4X: eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate

4x stands for eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate. Players of these games control a whole empire by managing resources and technical developments (eXploit), expanding their domains (eXplore and eXpand), and fighting against the computer or other players (eXterminate). Among the most popular 4x games are Civilization and Master of Orion.

Some of the most popular abandoned "4x" games:

Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes

Civilization

Civilization 2

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Games count: 24

Alien Legacy

DOS1994 Ybarra Productions 4
Alpha Centauri

Windows XP/98/951999protected Firaxis Games 4
Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021

DOS1987freeware Thinking Machine Associates 3.9
Ascendancy

DOS1995 The Logic Factory 4.1
Centurion: Defender of Rome

DOS1990 Bits of magic 4.1
Civilization

DOSWindows 3.x1991 MicroProse Software 4.2
Civilization 2

Windows XP/98/951996 MicroProse Software 4.3
Civilization II: Test of Time

Windows XP/98/951999remake Atari 4.3
Colonization

DOSWindows 3.xLinuxMac1994protected MicroProse Software 4.3
Conquest of the New World (Deluxe Edition)

DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected Quicksilver Software 4.2
Deadlock: Planetary Conquest

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1996protected Accolade 4.2
Emperor of the Fading Suns

Windows XP/98/951996 Holistic Design 4
Imperium

DOS1990 Electronic Arts 3.7
Iron Seed

DOS1994freeware 3.7
Master of Magic

DOSWindows XP/98/951994protected SimTex 4.1
Master of Orion

DOS1993protected SimTex 4.1
Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares

DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected SimTex 4.3
Master of Orion 3

Windows XP/98/95Mac2003protected Quicksilver Software 4.2
Spaceward Ho!

Windows 3.xDOS1992protected Delta Tao Software 4.1
Stellar Crusade

DOS1988protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. 4
Sword of Aragon

DOS1989protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. 4
Warlords

DOS1990 SSG Strategic Studies Group 4.1
Warlords 2

DOS1993 SSG Strategic Studies Group 4.2
Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes

Windows XP/98/951997 SSG Strategic Studies Group 4.3