Hidden Gem City Builder Games Under $20
Highly rated City Builder 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.
- 1Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)20,90593.61%97.55%
- 2Mini Motorways23,94993.06%96.27%
- 3Thronefall23,07692.95%96.23%
- 4Townscaper21,53292.16%95.31%
- 5OpenTTD16,67791.31%94.86%
- 6ISLANDERS16,74991.06%94.45%
- 7Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,68491.05%94.66%
- 8Stronghold HD (2012)10,32690.55%95.55%
- 9Yog-Sothoth’s Yard13,45890.52%94.32%
- 10Minami Lane6,50290.21%97.45%
- 11RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe8,17389.42%94.35%
- 12Tavern Master13,00489.22%92.16%
- 13Tropico 412,69188.93%91.71%
- 14Littlewood6,80588.62%93.21%
- 15Let's School7,25788.50%92.78%
- 16The Wandering Village8,22488.33%91.90%
- 17TheoTown4,55288.28%94.62%
- 18Dystopika3,32387.98%95.76%
- 19Kingdoms Reborn9,62387.91%90.53%
- 20dotAGE2,62687.53%95.24%
- 21SUMMERHOUSE3,28487.31%93.15%
- 22Cattails: Wildwood Story1,86487.29%97.48%
- 23Craft The World16,90887.27%88.38%
- 24Zeus + Poseidon1,93487.16%96.33%
- 25Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,67287.16%89.46%
- 26Factory Town4,44087.13%90.79%
- 27RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack5,78486.99%89.57%
- 28Autonauts4,93786.86%89.61%
- 29Gourdlets2,13286.76%92.68%
- 30Pharaoh + Cleopatra2,55886.65%91.59%
- 31Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,65286.64%88.84%
- 32Heart of the Machine2,01186.51%92.04%
- 33Two Point Campus7,92986.43%87.74%
- 34Rise to Ruins7,74686.41%87.72%
- 35Terra Nil8,52386.39%87.56%
- 36Predynastic Egypt1,91186.38%91.58%
- 37Ratropolis5,49986.34%88.05%
- 38Factory Town Idle1,21886.10%90.97%
- 39TerraScape2,16586.05%89.10%
- 40Station to Station1,88986.01%89.31%
- 41Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story49286.01%98.58%
- 42Cliff Empire4,35285.98%87.34%
- 43Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,66785.93%87.55%
- 44Unholy Heights1,63585.93%89.24%
- 45Preserve73285.92%93.17%
- 46Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,09185.87%86.35%
- 47Nordhold3,20485.83%87.20%
- 48Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,63985.75%87.92%
- 49The Sushi Spinnery41185.67%92.46%
- 50Buggos1,37085.67%87.66%
- 51Border Pioneer1,83385.62%86.85%
- 52Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,53785.57%86.73%
- 53Egypt: Old Kingdom1,24785.56%86.93%
- 54Slow living with Princess61885.55%88.19%
- 55Settlement Survival7,93385.55%85.62%
- 56Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,03685.50%86.05%
- 57Academia : School Simulator3,03385.46%85.69%
- 58Diplomacy is Not an Option12,08785.44%85.48%
- 59Fabledom7,54585.38%85.21%
- 60Knights and Merchants4,94585.32%85.18%
- 61Reshaping Mars83085.32%84.46%
- 62Dice Kingdoms68485.28%83.63%
- 63High Sea Saga DX48785.25%82.34%
- 64Project Highrise4,77585.23%84.88%
- 65Marble Age74485.22%82.93%
- 66The Infected6,94485.03%84.36%
- 67Soul Academy46284.91%74.46%
- 68The Guild II Renaissance4,05884.78%83.00%
- 69Pathless Woods1,10684.78%79.20%
- 70Microcivilization1,40184.70%79.80%
- 71Age of Empires: Definitive Edition15,39084.70%84.26%
- 72Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation2,25384.63%80.78%
- 73Anno 1404 - History Edition3,51884.61%82.40%
- 74Nebuchadnezzar1,80884.50%78.98%
- 75Love Tavern81484.50%73.59%
- 76Havendock1,90984.49%79.78%
- 77Grow: Song of the Evertree2,55384.48%80.92%
- 78Cardboard Town2,24584.47%80.36%
- 79Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom11,09384.44%83.58%
- 80Before We Leave1,70884.40%77.93%
- 81Airport CEO8,20384.39%83.16%
- 82Gladiator Guild Manager3,98384.21%81.25%
- 83Farm Manager 20212,36684.18%79.08%
- 84Becastled5,55384.15%81.90%
- 85Construction Simulator 20156,83584.11%82.24%
- 86New Cycle2,81984.09%79.46%
- 87SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition9,72383.81%82.18%
- 88ContractVille5,97383.77%81.05%
- 89Pure Farming 20181,70183.76%73.49%
- 90Cossacks 315,93783.46%82.24%
- 91Medieval Kingdom Wars2,60983.45%76.01%
- 92Driftland: The Magic Revival1,99583.23%72.38%
- 93As Far As The Eye2,11883.03%71.91%
- 94Kingdom Eighties3,24582.89%75.16%
- 95Construction Simulator13,75982.80%80.92%
