Best Rated 4X Games Under $40
The best rated 4X games on Steam for games under $40. 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 Pack42,89895.32%97.73%
- 2Sid Meier's Civilization V210,24295.12%95.60%
- 3Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition36,16893.34%95.66%
- 4Empires of the Undergrowth18,50491.08%94.37%
- 5Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,31690.06%93.17%
- 6Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic26,68589.51%91.21%
- 7Airships: Conquer the Skies6,55889.30%95.90%
- 8Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword5,03588.75%96.23%
- 9The Battle of Polytopia5,94788.32%93.95%
- 10Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,63286.96%92.43%
- 11Warsim: The Realm of Aslona2,20086.96%95.95%
- 12Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,73886.94%89.47%
- 13Homeworld Remastered Collection14,12086.72%87.96%
- 14Master of Orion 21,73486.67%96.42%
- 15Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith2,17186.57%93.87%
- 16Slipways2,30186.46%92.92%
- 17Legend Creatures(传奇生物)3,94686.31%89.81%
- 18Cataclismo4,24086.23%89.17%
- 19Scythe: Digital Edition3,80786.21%89.44%
- 20Heart of the Machine2,07486.12%91.61%
- 21Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,13786.11%96.04%
- 22Sid Meier’s Civilization VI376,70486.06%86.09%
- 23Predynastic Egypt1,92186.04%91.57%
- 24Thea: The Awakening3,77385.81%88.02%
- 25Farthest Frontier25,08385.80%86.13%
- 26Conquest of Elysium 51,87385.75%89.86%
- 27Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension1,45085.70%90.69%
- 28Nexus 5X93885.49%90.94%
- 29Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,65885.41%88.00%
- 30Songs of Conquest13,47385.35%85.62%
- 31军团战棋Legion War82385.35%89.79%
- 32AI War 21,55185.33%87.56%
- 33Northgard: Definitive Edition68,53885.25%85.29%
- 34Warlock - Master of the Arcane2,63785.23%86.16%
- 35Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,55885.22%86.78%
- 36Egypt: Old Kingdom1,25285.18%86.82%
- 37Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,04285.16%86.04%
- 38X3: Terran Conflict2,85685.08%85.43%
- 39The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia1,62385.04%85.40%
- 40Reshaping Mars83084.93%84.34%
- 41Interstellar Space: Genesis84284.92%84.20%
- 42Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest86784.83%83.16%
- 43Marble Age74784.83%82.86%
- 44Shadow Empire1,92884.81%83.92%
- 45NationWar2:Chronicle42384.76%79.67%
- 46Field of Glory: Empires86884.74%82.03%
- 47ZEPHON1,85784.73%83.41%
- 48Europa Universalis III Complete1,99584.69%83.26%
- 49AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.59%82.18%
- 50Hexarchy1,60684.55%81.88%
- 51Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)83984.52%79.02%
- 52Stars in Shadow83684.49%78.59%
- 53Line War1,17984.43%79.81%
- 54Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity81584.41%77.42%
- 55Age of Wonders1,04484.35%78.35%
- 56Manor Lords89,29184.26%84.18%
- 57Microcivilization1,44084.25%79.17%
- 58Fantasy General II1,96884.24%80.49%
- 59Airship: Kingdoms Adrift1,05184.12%75.93%
- 60Songs of Silence2,70584.08%80.78%
- 61Thea 2: The Shattering2,16184.06%79.82%
- 62Ymir1,11584.04%75.61%
- 63ENDLESS Legend19,03884.00%83.49%
- 64Oriental Empires2,99383.95%80.52%
- 65Old World6,73883.91%82.32%
- 66Eador. Imperium1,26183.87%75.10%
- 67Gods and Idols75783.86%69.09%
- 68NEBULOUS: Fleet Command4,36583.84%81.24%
- 69ENDLESS Space 222,98683.84%83.34%
- 70Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition1,71083.81%76.96%
- 71Legendary Creatures 296783.81%71.66%
- 72Breachway1,46783.79%75.66%
- 73Xenonauts 25,62083.72%81.48%
- 74Master of Magic1,21583.46%70.95%
- 75Distant Worlds: Universe1,85383.44%75.12%
- 76Warlock 2: The Exiled1,29983.26%70.05%
- 77Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61383.10%75.93%
- 78War Planet Online: Global Conquest96883.03%62.91%
- 79Hero's Hour5,70982.99%79.51%
- 80Age of Wonders: Planetfall6,63482.95%79.89%
- 81Driftland: The Magic Revival2,00782.87%72.35%
- 82Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War18,41782.85%81.70%
- 83Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes2,52582.85%74.42%
- 84Terra Invicta9,50882.83%80.57%
- 85ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition9,60082.83%80.59%
- 86As Far As The Eye2,12082.68%71.84%
- 87Three Kingdoms: Innovatory97982.66%58.94%
- 88A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition1,94782.55%70.06%
- 89Galactic Civilizations IV2,50582.52%72.69%
- 90Hades' Star2,67482.44%72.96%
- 91Age of Wonders III12,79482.26%80.14%
- 92Pixel Starships2,98682.21%72.94%
- 93Starpoint Gemini Warlords3,58881.87%73.19%
- 94Industries of Titan1,61681.81%62.19%
- 95道衍诀1,00881.78%50.00%
- 96Dune: Spice Wars13,49481.67%79.21%
- 97March of Empires1,84381.47%62.45%
- 98Master of Orion8,16081.44%77.11%
- 99Distant Worlds 23,54081.40%71.30%
- 100Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition95881.39%43.95%
