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Games like Ridiculous Space Battles

If Ridiculous Space Battles is your kind of game, the closest matches are Conqueror of the Seas, Wargame: Red Dragon and BattleGroupVR2 — picked from the ranked list below. 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.

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About Ridiculous Space Battles: RIDICULOUS SPACE BATTLES is the spiritual successor to the first ever autobattler game: Gratuitous Space Battles! After a fifteen year wait, the ridiculously over-the-top and completely unjustified battles in space ARE BACK.

2026StrategyIndieSimulationWindowsby Positech Games
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Steam players who put hours into Ridiculous Space Battles also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Conqueror of the Seas

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Ridiculous Space Battles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Ridiculous Space Battles.

    Set sail into an epic age of war, where medieval empires clash for dominance on the seas. Cannons thunder, Greek fire burns, and fleets collide amid fire and chaos. Customize your ship, summon holy reinforcements, and unite with allies to conquer historic cities and reshape the fate of an era.

    ActionStrategySimulationSteam ↗
  2. Wargame: Red Dragon

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Ridiculous Space Battles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ridiculous Space Battles.

    The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. BattleGroupVR2

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Ridiculous Space Battles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ridiculous Space Battles.

    BattleGroupVR2 is a virtual reality real-time space strategy where you explore the galaxy and lead a fleet of powerful warships from the bridge of your flagship. Explore, mine, trade, hunt. Grow your fleet, upgrade your ships, train your captains, and battle the enemy from the captain's chair.

    2025ActionStrategyEarly Access24.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Ridiculous Space Battles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ridiculous Space Battles.

    Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.

    2009Strategy24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Ridiculous Space Battles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ridiculous Space Battles.

    Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is an enhanced version of the real-time strategy classic, Halo Wars, updated to run natively on PC. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition includes improved graphics, new achievements and all of the DLC created for the landmark real-time strategy game.

    2017Strategy19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Holdfast: Nations At War

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Ridiculous Space Battles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ridiculous Space Battles.

    Fight on multiple fronts in Holdfast: Nations At War - A multiplayer first and third-person shooter set during the great Napoleonic Era and WW1. Charge into battle with over 150 players per server!

    2020ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. World of Warships

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Ridiculous Space Battles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Ridiculous Space Battles.

    Immerse yourself in thrilling naval battles and assemble an armada of over 800 ships from the first half of the 20th century — from stealthy destroyers to gigantic battleships. Change the look of your ship, choose upgrades to suit your play style, and go into battle with other players!

    2017ActionStrategySimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cold Waters

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Ridiculous Space Battles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ridiculous Space Battles.

    Spiritual Successor to the Microprose Classic “Red Storm Rising”.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. 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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ridiculous Space Battles.

    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!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  3. Aircar

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ridiculous Space Battles.

    A simple immersive flying game built for VR. Pilot an aircar through a futuristic cityscape.

    2019IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  4. South Scrimshaw, Part One

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ridiculous Space Battles.

    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.

    2023IndieCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ridiculous Space Battles.

    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.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Counter-Strike 2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Rainbow Six® Siege is the reference in tactical team shooters, where elite strategy and execution triumph. Enjoy free access to Quick Match, Unranked, and Dual Front game modes with a selection of operators.

    2015ActionFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. THE FINALS

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    THE FINALS is the world’s first Dynamism Shooter, a free-to-play, fast-paced, physics-driven, first-person shooter set on the stage of the biggest Gameshow of the future! Fight for Fans and fortune in fully-destructible, virtual Arenas that guarantee no two rounds will ever play the same!

    2023ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Positech Games

Other recommendable Steam games by Positech Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Democracy 3

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Positech Games, the studio behind Ridiculous Space Battles. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ridiculous Space Battles.

    Have you ever wanted to be president? or prime-minister? Convinced you could do a better job of running the country? Let's face it, you could hardly do a worse job than our current political leaders.

    2013StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Democracy 4

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Positech Games, the studio behind Ridiculous Space Battles. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ridiculous Space Battles.

    Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected...

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Production Line : Car factory simulation

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Positech Games, the studio behind Ridiculous Space Battles. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ridiculous Space Battles.

    Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Gratuitous Space Battles

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Positech Games, the studio behind Ridiculous Space Battles. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ridiculous Space Battles.

    The first ever auto-battler game, from way back in 2009Who needs backstory? Who needs resource-gathering? Diplomacy is so last year. Gratuitous Space Battles cuts right to the chase of sci-fi strategy games, and deals with large, completely unjustified space battles between huge opposing space fleets.

    2009StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Democracy 3 Africa

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Positech Games, the studio behind Ridiculous Space Battles. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ridiculous Space Battles.

    Democracy 3: Africa is the new standalone 're-imagining' of the hit political strategy game 'Democracy 3'. Set entirely in countries on the continent of Africa, D3:A puts you in charge of these countries and challenges you to stay in power whilst fixing each country's problems, improving the quality of life for your electorate, and...

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation16.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Gratuitous Space Battles 2

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Positech Games, the studio behind Ridiculous Space Battles. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ridiculous Space Battles.

    Have you ever wanted to be admiral of a huge, sprawling space battle-fleet of your own design? Ever wanted to design a fleet of battle-cruisers so powerful they can rip all who oppose them into space-dust? Ever wanted to build a battleship with purple rotating radars and 64 engines? Well we have good news for you...

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Gratuitous Tank Battles

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Positech Games, the studio behind Ridiculous Space Battles. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ridiculous Space Battles.

    Set in an alternate history timeline where World War I never ends, you are the commander of allied forces fighting right up to the year 2114.

    2012StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Democracy 2

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Positech Games, the studio behind Ridiculous Space Battles. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ridiculous Space Battles.

    On Tuesday, November 6th Americans will vote to shape the future of their country. Why wait? Start shaping your country's future now in Democracy 2.

    2012StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Ridiculous Space Battles

Does Ridiculous Space Battles have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Ridiculous Space Battles supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to Ridiculous Space Battles?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ridiculous Space Battles are Conqueror of the Seas, Wargame: Red Dragon, BattleGroupVR2.
Who developed Ridiculous Space Battles?
Ridiculous Space Battles was developed by Positech Games.

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