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)20,98693.63%97.53%
- 2Mini Motorways24,23893.11%96.27%
- 3Thronefall23,37592.97%96.18%
- 4Townscaper21,58592.18%95.30%
- 5OpenTTD16,83491.25%94.70%
- 6Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,78491.09%94.67%
- 7ISLANDERS16,77691.08%94.43%
- 8Stronghold HD (2012)10,41190.60%95.54%
- 9Yog-Sothoth’s Yard13,62690.55%94.29%
- 10Minami Lane6,60790.22%97.44%
- 11RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe8,24389.45%94.30%
- 12Tavern Master13,14389.25%92.14%
- 13Kingdom: Classic22,64989.05%90.64%
- 14Tropico 412,71588.97%91.74%
- 15Littlewood6,81688.60%93.21%
- 16Let's School7,35988.54%92.73%
- 17The Wandering Village8,35788.41%91.96%
- 18TheoTown4,70288.04%94.53%
- 19Kingdoms Reborn9,68487.92%90.47%
- 20Dystopika3,39487.71%95.76%
- 21dotAGE2,66787.48%95.09%
- 22Bloons Monkey City6,72987.42%91.05%
- 23Cattails: Wildwood Story1,91487.39%97.49%
- 24Zeus + Poseidon1,95187.23%96.31%
- 25Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,73887.20%89.47%
- 26Craft The World17,00987.11%88.36%
- 27Factory Town4,46787.06%90.66%
- 28SUMMERHOUSE3,33786.99%93.02%
- 29RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack5,82786.99%89.62%
- 30Autonauts4,94786.82%89.57%
- 31Pharaoh + Cleopatra2,57386.71%91.61%
- 32Heart of the Machine2,07586.51%91.61%
- 33Predynastic Egypt1,92186.44%91.57%
- 34Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,72586.39%88.86%
- 35Gourdlets2,16886.32%92.48%
- 36Ratopia4,76286.21%87.80%
- 37Rise to Ruins7,75686.17%87.71%
- 38Ratropolis5,50686.08%88.09%
- 39Realm Grinder7,42186.00%86.73%
- 40Oxygen: First Breath1,66185.97%89.10%
- 41Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,26585.96%86.45%
- 42Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,71085.91%87.60%
- 43Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,65885.81%88.00%
- 44Cliff Empire4,36785.70%87.36%
- 45Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story54885.68%98.54%
- 46TerraScape2,20485.66%88.75%
- 47Station to Station1,93685.66%89.15%
- 48Border Pioneer1,87485.64%86.66%
- 49Space Haven10,99485.64%85.81%
- 50Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,55885.63%86.78%
- 51Factory Town Idle1,24585.63%90.84%
- 52Egypt: Old Kingdom1,25385.61%86.83%
- 53Unholy Heights1,64285.59%89.28%
- 54Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,04285.55%86.04%
- 55Preserve74885.52%92.78%
- 56Academia : School Simulator3,05085.50%85.67%
- 57Nordhold3,29485.45%86.89%
- 58Settlement Survival8,00785.41%85.36%
- 59Knights and Merchants4,95585.38%85.23%
- 60Reshaping Mars83085.37%84.34%
- 61Buggos1,42185.34%87.90%
- 62Fabledom7,69785.32%85.15%
- 63The Sushi Spinnery43885.30%92.69%
- 64Marble Age74785.27%82.86%
- 65Project Highrise4,79985.27%84.89%
- 66Slow living with Princess61885.18%88.35%
- 67The Infected6,96685.00%84.34%
- 68Soul Academy46184.98%74.62%
- 69Dice Kingdoms68984.90%83.74%
- 70The Guild II Renaissance4,16984.88%83.50%
- 71Citadelum1,04884.87%83.78%
- 72High Sea Saga DX51684.84%82.17%
- 73Age of Empires: Definitive Edition15,53484.75%84.30%
- 74Anno 1404 - History Edition3,56684.66%82.45%
- 75Microcivilization1,44184.65%79.11%
- 76Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation2,26284.59%80.77%
- 77Havendock1,93584.47%79.38%
- 78Nebuchadnezzar1,82284.44%78.87%
- 79Cardboard Town2,28284.43%79.97%
- 80Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom11,13384.43%83.51%
- 81Holyday City: Reloaded1,63684.43%81.05%
- 82Pathless Woods1,10984.41%79.26%
- 83Before We Leave1,72284.37%78.11%
- 84Construction Simulator 20156,84584.15%82.24%
- 85New Cycle2,84584.14%79.51%
- 86Love Tavern81584.12%73.62%
- 87Railway Empire9,68884.12%82.74%
- 88Flotsam4,51484.02%80.86%
- 89Gladiator Guild Manager4,04983.88%81.18%
- 90Master of Magic1,21583.88%70.95%
- 91SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition9,78483.85%82.21%
- 92Farm Manager 20212,38183.85%79.08%
- 93Becastled5,57983.84%81.79%
- 94Pure Farming 20181,70283.71%73.44%
- 95Cossacks 316,05383.51%82.30%
- 96Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61383.47%75.89%
- 97ContractVille6,11583.46%80.96%
- 98Driftland: The Magic Revival2,00783.26%72.35%
- 99As Far As The Eye2,12083.07%71.84%
- 100Gnomoria3,53982.76%75.16%
