Hidden Gem 4X Games Under $5

Highly rated 4X games on Steam for games under $5, 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.
  1. 1The Battle of Polytopia88.85%
  2. 2Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete87.07%
  3. 3Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)86.86%
  4. 4Legend Creatures(传奇生物)86.50%
  5. 5Stars in Shadow85.21%
  6. 6Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest85.02%
  7. 7Gods and Idols84.59%
  8. 8Old World84.44%
  9. 9War Planet Online: Global Conquest83.69%
  10. 10Medieval Kingdom Wars83.23%
  11. 11Hades' Star83.06%
  12. 12ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition82.92%
  13. 13Three Kingdoms: Innovatory82.83%
  14. 14Pixel Starships82.36%
  15. 15March of Empires81.53%
  16. 16Etherium80.95%
  17. 17Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord80.39%