building fleets turn by turn.
83% of 17,339 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 254$39.99
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
Dawn of Andromeda
Dawn of Andromeda is a pausable, real-time 4X space strategy game providing an accessible, fun and immersive experience, introducing fresh ideas to…
42% of 191 Steam reviews are positive$29.99
ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
Grow a civilization from a single star system to a galactic power, turn by turn, in a galaxy that never generates the same way twice.
79% of 6,632 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 72$9.99
Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
Guide a spacefaring civilization through a randomly generated galaxy, designing ships and choosing whether war, culture, diplomacy or technology…
80% of 959 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$9.99
Star Ruler
Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction in a procedurally generated 3D galaxy (with the option…
86% of 261 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
X4: Foundations
Trade, fight and build your way from a single cockpit to a space empire in a simulated economy that runs whether you join in or not.
79% of 25,605 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,122$9.99
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
Imperium Galactica II
Colonize planets, design your fleets and outsmart rival empires across three very different campaigns.
87% of 598 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$9.99
Space Empires V
Explore a hundred-system galaxy, research new technology, design your own ships and grow a turn-based empire that plays out differently every time.
73% of 424 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$14.99
StarDrive 2
StarDrive 2 is an exciting and evolutionary step forward for the StarDrive franchise.
55% of 1,933 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$29.99
Hidden gems like Distant Worlds 2
Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced
Command interstellar forces in this epic return of the 4X strategy classic.
95% of 178 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$9.99
ENDLESS Legend™ 2
Guide one of several distinct factions across a living ocean planet, building armies and economies while the tides reshape your route to victory.
82% of 3,796 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 456$49.99
Solar Nations 2
Steer a 2092 superpower through nine worlds, fleet building and deep politics, solo or with friends, where a war can end in nuclear fire.
84% of 665 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 36$14.99
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 Monarch 2
Stellar Monarch 2 is a feudal space empire builder where you feel like the Emperor, not a logistics officer.
88% of 127 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
SpaceBourne 2
Fly, fight, mine and trade your way across a procedurally generated galaxy, then run the faction that rules it.
75% of 5,040 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 87$19.99
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
Dominus Galaxia: KS Edition
Dominus Galaxia is a 4X space strategy game with a focus on amplifying strategic decisions and minimising non-strategic busywork.
83% of 251 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6Free
Dust Fleet
Assume command of a battle fleet and deploy immediately to the Dust Zone, commander.
76% of 199 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$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
AI War 2
Build fleets in secret, hack the enemy's systems and hit its core before it wakes up to what you are doing.
87% of 1,131 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$19.99
Newest games like Distant Worlds 2
ENDLESS Legend™ 2
Guide one of several distinct factions across a living ocean planet, building armies and economies while the tides reshape your route to victory.
82% of 3,796 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 456$49.99
Solar Wave
A large-scale 4X strategy game with indirect control and a focus on simulating a space empire.
73% of 83 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$17.99
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
SpaceBourne 2
Fly, fight, mine and trade your way across a procedurally generated galaxy, then run the faction that rules it.
75% of 5,040 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 87$19.99
A Planet of Mine MasterMine Edition
A Planet of Mine Mastermine Edition is a cozy 4X game with mass strategy!
94% of 32 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
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
Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced
Command interstellar forces in this epic return of the 4X strategy classic.
95% of 178 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$9.99
Solar Nations 2
Steer a 2092 superpower through nine worlds, fleet building and deep politics, solo or with friends, where a war can end in nuclear fire.
84% of 665 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 36$14.99
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
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
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
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