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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.

Related: Strategy, Grand Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Base Building

366 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

366 games

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Imperiums: Greek Wars Demo
Imperiums: Greek Wars
Turn-based 4X strategy in ancient Greece with myth-inspired quests
80% positive 486 reviews
Horizon
Horizon
Turn-based space strategy with alien diplomacy and tactical ship combat
59% positive 475 reviews
Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown
Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown
Medieval fantasy city builder with moral choices and real-time combat
58% positive 458 reviews
Master of Orion 1
Master of Orion 1
Turn-based space 4X about colonizing planets and conquering rivals
89% positive 457 reviews
Space Empires V
Space Empires V
Turn-based space strategy with customizable empires and detailed ship design
71% positive 446 reviews
Great Houses of Calderia Demo AI
Great Houses of Calderia
Feudal grand strategy with family politics and real-time battles
61% positive 444 reviews
Worlds of Magic
Worlds of Magic
Turn-based fantasy 4X strategy across procedurally generated planes
47% positive 433 reviews
Polaris Sector
Polaris Sector
Space 4X strategy with custom ships and hands-on battles
70% positive 433 reviews
Eador: Genesis
Eador: Genesis
Turn-based fantasy strategy with province management and tactical battles
84% positive 429 reviews
Civilization IV®: Warlords
Civilization IV®: Warlords
Turn-based historical strategy about conquest, vassals, and military expansion
90% positive 428 reviews
Revival: Recolonization
Revival: Recolonization
Post-apocalyptic 4X strategy with changing climates and customizable armies
69% positive 428 reviews
Making History: The Great War Demo
Making History: The Great War
Turn-based World War I grand strategy with economic management
74% positive 427 reviews
Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars
Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars
Turn-based vampire strategy with empire management and card-powered battles
62% positive 419 reviews
Marble Age: Remastered Demo
Marble Age: Remastered
Turn-based strategy about growing a Greek village into a city-state
85% positive 414 reviews
Jon Shafer's At the Gates
Jon Shafer's At the Gates
Turn-based 4X strategy where seasons reshape routes across the map
41% positive 411 reviews
Nexus Legacy AI
Nexus Legacy
Online space strategy where cargo, range, and fuel shape fleet planning
69% positive Free
Pax Nova
Pax Nova
Turn-based 4X strategy connecting planetary city building with space exploration
53% positive 407 reviews
NationWar:Chronicles | 国战:列国志传
NationWar:Chronicles | 国战:列国志传
Real-time grand strategy about uniting the states of ancient China
67% positive 406 reviews
Goblins of Elderstone Demo
Goblins of Elderstone
Goblin city builder about managing unruly workers and surviving winters
73% positive 403 reviews
Bronze Age - HD Edition
Bronze Age - HD Edition
Turn-based strategy about guiding a tribe through early human history
77% positive 401 reviews
Final Theory
Final Theory
Turn-based space strategy built around fleet battles on hex grids
80% positive 398 reviews
The Last Federation
The Last Federation
Space grand strategy about uniting alien races through politics and combat
72% positive 396 reviews
NationWar2:Chronicle
NationWar2:Chronicle
Turn-based grand strategy where philosophy shapes how you govern
79% positive 395 reviews
The Pegasus Expedition
The Pegasus Expedition
Story-driven space strategy where a search for refuge sparks war
63% positive 392 reviews