Best Rated 4X Games Under $5

The best rated 4X games on Steam for games under $5. 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.
  1. 1Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete87.20%
  2. 2Predynastic Egypt86.44%
  3. 3Legend Creatures(传奇生物)86.31%
  4. 4Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim85.81%
  5. 5Egypt: Old Kingdom85.61%
  6. 6X3: Terran Conflict85.45%
  7. 7AI War 285.33%
  8. 8Marble Age85.27%
  9. 9Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest85.27%
  10. 10AI War: Fleet Command84.59%
  11. 11Gods and Idols84.30%
  12. 12Legendary Creatures 284.24%
  13. 13Distant Worlds: Universe83.83%
  14. 14Warlock 2: The Exiled83.68%
  15. 15War Planet Online: Global Conquest83.46%
  16. 16Three Kingdoms: Innovatory83.09%
  17. 17As Far As The Eye83.07%
  18. 18Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War83.02%
  19. 19Hades' Star82.82%
  20. 20Pixel Starships82.21%
  21. 21March of Empires81.87%
  22. 22Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord80.71%
  23. 23Sid Meier's Starships78.49%