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
366 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Anno 2205™
Futuristic city builder linking Earth's industries to Moon colonies
70% positive
6,366 reviews
Demo Old World
Historical 4X strategy with dynasties and limited actions each turn
81% positive
6,289 reviews
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
Historical turn-based strategy about exploring, settling, and conquering civilizations
90% positive
5,961 reviews
Total Conflict: Resistance
Modern warfare strategy blending tactical command with first-person combat
74% positive
5,556 reviews
Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
Real-time medieval grand strategy with court management and tactical battles
76% positive
5,198 reviews
The Battle of Polytopia
Fast, minimalist 4X strategy built around competing tribes
94% positive
5,097 reviews
Xenonauts 2
Turn-based alien defense with global bases and tactical squads
80% positive
5,056 reviews
Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES
Bronze Age strategy combining turn-based campaigns with real-time battles
77% positive
4,986 reviews
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Sci-fi 4X strategy with empire building and tactical turn-based battles
78% positive
4,973 reviews
Supremacy: 1914
Real-time World War I grand strategy with massive multiplayer campaigns
74% positive
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Demo Hero's Hour
Fantasy strategy RPG with turn-based planning and real-time army battles
78% positive
4,868 reviews
Demo NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
Real-time space fleet tactics with detailed sensors and electronic warfare
81% positive
4,305 reviews
Demo Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Turn-based historical 4X expansion focused on richer late-game strategy
96% positive
4,050 reviews
Demo Cataclismo
Base-building strategy with modular fortresses against nightly monster attacks
88% positive
4,045 reviews
Legend Creatures(传奇生物)
Run-based fantasy auto battler built around evolving creature teams
89% positive
3,887 reviews
Demo ENDLESS Legend™ 2
Turn-based fantasy strategy on an ocean world reshaped by cataclysms
82% positive
3,829 reviews
Total War: PHARAOH
Bronze Age strategy with turn-based empires and real-time battles
62% positive
3,763 reviews
Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord
Turn-based Three Kingdoms strategy with city management and sieges
68% positive
3,757 reviews
Demo Whiskerwood
Island colony builder with stacked cities and underground mouse settlements
91% positive
3,655 reviews
A Total War Saga: TROY
Turn-based empire strategy with real-time battles during the Trojan War
71% positive
3,513 reviews
Demo AI
Thea: The Awakening
Turn-based survival strategy with Slavic myths and card battles
85% positive
3,510 reviews
Demo Corsair Cove
Pirate city builder where settlements climb cliffs and cross chasms
85% positive
3,386 reviews
Eastern Era
Martial arts colony sim about rebuilding a declining sect
64% positive
3,333 reviews
Pixel Starships
Free-to-play spaceship management strategy with programmable crew automation
73% positive
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