Hidden Gem City Builder Games
Highly rated City Builder games that never got big: under $20, fewer than 25,000 reviews. The review 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.
- 1Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,07993.60%97.48%
- 2Mini Motorways24,42193.09%96.27%
- 3Thronefall23,67492.92%96.13%
- 4Townscaper21,64492.14%95.28%
- 5OpenTTD16,99191.18%94.63%
- 6Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,88991.10%94.68%
- 7ISLANDERS16,78591.04%94.44%
- 8Stronghold HD (2012)10,44490.58%95.53%
- 9Yog-Sothoth’s Yard13,79790.27%94.26%
- 10Minami Lane6,71490.17%97.38%
- 11RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe8,31389.41%94.31%
- 12Parkitect8,14089.36%94.20%
- 13Tavern Master13,27489.22%92.14%
- 14Kingdom: Classic22,74589.02%90.64%
- 15Tropico 412,74988.93%91.69%
- 16Littlewood6,83088.52%93.18%
- 17Let's School7,45688.48%92.70%
- 18TheoTown4,80588.37%94.67%
- 19Dystopika3,49888.05%95.80%
- 20Kingdoms Reborn9,73487.86%90.37%
- 21Bloons Monkey City6,78487.68%91.02%
- 22dotAGE2,68487.39%95.04%
- 23Cattails: Wildwood Story1,94287.32%97.53%
- 24Craft The World17,08787.30%88.41%
- 25SUMMERHOUSE3,37287.26%92.97%
- 26Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,80287.19%89.48%
- 27Zeus + Poseidon1,96987.15%96.34%
- 28Factory Town4,47986.98%90.65%
- 29RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack5,86486.92%89.63%
- 30Parkasaurus3,14186.78%93.16%
- 31Autonauts4,96686.71%89.49%
- 32Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,76486.65%88.79%
- 33Pharaoh + Cleopatra2,58686.63%91.65%
- 34Gourdlets2,19786.60%92.35%
- 35Heart of the Machine2,12286.47%91.47%
- 36Rise to Ruins7,75886.40%87.68%
- 37Ratropolis5,54386.28%87.84%
- 38Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story57486.06%98.61%
- 39TerraScape2,24485.99%88.59%
- 40Cliff Empire4,37585.98%87.29%
- 41Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,37485.97%86.50%
- 42Factory Town Idle1,25885.95%90.86%
- 43Unholy Heights1,64985.95%89.21%
- 44Station to Station1,96185.94%89.04%
- 45Realm Grinder7,43785.89%86.63%
- 46Preserve78485.88%92.86%
- 47Predynastic Egypt1,93085.87%91.55%
- 48Oxygen: First Breath1,66585.85%88.95%
- 49Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,73385.84%87.71%
- 50Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,67285.78%87.98%
- 51Nordhold3,36785.73%86.66%
- 52Buggos1,43585.66%87.94%
- 53The Sushi Spinnery45785.66%92.78%
- 54Border Pioneer1,91485.60%86.57%
- 55Slow living with Princess61985.51%88.37%
- 56Academia : School Simulator3,08385.41%85.66%
- 57Knights and Merchants4,95885.30%85.22%
- 58Dice Kingdoms69785.23%83.64%
- 59Citadelum1,08485.21%84.04%
- 60Settlement Survival8,08785.20%85.04%
- 61Project Highrise4,82285.20%84.92%
- 62High Sea Saga DX54085.16%81.85%
- 63Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,57785.05%86.75%
- 64Egypt: Old Kingdom1,26285.02%86.93%
- 65Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,05085.00%86.10%
- 66The Infected7,01584.83%84.11%
- 67Soul Academy46884.82%73.72%
- 68The Guild II Renaissance4,21684.80%83.52%
- 69Pathless Woods1,11384.75%79.51%
- 70Reshaping Mars83284.74%84.25%
- 71Holyday City: Reloaded1,64184.73%81.05%
- 72Age of Empires: Definitive Edition15,64184.72%84.27%
- 73Marble Age74684.64%82.84%
- 74Microcivilization1,45584.55%78.63%
- 75Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation2,26584.49%80.75%
- 76Love Tavern82084.44%73.54%
- 77Grow: Song of the Evertree2,56584.41%80.82%
- 78Cardboard Town2,31584.38%79.91%
- 79Havendock1,96184.35%79.30%
- 80Nebuchadnezzar1,83684.34%78.92%
- 81Before We Leave1,73084.27%78.09%
- 82Gladiator Guild Manager4,08284.16%81.09%
- 83Anno 1404 - History Edition3,60084.14%82.39%
- 84Farm Manager 20212,39684.13%79.09%
- 85Becastled5,61184.09%81.73%
- 86Construction Simulator 20156,85884.08%82.25%
- 87Railway Empire9,71984.04%82.71%
- 88SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition9,85383.84%82.24%
- 89ContractVille6,23883.62%80.88%
- 90Pure Farming 20181,71283.61%73.54%
- 91Hotel Renovator2,80083.49%76.89%
- 92Cossacks 316,16783.46%82.25%
- 93Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61482.91%75.78%
- 94Kingdom Eighties3,32982.88%75.28%
- 95Driftland: The Magic Revival2,01382.69%72.33%
- 96Gnomoria3,53882.69%75.21%
- 97Conan Unconquered1,86182.65%67.81%
- 98The Tenants7,77782.53%78.82%
- 99Planetbase10,45182.52%79.75%
- 100Floodland1,08782.50%56.39%
