Games like Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
If Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sid Meier's Civilization® V, Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI and Galactic Civilizations III — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, 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 →Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is a turn-based sci-fi 4X strategy game released in 2014 at $9.99 USD. Players lead an expedition sent to colonize an alien planet and build a new civilization in space. The game features a tech web progression system that lets factions diverge significantly, an affinity system that translates ideological choices into tangible gameplay bonuses, and alien biomes and nests that reshape strategic planning. Quest narratives add story-driven elements to the experience. Mod support allows players to overhaul or add new content. Reviewers highlight the atmosphere and describe the gameplay as epic in scope and contemplative in tone, with substantial challenge. The game holds a 58% positive rating from 9,997 Steam reviews and is not supported on Steam Deck.
About Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™: 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.
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Sid Meier's Civilization® V
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Shares a challenging mood with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Top pick for Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and a challenging mood with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Second-strongest match for Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
Galactic Civilizations III
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Third-strongest match for Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Build a civilization that will stand the test of time in the largest space-based strategy game ever! Choose from dozens of unique races and make a name for yourself across the galaxy through diplomacy, espionage, technological advances, and more.
ENDLESS™ Space - Definitive Edition
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Ranked #4 for Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
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.
ENDLESS™ Legend
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Ranked #5 for Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
ENDLESS™ Legend is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of ENDLESS™ Space and Dungeon of the ENDLESS™. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga. Create your own Legend!
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
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Shares an epic mood with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Ranked #6 for Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
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.
Horizon
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Ranked #7 for Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
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.
Alliance of the Sacred Suns
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Ranked #8 for Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Alliance of the Sacred Suns is a sci-fi grand-strategy RPG that begins with your coronation as the head of an interstellar Empire, and ends with your demise. Manage feuding noble houses and the schemes of would-be usurpers as you try to revive the glory of an Empire on the brink of collapse.
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Tiny Civilization
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Shares a contemplative mood with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Reviewers of Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
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.
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
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Shares an epic mood with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Reviewers of Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.
Cities: Skylines
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Shares mod support and a contemplative mood with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Reviewers of Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
Foundation
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Shares a contemplative mood with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Reviewers of Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Anno 1800
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Reviewers of Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.
Before We Leave
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Reviewers of Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Before We Leave is a city building game set in a cozy corner of the universe. Nurture your Peeps and their surroundings while rebuilding and rediscovering civilisation. Settle new lands and planets while avoiding hungry Space Whales.
Settlement Survival
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Shares a contemplative mood with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Reviewers of Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Tropico 4
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Reviewers of Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ at current Steam store prices.
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
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Priced ~50% under Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~50% under Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
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Priced ~50% under Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
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?
Nubby's Number Factory
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Priced ~50% under Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
Monster Train
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Priced ~50% under Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Nodebuster
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Priced ~70% under Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
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Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and a challenging mood with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
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 a challenging mood with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
XCOM® 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
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 Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
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
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Shares mod support and an epic mood with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
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XCOM®: Chimera Squad
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
Marvel's Midnight Suns
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Shares an epic mood with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
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 Pirates!
WHY THIS
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.
Sail the Caribbean, marauding all on the high seas or ally your ship and crew as a privateer in search of riches - the life you choose is up to you. Face dogged enemies, raid unsuspecting villages, woo fair maidens, avoid capture or dig for buried treasure. Discover what it takes to become one of the most famous pirates in history!
Frequently asked about Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
- Does Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ work on Steam Deck?
- Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ cost?
- Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ are Sid Meier's Civilization® V, Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI, Galactic Civilizations III.
- Who developed Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™?
- Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ was developed by Firaxis Games, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux) and published by 2K, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux).
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