Similar games
Games like Idle Expanse
Lyrical Games LLC · 2020 · Windows
Steam: 54 % positive of 153 reviews, as of Oct 28
A sci-fi themed incremental game which allows you to expand your capitalistic empire across the galaxy! Hire mercenaries to pillage alien planets for resources, with the singular goal of making as much money as possible as quickly as possible! Totally not a playful commentary on real Terran society.
24 games that play like Idle Expanse and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Galaxy Idle Clicker, Slipways and Unnamed Space Idle.
Player tags
Best matches
Plays and looks like Idle Expanse
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like Idle Expanse
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Galaxy Idle Clicker
74 % positive of 1,225
Shared: Idler · Clicker · Management
Slipways
91 % positive of 2,246
Shared: Strategy · Management · Relaxing
Unnamed Space Idle
91 % positive of 4,562
Shared: Idler · Clicker · Aliens
Stellaris
85 % positive of 139,715
Shared: Strategy · Management · Sci-fi
Scratch Inc.
89 % positive of 2,259
Shared: Strategy · Idler · Clicker
Space industrial empire
84 % positive of 1,024
Shared: Strategy · Idler · Management
Lazy Galaxy
78 % positive of 188
Shared: Strategy · Idler · Clicker
AdVenture Capitalist
86 % positive of 60,520
Shared: Strategy · Idler · Clicker
Vanguard Galaxy
90 % positive of 604
Shared: Idler · Clicker · Relaxing
Starvester
68 % positive of 819
Shared: Strategy · Idler · Clicker
Universe Horizon
88 % positive of 236
Shared: Strategy · Idler · Clicker
Lazy Galaxy 2
76 % positive of 168
Shared: RPG · Strategy · Idler
More matches
- Nonentity Galaxy93 % positive of 592Shared: Strategy · Management · Sci-fi
- Endless Sky92 % positive of 7,153Shared: RPG · Strategy · Sci-fi
- Trimps89 % positive of 1,508Shared: Strategy · Idler · Clicker
- ENDLESS Space™ 282 % positive of 17,329Shared: RPG · Strategy · Sci-fi
- Starminer71 % positive of 1,860
- Galactic Mining Corp84 % positive of 870Shared: Management · Sci-fi · Space
- Astrobuilder88 % positive of 353Shared: RPG · Cartoony · Management
- X4: Foundations79 % positive of 25,510Shared: Strategy · Management · Space
- EarthX92 % positive of 543Shared: Strategy · Management · Space
- Star Birds90 % positive of 3,064
- Star Ores Inc.80 % positive of 325Shared: Management · Relaxing · Sci-fi
- Astrox Imperium84 % positive of 1,263Shared: Sci-fi · Space · Indie
By look
Looks like Idle Expanse
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
FTL: Faster Than Light
93 % positive of 63,028
Nova Drift
94 % positive of 13,053
Solar Settlers
93 % positive of 298
Chicken Invaders Universe
91 % positive of 3,850
Into the Breach
93 % positive of 19,146
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
89 % positive of 28,468
Star Traders: Frontiers
82 % positive of 3,686
Out There: Ω Edition
75 % positive of 1,360
Star Ruler 2
80 % positive of 661
Offworld Trading Company
76 % positive of 3,604
Nexus 5X
90 % positive of 890
LONESTAR
90 % positive of 2,213
More matches
- Unnamed Space Idle91 % positive of 4,562
- NIMRODS84 % positive of 1,804
- Space Rock Breaker95 % positive of 4,873
- Starcom: Nexus90 % positive of 2,284
- Slipways91 % positive of 2,246
- Space Tyrant83 % positive of 549
- Repel The Rifts83 % positive of 354
- Interstellar Space: Genesis83 % positive of 718
- Pixel Starships71 % positive of 3,035
- Particle Fleet: Emergence92 % positive of 1,202
- Dicevaders95 % positive of 948
- Hades' Star72 % positive of 2,696
At a glance
What games like Idle Expanse have in common
- The tags they share most often with Idle Expanse: Strategy (15 of 24), Idler (11) and Management (10).
- They came out between 2015 and 2026, 17 of them after Idle Expanse (2020).
- Best rated by Steam players: Endless Sky (92 % positive of 7,153).
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.