Best Rated City Builder Games Under $40
The best rated City Builder 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.
- 1RimWorld240,69397.39%97.88%
- 2Factorio230,35697.01%97.51%
- 3Dyson Sphere Program90,84996.29%97.49%
- 4Age of Empires II (Retired)102,60094.90%95.83%
- 5Kenshi113,28294.75%95.57%
- 6Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition178,93494.45%94.95%
- 7Timberborn39,88393.83%95.95%
- 8Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)20,90593.61%97.55%
- 9Dorfromantik29,27993.57%96.36%
- 10Mini Motorways23,94993.06%96.27%
- 11Thronefall23,07692.95%96.23%
- 12Cities: Skylines289,15092.63%92.89%
- 13Against the Storm36,13492.63%94.63%
- 14Dwarf Fortress31,10892.53%94.83%
- 15Frostpunk135,20292.22%92.72%
- 16Townscaper21,53292.16%95.31%
- 17Kingdoms and Castles31,13791.56%93.54%
- 18OpenTTD16,67791.31%94.86%
- 19Empires of the Undergrowth18,04991.18%94.39%
- 20ISLANDERS16,74991.06%94.45%
- 21Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,68491.05%94.66%
- 22Two Point Museum11,92090.92%95.55%
- 23Stronghold HD (2012)10,32690.55%95.55%
- 24Yog-Sothoth’s Yard13,45890.52%94.32%
- 25Two Point Hospital34,56290.49%91.96%
- 26Minami Lane6,50290.21%97.45%
- 27Songs of Syx8,28089.80%95.12%
- 28Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic26,15289.60%91.21%
- 29Ostriv7,49889.59%95.04%
- 30Banished43,15689.47%90.41%
- 31RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe8,17389.42%94.35%
- 32Parkitect8,05589.31%94.18%
- 33Kingdom Two Crowns38,49389.24%90.24%
- 34Tavern Master13,00489.22%92.16%
- 35Mad Games Tycoon 27,66089.14%93.89%
- 36Transport Fever 231,81089.10%90.27%
- 37Tropico 412,69188.93%91.71%
- 38Prison Architect73,41088.80%89.27%
- 39Littlewood6,80588.62%93.21%
- 40Colony Survival8,88288.56%92.13%
- 41Let's School7,25788.50%92.78%
- 42The Wandering Village8,22488.33%91.90%
- 43TheoTown4,55288.28%94.62%
- 44Dystopika3,32387.98%95.76%
- 45Going Medieval20,96687.94%89.15%
- 46Kingdoms Reborn9,62387.91%90.53%
- 47Captain of Industry11,00687.90%90.18%
- 48dotAGE2,62687.53%95.24%
- 49SUMMERHOUSE3,28487.31%93.15%
- 50Cattails: Wildwood Story1,86487.29%97.48%
- 51Craft The World16,90887.27%88.38%
- 52Clanfolk3,88487.22%91.66%
- 53Reus 22,25387.17%94.58%
- 54Zeus + Poseidon1,93487.16%96.33%
- 55Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,67287.16%89.46%
- 56Project Hospital9,16487.13%88.91%
- 57Factory Town4,44087.13%90.79%
- 58Tropico 629,08387.09%87.67%
- 59Go-Go Town!2,16387.03%94.59%
- 60RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack5,78486.99%89.57%
- 61Autonauts4,93786.86%89.61%
- 62Gourdlets2,13286.76%92.68%
- 63Pharaoh + Cleopatra2,55886.65%91.59%
- 64Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,65286.64%88.84%
- 65The Stronghold Collection5,65286.64%88.84%
- 66Cataclismo4,16586.54%89.29%
- 67Heart of the Machine2,01186.51%92.04%
- 68Two Point Campus7,92986.43%87.74%
- 69Rise to Ruins7,74686.41%87.72%
- 70Terra Nil8,52386.39%87.56%
- 71Predynastic Egypt1,91186.38%91.58%
- 72Ratropolis5,49986.34%88.05%
- 73Dawn of Man17,73186.30%86.81%
- 74Foundation23,81486.16%86.49%
- 75Ratopia4,70586.11%87.63%
- 76Factory Town Idle1,21886.10%90.97%
- 77TerraScape2,16586.05%89.10%
- 78Station to Station1,88986.01%89.31%
- 79Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story49286.01%98.58%
- 80Farthest Frontier24,63586.01%86.26%
- 81Cliff Empire4,35285.98%87.34%
- 82Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,66785.93%87.55%
- 83Unholy Heights1,63585.93%89.24%
- 84Preserve73285.92%93.17%
- 85Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,09185.87%86.35%
- 86Nordhold3,20485.83%87.20%
- 87Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,63985.75%87.92%
- 88Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition93,24185.69%85.72%
- 89The Sushi Spinnery41185.67%92.46%
- 90Buggos1,37085.67%87.66%
- 91Space Haven10,70785.66%85.81%
- 92War for the Overworld8,06585.64%85.95%
- 93Border Pioneer1,83385.62%86.85%
- 94Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,53785.57%86.73%
- 95Egypt: Old Kingdom1,24785.56%86.93%
- 96Slow living with Princess61885.55%88.19%
