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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Solaris
Real-time space strategy with weeks-long matches shaped by player alliances
81% positive
Free
Conquer: Napoleonic Wars
Turn-based historical strategy about conquest at the height of Napoleon's empire
75% positive
Free
Territory Control 2
A 2D industrial sandbox with physics-based construction and faction warfare
75% positive
95 reviews
Arkheim - Realms at War
Team-based strategy MMO with territorial warfare across floating islands
63% positive
Free
Z-Collapse
Real-time grand strategy about national survival during a zombie pandemic
73% positive
90 reviews
AlexanderBall: A Countryball Tale
Turn-based strategy retelling Alexander’s conquests with armies of countryballs
88% positive
89 reviews
Apollo4x
Space strategy puzzle with fuel-limited trade and a spreading enemy
49% positive
87 reviews
Hero Generations: ReGen
Turn-based roguelike strategy where each move costs a year
56% positive
84 reviews
Demo Folk Emerging
Turn-based 4X strategy about nomadic tribes becoming settled societies
85% positive
84 reviews
Politon
Turn-based strategy about claiming territory while keeping your economy growing
88% positive
84 reviews
Demo Solar Wave
Space grand strategy where your economy powers fleets that act independently
67% positive
83 reviews
Deadlock II: Shrine Wars
Turn-based empire building with seven races seeking ancient power
71% positive
82 reviews
Grim wanderings 2
Turn-based fantasy RPG combining party tactics with hex-map strategy
74% positive
81 reviews
Arcane Sorcery
Fantasy 4X strategy with spellcasting and turn-based army battles
61% positive
Free
Paths & Danger
Dark fantasy tactical RPG with hex-grid battles and permadeath
70% positive
79 reviews
Demo Byte Lynx
Real-time strategy with buildings in place of combat units
96% positive
76 reviews
Numeral Lord
Minimalist turn-based strategy with custom maps and competitive multiplayer
89% positive
73 reviews
Predestination
Turn-based space 4X with planetary development and tactical fleet battles
44% positive
72 reviews
Into the Void
Turn-based space strategy RPG about building and commanding a fleet
49% positive
71 reviews
Yargis - Space Melee
Top-down space shooter with customizable ships and team-based battles
60% positive
70 reviews
Wizard Warfare
Turn-based fantasy strategy with empire management and simulated army battles
94% positive
67 reviews
Age of Goblins
Real-time strategy with hundreds of goblins fighting over territory
85% positive
66 reviews
Demo Trappist
Space colony builder linking planetary settlements through automated cargo routes
89% positive
64 reviews
A Planet of Mine Legacy
Real-time colony strategy about gathering resources and colonizing new planets
61% positive
62 reviews