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Games like Nexus 5X
Whatboy Games · 2024 · 91 % positive of 867
24 games that play like Nexus 5X and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Starion Tactics, Interstellar Space: Genesis and Galactic Civilizations IV.
Player tags
At a glance
What games like Nexus 5X have in common
- The tags they share most often with Nexus 5X: Strategy (24 of 24), Turn-Based Strategy (17) and 4X (14).
- They came out between 2012 and 2023, none of them after Nexus 5X (2024).
- Best rated by Steam players: Master of Orion 2 (96 % positive of 1,569).
- 10 games both play and look like Nexus 5X, among them Interstellar Space: Genesis, Galactic Civilizations IV and ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition.
By gameplay
Plays like Nexus 5X
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

Starion Tactics
40 % positive of 176
Shared: Strategy · Space

Interstellar Space: Genesis
83 % positive of 772
Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy

Galactic Civilizations IV
73 % positive of 1,887
Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · 4X

Horizon
59 % positive of 475
Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy

ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
80 % positive of 9,364
Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · 4X

Space Wars: Interstellar Empires
65 % positive of 238
Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Space

Galaxy Admirals
86 % positive of 329
Shared: Board Game · Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy

StarDrive 2
55 % positive of 2,084
Shared: Strategy · 4X · Sci-fi

ENDLESS Space™ 2
83 % positive of 22,190
Shared: Strategy · Co-op · Turn-Based Strategy

Stars in Shadow
78 % positive of 787
Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy

Master of Orion
76 % positive of 7,918
Shared: Strategy · Co-op · Turn-Based Strategy

Sid Meier's Starships
50 % positive of 2,406
Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · 4X
More matches
- Final Theory80 % positive of 378Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy
- Pax Nova57 % positive of 432Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · 4X
- Master of Orion 296 % positive of 1,569Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · 4X
- Age of Wonders: Planetfall79 % positive of 6,431Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · 4X
- Stellaris86 % positive of 185,433Shared: Strategy · 4X · Sci-fi
- Lords of the Black Sun19 % positive of 394Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · 4X
- Galactic Civilizations III76 % positive of 10,282Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · 4X
- Dominus Galaxia: KS Edition83 % positive of 236Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
- Master of Orion 190 % positive of 398Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · 4X
- The Pegasus Expedition61 % positive of 313Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · 4X
- Outscape75 % positive of 419Shared: Strategy · Co-op · 4X
- Race for the Galaxy93 % positive of 421Shared: Board Game · Strategy · Space
By look
Looks like Nexus 5X
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

Galactic Civilizations IV
73 % positive of 1,887

StarDrive 2
55 % positive of 2,084

Interstellar Space: Genesis
83 % positive of 772

Slipways
92 % positive of 2,154

Star Ruler 2
81 % positive of 715

Starcom: Nexus
90 % positive of 2,132

Outscape
75 % positive of 419

Stellaris
86 % positive of 185,433

Sid Meier's Starships
50 % positive of 2,406

Gratuitous Space Battles 2
39 % positive of 301

Battlevoid: Sector Siege
58 % positive of 191

The Pegasus Expedition
61 % positive of 313
More matches
- Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy74 % positive of 158
- Polaris Sector71 % positive of 455
- Final Theory80 % positive of 378
- Gaia Beyond75 % positive of 243
- The Infinite Black 285 % positive of 221
- ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition80 % positive of 9,364
- Stellar Warfare85 % positive of 367
- Battlevoid: Harbinger79 % positive of 1,020
- Starblast81 % positive of 999
- Galactic Civilizations III76 % positive of 10,282
- Space Pirates And Zombies 278 % positive of 2,802
- StellarHub60 % positive of 258
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.