The Best 4X Games - Page 5

Update : Sid Meier\'s Civilization VII added at rank #2.
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Heroes of the Dark (2022)

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PC Windows Android IOS iPhone

Battle Vampires, Werewolves and Humans in a dark Imperial Age strategy game! Collect and upgrade Heroes for 5v5 action, forge alliances, and restore world order.


  • rpg
  • tactical
  • city-building
  • 4x
  • mmo
  • vampire
  • multiplayer
  • magic
  • real-time
  • dark
  • supernatural
  • base-building
  • strategy
  • werewolves
  • character

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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

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Distant Worlds 2 (2022)

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PC Windows

Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.


  • grand-strategy
  • 4x
  • empire
  • pirates
  • strategy
  • simulation
  • economy
  • construction
  • procedural
  • sci-fi
  • space
  • espionage

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Highland Panic (2023)

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Highland Panic is a fast-paced, Scottish/Highland-themed card game with solitaire mechanics for 2-4 players. Race to be the first player to play all the cards from you "panic" pile to the common "clan" piles. It's a thrilling game of strategy and skill, perfect for game nights and parties.


  • card
  • 4x
  • solitaire
  • casual
  • tabletop
  • strategy
  • easy-to-learn
  • real-time
  • top-down
  • family-friendly
  • colourful
  • multiplayer
  • pvp
  • competitive
  • tactical

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The Ancients (2024)

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early access PC Windows

The Ancients is a turn-based survival strategy game where you lead a prehistoric hunter-gatherer tribe through the last ice age. Survive the elements, hunt fierce animals, migrate to new continents, advance your technology, make social and political tribe decisions, and evolve your civilization.


  • grid
  • 4x
  • grand-strategy
  • hex
  • pve
  • movement
  • procedural
  • nature
  • historical
  • choices
  • strategy
  • turn-based
  • management
  • crafting
  • exploration

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Master of Magic Remake (2022)

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PC Windows

Take up the role of a great wizard, wield powerful spells, command fantasy races and challenge your rivals in this remake of a cult turn-based strategy classic. Do you have what it takes to become Master of Magic?

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  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • 4x
  • tactical
  • city-building
  • fantasy
  • grand-strategy
  • 1990s
  • building
  • rpg
  • dark
  • management
  • economy
  • old-school
  • 3d

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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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Stars in Shadow (2017)

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PC Windows

Stars in Shadow is a turn-based 4X strategy game and a vivid tribute to the genre classics. Compete with alien factions to explore and colonize nearby starsystems, build fleets to defend against rivals, negotiate or conquer them. Win by unifying the galaxy, through diplomacy or force.


  • 4x
  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • sci-fi

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Epoch of Guardians (2025)

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In history, many brilliant civilizations faced annihilation due to the invasion of powerful empires, leaving only sighs of regret. In a fictional world, you will take on the role Guardian of Civilization. Can you help these civilizations grow and thrive, resisting the invasion of formidable enemies?


  • hex
  • 4x
  • strategy
  • turn-based
  • grid
  • god-game
  • political
  • tactical
  • historical
  • city-state
  • rogue-like
  • grand-strategy

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Chaos Galaxy 2 (2023)

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PC Windows

A turn-based Galaxy totalwar game. Choose one of 12 factions, direct dozens of admirals, control hundreds of warships, mecha and monsters, set up various buildings, study technology, and lead fleets to carry out grand strategic actions on the map of the galaxy.

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  • turn-based
  • grand-strategy
  • 4x
  • strategy
  • mech
  • tactical
  • rpg
  • anime
  • historical
  • pixel
  • multiple-endings
  • 2d
  • economy
  • story
  • war

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