Games like X4: Foundations
Looking for games like X4: Foundations? Here are top strategy recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with X3: Terran Conflict, Avorion or Starpoint Gemini 2.
1 85%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgrinding, stability84% User Score 2,104 reviewsCritic Score 90%1 reviewsIt is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms creates new tensions, mistrust and open conflict that need to be overcome! Experience the brilliant climax of the legendary X-Trilogy , and take your place in the history of the X Universe.
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90%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygrinding, stability90% User Score 14,354 reviewsAvorion 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…
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65%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgrinding, stability72% User Score 4,430 reviewsCritic Score 56%8 reviewsCaptain your own space ship and roam the galaxy in 3D in this tactical space simulator with tons of RPG depth ! Space has never looked so inviting - but images can betray...
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71%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability76% User Score 3,698 reviewsCritic Score 66%9 reviewsA unique blend of space sim, RPG and 4X games. Conduct research and construction in your own gigantic space station, command your war fleets and heroic companions to invade enemy territory, build up your stronghold, trade, mine, salvage and remind your enemies why they fear you.
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73%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsoptimization, music70% User Score 3,688 reviewsCritic Score 80%4 reviewsDistant 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…
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77%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, grinding76% User Score 94,098 reviewsCritic Score 79%31 reviewsTake control of your own starship in a cutthroat galaxy. Elite: Dangerous brings gaming’s original open world adventure into the modern generation with a connected galaxy, evolving narrative and the entirety of the Milky Way re-created at its full galactic proportions.
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80%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, grinding80% User Score 4,868 reviewsYour legacy is calling. Prepare yourself for fast-paced space combats. Take your ship, gird on your best gears and raise your new galactic empire.
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88%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, monetization88% User Score 1,702 reviewsClimb from your cryo-pod and enter the Void... Astrox Imperium is a space based rpg that offers familiar game play in an open-world universe. With tons of ships, upgrades, and options, being lost in space might just be fun.
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79%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storystability, optimization79% User Score 17,016 reviewsGet a great start into Empyrion - Galactic Survival with the Complete Edition! It includes the base game plus the Dark Faction DLC, where you must survive a terrible new threat to the galaxy.
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81%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsoptimization, music81% User Score 1,082 reviewsAll 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.
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