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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.

Related: Strategy, Grand Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Base Building

366 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

366 games

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Empires of the Undergrowth Demo
Empires of the Undergrowth
Ant colony RTS about building nests and commanding insect swarms
93% positive 19K reviews
Age of Wonders 4
Age of Wonders 4
Fantasy 4X strategy with custom empires and tactical turn-based battles
79% positive 18K reviews
ENDLESS Space™ 2
ENDLESS Space™ 2
Turn-based space 4X with distinct factions and political management
83% positive 18K reviews
ENDLESS Legend™
ENDLESS Legend™
Fantasy 4X strategy with asymmetric factions and dynamic winters
83% positive 15K reviews
Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ Demo
Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
Turn-based sci-fi 4X strategy about colonizing an alien world
61% positive 14K reviews
Rome: Total War™ - Collection
Rome: Total War™ - Collection
Turn-based Roman conquest campaigns with real-time battles and barbarian invasions
94% positive 14K reviews
Total War: ROME REMASTERED
Total War: ROME REMASTERED
Historical grand strategy combining turn-based empire management with real-time battles
76% positive 13K reviews
MENACE Demo
MENACE
Turn-based tactical RPG with squads, vehicles, and branching military operations
90% positive 13K reviews
Songs of Conquest
Songs of Conquest
Turn-based fantasy strategy with tactical battles and kingdom building
85% positive 13K reviews
Homeworld Remastered Collection
Homeworld Remastered Collection
Space real-time strategy across two remastered fleet campaigns
87% positive 12K reviews
Dune: Spice Wars
Dune: Spice Wars
Real-time 4X strategy mixing spice economics, politics, espionage, and war
78% positive 12K reviews
Anno 2070™
Anno 2070™
Near-future city builder centered on island economies and environmental choices
58% positive 12K reviews
Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
Real-time space strategy blending empire management with large fleet battles
93% positive 11K reviews
Songs of Syx Demo
Songs of Syx
Low-fantasy city builder scaling villages into warring empires
94% positive 9,446 reviews
Terra Invicta
Terra Invicta
Solar-system grand strategy about factions shaping humanity's alien response
79% positive 9,429 reviews
Norland
Norland
Medieval colony sim about noble families, politics, and survival
79% positive 9,410 reviews
Galactic Civilizations III
Galactic Civilizations III
Turn-based space 4X with custom ships and multiple victory paths
77% positive 8,522 reviews
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
Combat-focused turn-based 4X warfare in the Warhammer 40,000 universe
81% positive 8,507 reviews
Master of Orion
Master of Orion
Turn-based space 4X with ship customization and varied victory paths
76% positive 7,516 reviews
Rebel Inc: Escalation
Rebel Inc: Escalation
Political strategy game balancing civilian development against armed insurgency
82% positive 7,469 reviews
Sins of a Solar Empire II AI
Sins of a Solar Empire II
Real-time space strategy where orbiting planets reshape battlefronts
82% positive 7,419 reviews
Age of Wonders III
Age of Wonders III
Turn-based fantasy 4X with empire building and tactical battles
81% positive 7,310 reviews
ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
Turn-based space 4X strategy with custom civilizations and generated galaxies
79% positive 6,815 reviews
Airships: Conquer the Skies
Airships: Conquer the Skies
Real-time strategy with custom war machines and destructible battles
95% positive 6,575 reviews