Best Rated City Builder Games Under $5

The best rated City Builder 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. 1ISLANDERS91.04%
  2. 2Minami Lane90.17%
  3. 3Transport Fever 289.15%
  4. 4Kingdom: Classic89.02%
  5. 5Dystopika88.05%
  6. 6Bloons Monkey City87.68%
  7. 7SUMMERHOUSE87.26%
  8. 8Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete87.19%
  9. 9Zeus + Poseidon87.15%
  10. 10Parkasaurus86.78%
  11. 11Pharaoh + Cleopatra86.63%
  12. 12Gourdlets86.60%
  13. 13Factory Town Idle85.95%
  14. 14Unholy Heights85.95%
  15. 15Realm Grinder85.89%
  16. 16Oxygen: First Breath85.85%
  17. 17Soul Academy84.82%
  18. 18Holyday City: Reloaded84.73%
  19. 19Cardboard Town84.38%
  20. 20Gladiator Guild Manager84.16%
  21. 21Pure Farming 201883.61%
  22. 22Hotel Renovator83.49%
  23. 23Builders of Egypt: Prologue81.69%
  24. 24March of Empires81.21%
  25. 25Game of Thrones Winter is Coming80.12%
  26. 26Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition76.50%
  27. 27Stronghold Kingdoms74.43%