Riftborne
Riftborne is a classic terminal based, real time, grand strategy game. Construct space ships. Take part in factional warfare.
92% of 123 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Games like Slipways
If Slipways left you wanting something replayable and minimalist, you have options. Start with these games when you are ready.
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.
Replayable
91% of 2,908 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5FreeDistant 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 simulated, and decide how much of it you want to control yourself. No two galaxies play out the same.
Replayable
71% of 2,676 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 134$49.99Riftborne
Riftborne is a classic terminal based, real time, grand strategy game. Construct space ships. Take part in factional warfare. Hire galactic hit-men on your rivals. Raid neighbors for rare resources. Train spies to infiltrate enemy bases for key intel. Grow your empire to dominate the galaxy.
Replayable
92% of 123 Steam reviews are positive$7.99Solar Wave
A large-scale 4X strategy game with indirect control and a focus on simulating a space empire. Capture systems, develop your economy and logistics, call up hundreds of powerful fleets and watch them incinerate enemies of the Solar Empire.
Replayable
73% of 83 Steam reviews are positive$17.99ENDLESS 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.
Replayable
83% of 17,333 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 254$39.99Star 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)...
Replayable
86% of 261 Steam reviews are positive$7.99Interstellar 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.
Replayable
83% of 720 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$29.99After the Empire
Build a galaxy-spanning machine empire! Bend galactic geography to your will to seize hundreds of territories with Fleet, Crypto and Glory. Master your economy with Guilds, Trade Routes and Pilgrimages. Prove your faith, honor your culture, and conquer the Milky Way!
Replayable
76% of 46 Steam reviews are positive$7.99Galactic 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.
Replayable
72% of 2,243 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 275$39.99Space Tyrant
Terrorize the galaxy for fun and profit! Space Tyrant is a surprisingly deep beer & pretzels strategy game set in a darkly humorous future. Build a mighty space force, disintegrate peaceful aliens, and rule irresponsibly on your relentless march to total domination.
Replayable
83% of 549 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Solar Nations 2
Grand strategy in 2092: take the helm of a Solar System Great Power, colonize nine worlds, build space fleets ship by ship, and fight wars that can end in nuclear fire. Deep politics, wild alternate histories, and a whole solar system to conquer, alone or with friends.
Replayable
85% of 662 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 36$14.99Prosperous Universe
Run your own spacefaring company in a player-driven economy. It moves in real time, so a few smart decisions a day go a long way. No combat, no grind: just business, and plenty of it.
Replayable, Relaxing
72% of 1,117 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25Free
Cheaper than Slipways
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
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
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
Space industrial empire
Click mines and smelters into place, research new tech and grow a single production line into a fleet that conquers planets.
85% of 1,024 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 47$5.99
Vanguard Galaxy
Mine, trade and fight across a procedurally generated dwarf galaxy, at your own pace or with the ECHO autopilot at the helm.
90% of 614 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 205$8.99
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
Star Traders: Frontiers
Pick a trade, crew a ship and steer your own course through a dangerous, ever-shifting galaxy.
83% of 3,689 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 43$14.99
Planets Under Attack
Play as humans or robots in a brand new sci-fi strategy adventure!
63% of 319 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
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
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
Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
Lead a Bronze Age civilization across hex maps, founding cities and choosing one move per turn, alone or against rivals in multiplayer.
89% of 1,324 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$14.99
Hidden gems like Slipways
Riftborne
Riftborne is a classic terminal based, real time, grand strategy game. Construct space ships. Take part in factional warfare.
92% of 123 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Vanguard Galaxy
Mine, trade and fight across a procedurally generated dwarf galaxy, at your own pace or with the ECHO autopilot at the helm.
90% of 614 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 205$8.99
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.
85% of 662 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 36$14.99
Space industrial empire
Click mines and smelters into place, research new tech and grow a single production line into a fleet that conquers planets.
85% of 1,024 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 47$5.99
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
Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
Lead a Bronze Age civilization across hex maps, founding cities and choosing one move per turn, alone or against rivals in multiplayer.
89% of 1,324 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$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 9,162 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 578$39.99
Sins of a Solar Empire II
A real-time 4X where tactics and empire-building happen in one mode with no turns.
82% of 7,259 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 848$49.99
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
Nexus Legacy
Rebuild civilization from one planet in a persistent online 4X.
66% of 387 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 85Free
Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game.
69% of 748 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$11.99
Newest games like Slipways
Pre-Warp Age
A turn-based strategy about settling a generated star system and inventing the warp drive.
90% of 20 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 45$8.49
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 3,780 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 positive$17.99
Nexus Legacy
Rebuild civilization from one planet in a persistent online 4X.
66% of 387 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 85Free
Riftborne
Riftborne is a classic terminal based, real time, grand strategy game. Construct space ships. Take part in factional warfare.
92% of 123 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
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 9,162 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 578$39.99
CivIdle
Found a settlement, research your way through the ages and watch your civilization expand one building at a time.
73% of 1,152 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 231Free
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
Vanguard Galaxy
Mine, trade and fight across a procedurally generated dwarf galaxy, at your own pace or with the ECHO autopilot at the helm.
90% of 614 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 205$8.99
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
Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game.
69% of 748 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$11.99