Hidden Gem City Builder Games
Highly rated City Builder games that never got big: under $20, fewer than 25,000 reviews. The review 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.
- 1Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,01293.46%97.52%
- 2Mini Motorways24,29792.97%96.27%
- 3Thronefall23,42692.80%96.16%
- 4Townscaper21,59292.02%95.30%
- 5OpenTTD16,88791.08%94.71%
- 6Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,82490.90%94.67%
- 7ISLANDERS16,77590.89%94.43%
- 8Yog-Sothoth’s Yard13,68390.44%94.29%
- 9Stronghold HD (2012)10,41390.35%95.54%
- 10Minami Lane6,64689.91%97.40%
- 11RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe8,26089.17%94.30%
- 12Tavern Master13,17088.92%92.13%
- 13Kingdom: Classic22,67788.88%90.62%
- 14Tropico 412,72288.74%91.72%
- 15Littlewood6,82288.14%93.20%
- 16Let's School7,38288.10%92.73%
- 17TheoTown4,74688.04%94.58%
- 18Dystopika3,44287.70%95.73%
- 19Kingdoms Reborn9,69787.65%90.45%
- 20Bloons Monkey City6,74887.39%91.02%
- 21Craft The World17,03087.11%88.39%
- 22dotAGE2,67287.08%95.10%
- 23SUMMERHOUSE3,35186.97%93.02%
- 24Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,75686.91%89.44%
- 25Zeus + Poseidon1,95786.80%96.32%
- 26Cattails: Wildwood Story1,92486.75%97.51%
- 27Factory Town4,47286.71%90.68%
- 28RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack5,83586.57%89.61%
- 29Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,74386.36%88.84%
- 30Pharaoh + Cleopatra2,57986.31%91.62%
- 31Autonauts4,94986.30%89.57%
- 32Rise to Ruins7,75686.15%87.71%
- 33Gourdlets2,17686.09%92.56%
- 34Ratropolis5,50686.06%88.10%
- 35Predynastic Egypt1,92386.01%91.58%
- 36Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,29985.70%86.45%
- 37Realm Grinder7,42285.70%86.73%
- 38Cliff Empire4,36685.67%87.36%
- 39Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story56085.66%98.57%
- 40Station to Station1,94385.62%89.14%
- 41TerraScape2,21885.61%88.64%
- 42Factory Town Idle1,25385.56%90.90%
- 43Unholy Heights1,64385.55%89.29%
- 44Oxygen: First Breath1,66285.52%89.05%
- 45Buggos1,42885.51%87.96%
- 46Preserve76485.50%92.80%
- 47Nordhold3,31585.41%86.85%
- 48Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,66485.36%87.92%
- 49Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,71685.30%87.56%
- 50The Sushi Spinnery44385.27%92.78%
- 51Border Pioneer1,88985.22%86.71%
- 52Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,56585.19%86.77%
- 53Egypt: Old Kingdom1,25585.15%86.85%
- 54Slow living with Princess61885.14%88.35%
- 55Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,04285.13%86.04%
- 56High Sea Saga DX52385.02%82.22%
- 57Settlement Survival8,02184.96%85.30%
- 58Project Highrise4,80784.92%84.88%
- 59Academia : School Simulator3,06284.91%85.66%
- 60Reshaping Mars83284.89%84.25%
- 61Dice Kingdoms69184.87%83.79%
- 62Knights and Merchants4,94884.86%85.23%
- 63Marble Age74684.79%82.84%
- 64The Infected6,97684.68%84.32%
- 65Holyday City: Reloaded1,63884.59%81.07%
- 66Age of Empires: Definitive Edition15,57284.53%84.26%
- 67Soul Academy46184.48%74.62%
- 68Pathless Woods1,11084.37%79.28%
- 69The Guild II Renaissance4,18084.33%83.49%
- 70Anno 1404 - History Edition3,57684.27%82.41%
- 71Republic of Pirates52884.27%71.59%
- 72Microcivilization1,44584.19%79.03%
- 73Love Tavern81784.07%73.44%
- 74Havendock1,93984.04%79.42%
- 75Cardboard Town2,29784.00%79.89%
- 76Construction Simulator 20156,84783.97%82.23%
- 77Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation2,26383.96%80.78%
- 78Gladiator Guild Manager4,05983.83%81.10%
- 79Nebuchadnezzar1,82483.79%78.89%
- 80Becastled5,58183.79%81.72%
- 81Before We Leave1,72283.72%78.11%
- 82Farm Manager 20212,38283.60%79.05%
- 83SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition9,80883.59%82.22%
- 84ContractVille6,15483.42%80.94%
- 85Cossacks 316,07583.31%82.30%
- 86Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61483.06%75.86%
- 87Pure Farming 20181,70383.05%73.46%
- 88Driftland: The Magic Revival2,01082.83%72.34%
- 89Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes2,52982.81%74.38%
- 90Kingdom Eighties3,30182.54%75.28%
- 91Cartel Tycoon3,79982.32%76.10%
- 92The Tenants7,75582.30%78.90%
- 93Planetbase10,40482.28%79.73%
- 94Conan Unconquered1,86182.24%67.76%
- 95Farm Manager 20182,79882.23%71.73%
- 96Gnomoria3,53882.20%75.18%
- 97Aven Colony2,77582.16%72.14%
- 98Floodland1,08182.15%56.34%
- 99Infection Free Zone18,40682.12%80.58%
- 100Spirit of the Island1,89681.92%65.98%
