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 Pack42,96995.32%97.73%
- 2Sid Meier's Civilization V210,42895.12%95.60%
- 3Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition36,23693.34%95.66%
- 4Empires of the Undergrowth18,63291.08%94.38%
- 5Rome: Total War - Collection16,69691.06%94.73%
- 6Crusader Kings III142,37090.08%90.44%
- 7Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,32190.04%93.16%
- 8Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic26,84189.52%91.23%
- 9Airships: Conquer the Skies6,57789.29%95.91%
- 10Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword5,05188.73%96.24%
- 11The Battle of Polytopia5,96688.31%93.95%
- 12Europa Universalis IV137,09587.48%87.67%
- 13Warsim: The Realm of Aslona2,20886.93%95.97%
- 14Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,64486.93%92.40%
- 15Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,75686.91%89.44%
- 16Homeworld Remastered Collection14,13586.71%87.96%
- 17Master of Orion 21,74086.64%96.44%
- 18Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith2,17186.53%93.87%
- 19Slipways2,30586.42%92.84%
- 20Legend Creatures(传奇生物)3,94686.32%89.81%
- 21Cataclismo4,26086.19%89.13%
- 22Scythe: Digital Edition3,81186.18%89.45%
- 23Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,14386.08%96.06%
- 24Heart of the Machine2,09086.08%91.53%
- 25Sid Meier’s Civilization VI377,51986.08%86.11%
- 26Predynastic Egypt1,92386.01%91.58%
- 27Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator1,73685.80%90.78%
- 28Thea: The Awakening3,77685.79%88.03%
- 29Farthest Frontier25,26285.76%86.08%
- 30Stellaris196,58785.74%85.78%
- 31Conquest of Elysium 51,90185.72%89.85%
- 32Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension1,45085.67%90.69%
- 33STAR WARS Rebellion1,48885.57%89.78%
- 34Nexus 5X93885.45%90.94%
- 35Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,66485.36%87.92%
- 36Songs of Conquest13,49985.34%85.63%
- 37军团战棋Legion War82485.30%89.68%
- 38AI War 21,55485.29%87.52%
- 39Northgard: Definitive Edition68,60485.24%85.28%
- 40Warlock - Master of the Arcane2,63685.19%86.15%
- 41Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,56585.19%86.77%
- 42Egypt: Old Kingdom1,25585.15%86.85%
- 43Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,04285.13%86.04%
- 44X3: Terran Conflict2,86085.05%85.45%
- 45The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia1,62385.00%85.40%
- 46Reshaping Mars83284.89%84.25%
- 47Interstellar Space: Genesis84284.88%84.20%
- 48Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest86884.80%83.18%
- 49Marble Age74684.79%82.84%
- 50Shadow Empire1,93684.77%83.88%
- 51NationWar2:Chronicle42584.72%79.53%
- 52Field of Glory: Empires86884.71%82.03%
- 53ZEPHON1,87984.69%83.34%
- 54Europa Universalis III Complete1,99684.67%83.32%
- 55AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.56%82.18%
- 56Hexarchy1,62184.52%81.92%
- 57Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)84084.48%79.05%
- 58Interplanetary80384.47%78.58%
- 59Stars in Shadow83784.44%78.49%
- 60Sins of a Solar Empire II8,57384.42%83.81%
- 61Line War1,18284.40%79.86%
- 62Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity81484.37%77.40%
- 63Age of Wonders1,04484.32%78.35%
- 64Battlestar Galactica Deadlock4,21284.28%82.72%
- 65Manor Lords89,87984.24%84.17%
- 66Fantasy General II1,96984.23%80.60%
- 67Microcivilization1,44584.19%79.03%
- 68Songs of Silence2,72284.05%80.79%
- 69Airship: Kingdoms Adrift1,05484.05%75.62%
- 70Thea 2: The Shattering2,16384.02%79.80%
- 71Ymir1,11584.00%75.61%
- 72ENDLESS Legend19,05783.98%83.48%
- 73Oriental Empires2,99583.92%80.53%
- 74Old World6,78983.91%82.38%
- 75ENDLESS Space 223,00083.82%83.34%
- 76Eador. Imperium1,26483.82%75.00%
- 77Gods and Idols75883.82%69.00%
- 78Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition1,71183.78%76.97%
- 79NEBULOUS: Fleet Command4,38983.77%81.11%
- 80Legendary Creatures 296783.77%71.66%
- 81Breachway1,47883.75%75.71%
- 82Xenonauts 25,68583.69%81.50%
- 83Master of Magic1,21783.42%70.91%
- 84Distant Worlds: Universe1,85583.40%75.09%
- 85Warlock 2: The Exiled1,30083.23%70.08%
- 86Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61483.06%75.86%
- 87Hero's Hour5,72082.96%79.49%
- 88War Planet Online: Global Conquest97582.95%62.56%
- 89Age of Wonders: Planetfall6,63682.92%79.87%
- 90Driftland: The Magic Revival2,01082.83%72.34%
- 91Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War18,51882.82%81.68%
- 92Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes2,52982.81%74.38%
- 93ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition9,59282.80%80.58%
- 94Terra Invicta9,72682.71%80.41%
- 95Power & Revolution 2022 Edition96682.68%59.32%
- 96Power & Revolution 2021 Edition83582.65%55.21%
- 97As Far As The Eye2,12382.64%71.79%
- 98Three Kingdoms: Innovatory98082.62%58.98%
- 99A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition1,95782.51%70.11%
- 100Age of Wonders 422,85782.42%81.32%
