Games like Stellaris
If you like Stellaris (4x strategy, sci-fi and grand strategy), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Sid Meier's Civilization VI
- In common: long sessions and management
- Difference: less story
When you have a whole afternoon and want to plan for the long term. Turn-based, at your own pace, no pressure.
Sid Meier's Civilization V
- In common: long sessions and management
- Difference: less story
When you have a long afternoon ahead and fancy planning unhurriedly, turn by turn.
Star Wars: Empire at War - Gold Pack
- In common: long sessions and thinking
- Difference: less progression
When you have a long afternoon and fancy moving entire Star Wars fleets with calm planning.
Crusader Kings III
- In common: long sessions and management
- Difference: less exploring
When you have a whole afternoon and fancy intrigue and plans spanning generations.
RimWorld
- In common: long sessions and management
- Difference: less exploring
When you have a long afternoon and fancy managing: each session writes a new chapter for your colony.
Kerbal Space Program
- In common: long sessions and thinking
- Difference: less story
When you have hours, want to experiment and have the patience to fail many times with good humour.
FTL: Faster Than Light
- In common: thinking and management
- Difference: shorter sessions
When you have an hour and want to make tough decisions in a compact adventure.
Against the Storm
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: less story
When you want to build and manage without committing to a weeks-long game: each settlement is one session.
Football Manager 2024
- In common: long sessions and management
- Difference: less exploring
When you have time and fancy managing: one season keeps you hooked for weeks.
Oxygen Not Included
- In common: long sessions and management
- Difference: less story
When you have hours, a clear head and want to untangle complex systems.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Stellaris
You design a species and guide it from its first space flight to galactic domination, or not. Exploration, diplomacy with strange aliens, galactic crises and a huge variety of ways to play.
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