Best Rated 4X Games Under $20
The best rated 4X games on Steam for games under $20. Scores are weighted by review volume, so small-sample flukes stay off the list.
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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.
- 1STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack43,17795.40%97.73%
- 2Sid Meier's Civilization V210,80695.14%95.60%
- 3Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition36,44393.42%95.64%
- 4Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,34890.23%93.18%
- 5Airships: Conquer the Skies6,60889.20%95.88%
- 6Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword5,07788.63%96.22%
- 7The Battle of Polytopia6,00188.22%93.97%
- 8Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,80287.19%89.48%
- 9Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,66886.82%92.39%
- 10Warsim: The Realm of Aslona2,21586.81%95.98%
- 11Slipways2,30986.80%92.81%
- 12Legend Creatures(传奇生物)3,94786.66%89.84%
- 13Master of Orion 21,75386.52%96.46%
- 14Heart of the Machine2,12286.47%91.47%
- 15Sid Meier’s Civilization VI379,08586.13%86.15%
- 16Scythe: Digital Edition3,81586.07%89.46%
- 17Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,15285.95%96.18%
- 18Nexus 5X94585.88%90.90%
- 19Predynastic Egypt1,93085.87%91.55%
- 20Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,67285.78%87.98%
- 21AI War 21,56285.68%87.39%
- 22Thea: The Awakening3,78085.67%88.04%
- 23Songs of Conquest13,54585.27%85.64%
- 24军团战棋Legion War82885.14%89.49%
- 25NationWar2:Chronicle42985.10%79.72%
- 26Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,57785.05%86.75%
- 27Egypt: Old Kingdom1,26285.02%86.93%
- 28Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,05085.00%86.10%
- 29AI War: Fleet Command1,61284.96%82.20%
- 30X3: Terran Conflict2,87384.93%85.49%
- 31Hexarchy1,64884.92%81.92%
- 32The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia1,62384.86%85.40%
- 33Reshaping Mars83284.74%84.25%
- 34Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest86884.65%83.18%
- 35Marble Age74684.64%82.84%
- 36Microcivilization1,45584.55%78.63%
- 37Europa Universalis III Complete2,00184.53%83.31%
- 38Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)84184.33%79.07%
- 39Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity81684.22%77.45%
- 40Age of Wonders1,04784.16%78.32%
- 41Gods and Idols75883.66%69.00%
- 42Eador. Imperium1,26583.65%74.78%
- 43Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition1,71383.63%76.94%
- 44Legendary Creatures 296983.61%71.62%
- 45Breachway1,51683.58%75.66%
- 46Warlock 2: The Exiled1,30783.06%69.93%
- 47ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition9,60783.04%80.57%
- 48Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61482.91%75.78%
- 49Hero's Hour5,74082.83%79.44%
- 50War Planet Online: Global Conquest97982.78%62.41%
- 51Galactic Civilizations IV2,59282.70%72.26%
- 52Driftland: The Magic Revival2,01382.69%72.33%
- 53Pixel Starships3,00982.54%72.98%
- 54Three Kingdoms: Innovatory98182.46%58.82%
- 55A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition1,96682.37%70.14%
- 56Hades' Star2,68482.27%72.95%
- 57道衍诀1,01181.55%49.65%
- 58March of Empires1,86681.21%62.11%
- 59Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition95981.20%43.90%
- 60Etherium95281.16%36.45%
- 61Eador. Masters of the Broken World2,81281.14%68.21%
- 62A Total War Saga: TROY3,82181.13%71.60%
- 63Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord3,95480.59%68.41%
- 64Ascension2,69879.61%60.45%
- 65Sid Meier's Starships2,47577.93%50.26%
- 66Anno 207012,70571.40%60.37%
- 67Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth23,16668.06%60.60%
