Space Empires 4X is a 4X science fiction board wargame developed by Jim Krohn and published by GMT Games in 2011.

The game is played on a hexagonal map of space, and ships are represented by cardboard chits.

As it is a wargame, almost all technologies are focused on improving the combat abilities of their ships, often in the form of modifiers to the dice rolls.

The game includes the fog-of-war mechanic, as players usually cannot know the precise information about the forces of their opponents.

[1] Simon Kriese, reviewing from Spieletest, was also complimentary to the game, praising its strategy, simple rules, engagement, and solo variants, but criticised the component quality.