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.
- 1RimWorld243,59797.37%97.86%
- 2Factorio232,46597.01%97.51%
- 3Dyson Sphere Program91,27996.28%97.47%
- 4Age of Empires II (Retired)102,73294.91%95.83%
- 5Kenshi114,97794.76%95.56%
- 6Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition180,89294.43%94.93%
- 7Timberborn40,69893.90%95.98%
- 8Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)20,98693.63%97.53%
- 9Dorfromantik29,47693.59%96.35%
- 10Mini Motorways24,23893.11%96.27%
- 11Thronefall23,37592.97%96.18%
- 12Cities: Skylines290,73592.63%92.88%
- 13Against the Storm36,94992.57%94.49%
- 14Dwarf Fortress31,30292.53%94.79%
- 15Frostpunk136,38792.23%92.73%
- 16Townscaper21,58592.18%95.30%
- 17Kingdoms and Castles31,28991.59%93.55%
- 18OpenTTD16,83491.25%94.70%
- 19Empires of the Undergrowth18,51691.25%94.38%
- 20Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,78491.09%94.67%
- 21ISLANDERS16,77691.08%94.43%
- 22Two Point Museum12,92291.03%95.35%
- 23Stronghold HD (2012)10,41190.60%95.54%
- 24Yog-Sothoth’s Yard13,62690.55%94.29%
- 25Two Point Hospital34,80790.50%91.95%
- 26Minami Lane6,60790.22%97.44%
- 27Songs of Syx8,97389.72%94.47%
- 28Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic26,69489.64%91.21%
- 29Ostriv7,56589.56%94.99%
- 30Banished43,22789.49%90.42%
- 31Jurassic World Evolution 246,74989.48%90.34%
- 32RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe8,24389.45%94.30%
- 33Parkitect8,11089.36%94.18%
- 34Tavern Master13,14389.25%92.14%
- 35Kingdom Two Crowns39,13389.25%90.22%
- 36Transport Fever 232,20089.17%90.32%
- 37Mad Games Tycoon 27,73289.11%93.83%
- 38Kingdom: Classic22,64989.05%90.64%
- 39Tropico 412,71588.97%91.74%
- 40Prison Architect73,62088.80%89.26%
- 41Littlewood6,81688.60%93.21%
- 42Colony Survival8,95088.59%92.10%
- 43Let's School7,35988.54%92.73%
- 44The Wandering Village8,35788.41%91.96%
- 45TheoTown4,70288.04%94.53%
- 46Captain of Industry11,28587.98%90.23%
- 47Going Medieval21,19687.96%89.14%
- 48Kingdoms Reborn9,68487.92%90.47%
- 49Dystopika3,39487.71%95.76%
- 50dotAGE2,66787.48%95.09%
- 51Bloons Monkey City6,72987.42%91.05%
- 52Cattails: Wildwood Story1,91487.39%97.49%
- 53Clanfolk3,98987.23%91.68%
- 54Zeus + Poseidon1,95187.23%96.31%
- 55Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,73887.20%89.47%
- 56Reus 22,28387.14%94.52%
- 57Project Hospital9,25187.13%88.95%
- 58Jurassic World Evolution55,22087.12%87.43%
- 59Tropico 629,27587.12%87.69%
- 60Craft The World17,00987.11%88.36%
- 61Factory Town4,46787.06%90.66%
- 62Go-Go Town!2,45687.02%93.40%
- 63SUMMERHOUSE3,33786.99%93.02%
- 64RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack5,82786.99%89.62%
- 65Autonauts4,94786.82%89.57%
- 66Pharaoh + Cleopatra2,57386.71%91.61%
- 67The Stronghold Collection5,72886.69%88.84%
- 68Heart of the Machine2,07586.51%91.61%
- 69Two Point Campus8,07886.48%87.76%
- 70Predynastic Egypt1,92186.44%91.57%
- 71Terra Nil8,66586.39%87.48%
- 72Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,72586.39%88.86%
- 73Gourdlets2,16886.32%92.48%
- 74Dawn of Man17,79386.31%86.80%
- 75Cataclismo4,24086.23%89.17%
- 76Foundation23,97586.21%86.53%
- 77Ratopia4,76286.21%87.80%
- 78Rise to Ruins7,75686.17%87.71%
- 79Ratropolis5,50686.08%88.09%
- 80Sid Meier’s Civilization VI376,76386.07%86.09%
- 81Realm Grinder7,42186.00%86.73%
- 82Oxygen: First Breath1,66185.97%89.10%
- 83Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,26585.96%86.45%
- 84Farthest Frontier25,09685.94%86.14%
- 85Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,71085.91%87.60%
- 86Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,65885.81%88.00%
- 87Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition54,29185.72%85.77%
- 88Cliff Empire4,36785.70%87.36%
- 89Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition94,71385.69%85.72%
- 90Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story54885.68%98.54%
- 91TerraScape2,20485.66%88.75%
- 92Station to Station1,93685.66%89.15%
- 93Border Pioneer1,87485.64%86.66%
- 94Space Haven10,99485.64%85.81%
- 95Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,55885.63%86.78%
- 96Factory Town Idle1,24585.63%90.84%
- 97Egypt: Old Kingdom1,25385.61%86.83%
- 98Unholy Heights1,64285.59%89.28%
- 99Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,04285.55%86.04%
- 100Preserve74885.52%92.78%
