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Games like Solar Frontier

If Solar Frontier is your kind of game, the closest matches are UniWar, Hexitten and Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ — 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 Solar Frontier: A sci-fi turn-based stategy game, where you settle, terraform, and invade other planets. Replay with different species, each offering a unique experience for robots, aliens, humans, or insects.

2026StrategyWindowsby Zachary Brown, Steel Palm Games
Solar Frontier — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Solar Frontier 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. UniWar

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Solar Frontier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Solar Frontier.

    Turn Based strategy, more fun than chess. Play it. With a vibrant and supportive community, every battle is not just a conquest, but an experience shared among friends.

    2024StrategyCasual7.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Hexitten

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Solar Frontier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Solar Frontier.

    Select your Team, Build your Deck of Abilities, Mod your Ships, Fight the Baddies, Upgrade your Abilities, Level Up your Heroes, and Recruit additional Heroes and Guests along your journey. Discover Events, Side Missions, and each Hero's Story. And finally, time permitting, Save the Universe.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG3.74 USDSteam ↗
  3. Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Solar Frontier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Solar Frontier.

    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.

    2014Strategy9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. BATTLETECH

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Solar Frontier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Solar Frontier.

    Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.

    2018ActionStrategyAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Endhall

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Solar Frontier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Solar Frontier.

    Endhall is a byte-sized roguelike. Become an artificial intelligence and combine tactical actions to defeat your enemies and reach the end of the hallway.

    2018StrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Codex of Victory

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Solar Frontier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Solar Frontier.

    In this sci-fi turn-based strategy with real-time base-building elements, you’ll be defending human territories against the transhuman Augments. Expand your HQ, and manufacture and upgrade an army of advanced drones to wage interplanetary war for Humanity!

    2017StrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Final Theory

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Solar Frontier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Solar Frontier.

    Final Theory is a 4X-lite turn-based strategy game where you command fleets of battleships engaged in a galactic civil war. It presents an exciting experience for both veteran players and those new to the genre. It features innovative combat mechanics but also hearkens back to some of the classics.

    2018StrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon (Classic)

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Solar Frontier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Solar Frontier.

    In this hex-based, turn-based strategy game, players will lead the Imperial forces of the Armageddon Steel Legion and Space Marines from a variety of Chapters against the Ork invasion through over 30 scenarios, on the hostile terrain of the planet and its gigantic Hive Cities.

    2014Strategy19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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  1. Aircar

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  2. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Solar Frontier.

    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!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. DOGWALK

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore a hand-crafted winter forest as a big adorable dog and a little kid in tow. A short, free, open source project brought to you by Blender Studio.

    2025IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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.

    2023IndieCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Solar Frontier.

    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. Shape of Dreams: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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.

    2012ActionMassively MultiplayerFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Limbus Company

    WHY THIS

    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.

    2023FreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Solar Frontier

What games are most similar to Solar Frontier?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Solar Frontier are UniWar, Hexitten, Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Who developed Solar Frontier?
Solar Frontier was developed by Zachary Brown, Steel Palm Games and published by Steel Palm Games.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Solar Frontier.

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