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)20,98493.48%97.53%
- 2Mini Motorways24,23492.97%96.27%
- 3Thronefall23,36992.83%96.18%
- 4Townscaper21,58092.03%95.30%
- 5OpenTTD16,82891.08%94.71%
- 6Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,78390.90%94.66%
- 7ISLANDERS16,77590.90%94.43%
- 8Stronghold HD (2012)10,40990.37%95.54%
- 9Yog-Sothoth’s Yard13,62390.35%94.29%
- 10Minami Lane6,60589.94%97.46%
- 11RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe8,24189.19%94.31%
- 12Tavern Master13,14389.05%92.14%
- 13Kingdom: Classic22,64688.91%90.64%
- 14Tropico 412,71388.76%91.74%
- 15Littlewood6,81588.31%93.21%
- 16Let's School7,35988.27%92.73%
- 17The Wandering Village8,35388.15%91.95%
- 18TheoTown4,70288.04%94.53%
- 19Dystopika3,39487.71%95.76%
- 20Kingdoms Reborn9,68287.68%90.47%
- 21Bloons Monkey City6,72987.42%91.05%
- 22dotAGE2,66887.11%95.09%
- 23Craft The World17,00987.11%88.36%
- 24SUMMERHOUSE3,33786.99%93.02%
- 25Cattails: Wildwood Story1,91486.99%97.49%
- 26Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,73886.94%89.47%
- 27Zeus + Poseidon1,95186.83%96.31%
- 28Factory Town4,46786.73%90.66%
- 29RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack5,82586.69%89.61%
- 30Autonauts4,94786.50%89.57%
- 31Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,72586.39%88.86%
- 32Pharaoh + Cleopatra2,57286.33%91.60%
- 33Gourdlets2,16886.32%92.48%
- 34Rise to Ruins7,75686.17%87.71%
- 35Heart of the Machine2,07486.12%91.61%
- 36Ratropolis5,50686.08%88.09%
- 37Predynastic Egypt1,92186.04%91.57%
- 38Ratopia4,75485.89%87.80%
- 39Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,26185.73%86.46%
- 40Realm Grinder7,42085.72%86.73%
- 41Cliff Empire4,36785.70%87.36%
- 42Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story54885.68%98.54%
- 43TerraScape2,20485.66%88.75%
- 44Station to Station1,93685.66%89.15%
- 45Factory Town Idle1,24585.63%90.84%
- 46Unholy Heights1,64285.59%89.28%
- 47Oxygen: First Breath1,66185.57%89.10%
- 48Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,70985.54%87.60%
- 49Preserve74885.52%92.78%
- 50Nordhold3,29485.45%86.89%
- 51Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,65885.41%88.00%
- 52Space Haven10,99185.41%85.80%
- 53Buggos1,42185.34%87.90%
- 54The Sushi Spinnery43885.30%92.69%
- 55Border Pioneer1,87485.24%86.66%
- 56Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,55885.22%86.78%
- 57Egypt: Old Kingdom1,25285.18%86.82%
- 58Slow living with Princess61885.18%88.35%
- 59Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,04285.16%86.04%
- 60Settlement Survival8,00685.15%85.36%
- 61Academia : School Simulator3,04985.14%85.67%
- 62Knights and Merchants4,95685.06%85.23%
- 63Fabledom7,69685.05%85.15%
- 64Project Highrise4,79984.95%84.89%
- 65Reshaping Mars83084.93%84.34%
- 66Dice Kingdoms68984.90%83.74%
- 67Citadelum1,04884.87%83.78%
- 68High Sea Saga DX51684.84%82.17%
- 69Marble Age74784.83%82.86%
- 70The Infected6,96684.70%84.31%
- 71Age of Empires: Definitive Edition15,53384.56%84.29%
- 72The Guild II Renaissance4,16684.54%83.49%
- 73Soul Academy46184.52%74.62%
- 74Holyday City: Reloaded1,63684.43%81.05%
- 75Pathless Woods1,10984.41%79.26%
- 76Anno 1404 - History Edition3,56584.31%82.44%
- 77Microcivilization1,44084.25%79.17%
- 78Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom11,13284.21%83.52%
- 79Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation2,26284.19%80.73%
- 80Love Tavern81584.12%73.62%
- 81Havendock1,93584.07%79.38%
- 82Cardboard Town2,28284.05%79.97%
- 83Nebuchadnezzar1,82184.04%78.91%
- 84Before We Leave1,72083.97%78.08%
- 85Gladiator Guild Manager4,04983.88%81.18%
- 86Railway Empire9,68783.88%82.74%
- 87Construction Simulator 20156,84483.86%82.23%
- 88Farm Manager 20212,38183.85%79.08%
- 89Becastled5,57983.84%81.79%
- 90New Cycle2,84483.77%79.50%
- 91Flotsam4,51183.70%80.87%
- 92SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition9,78483.61%82.21%
- 93Master of Magic1,21583.46%70.95%
- 94ContractVille6,11583.46%80.96%
- 95Cossacks 316,05083.33%82.30%
- 96Pure Farming 20181,70283.30%73.44%
- 97Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61383.10%75.93%
- 98Driftland: The Magic Revival2,00782.87%72.35%
- 99As Far As The Eye2,12082.68%71.84%
- 100Kingdom Eighties3,28882.59%75.33%
