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Rebuild civilization from a single planet in Nexus Legacy, a persistent sci-fi 4X MMO. Colonize worlds, manage resources, research technologies, command fleets, forge alliances, and fight for control of a living galaxy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nexus Legacy.

✅ NGC-404 is for you if you: Enjoy space strategy games with economy, fleets, colonies, and faction conflict Like games where logistics, fuel and supplies matter Want real-time 2D space battles with ship fitting and weapon control Enjoy sandbox campaigns Like managing a small fleet instead of controlling hundreds of units directly Want to explore unknown systems, survey planets, and reco… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NGC-404: Fractured Sector.

Explore an unknown galaxy, colonize planets, and build an interstellar empire. In NABERON, a real-time space strategy game, you lead fleets and ground armies to war in space and on planet surfaces — alone or with your friends. Inspired by a legendary '90s Hungarian classic. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NABERON.

Cooperate with your team. Compete to rule it.Freewake is a team-based strategy and space simulation game where cooperation and ambition collide. Build an empire with other players. Secure resources, colonize worlds, protect trade routes, and defeat rival powers—then compete with your own allies for wealth, influence, military strength, and control of the team itself. Serve the empire, manipulate… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Freewake.

An open galaxy space sim of trade, mining, colonization, and real time combat. Explore a procedurally generated universe, strip mine asteroid fields, claim and fortify your own worlds, and climb through a galaxy of five rival factions. Play solo or with a friend in online co-op. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Wars 3033.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

90% User Score Based on 14,354 reviews

Avorion is a procedurally generated sci-fi sandbox where players start out at the edge of the galaxy and must find their way to its core. Players build their own ships, which they will use to explore the galaxy, trade and fight. Space ships are mainly of large scale, with crews, turrets and energy systems that you will have to manage. The galaxy gets more hostile, but also more rewarding the close… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Avorion.

Build a thriving island empire in this retro city-builder. Automate complex supply chains and shape your archipelago across singleplayer and 16-player multiplayer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Archipeo.

From a single colony to a galactic empire, every expansion strengthens your economy, your military and your influence as you battle for dominance in a persistent MMO galaxy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SolPlex: Dominion.

Kron Wars is a persistent browser-based sci-fi MMO where players trade, mine, build corporations, wage wars, hunt bounties, and control entire sectors across massive player-driven universes with dynamic economies and tactical space combat. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kron Wars.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

79% User Score Based on 276 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 2 reviews

Beyond Sol is a unique blend of action combat and grand strategy empire building in a dynamic open world. Collect resources, build your city, upgrade your ships, and cultivate relationships or wage wars with rival cities in your quest to dominate the solar system. Play singleplayer or multiplayer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beyond Sol.

A galaxy that doesn't wait for youA sprawling simulation that runs behind the scenes - tens of thousands of spaceships, hundreds of stations, many factions. Start with a single spaceship. What you build from it is up to you. You are one captain among thousands. Every ship you come across is flown by a simulated NPC who earns rank, holds grudges, takes their own actions and can be killed. Faction… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wayfallen.

Space is big. Really big. And nobody's going to hold your hand out here. Outer Empires drops you into a persistent, player-driven galaxy with nothing but a starter ship and whatever ambition you brought with you.  What you do next is up to you.  Run trade routes between stations.  Hunt pirates ... or become one.  Stake a claim on a colony and build it into a hub of commerce.  Form alliances and w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outer Empires 2.

Chart your course across a war-torn galaxy in Red Pearl Pirate, a unique blend of epic real-time space strategy and deep, turn-based galactic conquest. The legendary Red Pearl, an artifact of immense power, has been shattered. As the captain of the Red Pearl Pirates, you must scour the galaxy to find its fragments. This is your only hope to unite the free systems, build a corsair armada, and lead… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Red Pearl Pirates.

Begin with a single ship and a handful of coin. Buy low, sail far, sell high — then turn profit into power. Argosy is a deep maritime trading simulation where a living economy rewards the sharp-eyed and punishes the careless. There are no quests to hand you a fortune; there is only the sea, the market, and your judgement. Every price you see is the sum of a thousand small decisions — yours and ev… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Argosy.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

61% User Score Based on 102 reviews

Unending Galaxy is a unique space-sim in which you can fill any role from pirate or trader to the leader of a large galactic empire. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unending Galaxy.

A real-time multiplayer space trading game in a shared persistent galaxy. Haul cargo across a living player-driven galaxy, mine asteroids, colonize and industrialize planets, become a pirate (or a hunt them), or out-trade every other captain - solo or with your friends. PvP & PvE. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Trader Corps.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

97% User Score Based on 31 reviews

*STEAM DECK and PROTON users please note that a build is available in an accessible beta branch for testing This game is my homage to Trade Wars 2002, a text/ANSI graphic based multiplayer space-trading game from the '80s/90s that I've tried to recreate the core concept and look and feel faithfully without being an exact clone, and also inspired by the computer UI's from science-fiction films/T… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Warp to Sector One.

Astravek is a premium online space MMO set in a persistent galaxy under siege. Pay once, play forever — no subscription, no pay-to-win. Command your own ship, carve out a fortune among the stars, and defend the frontier of civilization against two existential threats: the machine collective known as the Omniphage and the ravenous alien hive-mind of the Morvian Brood.A Galaxy at War The year is 248… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astravek.

A fast-paced 4X galaxy you can actually finish. Expand by colonising and besieging rival worlds, wield government powers that bend the rules - freeze enemy fleets, sever hyperlanes, vanish into stealth - and race rivals to claim the galactic core. A grand-strategy empire in an evening, not a month. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Old Stars.

Build your own space empire in this epic 4X strategy game! Take control of a fleet of space ships and colonize the asteroid belt: a vast expanse of uncharted space. Explore the frontier, expand your infrastructure, and navigate diplomatic relations with your homeland, neutral factions, and opponents Expand without stop and achieve a technological marvel that will change the course of human hist… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gate Builders.

Galactic Tycoons is a free multiplayer browser game where you command your own industrial empire. Build bases across the galaxy, master complex production chains, and compete in a persistent, player-driven economy. Specialize, trade, and cooperate with other players to transform a single outpost into a thriving galactic enterprise. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Galactic Tycoons.

Enter the archipelagos of IZANAMI, an ocean world in a universe not unlike our own. Flotsam Front is a real-time naval strategy game set in the archipelagic world of IZANAMI, a land ravaged by war and man's own desires. Forge your own nation in this tumultuous realm, the very one you'll lead into glorious naval conquest. Design your fleets, organize your battalions, and take charge of a combined … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flotsam Front.

50%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

68% User Score Based on 25 reviews

Stardust Exile is an RTS set in the Milky Way galaxy, containing currently known stars and exoplanets with their real characteristics. The remaining star systems are procedurally generated. It has both online mode and single-player skirmish mode. The online server is persistent and single-shard. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stardust Exile.

The factories never stop. They build for whoever holds them. Helion Conflict is a real-time strategy game that removes everything that is not a decision. No base building, no resource management, no tech trees. Across the system stand factories, and every one of them builds without pause for whoever currently holds it. You do not gather resources - you take the enemy's production and point it bac… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Helion Conflict.

Imperium is a single-player 4X space strategy game about building a civilization among the stars. Begin with one colony and a single home star, then expand across a galaxy of alien worlds - researching exotic science, designing your own fleets, and bending rival empires to your will through diplomacy or open war. Every game generates a new galaxy, a new balance of power, and a new empire to call y… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Imperium.

Lead a kingdom in a real-time medieval fantasy grand strategy where the campaign world and battles unfold simultaneously. Command armies of up to 100,000 units while shaping your realm through diplomacy, kingdom management, research, and legendary heroes in single-player or campaign multiplayer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Magna Conquest.

BEYOND ORBIT A persistent-world space MMO built on three things: Exploration. Trade. Combat. Pick a side. Pick a ship. Find out where you fit. Beyond Orbit is a tab-target space MMO with real-time combat, where ship builds and group coordination matter more than twitch aim. Travel the galaxy through connected gate networks, take on missions, mine asteroid fields, and fight in cooperative PvE enc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beyond Orbit.

Forge Humanity's Foothold in an Alien GalaxyStep into the boots of a lone entrepreneur in a unique 2D top-down trading simulation where the vast, procedurally generated galaxy is your greatest challenge. You're not a conquering hero, but a vital pioneer, tasked with carving out humanity's very first economic foothold amidst ancient, powerful alien empires. This isn't about grand invasions or epic … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trade Anchor.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

91% User Score Based on 74 reviews

Run a Galactic Empire From the Command LineBegin with a single base and gradually transform it into an interstellar power. Colonize new worlds, construct fleets, organize supply lines, manipulate markets, train spies, raid rivals and build influence across a galaxy that continues developing in real time. Riftborne is a slow-burn sci-fi grand strategy game built around long term planning. Campaig… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Riftborne.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

84% User Score Based on 1,214 reviews

Critic Score 85%Based on 2 reviews

"You are outgunned. You are massively outnumbered. You must win." These are your orders. Humanity has already fought its war against the machines -- and lost. AI death squads stand watch over every planet and every wormhole, the few remaining human settlements are held captive in orbiting bubbles, and the AIs have turned their attention outward, away from the galaxy, to alien threats or opportuni… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AI War: Fleet Command.

Sci-fi fleet shooter: drag to fly, build your mothership, conquer the galaxy. Assemble a fleet, form a battle formation, and wage war. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HYPER TITAN.

-WELCOME TO THE STAR HEIR UNIVERSE- THE WAR ISN'T OVERStar Heir: Dark Crusade is a living space simulation set in the universe of the Star Heir, Star Heirs , and Star Heir Golden Age stories. The game takes place between Crusader King and The Star Throne — during a pivotal period in humanity's struggle against the Nephilim. The Alliance has survived. The Nephilim have not been defeated. Acros… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Heir: Dark Crusade.

The galaxy doesn't pause when you log off. Your mines dig, your research labs hum, your fleets fly - and somewhere out there, another commander is eyeing your planet. TON Wars is the classic browser space strategy you pulled all-nighters for, rebuilt for today: persistent, server-authoritative, and fair by design. ⛏ An empire that never sleepsDevelop mines, power plants and storage on your home… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TON Wars.

MODERN CRISIS is a classic-style real-time strategy game about modern warfare — built for anyone who misses the golden age of base-building RTS. Raise your headquarters. Send out your engineers. Build an army, and lead it to war. But every choice has a price. Your workers are scarce, and they're split across four resources — money, iron, oil and research. Every worker you send to the mines is a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to modern crisis.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

84% User Score Based on 5,805 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 6 reviews

Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sins of a Solar Empire II.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

82% User Score Based on 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.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

90% User Score Based on 390 reviews

The game is described as an RPG where you are the captain of a single ship traveling around a galaxy, populated by alien races and factions that are playing a 4X game. Factions will declare war on each other, sign treaties, and territories will constantly shift and change as the galaxy goes about their business, regardless- or because of- your intervention. Accept quests, negotiate with the vario… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drox Operative 2.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

77% User Score Based on 19,846 reviews

X4: FOUNDATIONS, the long awaited sequel in the successful X series, brings our most sophisticated universe SIMULATION ever. Fly every ship, EXPLORE space or manage an empire; TRADE, FIGHT, BUILD and THINK carefully, while you embark on an epic journey. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to X4: Foundations.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music

81% User Score Based on 1,082 reviews

All you have is a basic ship, barely fit for combat, with it you'll start your journey and empire. A space sandbox, inspired by the classics and standing on their shoulders. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Void Destroyer 2.

The TINY METAL series reaches its full potential in this land, sea, and air tactical battle simulation game! Produce your favorite units, capture territory, and fight for victory. 100+ Campaign and Skirmish mode maps. 15+ commanders. Report for duty, soldier! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TINY METAL 2.

Command territory directly in a real time strategy game with no squads to micromanage. Expand borders, connect supply roads, and break enemy lines with cavalry charges and naval landings. Features five historical campaigns, Skirmish, and online play. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Palisade.

Galactic ConflictCommand your empire in a real-time 4X strategy experience where every decision shapes the fate of the galaxy. Expand across star systems, exploit resources, build powerful fleets, and wage war against rival AI empires in a constantly evolving battlefield. Whether you dominate through expansion, strategy, or overwhelming force, only one empire will control the galaxy. Expand, Ex… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Galactic Conflict.

The stars are waiting. So are your enemies. In the tradition of the classic space strategy games that defined a genre, Shattered Spheres strips 4X empire-building back to what matters: exploration, tough decisions, and the slow satisfaction of watching your civilization reach across the galaxy. No sprawling planet micromanagement menus. No systems buried under systems. Just you, the stars, and w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shattered Spheres.

Out-bid, out-build, and out-smart your rivals to create the most profitable rail network in this real-time multiplayer strategy game. Think Ticket to Ride meets Power Grid, but live, cutthroat, and with a blind auction system that makes every session a fresh battle for railroad dominance.   Core Mechanics & Features: Single Player Campaign: Conquer a series of scenarios, outsmart a diverse… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rail Estate.

A drowned world you can never leave. Crash on it, jack into alien tech, and make your living cutting open salvage, fitting ships and undercutting rivals on a market players run. 390 islands are still unclaimed. Take one. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Praxion-7.

Stellar Shipyard is a space colony base builder sandbox, focused on constructing modular ships and stations that can connect and interact as a single unit. Build ships tile-by-tile, manage complex production chains, and watch your colony evolve from a small mining operation into a galactic empire. Face various threats, whether playing solo, with your friends, or against them as rival factions. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stellar Shipyard.

Join our Community About the GameYou are at the frontier of human-charted space in a small mining ship, tasked with expanding humanity's footprint amongst the stars. To succeed, you’ll need to collect resources, automate production, expand your base of operations, and research new technologies. You start out with a single mining ship in a resource-rich asteroid belt. Use your scanners t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Main Sequence.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

84% User Score Based on 1,978 reviews

The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build and command fleets of starships for epic space battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Executive Assault 2.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music

86% User Score Based on 158 reviews

BattleGroupVR2 is a virtual reality real-time space strategy where you explore the galaxy and lead a fleet of powerful warships from the bridge of your flagship. Explore, mine, trade, hunt. Grow your fleet, upgrade your ships, train your captains, and battle the enemy from the captain's chair. Explore Command ConquerTake command of your fleet in a vast galaxy where strategy, skill, and cunning det… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BattleGroupVR2.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

95% User Score Based on 150 reviews

Descend into the dark ages of space and take control of one of five Royal Houses vying for dominance in a universe on the brink of collapse. With 28 years of passionate community-driven evolution, Emperor of the Fading Suns returns with new features, modernized gameplay, and immersive visuals designed to expand on the already treasured strategy game as a part of the Enhanced Edition. This classic … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced.