Most Reviewed 4X Games Under $40

The most-reviewed 4X games for games under $40, ranked by total review count.

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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.
  1. 1Sid Meier's Civilization V95.13%
  2. 2Manor Lords84.43%
  3. 3Northgard: Definitive Edition85.31%
  4. 4STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack95.37%
  5. 5Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition93.41%
  6. 6HUMANKIND73.24%
  7. 7Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic89.60%
  8. 8Farthest Frontier86.01%
  9. 9Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth68.03%
  10. 10ENDLESS Space 283.97%
  11. 11ENDLESS Legend84.13%
  12. 12Empires of the Undergrowth91.18%
  13. 13Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War83.00%
  14. 14Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion90.21%
  15. 15Homeworld Remastered Collection86.89%
  16. 16Total War: ROME REMASTERED80.54%
  17. 17Dune: Spice Wars81.90%
  18. 18Songs of Conquest85.52%
  19. 19Age of Wonders III82.46%
  20. 20Anno 207071.48%
  21. 21Galactic Civilizations III80.94%
  22. 22ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition83.05%
  23. 23Terra Invicta83.09%
  24. 24Master of Orion81.69%
  25. 25Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete87.16%
  26. 26Age of Wonders: Planetfall83.20%
  27. 27Old World84.15%
  28. 28Airships: Conquer the Skies89.53%
  29. 29Anno 220579.48%
  30. 30The Battle of Polytopia88.54%
  31. 31Hero's Hour83.25%
  32. 32Xenonauts 284.10%
  33. 33Total War: PHARAOH77.62%
  34. 34Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword88.99%
  35. 35Cataclismo86.54%
  36. 36NEBULOUS: Fleet Command84.54%
  37. 37Legend Creatures(传奇生物)86.64%
  38. 38Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord80.77%
  39. 39Scythe: Digital Edition86.50%
  40. 40Thea: The Awakening86.12%
  41. 41Millennia80.37%
  42. 42A Total War Saga: TROY81.67%
  43. 43Sid Meier's Civilization IV87.25%
  44. 44Starpoint Gemini Warlords82.18%
  45. 45Distant Worlds 281.74%
  46. 46Star Trek: Infinite74.29%
  47. 47Oriental Empires84.27%
  48. 48X3: Terran Conflict85.40%
  49. 49Eador. Masters of the Broken World81.61%
  50. 50Songs of Silence84.45%
  51. 51Ascension80.28%
  52. 52Warlock - Master of the Arcane85.55%
  53. 53Medieval Kingdom Wars83.45%
  54. 54Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes83.18%
  55. 55Sid Meier's Starships78.45%
  56. 56Galactic Civilizations IV82.92%
  57. 57Slipways86.80%
  58. 58Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition 82.51%
  59. 59Warsim: The Realm of Aslona87.28%
  60. 60Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith86.90%
  61. 61Thea 2: The Shattering84.43%
  62. 62As Far As The Eye83.03%
  63. 63StarDrive 280.16%
  64. 64Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville85.50%
  65. 65Heart of the Machine86.51%
  66. 66Driftland: The Magic Revival83.23%
  67. 67Europa Universalis III Complete85.04%
  68. 68Fantasy General II84.62%
  69. 69A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition82.91%
  70. 70Predynastic Egypt86.38%
  71. 71Shadow Empire85.15%
  72. 72Distant Worlds: Universe83.79%
  73. 73Conquest of Elysium 586.05%
  74. 74ZEPHON85.12%
  75. 75Master of Orion 287.01%
  76. 76Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition84.14%
  77. 77Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim85.75%
  78. 78The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia85.40%
  79. 79Industries of Titan82.22%
  80. 80AI War: Fleet Command84.95%
  81. 81Hexarchy84.94%
  82. 82AI War 285.69%
  83. 83Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization85.57%
  84. 84StarDrive80.13%
  85. 85Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension86.05%
  86. 86Breachway84.15%
  87. 87Microcivilization84.70%
  88. 88Warlock 2: The Exiled83.63%
  89. 89Eador. Imperium84.24%
  90. 90Egypt: Old Kingdom85.56%
  91. 91Master of Magic83.85%
  92. 92Line War84.85%
  93. 93Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)86.46%
  94. 94Ymir84.42%
  95. 95Airship: Kingdoms Adrift84.49%
  96. 96Age of Wonders84.73%
  97. 97道衍诀82.17%