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Proxy Studios · 2014 · 62 % positive of 629

24 games that play like Pandora: First Contact and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Pax Nova, Age of Wonders: Planetfall and Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™.

Player tags

  • Strategy
  • 4X
  • Turn-Based Strategy
  • Sci-fi
  • Simulation
  • Singleplayer
  • Hex Grid
  • Multiplayer

At a glance

What games like Pandora: First Contact have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Pandora: First Contact: Strategy (24 of 24), 4X (23) and Turn-Based Strategy (19).
  • They came out between 2012 and 2026, 19 of them after Pandora: First Contact (2014).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Master of Orion 2 (96 % positive of 1,569).
  • Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™, Galactic Civilizations III and Distant Worlds 2 both play and look like Pandora: First Contact.

By gameplay

Plays like Pandora: First Contact

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

More matches

  1. Galactic Civilizations III76 % positive of 10,282Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  2. StarDrive 255 % positive of 2,084Shared: Strategy · 4X · Sci-fi
  3. Revival: Recolonization71 % positive of 404Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  4. Galactic Civilizations IV73 % positive of 1,887Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  5. Nexus 5X91 % positive of 867Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  6. Stellaris86 % positive of 185,433Shared: Strategy · 4X · Sci-fi
  7. Master of Orion76 % positive of 7,918Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  8. Distant Worlds 271 % positive of 3,237Shared: Strategy · 4X · Sci-fi
  9. Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition48 % positive of 287Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  10. Master of Orion 296 % positive of 1,569Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  11. Distant Worlds: Universe75 % positive of 1,819Shared: Strategy · 4X · Sci-fi
  12. Sid Meier's Starships50 % positive of 2,406Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy

By look

Looks like Pandora: First Contact

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

More matches

  1. Deity Empires87 % positive of 326
  2. Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign78 % positive of 987
  3. Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War81 % positive of 14,975
  4. Galactic Civilizations III76 % positive of 10,282
  5. AI War: Fleet Command82 % positive of 1,582
  6. Infested Planet93 % positive of 2,957
  7. The Red Solstice70 % positive of 2,501
  8. Space Rangers HD: A War Apart94 % positive of 6,666
  9. Avorion90 % positive of 13,614
  10. Total Annihilation96 % positive of 3,477
  11. Line War79 % positive of 1,058
  12. IDUN - Frontline Survival78 % positive of 536

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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