Games like Deep Dark Forest
Looking for games like Deep Dark Forest? Here are top tactical real-time strategy recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Shadow Empire, Star Ruler 2 or The Last Federation.
- 85%Game Brain Scoregameplay, replayabilitygraphics, grinding87% User Score 1,296 reviewsCritic Score 78%1 reviews
Shadow Empire is an immersive and rather complex turn-based wargame with a unique mix of military focus, 4X elements, procedural generation and role-playing features. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shadow Empire.
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- 82%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, story82% User Score 1,092 reviews
Massive scale 4X-RTS set in space. Control hundreds of planets, manipulate galactic politics, research numerous advanced technologies, and command thousands of units and hundreds of planets in your quest for galactic dominance. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Ruler 2.
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- 74%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygrinding, stability74% User Score 678 reviewsCritic Score 77%2 reviews
From the creators of AI War: Fleet Command comes an all-new grand strategy title with turn-based tactical combat, set in a deep simulation of an entire solar system and its billions of inhabitants. You are the last of a murdered race, determined to unify or destroy the 8 others. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Federation.
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- 90%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, stability90% User Score 1,786 reviews
AI War II is a grand strategy/RTS hybrid against an overwhelming, inhuman enemy who has conquered the galaxy. The enemy has made only a single error: underestimating you. You must steal as much technology as you can, and take enough territory to fortify your bases and launch your attacks. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AI War 2.
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- 77%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstability, grinding79% User Score 5,870 reviewsCritic Score 70%2 reviews
Endless Space - Definitive Edition includes all the expansions and updates released for the game (including Endless Space Disharmony). If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Endless Space.
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- 84%Game Brain Scoregameplay, replayabilitygraphics, grinding84% User Score 918 reviews
Field of Glory: Empires is a grand strategy game in which you will have to move in an intricate and living tapestry of nations and tribes, each one with their distinctive culture. Set in Europe and in the Mediterranean Area during the Classical Age, experience what truly means to manage an Empire. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Field of Glory: Empires.
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- 81%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstability, optimization82% User Score 12,281 reviewsCritic Score 80%18 reviews
Endless Space 2 will put you in the fascinating role of a leader guiding a civilization in making its first steps into the cold depths of interstellar space. You will explore mysterious star systems, discover the secrets of ancient races, develop advanced technologies of unthinkable power, and, of course, encounter new life forms to understand, to court or to conquer. Your story unfolds in a gal… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Endless Space 2.
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- 73%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsoptimization, music70% User Score 3,688 reviewsCritic Score 80%4 reviews
Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of turn-based strategy, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game. The Universe is Yours!Huge Galaxies with up to 2,000 star systems and tens of thousands of planets, moons and asteroids are yours to explore and exploit, whether pe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Distant Worlds 2.
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- 68%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability68% User Score 266 reviews
The Pegasus Expedition is a story-driven sci-fi grand strategy game set in a key moment for humankind’s survival. Facing an overwhelming threat at home, humanity sends expeditions to the Pegasus Galaxy in a desperate attempt to find a refuge for the population of Earth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Pegasus Expedition.
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- 78%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsoptimization, stability78% User Score 5,124 reviewsCritic Score 78%12 reviews
Rekindle humanity’s adventurous spirit by leaving the tired Earth to find new fortunes in the untapped resources of Mars in Offworld Trading Company, the economic real-time strategy game from Civilization IV designer Soren Johnson. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Offworld Trading Company.
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