Hidden Gem City Builder Games Under $20
Highly rated City Builder 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.
- 1Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,10893.72%97.48%
- 2Mini Motorways24,45893.05%96.26%
- 3Thronefall23,72392.88%96.13%
- 4Townscaper21,64892.09%95.28%
- 5Empires of the Undergrowth18,94591.19%94.36%
- 6OpenTTD17,00991.13%94.62%
- 7Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,90991.01%94.68%
- 8ISLANDERS16,78890.99%94.44%
- 9Stronghold HD (2012)10,44590.76%95.53%
- 10Yog-Sothoth’s Yard13,87290.44%94.23%
- 11Minami Lane6,75690.09%97.35%
- 12RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe8,32589.33%94.31%
- 13Tavern Master13,28989.14%92.12%
- 14Kingdom: Classic22,75488.98%90.64%
- 15Tropico 412,76388.83%91.69%
- 16The Wandering Village8,49388.62%91.97%
- 17Littlewood6,83188.43%93.18%
- 18Let's School7,46688.40%92.70%
- 19Kingdoms Reborn9,73487.75%90.38%
- 20TheoTown4,81987.65%94.69%
- 21Bloons Monkey City6,79687.55%91.04%
- 22Craft The World17,10087.43%88.40%
- 23dotAGE2,68487.28%95.08%
- 24Dystopika3,50987.25%95.75%
- 25Cattails: Wildwood Story1,94687.18%97.43%
- 26Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,81287.07%89.49%
- 27Zeus + Poseidon1,97287.02%96.35%
- 28Project Hospital9,38886.98%88.89%
- 29Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,77286.88%88.79%
- 30Factory Town4,48486.86%90.61%
- 31RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack5,87186.83%89.64%
- 32Predynastic Egypt1,93186.71%91.56%
- 33Rise to Ruins7,76286.60%87.67%
- 34Autonauts4,96886.60%89.45%
- 35Ratropolis5,54486.53%87.88%
- 36SUMMERHOUSE3,37586.46%92.98%
- 37Clanfolk4,06286.39%91.61%
- 38TerraScape2,24886.30%88.61%
- 39Heart of the Machine2,13386.29%91.51%
- 40Cataclismo4,34786.28%88.80%
- 41Cliff Empire4,37986.24%87.30%
- 42Dawn of Man17,85486.22%86.80%
- 43Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,67886.09%87.96%
- 44Egypt: Old Kingdom1,26485.91%86.95%
- 45Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,58185.90%86.72%
- 46Border Pioneer1,92385.90%86.53%
- 47Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,38785.87%86.53%
- 48Realm Grinder7,44285.80%86.63%
- 49Pharaoh + Cleopatra2,58785.78%91.65%
- 50Unholy Heights1,65285.75%89.16%
- 51Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,73785.73%87.72%
- 52Gourdlets2,20285.72%92.33%
- 53Reshaping Mars83385.66%84.27%
- 54Factory Town Idle1,25885.61%90.86%
- 55Marble Age74585.58%82.95%
- 56Nordhold3,38685.53%86.56%
- 57Buggos1,43685.52%87.88%
- 58Space Haven11,14685.49%85.76%
- 59Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,05085.34%86.10%
- 60Knights and Merchants4,96185.19%85.20%
- 61Fabledom7,87685.18%85.17%
- 62Pathless Woods1,11485.14%79.44%
- 63Settlement Survival8,09985.12%85.04%
- 64Holyday City: Reloaded1,64185.11%81.05%
- 65Project Highrise4,82385.10%84.93%
- 66Station to Station1,96285.05%89.04%
- 67Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story57485.04%98.61%
- 68Oxygen: First Breath1,66684.93%88.96%
- 69Preserve78684.89%92.88%
- 70Microcivilization1,45484.88%78.75%
- 71Academia : School Simulator3,14684.87%83.88%
- 72High Sea Saga DX54084.79%81.85%
- 73The Infected7,01984.73%84.09%
- 74The Guild II Renaissance4,22684.68%83.51%
- 75Cardboard Town2,32284.64%79.76%
- 76The Sushi Spinnery45784.64%92.78%
- 77Age of Empires: Definitive Edition15,67484.63%84.29%
- 78Slow living with Princess61984.50%88.37%
- 79Anno 1404 - History Edition3,61584.45%82.43%
- 80Soul Academy46884.45%73.72%
- 81Dice Kingdoms69884.23%83.67%
- 82Before We Leave1,73084.14%78.09%
- 83Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation2,26684.10%80.71%
- 84Havendock1,96284.02%79.26%
- 85Construction Simulator 20156,85783.99%82.25%
- 86Gladiator Guild Manager4,08983.99%81.07%
- 87Becastled5,62183.93%81.71%
- 88Farm Manager 20212,39883.82%79.11%
- 89Hotel Renovator2,80683.82%76.84%
- 90SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition9,87083.72%82.25%
- 91Flotsam4,62783.67%81.11%
- 92Master of Magic1,23183.62%70.92%
- 93New Cycle2,87583.60%79.20%
- 94Driftland: The Magic Revival2,01683.53%72.37%
- 95Love Tavern82083.45%73.54%
- 96Nebuchadnezzar1,83783.44%78.93%
- 97Cossacks 316,18883.39%82.28%
- 98Norland10,49583.36%81.63%
- 99Smalland: Survive the Wilds10,53783.35%81.61%
- 100Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61283.23%75.77%
