Hidden Gem 4X Games
Highly rated 4X games that never got big: under $20, fewer than 25,000 reviews. The review cap filters out everything you've already heard of.
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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.
- 1Empires of the Undergrowth18,94591.19%94.36%
- 2Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,35190.14%93.17%
- 3Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword5,09888.91%96.23%
- 4The Battle of Polytopia6,01088.85%93.96%
- 5Warsim: The Realm of Aslona2,22287.63%95.99%
- 6Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,67587.57%92.44%
- 7Slipways2,31187.10%92.82%
- 8Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,81287.07%89.49%
- 9Master of Orion 21,75986.87%96.48%
- 10Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,15686.86%96.19%
- 11Scythe: Digital Edition3,81986.80%89.47%
- 12Homeworld Remastered Collection14,18786.77%87.89%
- 13Predynastic Egypt1,93186.71%91.56%
- 14Legend Creatures(传奇生物)3,94786.50%89.84%
- 15Heart of the Machine2,13386.29%91.51%
- 16Cataclismo4,34786.28%88.80%
- 17Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,67886.09%87.96%
- 18Thea: The Awakening3,78085.97%88.04%
- 19Egypt: Old Kingdom1,26485.91%86.95%
- 20Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,58185.90%86.72%
- 21Nexus 5X94685.68%90.91%
- 22Reshaping Mars83385.66%84.27%
- 23Marble Age74585.58%82.95%
- 24军团战棋Legion War82785.51%89.48%
- 25AI War 21,56385.46%87.27%
- 26Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,05085.34%86.10%
- 27X3: Terran Conflict2,87485.26%85.53%
- 28Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)84185.26%79.07%
- 29Hexarchy1,65285.24%81.96%
- 30Stars in Shadow83785.21%78.49%
- 31The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia1,62385.21%85.40%
- 32Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity81885.15%77.51%
- 33Interstellar Space: Genesis85085.12%84.35%
- 34Age of Wonders1,04885.06%78.24%
- 35Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest86985.02%83.20%
- 36Microcivilization1,45484.88%78.75%
- 37AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.77%82.25%
- 38NationWar2:Chronicle42984.74%79.72%
- 39Songs of Silence2,76184.65%80.59%
- 40Gods and Idols75884.59%69.00%
- 41Oriental Empires3,00984.56%80.53%
- 42Europa Universalis III Complete2,05484.50%81.16%
- 43Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition1,71284.48%76.93%
- 44Old World6,90684.44%82.51%
- 45Airship: Kingdoms Adrift1,06684.23%75.33%
- 46Eador. Imperium1,26684.02%74.80%
- 47Legendary Creatures 297083.98%71.65%
- 48Warlock 2: The Exiled1,30983.95%69.98%
- 49Breachway1,52483.93%75.72%
- 50ENDLESS Space 223,10583.87%83.30%
- 51Xenonauts 25,84783.79%81.41%
- 52War Planet Online: Global Conquest98183.69%62.39%
- 53Master of Magic1,23183.62%70.92%
- 54Driftland: The Magic Revival2,01683.53%72.37%
- 55Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61283.23%75.77%
- 56Hades' Star2,68683.06%72.97%
- 57Hero's Hour5,74883.06%79.37%
- 58ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition9,60982.92%80.57%
- 59Three Kingdoms: Innovatory98182.83%58.82%
- 60A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition1,96882.71%70.17%
- 61Pixel Starships3,01882.36%73.03%
- 62Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition95982.11%43.90%
- 63道衍诀1,01081.92%49.60%
- 64March of Empires1,86881.53%61.99%
- 65Eador. Masters of the Broken World2,81381.47%68.25%
- 66A Total War Saga: TROY3,83181.43%71.63%
- 67Etherium95280.95%36.45%
- 68Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord3,95780.39%68.28%
- 69Ascension2,70179.90%60.35%
- 70Sid Meier's Starships2,47678.73%50.28%
- 71Anno 207012,71571.26%60.31%
