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CodeForce · 2022 · 71 % positive of 3,237

24 games that play like Distant Worlds 2 and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Distant Worlds: Universe, Dawn of Andromeda and Stellaris.

Player tags

  • Strategy
  • Simulation
  • 4X
  • Grand Strategy
  • Space
  • Sci-fi
  • 3D
  • Singleplayer

At a glance

What games like Distant Worlds 2 have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Distant Worlds 2: Strategy (24 of 24), 4X (23) and Space (10).
  • They came out between 2006 and 2024, 2 of them after Distant Worlds 2 (2022).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Master of Orion 2 (96 % positive of 1,569).
  • 8 games both play and look like Distant Worlds 2, among them Distant Worlds: Universe, Stellaris and Galactic Civilizations IV.

By gameplay

Plays like Distant Worlds 2

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Space Empires V72 % positive of 453Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
  2. Master of Orion76 % positive of 7,918Shared: Strategy · 4X · Grand Strategy
  3. Galactic Civilizations III76 % positive of 10,282Shared: Strategy · 4X · Grand Strategy
  4. Star Ruler82 % positive of 335Shared: Strategy · 4X · Grand Strategy
  5. ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition80 % positive of 9,364Shared: Strategy · Simulation · 4X
  6. X4: Foundations79 % positive of 23,847Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Grand Strategy
  7. Outscape75 % positive of 419Shared: Strategy · 4X · Grand Strategy
  8. Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®77 % positive of 793Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
  9. Horizon59 % positive of 475Shared: Strategy · Simulation · 4X
  10. Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition48 % positive of 287Shared: Strategy · 4X · Grand Strategy
  11. Space Empires IV Deluxe85 % positive of 270Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
  12. Master of Orion 190 % positive of 398Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space

By look

Looks like Distant Worlds 2

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Outscape75 % positive of 419
  2. Stellaris86 % positive of 185,433
  3. The Pegasus Expedition61 % positive of 313
  4. ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition80 % positive of 9,364
  5. Space Station Tycoon61 % positive of 203
  6. Astro Lords65 % positive of 216
  7. Slipways92 % positive of 2,154
  8. Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition84 % positive of 886
  9. Landinar: Into the Void56 % positive of 235
  10. SpaceBourne76 % positive of 773
  11. StarDrive44 % positive of 1,473
  12. Per Aspera75 % positive of 5,484

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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