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Games like StarDrive

2013USK 12PC43 % positive27.99 €

A real-time space 4X strategy game where you build an empire starting from a single planet. It centers on detailed ship design, diplomacy, research and fleet battles.

  • Economy and management
  • Deep systems to master
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Build variety

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In short: Games like StarDrive

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes StarDrive special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

Similar in what way?

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Up to three areas count more, the rest steps back.

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Games where this is clearly part of it are left out, no matter how well the rest fits.

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Star Ruler 2

94 %Match

2015PC82 % positive

Brings what grabs you about StarDrive: economy and management, complex systems to tinker with as well as a sci-fi setting.

A real-time space 4X strategy game where you manage hundreds of planets, research technologies, play galactic politics and command huge fleets. Its massive scale and empire-management depth define the experience.

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Star Ruler

Deep systems to master

A large-scale real-time 4X strategy game set in space, where you design your own ships, command thousands of units and build a galaxy-spanning empire. Extensive mod support and multiplayer add plenty of freedom.

Sins of a Solar Empire

Economy and management

A space strategy game blending real-time fleet battles with 4X economy, expansion and diplomacy. You lead an interstellar empire and command huge fleets across entire star systems.

Sword of the Stars

Economy and management

A space 4X strategy game where you expand across the stars with node drive travel, manage your empire on a turn-based strategic map, and fight fleet battles in real time. Distinct races with their own tech paths add variety.

Distant Worlds 2

Economy and management

A huge pausable real-time 4X space strategy game where you explore galaxies with thousands of star systems, manage economy and diplomacy, and expand through conquest. Much can be automated, letting you run your interstellar empire your own way.

Stellaris

Deep systems to master

Paradox's space grand strategy lets you shape a custom alien empire from its first hyperlane jump to galactic dominance, generating emergent stories through anomalies, diplomacy and late-game crises.

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