Games like Expanse

Still thinking about Expanse and its competitive and replayable tone? These games could fill that gap nicely.

Battle for Orion 2
Earth has been destroyed. Mankind is fractured. The galaxy is at war. But one hope remains: a new home for mankind. Probes detected a habitable planet in the Orion sector. You must fight your way to it, but nothing is as it seems. A more devious plan is underway that threatens the entire galaxy.
Competitive, Replayable
80% of 59 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Galactic Conquest Battle Infinity
In the year 3200. The Ethernal ore used as fuel for spaceships was beginning to run out, a galactic war broke out for control of the Ethernal, the galactic emperor Erick V issued a challenge to achieve peace, "the faction that can produce the most Ethernal will control the entire galaxy".
Competitive, Replayable
100% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Earth 2150 Trilogy
Your heroes and your armies will need strong leadership to take them on a spellbinding odyssey that has everything a gamer’s heart could wish for breathtaking worlds in space, battles against cunning enemies and even downright treason from your own government faction - are you up to it?
Competitive, Replayable
77% of 456 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$9.99
Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
A space empire in real time: explore star systems, grow your economy, research tech and send fleets of capital ships and titans into enormous battles. Six factions split into loyalists and rebels, several ways to win, and a mod scene that keeps it fresh. Slow, deliberate strategy at a scale few games match.
Competitive, Replayable
93% of 10,259 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 329$19.99
Win That War!
Win That War! is a massive scale real-time strategy game, putting thousands of players at the heart of a single campaign of fierce galactic conquest. Discover new planets. Develop your arsenal. Strive to be the best to extend the domination of your corporation.
Competitive, Replayable
54% of 26 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Planet S
Planet S is a real-time strategy game about colonizing a whole solar system. Claim procedurally generated planets with a spaceport, build cities, feed production chains and grow your faction into a scientific or military power. Play solo or with up to seven friends, in peace or open war.
Competitive, Replayable
91% of 2,909 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5Free
The Outforce
In the 25th century, humanity fights for survival, having abandoned Earth due to a devastating asteroid impact. They now strive to settle in Epsilon Eridani, a nearby star system. Upon reaching their destination, the colonists find themselves entangled in an unforeseen intergalactic conflict.
Competitive, Replayable
86% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Terra 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 9,172 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 578$39.99
Etherium
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’.
Competitive, Replayable
39% of 470 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
O.R.B: Off-World Resource Base
An epic struggle for control!
Competitive, Replayable
79% of 102 Steam reviews are positive$0.79
Relentless Expanse
Capture and upgrade planets, outsmart your enemies, and conquer the galaxy! Simple yet addicting, you can play alone or outsmart your friends in this 2D top-down space RTS. Completely free, no monetization, just fun!
Competitive, Replayable
91% of 113 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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. 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$19.99

Cheaper than Expanse

O.R.B: Off-World Resource Base

An epic struggle for control!

$0.79

StarFringe: Adversus

Build extraction and processing networks, fight for control points, and outlast an enemy that wants the same ore you do.

$5.99

X3: Terran Conflict

Trade, fight and manage your way from one small ship to a sprawling space economy in an open galaxy.

$3.19

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.

$4.99

Haegemonia: Legions of Iron

From the makers of the award-winning Imperium Galactica 1 and 2 games, discover a powerful space-opera like RTS game.

$4.99

Imperium Galactica

Imperium Galactica. The Universe is yours... if you can handle it. The fourth millennium. Mankind has colonised the galaxy. Created an Empire.

$4.99

Fragile Allegiance

Assemble your fleets, fill your silos with nuclear warheads, conduct research, gather resources, and wage war in a vast galaxy in this unique take…

$5.29

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.

$4.99

Periphery Online

A refugee capsule lands on an uninhabited planet. You have to survive, rebuild civilization and, if possible, regain control over the Earth.

$4.99

Star Wolves 3: Civil War

Large-scale battles have become a vestige of the past, depleting resources of conflicting parties.

$4.99

Interstellar Pilot 2

The hit mobile game Interstellar Pilot 2 has come to Steam. Join the TEF forces heading to the Gatopean sector to find a new home for mankind.

$0.99

Nightside

A four races sci-fi base building real time strategy game set on the dark side of an unknown planet where the valuable "green ice" resource can be…

$4.99

Hidden gems like Expanse

ZeroSpace

Lead huge armies and orbital strikes in a fast sci-fi war, or join a friend in a co-op campaign that changes every season.

$39.99

Relentless Expanse

Capture and upgrade planets, outsmart your enemies, and conquer the galaxy!

Free

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.

$4.99

Planet S

Claim procedurally generated planets, raise cities from a single spaceport, and grow your faction into a scientific or military power, alone or…

Free

Executive Assault 2

Run a space empire from the strategy map, then take direct control of a ship, robot or turret to fight the battle yourself.

$24.99

Terra Invicta

Steer one of seven factions through an alien arrival, from covert politics on Earth to fleet battles across the Solar System.

$39.99

Sins of a Solar Empire II

A real-time 4X where tactics and empire-building happen in one mode with no turns.

$49.99

Dust Fleet

Assume command of a battle fleet and deploy immediately to the Dust Zone, commander.

$19.99

StarFringe: Adversus

Build extraction and processing networks, fight for control points, and outlast an enemy that wants the same ore you do.

$5.99

The Pegasus Expedition

The Pegasus Expedition is a story-driven sci-fi grand strategy game set in a key moment for humankind’s survival.

$19.99

Imperium Galactica

Imperium Galactica. The Universe is yours... if you can handle it. The fourth millennium. Mankind has colonised the galaxy. Created an Empire.

$4.99

Fragile Allegiance

Assemble your fleets, fill your silos with nuclear warheads, conduct research, gather resources, and wage war in a vast galaxy in this unique take…

$5.29

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