Games like X: Tension
Closest overall match: X: Beyond the Frontier (★ 3.3). Highest rated: X3: Terran Conflict at ★ 3.5. Quickest to finish: X: Beyond the Frontier at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like X: Tension? Our model ranked 11 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are Singleplayer, Economy and Steam Cloud.
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83%
1. X: Beyond the Frontier
Shares Space Sim, Economy, Open World, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; same developer.
- Year
- 1999
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 67
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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75%
2. X2: The Threat
Shares Space Sim, Economy, Open World, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; same developer.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 32%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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70%
3. X3: Reunion
Shares Space Sim, Economy, Open World, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; same developer.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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68%
4. The Guild II
Shares Economy and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 61
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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67%
5. The Guild Gold Edition
Shares Economy and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 41%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
-
67%
6. Terroir
Shares Economy, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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67%
7. X3: Terran Conflict
Shares Space Sim, Economy, Open World, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; same developer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 39%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
-
65%
8. Cities in Motion
Shares Economy and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
-
64%
9. Patrician IV
Shares Economy and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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62%
10. Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943
Shares Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 63
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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62%
11. Railroad Tycoon 3
Shares Economy and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like X: Tension?
On our similarity model, X: Beyond the Frontier is the closest match to X: Tension — shares Space Sim, Economy, Open World, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; same developer.
Which game like X: Tension is rated highest?
X3: Terran Conflict holds the highest player rating in this list at 3.5/5 from 63 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against X: Tension 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.