Games like X: Beyond the Frontier
Closest overall match: X2: The Threat (★ 3.3). Highest rated: Anno 1404 at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: X2: The Threat at about 1 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for X: Beyond the Frontier — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are Economy, Singleplayer and Trading.
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85%
1. X2: The Threat
Shares Space Sim, Trading, Economy, Open World and Steam Cloud and 1 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 32%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
-
83%
2. X: Tension
Shares Space Sim, Economy, Open World, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; same developer.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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75%
3. X3: Reunion
Shares Space Sim, Trading, Economy, Open World and Steam Cloud and 1 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
-
68%
4. The Guild II
Shares Trading, Economy and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 61
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
-
66%
5. X3: Terran Conflict
Shares Space Sim, Trading, Economy, Open World and Steam Cloud and 1 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 39%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
-
63%
6. Railroad Tycoon 3
Shares Economy and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
-
62%
7. Majesty Gold HD
Shares Economy and Singleplayer; rated 1.0 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
-
61%
8. Patrician IV
Shares Trading, Economy and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 higher.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
-
60%
9. Anno 1404
Shares Trading, Economy and Singleplayer; rated 1.0 higher.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
-
59%
10. RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.9 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 1999
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
-
59%
11. Terroir
Shares Economy, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
-
58%
12. Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like X: Beyond the Frontier?
On our similarity model, X2: The Threat is the closest match to X: Beyond the Frontier — shares Space Sim, Trading, Economy, Open World and Steam Cloud and 1 more tags; same developer.
Which game like X: Beyond the Frontier is rated highest?
Anno 1404 holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 135 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against X: Beyond the Frontier on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.