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 Pack43,23095.37%97.73%
- 2Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition36,50393.39%95.64%
- 3Empires of the Undergrowth18,94591.19%94.36%
- 4Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,35190.14%93.17%
- 5Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic27,40189.58%91.18%
- 6Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword5,09888.91%96.23%
- 7The Battle of Polytopia6,01088.85%93.96%
- 8Warsim: The Realm of Aslona2,22287.63%95.99%
- 9Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,67587.57%92.44%
- 10Slipways2,31187.10%92.82%
- 11Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,81287.07%89.49%
- 12Master of Orion 21,75986.87%96.48%
- 13Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,15686.86%96.19%
- 14Scythe: Digital Edition3,81986.80%89.47%
- 15Homeworld Remastered Collection14,18786.77%87.89%
- 16Predynastic Egypt1,93186.71%91.56%
- 17Legend Creatures(传奇生物)3,94786.50%89.84%
- 18Heart of the Machine2,13386.29%91.51%
- 19Cataclismo4,34786.28%88.80%
- 20Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,67886.09%87.96%
- 21Thea: The Awakening3,78085.97%88.04%
- 22Egypt: Old Kingdom1,26485.91%86.95%
- 23Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,58185.90%86.72%
- 24Nexus 5X94685.68%90.91%
- 25Reshaping Mars83385.66%84.27%
- 26Marble Age74585.58%82.95%
- 27军团战棋Legion War82785.51%89.48%
- 28AI War 21,56385.46%87.27%
- 29Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,05085.34%86.10%
- 30X3: Terran Conflict2,87485.26%85.53%
- 31Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)84185.26%79.07%
- 32Northgard: Definitive Edition68,76785.24%85.25%
- 33Hexarchy1,65285.24%81.96%
- 34Stars in Shadow83785.21%78.49%
- 35The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia1,62385.21%85.40%
- 36Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity81885.15%77.51%
- 37Interstellar Space: Genesis85085.12%84.35%
- 38Age of Wonders1,04885.06%78.24%
- 39Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest86985.02%83.20%
- 40Microcivilization1,45484.88%78.75%
- 41AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.77%82.25%
- 42NationWar2:Chronicle42984.74%79.72%
- 43Songs of Silence2,76184.65%80.59%
- 44Gods and Idols75884.59%69.00%
- 45Oriental Empires3,00984.56%80.53%
- 46Europa Universalis III Complete2,05484.50%81.16%
- 47Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition1,71284.48%76.93%
- 48Old World6,90684.44%82.51%
- 49Airship: Kingdoms Adrift1,06684.23%75.33%
- 50Eador. Imperium1,26684.02%74.80%
- 51Legendary Creatures 297083.98%71.65%
- 52Warlock 2: The Exiled1,30983.95%69.98%
- 53Breachway1,52483.93%75.72%
- 54ENDLESS Space 223,10583.87%83.30%
- 55Xenonauts 25,84783.79%81.41%
- 56War Planet Online: Global Conquest98183.69%62.39%
- 57Master of Magic1,23183.62%70.92%
- 58Driftland: The Magic Revival2,01683.53%72.37%
- 59Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61283.23%75.77%
- 60Hades' Star2,68683.06%72.97%
- 61Hero's Hour5,74883.06%79.37%
- 62ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition9,60982.92%80.57%
- 63Three Kingdoms: Innovatory98182.83%58.82%
- 64A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition1,96882.71%70.17%
- 65Pixel Starships3,01882.36%73.03%
- 66Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition95982.11%43.90%
- 67道衍诀1,01081.92%49.60%
- 68March of Empires1,86881.53%61.99%
- 69Eador. Masters of the Broken World2,81381.47%68.25%
- 70A Total War Saga: TROY3,83181.43%71.63%
- 71Etherium95280.95%36.45%
- 72Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord3,95780.39%68.28%
- 73Ascension2,70179.90%60.35%
- 74Sid Meier's Starships2,47678.73%50.28%
- 75HUMANKIND28,83973.27%69.14%
- 76Anno 207012,71571.26%60.31%
