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
211 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
ENDLESS Legend™
Fantasy 4X strategy with asymmetric factions and dynamic winters
83% positive
19K reviews
Empires of the Undergrowth
Ant colony RTS about building nests and commanding insect swarms
94% positive
19K reviews
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
Combat-focused turn-based 4X warfare in the Warhammer 40,000 universe
82% positive
19K reviews
Rome: Total War™ - Collection
Turn-based Roman conquest campaigns with real-time battles and barbarian invasions
95% positive
17K reviews
Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
Real-time space strategy blending empire management with large fleet battles
93% positive
16K reviews
Homeworld Remastered Collection
Space real-time strategy across two remastered fleet campaigns
88% positive
14K reviews
Total War: ROME REMASTERED
Historical grand strategy combining turn-based empire management with real-time battles
77% positive
14K reviews
Dune: Spice Wars
Real-time 4X strategy mixing spice economics, politics, espionage, and war
79% positive
14K reviews
Songs of Conquest
Turn-based fantasy strategy with tactical battles and kingdom building
86% positive
14K reviews
Age of Wonders III
Turn-based fantasy 4X with empire building and tactical battles
80% positive
13K reviews
Anno 2070™
Near-future city builder centered on island economies and environmental choices
60% positive
13K reviews
Norland
Medieval colony sim about noble families, politics, and survival
82% positive
10K reviews
Galactic Civilizations III
Turn-based space 4X with custom ships and multiple victory paths
77% positive
10K reviews
Terra Invicta
Solar-system grand strategy about factions shaping humanity's alien response
80% positive
9,931 reviews
ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
Turn-based space 4X strategy with custom civilizations and generated galaxies
81% positive
9,608 reviews
Songs of Syx
Low-fantasy city builder scaling villages into warring empires
94% positive
9,270 reviews
Sins of a Solar Empire II
Real-time space strategy where orbiting planets reshape battlefronts
84% positive
8,773 reviews
Quasimorph
Turn-based extraction roguelike with cybernetic mercenaries and lethal missions
83% positive
8,278 reviews
Master of Orion
Turn-based space 4X with ship customization and varied victory paths
77% positive
8,192 reviews
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
Historical turn-based strategy about exploring, settling, and conquering civilizations
89% positive
7,809 reviews
Rebel Inc: Escalation
Political strategy game balancing civilian development against armed insurgency
82% positive
7,586 reviews
Old World
Historical 4X strategy with dynasties and limited actions each turn
83% positive
6,904 reviews
Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
Real-time medieval grand strategy with court management and tactical battles
77% positive
6,718 reviews
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Sci-fi 4X strategy with empire building and tactical turn-based battles
80% positive
6,648 reviews