Phoenix Point
Lead soldiers, research the plague and fight turn-based battles across a post-apocalyptic Earth where every decision carries weight.
73% of 5,422 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 176$24.99
Games like ZEPHON
Still thinking about ZEPHON and its dark and replayable tone? You will find a few strong contenders among these games.
ENDLESS Legend™ 2
A fantasy 4X on an ocean world that keeps changing under you. Lead wildly different factions, from star-descended knights to a hive that only knows how to feed, raise armies, and race to uncover what stirs beneath the planet. Every faction plays differently, and the tidefalls keep the map, and your plans, moving.
Replayable
82% of 3,797 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 354$49.99Phoenix Point
Earth is lost to a mutating alien plague, and the Phoenix Project answers to you. A grim, demanding strategy game from the creator of X-COM.
Dark, Replayable, Story-driven
73% of 5,422 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 176$24.99Revival: 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 highly replayable experience.
Also in Co-op · Replayable
69% of 338 Steam reviews are positive$19.49Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
The first turn-based 4X set in Warhammer 40,000, and it skips the diplomacy entirely: on Gladius Prime there is only war. Lead one of four factions, raise cities and armies, and fight for a planet full of ancient relics. A focused, brutal strategy game built for one more turn.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Competitive
82% of 8,198 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 343$39.99Punk Wars
Our civilization has fallen. From the ashes, four new powers emerge. Immerse yourself in a combat-heavy twist on a classic turn-based 4X strategy where steam, steel, atom and diesel-punk corporations clash to spread their technology and the way of life.
Dark, Competitive
56% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Terra Invicta
Pick one of seven human factions and fight over how to face an alien invasion: seize control of Earth's nations from the shadows, research your way into space, mine asteroids, and build fleets for Newtonian fleet battles across a moving Solar System.
Dark, Replayable, Tense
79% of 9,174 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 573$39.99Godless Tactics
Lead an elite strike team through the wars of a reborn civilisation, and decide the fate of humanity through your achievements and choices. Traverse a dynamic war-map, engage in fast, turn-based battles, and explore the world of 2952.
Dark, Replayable, Story-driven
95% of 108 Steam reviews are positive$6.99Xenonauts 2
Command a secret multinational force in an alternate 2009 where the Cold War never ended and aliens are picking sides. Run covert bases across the globe, scramble jets at UFOs, and lead turn-based ground battles where soldiers die and the survivors become veterans. A grim, old-school war of resistance against a smarter enemy.
Dark, Replayable, Tense
81% of 4,968 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 226$39.99Shadow Empire
A deep turn-based 4X wargame where you rule a small nation on a procedurally generated planet and try to reconquer a devastated world. Manage leaders, politics, supply lines and armies while balancing conquest against everything your own government wants. Every campaign plays out differently.
Also in Co-op · Replayable
81% of 1,464 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 73$19.99Post Human W.A.R
Post Human W.A.R is a turn-based tactical strategy game, set in an absurd post-apocalyptic world. At the dawn of our third millennium, mankind went extinct. Mutated animals, household robots converted for warfare, and monkeys in tracksuits battle it out to decide the fate of the human heritage!
Dark, Replayable, Competitive
83% of 65 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Heroes of Science and Fiction
A turn-based sci-fi strategy in the spirit of the old Heroes games: explore a cut-off star system, raise armies for your commanders, and outsmart your rivals on the battlefield. Five strange factions, four campaigns, and battles where a clever plan beats a bigger force.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Story-driven, Competitive
89% of 869 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$29.99Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced
Command interstellar forces in this epic return of the 4X strategy classic. From planetary politics to galactic warfare, the stakes couldn’t be higher as you lead your Royal House through battles on land, sea, air, and the vast reaches of space.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Competitive
95% of 178 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$9.99
Cheaper than ZEPHON
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
Punk Wars
Our civilization has fallen. From the ashes, four new powers emerge.
56% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
ENDLESS Legend™
A 4X fantasy strategy game where winter keeps getting worse and the world keeps getting stranger.
83% of 14,434 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 97$29.99
Godless Tactics
Lead an elite strike team through the wars of a reborn civilisation, and decide the fate of humanity through your achievements and choices.
95% of 108 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Shadow Empire
Run a small state on a procedurally generated world, balancing armies, politics and supply as you reconquer a devastated sci-fi planet.
81% of 1,464 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 73$19.99
Post Human W.A.R
Post Human W.A.R is a turn-based tactical strategy game, set in an absurd post-apocalyptic world.
83% of 65 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Pandora: First Contact
Pandora: First Contact is a science fiction 4X turn-based strategy game on a planetary scale.
61% of 540 Steam reviews are positive$29.99
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
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
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Rebuild an empire on the ruins of a fallen galactic one, one turn-based battle and colony at a time.
78% of 4,845 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 125$29.99
Pax Nova
A sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game where you lead the fate of one of several factions divided between three races.
53% of 397 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Hidden gems like ZEPHON
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
Machinefall
Machinefall is a post-apocalyptic real time strategy game set on a fully playable global map.
83% of 126 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
ZeroSpace
Lead huge armies and orbital strikes in a fast sci-fi war, or join a friend in a co-op campaign that changes every season.
78% of 1,357 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 77$39.99
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 3,797 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 354$49.99
Drop Command
Run a sandbox campaign, drop into any battle, and pilot a mech, tank, VTOL or power-armoured soldier through fully destructible battlefields.
80% of 155 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$22.99
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
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: 21$24.99
MENACE
Command improvised squads of marines and convicts through a grim, tense campaign where every loss stings and every run plays out differently.
90% of 12,879 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 669$39.99
Xenonauts 2
Scramble jets at UFOs, command ground battles turn by turn, and hold a divided world together one hard decision at a time.
81% of 4,968 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 226$39.99
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: 24$14.99
Songs of Silence
Guide Queen Lorelai's people across a hand-painted fantasy world, raising armies that fight on their own while your heroes turn the tide.
79% of 2,409 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$29.99
Newest games like ZEPHON
Drop Command
Run a sandbox campaign, drop into any battle, and pilot a mech, tank, VTOL or power-armoured soldier through fully destructible battlefields.
80% of 155 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$22.99
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 3,797 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 354$49.99
ZeroSpace
Lead huge armies and orbital strikes in a fast sci-fi war, or join a friend in a co-op campaign that changes every season.
78% of 1,357 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 77$39.99
Machinefall
Machinefall is a post-apocalyptic real time strategy game set on a fully playable global map.
83% of 126 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Xenonauts 2
Scramble jets at UFOs, command ground battles turn by turn, and hold a divided world together one hard decision at a time.
81% of 4,968 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 226$39.99
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.
77% of 1,694 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$24.99
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
MENACE
Command improvised squads of marines and convicts through a grim, tense campaign where every loss stings and every run plays out differently.
90% of 12,879 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 669$39.99
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
Earth vs Mars
Faced with a terrifying Martian invasion, you must lead Earth’s forces in a battle for our planet’s future.
85% of 75 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
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 667 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 46$19.99