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2013PC45 % 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.

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Tactical depth
  • Open world
  • Lots to discover

The closest matches for StarDrive are Star Ruler 2, Star Ruler and Sins of a Solar Empire. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes StarDrive special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Star Ruler 2

99 %Match

2015PC82 % positive

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Tactical depth
  • Open world

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.

Star Ruler

Open world

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

Realistic visuals

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

Lots to discover

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.

Stellaris

Open world

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.

Distant Worlds 2

Open world

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.

Dune: Spice Wars

Strong character progression

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.

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