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Games like Shadow Empire
VR Designs · 2020 · 87 % positive of 1,471
24 games that play like Shadow Empire and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Star Dynasties, Stars in Shadow and Age of Wonders: Planetfall.
Player tags
At a glance
What games like Shadow Empire have in common
- The tags they share most often with Shadow Empire: Strategy (23 of 24), 4X (21) and Simulation (9).
- They came out between 2006 and 2026, 8 of them after Shadow Empire (2020).
- Best rated by Steam players: The Battle of Polytopia (93 % positive of 5,148).
By gameplay
Plays like Shadow Empire
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Star Dynasties
73 % positive of 456
Shared: Strategy · RPG · Turn-Based Strategy
Stars in Shadow
78 % positive of 787
Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
79 % positive of 6,431
Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
Stellar Monarch
79 % positive of 224
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · 4X
Revival: Recolonization
71 % positive of 404
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · 4X
4th Generation Warfare
55 % positive of 158
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · 4X
ENDLESS Legend™ 2
83 % positive of 4,258
ENDLESS Legend™
83 % positive of 18,631
Shared: Strategy · 4X · RPG
Interstellar Space: Genesis
83 % positive of 772
Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
Sovereignty: Crown of Kings
49 % positive of 292
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Wargame
StarDrive 2
55 % positive of 2,084
Shared: Strategy · 4X · Sci-fi
Millennia
68 % positive of 3,593
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · 4X
More matches
- Lords of the Black Sun19 % positive of 394Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
- Pax Nova57 % positive of 432Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
- Horizon59 % positive of 475Shared: Strategy · Simulation · 4X
- Space Empires IV Deluxe85 % positive of 270Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
- Heroes of Science and Fiction93 % positive of 332Shared: Strategy · 4X · RPG
- Master of Orion 352 % positive of 171Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
- Eador. Imperium75 % positive of 1,236Shared: Strategy · 4X · RPG
- Nexus 5X91 % positive of 867Shared: Strategy · Simulation · 4X
- Age of Wonders 481 % positive of 18,251Shared: Strategy · 4X · RPG
- ENDLESS Space™ 283 % positive of 22,190Shared: Strategy · 4X · RPG
- The Battle of Polytopia93 % positive of 5,148Shared: Strategy · Simulation · 4X
- ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition80 % positive of 9,364Shared: Strategy · Simulation · 4X
By look
Looks like Shadow Empire
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa
87 % positive of 223
Advanced Tactics Gold
83 % positive of 170
Close Combat: The Bloody First
52 % positive of 457
Panzer Corps Gold
91 % positive of 2,602
Galactic Civilizations III
76 % positive of 10,282
Rogue State Revolution
77 % positive of 499
Shortest Trip to Earth
77 % positive of 1,390
Lost Scavenger
55 % positive of 237
Realpolitiks
61 % positive of 1,204
Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
92 % positive of 372
Hearts of Iron III
76 % positive of 5,961
Supreme Ruler 2030
65 % positive of 472
More matches
- Unity of Command II80 % positive of 1,896
- Hearts of Iron IV89 % positive of 342,150
- Zero-K93 % positive of 3,922
- Supreme Ruler Ultimate77 % positive of 1,223
- Supreme Ruler 193673 % positive of 294
- Raiders! Forsaken Earth77 % positive of 281
- USC: Counterforce70 % positive of 209
- Supremacy: Call of War 194271 % positive of 5,832
- Hex of Steel96 % positive of 594
- Burden of Command™82 % positive of 381
- Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon (Classic)81 % positive of 1,013
- Polaris Sector71 % positive of 455
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.