Games like Gemini Wars
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Take control of a fleet commander returned from exile, rise through the ranks of the United Space Federation forces and join an epic war across the stars.
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$9.99Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®
Nov 16 · Ironclad Games Corporation, Stardock Entertainment
Both: 4X · Real-Time · RTS
In Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity, you are the leader of a civilization embroiled in a galactic war, fighting for the survival of your entire race against relentless foes.
4XPvPPvEReal-TimeStrategyRTSSpace Sim3DBase BuildingSpace👍 687
$24.99Executive Assault 2
Oct 18 · Hesketh Studios Ltd
Both: RTS · Space Sim · Base Building
The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic 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.
RTSBuildingSpace SimStrategyBase BuildingSpaceReal-TimeFPSActionSingleplayer👍 1,604
$29.99StarDrive
Apr 26 · Zero Sum Games
Both: 4X · Space · RTS
As a space bear, human or any other race, venture forth into the galaxy, create custom ships, conquer new worlds, build new colonies and defend your very existence against those who would take what is yours.
Strategy4XSpaceIndieSci-fiRTSSingleplayerReal-TimeExploration👍 1,253
$29.99Star Trek: Infinite
Oct 12 · Nimble Giant Entertainment
Both: Grand Strategy · 4X · Space
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 grand strategy game.
Grand Strategy4XSpaceExplorationSandboxManagementRTSDiplomacyPvEPvP👍 3,031
$29.99Distant Worlds: Universe
May 23 · Code Force
Both: 4X · Space · Grand Strategy
Distant Worlds 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.
Strategy4XSpaceSci-fiSimulationGrand StrategySingleplayerReal-TimeRTSReal-Time with Pause👍 1,417
STAR WARS™ Rebellion
Mar 1 · Coolhand Interactive
Both: Grand Strategy · RTS · 4X
It is a time of great upheaval. The first Death Star has been destroyed, marking a major victory for the Rebellion. But the Empire remains strong. As commander, you must choose to take control of either the Rebel Alliance or the Galactic Empire. Your goal: complete domination of the galaxy.
StrategyGrand StrategySci-fiClassicRTS4X1990'sSingleplayerSpace👍 1,272
$7.99Star Ruler
Sep 20 · Blind Mind Studios
Both: Space · 4X · RTS
Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction in a procedurally generated 3D galaxy (with the option to flatten it) from 1 System to 10,000+! Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves)...
StrategyIndieSpace4XRTSSci-fiGrand StrategyGreat SoundtrackSingleplayerMultiplayer👍 261
$39.99Polaris Sector
Mar 22 · SoftWarWare
Both: 4X · Space · Grand Strategy
Can anyone build an empire in a place like this? Other factions are naturally suspicious of newcomers and may wage war at the first sign of unidentified craft. Here, a natural death is an uncommon luxury.
StrategySimulation4XSpaceReal-Time with PauseGrand StrategyReal Time TacticsResource ManagementReal-TimeSingleplayer👍 419
$49.99Stellaris
May 9 · Paradox Development Studio
Both: Space · Grand Strategy · 4X
Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.
SpaceStrategyGrand StrategySci-fi4XExplorationSandboxSimulationMultiplayerReal-Time with Pause👍 142,911
$9.99AI War: Fleet Command
Oct 21 · Arcen Games
Both: RTS · Space · 4X
"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...
StrategyRTSSpaceIndieSci-fiCo-op4XGrand StrategyDifficultTactical👍 993
$29.99NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
Feb 11 · Eridanus Industries
Both: Grand Strategy · War · RTS
Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.
StrategyGrand StrategyWarMilitarySimulationMultiplayerAlternate HistoryHistoricalTacticalRTS👍 4,074
$5.99StarFringe: Adversus
Jul 26 · Casualogic, Droid Riot
Both: RTS · Base Building · Space
This is the story about the beginning of the conquest of outer space by earthlings. It began as a global idea of saving mankind from hunger and lack of resources, and ended as a brutal and merciless war in space far from Earth.
StrategyRTSBase BuildingSpaceIndieAdventureActionExploration4XTop-Down Shooter👍 139
$4.99Solar War
Jan 6 · Snipefish Entertainment
Both: Grand Strategy · Space · 4X
A turn-based grand strategy game in space, set in the near future: Defend Earth against an alien invasion from the edge of the Solar System and expand your campaign to push them back to their base.
StrategyIndieGrand StrategySpaceTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based Tactics4XWargameSpace SimSpaceships
$24.99Creeper World 4
Dec 3 · Knuckle Cracker
Both: Wargame · RTS · Space
The unstoppable fluid enemy has returned and destroyed every world in its path! Defend against Creeper as it floods across the 3D terrain in this real time strategy game where the enemy is a fluid.
Tower DefenseReal Time TacticsWargameBuildingRTSSpaceStrategy3DPhysicsWar👍 4,554
$7.99Structura
May 6 · Binary Station Studio
Both: RTS · 4X · Space Sim
Structura is a rather unique sci-fi real-time strategy set in space. Its a hybrid of rts and fps, with emphasis on combat and survival. Build your economy for war, modify the unit by adding components, explore, expand, and survive the savage waves of enemy attacks.
StrategyRTS4XSpace SimGrand StrategyBase BuildingReal Time Tactics3DStylizedFuturistic
Outscape
Oct 22 · IDA Games
Both: RTS · Space · 4X
Outscape is everything you love about traditional strategy games, but places your empire within a vast online galaxy alongside other real players. Outscape rewards skillful long-term strategic gameplay with a brilliantly refreshing new take on the 4X genre.
StrategySci-fiOnline Co-OpRTSPvPSpaceExploration4XManagementEconomy👍 394
$9.99Interstellar Conquest
Feb 27 · GoldenGod Games
Both: 4X · Wargame
Take planets and assemble your fleet. The conquest of space is now, navigate through asteroid fields and hide in nebulas to outsmart your opponents. Experience the challenge of ion storms disrupting your ship's sensors and become the ultimate space fleet commander.
Strategy4XTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsWargame2DIsometricAtmosphericBuildingManagement
$39.99Galactic Civilizations IV
Oct 19 · Stardock Entertainment
Both: Space · Grand Strategy · 4X
Take command of a civilization that has just achieved faster-than-light travel in Galactic Civilizations IV, the newest entry in the award-winning space 4X strategy game series. Explore the galaxy, colonize worlds, shape cultures, make alliances, fight wars and pioneer new technologies.
SpaceGrand StrategySimulation4XStrategySci-fiExplorationSandboxMultiplayerTurn-Based Strategy👍 2,210
$9.99Earth 2160
Apr 1 · Reality Pump Studios
Both: Base Building · Space · RTS
After the destruction of the EARTH in 2150, the leaders of the Eurasian Dynasty escaped on board an evacuation fleet. Now they are fighting for the survival of the human species. Their base is one large building comprising of smaller variable parts.
Base BuildingSpaceRTSReal-TimeStrategyAction RPGPost-apocalypticHistoricalActionSimulation👍 755
$5.99Master of Orion 2
Feb 25 · SimTex
Both: 4X · Space
Forge an empire in a universe where population growth is stripping away planetary resources. Colonize unknown planets and trade with other races for their knowledge.
Strategy4XTurn-BasedSpaceSci-fiClassicTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerSingleplayerRetro👍 1,658
$29.99Horizon
Feb 6 · L3O Interactive
Both: Grand Strategy · Space · 4X
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 planets.
StrategyGrand StrategySpace4XSimulationSci-fiExplorationSandboxSingleplayerTurn-Based👍 377
-80%$0.79Space Empires III
Oct 8 · Malfador Machinations
Both: 4X · Base Building · Grand Strategy
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.
StrategyRetroTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based Tactics4XBase BuildingExplorationManagementGrand StrategySci-fi
$49.99X4: Foundations
Nov 30 · Egosoft
Both: Space · Space Sim · 4X
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore, trade, fight, and build as you rise to command fleets, stations, and entire economies in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to every decision.
SpaceSimulationOpen WorldSpace SimExplorationSandboxSci-fi4XStrategyEconomy👍 25,274
$24.99Master of Orion
Aug 25 · NGD Studios
Both: 4X · Space · Grand Strategy
The ascendant spacefaring 4X strategy game returns! A new chapter in the epic Master of Orion saga is poised to once again capture the imaginations of millions of gamers.
Strategy4XSpaceTurn-BasedSci-fiMultiplayerSingleplayerGrand StrategyClassicRemake👍 7,333
$49.99Sins of a Solar Empire II
Aug 15 · Ironclad Games Corporation, Stardock Entertainment
Both: Space · RTS · 4X
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.
SpaceStrategyRTS4XSingleplayerSci-fiMultiplayerTacticalCo-opPvE👍 7,158
$29.99Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
Nov 10 · Stardock Entertainment, Oxide Games
Both: RTS · Base Building
A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.
RTSBase BuildingReal Time TacticsPvPModdableStrategyOnline Co-OpSci-fiTranshumanismMilitary👍 2,705
$12.99Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
Sep 28 · Gas Powered Games
Both: RTS · Base Building · Grand Strategy
The last days of man are at hand.. Two years after the Infinite War the once great warring nations now lie in ruins, and humanity’s hope for a brighter future is nothing but a bitter memory. A new, seemingly unstoppable enemy, supported by the zealots of The Order, now seeks to eradicate mankind: UEF, Aeon Loyalist, and Cybran alike.
StrategyRTSSci-fiMultiplayerSingleplayerBase BuildingGrand StrategyCo-opModdableReal-Time with Pause👍 9,920
$14.99Mechabellum
Sep 26 · Game River
Both: Wargame · RTS
Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.
StrategyAuto BattlerMechsRobotsWargameTacticalPvPMultiplayerRTSTurn-Based Strategy👍 17,866
$29.99Galactic Civilizations III
May 14 · Stardock Entertainment
Both: 4X · Grand Strategy
Build a civilization that will stand the test of time in the largest space-based strategy game ever! Choose from dozens of unique races and make a name for yourself across the galaxy through diplomacy, espionage, technological advances, and more.
AliensSci-fi4XTurn-Based StrategySandbox3DGrand StrategyModdableHex GridPvE👍 8,337
$5.99Master of Orion 1
Feb 25 · SimTex
Both: 4X · Space
Forge an empire in a universe where population growth is stripping away planetary resources. Colonize unknown planets and trade with other races for their knowledge.
Strategy4XTurn-BasedSpaceClassicSci-fiSingleplayerTurn-Based Strategy2D1990's👍 441
$5.99STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga
Mar 1 · Ensemble Studios
Both: RTS · Base Building · Real-Time
Lead the great armies of the Star Wars™ Episode II: Attack of the Clones saga in intense real-time strategy clashes. Enter the fray as the Galactic Empire, Rebel Alliance, Wookies, Trade Federation, Gungans or Royal Naboo to determine the course of the Galactic Civil War.
StrategyRTSActionMultiplayerSingleplayerClassicSci-fiBase Building2DReal-Time👍 3,965
$29.99Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
Aug 18 · Planetary Annihilation Inc
Both: RTS · Base Building · War
Wage war across entire solar systems with massive armies at your command. Annihilate enemy forces with world-shattering TITAN-class units, and demolish planets with massive super weapons!
RTSStrategyReal Time TacticsBase BuildingMultiplayerSingleplayerSci-fiWarBuildingOnline Co-Op👍 11,401
$14.99Stellar Monarch
Dec 5 · Silver Lemur Games
Both: Grand Strategy · 4X · Space
Asymmetric space empire builder where you feel like the Emperor, not a logistics officer. No micromanagement, grand scale, fast paced, audiences, assassins, imperial court, disloyal admirals.
Grand Strategy4XTurn-BasedStrategySci-fiTurn-Based StrategySpaceSingleplayerDiplomacyManagement👍 207
$29.99Carrier Command 2
Aug 10 · Geometa
Both: War · RTS · Wargame
Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!
StrategySimulationWarRTSAdventureAction-AdventureExplorationWargameReal Time TacticsGrand Strategy👍 3,445
$9.99Earth 2150 Trilogy
Nov 1 · Reality Pump Studios
Both: RTS · Space · Base Building
Your heroes and your armies will need strong leadership to take them on a spellbinding odyssey that has everything a gamer’s heart could wish for breathtaking worlds in space, battles against cunning enemies and even downright treason from your own government faction - are you up to it?
StrategyRTSSci-fiClassicSpaceBase BuildingMultiplayerSingleplayer👍 452
FreeSUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 3
Mar 15 · Dorado Games
Both: Wargame · Grand Strategy · RTS
This Long Term Strategy Game lets you take control of the armed forces of your nation. Become responsible for its military expansion, technological research and economic development. Form alliances and wage total war for global dominance on the battlefields of World War 3.
StrategyFree to PlayWargameGrand StrategyMassively MultiplayerSimulationIndieRTSDiplomacyBase Building
$19.99Star Trek: Starfleet Command Gold Edition
Nov 22 · Interplay Entertainment Corp.
Both: Space · Real-Time · Space Sim
Dozens of missions & more than 50 ship designs put you in the captain’s chair for an amazing real-time space combat experience commanding ships from the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, the Hydran Kingdom, the Gorn Confederation or the Lyran Star Empire!
StrategySimulationActionSpaceSci-fiReal Time TacticsReal-TimeSpace SimSoftwareSolitaire👍 211
-80%$2.99Space Empires V
Oct 16 · Malfador Machinations
Both: 4X · Space
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 effects. Expand, Explore, Exploit, and Exterminate in a huge living breathing galaxy.
Strategy4XSpaceTurn-BasedSci-fiSingleplayerTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayer👍 423
$12.99Supreme Commander
Sep 28 · Gas Powered Games
Both: RTS · Base Building · Real-Time
For a thousand years, three opposing forces have waged war for what they believe is true. There can be no room for compromise: their way is the only way. Dubbed The Infinite War, this devastating conflict has taken its toll on a once-peaceful galaxy and has only served to deepen the hatred between the factions.
StrategyRTSSci-fiMultiplayerBase BuildingReal-TimeCo-opReal-Time with PauseSingleplayerRobots👍 2,325
$59.99Homeworld 3
May 13 · Blackbird Interactive
Both: Space · RTS
Tactical, beautiful, and wholly unique, the GOTY-winning sci-fi RTS returns with Homeworld 3. Assume control and battle through fleet combat in dazzling, fully 3D space while the award-winning story unfolds on a galactic scale.
SpaceRTSStrategySci-fiStory RichSingleplayerMultiplayerTacticalCo-opRoguelike👍 5,438
$9.99ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
Jul 4 · AMPLITUDE Studios
Both: 4X · Space
ENDLESS Space™ is a turn-based 4X strategy game, covering the space colonization age in the ENDLESS Universe™, where you can control every aspect of your civilization as you strive for galactic domination.
Strategy4XSpaceSci-fiTurn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedMultiplayerSingleplayerIndieExploration👍 6,626
$19.99The Last Federation
Apr 18 · Arcen Games
Both: Space · 4X · Grand Strategy
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.
StrategySpaceSimulationIndieTurn-Based4XSci-fiGrand StrategyReal-Time with PauseTactical👍 380
Starfall Online
Feb 20 · Snowforged Entertainment
Both: RTS · Space
Starfall Online is a real-time multiplayer strategy mixed with wargame. Three rival factions — Deprived, Vanguard and Eclipse rule the world, and you are to become the part of the confrontation between them. Gather your own fleet and embark on a journey through the Galaxy!
RPGMassively MultiplayerStrategyFree to PlayRTSSpace
$3.99Void Destroyer
Jan 20 · Iteration 11
Both: Space · RTS · Space Sim
Combining the best of space combat and real time strategy. Victory can be tactical, a dogfight or capital ship slugging match - depending on how you decide to achieve it. Space combat on a RTS scale with space sim savagery.
StrategySimulationActionSpaceAdventureIndieSci-fiRTSSpace SimSingleplayer👍 268
$19.99Armada 2526 Gold Edition
Feb 28 · Ntronium Games
Both: 4X · Space
Conquer the Galaxy In This ‘4x’ Strategy Game. Lead one of 18 different alien races to become a mighty pan-galactic empire. Manage your colonies, deploy your fleets and conduct research. Plot your strategy and turn your planets into mighty bastions.
StrategyIndie4XTurn-Based StrategySpaceSci-fi
-80%$7.99Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III
Apr 27 · Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Both: RTS · Base Building · War
Step into a brutal battle between three warring factions In Dawn of War III you will have no choice but to face your foes when a catastrophic weapon is found on the mysterious world of Acheron.
StrategyRTSSci-fiMultiplayerActionMOBABase BuildingSingleplayerGoreWar👍 14,439







