games like
Stellaris
Stellaris leans Optimization (Pure Optimization). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.
Matched first against: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy - then ranked by cheat-test profile.
3 games like Stellaris
A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.
Civilization VIPure Optimization · turn-based 4X
Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Heroes of Might and Magic IIIPure Optimization · turn-based strategy
Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: variance (5 vs 4) - Map fog, creature banks, and morale rolls
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Sid Meier's Civilization IVPure Optimization · 4X strategy
Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: reads (3 vs 2) - Human multiplayer adds diplomacy reads; AI is mappable
full comparison →Game details
- Released
- 2016
- Developer
- Paradox Development Studio
- Platforms
- Series X|S, PS4, Linux, PC, PS5, Mac, XONE
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- IGDB critics
- 79/100
- IGDB users
- 78/100
Real Time Strategy (RTS)SimulatorStrategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)