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Games like Dune

1992 Classic

As Paul Atreides you rally the Fremen against the Harkonnens, mixing adventure-style conversation and exploration with spice harvesting, troop management and warfare on the desert planet. Its strong atmosphere makes it one of the most immersive Dune games.

What defines Dune:

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Tactical depth
  • Lavish presentation
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

The closest matches for Dune are Crying Suns, Ixion and Endless Space 2. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Dune special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Crying Suns

92 %

2019 PCNintendo Switch 20.99 € 👍 86 % Very positive, 4,267 reviews on Steam

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Tactical depth
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

As a fleet commander you cross a collapsed star empire in a roguelite built around tactical, pausable space battles. Each run reveals more of a story in the vein of Dune and Foundation.

Ixion

Sci-fi setting

As Administrator of the space station Tiqqun, you manage resources, population and construction while leading humanity through dangerous sectors toward a new home. A dark blend of city-building strategy and survival pressure with a strong narrative.

Endless Space 2

Sci-fi setting

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.

Star Trek: Outposts Unknown

Lots to discover

A story-driven outpost-building strategy game set in the Star Trek universe, where you explore new worlds, build and research outposts, and face a mysterious cosmic force threatening a new ally.

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

Strong, story-driven narrative

A narrative sci-fi RPG where you play an artificial human, using a dice system to manage scarce resources and survive among the settlements of the Starward Belt. The sequel adds a customizable ship, recruitable crew and risky contracts that reward careful planning.

The Alters

Strong, story-driven narrative

Stranded worker Jan clones alternate versions of himself, each shaped by a different life choice, and must manage them in a mobile base while racing a lethal sunrise. It's survival management fused with a thoughtful drama about identity and roads not taken.

Stellaris

Sci-fi setting

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.

Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes

Strong, story-driven narrative

A strategy roguelike set in the Battlestar Galactica universe: you lead a fleet of refugees after the fall of the Twelve Colonies, handle crises aboard and fight off the Cylons. Hard choices decide whether hope survives.

Starminer

Sci-fi setting

A space industry and logistics simulation where you design and build an interstellar mining fleet, then defend it in real time against alien threats using warships and defense platforms.

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