Games like Distant Worlds 2
If Distant Worlds 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Distant Worlds: Universe, Solar Wave and Terra Invicta — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and epic. 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 →Distant Worlds 2 is a challenging 4X space strategy game released in 2022 by CodeForce. The game emphasizes macro-management and detailed logistics, featuring automation systems for ships and empire management alongside a private economy simulation. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, contemplative, epic, and immersive, noting that the galaxy feels alive with emergent stories developing organically. The mechanics include resource chain interruption, late-game crisis systems, and constant attention to empire logistics where supply lines can strategically cripple rival empires. While automation exists, players find they must often override or manually intervene in automated systems. The game spans a massive length and currently holds a 71% positive rating from over 2000 Steam reviews, priced at $49.99 and playable on Steam Deck.
About Distant Worlds 2: Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.
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Distant Worlds: Universe
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Shares an epic mood with Distant Worlds 2.
Top pick for Distant Worlds 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Distant Worlds 2.
Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of turn-based strategy, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game.
Solar Wave
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Second-strongest match for Distant Worlds 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Distant Worlds 2.
A large-scale 4X strategy game with indirect control and a focus on simulating a space empire. Capture systems, develop your economy and logistics, call up hundreds of powerful fleets and watch them incinerate enemies of the Solar Empire.
Terra Invicta
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Distant Worlds 2.
Third-strongest match for Distant Worlds 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Distant Worlds 2.
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
The King's Campaign
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Ranked #4 for Distant Worlds 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Distant Worlds 2.
Conquer Medieval Europe and North Africa in a combination of Grand Strategy and Real-Time Strategy gameplay where you rule one of 28 kingdoms as you build and manage your cities, engage in diplomacy and command massive armies on the world map and on the battlefield
Polaris Sector
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Distant Worlds 2.
Ranked #5 for Distant Worlds 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Distant Worlds 2.
Can anyone build an empire in a place like this? Other factions are naturally suspicious of newcomers and may wage war at the first sign of unidentified craft. Here, a natural death is an uncommon luxury.
Near Sol
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Ranked #6 for Distant Worlds 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Distant Worlds 2.
Space 4X game with the ability to build factories, extract resources, with characters, internal and external markets ... Take part in the discussion of the game, share your vision)
Galactic Ruler
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Shares an epic mood with Distant Worlds 2.
Ranked #7 for Distant Worlds 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Distant Worlds 2.
Galactic Ruler offers real time strategy game play at both planetary level and in space! Lead your faction in diplomacy or conquest across a procedurally generated galactic map where any system might hold hostile enemies or resource riches. Develop advanced technologies to rule the galaxy!
The Last Federation
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Distant Worlds 2.
Ranked #8 for Distant Worlds 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Distant Worlds 2.
From the creators of AI War: Fleet Command comes an all-new grand strategy title with turn-based tactical combat, set in a deep simulation of an entire solar system and its billions of inhabitants. You are the last of a murdered race, determined to unify or destroy the 8 others.
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Sins of a Solar Empire II
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Shares an immersive mood with Distant Worlds 2.
Reviewers of Distant Worlds 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Distant Worlds 2.
Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.
Stellaris
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Shares an epic mood with Distant Worlds 2.
Reviewers of Distant Worlds 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Distant Worlds 2.
Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.
Ascendant
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Distant Worlds 2.
Reviewers of Distant Worlds 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Ascendant is the unforgiving beat 'em up in which you are a demigod invading a world controlled by your rivals. Choose your fate by discovering Blessings, equipping mighty weapons and spells, and learning to survive in this brutal realm. Only the most impressive warriors have a chance of victory.
Polaris Sector
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Distant Worlds 2.
Reviewers of Distant Worlds 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Distant Worlds 2.
Can anyone build an empire in a place like this? Other factions are naturally suspicious of newcomers and may wage war at the first sign of unidentified craft. Here, a natural death is an uncommon luxury.
StarDrive 2
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Reviewers of Distant Worlds 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Distant Worlds 2.
StarDrive 2 is an exciting and evolutionary step forward for the StarDrive franchise. In this eagerly anticipated sequel, the core mechanics have evolved to incorporate a turn-based strategic layer, featuring spectacular realtime battles.
Galactic Civilizations IV
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Shares an epic mood with Distant Worlds 2.
Reviewers of Distant Worlds 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Distant Worlds 2.
Take command of a civilization that has just achieved faster-than-light travel in Galactic Civilizations IV, the newest entry in the award-winning space 4X strategy game series. Explore the galaxy, colonize worlds, shape cultures, make alliances, fight wars and pioneer new technologies.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Distant Worlds 2 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~90% under Distant Worlds 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Distant Worlds 2.
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.
Stardew Valley
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Priced ~70% under Distant Worlds 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Distant Worlds 2.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Bloons TD 6
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Priced ~72% under Distant Worlds 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Distant Worlds 2.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
BeamNG.drive
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Priced ~50% under Distant Worlds 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Distant Worlds 2.
A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.
Schedule I
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Priced ~60% under Distant Worlds 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Distant Worlds 2.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
The Forest
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Priced ~60% under Distant Worlds 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Distant Worlds 2.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
People Playground
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Priced ~80% under Distant Worlds 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Distant Worlds 2.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Euro Truck Simulator 2
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Priced ~60% under Distant Worlds 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Distant Worlds 2.
Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Distant Worlds 2.
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!
The Last Sovereign
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Distant Worlds 2.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
Crusader Kings II
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Distant Worlds 2.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
Supermarket Together
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Distant Worlds 2.
The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!
One-armed robber
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Distant Worlds 2.
One-armed robber is a chaotic first-person heist game that centers around a uniquely challenging premise. Players take the role of a determined robber equipped with only one arm, tasked with pulling off daring heists on banks, shops, and various establishments.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Distant Worlds 2.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.
Guild Wars 2®
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Guild Wars 2 is an award-winning online roleplaying game with fast-paced action combat, deep character customization, and no subscription fee required. Choose from an arsenal of professions and weapons, explore a vast open world, compete in PVP modes and more. Join over 16 million players now!
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Frequently asked about Distant Worlds 2
- Does Distant Worlds 2 run on Steam Deck?
- Distant Worlds 2 is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Distant Worlds 2 cost?
- Distant Worlds 2 is listed on Steam at 49.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Distant Worlds 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Distant Worlds 2 are Distant Worlds: Universe, Solar Wave, Terra Invicta.
- Who developed Distant Worlds 2?
- Distant Worlds 2 was developed by CodeForce and published by Slitherine Ltd..
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