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Arkavi Studios · 2014 · 19 % positive of 394

24 games that play like Lords of the Black Sun and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Stars in Shadow, Interstellar Space: Genesis and StarDrive 2.

Player tags

  • Strategy
  • 4X
  • Indie
  • Space
  • Turn-Based
  • Sci-fi
  • Turn-Based Strategy
  • Adventure

At a glance

What games like Lords of the Black Sun have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Lords of the Black Sun: Strategy (24 of 24), Space (24) and 4X (21).
  • They came out between 2006 and 2024, 19 of them after Lords of the Black Sun (2014).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Master of Orion 2 (96 % positive of 1,569).
  • 6 games both play and look like Lords of the Black Sun, among them Interstellar Space: Genesis, StarDrive 2 and ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition.

By gameplay

Plays like Lords of the Black Sun

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

More matches

  1. Master of Orion 190 % positive of 398Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
  2. Starion Tactics40 % positive of 176Shared: Strategy · Space · Indie
  3. ENDLESS Space™ 283 % positive of 22,190Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
  4. Galactic Civilizations IV73 % positive of 1,887Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
  5. Space Wars: Interstellar Empires65 % positive of 238Shared: Strategy · Space · Indie
  6. Star Dynasties73 % positive of 456Shared: Strategy · Space · Turn-Based
  7. The Pegasus Expedition61 % positive of 313Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
  8. Dawn of Andromeda43 % positive of 239Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
  9. Age of Wonders: Planetfall79 % positive of 6,431Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
  10. Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition76 % positive of 1,650Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
  11. Space Empires IV Deluxe85 % positive of 270Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
  12. Nexus 5X91 % positive of 867Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space

By look

Looks like Lords of the Black Sun

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

More matches

  1. Endless Sky92 % positive of 6,651
  2. Slipways92 % positive of 2,154
  3. Gratuitous Space Battles 239 % positive of 301
  4. Polaris Sector71 % positive of 455
  5. Nexus 5X91 % positive of 867
  6. StarDrive 255 % positive of 2,084
  7. Galactic Civilizations IV73 % positive of 1,887
  8. The Infinite Black 285 % positive of 221
  9. Kinetic Void17 % positive of 1,553
  10. Starcom: Unknown Space92 % positive of 3,168
  11. Starpoint Gemini 269 % positive of 4,093
  12. Drifter54 % positive of 207

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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