Best Value City Builder Games

The City Builder games that stretch a budget furthest: median reviewer playtime divided by current price. Pick your currency in the top bar to rank against your local prices.

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Price divided by median reviewer playtime — how much you pay per hour of gameplay. Lower is better. Reviewers tend to sink more hours in than the average owner, so treat this as an optimistic estimate. Free games are excluded because there's no price to divide by.
  1. 1Sid Meier’s Civilization VI$0.04/1hr
  2. 2Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.08/1hr
  3. 3Kenshi$0.09/1hr
  4. 4Anno 1404 - History Edition$0.12/1hr
  5. 5High Sea Saga DX$0.12/1hr
  6. 6Factorio$0.13/1hr
  7. 7RimWorld$0.13/1hr
  8. 8Transport Fever 2$0.15/1hr
  9. 9Tropico 4$0.15/1hr
  10. 10The Guild II Renaissance$0.19/1hr
  11. 11Dyson Sphere Program$0.20/1hr
  12. 12Frostpunk$0.21/1hr
  13. 13Factory Town Idle$0.21/1hr
  14. 14Let's School$0.22/1hr
  15. 15Per Aspera$0.23/1hr
  16. 16Endzone - A World Apart$0.23/1hr
  17. 17Ratopia$0.24/1hr
  18. 18Space Haven$0.25/1hr
  19. 19Planetbase$0.26/1hr
  20. 20Train Simulator Classic$0.27/1hr
  21. 21Captain of Industry$0.27/1hr
  22. 22Age of Empires II (Retired)$0.28/1hr
  23. 23RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe$0.28/1hr
  24. 24Dwarf Fortress$0.29/1hr
  25. 25Stonehearth$0.30/1hr
  26. 26Jurassic World Evolution$0.32/1hr
  27. 27Timberborn$0.32/1hr
  28. 28OpenTTD$0.33/1hr
  29. 29Tropico 6$0.33/1hr
  30. 30Anno 1800$0.35/1hr
  31. 31Kingdoms and Castles$0.36/1hr
  32. 32Stronghold HD (2012)$0.37/1hr
  33. 33Tropico 5$0.37/1hr
  34. 34Bellwright$0.38/1hr
  35. 35Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition$0.39/1hr
  36. 36Yog-Sothoth’s Yard$0.40/1hr
  37. 37ContractVille$0.41/1hr
  38. 38Farthest Frontier$0.41/1hr
  39. 39Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom$0.42/1hr
  40. 40Banished$0.42/1hr
  41. 41RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack$0.42/1hr
  42. 42The Sushi Spinnery$0.42/1hr
  43. 43Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)$0.42/1hr
  44. 44Cities: Skylines$0.43/1hr
  45. 45They Are Billions$0.43/1hr
  46. 46Pharaoh: A New Era$0.43/1hr
  47. 47Kingdoms Reborn$0.43/1hr
  48. 48Fabledom$0.44/1hr
  49. 49Clanfolk$0.44/1hr
  50. 50Dorfromantik$0.45/1hr
  51. 51Going Medieval$0.46/1hr
  52. 52Project Hospital$0.47/1hr
  53. 53Colony Survival$0.47/1hr
  54. 54Heart of the Machine$0.47/1hr
  55. 55Gourdlets$0.47/1hr
  56. 56Gladiator Guild Manager$0.48/1hr
  57. 57Foundation$0.49/1hr
  58. 58Songs of Syx$0.50/1hr
  59. 59Flotsam$0.51/1hr
  60. 60Border Pioneer$0.52/1hr
  61. 61The Crust$0.53/1hr
  62. 62ISLANDERS$0.53/1hr
  63. 63Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition$0.55/1hr
  64. 64Mad Games Tycoon 2$0.56/1hr
  65. 65Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic$0.57/1hr
  66. 66Craft The World$0.58/1hr
  67. 67Occupy Mars: The Game$0.58/1hr
  68. 68Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition$0.58/1hr
  69. 69Sid Meier's Civilization VII$0.59/1hr
  70. 70Infection Free Zone$0.59/1hr
  71. 71下一站江湖Ⅱ$0.59/1hr
  72. 72Rise of Nations: Extended Edition$0.59/1hr
  73. 73Two Point Museum$0.60/1hr
  74. 74Dawn of Man$0.61/1hr
  75. 75Against the Storm$0.61/1hr
  76. 76TheoTown$0.61/1hr
  77. 77Cossacks 3$0.62/1hr
  78. 78Prison Architect$0.62/1hr
  79. 79Mini Motorways$0.63/1hr
  80. 80Northgard: Definitive Edition$0.64/1hr
  81. 81Cities: Skylines II$0.65/1hr
  82. 82Sengoku Dynasty$0.69/1hr
  83. 83Jurassic World Evolution 2$0.69/1hr
  84. 84Planet Coaster 2$0.69/1hr
  85. 85Age of Empires: Definitive Edition$0.70/1hr
  86. 86Airport CEO$0.70/1hr
  87. 87Ostriv$0.71/1hr
  88. 88Townscaper$0.71/1hr
  89. 89FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time$0.75/1hr
  90. 90The Wandering Village$0.76/1hr
  91. 91Factory Town$0.78/1hr
  92. 92Pioneers of Pagonia$0.78/1hr
  93. 93HUMANKIND$0.78/1hr
  94. 94Cardboard Town$0.82/1hr
  95. 95Tavern Master$0.82/1hr
  96. 96Parkitect$0.83/1hr
  97. 97Cattails: Wildwood Story$0.83/1hr
  98. 98Kingdom Two Crowns$0.83/1hr
  99. 99Stronghold: Definitive Edition$0.85/1hr
  100. 100TerraScape$0.87/1hr

How the math works: we sample each game’s Steam reviewers, take the median of their total recorded playtime (lifetime hours, not hours at the time of review), and divide it by the game’s current price in your selected currency. Reviewers usually sink more hours in than the average owner, so the numbers run generous. Free games aren’t listed because there’s no price to divide by, and a game needs playtime data from at least 20 reviewers before it qualifies. All prices are Steam’s own regional prices, never exchange-rate conversions.