Hidden Gem 4X Games Under $5
Highly rated 4X games on Steam for games under $5, 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.
- 1Warsim: The Realm of Aslona2,22287.63%95.99%
- 2Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,67587.57%92.44%
- 3Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,81287.07%89.49%
- 4Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,15686.86%96.19%
- 5Predynastic Egypt1,93186.71%91.56%
- 6Legend Creatures(传奇生物)3,94786.50%89.84%
- 7Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,67886.09%87.96%
- 8Thea: The Awakening3,78085.97%88.04%
- 9Egypt: Old Kingdom1,26485.91%86.95%
- 10Marble Age74585.58%82.95%
- 11AI War 21,56385.46%87.27%
- 12X3: Terran Conflict2,87485.26%85.53%
- 13Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)84185.26%79.07%
- 14Hexarchy1,65285.24%81.96%
- 15Stars in Shadow83785.21%78.49%
- 16Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity81885.15%77.51%
- 17Age of Wonders1,04885.06%78.24%
- 18Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest86985.02%83.20%
- 19AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.77%82.25%
- 20NationWar2:Chronicle42984.74%79.72%
- 21Gods and Idols75884.59%69.00%
- 22Oriental Empires3,00984.56%80.53%
- 23Europa Universalis III Complete2,05484.50%81.16%
- 24Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition1,71284.48%76.93%
- 25Old World6,90684.44%82.51%
- 26Eador. Imperium1,26684.02%74.80%
- 27Legendary Creatures 297083.98%71.65%
- 28Warlock 2: The Exiled1,30983.95%69.98%
- 29War Planet Online: Global Conquest98183.69%62.39%
- 30Distant Worlds: Universe1,85683.60%75.11%
- 31Driftland: The Magic Revival2,01683.53%72.37%
- 32Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61283.23%75.77%
- 33Hades' Star2,68683.06%72.97%
- 34Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes2,53183.00%74.40%
- 35ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition9,60982.92%80.57%
- 36Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War18,78082.91%81.70%
- 37Three Kingdoms: Innovatory98182.83%58.82%
- 38As Far As The Eye2,12682.82%71.73%
- 39Pixel Starships3,01882.36%73.03%
- 40Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition95982.11%43.90%
- 41March of Empires1,86881.53%61.99%
- 42Eador. Masters of the Broken World2,81381.47%68.25%
- 43Etherium95280.95%36.45%
- 44Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord3,95780.39%68.28%
- 45Sid Meier's Starships2,47678.73%50.28%
- 46Anno 207012,71571.26%60.31%
