Hidden Gem 4X Games Under $20
Highly rated 4X games on Steam for games under $20, capped at 25,000 reviews. The 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.
- 1Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,34890.23%93.18%
- 2Airships: Conquer the Skies6,60889.20%95.88%
- 3Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword5,07788.63%96.22%
- 4The Battle of Polytopia6,00188.22%93.97%
- 5Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,80287.19%89.48%
- 6Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,66886.82%92.39%
- 7Warsim: The Realm of Aslona2,21586.81%95.98%
- 8Slipways2,30986.80%92.81%
- 9Legend Creatures(传奇生物)3,94786.66%89.84%
- 10Master of Orion 21,75386.52%96.46%
- 11Heart of the Machine2,12286.47%91.47%
- 12Scythe: Digital Edition3,81586.07%89.46%
- 13Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,15285.95%96.18%
- 14Nexus 5X94585.88%90.90%
- 15Predynastic Egypt1,93085.87%91.55%
- 16Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,67285.78%87.98%
- 17AI War 21,56285.68%87.39%
- 18Thea: The Awakening3,78085.67%88.04%
- 19Songs of Conquest13,54585.27%85.64%
- 20军团战棋Legion War82885.14%89.49%
- 21NationWar2:Chronicle42985.10%79.72%
- 22Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,57785.05%86.75%
- 23Egypt: Old Kingdom1,26285.02%86.93%
- 24Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,05085.00%86.10%
- 25AI War: Fleet Command1,61284.96%82.20%
- 26X3: Terran Conflict2,87384.93%85.49%
- 27Hexarchy1,64884.92%81.92%
- 28The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia1,62384.86%85.40%
- 29Reshaping Mars83284.74%84.25%
- 30Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest86884.65%83.18%
- 31Marble Age74684.64%82.84%
- 32Microcivilization1,45584.55%78.63%
- 33Europa Universalis III Complete2,00184.53%83.31%
- 34Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)84184.33%79.07%
- 35Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity81684.22%77.45%
- 36Age of Wonders1,04784.16%78.32%
- 37Gods and Idols75883.66%69.00%
- 38Eador. Imperium1,26583.65%74.78%
- 39Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition1,71383.63%76.94%
- 40Legendary Creatures 296983.61%71.62%
- 41Breachway1,51683.58%75.66%
- 42Warlock 2: The Exiled1,30783.06%69.93%
- 43ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition9,60783.04%80.57%
- 44Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61482.91%75.78%
- 45Hero's Hour5,74082.83%79.44%
- 46War Planet Online: Global Conquest97982.78%62.41%
- 47Galactic Civilizations IV2,59282.70%72.26%
- 48Driftland: The Magic Revival2,01382.69%72.33%
- 49Pixel Starships3,00982.54%72.98%
- 50Three Kingdoms: Innovatory98182.46%58.82%
- 51A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition1,96682.37%70.14%
- 52Hades' Star2,68482.27%72.95%
- 53道衍诀1,01181.55%49.65%
- 54March of Empires1,86681.21%62.11%
- 55Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition95981.20%43.90%
- 56Etherium95281.16%36.45%
- 57Eador. Masters of the Broken World2,81281.14%68.21%
- 58A Total War Saga: TROY3,82181.13%71.60%
- 59Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord3,95480.59%68.41%
- 60Ascension2,69879.61%60.45%
- 61Sid Meier's Starships2,47577.93%50.26%
- 62Anno 207012,70571.40%60.37%
- 63Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth23,16668.06%60.60%
