Games like Galaxicus
If Galaxicus is your kind of game, the closest matches are Nova Era:Atom , Instant War and Outscape — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its asynchronous multiplayer reset nights, contemplative and nostalgic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Galaxicus: An MMO experience that's perfect for solo or team play. Join the adventure and become the ultimate Emperor of the galaxy. Conquer Planets, Manage Economies, Optimize Production, Upgrade Technology while exploring a Randomly-Generated Galaxy, and compete Seasonal PVP.
Players who liked Galaxicus also play
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Nova Era:Atom
WHY THIS
Top pick for Galaxicus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Massively Multiplayer with Galaxicus.
Welcome to the first trailer of Nova Era: Atom, Welcome to Nova Era: Atom, a sci-fi MMORPG game blending Chinese mythology. where you can DIY your own custom spaceship and explore the endless mysteries of the cosmos.
Instant War
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Galaxicus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Massively Multiplayer with Galaxicus.
Embark on a military strategy 4X RTS game, in a world where your battle tactics and your massive army are the keys to victory. Instant War delivers an amazing battlefield experience in a realistic military game. As a commander, you develop your military base and lead your army to victory!
Outscape
WHY THIS
Shares real time strategy and a contemplative mood with Galaxicus.
Third-strongest match for Galaxicus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galaxicus.
Outscape is everything you love about traditional strategy games, but places your empire within a vast online galaxy alongside other real players. Outscape rewards skillful long-term strategic gameplay with a brilliantly refreshing new take on the 4X genre.
Imperia Online
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Galaxicus.
Ranked #4 for Galaxicus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Massively Multiplayer with Galaxicus.
Imperia Online brings you into a world, which exists in the times before the age of gunpowder. It is the world of the sharp blade, long bow and war horse. Experience the vast amount of gameplay mechanics and compete with thousands of players in a totally realistic medieval strategic simulation!
The Infinite Black 2
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Galaxicus.
Ranked #5 for Galaxicus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Massively Multiplayer with Galaxicus.
Command a fleet of ships to hunt aliens, trade resources and loot treasure! Form corporations with your friends while fighting a never-ending intergalactic war in this open-world online space adventure!
Infinity: Battlescape
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Galaxicus.
Ranked #6 for Galaxicus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Massively Multiplayer with Galaxicus.
Infinity: Battlescape is a multiplayer space combat sim supporting hundreds of players on a single server. Join one of the corporate factions and fight for domination of a seamless, true-to-scale procedural star system. Participate in massive space and planetary battles involving hundreds of ships.
Dreadnought
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Galaxicus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Massively Multiplayer with Galaxicus.
Command and customize your own capital ships. Take down opponents in thundering, team-based combat. Dreadnought is a free-to-play shooter that puts you at the center of spaceship battles on a colossal scale.
SPACERIFT: Arcanum System
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Galaxicus.
Ranked #8 for Galaxicus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Galaxicus.
At the sunset of human life on planet Earth, you are a military pilot controlling a space ship, and you find yourself at the very epicenter of the battle in the solar system. You are forced to retreat into the unknown, distant Arcanum system through hyper-jumping.
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Reach for the Sun
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Galaxicus.
Reviewers of Galaxicus cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galaxicus.
Version 1.2 Out Now!Strategy mode is now available on the plant selection screenThis mode uses a set number of turns with no time limit. Plants will automatically collect resources between turns. Keep your plant balanced and try to maximize your resources on every turn to fruit each flower before winter comes!
Master of Orion
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Galaxicus.
Reviewers of Galaxicus cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Galaxicus.
The ascendant spacefaring 4X strategy game returns! A new chapter in the epic Master of Orion saga is poised to once again capture the imaginations of millions of gamers.
Battle Star
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Galaxicus.
Reviewers of Galaxicus cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galaxicus.
This is an SRPG online game, the game contains 13 chapters of the main story, along with the main story can unlock dozens of heroes. Players can adjust the hero's equipment to change the battle positioning of the hero. The gameplay is rich and varied: roguelike chess, PVP, monthly events...
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Galaxicus at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Galaxicus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Galaxicus.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Galaxicus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Early Access with Galaxicus.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Galaxicus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Galaxicus.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Galaxicus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Galaxicus.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Galaxicus on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Galaxicus.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Galaxicus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Galaxicus.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Massively Multiplayer with Galaxicus.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galaxicus.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Galaxicus.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
Control, I'm Not Coming Back
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Galaxicus.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galaxicus.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Galaxicus.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
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Frequently asked about Galaxicus
- How much does Galaxicus cost?
- Galaxicus is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Galaxicus have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Galaxicus supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Galaxicus?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Galaxicus are Nova Era:Atom , Instant War, Outscape.
- Who developed Galaxicus?
- Galaxicus was developed by Crimson Leaf LLC.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Galaxicus.
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