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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Scythe: Digital Edition
Turn-based board game strategy in alternate-history Europa with mechs
89% positive
3,223 reviews
Starpoint Gemini Warlords
Space sim with direct ship combat and fleet-led conquest
72% positive
3,188 reviews
Star Trek: Infinite
Space grand strategy with diplomacy, espionage, and Star Trek factions
47% positive
3,135 reviews
Millennia
Turn-based 4X strategy spanning history and branching into alternate ages
67% positive
3,062 reviews
Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
Historical turn-based 4X strategy about building and expanding civilizations
92% positive
2,966 reviews
Hades' Star
Persistent space strategy MMO built around gradual empire expansion
75% positive
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Distant Worlds 2
Pausable real-time space 4X built around simulated galactic logistics
66% positive
2,802 reviews
Oriental Empires
Turn-based empire strategy in ancient China with tactical battles
80% positive
2,674 reviews
Medieval Kingdom Wars
Medieval grand strategy with real-time sieges and hands-on town building
76% positive
2,613 reviews
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Ascension
Cultivation 4X strategy about rebuilding and expanding a sect
57% positive
2,501 reviews
Demo Songs of Silence
Fantasy strategy with turn-based map play and automated battles
78% positive
2,445 reviews
Demo Nova Roma
Roman city building shaped by water, weather, and divine intervention
93% positive
2,347 reviews
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Galactic Civilizations IV
Turn-based space 4X with custom civilizations and starship design
71% positive
2,306 reviews
Slipways
Turn-based space strategy puzzle about linking planets for trade
93% positive
2,280 reviews
Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition
Historical 4X strategy with production chains and simultaneous turns
67% positive
2,210 reviews
X3: Terran Conflict
Sandbox space simulation with trading, combat, and fleet management
84% positive
2,185 reviews
Demo Heart of the Machine
Cyberpunk strategy RPG about growing an AI network across a city
90% positive
2,132 reviews
As Far As The Eye
Turn-based nomadic city builder racing a rising flood
72% positive
2,127 reviews
Warsim: The Realm of Aslona
Text-based fantasy kingdom sim about ruling through war, trade, and court
95% positive
2,112 reviews
StarDrive 2
Turn-based space empire strategy with custom ships and real-time battles
55% positive
2,102 reviews
Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty
Historical strategy game commanding Han armies in real-time battles
67% positive
2,099 reviews
March of Empires
Medieval MMO strategy with castle building and alliance warfare
62% positive
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Demo Thea 2: The Shattering
Turn-based survival strategy with Slavic myth and card-based conflicts
77% positive
2,057 reviews
Sid Meier's Starships
Turn-based space strategy built around customizable fleet battles
50% positive
2,015 reviews