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. 1Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete87.19%
  2. 2Sid Meier's Civilization IV86.82%
  3. 3Legend Creatures(传奇生物)86.66%
  4. 4X3: Terran Conflict84.93%
  5. 5Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest84.65%
  6. 6Gods and Idols83.66%
  7. 7War Planet Online: Global Conquest82.78%
  8. 8Pixel Starships82.54%
  9. 9Three Kingdoms: Innovatory82.46%
  10. 10Hades' Star82.27%
  11. 11March of Empires81.21%
  12. 12Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord80.59%