The Best 4X strategy Games - Page 3

Update : Sid Meier\'s Civilization VII added at rank #2.
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Cooking Fever (2014)

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Android IOS iPhone Windows Phone / Windows 10 Mobile

Various minor changes and balance improvements to make your gaming experience better. Travel back in time to the Middle Ages and discover dishes fit for kings and queens in a new, exciting restaurant.


  • time-management
  • diplomacy
  • turn-based
  • grand-strategy
  • wargame
  • strategy
  • immersive
  • 4x
  • military
  • simulation
  • real-time
  • character
  • cooking
  • tactical

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Hitman Sniper (2015)

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Android IOS iPhone

Strike with strategic shooting skills, fulfilling your duty to orchestrate the perfect assassination kill shot. Improve your strike skills on mobile for the perfect assassination as you uncover secrets and subterfuges in this fun game.


  • diplomacy
  • grand-strategy
  • turn-based
  • wargame
  • strategy
  • immersive
  • 4x
  • gallery
  • military
  • character
  • cooperative
  • card
  • historical
  • real-time
  • customization

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Galactic Civilizations IV (2023)

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PC Windows

Take command of a civilization that has just achieved faster-than-light travel in Galactic Civilizations IV, the newest entry in the award-winning space 4X strategy game series. Explore the galaxy, colonize worlds, shape cultures, make alliances, fight wars and pioneer new technologies.

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  • 4x
  • grand-strategy
  • space
  • strategy
  • turn-based
  • hex
  • moddable
  • sci-fi
  • sandbox

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Northgard (2018)

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Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone

Join the Viking explorers in Northgard, a new land filled with danger, riches, and mystery. Assemble your settlement, assign your vikings to various jobs, and manage your resources carefully to survive harsh winters and fend off vicious beasts. Expand, conquer, trade or become a God in a game that offers unique strategies and victory conditions. With multi-level AI and dedicated servers, you can play against your friends and grind your way up to the final Norse God rank.


What we like:
  • Fun and addicting RTS game
  • Focuses on core mechanics of building and expanding settlement with minimal micromanagement
  • Offers a less time-consuming experience compared to other RTS games
  • Immersive atmosphere with breathtaking landscapes
  • Challenges players to think strategically and make tough decisions
What could be improved:
  • Slow-paced gameplay for RTS games
  • Inconsistent balancing with some clans being overpowered
  • Low playerbase

  • strategy
  • real-time
  • city-building
  • trading
  • resource-management
  • military
  • mythology
  • tile
  • vikings
  • simulation
  • management
  • 4x
  • base-building
  • multiplayer
  • war

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Nexus 5X (2024)

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PC Windows

eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate, EXPRESS. All of the depth, diplomacy, conflict and conquest of a turn-based 4X epic but played in fast-paced 60-minute competitive sessions. Play Solo or Multiplayer for 2-8 players.

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  • turn-based
  • 4x
  • board-game
  • diplomacy
  • science
  • tabletop
  • strategy
  • pvp
  • team
  • space
  • multiplayer
  • cooperative
  • sci-fi
  • management

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Endless Space 2 (2016)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Endless Space 2 is a Strategic Space Opera, featuring the compelling “just one more turn” gameplay, set in the mysterious Endless universe. As the leader of your civilization, will you impose your vision and build the greatest stellar empire?


  • 4x
  • empire
  • strategy
  • turn-based
  • economy

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Ozymandias (2024)

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Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone

Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer.


  • turn-based
  • 4x
  • grand-strategy
  • tactical
  • hex
  • city-building
  • strategy
  • resource-management
  • asynchronous
  • historical
  • economy
  • grid
  • military
  • management
  • multiplayer

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Kick the Buddy (2017)

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IOS iPhone

Explode, destroy, fire, shoot, smash, kill, freeze, send the power of the Gods and don't even think about stopping! Man, you now have a virtually limitless arsenal to beat: rockets, grenades, automatic rifles, torture instruments and even a NUCLEAR BOMB!.


  • diplomacy
  • grand-strategy
  • turn-based
  • wargame
  • immersive
  • 4x
  • strategy
  • military
  • character
  • cooperative
  • historical
  • real-time
  • simulation
  • card
  • customization

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Kingdom Rush Vengeance TD Game (2023)

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IOS iPhone Android

New stages, battles, amazing unknown enemies and more to conquer!


  • diplomacy
  • grand-strategy
  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • wargame
  • immersive
  • 4x
  • tower-defense
  • military
  • rpg
  • character
  • real-time
  • medieval
  • tactical
  • cooperative

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Brawl Stars (2018)

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Android IOS iPhone

December 2022 - February 2023. Brawl Boxes and drop chances are GONE. Collect Credits and unlock Brawlers you want on the Starr Road. New Brawl Pass Season featuring Mandy (Chromatic), the Candy Queen.


  • turn-based
  • card
  • strategy
  • diplomacy
  • rpg
  • grand-strategy
  • wargame
  • japanese
  • moba
  • immersive
  • shooter
  • 4x
  • multiplayer
  • tactical

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