Games like Space Wars: Interstellar Empires

Miss the competitive and replayable pull of Space Wars: Interstellar Empires? These games line up well for what comes next.

Infinity: Battlescape
Infinity: Battlescape is a multiplayer space combat sim supporting hundreds of players on a single server. Join one of the corporate factions and fight for domination of a seamless, true-to-scale procedural star system. Participate in massive space and planetary battles involving hundreds of ships.
Also in Co-op · Competitive, Replayable
79% of 639 Steam reviews are positive$34.99
Final Theory
Final Theory is a 4X-lite turn-based strategy game where you command fleets of battleships engaged in a galactic civil war. It presents an exciting experience for both veteran players and those new to the genre. It features innovative combat mechanics but also hearkens back to some of the classics.
Also in Co-op · Competitive, Replayable
79% of 389 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Sins 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.
Also in Co-op · Competitive, Replayable
82% of 7,270 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 719$49.99
Starion Tactics
After assuming command of one of four human or alien factions vying for galactic dominance, immediately define your game’s scope. Play for minutes to hours across tens to hundreds of planets in single-player skirmish or multiplayer modes—it’s entirely up to you.
Also in Co-op · Competitive, Replayable
25% of 48 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Starpoint Gemini Warlords
Fly a gunship, end up ruling a star system. Starpoint Gemini Warlords puts you in the captain's chair of your own warship while you build fleets, conquer territory and grow an empire across Gemini. Lead the charge yourself or let your armada do the work, then do it all differently next time.
Replayable
72% of 3,078 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$34.99
Ancient Frontier
Ancient Frontier is a turn-based strategy RPG set in the far future. You command the fleet. Buy new ships, outfit them with crew and equipment, then deploy and destroy the enemy. Take control of massive fleets of capital ships and support craft as you play through two unique campaigns.
Replayable
64% of 115 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy
Take command of Naval Strike Group 7 and lead your fleet to victory in full 3D tactical space combat. Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy is a sci-fi strategy saga that will test your skills as both capital assault ship Captain and naval fleet Commander.
73% of 148 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Star Hunter - Infinite Lagrange
In a remote corner of the Milky Way, you, a star hunter, will control a fleet, take on a wide variety of bounty contracts and missions, and venture into the vastness of space. You will hunt for mysterious items for your employers and explore specific targets in uncharted territory.
Competitive, Replayable
56% of 1,094 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 89Free
Space Reign
An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements. Complete contracts and Claim sectors for your faction in the near-future, where resource exploiting corporations are in a state of constant conflict over territory control.
Replayable
72% of 454 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
Gemini Wars
Take control of a fleet commander returned from exile, rise through the ranks of the United Space Federation forces and join an epic war across the stars.
32% of 141 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
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 rival home worlds before they find yours.
Also in Co-op · Competitive, Replayable
92% of 88 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$22.99
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: 17$24.99

Hidden gems like Space Wars: Interstellar Empires

Annihilate The Spance

Annihilate The Spance is a single-player RTS where your shipyards build endlessly and your ships fight on their own.

$29.99

Stellar Tactics

A sci-fi RPG where you wake from cryosleep 500 years late, build a squad of mercenaries and set out into a universe of over 160,000 star systems.

$24.99

Void Marauders

Lead a band of space pirates and loot and pillage your way across the stars in this turn based tactical game!

$13.99

Space Reign

An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements.

$19.99

Breachway

Bolt weapons onto a ship, hire a crew with opinions, and survive turn-based card battles across a hostile galaxy.

$19.99

Sins of a Solar Empire II

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

$49.99

Chaos Galaxy 2

A turn-based Galaxy totalwar game. Choose one of 12 factions, direct dozens of admirals, control hundreds of warships, mecha and monsters, set up…

$19.99

Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander

Design every deck and turret of a starship, crew it with simulated people, and take it into battles where damage tears your work apart piece by piece.

$19.99

Dust Fleet

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

$19.99

Stellar Warfare

Space RTS with base building and ship customization. Personal passion project.

$19.99

Starborne Frontiers

Assemble a fleet of ships, set their formations and let careful planning decide battles across a dark, mysterious frontier.

Free

NEBULOUS: Fleet Command

A simulation-heavy tactical space game where radar shadows, electronic warfare and 3D maneuvering decide battles.

$29.99

Newest games like Space Wars: Interstellar Empires

Deck & Conn

Take command of a nuclear-powered space corvette in a Cold War-flavored sci-fi campaign.

$14.99

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…

$22.99

Stellar Tactics

A sci-fi RPG where you wake from cryosleep 500 years late, build a squad of mercenaries and set out into a universe of over 160,000 star systems.

$24.99

Space Reign

An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements.

$19.99

Void Marauders

Lead a band of space pirates and loot and pillage your way across the stars in this turn based tactical game!

$13.99

Void War

Command an ancient starship on a run toward the heart of a dying Empire.

$19.99

Annihilate The Spance

Annihilate The Spance is a single-player RTS where your shipyards build endlessly and your ships fight on their own.

$29.99

Starborne Frontiers

Assemble a fleet of ships, set their formations and let careful planning decide battles across a dark, mysterious frontier.

Free

Breachway

Bolt weapons onto a ship, hire a crew with opinions, and survive turn-based card battles across a hostile galaxy.

$19.99

Sins of a Solar Empire II

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

$49.99

Between the Stars

Captain an interstellar cruiser across a procedural galaxy, fighting real-time battles and living with the consequences of your choices.

$29.99

Dust Fleet

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

$19.99