Hidden Gem 4X Games Under $20
Highly rated 4X games on Steam for games under $20, 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.
- 1Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,29190.21%93.17%
- 2Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword4,98588.99%96.21%
- 3The Battle of Polytopia5,86688.54%93.91%
- 4Warsim: The Realm of Aslona2,17887.28%95.96%
- 5Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,60787.25%92.40%
- 6Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,67287.16%89.46%
- 7Master of Orion 21,71887.01%96.45%
- 8Slipways2,28386.80%92.95%
- 9Legend Creatures(传奇生物)3,94686.64%89.81%
- 10Heart of the Machine2,01186.51%92.04%
- 11Scythe: Digital Edition3,79286.50%89.43%
- 12Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,12186.46%95.99%
- 13Predynastic Egypt1,91186.38%91.58%
- 14Thea: The Awakening3,76986.12%88.06%
- 15Nexus 5X92585.88%91.14%
- 16Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,63985.75%87.92%
- 17军团战棋Legion War82285.72%89.78%
- 18AI War 21,54585.69%87.64%
- 19Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,53785.57%86.73%
- 20Egypt: Old Kingdom1,24785.56%86.93%
- 21Songs of Conquest13,38385.52%85.62%
- 22Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,03685.50%86.05%
- 23X3: Terran Conflict2,85285.40%85.45%
- 24The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia1,62185.40%85.44%
- 25Reshaping Mars83085.32%84.46%
- 26Interstellar Space: Genesis82985.28%83.96%
- 27Marble Age74485.22%82.93%
- 28NationWar2:Chronicle42185.16%79.57%
- 29Europa Universalis III Complete1,99285.04%83.28%
- 30AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.95%82.18%
- 31Hexarchy1,57584.94%82.10%
- 32Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)83584.89%78.92%
- 33Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity81484.79%77.40%
- 34Age of Wonders1,03284.73%78.29%
- 35Microcivilization1,40184.70%79.80%
- 36Fantasy General II1,95184.62%80.68%
- 37NEBULOUS: Fleet Command4,11084.54%82.46%
- 38Eador. Imperium1,25984.24%75.14%
- 39Legendary Creatures 296584.19%71.71%
- 40Breachway1,42384.15%75.40%
- 41Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition1,70484.14%76.82%
- 42ENDLESS Legend19,00684.13%83.46%
- 43ENDLESS Space 222,90783.97%83.35%
- 44Distant Worlds: Universe1,84783.79%75.09%
- 45Warlock 2: The Exiled1,29583.63%70.04%
- 46Medieval Kingdom Wars2,60983.45%76.01%
- 47Hero's Hour5,68783.25%79.48%
- 48Driftland: The Magic Revival1,99583.23%72.38%
- 49Three Kingdoms: Innovatory97683.06%59.12%
- 50ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition9,58083.05%80.62%
- 51As Far As The Eye2,11883.03%71.91%
- 52A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition1,93382.91%70.05%
- 53Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition 2,23882.51%69.66%
- 54Industries of Titan1,61282.22%62.53%
- 55Starpoint Gemini Warlords3,58282.18%73.20%
- 56道衍诀1,00682.17%50.20%
- 57Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition95881.77%43.95%
- 58Distant Worlds 23,51481.74%71.34%
- 59Eador. Masters of the Broken World2,80881.61%68.13%
- 60Etherium95281.15%36.55%
- 61Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord3,91980.77%68.97%
- 62Ascension2,65280.28%61.01%
- 63Sid Meier's Starships2,46378.45%50.26%
- 64Anno 207012,66071.48%60.49%
