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As Mighty as Thanos Always...
The gaming world today is full of countless creative ideas, allowing players to escape reality and freely roam the virtual world. Some games cast you as a god with unrivaled power, while others go even further, granting you the ability to destroy entire planets at will. Below are the top 10 games that allow you to do just that as easily as snapping your fingers.
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
In this game, you'll have the chance to select one of 14 different faction leaders in the Alpha Centauri star system. The main focus will be on the planet known as Chiron – home to an extraterrestrial species capable of wiping out humanity.
Standing amidst the imminent onset of an interstellar war, you'll need weapons capable of mass destruction. Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, like some other games, features Planet Busters. What's intriguing here is that you can witness the gradual disintegration of the planet's inner components. Hillsides will start to collapse, rivers will gradually dry up – it's akin to doomsday unfolding before your very eyes.
Stellar Monarch
Just hearing the name is enough to tell you this game allows you to become an all-powerful being, both an explorer and a conqueror of the stars. You'll have the task of protecting your species and fighting off extraterrestrial invaders by enhancing defense systems, or you can go big and lead armies into battle.
In Stellar Monarch, gamers can construct enormous spaceships capable of obliterating entire planets within the Solar System. Additionally, you can also destroy stars and create new ones according to your whims. Essentially, you hold the power to reshape the world in your own way and make those who dare stand in your path 'vanish into thin air.'
Evolvion
Evolvion allows you to create a creature, continuously helping it evolve and adapt to rise to the top of the food chain, then build a vastly advanced civilization. Sounds grand, but the game isn't a walk in the park. Your creatures will have a 'tough childhood' starting as single-celled organisms and gradually evolving. They must both surpass other creatures and try not to become dinner for the fearsome monsters in the game. Once you've built a glorious civilization, they can even space travel to explore more about the universe in the game.
Now things start to get macroscopic. You can have many cool things, one of the most interesting being the Planet Buster. This is a powerful weapon that can blow up entire planets in the game into dust. Sounds a bit destructive, but the good thing is it will make you feel extremely powerful.
Cosmic Dominion
Cosmic Dominion is perhaps one of the most renowned turn-based strategy games set in space. The game revolves around constructing a space empire, presenting highly engaging challenges. To emerge victorious, you can select a strategically advantageous field, then develop and engage in warfare with other factions. There are various types of troops in the game, mainly related to spaceships. Moreover, you can even design your own spacecraft, from combat ships to reconnaissance vessels, depending on your intentions at any given time.
Besides that, you also get to experience crisp, grand graphics and immersive sound effects, surely making it an excellent choice for those who love the space setting and engaging turn-based strategic gameplay. Another intriguing aspect that puts Cosmic Dominion on this list is planet destruction. Well, not exactly, it's more like annihilating an entire solar system. When you have weapons capable of wiping out the entire Solar System like The Behemoth, why settle for just one planet?
Galactic Conquest
Set in the distant future, Galactic Conquest allows players to traverse space, build civilizations, and develop them into complete intergalactic empires. Depending on your decisions, you can establish diplomatic relations with many other civilizations, sign trade agreements, and form alliances for a brighter future for the entire galaxy. Alternatively, you can destroy planets and all life in the universe.
In the Apocalypse DLC, there's a super weapon of colossal scale called the Colossus. With it, you can completely wipe out entire planets in the game with just a few simple actions. Once you wield it, the entire universe will kneel, or if you're feeling trigger-happy, obliterate it.
