Hidden Gem City Builder Games Under $5
Highly rated City Builder 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.
- 1Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,10893.72%97.48%
- 2Townscaper21,64892.09%95.28%
- 3Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,90991.01%94.68%
- 4ISLANDERS16,78890.99%94.44%
- 5Stronghold HD (2012)10,44590.76%95.53%
- 6Minami Lane6,75690.09%97.35%
- 7RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe8,32589.33%94.31%
- 8Tavern Master13,28989.14%92.12%
- 9Kingdom: Classic22,75488.98%90.64%
- 10Tropico 412,76388.83%91.69%
- 11Bloons Monkey City6,79687.55%91.04%
- 12Craft The World17,10087.43%88.40%
- 13Dystopika3,50987.25%95.75%
- 14Cattails: Wildwood Story1,94687.18%97.43%
- 15Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,81287.07%89.49%
- 16Zeus + Poseidon1,97287.02%96.35%
- 17Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,77286.88%88.79%
- 18Factory Town4,48486.86%90.61%
- 19RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack5,87186.83%89.64%
- 20Predynastic Egypt1,93186.71%91.56%
- 21Autonauts4,96886.60%89.45%
- 22SUMMERHOUSE3,37586.46%92.98%
- 23Two Point Campus8,21686.38%87.84%
- 24Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,67886.09%87.96%
- 25Egypt: Old Kingdom1,26485.91%86.95%
- 26Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,38785.87%86.53%
- 27Realm Grinder7,44285.80%86.63%
- 28Pharaoh + Cleopatra2,58785.78%91.65%
- 29Unholy Heights1,65285.75%89.16%
- 30Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,73785.73%87.72%
- 31Gourdlets2,20285.72%92.33%
- 32Factory Town Idle1,25885.61%90.86%
- 33Marble Age74585.58%82.95%
- 34Buggos1,43685.52%87.88%
- 35Knights and Merchants4,96185.19%85.20%
- 36Settlement Survival8,09985.12%85.04%
- 37Holyday City: Reloaded1,64185.11%81.05%
- 38Project Highrise4,82385.10%84.93%
- 39Oxygen: First Breath1,66684.93%88.96%
- 40Academia : School Simulator3,14684.87%83.88%
- 41The Guild II Renaissance4,22684.68%83.51%
- 42Cardboard Town2,32284.64%79.76%
- 43The Sushi Spinnery45784.64%92.78%
- 44Slow living with Princess61984.50%88.37%
- 45Anno 1404 - History Edition3,61584.45%82.43%
- 46Soul Academy46884.45%73.72%
- 47Transport Fever10,84684.19%83.28%
- 48Before We Leave1,73084.14%78.09%
- 49Construction Simulator 20156,85783.99%82.25%
- 50Gladiator Guild Manager4,08983.99%81.07%
- 51Farm Manager 20212,39883.82%79.11%
- 52Hotel Renovator2,80683.82%76.84%
- 53SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition9,87083.72%82.25%
- 54Driftland: The Magic Revival2,01683.53%72.37%
- 55Love Tavern82083.45%73.54%
- 56Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61283.23%75.77%
- 57Pure Farming 20181,71383.21%73.56%
- 58Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes2,53183.00%74.40%
- 59ContractVille6,31382.94%80.85%
- 60As Far As The Eye2,12682.82%71.73%
- 61Aven Colony2,78682.77%72.00%
- 62Kingdom Eighties3,34182.72%75.34%
- 63Construction Simulator14,65682.55%80.75%
- 64Farm Manager 20182,79982.24%71.74%
- 65Spirit of the Island1,90782.06%65.71%
- 66Builders of Egypt: Prologue4,08581.58%72.75%
- 67March of Empires1,86881.53%61.99%
- 68Floodland1,08981.53%56.38%
- 69Patron3,19681.35%72.22%
- 70Endzone - A World Apart10,04380.93%76.70%
- 71Game of Thrones Winter is Coming2,76180.41%60.96%
- 72Sword and Fairy Inn 22,28178.45%48.93%
- 73Stronghold: Warlords5,32778.21%65.12%
- 74Life is Feudal: Forest Village6,02578.13%66.42%
- 75Stronghold Crusader 218,11376.98%72.45%
- 76Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition4,07576.81%54.80%
- 77Stronghold Kingdoms9,58874.61%63.59%
- 78Anno 207012,71571.26%60.31%
- 79Stronghold 3 Gold4,86568.13%33.09%
- 80Spacebase DF-94,34264.81%17.89%
