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.
Empire Deluxe Combined Edition
Classic turn-based strategy about producing units and capturing cities
92% positive
179 reviews
Downtown Mafia: Gang Wars
Text-based mafia RPG about gang wars and city turf
67% positive
Free
Call to Power II
Turn-based empire building from early history to a science-fiction future
66% positive
150 reviews
Pirates of Everseas
Online pirate strategy game with city building and naval raids
65% positive
Free
Stellar Monarch 2
Turn-based space strategy centered on a feudal royal court
89% positive
132 reviews
Dominions 3: The Awakening
Turn-based fantasy strategy where custom gods compete for ascension
81% positive
127 reviews
Conquest of the New World
Turn-based strategy about exploration and colonies in generated worlds
91% positive
123 reviews
Sanguo's Ambition 4 :Three Kingdoms
Real-time Three Kingdoms strategy with randomized roles and policies
73% positive
121 reviews
Bonaparte - A Mechanized Revolution
Turn-based strategy in Revolutionary France with politics and war machines
77% positive
109 reviews
King of Avalon
Medieval fantasy strategy game with city building and dragon warfare
46% positive
Free
Apollo4x
Space strategy puzzle with fuel-limited trade and a spreading enemy
49% positive
87 reviews
Deadlock II: Shrine Wars
Turn-based empire building with seven races seeking ancient power
71% positive
82 reviews
Trade Conquest
Global strategy simulation where investment turns into political control
70% positive
76 reviews
Hyper Empire
Fast-paced 4X strategy with short campaigns and automatic space battles
79% positive
48 reviews
Wizard Warfare 2: Cephalopod Wars
Fantasy 4X strategy with tactical battles and naval warfare
87% positive
39 reviews
Epoch of Guardians
Defensive 4X strategy with hex-based battles and escalating invasions
85% positive
39 reviews
Fantasy Fighters
Local turn-based tactics with colorful human and elven armies
76% positive
33 reviews
Racing Outlaws
Single-player arcade racing with drifting, crashes, and destructible obstacles
71% positive
31 reviews
Tachyon Wars
Real-time 4X space strategy centered on tactical fleet management
40% positive
10 reviews