>> best 4X games on steam the full ranking

These are the best 4X games on Steam, as voted by our community.

Nobody wrote a review to land on this list. Players duelled 4X games out of their own libraries against each other, and a game's percentage is the share of a typical library it beats — so the top of this ranking is what 4X fans genuinely keep coming back to.

Songs of Silence

beats 82%

6 players

percentile across every personal ranking, weighed by the crowd behind it

Games ranked by the share of a typical library they beat.
rk	game	players	beats
02	Europa Universalis V	27 players	beats 75%
03	Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era	26 players	beats 75%
04	Anno 2205™	18 players	beats 75%
05	Songs of Syx	22 players	beats 74%
06	ENDLESS Legend™ 2	4 players	beats 82%
07	X3: Reunion	7 players	beats 76%
08	Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator	5 players	beats 77%
09	Sid Meier's Civilization® V	300 players	beats 69%
10	Terra Invicta	14 players	beats 71%
11	Sid Meier's Civilization VII	43 players	beats 69%
12	Conquest of Elysium 5	5 players	beats 75%
13	A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition	3 players	beats 76%
14	STAR WARS™ Rebellion	3 players	beats 75%
15	Master of Orion	5 players	beats 71%
16	Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI	384 players	beats 63%
17	Stellaris	249 players	beats 63%
18	Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection	3 players	beats 69%
19	Terraformers: First Steps on Mars	8 players	beats 62%
20	X4: Foundations	46 players	beats 59%
21	StarDrive	6 players	beats 60%
22	Total War: ROME REMASTERED	14 players	beats 57%
23	Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword	25 players	beats 55%
24	Distant Worlds: Universe	3 players	beats 58%
25	Thea 2: The Shattering	3 players	beats 57%
26	The Battle of Polytopia	15 players	beats 54%
27	Microcivilization	24 players	beats 54%
28	Sins of a Solar Empire II	6 players	beats 54%
29	Total War: PHARAOH	9 players	beats 53%
30	WitchHand	10 players	beats 53%
31	Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim	9 players	beats 53%
32	NEBULOUS: Fleet Command	7 players	beats 53%
33	Songs of Conquest	40 players	beats 52%
34	Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne	4 players	beats 53%
35	Age of Wonders 4	36 players	beats 52%
36	Total War: WARHAMMER	80 players	beats 52%
37	Sid Meier's Civilization® IV	40 players	beats 52%
38	Slipways	11 players	beats 52%
39	HUMANKIND™	57 players	beats 51%
40	Civilization IV®: Warlords	15 players	beats 51%
41	Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®	8 players	beats 51%
42	Northgard: Definitive Edition	112 players	beats 51%
43	After Inc: Revival	11 players	beats 51%
44	Farthest Frontier	26 players	beats 51%
45	Europa Universalis IV	139 players	beats 51%
46	Hades' Star	5 players	beats 51%
47	ENDLESS Legend™	107 players	beats 51%
48	Old World	30 players	beats 51%
49	Dune: Spice Wars	19 players	beats 50%
50	Kingdoms and Castles	71 players	beats 50%
51	Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™	57 players	beats 50%
52	Horizon	4 players	beats 50%
53	AI War 2	11 players	beats 50%
54	ENDLESS Space™ 2	77 players	beats 50%
55	Star Ruler	3 players	beats 50%
56	Interplanetary	17 players	beats 50%
57	Rebel Inc: Escalation	27 players	beats 50%
58	Hexarchy	17 players	beats 50%
59	Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville	19 players	beats 49%
60	Ymir	3 players	beats 35%
61	Age of Wonders: Planetfall	19 players	beats 37%
62	Scythe: Digital Edition	16 players	beats 37%
63	Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes	15 players	beats 37%
64	Airships: Conquer the Skies	5 players	beats 32%
65	Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES	22 players	beats 36%
66	Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)	14 players	beats 33%
67	Galactic Civilizations IV	3 players	beats 25%
68	ZEPHON	3 players	beats 25%
69	Sid Meier's Starships	10 players	beats 31%
70	SPACECOM	15 players	beats 31%
71	Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete	59 players	beats 32%
72	Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition	37 players	beats 32%
73	Driftland: The Magic Revival	24 players	beats 31%
74	Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition	4 players	beats 24%
75	Galactic Civilizations III	19 players	beats 30%
76	Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization	17 players	beats 30%
77	Demise of Nations	6 players	beats 26%
78	Knights of Honor II: Sovereign	12 players	beats 29%
79	Starpoint Gemini Warlords	6 players	beats 25%
80	Warlock - Master of the Arcane	29 players	beats 30%
81	Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition	7 players	beats 25%
82	Distant Worlds 2	7 players	beats 25%
83	Age of Wonders III	101 players	beats 29%
84	Oriental Empires	4 players	beats 17%
85	Thea: The Awakening	15 players	beats 25%
86	Eador. Masters of the Broken World	18 players	beats 25%
87	Fantasy General II	22 players	beats 25%
88	Pixel Starships	12 players	beats 23%
89	AI War: Fleet Command	27 players	beats 25%
90	ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition	125 players	beats 26%
91	Battlestar Galactica Deadlock	39 players	beats 25%
92	Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion	84 players	beats 26%
93	CivIdle	46 players	beats 25%
94	Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War	120 players	beats 24%
95	The Last Federation	8 players	beats 17%

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