Best 4X games on PC
Large-scale strategy games centered on exploring territory, expanding a realm, using resources, and competing with rival powers. Players manage long-term development while pursuing military or other strategic goals.
- Empire expansion and resource management
- Long-term strategic planning
- Conflict between rival powers
Related: Strategy, Grand Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Base Building
333 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Realpolitiks 3: Earth and Beyond
Modern grand strategy about governing a nation and reaching space
38% positive
303 reviews
Conquest of Elysium 3
Turn-based fantasy strategy with factions that build armies differently
79% positive
300 reviews
Demo Drox Operative 2
Space action RPG with ship loot and shifting alien wars
89% positive
293 reviews
Making History: The Second World War
Turn-based World War II strategy where any nation can change history
76% positive
292 reviews
Nova: Space Armada
Multiplayer space strategy with customizable fleets and competing alliances
53% positive
Free
Demo Drox Operative
Starship action RPG amid wars between expanding alien empires
88% positive
286 reviews
Chaos Galaxy
Turn-based galactic conquest with tactical mech and warship battles
81% positive
284 reviews
4X-Galaxy 无主之地：银河
Online space strategy with player-built ships and a player-driven economy
52% positive
Free
Z Dawn
Turn-based zombie survival strategy with a camp to defend
72% positive
271 reviews
Space Empires IV Deluxe
Turn-based space 4X strategy with ship design and tactical warfare
87% positive
270 reviews
Sorcerer King: Rivals
Turn-based fantasy strategy where you challenge an already dominant ruler
64% positive
268 reviews
Yield! Fall of Rome
Turn-based empire strategy during Rome's decline, built around shorter matches
72% positive
268 reviews
Demo Star Ruler
Real-time space empire strategy where even stars can be destroyed
85% positive
263 reviews
Dominus Galaxia: KS Edition
Space 4X strategy with streamlined colonies and turn-based battles
82% positive
Free
Wizards and Warlords
Turn-based fantasy strategy with custom rulers and randomly generated worlds
80% positive
261 reviews
Kingdom's Life
4X kingdom building with production chains, research, and diplomacy
63% positive
252 reviews
Aggressors: Ancient Rome
Turn-based 4X strategy with customizable worlds and twenty ancient factions
76% positive
241 reviews
Dust Fleet
Space strategy with turn-based fleet planning and real-time battles
76% positive
233 reviews
Stellar Monarch
Turn-based space grand strategy focused on ruling rather than micromanaging
77% positive
223 reviews
Demo SPACECOM
Real-time space strategy focused on fleet maneuvers rather than fast clicking
63% positive
211 reviews
Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO
Fantasy grand strategy MMO with city building and player-run trade
69% positive
Free
Dawn of Andromeda
Pausable space strategy with civilizations at different stages of development
44% positive
201 reviews
Empire Takeover
Casual strategy where connected towers grow to capture enemy territory
43% positive
Free
Shallow Space
Space real-time strategy with fleet building and salvaged ship upgrades
26% positive
197 reviews