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A compact space strategy game of fleet-based planet capture, with competitive multiplayer and AI opponents.

Nexus 5X
A turn-based 4X that condenses grand strategy into 60-minute competitive sessions, with solo and 2-8 player multiplayer, praised as a digestible alternative to Twilight Imperium.
2024-04-18
- Science fiction
- Strategy

Bird view / Isometric

Indie

Simulator

4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)

Role-playing (RPG)

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Lazerbait

A free, minimalist VR arcade strategy game where planet capture and fleet building create a tense, compact 90-minute battle.

2016-10-13

First person
Strategy
Indie
Real Time Strategy (RTS)
Arcade
Virtual Reality

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Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest

A brief, fast-paced space strategy game where players swarm planets with ships in chaotic co-op and cross-platform battles, though its monetization and cheating issues offset its generally positive reception.

2014-12-05

Strategy
Indie
Simulator

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Planet S

A futuristic RTS about hex-grid city building and planet colonization, playable solo or in online PvP with a compact playtime.

2023-10-28

Science fiction
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Real Time Strategy (RTS)
Sandbox

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Empire Takeover

A free-to-play casual cross-platform strategy game about quick tower-crushing skirmishes to conquer an empire.

2022-02-09

Strategy

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Relentless Expanse

A free 2D top-down space RTS about capturing and upgrading planets, playable solo or in online PvP with flexible 5-30 minute rounds.

2025-01-14

Science fiction
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie

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Solaris

A free-to-play multiplayer space strategy game where alliance-building and betrayal drive weeks-long campaigns of galactic conquest, playable in short bursts.

2021-07-05

Strategy

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Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®

A space RTS that combines fleet combat, empire building, and diplomacy in a galactic war, with solid multiplayer and mod support.

2011-11-16

Action
Warfare
Science fiction
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Tactical
Indie
Real Time Strategy (RTS)
4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
Open world

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Orion Wars

A fast-paced space RTS with short matches, fleet command, and a Singularity research path, though rough around the edges.

2025-11-10

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King of the World

A fast-paced RTS where up to 12 players battle for world domination through alliances and betrayal.

2018-10-22

Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie

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Aetherspace

A free-to-play indie strategy game of turn-based starship battles between outlaw gangs, with tactical shield and energy management and both single-player and cross-platform multiplayer.

2017-07-03

Strategy
Indie

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Nodwar

A free-to-play RTS platform mixing arcade conquest, planetary grand strategy, and traditional RTS battles, with positive early reviews noting rough edges, punishing high-difficulty AI, and short sessions around a three-hour median.

2026-06-23

Warfare
Science fiction
Strategy
Indie
Simulator
Real Time Strategy (RTS)