Most Reviewed City Builder Games Under $40
The most-reviewed City Builder 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.
- 1Cities: Skylines291,09792.62%92.88%
- 2RimWorld244,38597.35%97.85%
- 3Factorio233,08997.00%97.51%
- 4Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition181,33294.40%94.93%
- 5Frostpunk136,77492.20%92.73%
- 6Kenshi115,45194.73%95.57%
- 7Age of Empires II (Retired)102,75394.87%95.83%
- 8Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition95,01985.64%85.71%
- 9Dyson Sphere Program91,41196.22%97.46%
- 10Cities: Skylines II91,29558.42%55.52%
- 11Manor Lords89,87984.24%84.17%
- 12Prison Architect73,66788.73%89.25%
- 13Northgard: Definitive Edition68,60485.24%85.28%
- 14Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition54,52685.71%85.85%
- 15They Are Billions51,28485.10%85.13%
- 16Banished43,25989.40%90.43%
- 17Timberborn40,93793.81%95.98%
- 18Kingdom Two Crowns39,27989.14%90.21%
- 19Against the Storm37,09992.45%94.47%
- 20Two Point Hospital34,84990.40%91.96%
- 21Transport Fever 232,34089.04%90.31%
- 22inZOI32,27278.99%77.14%
- 23Dwarf Fortress31,36592.41%94.79%
- 24Kingdoms and Castles31,34591.47%93.56%
- 25Dorfromantik29,51293.45%96.34%
- 26Train Simulator Classic29,36775.03%71.66%
- 27Tropico 629,33787.00%87.70%
- 28Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic26,84189.52%91.23%
- 29Frostpunk 226,82477.56%74.81%
- 30Farthest Frontier25,26285.76%86.08%
- 31Mini Motorways24,29792.97%96.27%
- 32Foundation24,04486.09%86.57%
- 33Thronefall23,42692.80%96.16%
- 34Kingdom: Classic22,67788.88%90.62%
- 35Townscaper21,59292.02%95.30%
- 36Going Medieval21,26987.80%89.14%
- 37Bellwright21,16081.69%80.27%
- 38Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,01293.46%97.52%
- 39Empires of the Undergrowth18,63291.08%94.38%
- 40Infection Free Zone18,40682.12%80.58%
- 41Stronghold Crusader 218,03776.88%72.42%
- 42Dawn of Man17,81086.13%86.81%
- 43IXION17,54481.03%78.80%
- 44Craft The World17,03087.11%88.39%
- 45OpenTTD16,88791.08%94.71%
- 46ISLANDERS16,77590.89%94.43%
- 47Cossacks 316,07583.31%82.30%
- 48Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,82490.90%94.67%
- 49Age of Empires: Definitive Edition15,57284.53%84.26%
- 50A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA14,84576.38%70.61%
- 51Kingdom Heroes 814,70466.66%54.22%
- 52Tropico 514,40081.23%78.65%
- 53Construction Simulator14,34882.46%80.73%
- 54Yog-Sothoth’s Yard13,68390.44%94.29%
- 55Tavern Master13,17088.92%92.13%
- 56Stonehearth13,06379.46%75.26%
- 57Two Point Museum13,03990.84%95.37%
- 58Tropico 412,72288.74%91.72%
- 59Anno 207012,69571.21%60.39%
- 60Diplomacy is Not an Option12,45385.32%85.63%
- 61Captain of Industry11,37887.77%90.25%
- 62Space Haven11,04585.24%85.75%
- 63Transport Fever10,83284.19%83.29%
- 64The Universim10,62782.20%79.62%
- 65Stronghold HD (2012)10,41390.35%95.54%
- 66Planetbase10,40482.28%79.73%
- 67Smalland: Survive the Wilds10,39283.23%81.73%
- 68Norland10,29983.25%81.60%
- 69Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,29985.70%86.45%
- 70Endzone - A World Apart9,96780.72%76.73%
- 71SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition9,80883.59%82.22%
- 72Railway Empire9,70283.84%82.71%
- 73Kingdoms Reborn9,69787.65%90.45%
- 74Stronghold Kingdoms9,56074.54%63.67%
- 75下一站江湖Ⅱ9,39578.72%72.09%
- 76Project Hospital9,26886.74%88.96%
- 77Songs of Syx9,06589.45%94.43%
- 78Colony Survival8,96288.33%92.11%
- 79Terra Nil8,69886.12%87.48%
- 80Ancestors Legacy8,63782.15%78.93%
- 81The Wandering Village8,39088.15%91.97%
- 82Airport CEO8,31184.12%83.13%
- 83RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe8,26089.17%94.30%
- 84Parkitect8,11989.09%94.20%
- 85Two Point Campus8,10586.20%87.75%
- 86War for the Overworld8,10285.38%85.93%
- 87Settlement Survival8,02184.96%85.30%
- 88Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,75686.91%89.44%
- 89Rise to Ruins7,75686.15%87.71%
- 90The Tenants7,75582.30%78.90%
- 91Sengoku Dynasty7,75580.34%74.74%
- 92Mad Games Tycoon 27,75488.69%93.85%
- 93Fabledom7,72284.89%85.16%
- 94Ostriv7,58589.14%95.00%
- 95Realm Grinder7,42285.70%86.73%
- 96Let's School7,38288.10%92.73%
- 97The Infected6,97684.68%84.32%
- 98Construction Simulator 20156,84783.97%82.23%
- 99Littlewood6,82288.14%93.20%
- 100Bloons Monkey City6,74887.39%91.02%
