X4: Foundations
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore, trade, fight, and build as you rise to command fleets, stations, and entire economies in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to every decision.
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Start Small. Command Everything. Your journey begins with a single ship - but what you become is up to you. Trade, fight, explore, and build your way to power as you grow from a lone pilot into the leader of a vast space empire. Command fleets, manage resources, and shape the future of the galaxy through your decisions. A Living, Simulated Universe The universe of X4 is fully simulated and constantly evolving. Factions trade, build, and wage war independently, reacting dynamically to both your actions and each other. Every station, ship, and economy is part of a living system that continues to grow - with or without your influence. Build Your Empire Construct space stations, establish trade networks, and control entire production chains. Design and expand your infrastructure using a modula
Why It's Fun
A vast world to explore — no fixed path, surprises and dangers everywhere, curiosity is your best guide
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GAME INFO
- Developer
- Egosoft
- Released
- Nov 30, 2018
- Chinese
- ✓
- Multiplayer
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What Players Say
Most helpful Steam reviews
I really wanted to like X4: Foundations, because on paper this is exactly the kind of game I should love: start with one ship, build your way up, create trade networks, hire people, own stations, command fleets and eventually become a real force in the universe. The problem is not the concept. The concept is excellent. The problem is that the game often feels like it actively fights against the player. The early experience is especially bad. Instead of giving you a clear and satisfying first path into the sandbox, the game throws you into confusing objectives, poor guidance and missions …
you will learn early that theres no upkeep for ships, the game seens hardcore but its actually casual theres no rush, its all the clunkness of the UI and poor design of interactions that keep people away. pros: its a good singleplayer game, space simulator, empire sim, manager sim, RTS-ish, lots of mods, that you can sink thousands of hours in cons: you will need a youtube tab open to learn the game, not intuitive even for experienced gamers, there are no planets to visit, theres no upkeep for ships, no salary for workers, no fuel to be paid, ITS TOO EASY AND TOO GRINDY AT THE SAME TIME (its…
毫不夸张地说，这个游戏是艺术品，是太空游戏中不可缺少的那颗明珠。但它也有瑕疵，在人物交互和沉浸感方面做得不尽人意，战斗和优化可圈可点，经济系统则是最优秀的一点，你真的能通过经济系统体会到垄断，制裁，掠夺与毁灭对星门网络的影响 然而，9.0的更新正在毁掉这一切，采矿大改，平衡大改，我很难过地看到自己最喜欢的太空游戏步了群星的后尘。我诅咒你们这群总是靠出于自我感觉良好而产生的小巧思来毁掉游戏的设计师! 你们不得好死!CNM！
This game is amazing. I just do wanna say that I started it on a Wednesday, played for an hour did some tutorials, made a terran cadet. See i bought this in 2020 - and bought the DLCs on sale, all on sale over time. Now 8 years into development. Ive been waiting for this game since 2003 Freelancer. Anyway started on a wednesday and just couldnt get too into it. Thursday tried again did more tutorials and just...I just wasn't hooked. Oh well...guess this isn't it. Friday morning. What do you want to game? I'm on a long vacation. X4 my brain said, I want to learn a bit more. …
Did you enjoy Star Citizen? Stellaris? Hearts of iron? or any strategy games with a vertical learning curve? This game is literally everything i ever wanted and i was scared for years of spending time getting into it. It's much simpler than what i expected, just do the basic tutorials (30 min) and the map one, thats IT. or you can press H whenever and do the tutorial for whatever you're curious about mid game, and drop straight back into the game when you complete it. Just play the damn game.