Games like Imperium

Remember how replayable Imperium felt at its best? These games are a good place to start.

Cheaper than Imperium

Imperium Galactica

Imperium Galactica

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

91% of 147 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$4.99
Star Ruler

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
Galactic Empire

Galactic Empire

Build your own galactic empire and lead it to dominance across the cosmos.

33% of 6 Steam reviews are positive$9.79
Space Empires IV Deluxe

Space Empires IV Deluxe

Grow a turn-based space empire from a single home world to Dyson spheres, designing every species, ship and star system along the way.

87% of 260 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 24$9.99
Stellar Ascendancy

Stellar Ascendancy

Build an interstellar civilization in a turn-based 4X strategy game.

100% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$16.99
Star Traders: 4X Empires

Star Traders: 4X Empires

Take command of humanity’s last survivors and rebuild an empire in the stars.

61% of 61 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Imperium Galactica II

Imperium Galactica II

Colonize planets, design your fleets and outsmart rival empires across three very different campaigns.

88% of 597 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$9.99
Star Ruler 2

Star Ruler 2

Massive scale 4X-RTS set in space. Control hundreds of planets, manipulate galactic politics, research numerous advanced technologies, and command…

81% of 661 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99
Space Empires V

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
New Stars

New Stars

Expand your own galactic empire across new stars, research technologies, and challenge great alien powers in this immersive 4X grand strategy game.

50% of 6 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99
After the Empire

After the Empire

Build a galaxy-spanning machine empire!​ Bend galactic geography to your will to seize hundreds of territories with Fleet, Crypto and Glory.

76% of 46 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition

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 958 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$9.99

Hidden gems like Imperium

Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced

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
Sins of a Solar Empire II

Sins of a Solar Empire II

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

82% of 7,259 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 848$49.99
Dominus Galaxia: KS Edition

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
Galactic Civilizations IV

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 2,243 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 275$39.99
Shadow Empire

Shadow Empire

Run a small state on a procedurally generated world, balancing armies, politics and supply as you reconquer a devastated sci-fi planet.

82% of 1,459 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 73$19.99
Lord of Rigel

Lord of Rigel

Lord of Rigel is a turn-based 4X space strategy game inspired by the classics.

68% of 118 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
Interstellar Space: Genesis

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
Distant Worlds 2

Distant Worlds 2

A vast pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Generate a galaxy of up to 2,000 star systems, run an empire where every freighter and fleet is…

71% of 2,676 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 134$49.99
Imperium Galactica II

Imperium Galactica II

Colonize planets, design your fleets and outsmart rival empires across three very different campaigns.

88% of 597 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$9.99
Imperium Galactica

Imperium Galactica

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

91% of 147 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$4.99
Stars in Shadow

Stars in Shadow

Claim star systems, grow a fleet from destroyers to Dread Stars, and take the galaxy by diplomacy or force.

77% of 735 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$24.99
Stellar Monarch

Stellar Monarch

Asymmetric space empire builder where you feel like the Emperor, not a logistics officer.

78% of 206 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

Newest games like Imperium

Empires of a Tiny Universe

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
Solar Wave

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 positive$17.99
Space Imperia 4X

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 88 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$22.99
Astro Protocol

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

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 9,162 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 578$39.99
Stellar Reach

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

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

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.

85% of 662 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 36$14.99
Lord of Rigel

Lord of Rigel

Lord of Rigel is a turn-based 4X space strategy game inspired by the classics.

68% of 118 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
Sins of a Solar Empire II

Sins of a Solar Empire II

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

82% of 7,259 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 848$49.99
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack

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