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: Rebellion16,31690.06%93.17%
- 2Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword5,03588.75%96.23%
- 3The Battle of Polytopia5,94788.32%93.95%
- 4Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,63286.96%92.43%
- 5Warsim: The Realm of Aslona2,20086.96%95.95%
- 6Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,73886.94%89.47%
- 7Master of Orion 21,73486.67%96.42%
- 8Slipways2,30186.46%92.92%
- 9Legend Creatures(传奇生物)3,94686.31%89.81%
- 10Scythe: Digital Edition3,80786.21%89.44%
- 11Heart of the Machine2,07486.12%91.61%
- 12Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,13786.11%96.04%
- 13Predynastic Egypt1,92186.04%91.57%
- 14Thea: The Awakening3,77385.81%88.02%
- 15Nexus 5X93885.49%90.94%
- 16Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,65885.41%88.00%
- 17Songs of Conquest13,47385.35%85.62%
- 18军团战棋Legion War82385.35%89.79%
- 19AI War 21,55185.33%87.56%
- 20Warlock - Master of the Arcane2,63785.23%86.16%
- 21Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,55885.22%86.78%
- 22Egypt: Old Kingdom1,25285.18%86.82%
- 23Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,04285.16%86.04%
- 24X3: Terran Conflict2,85685.08%85.43%
- 25The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia1,62385.04%85.40%
- 26Reshaping Mars83084.93%84.34%
- 27Interstellar Space: Genesis84284.92%84.20%
- 28Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest86784.83%83.16%
- 29Marble Age74784.83%82.86%
- 30NationWar2:Chronicle42384.76%79.67%
- 31Field of Glory: Empires86884.74%82.03%
- 32ZEPHON1,85784.73%83.41%
- 33Europa Universalis III Complete1,99584.69%83.26%
- 34AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.59%82.18%
- 35Hexarchy1,60684.55%81.88%
- 36Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)83984.52%79.02%
- 37Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity81584.41%77.42%
- 38Age of Wonders1,04484.35%78.35%
- 39Microcivilization1,44084.25%79.17%
- 40Fantasy General II1,96884.24%80.49%
- 41Eador. Imperium1,26183.87%75.10%
- 42Gods and Idols75783.86%69.09%
- 43NEBULOUS: Fleet Command4,36583.84%81.24%
- 44Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition1,71083.81%76.96%
- 45Legendary Creatures 296783.81%71.66%
- 46Breachway1,46783.79%75.66%
- 47Master of Magic1,21583.46%70.95%
- 48Distant Worlds: Universe1,85383.44%75.12%
- 49Warlock 2: The Exiled1,29983.26%70.05%
- 50Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61383.10%75.93%
- 51War Planet Online: Global Conquest96883.03%62.91%
- 52Hero's Hour5,70982.99%79.51%
- 53Driftland: The Magic Revival2,00782.87%72.35%
- 54Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War18,41782.85%81.70%
- 55ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition9,60082.83%80.59%
- 56As Far As The Eye2,12082.68%71.84%
- 57Three Kingdoms: Innovatory97982.66%58.94%
- 58A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition1,94782.55%70.06%
- 59Hades' Star2,67482.44%72.96%
- 60Pixel Starships2,98682.21%72.94%
- 61Starpoint Gemini Warlords3,58881.87%73.19%
- 62道衍诀1,00881.78%50.00%
- 63March of Empires1,84381.47%62.45%
- 64Distant Worlds 23,54081.40%71.30%
- 65Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition95881.39%43.95%
- 66Eador. Masters of the Broken World2,80881.29%68.16%
- 67Etherium95280.76%36.45%
- 68Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord3,94580.37%68.69%
- 69Millennia3,77380.05%67.00%
- 70Ascension2,67679.87%60.80%
- 71Sid Meier's Starships2,47078.12%50.32%
- 72Star Trek: Infinite3,50073.98%42.54%
- 73Anno 207012,67871.26%60.44%
- 74Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth23,10367.94%60.56%
