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Games like Stellaris

2016USK 6PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck playable85 % positive49.99 €

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.

Sandbox with your own goals
Deep systems to master
Economy and management
Choices with consequences

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Where to buy

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In short: Games like Stellaris

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Stellaris 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.

Horror Turn-based combat High difficulty Roguelike runs Shooter Pixel art Grind Survival PvP Open world Card game

Best match

Endless Space 2

93 %Match

2017USK 12PC, Steam Deck playable83 % positive37.99 €

A deep space 4X strategy game where you lead a distinct star-faring civilization through expansion, research, diplomacy and war. Each faction plays very differently thanks to unique mechanics and quest lines.

Where to buy

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Dune: Spice Wars

Sci-fi setting

A real-time strategy game with 4X elements on the desert planet Arrakis, where you lead a Dune faction, harvest spice, survive sandworms and storms, and fight for dominance through politics, espionage and war.

Endless Space

Deep systems to master

A turn-based space 4X game where you lead one of several factions to explore star systems, grow an empire, research technology and command fleets. The mystery of the ancient Endless and the substance Dust fuels the race for the galaxy.

Sins of a Solar Empire II

Deep systems to master

A real-time space 4X strategy game where you colonize entire star systems and command massive fleets. Alongside warfare, trade, diplomacy and influence play key roles in winning the galaxy.

Distant Worlds 2

Sandbox with your own goals

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.

Endless Legend

Deep systems to master

A turn-based 4X strategy game set on Auriga, a world where each winter grows harsher than the last. Its highly asymmetric factions come with their own quest lines, and battles play out tactically on the hex map itself, so every campaign feels distinct.