Games like Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
by Firaxis Games, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux)
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.
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-50%$19.99Terra Invicta
Jan 5 · Pavonis Interactive
Both: 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
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
$39.99Xenonauts 2
Apr 2 · Goldhawk Interactive
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi · Turn-Based
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
StrategyRPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategySci-fiTurn-Based CombatTacticalTurn-BasedPvECharacter Customization👍 4,857
-50%$24.99ENDLESS Legend™ 2
3 days ago · AMPLITUDE Studios
Both: 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.
StrategySimulationGrand Strategy4XTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerHistoricalWarTacticalManagement👍 2,699
$29.99Heroes of Science and Fiction
Mar 17 · Oxymoron Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · 4X
A turn-based sci-fi strategy that combines exploration and exciting clashes on the battlefield. Take control over several different species, raise powerful armies for your heroes and destroy your opponents! This HoMM-like is set in a scifi universe, with new mechanics on top of the classic formula.
StrategySimulationRPGMultiplayerTurn-Based StrategyGrand StrategyFantasyTacticalWar4X👍 852
$39.99Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
Apr 30 · Unfrozen
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · 4X
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer.
StrategyRPGTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerGrand StrategySimulation4XTacticalTurn-Based TacticsWar👍 19,290
$39.99MENACE
Feb 5 · Overhype Studios
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi · Turn-Based
Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.
StrategyRPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategySci-fiTurn-Based CombatTacticalTurn-BasedPvECharacter Customization👍 12,304
$24.99Quasimorph
Jul 31 · Magnum Scriptum
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.
RPGTurn-Based CombatStrategyTurn-Based StrategySingleplayerChoices MatterRoguelikeExtraction ShooterTranshumanismTurn-Based👍 7,207
-25%$9.74Dead Weight
Jul 16 · Klukva Games
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy
Face the Ancient Gods! Set the sails of your flying pirate ship and embark on a roguelite adventure in the steampunk world of Dead Weight. Explore floating islands in search of loot. Choose a class and enjoy turn-based tactical combat on tiny battlefields where every step matters.
Turn-Based CombatStrategyRPGReplay ValuePixel GraphicsTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyTacticalRoguelikeAdventure👍 583
$14.99The Conquest of Go
Dec 10 · Wolfey Studios
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy
Learn and play Go, the classic board game that has been played for thousands of years, and compete in the race to conquer the most land in the in-game world, or compete online against opponents around the real world.
Turn-BasedStrategyBoard GameTabletop2DTop-DownTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyEducationTutorial👍 581
$17.99Microcivilization
Jan 22 · Ondrej Homola
Both: 4X
Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.
IncrementalBase BuildingResource Management4XHistoricalStrategyAutomationInventory ManagementCity BuilderGod Game👍 1,437
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-10%$17.99Infinity: HexaDome Tactics
10 days ago · Blindspot Games
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy
Discover the story of the Aristeia world in single-player or storm into PvP battles! Turn-based battles, 12 heroes, varied arenas, deckbuilding with dozens of tactical cards. Assemble the perfect team, use hundreds of insane combos, and become HexaDome champion. And bring a friend!
Turn-BasedStrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyActionCard GameVisual NovelTacticalMultiplayerTurn-Based Combat
$14.99DAICE
Jul 16 · Aeterna Ludi
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Space · Sci-fi
DAICE is a unique merge of turn-based dice-powered combat with inventory management, a roguelite where you control an evergrowing AI Core. Purchase and pilot unique spaceships, load your dice into weapons and systems, and unleash devastating combos and shape your own strategy-driven story.
StrategyTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based CombatSpaceTacticalRoguelikeTurn-Based TacticsSci-fiInventory Management2D
$19.99Astro Colony
Jun 2 · Terad Games
Both: Space
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Base BuildingAutomationSpaceResource ManagementColony SimSimulationMultiplayerStrategyBuildingIndie👍 2,397
-20%$18.39Space Imperia 4X
Jul 28 · Breich Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · 4X
A faithful digital adaptation of the acclaimed board game Space Empires 4X by GMT Games, beloved by wargamers for almost two decades. Command the rise of your civilization and the fall of others, all in one to two hours.
Turn-Based TacticsWargamePvPBoard GameTabletopTurn-Based Strategy4XStrategy2DTurn-Based Combat
$19.99The Last Starship
Feb 3 · Introversion Software
Both: Space · Sci-fi
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
StrategySandboxSpaceSimulationSingleplayerBase BuildingSci-fiSpace SimBuildingMining👍 1,625
$24.99Space Haven
May 13 · Bugbyte Ltd.
Both: Space · Sci-fi
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Colony SimBase BuildingSurvivalStrategySpaceManagementSandboxSimulationBuildingSci-fi👍 10,267
$7.99Arcadium - Space Odyssey
Jan 26 · Luciano Bercini
Both: Space · Aliens
A bullet heaven roguelite set in a procedurally generated universe. Land on planets to harvest resources, craft hundreds of game-breaking builds, and unleash them on relentless waves of aliens. Every run unveils a new universe: endless challenges, endless discoveries.
Bullet HeavenRogueliteArcadeAction RoguelikeBullet HellProcedural GenerationTwin Stick ShooterTop-Down ShooterSpaceAliens👍 110
-40%$14.99Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch
Oct 9 · Ocean Drive Studio, Inc.
Both: Turn-Based Strategy
Veil of the Witch is a roguelite strategy RPG with turn-based combat and branching progression. Set in the world of “Lost Eidolons,” build a nimble squad of five, pick your skills as you level, and adapt to each unique run. May the gods favor the bold and the wise.
Turn-Based TacticsRogueliteTurn-Based StrategyTactical RPGJRPGRoguelikeStrategyTurn-Based CombatTop-DownGrid-Based Movement👍 1,299
-35%$20.79The Crust
10 days ago · VEOM Studio
Both: Space
Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.
Base BuildingSpaceAutomationColony SimResource ManagementSandboxStrategyCity BuilderBuildingManagement👍 3,556
FreeStarship Theory
May 31 · Reconnect Software
Both: Space · Sci-fi
Starship Theory is a ship building survival game. Mine and trade to gather resources. Plan and construct new upgrades. Train and manage crew. Fight to survive.
Base BuildingSimulationStrategySpaceIndieSurvivalManagement2DSci-fiCasual👍 933
-30%$17.49Stellar Tactics
Mar 30 · Don Wilkins
A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!
CRPGExplorationTactical RPGTurn-Based TacticsDungeon CrawlerSandboxParty-Based RPGCharacter CustomizationRPGIsometric👍 1,667
$34.99Farthest Frontier
Oct 23 · Crate Entertainment
Both: 4X
Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.
BuildingCity BuilderStrategyResource ManagementMedievalAgricultureEconomyHistorical4XColony Sim👍 24,456
$19.99Ostranauts
Aug 3 · Blue Bottle Games
Both: Space
Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.
FlightSimulationSpace SimSandboxDifficultSurvivalSpaceExplorationLife SimProcedural Generation👍 3,141
-35%$9.74Necesse
Oct 16 · Fair Games ApS
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Open World Survival CraftPixel GraphicsMultiplayerOpen WorldSandboxSurvivalCraftingAdventureIndieRPG👍 24,443
$34.99Solargene
Jan 19 · Alexander Semenov
Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions
Colony SimBase BuildingCity BuilderSpace SimResource ManagementSandboxManagementBuildingEconomyStrategy👍 777
$14.99Deified
Apr 27 · Unexpected
Both: Turn-Based Strategy
Forge your strategy around powerful relics in this turn-based tactical roguelite. Choose your slots, manage their constraints, and face formidable bosses.
StrategyRoguelikeTurn-Based StrategyDungeon CrawlerRogueliteTactical RPGTurn-Based Tactics3DIsometricStylized👍 281
$14.99Once Upon The Universe
May 29 · Paweł Witkowski ByteEncode
Both: Space · Sci-fi
Once Upon The Universe is a god-game that takes you to the VERY beginning of creation. You begin the game just after the big bang, with nothing but an empty space and a lot of super hot hydrogen in the entire universe. Fill the universe with life and watch it thrive - or destory it.
God GameSpace SimSandboxLife SimSpaceStrategySimulationPixel GraphicsSci-fiIndie
$19.99Eden Crafters
May 7 · Osaris Games
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
AutomationOpen World Survival CraftBase BuildingCraftingSandboxOpen WorldOnline Co-OpBuildingSurvivalAdventure👍 2,515
$19.99Hyperspace Deck Command
Oct 7 · Sleeper Games
Both: Sci-fi · Space
Hyperspace Deck Command is a complex deck building roguelite. Command a massive space fleet that operates on individual turn timers, combine a wide variety of cards into powerful decks and master the dual-use status effects to defeat the hegemonising swarm.
Roguelike DeckbuilderCard GameRoguelikeDeckbuildingDifficultTurn-Based TacticsRogueliteSci-fiSpaceColorful
$12.99Never Second in Rome
May 5 · Alessandro Roberti
Both: Turn-Based
Never Second in Rome is a turn-based historical game with RPG and management elements. You are a Roman centurion in the army of Julius Caesar. You will control both your character and the unit under his command.
RomeHistoricalTurn-BasedRPGSimulationTurn-Based CombatText-BasedOld SchoolWarManagement👍 638
$29.99Going Medieval
Mar 17 · Foxy Voxel
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Colony SimBase BuildingStrategyVoxelSurvivalManagementCity BuilderSingleplayerSandboxNature👍 17,036
-15%$12.74Biovoid
2 days ago · Dzedou
Both: Aliens
Biovoid is a creature-building roguelike game where you slay hordes of hostile aliens. Combine a variety of cells and mutations to create game-breaking builds and evolve from a fragile hatchling to a deadly predator.
Action RoguelikeSimulationSandboxNatureSurvivalProcedural GenerationBuildingPerma DeathDifficultAliens
$34.99Pioneers of Pagonia
Dec 11 · Envision Entertainment
Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.
StrategyResource ManagementColony SimOnline Co-OpFantasyBase BuildingCity BuilderManagementProcedural GenerationPvE👍 4,794
$24.99Bootstrap Island
Mar 12 · Maru VR
A highly realistic VR survival roguelike adventure set on a ruthless 17th-century tropical island. Shipwrecked and alone, you must survive without guidance as you face wild beasts, nature’s fury, and a mysterious local tribe. Every decision is yours. Your survival is in your own hands!
SurvivalAdventureOpen WorldVRLife SimRoguelikeActionNatureAtmosphericSimulation👍 1,366
$19.99SpaceBourne 2
Nov 18 · Burak Dabak
Both: Space
Embark on a journey to greatness. Get ready for adrenaline-fueled battles and a chance to claim your place in the galaxy. Grab the controls of your ship, gear up for the fight, and unleash your ambition to conquer and build a new empire in the vastness of space.
RPGSpace SimFlightBase Building3DOpen WorldFirst-PersonThird PersonLore-RichSpace👍 4,952
$3.99Cells
Sep 6 · Mousetrick Studio
CELLS is a calm sci-fi trading game about goods, routes and decisions. Explore new worlds, build trade chains, mine resources and uncover the story of a broken network between the worlds.
CasualRelaxingMinimalistProcedural GenerationLogicAtmosphericPhysicsLinearTutorial2D