This free weekend roughly coincides with the launch of a new vampire-themed DLC, as well as a sale where you can nab the game ...

Mark Hospodar has been an avid gamer ever since he fired up the original Medal of Honor on his PS1. A history teacher by training, Mark has branched out into the fields of fiction and non-fiction ...

Steam users can currently play a popular game with a Very Positive average user review score for free, though the offer will ...

The whole point of 4X is to get so far ahead that players can lose half their empire to a rampaging AI and still win. Power-tripping is the most honest 4X experience, and some games make it easier ...

New Age of Wonders 4 DLC Thrones of Blood lets you live out the vampire lord fantasy, while the Gargoyle Update welcomes new players in.

The best Steam 4X Fest games for 2025 caught us all by surprise. Following some massive Steam sales this summer, our wallets thought they'd have time to recover ahead of several of the releases of the ...

Songs of Conquest is a 4X game wearing its inspirations on its sleeve. Between Heroes of Might and Magic and Civilization 6, it's clear where this beloved new entry in the genre gets its framework ...

Let's be honest here—the fantasy 4X strategy genre is an intimidating one. Not just for that initial learning curve, but for the potentially immense time commitment. You could put hundreds of hours ...

Scenarios are designed to be balanced, probably overly so since you'd probably have to make terrible choices to do worse than the playtesters enough to fail utterly -- or are designed where you have ...

Civilization 7 is out now for those willing to pay at least $100 for the Deluxe Edition, and these most hardcore of fans have already dropped thousands of reviews on Steam. So far, those reviews are ...

Some days you just want to kick back, relax, and conquer the world. For would-be world rulers, there's no genre better than the 4X strategy. For example, most 4X games offer victory conditions that ...