The gaming world today is full of creative ideas that let players escape reality and roam freely in virtual worlds. Some games let you play as a god with unmatched power, but others go even further, giving you the ability to destroy entire planets. Here are the top 10 games where wiping out a planet is as easy as snapping your fingers.
Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri
In this game, you choose one of 14 leaders in the Alpha Centauri star system. Your main mission focuses on the planet Chiron, home to an alien species capable of wiping out humanity.
As an interstellar war looms, you’ll need weapons capable of mass destruction. Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri features Planet Busters like some other games, but what’s cool is you can watch the planet’s core slowly disintegrate. Mountains and hills start to collapse, rivers dry up, it’s like an apocalypse unfolding right before your eyes.
Star Ruler
Just the name says it all, this game lets you become an all-powerful being, both explorer and conqueror of the stars. Your job is to protect your species and fight off aliens by strengthening defenses or going all out with your armies.
In Star Ruler, players can build gigantic spaceships capable of obliterating entire planets in the Solar System. You can even destroy stars and create new ones however you like. Basically, you hold the power to reshape the universe and erase anyone who stands in your way.
Spore
Spore lets you create a creature and guide it through evolution to become the top of the food chain, eventually building a thriving civilization. It sounds epic, but it’s not easy. Your creatures start as single-celled organisms and must survive predators while evolving. Once your civilization flourishes, you can even explore space and discover more of the game’s universe.
Things get even bigger here. One of the coolest features is the Planet Buster, a powerful weapon that can turn entire planets into dust. It’s destructive, sure, but it also gives you an incredible feeling of power.
Endless Space 2
Endless Space is probably one of the most famous turn-based strategy games set in space. You build an empire, face exciting challenges, and can choose a starting position with advantages before expanding and battling other races. The game features many types of units, mostly spaceships, and you can even design your own ships, from fighters to scouts, depending on your strategy.
The game boasts stunning graphics and immersive sound effects, making it a great pick for fans of space settings and strategic gameplay. What really lands Endless Space 2 on this list is its planet destruction feature. Actually, it’s more than that, you can destroy entire star systems. With weapons like The Behemoth capable of wiping out the whole Solar System, why settle for just one planet?
Stellaris
Set in the distant future, Stellaris lets players travel through space, build civilizations, and grow them into full intergalactic empires. You can form diplomatic relations with other civilizations, sign trade agreements, and create alliances for a brighter future across the galaxy. Or, you can choose to destroy planets and wipe out all life in the universe.
The Apocalypse DLC introduces a massive superweapon called the Colossus. With it, you can wipe out multiple planets with just a few clicks. Once you have it, the whole universe will have to bow down, or face total annihilation if you get trigger-happy.
