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 Pack42,51495.37%97.72%
- 2Sid Meier's Civilization V209,75895.13%95.59%
- 3Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition35,87893.41%95.65%
- 4Rome: Total War - Collection16,62091.21%94.72%
- 5Empires of the Undergrowth18,04991.18%94.39%
- 6Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,29190.21%93.17%
- 7Crusader Kings III140,36690.13%90.46%
- 8Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic26,15289.60%91.21%
- 9Airships: Conquer the Skies6,50989.53%95.88%
- 10Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword4,98588.99%96.21%
- 11The Battle of Polytopia5,86688.54%93.91%
- 12Europa Universalis IV136,56287.48%87.63%
- 13Warsim: The Realm of Aslona2,17887.28%95.96%
- 14Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,60787.25%92.40%
- 15Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,67287.16%89.46%
- 16Master of Orion 21,71887.01%96.45%
- 17Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith2,16786.90%93.86%
- 18Homeworld Remastered Collection14,07586.89%87.96%
- 19Slipways2,28386.80%92.95%
- 20Legend Creatures(传奇生物)3,94686.64%89.81%
- 21Cataclismo4,16586.54%89.29%
- 22Heart of the Machine2,01186.51%92.04%
- 23Scythe: Digital Edition3,79286.50%89.43%
- 24Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,12186.46%95.99%
- 25Predynastic Egypt1,91186.38%91.58%
- 26Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator1,65386.13%90.62%
- 27Thea: The Awakening3,76986.12%88.06%
- 28Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension1,45086.05%90.62%
- 29Conquest of Elysium 51,78786.05%89.70%
- 30Sid Meier’s Civilization VI374,52786.02%86.04%
- 31Farthest Frontier24,63586.01%86.26%
- 32STAR WARS Rebellion1,47285.96%89.81%
- 33Stellaris194,42785.90%85.93%
- 34Nexus 5X92585.88%91.14%
- 35Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,63985.75%87.92%
- 36军团战棋Legion War82285.72%89.78%
- 37AI War 21,54585.69%87.64%
- 38Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,53785.57%86.73%
- 39Egypt: Old Kingdom1,24785.56%86.93%
- 40Warlock - Master of the Arcane2,63385.55%86.18%
- 41Songs of Conquest13,38385.52%85.62%
- 42Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,03685.50%86.05%
- 43X3: Terran Conflict2,85285.40%85.45%
- 44The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia1,62185.40%85.44%
- 45Reshaping Mars83085.32%84.46%
- 46Northgard: Definitive Edition68,30285.31%85.30%
- 47Interstellar Space: Genesis82985.28%83.96%
- 48Marble Age74485.22%82.93%
- 49Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest86785.21%83.16%
- 50NationWar2:Chronicle42185.16%79.57%
- 51Shadow Empire1,89785.15%83.87%
- 52Field of Glory: Empires86485.14%82.18%
- 53ZEPHON1,78585.12%83.59%
- 54Europa Universalis III Complete1,99285.04%83.28%
- 55AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.95%82.18%
- 56Hexarchy1,57584.94%82.10%
- 57Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)83584.89%78.92%
- 58Stars in Shadow82884.89%78.86%
- 59Interplanetary80384.88%78.58%
- 60Line War1,16884.85%80.22%
- 61Sins of a Solar Empire II8,39584.81%84.11%
- 62Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity81484.79%77.40%
- 63Age of Wonders1,03284.73%78.29%
- 64Microcivilization1,40184.70%79.80%
- 65Fantasy General II1,95184.62%80.68%
- 66Battlestar Galactica Deadlock4,18084.61%82.73%
- 67NEBULOUS: Fleet Command4,11084.54%82.46%
- 68Airship: Kingdoms Adrift1,03884.49%75.82%
- 69Songs of Silence2,66684.45%80.91%
- 70Thea 2: The Shattering2,14884.43%79.98%
- 71Manor Lords87,72684.43%84.33%
- 72Ymir1,11384.42%75.74%
- 73Oriental Empires2,99484.27%80.53%
- 74Gods and Idols75684.25%69.18%
- 75Eador. Imperium1,25984.24%75.14%
- 76Legendary Creatures 296584.19%71.71%
- 77Breachway1,42384.15%75.40%
- 78Old World6,59484.15%82.26%
- 79Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition1,70484.14%76.82%
- 80ENDLESS Legend19,00684.13%83.46%
- 81Xenonauts 25,36684.10%81.70%
- 82ENDLESS Space 222,90783.97%83.35%
- 83Master of Magic1,19583.85%70.96%
- 84Distant Worlds: Universe1,84783.79%75.09%
- 85Warlock 2: The Exiled1,29583.63%70.04%
- 86Medieval Kingdom Wars2,60983.45%76.01%
- 87War Planet Online: Global Conquest96483.39%62.66%
- 88Hero's Hour5,68783.25%79.48%
- 89Driftland: The Magic Revival1,99583.23%72.38%
- 90Age of Wonders: Planetfall6,62083.20%79.88%
- 91Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes2,52183.18%74.41%
- 92Power & Revolution 2022 Edition96283.12%59.46%
- 93Terra Invicta9,30783.09%80.63%
- 94Power & Revolution 2021 Edition83483.09%55.52%
- 95Three Kingdoms: Innovatory97683.06%59.12%
- 96ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition9,58083.05%80.62%
- 97As Far As The Eye2,11883.03%71.91%
- 98Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War17,95683.00%81.67%
- 99Galactic Civilizations IV2,45382.92%72.85%
- 100A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition1,93382.91%70.05%
