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.
ZEPHON
Combat-focused turn-based 4X strategy on a ruined, alien-scarred Earth
83% positive
1,926 reviews
March of Empires
Medieval MMO strategy with castle building and alliance warfare
62% positive
Free
Distant Worlds: Universe
Pausable real-time space strategy with sprawling galaxies and automated commerce
75% positive
1,856 reviews
Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator
Turn-based fantasy 4X with customizable gods and automated battles
91% positive
1,781 reviews
Master of Orion 2
Turn-based space 4X about colonization, diplomacy, and tactical combat
96% positive
1,757 reviews
Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
Turn-based space strategy with rival civilizations and multiple paths to victory
77% positive
1,712 reviews
Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
Turn-based Bronze Age empire building with short, objective-driven matches
88% positive
1,678 reviews
Hexarchy
Fast turn-based 4X strategy built around deckbuilding and short matches
82% positive
1,652 reviews
The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia
Fantasy grand strategy with recruitable heroes and territorial conquest
85% positive
1,623 reviews
Industries of Titan
Industrial city builder on Titan with factories and corporate rivals
62% positive
1,618 reviews
AI War: Fleet Command
Real-time space strategy where aggression alerts a stronger AI
82% positive
1,611 reviews
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
Turn-based colonial strategy about building an economy and winning independence
87% positive
1,581 reviews
AI War 2
Real-time space strategy where careless expansion draws a stronger AI's attention
87% positive
1,563 reviews
STAR WARS™ Rebellion
Real-time galactic strategy with diplomacy, covert missions, and fleet battles
90% positive
1,496 reviews
StarDrive
Real-time space strategy with custom ships and galactic conquest
45% positive
1,485 reviews
Microcivilization
Pixel-art strategy clicker combining civilization growth and disaster management
79% positive
1,454 reviews
Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension
Turn-based fantasy strategy where rival gods vie for ascension
91% positive
1,449 reviews
Warlock 2: The Exiled
Turn-based fantasy strategy with spellcasting across fractured worlds
70% positive
1,309 reviews
Eador. Imperium
Turn-based fantasy strategy with empire management and hero-led battles
75% positive
1,265 reviews
Egypt: Old Kingdom
Turn-based strategy about building pyramids and governing ancient Egypt
87% positive
1,264 reviews
Master of Magic
Fantasy 4X strategy with spell-driven battles across parallel worlds
71% positive
1,231 reviews
Line War
Real-time strategy game where drawn lines direct armies
80% positive
1,182 reviews
Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)
Turn-based colonial strategy built around trade, expansion, and independence
96% positive
1,156 reviews
Ymir
City-building strategy with Pigmen civilizations and simulated economies
76% positive
1,115 reviews