Best Rated City Builder Games Under $20
The best rated City Builder 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.
- 1Dyson Sphere Program90,84996.29%97.49%
- 2Age of Empires II (Retired)102,60094.90%95.83%
- 3Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition178,93494.45%94.95%
- 4Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)20,90593.61%97.55%
- 5Dorfromantik29,27993.57%96.36%
- 6Mini Motorways23,94993.06%96.27%
- 7Thronefall23,07692.95%96.23%
- 8Cities: Skylines289,15092.63%92.89%
- 9Townscaper21,53292.16%95.31%
- 10Kingdoms and Castles31,13791.56%93.54%
- 11OpenTTD16,67791.31%94.86%
- 12ISLANDERS16,74991.06%94.45%
- 13Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,68491.05%94.66%
- 14Stronghold HD (2012)10,32690.55%95.55%
- 15Yog-Sothoth’s Yard13,45890.52%94.32%
- 16Two Point Hospital34,56290.49%91.96%
- 17Minami Lane6,50290.21%97.45%
- 18Banished43,15689.47%90.41%
- 19RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe8,17389.42%94.35%
- 20Kingdom Two Crowns38,49389.24%90.24%
- 21Tavern Master13,00489.22%92.16%
- 22Tropico 412,69188.93%91.71%
- 23Littlewood6,80588.62%93.21%
- 24Let's School7,25788.50%92.78%
- 25The Wandering Village8,22488.33%91.90%
- 26TheoTown4,55288.28%94.62%
- 27Dystopika3,32387.98%95.76%
- 28Kingdoms Reborn9,62387.91%90.53%
- 29dotAGE2,62687.53%95.24%
- 30SUMMERHOUSE3,28487.31%93.15%
- 31Cattails: Wildwood Story1,86487.29%97.48%
- 32Craft The World16,90887.27%88.38%
- 33Zeus + Poseidon1,93487.16%96.33%
- 34Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,67287.16%89.46%
- 35Factory Town4,44087.13%90.79%
- 36RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack5,78486.99%89.57%
- 37Autonauts4,93786.86%89.61%
- 38Gourdlets2,13286.76%92.68%
- 39Pharaoh + Cleopatra2,55886.65%91.59%
- 40Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,65286.64%88.84%
- 41Heart of the Machine2,01186.51%92.04%
- 42Two Point Campus7,92986.43%87.74%
- 43Rise to Ruins7,74686.41%87.72%
- 44Terra Nil8,52386.39%87.56%
- 45Predynastic Egypt1,91186.38%91.58%
- 46Ratropolis5,49986.34%88.05%
- 47Factory Town Idle1,21886.10%90.97%
- 48TerraScape2,16586.05%89.10%
- 49Station to Station1,88986.01%89.31%
- 50Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story49286.01%98.58%
- 51Cliff Empire4,35285.98%87.34%
- 52Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,66785.93%87.55%
- 53Unholy Heights1,63585.93%89.24%
- 54Preserve73285.92%93.17%
- 55Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,09185.87%86.35%
- 56Nordhold3,20485.83%87.20%
- 57Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,63985.75%87.92%
- 58Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition93,24185.69%85.72%
- 59The Sushi Spinnery41185.67%92.46%
- 60Buggos1,37085.67%87.66%
- 61Border Pioneer1,83385.62%86.85%
- 62Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,53785.57%86.73%
- 63Egypt: Old Kingdom1,24785.56%86.93%
- 64Slow living with Princess61885.55%88.19%
- 65Settlement Survival7,93385.55%85.62%
- 66Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,03685.50%86.05%
- 67Academia : School Simulator3,03385.46%85.69%
- 68Diplomacy is Not an Option12,08785.44%85.48%
- 69Fabledom7,54585.38%85.21%
- 70Knights and Merchants4,94585.32%85.18%
- 71Reshaping Mars83085.32%84.46%
- 72Dice Kingdoms68485.28%83.63%
- 73High Sea Saga DX48785.25%82.34%
- 74Project Highrise4,77585.23%84.88%
- 75Marble Age74485.22%82.93%
- 76The Infected6,94485.03%84.36%
- 77Soul Academy46284.91%74.46%
- 78The Guild II Renaissance4,05884.78%83.00%
- 79Pathless Woods1,10684.78%79.20%
- 80Microcivilization1,40184.70%79.80%
- 81Age of Empires: Definitive Edition15,39084.70%84.26%
- 82Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation2,25384.63%80.78%
- 83Anno 1404 - History Edition3,51884.61%82.40%
- 84Nebuchadnezzar1,80884.50%78.98%
- 85Love Tavern81484.50%73.59%
- 86Havendock1,90984.49%79.78%
- 87Grow: Song of the Evertree2,55384.48%80.92%
- 88Cardboard Town2,24584.47%80.36%
- 89Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom11,09384.44%83.58%
- 90Before We Leave1,70884.40%77.93%
- 91Airport CEO8,20384.39%83.16%
- 92Gladiator Guild Manager3,98384.21%81.25%
- 93Farm Manager 20212,36684.18%79.08%
- 94Becastled5,55384.15%81.90%
