The Best 4X Games

Update : Airline Empire added at rank #1.
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Airline Empire (2026)

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Android

Skyline Empire is a turn-based airline tycoon. Found your carrier, connect 300+ real cities, and secure airport slots while competing with up to 100 AI airlines. Set fares, buy aircraft, build hubs, and form alliances to grow a regional startup into a worldwide megacarrier.


  • management
  • economy
  • simulation
  • strategy
  • capitalism
  • 4x
  • realistic
  • transportation
  • empire
  • long-term
  • 2d
  • flight
  • mmo

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MA 3 a President Simulator (2026)

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IOS iPhone

Be the President! Lead a modern nation, make tough choices, and shape history.

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  • 4x
  • simulation
  • god-game
  • strategy
  • grand-strategy
  • city-building
  • life
  • economy
  • time-management
  • wargame
  • political
  • turn-based
  • rpg
  • naval
  • tactical

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Embersong: History Is Yours (2026)

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IOS iPhone

A historical turn-based 4X with the feel of '90s strategy games. Build your empire across eight eras in a roguelike campaign: five completed matches, win or lose, build bonuses for a sixth-match mythic finale. Beware your Archenemy.

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  • 4x
  • grand-strategy
  • diplomacy
  • rogue-like
  • historical
  • strategy
  • turn-based
  • 1990s
  • isometric
  • medieval
  • mythical
  • old-school
  • colourful
  • resource-management
  • retro

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Drop Command (2026)

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PC Windows

'90s Mech combat at a grand scale! Build an empire across the stars. Pilot Mechs, Tanks, Infantry and Aircraft in combined arms combat on many worlds across the star cluster. Rise to command entire battalions throughout a sandbox campaign.

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  • real-time
  • 4x
  • mech
  • destruction
  • character
  • pve
  • strategy
  • shooter
  • sandbox
  • tactical
  • procedural
  • customization
  • fps
  • management
  • open-world

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Atre: Dominance Wars (2026)

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PC Windows

Fantasy kingdom builder with god powers and turn-based tactical combat. Build thriving settlements, forge artifacts, command armies with heroes, and ascend from sorcerer to god - wielding spells powerful enough to reshape the world itself. Betray your allies or be betrayed. Only one can ascend.

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  • strategy
  • 4x
  • turn-based
  • real-time
  • grand-strategy
  • fantasy
  • base-building
  • magic
  • pause
  • choices
  • dark
  • top-down
  • management
  • cooperative
  • exploration

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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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Realm of Mystery (2025)

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Android j

Set forth on an epic journey of conquest!


  • city-building
  • 4x
  • strategy
  • real-time
  • medieval
  • wargame
  • gambling
  • stylized
  • large-scale
  • tactical
  • third-person
  • 3d
  • building
  • rpg

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El Conquista (2025)

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A real time open world strategy game. Game consist of a massive overworld with many planets and dimensions. You play as a hero, discovering new lands even in the farthest reach of the galaxy through expedition and conquest. You can Make a family with children, who could be summoned in your wars.

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  • 4x
  • isometric
  • hunting
  • building
  • destruction
  • strategy
  • economy
  • crafting
  • aliens
  • open-world
  • rpg
  • real-time
  • pve
  • sci-fi
  • political

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Rogue Hex (2025)

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PC Windows

Play your cards right to conquer the world in the Roguelite 4x. Explore mysterious lands, survive against the barbarian horde, and grow your stone age empire into the stars!

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  • 4x
  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • grand-strategy
  • rogue-like
  • deckbuilder
  • hex
  • card
  • strategy
  • battler
  • city-building
  • grid
  • replay-value
  • building
  • historical
  • turn-based

10

Pennon and Battle (2025)

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PC Windows

"Pennon and Battle" is a turn-based strategy war game. As a lord, you will play a crucial role in the revival of the kingdom! Lead heroes and armies to expand territory in Ruachland,  utilize tactics and magic to eliminate enemy forces, and create your own legend!

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  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • rpg
  • tactical
  • 4x
  • wargame
  • moba
  • magic
  • pvp
  • medieval
  • fantasy
  • retro
  • 3d
  • simulation

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