Comprehensive list of free 4x space strategy games

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Comprehensive list of free 4x space strategy games

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This list has every 4x space strategy game that is available for free. Stars!, Master of Orion, VGA Planets, and other similar classics served as the inspiration for these games.

I'm going to try to keep this list updated. Email me at jonathan@pearce.name if you know of a game that should be on the list.

The list is broken up into three sections: games which are Playable, games which are In Development, and Other games.

Playable
VGA Planets version 3 -/multi DOS/Windows
Skrupel -/multi web German
Allegiance -/multi Windows real-time
Stars! shareware single/multi Windows
Space Opera single/- Java
Web Space Alliance -/multi Windows
Galactic Conquest -/multi web
Unification Wars -/multi web
Anacreon -/multi DOS/Windows

In Development
FreeStars -/multi Windows
Thousand Parsec -/multi Windows/Linux/Mac
FreeOrion single/multi Windows/Linux
Hyades -/multi Linux
Antares -/multi Windows/Linux/Mac

Other
Stellar Legacy single/multi Windows/Linux
StarsClone single/multi Java
Quasar -/multi Linux
Node Wars ?/? Windows
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what does "4x" mean?

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eXploration, eXpansion, eXploitation, eXtermination. It means the kind of game where you explore a bunch of stars, colonize those stars, build a bunch of units, and kill your enemies. It's meant to differentiate it from the kind of game where you advance by trading, for example.

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allegiance?

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Sure, why not?

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If you want to buy a 4x space strategy game, please try this list:

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~nice/4xss.html

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