Hidden Gem 4X Games Under $10

Highly rated 4X games on Steam for games under $10, capped at 25,000 reviews. The cap filters out everything you've already heard of.

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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.
  1. 1Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword88.73%
  2. 2Warsim: The Realm of Aslona86.93%
  3. 3Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete86.91%
  4. 4Master of Orion 286.64%
  5. 5Legend Creatures(传奇生物)86.32%
  6. 6Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)86.08%
  7. 7Predynastic Egypt86.01%
  8. 8军团战棋Legion War85.30%
  9. 9Reshaping Mars84.89%
  10. 10Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest84.80%
  11. 11Marble Age84.79%
  12. 12AI War: Fleet Command84.56%
  13. 13Hexarchy84.52%
  14. 14Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity84.37%
  15. 15Age of Wonders84.32%
  16. 16ENDLESS Legend83.98%
  17. 17Gods and Idols83.82%
  18. 18Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition83.78%
  19. 19Legendary Creatures 283.77%
  20. 20War Planet Online: Global Conquest82.95%
  21. 21ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition82.80%
  22. 22Three Kingdoms: Innovatory82.62%
  23. 23Hades' Star82.41%
  24. 24Pixel Starships82.19%
  25. 25March of Empires81.42%
  26. 26Etherium80.72%
  27. 27Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord80.32%