The Best 4X Games - Page 4

Update : Airline Empire added at rank #43.
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Humankind (2021)

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Experience the thrill of rewriting history in HUMANKIND™, a strategy game that lets you build unique civilizations, make critical decisions, and create scientific breakthroughs. With customizable leaders, complex diplomacy options, and flexible winning conditions, you can leave your mark on the world in a way that's uniquely you.


What we like:
  • Fresh take on empire-building
  • Personalized leaders and cultures
  • In-depth diplomacy options
  • Streamlined gameplay
  • Constant shifting of strategies
What could be improved:
  • Clunky mechanics
  • Unbalanced DLC
  • Confusing combat

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

32

Millennia (2024)

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PC Windows

Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.

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  • historical
  • 4x
  • turn-based
  • diplomacy
  • grand-strategy
  • strategy
  • economy
  • alternate
  • war
  • grid
  • hex
  • civilization
  • military
  • political

33

Nexus Legacy (2026)

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Android

Rebuild civilization from a single planet in Nexus Legacy, a persistent sci-fi 4X MMO. Colonize worlds, manage resources, research technologies, command fleets, forge alliances, and fight for control of a living galaxy.


  • 4x
  • diplomacy
  • space
  • grand-strategy
  • wargame
  • lore
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • strategy
  • text
  • military
  • hand-drawn
  • exploration
  • futuristic
  • management

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Sid Meieras CivilizationA VI (2016)

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Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone

Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?


  • military
  • tile
  • strategy
  • 4x
  • war
  • empire
  • turn-based
  • economy
  • tactical
  • historical
  • card
  • resource
  • city-building

35

Dominions 2 - The Ascension Wars (2025)

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Dominions II is turn based fantasy game in which you take the role of a powerful being that is trying to become the supreme god. The type of Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to old dragons or statues. The game features a large variety of spells and units.

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  • strategy
  • turn-based
  • fantasy
  • 4x
  • hand-drawn
  • god-game
  • grand-strategy
  • board-game

36

Europa Universalis IV: Winds of Change (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Europa Universalis IV gives you control of a nation through four dramatic centuries. Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.


  • grand-strategy
  • historical
  • diplomacy
  • 4x
  • moddable
  • wargame
  • nonlinear
  • political
  • economy
  • military
  • pause
  • alternate
  • sandbox
  • replay-value
  • real-time

37

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

38

Norland (2024)

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early access PC Windows Android

Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.


  • colony
  • simulation
  • moddable
  • grand-strategy
  • base-building
  • 4x
  • city-building
  • resource-management
  • building
  • medieval
  • management
  • strategy
  • historical
  • economy
  • sandbox

39

shining (2024)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone

This is a detail oriented action shooting game that uses directional keys to move characters and clicks the mouse to design.


  • traditional
  • 4x
  • rogue-like
  • racing
  • 3d
  • realistic
  • zombies

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Conquest of Elysium 5 (2021)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Conquest of Elysium 5 is a quick turn based fantasy strategy game with a touch of rogue-like. The game is full of depth, details and monsters. There are also a huge number of factions, each with its own unique gameplay and magic rituals.

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  • rogue-like
  • 4x
  • magic
  • moddable
  • fantasy
  • strategy
  • asynchronous
  • medieval
  • procedural
  • turn-based
  • cooperative
  • multiplayer
  • local
  • exploration
  • randomly-generated

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