Best Value City Builder Games Under $20
The City Builder games on Steam games under $20 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.
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By price
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.
- 1Sid Meier’s Civilization VI$0.04/1hr136h86.06%86.09%
- 2Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.08/1hr63h86.94%89.47%
- 3Kenshi$0.09/1hr138h94.72%95.56%
- 4Anno 1404 - History Edition$0.12/1hr36h84.31%82.44%
- 5High Sea Saga DX$0.12/1hr58h84.84%82.17%
- 6Transport Fever 2$0.15/1hr54h89.06%90.33%
- 7Tropico 4$0.15/1hr39h88.76%91.74%
- 8The Guild II Renaissance$0.19/1hr53h84.54%83.49%
- 9Dyson Sphere Program$0.20/1hr81h96.24%97.47%
- 10Frostpunk$0.21/1hr22h92.20%92.73%
- 11Factory Town Idle$0.21/1hr24h85.63%90.84%
- 12Let's School$0.22/1hr32h88.27%92.73%
- 13Per Aspera$0.23/1hr32h81.67%75.91%
- 14Endzone - A World Apart$0.23/1hr11h80.88%76.75%
- 15Ratopia$0.24/1hr54h85.89%87.80%
- 16Space Haven$0.25/1hr60h85.41%85.80%
- 17Planetbase$0.26/1hr57h82.30%79.73%
- 18Train Simulator Classic$0.27/1hr22h75.02%71.62%
- 19Age of Empires II (Retired)$0.28/1hr71h94.87%95.83%
- 20RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe$0.28/1hr21h89.19%94.31%
- 21Stonehearth$0.30/1hr66h79.49%75.28%
- 22Jurassic World Evolution$0.32/1hr39h87.05%87.43%
- 23OpenTTD$0.33/1hr31h91.08%94.71%
- 24Tropico 6$0.33/1hr36h87.00%87.69%
- 25Anno 1800$0.35/1hr42h82.20%81.33%
- 26Kingdoms and Castles$0.36/1hr28h91.47%93.55%
- 27Stronghold HD (2012)$0.37/1hr16h90.37%95.54%
- 28Tropico 5$0.37/1hr22h81.24%78.64%
- 29Yog-Sothoth’s Yard$0.40/1hr28h90.35%94.29%
- 30ContractVille$0.41/1hr24h83.46%80.96%
- 31Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom$0.42/1hr29h84.21%83.52%
- 32Banished$0.42/1hr48h89.40%90.42%
- 33RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack$0.42/1hr24h86.69%89.61%
- 34The Sushi Spinnery$0.42/1hr16h85.30%92.69%
- 35Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)$0.42/1hr24h93.48%97.53%
- 36Pharaoh: A New Era$0.43/1hr23h81.51%74.95%
- 37Kingdoms Reborn$0.43/1hr46h87.68%90.47%
- 38Fabledom$0.44/1hr19h85.05%85.15%
- 39Dorfromantik$0.45/1hr20h93.47%96.35%
- 40Heart of the Machine$0.47/1hr26h86.12%91.61%
- 41Gourdlets$0.47/1hr6h86.32%92.48%
- 42Gladiator Guild Manager$0.48/1hr10h83.88%81.18%
- 43Flotsam$0.51/1hr24h83.70%80.87%
- 44Border Pioneer$0.52/1hr22h85.24%86.66%
- 45ISLANDERS$0.53/1hr9h90.90%94.43%
- 46Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition$0.55/1hr27h85.54%87.60%
- 47Craft The World$0.58/1hr33h87.11%88.36%
- 48Rise of Nations: Extended Edition$0.59/1hr34h90.90%94.66%
- 49TheoTown$0.61/1hr16h88.04%94.53%
- 50Cossacks 3$0.62/1hr32h83.33%82.30%
- 51Mini Motorways$0.63/1hr16h92.97%96.27%
- 52Age of Empires: Definitive Edition$0.70/1hr29h84.56%84.29%
- 53Townscaper$0.71/1hr3h92.03%95.30%
- 54The Wandering Village$0.76/1hr20h88.15%91.95%
- 55Factory Town$0.78/1hr26h86.73%90.66%
- 56Cardboard Town$0.82/1hr5h84.05%79.97%
- 57Tavern Master$0.82/1hr18h89.05%92.14%
- 58Cattails: Wildwood Story$0.83/1hr24h86.99%97.49%
- 59Kingdom Two Crowns$0.83/1hr24h89.15%90.22%
- 60Stronghold: Definitive Edition$0.85/1hr18h85.73%86.46%
- 61TerraScape$0.87/1hr9h85.66%88.75%
- 62SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition$0.89/1hr23h83.61%82.21%
- 63Thronefall$0.91/1hr14h92.83%96.18%
- 64The Tenants$0.94/1hr21h82.33%78.91%
- 65Buggos$0.95/1hr11h85.34%87.90%
- 66Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story$1.02/1hr20h85.68%98.54%
- 67Project Highrise$1.03/1hr19h84.95%84.89%
- 68Settlement Survival$1.03/1hr19h85.15%85.36%
- 69Stronghold 2: Steam Edition$1.06/1hr14h86.39%88.86%
- 70Construction Simulator$1.07/1hr7h82.52%80.79%
- 71Minami Lane$1.14/1hr4h89.94%97.46%
- 72Anno 2070$1.18/1hr17h71.26%60.44%
- 73Dystopika$1.20/1hr6h87.71%95.76%
- 74Academia : School Simulator$1.23/1hr16h85.14%85.67%
- 75Nordhold$1.29/1hr16h85.45%86.89%
- 76Kingdom Eighties$1.35/1hr9h82.59%75.33%
- 77Soul Academy$1.51/1hr8h84.52%74.62%
- 78Station to Station$1.67/1hr4h85.66%89.15%
- 79Havendock$1.83/1hr10h84.07%79.38%
- 80SUMMERHOUSE$2.05/1hr2h86.99%93.02%
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.