Critic Score
Top games by as rated by the press:
- 92 Sid Meier's Civilization IV
- 91 Sid Meier's Civilization II
- 90 Sid Meier's Civilization II
- 89 Sid Meier's Civilization V
- 89 Sid Meier's Civilization
- 89 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
- 88 Starscape
- 88 Sid Meier's Colonization
- 87 Sid Meier's Civilization VI
- 87 Sid Meier's Civilization III
Games must have at least a Critic Score of 80 to be considered.
MobyScore
Top games as rated by our users:
- 4.35 Spaceward Ho! IV (1996)
- 4.11 Sid Meier's Civilization IV (2005)
- 3.99 Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares (1996)
- 3.98 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (1999)
- 3.96 Sid Meier's Civilization II (1996)
- 3.95 Sid Meier's Civilization (1991)
- 4.28 Hegemonia: The Solon Heritage (2003)
Games must have at least 5 votes and a User Score of 4.0 to be considered.
Gameplay
4X is part of Gameplay. This group of genres contain:
- 4X
- Action RPG
- Arcade
- Artillery
- Beat 'em up / brawler
- Board game
- Cards / tiles
- Chess
- City building / construction simulation
- Dating simulation
- Falling block puzzle
- Fighting
- Gambling elements
- Game show / trivia / quiz
- Graphic adventure
- Hack and slash
- Hidden object
- Hunting
- Interactive book
- Interactive fiction / text adventure
- Japanese-style adventure
- Japanese-style RPG (JRPG)
- Life / social simulation
- Managerial / business simulation
- Massively Multiplayer
- Mental training
- Metroidvania
- Mini-games
- Music / rhythm
- Paddle / Pong
- Party game
- Pinball
- Platform
- Puzzle elements
- Quick Time Events (QTEs)
- Rail shooter
- Real-time strategy
- Roguelike
- RPG elements
- Sandbox / open world
- Shooter
- Stealth
- Survival horror
- Tactical RPG
- Tactical shooter
- Tile matching puzzle
- Timed input
- Time management
- Tower defense
- Trading / collectible card
- Tricks / stunts
- Turn-based strategy
- Visual novel
- Wargame
- Word construction