5 Games with a space setting like Stellaris that you should try

What brings it close to Stellaris is tactical combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and setting. Both also lean on an isometric view. What it adds of its own: melee combat.

Genre puts it alongside Stellaris, and so does procedural generation, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. The common ground extends to resource management. Where the two diverge is progression and game mode: base building.

Same family as Stellaris: strong narrative focus, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. The common ground extends to resource management and an isometric view. Where the two diverge is game mode and visuals: co-op play and 3D presentation.

Its point of contact with Stellaris is a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and an isometric view. The distance is in progression — its own ground is base building.

It shares the essentials of what Stellaris does: tactical combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. Both also lean on an isometric view. What it adds of its own: co-op play.