Games like Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
If Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Last Federation, Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection and Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its ship design is unparalleled, challenging 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 →About Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition: 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.
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The Last Federation
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Shares an immersive mood with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Top pick for Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
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: Complete Collection
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Shares a retro mood with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Second-strongest match for Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection is the original Sword of the Stars games and the three expansions Born of Blood, A Murder of Crows and Argos Naval Yard. It is the year 2405, and human scientists have discovered a new technology that allows travel from star to star at speeds faster than light.
Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
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Shares a contemplative mood with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Third-strongest match for Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
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.
Horizon
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Shares ship design, tech tree research and a contemplative mood with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Ranked #4 for Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
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.
Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
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Shares a contemplative mood with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Ranked #5 for Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Get the complete GalCiv II saga including Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, the expansion pack Dark Avatar, and the newest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor!
Master of Orion
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Shares an immersive mood with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Ranked #6 for Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
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.
Shadow Empire
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Shares an immersive mood with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Ranked #7 for Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features. Players take the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation, with the goal of reconquering a devastated planet.
ENDLESS™ Space 2
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Shares an immersive mood with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Ranked #8 for Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
ENDLESS™ Space 2 is a Strategic Space Opera, featuring the compelling “just one more turn” gameplay, set in the mysterious ENDLESS™ Universe. As the leader of your civilization, will you impose your vision and build the greatest stellar empire?
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ENDLESS™ Space - Definitive Edition
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Shares an immersive mood with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Reviewers of Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
ENDLESS™ Space is a turn-based 4X strategy game, covering the space colonization age in the ENDLESS™ Universe, where you can control every aspect of your civilization as you strive for galactic domination.
StarDrive
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Shares tech tree research and a retro mood with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Reviewers of Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
As a space bear, human or any other race, venture forth into the galaxy, create custom ships, conquer new worlds, build new colonies and defend your very existence against those who would take what is yours.
Sword of the Stars: The Pit
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Shares an immersive mood with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Reviewers of Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
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!
Master of Orion 3
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Shares an immersive mood with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Reviewers of Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
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.
The Pit
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Reviewers of Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Fight challenging bosses where you can evade each attack with a unique dodge while building up powerful combos. In a game that tests your reaction speed while making you feel untouchable.
Toe-tal War
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Reviewers of Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Toe-tal War is a platformer where you kill people with your foot smell. Run and jump to make your feet smelly, change your shoes and socks to control the smell — then get close to enemies and stink them to death.
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Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition at current Steam store prices.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
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
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Priced ~80% under Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
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
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Priced ~80% under Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
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.
Majesty Gold HD
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Priced ~50% under Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
The High Definition edition of Majesty Gold contains main game, the Northern Expansion Pack as well as 2 new quests and several other graphics and gameplay updates.Majesty is a Real-time strategy game with indirect control – your heroes have a will of their own!
Bomber Crew
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Priced ~52% under Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!
Turmoil
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Priced ~48% under Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
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Priced ~80% under Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
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
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Priced ~60% under Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
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.
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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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
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!
South Scrimshaw, Part One
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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.
Splitgate
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Splitgate is a free-to-play, fast-paced multiplayer shooter that features player-controlled portals. This sci-fi shooter takes the FPS genre to a new dimension with its portal mechanics, delivering high-flying, multi-dimensional combat.
Crusader Kings II
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
PlanetSide 2
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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.
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Sword of the Stars: The Pit
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Shares an immersive mood with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Another title from Kerberos Productions, the studio behind Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
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!
The Pit: Infinity
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Shares a challenging mood with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Another title from Kerberos Productions, the studio behind Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Enter a legendary alien facility dug deep into the Feldspar Mountains... a massive Pit, built by the ancient Suul'ka. Enter The Pit again for the first time, in this unique Roguelike / FPS hybrid!
Hoards of Glory
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Another title from Kerberos Productions, the studio behind Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Hoards of Glory is a dice placement game for 1-4 players. Players take on the role of a Viking captain forced to follow through on his grand boasts! Developed as an answer for how to playtest a tabletop during a pandemic, Hoards of Glory grew into a video game in its own right!
Planetary Control!
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Another title from Kerberos Productions, the studio behind Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Invade strange worlds with alien armies! populate and shield your planets! Assassinate, Sabotage and Nuke your opponents! Collect victory points and achieve... PLANETARY CONTROL!
Sword of the Stars: The Pit 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
Another title from Kerberos Productions, the studio behind Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition.
The Pit2 returns to the turn-based Roguelike roots of the indie classic and takes you to another alien facility filled with broken machines, warped creatures, and new surprises!
Frequently asked about Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
- Does Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition work on Steam Deck?
- Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition cost?
- Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition are The Last Federation, Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection, Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
- Who developed Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition?
- Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition was developed by Kerberos Productions and published by Paradox Interactive.
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