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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Eador. Masters of the Broken World
Turn-based fantasy strategy with tactical battles across fractured worlds
67% positive
1,709 reviews
Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes
Fantasy 4X strategy with hero progression and tactical battles
77% positive
1,700 reviews
Master of Orion 2
Turn-based space 4X about colonization, diplomacy, and tactical combat
96% positive
1,700 reviews
Industries of Titan
Industrial city builder on Titan with factories and corporate rivals
62% positive
1,618 reviews
The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia
Fantasy grand strategy with recruitable heroes and territorial conquest
84% positive
1,596 reviews
Demo After Inc: Revival
Post-apocalyptic colony sim about rebuilding society and fighting zombies
79% positive
1,561 reviews
Demo Europa Universalis III Complete
Historical grand strategy spanning centuries of trade, diplomacy, and war
80% positive
1,557 reviews
Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
Zombie survival strategy sim about reclaiming a ruined city
86% positive
1,552 reviews
STAR WARS™ Rebellion
Real-time galactic strategy with diplomacy, covert missions, and fleet battles
89% positive
1,536 reviews
Infinity Kingdom
Cartoon-style MMO strategy with summoned heroes and elemental dragons
54% positive
Free
Demo Driftland: The Magic Revival
Fantasy real-time strategy with floating islands and indirect unit control
74% positive
1,494 reviews
Distant Worlds: Universe
Pausable real-time space strategy with sprawling galaxies and automated commerce
71% positive
1,492 reviews
Demo Microcivilization
Pixel-art strategy clicker combining civilization growth and disaster management
78% positive
1,488 reviews
StarDrive
Real-time space strategy with custom ships and galactic conquest
45% positive
1,485 reviews
Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
Turn-based Bronze Age empire building with short, objective-driven matches
88% positive
1,352 reviews
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
Turn-based colonial strategy about building an economy and winning independence
87% positive
1,350 reviews
Demo Hexarchy
Fast turn-based 4X strategy built around deckbuilding and short matches
83% positive
1,279 reviews
OpenFront
Real-time strategy with hundreds of players sharing a world map
85% positive
1,269 reviews
Demo Egypt: Old Kingdom
Turn-based strategy about building pyramids and governing ancient Egypt
87% positive
1,264 reviews
Eador. Imperium
Turn-based fantasy strategy with empire management and hero-led battles
75% positive
1,229 reviews
CivIdle
Idle empire builder progressing from hunting to artificial intelligence
72% positive
Free
道衍诀
Cultivation action RPG with seasonal planning and a limited lifespan
61% positive
1,187 reviews
AI War 2
Real-time space strategy where careless expansion draws a stronger AI's attention
87% positive
1,180 reviews
Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension
Turn-based fantasy strategy where rival gods vie for ascension
89% positive
1,169 reviews