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A strategy game about space (location) in space (cosmic). Colonise the galaxy with a thousand clicks of a mouse. Winner of DreamHack Austin Jam!
If Mini Gal4Xy left you wanting something replayable and minimalist, you have options. These games line up well for what comes next.
A Planet of Mine is a mini procedural 4X. Starting from a single and unique planet, survive, gather and combine resources, develop your technologies and start the conquest of space.
Replayable, Minimalist
A Planet of Mine Mastermine Edition is a cozy 4X game with mass strategy! Choose your winning gang, mastermine resources, and build your base and tools to boost your technology and conquer space! Unless your neighbors don’t see it that way… Trade, peace or clash: your planet, your choice!
Replayable, Minimalist
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.
Replayable
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
Dominus Galaxia is a 4X space strategy game with a focus on amplifying strategic decisions and minimising non-strategic busywork.
Replayable
High-stakes, turn-based 4X space strategy distilled into intense matches of about an hour. Lead one of six premade factions, or design your own, against an AI that plays to win. Randomized techs, anomalies, maps and victory conditions make every match unique.
Replayable
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.
Replayable
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
Build a massive galactic empire and conquer many galaxies in this incremental game of space conquest. Manage resources, expand your reach, and grow your influence with a casual spin on a 4x theme.
Replayable, Minimalist
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
A classic 4X strategy game from 1996: colonize a randomly generated galaxy, research 60 technology fields, trade with alien races and build fleets to beat back the Antarans. Easy to learn, hard to put down, and still the game people measure every other space empire builder against.
Replayable
Weave isolated planets into a trade empire with warp routes instead of wars. Slipways boils space grand strategy down to its best decisions, and a whole run fits in under an hour. Colonize, research game-changing tech, connect the dots just right, and still be done before lunch.
Replayable, Minimalist

A strategy game about space (location) in space (cosmic). Colonise the galaxy with a thousand clicks of a mouse. Winner of DreamHack Austin Jam!

Apollo4x is a casual-to-difficult space trading tycoon game, where success is measured in earnings from how efficient your trade routes are in…

A fast, casual (And also haunted.) 4X game with asymmetric factions and roguelike elements.

Explore a random generated space. Find artifacts and treasure maps. Build and develop your base on a flying platform.

Galaxy Admirals is a multiplayer turn-based cosmic strategy with pretty innovative and challenging gameplay.

An open-world galaxy adventure game ✨🚀🌠 Explore a procedurally-generated universe filled with diverse micro-planets, asteroid belts and UFOs. 👽

An epic struggle for control!

Explore the galaxy, discover and colonize new planets to acquire enough resources.

Into the Void is a strategy RPG and exploration sci-fi game with an epic story and intense battles.

Wastelander is a turn-based strategy game where you must survive and escape from a desolate planet ravaged by powerful storms.

Planets, aliens, resources, upgrades, caves, mapping & documenting star systems ... seek a new home for the human race.

Orbit a planet, fire your laser, and mine it to the core. Upgrade your ship and conquer seasonal hazards across four unique zones.

eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate, EXPRESS. All of the depth, diplomacy, conflict and conquest of a turn-based 4X epic but played in fast-paced…

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

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

Dominus Galaxia is a 4X space strategy game with a focus on amplifying strategic decisions and minimising non-strategic busywork.

Link planets with warp routes, balance their needs and grow a trade network, one calm turn at a time.

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.

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

Build a turn-based galactic empire your way, from first colony ship to tactical battles between the stars.

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…

Colonize planets, outresearch rival empires and grow a fleet strong enough to face the Antarans, one turn at a time.

Guide an alien race from one home planet to a galactic empire, one turn at a time.

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

Empires of a Tiny Universe is a relaxed single-player RTS where you build and expand your empire across space.

A large-scale 4X strategy game with indirect control and a focus on simulating a space empire.

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…

Build a massive galactic empire and conquer many galaxies in this incremental game of space conquest.

High-stakes, turn-based 4X space strategy distilled into intense matches of about an hour.

A Planet of Mine Mastermine Edition is a cozy 4X game with mass strategy!

Stellar Reach is a 4X hard sci-fi strategy game where you control a faction vying for dominance across a hostile galactic frontier.

Play a 4x game in 40 minutes... or less! We streamlined 4x strategy down to a game that captures the fun in a manageable play time.

Command interstellar forces in this epic return of the 4X strategy classic.

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

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

eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate, EXPRESS. All of the depth, diplomacy, conflict and conquest of a turn-based 4X epic but played in fast-paced…