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4X is a genre of strategy-based games in which players control an empire and "eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate". Emphasis is placed upon economic and technological development, as well as a range of non-military routes to supremacy. Games can take a long time to complete since the amount of micromanagement needed to sustain an empire increases as the empire grows.

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Explore games tagged 4X on itch.io. 4X is a genre of strategy-based games in which players control an empire and "eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate" · Upload your games to itch.io to have them show up here.

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Help your species get to its highest kardashev level
Strategy
Command an empire across a living galaxy — turn-based space conquest.
Strategy
4X MMO
Strategy
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City Builder like Anno 1602, but bigger!
Simulation
4X with infinitely customizable units!
Strategy
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Bite-sized space 4X
Strategy
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A classic terminal based 4x space strategy!
Strategy
Experimental!
Strategy
Strategy
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Build your spaceships, survive, fight and explore sectors full of adventures in a 2D space-sim sandbox world.
Simulation
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A solo dev's 15-year return to browser SLG — reimagined as sci-fi Sengoku, built with AI.
Strategy
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Space-themed 4X Strategy mobile game
Strategy
Build modular space stations in a procedurally generated solar system!!
Simulation
Build a mobile Crawler base, raid the Wastes, and fight for the Citadel in this Post-apocalyptic strategy MMO
Strategy
Space strategy/4X game
Strategy
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A living 2D space universe where you are not alone.
Simulation
Fantasy 4X strategy on a beautiful hex map
Strategy
A nation died. Swear fealty or bury your dead.
Strategy
Penguin Space Sim For BU-GD Game Jam 2026 hosted by esteban.p April 2026 (heavily post-jam modded now)
Simulation
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A turn-based 4X strategy game where you build your civilization, expand your empire, and compete for dominance.
Strategy
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A galactic empire in the palm of your hand.
Strategy
4x Lite Strategy in the Last Days of Humanity
Strategy
Dynamic LLM-driven indie 4x
Strategy
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A light 4X strategy game playable in 10 minutes.
Strategy
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A small strategy horror game about directing zombie squads across a collapsing city
Strategy
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Real-time civilization simulation where geography and physics dictate the rise and fall of empires.
Strategy
Tiny Turn Based Tactics
Strategy
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Subjugate the stars: eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate.
Strategy
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Строй заводы, продавай оружие, провоцируй войны!
Simulation
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Are You Ready to Take the Stars?
Simulation
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Indirect control RTS game set within treacherous asteroid belts.
Strategy
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Conquer provinces, build alliances, and dominate the medieval world in FeudalRush a real-time multiplayer strategy game.
Strategy
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submission for Micro Jam 054 ("BIG") Hosted by tommy, SeeOne February 2026
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Space conquest incremental-like mixed with 4x-lite theme and mechanics
Simulation
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