Best Rated 4X Games
The 4X games Steam users rate highest. Scores are weighted by review volume, so a game can't ride a handful of glowing reviews to the top of this list.
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Our score adjusts Steam's raw rating for sample size. The fewer reviews a game has, the more its score gets pulled toward the site-wide average, so a tiny game can't fluke its way to #1.
- 1STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack43,17795.40%97.73%
- 2Sid Meier's Civilization V210,80695.14%95.60%
- 3Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition36,44393.42%95.64%
- 4Empires of the Undergrowth18,90591.26%94.36%
- 5Rome: Total War - Collection16,73791.24%94.72%
- 6Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,34890.23%93.18%
- 7Crusader Kings III143,69890.12%90.45%
- 8Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic27,33289.62%91.19%
- 9Airships: Conquer the Skies6,60889.20%95.88%
- 10Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword5,07788.63%96.22%
- 11The Battle of Polytopia6,00188.22%93.97%
- 12Europa Universalis IV137,40387.53%87.68%
- 13Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,80287.19%89.48%
- 14Homeworld Remastered Collection14,17786.87%87.90%
- 15Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,66886.82%92.39%
- 16Warsim: The Realm of Aslona2,21586.81%95.98%
- 17Slipways2,30986.80%92.81%
- 18Legend Creatures(传奇生物)3,94786.66%89.84%
- 19Master of Orion 21,75386.52%96.46%
- 20Heart of the Machine2,12286.47%91.47%
- 21Cataclismo4,34186.42%88.74%
- 22Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith2,17286.40%93.88%
- 23Sid Meier’s Civilization VI379,08586.13%86.15%
- 24Scythe: Digital Edition3,81586.07%89.46%
- 25STAR WARS Rebellion1,49585.99%89.83%
- 26Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,15285.95%96.18%
- 27Nexus 5X94585.88%90.90%
- 28Predynastic Egypt1,93085.87%91.55%
- 29Farthest Frontier25,49885.86%86.03%
- 30Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,67285.78%87.98%
- 31Stellaris197,19985.74%85.76%
- 32Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator1,77185.69%90.85%
- 33AI War 21,56285.68%87.39%
- 34Thea: The Awakening3,78085.67%88.04%
- 35Conquest of Elysium 51,97885.64%89.99%
- 36Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension1,44985.52%90.68%
- 37Songs of Conquest13,54585.27%85.64%
- 38Northgard: Definitive Edition68,75385.26%85.25%
- 39军团战棋Legion War82885.14%89.49%
- 40NationWar2:Chronicle42985.10%79.72%
- 41Warlock - Master of the Arcane2,64185.07%86.18%
- 42Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,57785.05%86.75%
- 43Egypt: Old Kingdom1,26285.02%86.93%
- 44Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,05085.00%86.10%
- 45AI War: Fleet Command1,61284.96%82.20%
- 46X3: Terran Conflict2,87384.93%85.49%
- 47Hexarchy1,64884.92%81.92%
- 48Interplanetary80584.91%78.63%
- 49The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia1,62384.86%85.40%
- 50Interstellar Space: Genesis84884.74%84.32%
- 51Reshaping Mars83284.74%84.25%
- 52Sins of a Solar Empire II8,73384.67%83.71%
- 53Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest86884.65%83.18%
- 54Marble Age74684.64%82.84%
- 55Shadow Empire1,95484.58%83.57%
- 56Field of Glory: Empires86984.56%82.05%
- 57Microcivilization1,45584.55%78.63%
- 58Europa Universalis III Complete2,00184.53%83.31%
- 59ZEPHON1,90884.52%83.18%
- 60Ymir1,11684.43%75.63%
- 61Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)84184.33%79.07%
- 62Stars in Shadow83784.29%78.49%
- 63Line War1,18384.26%79.88%
- 64Manor Lords91,65184.24%84.12%
- 65Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity81684.22%77.45%
- 66Old World6,88484.22%82.50%
- 67Age of Wonders1,04784.16%78.32%
- 68Battlestar Galactica Deadlock4,23084.15%82.67%
- 69Fantasy General II1,97984.09%80.60%
- 70NEBULOUS: Fleet Command4,43284.08%81.09%
- 71ENDLESS Legend19,08183.93%83.49%
- 72Xenonauts 25,81083.93%81.38%
- 73ENDLESS Space 223,09283.93%83.31%
- 74Songs of Silence2,75583.89%80.69%
- 75Airship: Kingdoms Adrift1,06383.88%75.45%
- 76Thea 2: The Shattering2,16683.88%79.73%
- 77Oriental Empires3,00683.79%80.51%
- 78Gods and Idols75883.66%69.00%
- 79Eador. Imperium1,26583.65%74.78%
- 80Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition1,71383.63%76.94%
- 81Legendary Creatures 296983.61%71.62%
- 82Breachway1,51683.58%75.66%
- 83Master of Magic1,22883.27%71.01%
- 84Distant Worlds: Universe1,85683.26%75.11%
- 85Warlock 2: The Exiled1,30783.06%69.93%
- 86ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition9,60783.04%80.57%
- 87Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61482.91%75.78%
- 88Hero's Hour5,74082.83%79.44%
- 89Age of Wonders: Planetfall6,64482.83%79.89%
- 90War Planet Online: Global Conquest97982.78%62.41%
- 91Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War18,70182.78%81.71%
- 92Galactic Civilizations IV2,59282.70%72.26%
- 93Driftland: The Magic Revival2,01382.69%72.33%
- 94Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes2,52882.68%74.41%
- 95Age of Wonders 423,03782.56%81.32%
- 96Terra Invicta9,88182.54%80.28%
- 97Pixel Starships3,00982.54%72.98%
- 98Power & Revolution 2022 Edition96782.53%59.26%
- 99Power & Revolution 2021 Edition83582.50%55.21%
- 100As Far As The Eye2,12582.50%71.76%
