Games like Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
If Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sins of a Solar Empire II, Galactic Civilizations IV and Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity® — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its fleet composition matters, modding scene is exceptional and scale is unmatched. 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 →Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is a real-time 4X strategy game released in 2012 by Ironclad Games Corporation and Stardock Entertainment. Set in space, the game challenges players to build and command vast empires across massive sessions that require significant time investment. Players can engage with diplomacy, faction politics, planetary economy management, and detailed fleet composition systems. Online co-op multiplayer is supported alongside modding capabilities. Reviewers note the game's depth comes from six distinct factions to master, with players describing the experience as epic and grand. Players particularly highlight how fleet composition matters, creating layered strategic decisions throughout each campaign. The game carries a 95% positive rating from over 7,300 Steam reviews and is priced at $19.99 USD. It does not support Steam Deck.
About Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion: Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.
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Sins of a Solar Empire II
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Shares an immersive mood with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Top pick for Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
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.
Galactic Civilizations IV
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Shares an epic mood with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Second-strongest match for Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
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.
Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®
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Shares fleet composition and a grand mood with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Third-strongest match for Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
In Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity, you are the leader of a civilization embroiled in a galactic war, fighting for the survival of your entire race against relentless foes.
Rank: Warmaster
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Ranked #4 for Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Stranded on Mars with next to nothing, build a city, assemble a fleet, and expand your empire to survive a hostile solar system in this new take that combines elements of space combat and RTS inspired by the classics.
NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
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Shares an immersive mood with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Ranked #5 for Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.
Total War: SHOGUN 2
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Shares faction politics and an epic mood with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Ranked #6 for Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 is the perfect mix of real-time and turn-based strategy gaming for newcomers and veterans alike.
AI War 2
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Shares a challenging mood with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Ranked #7 for Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.
4th Generation Warfare
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Shares an immersive mood with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Ranked #8 for Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
As the leader of a nation, dispatch and control your team of characters all around the world to destabilize your enemies and establish your supremacy. All methods are fair game: hacking, sabotage, political interference, military strikes, corruption, treachery, assassinations, data theft…
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Stellaris
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Shares a grand mood with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
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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.
Distant Worlds 2
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Shares an epic mood with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Reviewers of Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.
Star Ruler 2
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Shares a grand mood with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Reviewers of Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Massive scale 4X-RTS set in space. Control hundreds of planets, manipulate galactic politics, research numerous advanced technologies, and command thousands of units and hundreds of planets in your quest for galactic dominance.
Supreme Commander
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Shares a grand mood with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
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For a thousand years, three opposing forces have waged war for what they believe is true. There can be no room for compromise: their way is the only way. Dubbed The Infinite War, this devastating conflict has taken its toll on a once-peaceful galaxy and has only served to deepen the hatred between the factions.
Sword of the Stars: The Pit
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Shares an immersive mood with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Reviewers of Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
A fun, fast, light-hearted, turn-based RPG, where the tradition of old school dungeon-diving games meets the sci-fi Sword of the Stars universe!
Mount & Blade: Warband
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Shares an immersive mood with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Reviewers of Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!
Divinity: Dragon Commander
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Shares an immersive mood with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Reviewers of Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
You are the Dragon Commander. Your mission it is to reunite a broken empire and become the new emperor. Success depends entirely on your ability to efficiently rule your empire, build invincible armies and lead them to victory.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
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Shares a grand mood with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Reviewers of Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~50% under Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~75% under Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
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
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Priced ~50% under Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~50% under Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
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Priced ~50% under Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Portal 2
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Priced ~50% under Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
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.).
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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DORONKO WANKO
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
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Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
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!
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion.
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Frequently asked about Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
- Does Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion work on Steam Deck?
- Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion cost?
- Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion are Sins of a Solar Empire II, Galactic Civilizations IV, Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®.
- Who developed Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion?
- Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion was developed by Ironclad Games Corporation, Stardock Entertainment and published by Stardock Entertainment.
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