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Nexus Legacy Team · 2026 · Windows
Steam: 66 % positive of 380 reviews, as of Oct 28
Rebuild civilization from a single planet in Nexus Legacy, a persistent sci-fi 4X MMO. Colonize worlds, manage resources, research technologies, command fleets, forge alliances, and fight for control of a living galaxy.
24 games that play like Nexus Legacy and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Stellaris, X4: Foundations and Galactic Civilizations IV.
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Plays and looks like Nexus Legacy
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like Nexus Legacy
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Stellaris
85 % positive of 139,715
Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
X4: Foundations
79 % positive of 25,510
Shared: Strategy · Space · Grand Strategy
Galactic Civilizations IV
72 % positive of 2,240
Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
Outscape
74 % positive of 415
Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
78 % positive of 6,632
Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
ENDLESS Space™ 2
82 % positive of 17,329
Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
Galactic Civilizations III
77 % positive of 8,340
Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
80 % positive of 4,109
Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
Master of Orion
76 % positive of 7,351
Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
Nova Empire
53 % positive of 305
Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
Interstellar Space: Genesis
83 % positive of 718
Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
Distant Worlds 2
70 % positive of 2,672
Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
More matches
- Galaxy Life91 % positive of 8,625Shared: Strategy · Wargame · Military
- Master of Orion 295 % positive of 1,673Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
- EVE Online73 % positive of 39,761Shared: Strategy · Space · Exploration
- Star Ruler 280 % positive of 661Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
- Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®77 % positive of 689Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
- Solar Nations 285 % positive of 656Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
- Nova: Space Armada51 % positive of 280Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
- My Colony88 % positive of 276Shared: Strategy · Simulation
- Nexus 5X90 % positive of 890Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
- Age of Wonders: Planetfall78 % positive of 4,779Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
- Sins of a Solar Empire II82 % positive of 7,236Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
- ERA ONE87 % positive of 1,611Shared: Strategy · Space · Simulation
By look
Looks like Nexus Legacy
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Nexus 5X
90 % positive of 890
Stellaris
85 % positive of 139,715
ERA ONE
87 % positive of 1,611
Unnamed Space Idle
91 % positive of 4,562
IXION
76 % positive of 15,437
Space industrial empire
84 % positive of 1,024
Endless Sky
92 % positive of 7,153
Galactic Civilizations IV
72 % positive of 2,240
Polaris Sector
70 % positive of 420
Terra Invicta
79 % positive of 9,144
Star Ruler 2
80 % positive of 661
ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
78 % positive of 6,632
More matches
- Slipways91 % positive of 2,246
- Outscape74 % positive of 415
- Starcom: Nexus90 % positive of 2,284
- Star Traders: Frontiers82 % positive of 3,686
- Starcom: Unknown Space91 % positive of 4,497
- Distant Worlds: Universe71 % positive of 1,422
- Galaxy Idle Clicker74 % positive of 1,225
- Stars in Shadow76 % positive of 734
- Dust Fleet75 % positive of 198
- Interplanetary77 % positive of 804
- Master of Orion76 % positive of 7,351
- Interstellar Space: Genesis83 % positive of 718
At a glance
What games like Nexus Legacy have in common
- The tags they share most often with Nexus Legacy: Strategy (24 of 24), Space (22) and 4X (19).
- They came out between 2010 and 2025, none of them after Nexus Legacy (2026).
- Best rated by Steam players: Master of Orion 2 (95 % positive of 1,673).
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.