Games like Sid Meier's Starships
If Sid Meier's Starships is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™, Age of Wonders: Planetfall and Battlestar Galactica Deadlock — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its minimal micromanagement required, chill and contemplative. 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 →Sid Meier's Starships is a 2015 turn-based space strategy game from Firaxis Games. Players build and command a fleet across multiple planets, managing resources and upgrading ships while engaging in turn-based combat. Reviewers highlight that the single fleet system and planetary influence mechanics allow players to expand their empire without direct conflict, and that minimal micromanagement makes the experience accessible. Players describe it as contemplative and lighthearted, appreciating that quick relaxing sessions work well for casual play. The game features fleet-management, resource-management, ship-upgrades, and planetary-influence mechanics. Currently priced at $3.74 on Steam, it holds a 54% positive rating from over 1400 reviews and is marked as playable on Steam Deck.
About Sid Meier's Starships: Build and command a fleet of starships and travel between planets as you explore, build, negotiate, and fight to preserve your vision for humanity.
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Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Sid Meier's Starships.
Top pick for Sid Meier's Starships fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Sid Meier's Starships.
Second-strongest match for Sid Meier's Starships fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock
WHY THIS
Shares fleet management with Sid Meier's Starships.
Third-strongest match for Sid Meier's Starships fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
In Battlestar Galactica Deadlock™ you’ll take command of the Colonial Fleet in defense of the Twelve Colonies during the First Cylon War. Lead many different types of ships in this 3D tactical game. Every decision counts, your strategy will be vital – can you ensure mankind’s survival?
The Last Federation
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Sid Meier's Starships.
Ranked #4 for Sid Meier's Starships fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
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.
Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Sid Meier's Starships.
Ranked #5 for Sid Meier's Starships fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
The Enhanced Edition contains Sword of the Stars II: The Lords of Winter and the first expansion, the End of Flesh. The new expansion introduces the new playable race, the Loa. All previous DLCs containing new avatars, new combat music, alternate voices, skins, and new badges for the warships are also included.
Horizon
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and a contemplative mood with Sid Meier's Starships.
Ranked #6 for Sid Meier's Starships fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
Horizon is a turn-based space strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which you are in control of humanity’s destiny. You will explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover alien artifacts hidden on long-abandoned planets.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Shares resource management with Sid Meier's Starships.
Ranked #7 for Sid Meier's Starships fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Sid Meier's Starships fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
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Stellaris
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sid Meier's Starships cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
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.
Battle Star
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Sid Meier's Starships.
Reviewers of Sid Meier's Starships cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
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...
Pirates Vikings & Knights II
WHY THIS
Shares a lighthearted mood with Sid Meier's Starships.
Reviewers of Sid Meier's Starships cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Step into the ultimate three-way war for honor, glory, and gold! This beloved community-driven game brings together swashbuckling Pirates, battle-hardened Vikings, and chivalrous Knights in hilarious and intense class-based combat. Join the fun, embrace the chaos, and fight your way to victory!
Risk
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Sid Meier's Starships.
Reviewers of Sid Meier's Starships cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
Draft! Attack! Fortify! Play the original game of strategy and world domination — now for your PC. Enjoy the classic look and fun of RISK in an exciting new interactive experience. Play two ways as you strategize over the map and set out to conquer the world.
Master of Orion 3
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Sid Meier's Starships.
Reviewers of Sid Meier's Starships cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
Experience first-hand the challenges of leading one of 16 different races into unequalled galactic supremacy and face a universe of decisions. Set policies, explore, build, declare war, negotiate - put all these elements into motion to guarantee your place in the annals of space and time.
Tiny Civilization
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Sid Meier's Starships.
Reviewers of Sid Meier's Starships cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
This is a historical simulation game that promotes the development of civilization based on the match-3 Game. You'll need to gather resources, use skills, discover new technology, and lead humanbeing through a 10,000-year journey to the cosmos.
Space Empires IV Deluxe
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Sid Meier's Starships.
Reviewers of Sid Meier's Starships cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
The award-winning Space Empires IV Deluxe is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. A grand strategy title in the space 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) genre, Space Empires has already found a place in the heart of strategy gamers everywhere.
Galactic Empire
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sid Meier's Starships cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
Galactic Empire is a 2D turn-based strategy game where you, as the Commander, decide the fate of the entire universe. Expand your planet, explore solar systems, play cards in cantinas, modify your ships and conquer more planets.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sid Meier's Starships at current Steam store prices.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~74% under Sid Meier's Starships on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~74% under Sid Meier's Starships on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~74% under Sid Meier's Starships on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
WHY THIS
Priced ~74% under Sid Meier's Starships on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.
Party Hard
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Sid Meier's Starships on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.
STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Sid Meier's Starships on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
Lead the great armies of the Star Wars™ Episode II: Attack of the Clones saga in intense real-time strategy clashes. Enter the fray as the Galactic Empire, Rebel Alliance, Wookies, Trade Federation, Gungans or Royal Naboo to determine the course of the Galactic Civil War.
Russian Life Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~74% under Sid Meier's Starships on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
The most realistic simulator of the life of a Russian person. Collect pension from birth, collect bottles to survive and become part of an exciting life-long story.
Achievement Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~74% under Sid Meier's Starships on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
Feel like a real Achievement hunter! Earn Achievements, upgrades and get the most Achievements on steam!
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!
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
South Scrimshaw, Part One
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
South Scrimshaw is the story of a newborn whale in a vast alien ocean. It is a richly illustrated experimental visual novel, written in the style of a nature documentary.
PlanetSide 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.
Limbus Company
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.
Dota Underlords
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
Take on Duelists around the world with "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links"! Step into a world that crosses dimensions and connects all Duelists. In Duel World, any location transforms into a Duel Field where heated Duels unfold!
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Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
WHY THIS
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Starships. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Shares resource management with Sid Meier's Starships.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Starships. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
XCOM® 2
WHY THIS
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Starships. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Sid Meier's Starships.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Starships. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat with Sid Meier's Starships.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Starships. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!
XCOM®: Chimera Squad
WHY THIS
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Starships. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
Marvel's Midnight Suns
WHY THIS
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Starships. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
FIGHT AND STRATEGIZE LIKE A SUPER HERO IN THE DARKER CORNERS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Play as The Hunter, a legendary demon slayer who must lead a team of Super Heroes and supernatural warriors facing apocalyptic threats.
Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Sid Meier's Starships.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Starships. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.
Frequently asked about Sid Meier's Starships
- Does Sid Meier's Starships run on Steam Deck?
- Sid Meier's Starships 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 Sid Meier's Starships cost?
- Sid Meier's Starships is listed on Steam at 3.74 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Sid Meier's Starships?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sid Meier's Starships are Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™, Age of Wonders: Planetfall, Battlestar Galactica Deadlock.
- Who developed Sid Meier's Starships?
- Sid Meier's Starships was developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K.
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