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: 55$4.99
Games like Search for Sol
Remember how retro and replayable Search for Sol felt at its best? You might settle into these games easily.
Stars 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 735 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$24.99Sword 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.
Retro, Replayable
87% of 590 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 35$9.99The Battle of Sol
The Battle of Sol is an intense space action game where you participate in epic capital ship battles, thrilling dogfights, space station raids, and much more as you liberate humanity's solar system from enemies determined to bring us to its fiery end.
56% of 64 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Stellar 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 33 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Master of Orion 2
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.
Retro, Replayable
96% of 1,679 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 188Sins 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.
Replayable
82% of 7,270 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 719$49.99Astro Protocol
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
94% of 72 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$13.99Star Traders: 4X Empires
Take command of humanity’s last survivors and rebuild an empire in the stars. In this immersive turn-based strategy game, you will have to fight to protect your people, control rival factions, and unlock lost technology.
Retro, Replayable
61% of 61 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Space 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 rival home worlds before they find yours.
Replayable
92% of 89 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$22.99Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
A turn-based 4X classic from 1999: seven factions with clashing ideologies colonize a sentient alien planet. Design your own units, terraform the surface, and argue your way to victory against leaders who feel unsettlingly human. The Planetary Pack adds Alien Crossfire with seven more factions.
Retro, Replayable
90% of 610 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 55$4.99Armada 2526 Gold Edition
Conquer the Galaxy In This ‘4x’ Strategy Game. Lead one of 18 different alien races to become a mighty pan-galactic empire. Manage your colonies, deploy your fleets and conduct research. Plot your strategy and turn your planets into mighty bastions.
Retro, Replayable
67% of 92 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Star Fleet Armada Rogue Adventures
Captain a fleet of ships. Meet new races. Explore other star systems. Discover and explore anomalies, asteroid fields, nebulas, suns, comets and more. Can you find that rare Rainbow planet that is teeming with mass amounts of resources? Play as any of the 45 races. Earn Achievements to get rare in game artifacts!
Retro, Replayable, Mysterious
74% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Cheaper than Search for Sol
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…
93% of 121 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$5.29
Solar 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…
85% of 27 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Haegemonia: The Solon Heritage
A stand-alone expansion pack to Legions of Iron, discover new innovations and even more stunning visuals that launch the Haegemonia experience into…
67% of 100 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Space Empires III
The third game within the Space Empires series brings the dawn of a new age of exploration.
83% of 46 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$3.99
Mini Gal4Xy
Mini Gal4Xy is a light strategy game set in space.
87% of 31 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Into the Void
Into the Void is a strategy RPG and exploration sci-fi game with an epic story and intense battles.
46% of 67 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
O.R.B: Off-World Resource Base
An epic struggle for control!
79% of 102 Steam reviews are positive$0.79
X-COM: UFO Defense
Run the global defense effort: intercept UFOs, fight through crash sites turn by turn, and build the bases and research that keep humanity alive.
96% of 3,218 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 78$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.
91% of 147 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$4.99
Solmec: Colony Adrift
Solmec: Colony Adrift is a turn-based tactical RPG that follows a civilisation seeking refuge on the Ankazil: colossal space-faring beasts.
0% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Space Empires II
Explore the galaxy, discover and colonize new planets to acquire enough resources.
61% of 18 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Hidden gems like Search for Sol
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 869 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$29.99
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
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: 55$4.99
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: 719$49.99
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: 284$39.99
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: 19$29.99
Master of Orion 2
Colonize planets, outresearch rival empires and grow a fleet strong enough to face the Antarans, one turn at a time.
96% of 1,679 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 188
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$14.99
Master of Orion 1
Guide an alien race from one home planet to a galactic empire, one turn at a time.
89% of 443 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 60
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…
93% of 121 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$5.29
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: 22$24.99
Newest games like Search for Sol
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
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
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 869 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 positivePlayers online now: 2$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: 573$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 33 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
Star Titans : War of the Galaxy
Command a powerful fleet in a story-driven sci-fi 4X strategy adventure.
93% of 14 Steam reviews are positive$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: 6$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: 719$49.99
Beyond
Beyond is a sci-fi turn-based strategy game set in a generated solar system that orbits a distant star every round.
83% of 6 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Revival: Recolonization
Set in a post-apoc version of Earth, Revival is a 4x strategy game where the world and its rules can change at key moments, creating a deep and…
69% of 338 Steam reviews are positive$19.49