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 Polytopia88.32%
  2. 2Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete86.94%
  3. 3Legend Creatures(传奇生物)86.31%
  4. 4Predynastic Egypt86.04%
  5. 5Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim85.41%
  6. 6AI War 285.33%
  7. 7Egypt: Old Kingdom85.18%
  8. 8X3: Terran Conflict85.08%
  9. 9Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest84.83%
  10. 10Marble Age84.83%
  11. 11AI War: Fleet Command84.59%
  12. 12Gods and Idols83.86%
  13. 13Legendary Creatures 283.81%
  14. 14Distant Worlds: Universe83.44%
  15. 15Warlock 2: The Exiled83.26%
  16. 16War Planet Online: Global Conquest83.03%
  17. 17Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War82.85%
  18. 18As Far As The Eye82.68%
  19. 19Three Kingdoms: Innovatory82.66%
  20. 20Hades' Star82.44%
  21. 21Pixel Starships82.21%
  22. 22March of Empires81.47%
  23. 23Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord80.37%
  24. 24Sid Meier's Starships78.12%