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286 games like StarDrive · 1990 – 2024

  • Why 88Form.72World.34Curated.54Lists1.004x · Strategy · Often paired · Also in 4X games

    Code Force · Windows

    4XStrategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)Bird view / Isometric

    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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  • Why 84Form.79World.26Curated.28Lists1.004x · Indie · Also in 4X games

    4XIndieScienceStrategyScience fiction

    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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  • Why 84Form.72World1.00Curated.11Lists1.004x · Indie · Described alike · Same studio

    Linux, Windows, macOS

    4XIndieStrategyScience 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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  • Why 83Form.25World.25Curated.86Lists.00Indie · Real-time strategy · Often paired

    Maia

    2013

    Simon Roth · Linux, Windows, macOS

    IndieReal-time strategyScienceStrategyScience fiction

    Maia is space colony building simulator from independent developer Simon Roth. Guide your colonists as they make planetfall on a hostile alien world and do your best to ensure their survival and safety.

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  • Why 82Form.50World.43Curated.62Lists.00Indie · Real-time strategy · Often paired

    Windows

    IndieReal-time strategyStrategyScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    A starship builder perfect for fans of games like FTL, Starsector, SPAZ, Space Engineers, Escape Velocity, Avorion, and more. Design awesome starships using intuitive ship creation tools that are easy to learn but hard to master. Fully cus

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  • Why 82Form.26World.19Curated.84Lists.00Indie · Real-time strategy · Often paired

    5 Lives Studios · Linux, Windows, macOS

    IndieReal-time strategyScienceStrategyAction

    Satellite Reign is a real-time, class-based strategy game. You control a team of four agents, each with distinct and unique abilities, collectively battling for control of a simulated, living cyberpunk city. Customise your team with the st

    81 rating2 lists15 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 80Form.28World.00Curated.86Lists.00Indie · Real-time strategy · Often paired

    Linux, Windows, macOS

    IndieReal-time strategyStrategyBird view / IsometricSimulation

    Lead your Ant Colony to Dominance! Empires of the Undergrowth is an ant colony management game, in a fast-paced real-time strategy style. The player excavates their nest underground, constructing tunnels and chambers to store food and rais

    78 rating2 lists17 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 76Form.85World.25Curated.40Lists1.004x · Real-time strategy · Also in 4X games

    Heliotrope Studios · Windows, macOS

    4XReal-time strategyStrategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)

    This is a Spacial Estrategy game, a mix between Master of Orion and Imperium Galactica. You can be one of many races, each with advantages and disadvantages. The whole game is very customizable, from allowing you to customize galaxy size to

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  • Why 75Form.85World.25Curated.38Lists.004x · Real-time strategy

    Heliotrope Studios · Windows, macOS

    4XReal-time strategyStrategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)

    This is a Spacial Estrategy game, a mix between Master of Orion and Imperium Galactica. You can be one of many races, each with advantages and disadvantages. The whole game is very customizable, from allowing you to customize galaxy size to

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  • Why 75Form.62World.48Curated.26Lists.784x · Science · Also in 4X games

    Firaxis Games · Windows, iOS, macOS

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

    Sid Meier’s Starships challenges players to build a planetary federation by exploring the galaxy, expanding its influence and domain, researching futuristic technologies and engaging in deep, turn-based tactical space combat with an armada

    67 rating5 lists5 h main story4x

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  • Why 74Form.16World.00Curated.86Lists.00Real-time strategy · Strategy · Often paired

    Windows, macOS

    Real-time strategyStrategyCrossoverCameo appearanceWerewolves

    Hex Heroes is a multiplayer party-based RTS.

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  • Why 74Form.54World.29Curated.42Lists.00Real-time strategy · Science

    Real-time strategyScienceStrategyActionScience fiction

    In 2032 an Earth that knows only peace is forced to relearn the art of war. Twenty years have passed since the population of Earth did a fine job of destroying nearly everything in one final struggle for power by the politicians and milita

    63 rating2 lists13 h main story

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  • Why 74Form.64World.25Curated.15Lists.664x · Real-time strategy · Also in 4X games

    Digital Reality · Android, Linux, Windows +1

    4XReal-time strategyScienceStrategyScience fiction

    Imperium Galactica II: Alliances is a real-time game featuring aspects of RTT, RTS and empire-building computer games from the Hungarian-based studio Digital Reality. It is the sequel to Digital Reality's previous game, Imperium Galactica.

    80 rating3 lists19 h main story4x

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  • Why 74Form.48World.25Curated.36Lists.784x · Strategy · Also in 4X games

    Proxy Studios · Linux, Windows, macOS

    4XStrategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)Simulation

    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

    50 rating2 lists30 h main story4x

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  • Why 70Form.53World.31Curated.26Lists.00Real-time strategy · Science

    Real-time strategyScienceStrategyScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Three thousand years in the future, mankind has carved a bloody path towards domination of the known universe. Self-proclaimed as a divine race and beyond reproach as a species, they view all alien races as inferior. With fleets of organic

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  • Why 70Form.54World.28Curated.12Lists1.004x · Indie · Also in 4X games

    Linux, Windows

    4XIndieReal-time strategyStrategyScience fiction

    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.

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  • Why 69Form.45World.49Curated.15Lists.784x · Indie · Also in 4X games

    Windows

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

    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

    65 rating2 lists6 h main story4x

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  • Why 69Form.36World.58Curated.20Lists.644x · Real-time strategy · Also in 4X games

    Kerberos Productions · Windows

    4XReal-time strategyStrategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)

    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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  • Why 69Form.38World.25Curated.53Lists.00Real-time strategy · Strategy · Often paired

    Slitherine · Windows

    Real-time strategyStrategyActionScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance is a gritty RTS that puts you in the middle of the Future Wars between humanity and Legion's synthetic intelligent machine network. Take command and lead your army to foil Legion's plan to destroy humanity o

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  • Why 68Form.46World.52Curated.11Lists.644x · Real-time strategy · Also in 4X games

    Ntronium Games · Windows

    4XReal-time strategyStrategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)

    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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  • Why 65Form.47World.51Curated.20Lists.784x · Strategy · Also in 4X games

    Windows

    4XStrategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)Bird view / Isometric

    Explore the galaxy, discover and colonize new planets to acquire enough resources. Design your ships, choosing from different hulls, weapons, shields, and several devices. Once you advance with technologies, new systems will be available, a

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  • Why 65Form.46World.50Curated.18Lists.694x · Real-time strategy · Also in 4X games

    Development Studio · Linux, PS4, PS5 +4

    4XReal-time strategyScienceStrategyScience fiction

    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

    78 rating8 lists32 h main story4x

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  • Why 64Form.58World.44Curated.10Lists1.004x · Strategy · Also in 4X games

    Stardock · Windows

    4XStrategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)Turn-based strategy

    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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  • Xbox console exclusiveWhy 62Form.49World.25Curated.20Lists.814x · Real-time strategy · Also in 4X games

    Shiro Games · Windows, Xbox Series

    4XReal-time strategyStrategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)

    Dune: Spice Wars is a real-time strategy game with 4X elements, from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance

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  • Why 62Form.30World.25Curated.27Lists.00Indie · Real-time strategy

    Digital Reality · Android, Windows, macOS

    IndieReal-time strategyScienceStrategyAction

    From the makers of the award-winning Imperium Galactica 1 and 2 games, discover a powerful space-opera like RTS game.



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  • Why 61Form.65World.00Curated.12Lists1.004x · Indie · Also in 4X games

    Shining Pixel Studios · Windows

    4XIndieStrategyBird view / IsometricSimulation

    Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies

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  • Why 60Form.28World.45Curated.14Lists.784x · Strategy · Also in 4X games

    Malfador Machinations · Windows

    4XStrategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)Simulation

    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

    58 rating2 lists10 h main story4x

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  • Why 60Form.78World.12Curated.00Lists1.004x · Indie · Also in 4X games

    Blue Wizard Digital · Linux, Windows, macOS

    4XIndieStrategy

    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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  • Why 60Form.18World.19Curated.38Lists.00Real-time strategy · Strategy

    Nimble Giant Entertainment · Windows, macOS

    Real-time strategyStrategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)Bird view / Isometric

    Star Trek: Infinite is a grand strategy experience that lets you play your own Star Trek story as the leader of one of four major factions in the galaxy. Follow the specially crafted story or blaze your own trail in the first Star Trek gran

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  • Why 59Form.45World.34Curated.16Lists.814x · Real-time strategy · Also in 4X games

    Petroglyph Games · Windows, macOS

    4XReal-time strategyStrategyActionScience fiction

    From the lives of soldiers to the deaths of planets, you are the supreme galactic commander. It is a time of galactic civil war. Take up the reins of the Rebellion or assume control for the Empire. Whichever you choose, it will be up to YO

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  • Why 58Form.12World.08Curated.60Lists.00Indie · Real-time strategy · Often paired

    Godus

    2013

    22Cans · Android, Windows, iOS +1

    IndieReal-time strategyStrategy4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)Bird view / Isometric

    Godus is a god simulation game developed by 22cans where players take on the role of a god, guiding a tribe of followers through various challenges as they expand their civilization. The game features elements of resource management, city-b

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  • Why 58Form.43World.38Curated.28Lists.00Science · Strategy

    New World Computing · FM Towns, MS-DOS, Windows +1

    ScienceStrategyScience fictionBird view / IsometricAdventure

    The discovery of an alien craft entering our solar system causes quite a stir. When the small craft is accidentally fired upon, it creates a strange electromagnetic effect that envelops the Earth, causing it to disappear. While its gravity

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  • Why 58Form.39World.25Curated.20Lists.784x · Strategy · Also in 4X games

    4XStrategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)Bird view / Isometric

    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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  • Why 58Form.36World.55Curated.00Lists1.004x · Indie · Also in 4X games

    Blind Mind Studios · Linux, Windows

    4XIndieReal-time strategyStrategyScience fiction

    Star Ruler is a large scale, real-time grand strategy set in space. Design, build, and take control of potentially thousands of ships, and expand the reach of your empire across the entire galaxy. Research new technologies, capture enemy ve

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  • Why 57Form.53World.17Curated.20Lists.00Real-time strategy · Science

    Windows

    Real-time strategyScienceStrategyActionScience fiction

    Submarine Titans is a real-time strategy video game that takes place in the year 2115 after a comet has struck Earth, driving two human factions, the militant White Sharks and the scientific Black Octopi, to establish underwater bases and f

    73 rating1 list20 h main story

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  • Why 56Form.30World.25Curated.42Lists.00Real-time strategy · Strategy

    Windows

    Real-time strategyStrategyScience fictionBird view / Isometric3d

    Arena Wars is a completely new kind of 3D Real Time Strategy game, combining the gameplay principles and interface from RTS games with the fast pace of action-based shooters. Arena Wars is a single and multiplayer game. Multiplayer support

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 56Form.05World.00Curated.63Lists.00Strategy · Often paired

    Jason Rohrer · Nintendo DS

    StrategyTurn-based strategyManagementEspionageBribery

    A turn based strategy game funded via Kickstarter and released in 2012. Distribution was limited to Kickstarter backers and the website of the developer himself.

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  • Why 56Form.37World.27Curated.20Lists.814x · Real-time strategy · Also in 4X games

    Gremlin Interactive · Linux, MS-DOS, Windows

    4XReal-time strategyScienceStrategyScience fiction

    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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  • Why 56Form.35World.48Curated.14Lists.784x · Science · Also in 4X games

    Stardock · Windows

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

    Galactic Civilizations is a space based strategy game in which you are in control of humanity's destiny. The year is 2178, the Terran Alliance has invented a new technology -- Hyperdrive. But the secret has leaked to the other civilizations

    75 rating2 lists10 h main story4x

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  • Why 56Form.91World.25Curated.00Lists.814x · Real-time strategy · Also in 4X games

    K240

    1994

    Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS

    4XReal-time strategyScienceStrategyScience fiction

    A space-based resource management game, loosely a sequel to the earlier Utopia. You start building your community on an asteroid, whose natural resources must be mined and put to use. You must use generators to power the mines and their au

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  • Why 56Form.28World.25Curated.28Lists.00Indie · Real-time strategy

    Isotope 244 · Android, Windows, iOS +1

    IndieReal-time strategyStrategyActionScience fiction

    Real time strategy game featuring over 130 different types of units and technologies, 21 campaign missions with characters and an intriguing story, unlimited random map skirmishes with many customizable settings, network multiplayer to chal

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  • Why 56Form.83World.56Curated.00Lists1.004x · Science · Also in 4X games

    4XScienceStrategyScience fiction

    Starships Unlimited is a 4X real-time strategy game series. Unlike other 4X games, Starships Unlimited puts greater emphasis on starships than on colonies. The series was developed by Andrew Ewanchyna of ApeZone. The game allows players to

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  • Why 55Form.55World.19Curated.00Lists1.004x · Indie · Also in 4X games

    Windows

    4XIndieScienceStrategySpace 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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  • Why 55Form.53World.13Curated.22Lists.00Indie · Real-time strategy

    Windows, macOS

    IndieReal-time strategyScienceStrategyScience fiction

    Prismata is a turn-based strategy game made by Lunarch Studios. It borrows familiar elements from RTS games, CCGs, tabletop strategy games, and combines them in a simple but innovative way.

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 55Form.49World.45Curated.20Lists1.004x · Strategy · Also in 4X games

    Toys for Bob · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 +6

    4XActionStrategyScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Star Control is a science-fiction wargame which pits the forces of The Alliance of Free Stars against those of the predatory Ur-Quan Hierarchy. The game is designed so that you can ease into play, familiarizing yourself with menus, options,

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  • Why 54Form.43World.25Curated.05Lists.784x · Science · Also in 4X games

    Windows, macOS

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

    In Endless Space you play the role of the leader of one of the many intelligent beings of a galaxy at the beginning of the space age. Very quickly, you discover the remnants of an older civilization. That civilization called themselves the

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  • Why 53Form.65World.13Curated.00Lists.784x · Real-time strategy · Also in 4X games

    Triumph Studios · PS5, Windows, Xbox Series

    4XReal-time strategyStrategy4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)Bird view / Isometric

    Rule a fantasy realm of your own design in Age of Wonders 4! Explore new magical realms in Age of Wonders’ signature blend of 4X strategy and turn-based tactical combat. Control a faction that grows and changes as you expand your empire wit

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  • Why 53Form.28World.25Curated.26Lists.00Indie · Real-time strategy

    Double Fine · Linux, Windows, macOS

    IndieReal-time strategyStrategyScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's d

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