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Take command of humanity’s last survivors and rebuild an empire in the stars. In this immersive turn-based strategy game, you will have to fight to protect your people, control rival factions, and unlock lost technology.
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-50%$19.99Terra Invicta
Jan 5 · Pavonis Interactive
Both: Grand Strategy · 4X · Economy
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
StrategyGrand StrategySimulation4XEconomyWarHistoricalTurn-Based StrategyTacticalManagement👍 9,064
$14.99Stellar Monarch
Dec 5 · Silver Lemur Games
Both: Grand Strategy · 4X · Sci-fi
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
$29.99Galactic Civilizations III
May 14 · Stardock Entertainment
Both: Sci-fi · 4X · Turn-Based 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
$30.99Star Dynasties
Sep 1 · Pawley Games
Both: Sci-fi · Turn-Based Strategy · Grand Strategy
Take the reins of a feudal dynasty in a divided galaxy following the destruction of earth. Star Dynasties is a turn based, procedurally generated narrative of human drama and personal politics, mixed with a light empire management layer. Your choices. Your legacy.
RPGSci-fiTurn-Based StrategyGrand StrategyStrategy RPGDiplomacyProcedural GenerationStrategyChoices MatterManagement👍 421
$39.99Galactic Civilizations IV
Oct 19 · Stardock Entertainment
Both: Grand Strategy · 4X · Sci-fi
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
$49.99Stellaris
May 9 · Paradox Development Studio
Both: Grand Strategy · Sci-fi · 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
$9.99Interstellar Conquest
Feb 27 · GoldenGod Games
Both: 4X · Turn-Based Strategy · Building
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
$29.99Sid Meier's Civilization® V
Sep 21 · Firaxis Games, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux)
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · 4X · Grand Strategy
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Turn-Based StrategyStrategyTurn-BasedMultiplayerHistorical4XAddictiveSingleplayerHex GridGrand Strategy👍 128,211
$24.99Stars in Shadow
Jan 19 · Ashdar Games
Both: 4X · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Combat
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 unifying the galaxy, through diplomacy or force.
Strategy4XIndieTurn-Based StrategySpaceTurn-Based CombatSci-fiTurn-BasedTurn-Based Tactics👍 734
$4.99Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition
Aug 14 · Stardock Entertainment
Both: 4X · Grand Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy
Galactic Civilizations is a space based strategy game in which you are in control of humanity's destiny.
4XGrand StrategyTurn-BasedStrategyPvEDifficultTurn-Based Strategy2DSandboxTop-Down👍 139
$5.99Master of Orion 2
Feb 25 · SimTex
Both: 4X · Sci-fi · Turn-Based Strategy
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
$29.99Interstellar Space: Genesis
Jul 25 · Praxis Games
Both: 4X · Sci-fi · Turn-Based Strategy
Interstellar Space: Genesis is a turn-based space 4X strategy game in which you attempt to build a thriving galactic empire. Discover mysteries among the stars, colonize worlds, and engage enemies in tactical turn-based combat on your journey to becoming the ruler of the galaxy!
StrategyIndie4XSci-fiSpaceTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyExplorationSingleplayerTurn-Based Tactics👍 712
$29.99Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Aug 6 · Triumph Studios
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · 4X · Sci-fi
Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.
StrategyTurn-Based Strategy4XSci-fiCharacter CustomizationTurn-BasedEconomyManagementDinosaursTactical👍 4,758
$39.99ENDLESS Space™ 2
May 18 · AMPLITUDE Studios
Both: Sci-fi · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
ENDLESS Space™ 2 is a Strategic Space Opera, featuring the compelling “just one more turn” gameplay, set in the mysterious ENDLESS Universe™. As the leader of your civilization, will you impose your vision and build the greatest stellar empire?
StrategySpaceSci-fi4XTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerTurn-BasedGrand StrategyGreat SoundtrackSingleplayer👍 17,284
Outscape
Oct 22 · IDA Games
Both: Sci-fi · 4X · Management
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
$9.99Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
Dec 2 · Stardock Entertainment
Both: 4X · Grand Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy
Get the complete GalCiv II saga including Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, the expansion pack Dark Avatar, and the newest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor!
4XGrand StrategyTurn-BasedTurn-Based Strategy3DStrategyTop-DownBase BuildingSandboxSci-fi👍 954
-80%$0.79Space Empires III
Oct 8 · Malfador Machinations
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · 4X · Management
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
$29.99Revival: Recolonization
Apr 11 · HeroCraft PC
Both: 4X · Grand Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy
Set in a post-apoc version of Earth, Revival is a 4x strategy game where the world and its rules can change at key moments, creating a deep and highly replayable experience.
4XGrand StrategyTurn-Based StrategyHex GridStrategyFuturisticEconomyTurn-BasedTacticalSci-fi👍 335
$7.99Star Ruler
Sep 20 · Blind Mind Studios
Both: 4X · Sci-fi · Grand Strategy
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
-60%$13.99Dune: Spice Wars
Sep 14 · Shiro Games
Both: Management · Sci-fi · 4X
A 4X real-time strategy game 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 over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.
ManagementSingleplayerSci-fiRTSStrategy4XGrand StrategySimulationReal Time TacticsBuilding👍 11,562
-75%$7.49ENDLESS Legend™
Sep 18 · AMPLITUDE Studios
Both: 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
ENDLESS Legend™ is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of ENDLESS Space™ and Dungeon of the ENDLESS™. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga. Create your own Legend!
Strategy4XTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyFantasyHex GridMultiplayerRPGSingleplayerGreat Soundtrack👍 14,414
$9.99ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
Jul 4 · AMPLITUDE Studios
Both: 4X · Sci-fi · Turn-Based Strategy
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
$29.99Star Trek: Infinite
Oct 12 · Nimble Giant Entertainment
Both: Grand Strategy · 4X · Management
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
$5.99Master of Orion 1
Feb 25 · SimTex
Both: 4X · Sci-fi · Turn-Based Strategy
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
-75%$3.74Sid Meier's Starships
Mar 12 · Firaxis Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi · 4X
Build and command a fleet of starships and travel between planets as you explore, build, negotiate, and fight to preserve your vision for humanity.
StrategySpaceTurn-Based StrategySci-fiSingleplayerTacticalCasual4XTurn-Based👍 1,964
-60%$0.79Space Empires I
Oct 8 · Malfador Machinations
Both: Management · Turn-Based Strategy · 4X
Space Empires I is the first chapter of the Space Empires series. A classic galactic conquest and turn-based strategy video game where you are the leader of a race of intelligent beings building large spaceships for interplanetary and interstellar travel through warp points between star systems.
StrategyExplorationManagementTurn-Based Strategy4XGrand StrategyTurn-Based TacticsSci-fiEconomySpace
$29.99Horizon
Feb 6 · L3O Interactive
Both: Grand Strategy · 4X · Sci-fi
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
$24.99Xenonauts
Jun 16 · Goldhawk Interactive
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Combat · Grand Strategy
Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat.
Turn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based CombatBase BuildingGrand StrategyManagementSingleplayerStrategyTacticalAliens👍 3,815
-60%$5.99Star Traders: Frontiers
Jul 31 · Trese Brothers
Both: Sci-fi · Management · Turn-Based Combat
You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.
Sci-fiModdableSimulationTradingTactical RPGManagementProcedural GenerationSandboxTurn-Based CombatSpace Sim👍 3,672
$19.99Armada 2526 Gold Edition
Feb 28 · Ntronium Games
Both: 4X · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi
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
$49.99X4: Foundations
Nov 30 · Egosoft
Both: Sci-fi · 4X · Economy
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
-80%$2.99Space Empires V
Oct 16 · Malfador Machinations
Both: 4X · Sci-fi · Turn-Based Strategy
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
$19.99Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
Jun 12 · Ironclad Games Corporation, Stardock Entertainment
Both: Management · Diplomacy · 4X
Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.
ManagementDiplomacyOnline Co-OpMultiplayerSingleplayerSimulationSpaceStrategyRTS4X👍 10,243
$19.99The Last Federation
Apr 18 · Arcen Games
Both: 4X · Sci-fi · 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
-70%$0.89Space Empires II
Oct 13 · Malfador Machinations
Both: Management · Turn-Based Strategy · 4X
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, and you will have to update your designs.
StrategyBase BuildingExplorationManagementTurn-Based Strategy4XGrand StrategyTurn-Based TacticsSci-fiEconomy
$59.99Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
Oct 20 · Firaxis Games, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux)
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Grand Strategy · 4X
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
StrategyTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerHistoricalGrand StrategySingleplayerTurn-Based4XCity BuilderWar👍 276,188