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4XStrategyTurn-based strategyTurn-basedVoxel

Experience first-hand the challenges of leading one of 16 different races into unequalled galactic supremacy and face a universe of decisions. Set policies, explore, build, declare war, negotiate - put all these elements into motion to guar

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Galactic Civilizations III is the largest strategy sandbox ever made. Start with a single world and expand across the galaxy through diplomacy, trade, cultural hegemony or military conquest in this single-player or multiplayer 4X strategy g

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Humankind is a historical strategy game where you will re-write the entire narrative of humankind, a convergence of culture, history, and values that allows you to create a civilization that is as unique as you are. How far will you push hu

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The New World lies before you with all its peril, promise and infinite possibility. Your colonists anxiously follow you to shore. The treasures of an entire continent await you. Finally, the much-anticipated follow-up to Civilization is he

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4XStrategyTurn-based strategyTurn-basedSpaceship

This galaxy is ancient, and its first intelligent life was the civilization we call the Endless. Long before our eyes gazed upon the stars they flew between them, though all that remains of this people is what we call Dust. A substance foun

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Freeciv is free and open-source world domination strategy game along the lines of Sid Meier's Civilization I and II.

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4XStrategySpace strategyMilitarySpaceship

Sins of a Solar Empire is a 2008 science fiction real-time strategy computer game developed by Ironclad Games and published by Stardock Entertainment for Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is a real-time strategy (RTS) game that incorp

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SimulationStrategyTurn-based strategyTurn-basedMilitary

Freeciv is free and open-source world domination strategy game along the lines of Sid Meier's Civilization I and II.

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4XStrategyTurn-based strategyTurn-basedSpaceship

Stars in Shadow is a turn-based 4X strategy game and a vivid tribute to the genre classics. Compete with alien factions to explore and colonize nearby starsystems, build fleets to defend against rivals, negotiate or conquer them. Win by uni

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4XSimulationStrategySpaceshipManagement

From Single Cell to Galactic God, evolve your creature in a universe of your own creations. Play through Spore's five evolutionary stages: Cell, Creature, Tribe, Civilization, and Space. Each stage has its own unique style, challenges, and

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4XStrategyTurn-based strategyTurn-basedManagement

Prepare to accept history's greatest challenge - build the world's most powerful empire over a span of 6,300 years, reaching from primitive history to the future realms of science-fiction. Take your place beside history's greatest leaders a

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4XSimulationStrategySpaceshipNuclear bomb

We are in the year 2300. The Galactic Empire, formed by the human species in the known universe, eventually split into numerous factions, seven alien races and two empires of renegade humans. One of the most dangerous, the Darglans threaten

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Space Empires V is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. This new chapter completely updates the UI and takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe. Watch space battles played out in glorious detail and realistic effect

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It is the year 2405, and human scientists have discovered a new technology, the Node Drive. This is an innovation that will finally allow travel from star to star at speeds faster than light. As mankind is poised on the brink of a new era

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SimulationStrategyPoliticsTurn-basedMilitary

Republic: The Revolution is a computer game produced by Elixir Studios, founded by Demis Hassabis , a former programmer of Lionhead Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. It has since been released for the Mac OS X by Feral Interactive

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4XSimulationStrategyTurn-based strategyTurn-based

Horizon is a turn-based space strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which you are in control of humanity’s destiny. You will explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover alien artifacts hidden on long-abandoned plane

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The ancient Messari return to Pandora with all their might, deploying portals and terrifying ion storms. From these portals come forces never before seen by mankind, and an infestation spreads across Pandora. The strongest factions are the

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4XStrategyTurn-based strategyManagementTech trees

Guide one of 12 races on their first interstellar journey from a single planet, until it becomes a mighty pan-galactic empire. From the Star Map you must manage your empire, deploy your fleets and conduct research, diplomacy and trade. Plot

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4XStrategyTurn-based strategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)

Lords of the Black Sun is an epic, complex, dense, turn-based 4X PC strategy game, set in deep space. Take command of one race to join the struggle for supremacy in the galaxy. As the leader of your empire you are tasked with exploring the

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4XStrategyTurn-based strategyTurn-basedMilitary

Eador is a universe made of countless shards of land drifting in the Great Nothing. Each of the shards is a little world unto itself, with geography and denizens of its own. The power over the shards is bitterly contested by Masters, the im

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4XStrategyTurn-based strategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)

StarDrive 2 is a 4X Turn Based Strategy game built in the classic style of the singular and incredible Master of Orion 2. In StarDrive 2 you will explore a vibrant galaxy filled with danger and intrigue in a deep turn-based strategy layer.

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4XSimulationStrategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)

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

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4XSimulationStrategyTurn-based strategyScience fiction

Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders and Overlord series, bringing all the exciting tactical-turn based combat and in-depth 4X empire building of its p

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4XStrategyTurn-based strategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)

As the all-powerful leader of a spacefaring civilization, you must seek out new star systems and discover the exciting potential of the subspace realm. There are thousands of worlds to colonize and dozens of civilizations - both old and new

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4XSimulationStrategyTurn-based strategy4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)

The Battle of Polytopia is an award-winning turn-based strategy game about building a civilization and going into battle. With millions of players, it has quickly become one of the most popular mobile strategy games. Choose one of many tri

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4XStrategyTurn-based strategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet's resources. In the first 4X turn-based strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 y

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4XSimulationStrategyTurn-based strategyDiplomacy

Old World is an epic, historical turn-based strategy game. Set in the classical era, Old World gives players the chance to not just build an empire but to found the greatest dynasty of its age.

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SimulationStrategyTurn-based strategyTurn-basedMilitary

The New World lies before you with all its peril, promise and infinite possibility. Your colonists anxiously follow you to shore. The treasures of an entire continent await you. Finally, the much-anticipated follow-up to Civilization is he

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4XStrategyTurn-based strategySpaceshipScience fiction

The third game within the Space Empires series brings the dawn of a new age of exploration. Your race keeps running through the fabric of space and moves to other solar systems beyond your own.

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4XStrategyTurn-based strategyDiplomacy4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)

Research and master dozens of spells, conjure powerful enchantments and discover awesome spell combinations. Command an expansive range of units, all with unique abilities. Engage in epic battles with large armies marching across the landsc

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SimulationStrategyEconomyTech treesScience fiction

"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 remain

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4XSimulationStrategySpace strategySpaceship

A 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

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SimulationStrategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)Bird view / Isometric

In Anno 2205, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you

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SimulationStrategyTurn-based strategyTurn-basedMilitary

Have you ever asked yourself what a classic turn-based strategy game like „Battle Isle“ or „Panzer General“ would look like today? What modern technology and graphics would add to such a game? Well, we actually did and as a result we decide

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4XStrategyTurn-based strategy4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)Bird view / Isometric

Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.

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4XSimulationStrategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)

Stellaris is a real-time 4X grand strategy game set in a procedurally generated galaxy. Players control an interstellar civilization, exploring star systems connected by hyperlane networks, colonizing habitable worlds, and managing their em

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SimulationStrategyTurn-based strategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)

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, deter

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SimulationStrategyPoliticsMilitaryManagement

Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century.

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StrategyTurn-based strategyTurn-basedScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)

In Deadlock, an intense turn-based strategic simulation, seven races colonize a virgin planet, but only one will survive. Build your province’s structures. Conduct research to advance your race. Devise the perfect strategy of diplomacy, int

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In Dominions 5 you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to huge titans or large monuments. Dominions is a deep 4x turn based str

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StrategyTurn-based strategyTurn-basedReligionDiplomacy

Empire: Total War introduces a host of revolutionary new features, including true 3D naval combat. For the first time in the Total War series, you will be able to intuitively command single ships or vast fleets upon seascapes rich with extr

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4XSimulationStrategySpaceshipManagement

Assemble your fleets, fill your silos with nuclear warheads, conduct research, gather resources, and wage war in a vast galaxy in this unique take on 4X Strategy. Appoint Colony Supervisors to manage your colony and deploy Spy Satellites fo

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4XStrategyIndieScienceSpace opera

A sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game where you lead the fate of one of several factions divided between three races. Explore new worlds and new star systems filled with exciting secrets as well as new dangers. Build new cities, expand your

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Terrorize the galaxy for fun and profit! Space Tyrant is a fast-paced roguelike-lite 5X game set in a grimly grimdark future of eternal war. Build a terrifying space fleet, make enemies and disintegrate peaceful extraterrestrials in your re

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Stronghold Crusader 2 is the long awaited sequel to Stronghold: Crusader, the original 'castle sim'. After 12 years Stronghold returns to the deserts of the Middle East circa 1189, with a new 3D engine and realistic castle destruction power

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Civilization: Call to Power is a turn-based empire building game. The players start a civilization in the stone age and lead them to the future through science, diplomacy, war, trade, and other actions. Eventually, the player will be buildi

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StrategyVoxelNuclear bombTech treesScience fiction

The Soviets are back and this time they’re on American soil. Fight for the red, white, and blue – or just the red. But be careful – the mystical madman Yuri, with his mysterious mind-control technology, is readying his army for a shot at wo

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SimulationStrategyEconomyScience fictionBird view / Isometric

Offworld Trading Company is a real-time strategy game in which money, not firepower, is the player's weapon. Players lead their developing companies in cutthroat economic warfare against other companies looking to become the dominant econom

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