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Best 4X Games

Top 50 of 107 qualifying games — tagged 4X (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-08-06.

1 STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack (2010) Strategy · RTS · Space · $19.99 97.7%42,947 reviews 2 Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (2007) Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · 4X · $5.99 96.2%5,044 reviews 3 Sid Meier's Civilization V (2010) Turn-Based Strategy · Strategy · Turn-Based · $7.49 95.6%210,371 reviews 4 Master of Orion 2 (2016) Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based · $5.99 96.4%1,736 reviews 5 Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition (2006) Strategy · Medieval · Historical · $24.99 95.7%36,213 reviews 6 Airships: Conquer the Skies (2018) Vehicular Combat · 4X · War · $24.99 95.9%6,573 reviews 7 Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic) (2014) Simulation · Adventure · Turn-Based Strategy · $6.99 96.1%1,143 reviews 8 Rome: Total War - Collection (2007) Strategy · Historical · Rome · Free 94.7%16,687 reviews 9 Empires of the Undergrowth (2024) Strategy · Simulation · City Builder · $29.99 94.4%18,604 reviews 10 The Battle of Polytopia (2020) Strategy · Turn-Based · Multiplayer · $14.99 93.9%5,960 reviews 11 Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith (2017) Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Fantasy · $39.99 93.9%2,171 reviews 12 Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion (2012) Management · Diplomacy · Online Co-Op · $19.99 93.2%16,322 reviews 13 Slipways (2021) Strategy · Puzzle · Turn-Based Strategy · $16.99 92.9%2,304 reviews 14 Sid Meier's Civilization IV (2006) Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based · $3.99 92.4%3,640 reviews 15 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic (2024) Strategy · Simulation · City Builder · $39.99 91.2%26,796 reviews 16 Heart of the Machine (2026) Strategy · Simulation · Grand Strategy · $29.99 91.6%2,088 reviews 17 Crusader Kings III (2020) Strategy · Medieval · Grand Strategy · $49.99 90.4%142,234 reviews 18 Predynastic Egypt (2016) Indie · Singleplayer · Strategy · $9.99 91.6%1,923 reviews 19 Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator (2024) Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy · $44.99 90.8%1,731 reviews 20 Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension (2013) Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Indie · $34.99 90.7%1,450 reviews 21 Legend Creatures(传奇生物) (2020) Exploration · Indie · Rogue-lite · $4.99 89.8%3,946 reviews 22 Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete (2006) Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based · $0.99 89.4%7,749 reviews 23 Scythe: Digital Edition (2018) Board Game · Strategy · Turn-Based · $19.99 89.4%3,809 reviews 24 Conquest of Elysium 5 (2021) Turn-Based Strategy · Strategy · Fantasy · $29.99 89.8%1,888 reviews 25 Cataclismo (2025) Strategy · Base-Building · Simulation · $29.99 89.1%4,254 reviews 26 STAR WARS Rebellion (2016) Strategy · Grand Strategy · Classic · $5.99 89.8%1,486 reviews 27 Europa Universalis IV (2013) Grand Strategy · Strategy · Historical · $49.99 87.7%137,064 reviews 28 Homeworld Remastered Collection (2015) Space · Strategy · RTS · $34.99 88.0%14,128 reviews 29 Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim (2022) Grand Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · 4X · $14.99 88.0%1,660 reviews 30 Sid Meier’s Civilization VI (2016) Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Multiplayer · $5.99 86.1%377,287 reviews 31 AI War 2 (2019) 4X · Grand Strategy · Multiplayer · $19.99 87.5%1,554 reviews 32 Farthest Frontier (2025) Early Access · Historical · Agriculture · $34.99 86.1%25,205 reviews 33 Stellaris (2016) Space · Grand Strategy · Strategy · $49.99 85.8%196,495 reviews 34 Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization (2008) Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based · $4.99 86.8%1,563 reviews 35 Songs of Conquest (2024) Local Multiplayer · Turn-Based Tactics · 4X · $29.99 85.6%13,496 reviews 36 Northgard: Definitive Edition (2018) Strategy · City Builder · Simulation · $34.99 85.3%68,587 reviews 37 Egypt: Old Kingdom (2018) Indie · Strategy · Singleplayer · $14.99 86.8%1,254 reviews 38 Warlock - Master of the Arcane (2012) Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Fantasy · $6.24 86.2%2,636 reviews 39 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville (2015) Colony Sim · Survival · 4X · $7.49 86.0%2,042 reviews 40 X3: Terran Conflict (2008) Space · Simulation · Sandbox · $15.99 85.4%2,859 reviews 41 Manor Lords (2024) Strategy · City Builder · Simulation · $39.99 84.2%89,690 reviews 42 The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia (2022) Grand Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · $12.99 85.4%1,623 reviews 43 Sins of a Solar Empire II (2024) Space · Strategy · 4X · $49.99 83.8%8,556 reviews 44 ENDLESS Legend (2014) Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based · $29.99 83.5%19,050 reviews 45 ENDLESS Space 2 (2017) Strategy · Space · Sci-fi · $39.99 83.3%22,992 reviews 46 Shadow Empire (2020) Strategy · Simulation · 4X · $39.99 83.9%1,935 reviews 47 ZEPHON (2024) Strategy · Turn-Based · Tactical · $39.99 83.3%1,873 reviews 48 Battlestar Galactica Deadlock (2017) Strategy · Space · Sci-fi · $39.99 82.7%4,212 reviews 49 Old World (2022) Strategy · Simulation · 4X · $39.99 82.4%6,770 reviews 50 Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War (2018) Strategy · Warhammer 40K · 4X · $39.99 81.7%18,490 reviews