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.
Airships: Conquer the Skies
Real-time strategy with custom war machines and destructible battles
96% positive
6,618 reviews
Anno 2205™
Futuristic city builder linking Earth's industries to Moon colonies
70% positive
6,353 reviews
The Battle of Polytopia
Fast, minimalist 4X strategy built around competing tribes
94% positive
6,010 reviews
Hero's Hour
Fantasy strategy RPG with turn-based planning and real-time army battles
79% positive
5,748 reviews
Total War: PHARAOH
Bronze Age strategy with turn-based empires and real-time battles
63% positive
5,420 reviews
Total Conflict: Resistance
Modern warfare strategy blending tactical command with first-person combat
74% positive
5,359 reviews
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Turn-based historical 4X expansion focused on richer late-game strategy
96% positive
5,096 reviews
Supremacy: 1914
Real-time World War I grand strategy with massive multiplayer campaigns
74% positive
Free
Cataclismo
Base-building strategy with modular fortresses against nightly monster attacks
89% positive
4,346 reviews
Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord
Turn-based Three Kingdoms strategy with city management and sieges
68% positive
3,957 reviews
Legend Creatures(传奇生物)
Run-based fantasy auto battler built around evolving creature teams
90% positive
3,947 reviews
A Total War Saga: TROY
Turn-based empire strategy with real-time battles during the Trojan War
72% positive
3,830 reviews
Scythe: Digital Edition
Turn-based board game strategy in alternate-history Europa with mechs
89% positive
3,819 reviews
Millennia
Turn-based 4X strategy spanning history and branching into alternate ages
67% positive
3,782 reviews
Thea: The Awakening
Turn-based survival strategy with Slavic myths and card battles
88% positive
3,779 reviews
Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
Historical turn-based 4X strategy about building and expanding civilizations
92% positive
3,675 reviews
Starpoint Gemini Warlords
Space sim with direct ship combat and fleet-led conquest
73% positive
3,598 reviews
Distant Worlds 2
Pausable real-time space 4X built around simulated galactic logistics
71% positive
3,562 reviews
Star Trek: Infinite
Space grand strategy with diplomacy, espionage, and Star Trek factions
43% positive
3,522 reviews
Pixel Starships
Free-to-play spaceship management strategy with programmable crew automation
73% positive
Free
Oriental Empires
Turn-based empire strategy in ancient China with tactical battles
81% positive
3,009 reviews
X3: Terran Conflict
Sandbox space simulation with trading, combat, and fleet management
86% positive
2,874 reviews
Eador. Masters of the Broken World
Turn-based fantasy strategy with tactical battles across fractured worlds
68% positive
2,813 reviews
Songs of Silence
Fantasy strategy with turn-based map play and automated battles
81% positive
2,761 reviews