Top 10 Grossing 4X Strategy Games (2015–2025)

The 4X Strategy genre just hit a historic high: $695M in monthly IAP revenue as of May 2025 — a 28% year-over-year growth 🚀

Today, two major leaders — Last War: Survival and Whiteout Survival — dominate the genre, accounting for 38% of total 4X revenue in May alone. They’re not only topping the 4X charts but also rank among the highest-grossing games in general, second only to Tencent’s MOBA Honor of Kings!

These days the genre is evolving rapidly, with bold experiments in gameplay, narrative, UA, and LiveOps. We covered some of these shifts in one of our articles.

However, it wasn’t always like this! For example, if we look back at the top 10 grossing games of 2023, we won’t find a single 4X Strategy title there 🫣

The genre has gone through ups and downs — marked by waves of innovation and transformation.

All this you can spot in the video ✨

Or dive deeper via the link!