# Games like Gratuitous Space Battles

> The closest matches to Gratuitous Space Battles: Hardspace: Shipbreaker, Spacebase Startopia, Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition, Nexus - The Jupiter Incident, and Distant Worlds: Universe. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Hardspace: Shipbreaker](https://imho.run/games/1161580/hardspace-shipbreaker) — Shares ship customization with Gratuitous Space Battles. 15,871 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1161580/)
2. [Spacebase Startopia](https://imho.run/games/840390/spacebase-startopia) — Also RTS and Space, like Gratuitous Space Battles. 234 Steam reviews, 50% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/840390/)
3. [Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition](https://imho.run/games/202200/galactic-civilizations-ii-ultimate-edition) — Also Space, like Gratuitous Space Battles. 797 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/202200/)
4. [Nexus - The Jupiter Incident](https://imho.run/games/6420/nexus-the-jupiter-incident) — Also Spaceships and RTS, like Gratuitous Space Battles. 607 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/6420/)
5. [Distant Worlds: Universe](https://imho.run/games/261470/distant-worlds-universe) — A frequent pick in Gratuitous Space Battles players' libraries, and another Strategy. 1,147 Steam reviews, 71% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/261470/)
6. [Starpoint Gemini Warlords](https://imho.run/games/419480/starpoint-gemini-warlords) — Also Spaceships and Space, like Gratuitous Space Battles. 1,888 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/419480/)
7. [Space Pirates and Zombies](https://imho.run/games/107200/space-pirates-and-zombies) — A frequent pick in Gratuitous Space Battles players' libraries, and another RPG. 1,874 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/107200/)
8. [Startopia](https://imho.run/games/243040/startopia) — A frequent pick in Gratuitous Space Battles players' libraries, and another Simulation. 649 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/243040/)
9. [Homeworld Remastered Collection](https://imho.run/games/244160/homeworld-remastered-collection) — Shares ship customization with Gratuitous Space Battles. 7,714 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/244160/)
10. [Void Destroyer 2](https://imho.run/games/369530/void-destroyer-2) — A frequent pick in Gratuitous Space Battles players' libraries, and another Action. 571 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/369530/)
11. [Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion](https://imho.run/games/204880/sins-of-a-solar-empire-rebellion) — Also RTS and Space, like Gratuitous Space Battles. 7,321 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/204880/)
12. [shapez 2 - Factory](https://imho.run/games/2162800/shapez-2-factory) — Shares blueprint sharing with Gratuitous Space Battles. 8,187 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2162800/)
13. [Anno 2205™](https://imho.run/games/375910/anno-2205) — Also RTS and Space, like Gratuitous Space Battles. 2,972 Steam reviews, 69% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/375910/)
14. [Space Rogue](https://imho.run/games/364300/space-rogue) — Shares ship customization with Gratuitous Space Battles. 241 Steam reviews, 59% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/364300/)
15. [Final Upgrade](https://imho.run/games/919260/final-upgrade) — Also Space, like Gratuitous Space Battles. 289 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/919260/)
16. [Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2](https://imho.run/games/573100/battlefleet-gothic-armada-2) — Shares ship customization with Gratuitous Space Battles. 5,744 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/573100/)
17. [AI War: Fleet Command](https://imho.run/games/40400/ai-war-fleet-command) — Also RTS and Space, like Gratuitous Space Battles. 854 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/40400/)
18. [eXoSpace Combat Engineer](https://imho.run/games/2876200/exospace-combat-engineer) — Shares ship customization with Gratuitous Space Battles. 179 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2876200/)
19. [Out of Orbit](https://imho.run/games/1859990/out-of-orbit) — Shares ship customization with Gratuitous Space Battles. 87 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1859990/)
20. [Surviving Mars](https://imho.run/games/464920/surviving-mars) — Also Space, like Gratuitous Space Battles. 10,552 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/464920/)
21. [Outworld Station](https://imho.run/games/3242950/outworld-station) — Also RTS and Space, like Gratuitous Space Battles. 290 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3242950/)
22. [Vanguard Galaxy](https://imho.run/games/3471800/vanguard-galaxy) — Shares ship customization with Gratuitous Space Battles. 329 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3471800/)
23. [The Last Starship](https://imho.run/games/1857080/the-last-starship) — Also Space, like Gratuitous Space Battles. 1,036 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1857080/)
24. [Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder](https://imho.run/games/2628570/stellar-settlers-space-base-builder) — Also Spaceships and Space, like Gratuitous Space Battles. 202 Steam reviews, 50% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2628570/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=41800&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=41800&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=41800&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=41800
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/41800
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Gratuitous 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.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 41800
- **Developer:** Positech Games
- **Publisher:** Positech Games
- **Genres:** Strategy, Indie, Simulation
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Nov 16, 2009
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 72
- **Platforms:** windows, mac, linux

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/41800/gratuitous-space-battles)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=41800&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/41800/)
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