The Best 4X Games for Linux

Update : Save and Survive added at rank #14.
1

The Battle of Polytopia (2016)

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The Battle of Polytopia is a simplified 4X game that allows players to experience the Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate aspects of the genre in under an hour. Available for mobile devices, it's the pocket-sized 4X that anyone can play anywhere.

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What we like:
  • Distillation of the 4X genre in a great turn-based action game
  • Mechanism for competitive play
  • Addresses limitations of chess
What could be improved:
  • Limited multiplayer and co-op options
  • Not ideal for players who want a longer game

  • turn-based
  • 4x
  • strategy
  • civilization
  • diplomacy
  • empire
  • multiplayer
  • building
  • economy
  • tactical
  • real-time

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Airships: Conquer the Skies (2018)

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Construct mighty steampunk airships and fly them into battle, waging war and conquering the skies!


  • grand-strategy
  • real-time
  • naval
  • steampunk
  • strategy
  • i
  • wargame
  • 4x
  • authentic
  • pvp
  • data-driven
  • cooperative
  • mech
  • combat
  • tanks

3

Old World (2020)

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Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?


  • 4x
  • historical
  • strategy
  • grand-strategy
  • turn-based
  • management
  • military
  • moddable
  • war
  • diplomacy

4

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War (2018)

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Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.


  • 4x
  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • warhammer-40k
  • tile

5

Conquest of Elysium 5 (2021)

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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

6

CIV (2022)

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Build your civilization, research technologies, expand your cities and defeat your foes!


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

7

Element (2018)

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Element is a realtime strategy space game for people who don't have time to play realtime strategy space games. Generate energy, mine element, build attack and defence units, and destroy the enemy while maintaining a balance between earth, air and water.

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  • strategy
  • 4x
  • real-time
  • wargame
  • destruction
  • post-apocalyptic
  • grand-strategy
  • base-building
  • resource
  • space
  • tactical
  • sci-fi
  • building
  • fantasy
  • war

8

Punk Wars (2021)

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Our civilization has fallen. From the ashes, four new powers emerge. Immerse yourself in a combat-heavy twist on a classic turn-based 4X strategy where steam, steel, atom and diesel-punk corporations clash to spread their technology and the way of life.


  • 4x
  • turn-based
  • transhumanism
  • steampunk
  • dystopian
  • lore
  • city-building
  • post-apocalyptic
  • wargame
  • tactical
  • strategy
  • isometric
  • stylized
  • survival
  • building

9

Hidden World 10 Top-Down 3D (2023)

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Find the objects that are hidden on the map.

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  • royale
  • 4x
  • real-time
  • strategy
  • tower-defense
  • clicker
  • rpg
  • action
  • point-and-click
  • racing
  • visual-novel
  • sport
  • rogue-like
  • 3d
  • card

10

Terraformers: First Steps on Mars (2021)

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Terraformers: First Steps on Mars is a free prologue of Terraformers, featuring an exclusive challenge to lead humanity's first attempt at settling the Red Planet.

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  • colony
  • mars
  • simulation
  • 4x
  • nature
  • resource-management
  • city-building
  • tabletop
  • space
  • stylized
  • strategy
  • family-friendly
  • futuristic
  • atmospheric
  • sci-fi

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