Nomad Fleet
Nomad Fleet is a RTS game where you must lead the last remnants of Mankind to safety after a mysterious alien race has hunted them near extinction.
65% of 199 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Games like XO
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Nomad Fleet
Nomad Fleet is a RTS game where you must lead the last remnants of Mankind to safety after a mysterious alien race has hunted them near extinction. Lead a fully armed fleet of battleships, carriers and fighters through a series of randomized scenarios and encounters where they must fight for their survival while scavenging for resources,...
Replayable, Tense
65% of 199 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Dust Fleet
Assume command of a battle fleet and deploy immediately to the Dust Zone, commander. Our main food supply station has gone dark and the United Earth Nations (UEN) needs to know why in this 4X RTS space sim. Manage your ships, control space stations, and watch your back.
Replayable, Tense
76% of 199 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99Distant Star: Revenant Fleet
BAFTA award winning fleet-based RTS meets rogue-lite. In Distant Star: Revenant Fleet, build your fleet of up to 5 ships from a choice of 8 classes and traverse a randomly generated galaxy to defeat the Erebus Platform. NOW AVAILABLE ON MAC AND LINUX
Replayable, Tense
63% of 258 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes
Lead a ragtag fleet of survivors through the wreckage of the Twelve Colonies, hunted by a Cylon force you cannot beat, only outrun. Manage crises, root out infiltrators and fight for every FTL jump in this tense, story-rich roguelite where most runs end badly and every one plays out differently.
Replayable, Tense, Dark
76% of 1,103 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 123$12.49HighFleet
Giant diesel ships duel in the skies of a desert world that has forgotten its own past. HighFleet mixes arcade dogfights with strategy: you track enemies on radar, intercept radio traffic, manage fuel and men, negotiate with factions and build your own fleet. Heavy, tense and atmospheric, with a prophecy waiting under it all.
Replayable, Tense, Dark
88% of 7,097 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 55$29.99Space 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, Tense
73% of 454 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99Void War
Command an ancient starship on a run toward the heart of a dying Empire. You juggle weapons, modules, and reactor power, stack artifacts into sharp combos, and send a crew of cultists, deserters, and worse into bloody boarding fights. Every run tells a new story, and none of them forgive mistakes.
Replayable, Tense, Dark
94% of 3,788 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 72$19.99From Glory To Goo
A sci-fi survival RTS where you build a colony on a hostile planet while waves of alien Goo close in. Expand, fortify and call down orbital fire from your ship overhead, then hold the line. Captains level up, factions play differently, maps are procedurally generated, and every run dares you to last a little longer.
Replayable, Tense, Dark
96% of 1,866 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 97$7.79Breachway
A sci-fi roguelike where your ship is your deck. Pick a chassis, bolt on weapons and modules, hire a crew with opinions of their own, and fight tense turn-based card battles across the galaxy. Every run builds toward The Signal, and every run plays out differently.
Replayable, Tense
74% of 1,437 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 27$19.99Starpoint 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, Tense
72% of 3,078 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$34.99Between the Stars
Take the helm of an interstellar cruiser and cross a procedurally generated galaxy to save the Republic. Real-time capital ship battles, a crew to hire and level up, hundreds of text events with lasting consequences, and a story that pulls you along. Every warp jump brings a new decision, and some of them sting.
Replayable, Tense, Story-driven
75% of 1,983 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$29.99FTL: Faster Than Light
Command a small starship carrying vital information across a randomly generated galaxy. You route power, aim weapons, vent airlocks, and decide who lives. Losing means starting over, which makes every jump tense and every win feel earned.
Replayable, Tense, Dark
94% of 63,094 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,111$9.99
Cheaper than XO
Distant Star: Revenant Fleet
BAFTA award winning fleet-based RTS meets rogue-lite. In Distant Star: Revenant Fleet, build your fleet of up to 5 ships from a choice of 8 classes…
63% of 258 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes
Guide a fleeing fleet of survivors across the ruins of the Twelve Colonies, one desperate FTL jump at a time.
76% of 1,103 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 123$12.49
From Glory To Goo
Grow a settlement on a hostile world, wall it in, and answer the Goo with orbital fire before they reach your gates.
96% of 1,866 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 97$7.79
FTL: Faster Than Light
Run a starship through a hostile galaxy, where one bad decision can end the flight and every new attempt plays out differently.
94% of 63,094 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,111$9.99
Hull Rupture
Manage power, people and a growing ship as you plug hull breaches and race toward the alien homeworld.
72% of 269 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,625$13.49
Void Destroyer 2
Start with nothing... End with everything! All you have is a basic ship, barely fit for combat, with it you'll start your journey and empire.
79% of 655 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
Fleetbreakers
From the creators of Halo Wars and Age of Empires, Fleetbreakers is an action RTS roguelite with satisfying fleet combat in bite-sized sessions.
90% of 62 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.89
Stellar Embers: United Fleet
You fly a ten-thousand-ton flagship that steers like it means it, with escorts at your back and dying stars ahead.
98% of 46 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$4.99
Voidship: The Long Journey
Design your battleship and fight your way through unforgiving space. This is a tale of a lone spaceship on a centuries-long mission.
68% of 102 Steam reviews are positive$10.99
Interstellaria
Managing a fleet across a dangerous galaxy. Every star and planet holds untold riches and dangers.
53% of 352 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Star 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.
74% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Hidden gems like XO
Void War
Command an ancient starship on a run toward the heart of a dying Empire.
94% of 3,788 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 72$19.99
From Glory To Goo
Grow a settlement on a hostile world, wall it in, and answer the Goo with orbital fire before they reach your gates.
96% of 1,866 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 97$7.79
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.
77% of 1,694 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$24.99
Rise of Piracy
Sail, trade and fight your way across an open pirate sea where every run takes a different course.
78% of 560 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$12.79
Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes
Guide a fleeing fleet of survivors across the ruins of the Twelve Colonies, one desperate FTL jump at a time.
76% of 1,103 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 123$12.49
Space Haven
Build a spaceship tile by tile, keep its air breathable and its crew fed, then jump it toward a new home.
85% of 10,443 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 626$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!
77% of 106 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$13.99
Space Reign
An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements.
73% of 454 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
Executive Assault 2
Run a space empire from the strategy map, then take direct control of a ship, robot or turret to fight the battle yourself.
82% of 1,608 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$24.99
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 9,172 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 578$39.99
Breachway
Bolt weapons onto a ship, hire a crew with opinions, and survive turn-based card battles across a hostile galaxy.
74% of 1,437 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 27$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 7,269 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 848$49.99
Newest games like XO
Hull Rupture
Manage power, people and a growing ship as you plug hull breaches and race toward the alien homeworld.
72% of 269 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,625$13.49
Stellar Embers: United Fleet
You fly a ten-thousand-ton flagship that steers like it means it, with escorts at your back and dying stars ahead.
98% of 46 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$4.99
Fleetbreakers
From the creators of Halo Wars and Age of Empires, Fleetbreakers is an action RTS roguelite with satisfying fleet combat in bite-sized sessions.
90% of 62 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.89
Nexus Legacy
Rebuild civilization from one planet in a persistent online 4X.
66% of 390 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 85Free
Starminer
Build a mining ship piece by piece, haul in asteroids and manage the heat your greed creates before something out there notices.
72% of 1,865 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 47$29.99
Space Haven
Build a spaceship tile by tile, keep its air breathable and its crew fed, then jump it toward a new home.
85% of 10,443 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 626$24.99
Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes
Guide a fleeing fleet of survivors across the ruins of the Twelve Colonies, one desperate FTL jump at a time.
76% of 1,103 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 123$12.49
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.
77% of 1,694 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$24.99
Space Reign
An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements.
73% of 454 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
Rise of Piracy
Sail, trade and fight your way across an open pirate sea where every run takes a different course.
78% of 560 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$12.79
The Last Starship
Design a working starship from the reactor up, then take it into a fresh galaxy each run as a miner, pirate hunter or anything else you fancy.
75% of 1,645 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 96$19.99
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 9,172 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 578$39.99