The Best Strategy 4X Games for Android

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The Battle of Polytopia (2016)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Linux Mac OS Android Nintendo Switch

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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Fallen (2024)

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Android PC Windows

FALLEN is an exciting psychic action shooter. Chris and Heidi gain superpowers after encountering an unidentified entity. Using abilities like telekinesis, teleportation, and more, they must escape the lab.


  • 4x
  • choices
  • minigame
  • tactical
  • fantasy
  • empire
  • rpg
  • battle
  • tps
  • conversation
  • combat
  • adventure
  • strategy
  • visual-novel
  • casual

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Ascension (2025)

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In this cultivation 4X strategy game, your sect has been in peril, and so they open a portal—sending you, a young disciple and their last hope, inside. Stand tall as the new sect leader and guide disciples to rebuild what was lost. Sharpen your focus, master alchemy, and ascend to immortality.

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  • strategy
  • 4x
  • turn-based
  • card
  • building
  • mythology
  • tactical
  • resource-management
  • hex
  • management
  • asynchronous
  • top-down
  • sandbox
  • board-game
  • tabletop

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Endless (2022)

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Android Xbox One PC Windows

Endless - is a casual game where you control a dark cube and your main task is to dodge red obstacles. For each obstacle you pass, you get a point, but if you hit with at least one, you will immediately lose and you will have to start over. And how many points can you get?

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  • 4x
  • empire
  • strategy
  • political
  • economy

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Scythe (2018)

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Android Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone

Scythe transports you to an alternate reality in 1920s Europa, one ravaged by the First World War. Take up the role of leader by assuming command of one of 5 factions, and set out to conquer the coveted "Factory". Lead your mechs to war and your people to victory!


  • board-game
  • 4x
  • mech
  • historical
  • i
  • hex
  • turn-based
  • steampunk
  • visual-novel
  • tabletop
  • alternate
  • eroge
  • strategy
  • beautiful
  • grid

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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.

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

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Element (2018)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows Android Linux Mac OS IOS iPhone

✨ Element Clicker ✨In Element Clicker, you click on elements to gain even more elements! Every 3 hours, you get a new element added to your collection. Each element is crafted by our amazing community on Discord. Come hang out with us and let’s grow into something extraordinary! 🌟

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  • strategy
  • fantasy
  • 4x
  • tactical
  • real-time
  • turn-based
  • post-apocalyptic
  • battle
  • resource
  • simulation
  • war
  • empire

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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?

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

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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.

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

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Northgard (2018)

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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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