List of 4X video games (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of 4X video games" in English language version.

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14rockpapershotgun.com

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877^th place

12gamespot.com

125^th place

104^th place

10web.archive.org

1^st place

7pcgamer.com

428^th place

286^th place

7ign.com

53^rd place

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6pcgamesn.com

1,748^th place

1,058^th place

3toucharcade.com

4,019^th place

2,473^rd place

1gamesradar.com

376^th place

257^th place

1gamasutra.com

704^th place

507^th place

1engadget.com

466^th place

349^th place

1escapistmagazine.com

2,126^th place

1,297^th place

1gamespy.com

1,256^th place

817^th place

1computerbild.de

low place

1pcworld.pl

low place

1gameinformer.com

499^th place

347^th place

1bit-tech.net

low place

9,620^th place

1vg247.com

1,057^th place

782^nd place

1shacknews.com

1,951^st place

1,183^rd place

1wccftech.com

5,764^th place

3,765^th place

1strategygamer.com

low place

1eurogamer.net

288^th place

218^th place

bit-tech.net

Lager, Craig (2010-08-12). "The Price of Neptune's Pride". Bit-Tech. Retrieved 2022-04-01.

computerbild.de

"Freeware Games: Die Hits vergangener Tage". Computer Bild (in German). 24 May 2019. Retrieved 2022-04-01.

engadget.com

Drain, Brendan (2009-12-12). "MMOrigins: Life's funny like that". Engadget. Retrieved 2022-04-01.

escapistmagazine.com

Whitaker, Ron (2017-05-23). "8 4X Strategy Games that Every Gamer Should Play". The Escapist. Retrieved 2022-03-31.

eurogamer.net

Yin-Poole, Wesley (2021-12-21). "Distant Worlds 2 out March 2022". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2022-04-08.

gamasutra.com

Wallis, Alistair (2006-10-26). "Playing Catch Up: Spaceward Ho!'s Joe Williams". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2022-03-31.

gameinformer.com

Biessener, Adam (2010-08-31). "Elemental: War of Magic Review". Game Informer. Retrieved 2022-04-01.

gamespot.com

Geryk, Bruce. "History of Space Empire Games". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23.
Geryk, Bruce. "History of Space Empire Games". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23.
Geryk, Bruce. "History of Space Empire Games". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23.
Geryk, Bruce. "History of Space Empire Games". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23.
Geryk, Bruce. "History of Space Empire Games". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23.
Geryk, Bruce. "History of Space Empire Games". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23.
Geryk, Bruce. "History of Space Empire Games". GameSpot. Archived from the original on November 4, 2002. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
Geryk, Bruce. "History of Space Empire Games". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23.
Todd, Brett (2008-08-29). "Shattered Suns Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
Todd, Brett (2013-10-07). "Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
Shannon, Daniel (2014-05-13). "StarDrive Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
Starkey, Daniel (2014-04-14). "Worlds of Magic Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2022-04-01.

gamespy.com

archive.gamespy.com

Abner, William. "Starships Unlimited: Divided Galaxies (PC)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on 2007-06-29.

gamesradar.com

Hetfeld, Malindy (2022-03-04). "The best 4X games that define the classic genre". GamesRadar. Retrieved 2022-03-31.

ign.com

Butts, Steve (2009-11-19). "Armada 2526 Hands On". IGN. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
"Space Empires IV". IGN. 2001-01-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
Brenesa, Barry (2003-02-14). "Master of Orion III". IGN. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
Butts, Steve (2006-12-04). "Space Empires V Review". IGN. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
"Lost Empire: Immortals Goes Gold". IGN. 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
Zacny, Rob (2015-04-20). "StarDrive 2 Review". IGN. Retrieved 2022-03-31.

in.ign.com

Doke, Shunal (2020-07-07). "Imperiums: Greek Wars is a 4X Grand Strategy Game Out on July 30". IGN. Retrieved 2022-03-31.

pcgamer.com

Brown, Fraser (2018-12-24). "The history of the strategy game". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
Johnson, Leif (2016-08-26). "Master of Orion review". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
Zak, Robert (2018-01-04). "How the Endless series reimagined the 4X strategy genre". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
Hafer, Leana (2018-04-03). "The best 4X games on PC". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
Nelson, Xalavier (2018-05-28). "The hidden tricks bringing game worlds to life". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
Hafer, Leana (2016-09-15). "The latest sci-fi 4X game offers tantalizing turn-based combat". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
Sykes, Tom (2016-06-24). "4X survival RPG Thea: The Awakening adds co-op". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2022-03-30.

pcgamesn.com

Zak, Robert (2021-12-16). "The best Civilization games: every Civ game ranked from worst to best". PCGamesN. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
"Six strategy games like Civilization". PCGamesN. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
Scott-Jones, Richard (2016-12-19). "AI War 2 raises nearly double its Kickstarter target, and is thus happening". PCGamesN. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
"The best 4X games on PC 2022". PCGamesN. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
Bailey, Dustin (2017-09-14). "Dominions 5 will let you gather worshippers and ascend to 4X godhood". PCGamesN. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
Purslow, Matt (2015-03-11). "Sid Meier's Starships PC review". PCGamesN. Retrieved 2022-04-01.

pcworld.pl

Tur, Henryk (2014-01-03). "C-Evo v1.2.0". PC World (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-04-01.

rockpapershotgun.com

Wilbur, Brock (2018-05-05). "DOS Boot: Ascendancy had brilliant worlds and a dunce of an AI". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
Zacny, Rob (2016-03-07). "The 4X Genre Has Grown Stagnant, Here's How To Fix It". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
Vega, Sin (2016-09-08). "Fragile Allegiance & The RTS Formula That Never Was". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
Vega, Sin (2016-09-02). "How Imperialism 2 Took The **** Out Of XXXX". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
Smith, Graham (2013-11-21). "Interview: Aurora, The 4X Sci-Fi Dwarf Fortress". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
Tarason, Dominic (2018-06-05). "Sword of the Stars devs Kerberos branch out to tabletops". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
Rossignol, Jim (2008-03-11). "Lost Empire Demo". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
Smith, Adam (2011-08-26). "Wot I Think: Star Ruler". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
Rossignol, Jim (2011-08-12). "Flies Like A 4X: Legends Of Pegasus". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
Smith, Adam (2014-09-15). "Solar Strategies: Lords Of The Black Sun". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
Smith, Adam (2014-02-17). "Wot I Think: Pandora – First Contact". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
O'Connor, Alice (2015-02-12). "Galactic Inheritors: A Space 4X From HoI 3 & CK2 Designer". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
Tarason, Dominic (2018-03-01). "Conquer the galaxy over lunch in Space Tyrant, out now". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
Castle, Katherine (2022-01-01). "The 50 best strategy games to play on PC in 2022". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2022-03-31.

shacknews.com

Mejia, Ozzie (2014-10-02). "Sorcerer King is a 4X game set in an already-conquered world". Shacknews.

strategygamer.com

Mass, Edward (2019-08-05). "Interstellar Space: Genesis Review". StrategyGamer.com. Network N. Archived from the original on 2021-01-23.

toucharcade.com

Nicholson, Brad (2012-06-27). "'Imperium Galactica 2' Trailer Impresses". TouchArcade. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
Musgrave, Shaun (2014-06-27). "'Star Traders 4X' Review – Deep Enough To Drown In". TouchArcade. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
Lazarides, Tasos (2016-05-05). "'Falling Stars: War of Empires' is an Upcoming 4X Game With Intriguing Diplomacy Mechanics". TouchArcade. Retrieved 2022-04-01.

vg247.com

Hillier, Brenda (2013-09-24). "Horizon now in beta on Steam Early Access, new trailer and screens". VG247. Retrieved 2022-04-01.

wccftech.com

Chris Wray (2015-09-05). "Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients Review". WCCFtech. Retrieved 2021-01-29.

web.archive.org

Geryk, Bruce. "History of Space Empire Games". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23.
Geryk, Bruce. "History of Space Empire Games". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23.
Geryk, Bruce. "History of Space Empire Games". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23.
Geryk, Bruce. "History of Space Empire Games". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23.
Geryk, Bruce. "History of Space Empire Games". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23.
Geryk, Bruce. "History of Space Empire Games". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23.
Geryk, Bruce. "History of Space Empire Games". GameSpot. Archived from the original on November 4, 2002. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
Geryk, Bruce. "History of Space Empire Games". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23.
Abner, William. "Starships Unlimited: Divided Galaxies (PC)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on 2007-06-29.
Mass, Edward (2019-08-05). "Interstellar Space: Genesis Review". StrategyGamer.com. Network N. Archived from the original on 2021-01-23.