Best Rated 4X Games Under $20
The best rated 4X games on Steam for games under $20. Scores are weighted by review volume, so small-sample flukes stay off the list.
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Our score adjusts Steam's raw rating for sample size. The fewer reviews a game has, the more its score gets pulled toward the site-wide average, so a tiny game can't fluke its way to #1.
- 1STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack42,51495.37%97.72%
- 2Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,29190.21%93.17%
- 3Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword4,98588.99%96.21%
- 4The Battle of Polytopia5,86688.54%93.91%
- 5Warsim: The Realm of Aslona2,17887.28%95.96%
- 6Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,60787.25%92.40%
- 7Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,67287.16%89.46%
- 8Master of Orion 21,71887.01%96.45%
- 9Slipways2,28386.80%92.95%
- 10Legend Creatures(传奇生物)3,94686.64%89.81%
- 11Heart of the Machine2,01186.51%92.04%
- 12Scythe: Digital Edition3,79286.50%89.43%
- 13Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,12186.46%95.99%
- 14Predynastic Egypt1,91186.38%91.58%
- 15Thea: The Awakening3,76986.12%88.06%
- 16Nexus 5X92585.88%91.14%
- 17Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,63985.75%87.92%
- 18军团战棋Legion War82285.72%89.78%
- 19AI War 21,54585.69%87.64%
- 20Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,53785.57%86.73%
- 21Egypt: Old Kingdom1,24785.56%86.93%
- 22Songs of Conquest13,38385.52%85.62%
- 23Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,03685.50%86.05%
- 24X3: Terran Conflict2,85285.40%85.45%
- 25The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia1,62185.40%85.44%
- 26Reshaping Mars83085.32%84.46%
- 27Interstellar Space: Genesis82985.28%83.96%
- 28Marble Age74485.22%82.93%
- 29NationWar2:Chronicle42185.16%79.57%
- 30Europa Universalis III Complete1,99285.04%83.28%
- 31AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.95%82.18%
- 32Hexarchy1,57584.94%82.10%
- 33Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)83584.89%78.92%
- 34Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity81484.79%77.40%
- 35Age of Wonders1,03284.73%78.29%
- 36Microcivilization1,40184.70%79.80%
- 37Fantasy General II1,95184.62%80.68%
- 38NEBULOUS: Fleet Command4,11084.54%82.46%
- 39Eador. Imperium1,25984.24%75.14%
- 40Legendary Creatures 296584.19%71.71%
- 41Breachway1,42384.15%75.40%
- 42Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition1,70484.14%76.82%
- 43ENDLESS Legend19,00684.13%83.46%
- 44ENDLESS Space 222,90783.97%83.35%
- 45Distant Worlds: Universe1,84783.79%75.09%
- 46Warlock 2: The Exiled1,29583.63%70.04%
- 47Medieval Kingdom Wars2,60983.45%76.01%
- 48Hero's Hour5,68783.25%79.48%
- 49Driftland: The Magic Revival1,99583.23%72.38%
- 50Three Kingdoms: Innovatory97683.06%59.12%
- 51ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition9,58083.05%80.62%
- 52As Far As The Eye2,11883.03%71.91%
- 53A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition1,93382.91%70.05%
- 54Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition 2,23882.51%69.66%
- 55Industries of Titan1,61282.22%62.53%
- 56Starpoint Gemini Warlords3,58282.18%73.20%
- 57道衍诀1,00682.17%50.20%
- 58Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition95881.77%43.95%
- 59Distant Worlds 23,51481.74%71.34%
- 60Eador. Masters of the Broken World2,80881.61%68.13%
- 61Etherium95281.15%36.55%
- 62Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord3,91980.77%68.97%
- 63Ascension2,65280.28%61.01%
- 64Sid Meier's Starships2,46378.45%50.26%
- 65HUMANKIND28,44573.24%68.96%
- 66Anno 207012,66071.48%60.49%
