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4X Strategy: eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate

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1. Sid Meier's Civilization IV - PC Games
Release: Oct. 2005
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2. Sid Meier's Civilization III - PC Games
Release: Nov. 2001
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3. Sid Meier's Civilization II - PC Games
Release: 1996
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4. Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri - PC Games
Release: Jan. 1999
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5. Homeworld - PC Games
Release: Sep. 1999 \\ Real-Time 4X Strategy

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6. Homeworld 2 - PC Games
Release: Sep. 2003 \\ Real-Time 4X Strategy & Combat

People who added this item 39  Average listal rating (28 ratings) 6.6  
7. Civilization: Call To Power - PC Games

People who added this item 54  Average listal rating (35 ratings) 9.2  
8. Sid Meier's Civilization - PC Games

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9. Master of Orion 3 - PC Games
Release: Mar. 2003 \\ Turn-based 4x Strategy / Real-Time Combat

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10. Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares - PC Games

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11. Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords - PC Games
Release: Feb. 2006 \\ Turn-Based 4x Strategy

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12. Sins of a Solar Empire - PC Games
Release: Feb. 2008 // Real-time Online Strategy

People who added this item 11  Average listal rating (4 ratings) 8  
13. Call to Power II - PC Games
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14. Master of Orion - PC Games

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15. Ascendancy - PC Games

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16. Sid Meier's Colonization - PC Games

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17. Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization - PC Games
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People who added this item 12  Average listal rating (8 ratings) 6.5  
18. Galactic Civilizations - PC Games
Release: Mar. 2003 \\ Turn-Based 4x Strategy
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19. Space Empires IV Deluxe - PC Games

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20. Space Empires V - PC Games

People who added this item 5  Average listal rating (3 ratings) 5.7  
21. Lost Empire: Immortals - PC Games
Release: Mar. 2008 \\ Turn-Based 4x Strategy

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23. Dawn of Discovery / Anno 1404 - PC Games



4X refers to a video game genre with four primary goals, namely to "eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate." The first 4X games were turn-based, but game developers have created real-time 4X games, as well.

The term "4X" was first used by Alan Emrich, in the September 1993 issue of Computer Gaming World, in the review of Master of Orion. Mainstream reviewers now use "4X" in articles about games which follow a similar pattern.

Many typical features of 4X games had appeared earlier, in board games and in 1970s computer games.

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Posted: 2 years, 11 months ago at Jun 17 10:04
Masters of magic. Its better than Orion 1.
The HomeWorld series is probably an rts.

Edit: 2 years, 11 months ago

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