Most Reviewed 4X Games Under $40
The most-reviewed 4X games for games under $40, ranked by total review count.
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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.
- 1Sid Meier’s Civilization VI376,70486.06%86.09%
- 2Sid Meier's Civilization V210,24295.12%95.60%
- 3Manor Lords89,29184.26%84.18%
- 4Northgard: Definitive Edition68,53885.25%85.29%
- 5Sid Meier's Civilization VII57,66453.77%48.36%
- 6STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack42,89895.32%97.73%
- 7Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition36,16893.34%95.66%
- 8Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic26,68589.51%91.21%
- 9Farthest Frontier25,08385.80%86.13%
- 10Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth23,10367.94%60.56%
- 11ENDLESS Space 222,98683.84%83.34%
- 12ENDLESS Legend19,03884.00%83.49%
- 13Empires of the Undergrowth18,50491.08%94.37%
- 14Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War18,41782.85%81.70%
- 15Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,31690.06%93.17%
- 16Homeworld Remastered Collection14,12086.72%87.96%
- 17Total War: ROME REMASTERED13,58680.36%76.96%
- 18Dune: Spice Wars13,49481.67%79.21%
- 19Songs of Conquest13,47385.35%85.62%
- 20Age of Wonders III12,79482.26%80.14%
- 21Anno 207012,67871.26%60.44%
- 22Galactic Civilizations III10,38780.73%76.64%
- 23ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition9,60082.83%80.59%
- 24Terra Invicta9,50882.83%80.57%
- 25Master of Orion8,16081.44%77.11%
- 26Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,73886.94%89.47%
- 27Old World6,73883.91%82.32%
- 28Age of Wonders: Planetfall6,63482.95%79.89%
- 29Airships: Conquer the Skies6,55889.30%95.90%
- 30Anno 22056,32479.21%70.10%
- 31The Battle of Polytopia5,94788.32%93.95%
- 32Hero's Hour5,70982.99%79.51%
- 33Xenonauts 25,62083.72%81.48%
- 34Total War: PHARAOH5,39377.32%63.12%
- 35Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword5,03588.75%96.23%
- 36NEBULOUS: Fleet Command4,36583.84%81.24%
- 37Cataclismo4,24086.23%89.17%
- 38Legend Creatures(传奇生物)3,94686.31%89.81%
- 39Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord3,94580.37%68.69%
- 40Scythe: Digital Edition3,80786.21%89.44%
- 41Thea: The Awakening3,77385.81%88.02%
- 42Millennia3,77380.05%67.00%
- 43A Total War Saga: TROY3,71981.35%71.58%
- 44Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,63286.96%92.43%
- 45Starpoint Gemini Warlords3,58881.87%73.19%
- 46Distant Worlds 23,54081.40%71.30%
- 47Star Trek: Infinite3,50073.98%42.54%
- 48Oriental Empires2,99383.95%80.52%
- 49Pixel Starships2,98682.21%72.94%
- 50X3: Terran Conflict2,85685.08%85.43%
- 51Eador. Masters of the Broken World2,80881.29%68.16%
- 52Songs of Silence2,70584.08%80.78%
- 53Ascension2,67679.87%60.80%
- 54Hades' Star2,67482.44%72.96%
- 55Warlock - Master of the Arcane2,63785.23%86.16%
- 56Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61383.10%75.93%
- 57Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes2,52582.85%74.42%
- 58Galactic Civilizations IV2,50582.52%72.69%
- 59Sid Meier's Starships2,47078.12%50.32%
- 60Slipways2,30186.46%92.92%
- 61Warsim: The Realm of Aslona2,20086.96%95.95%
- 62Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith2,17186.57%93.87%
- 63Thea 2: The Shattering2,16184.06%79.82%
- 64As Far As The Eye2,12082.68%71.84%
- 65StarDrive 22,10279.82%55.28%
- 66Heart of the Machine2,07486.12%91.61%
- 67Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,04285.16%86.04%
- 68Driftland: The Magic Revival2,00782.87%72.35%
- 69Europa Universalis III Complete1,99584.69%83.26%
- 70Fantasy General II1,96884.24%80.49%
- 71A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition1,94782.55%70.06%
- 72Shadow Empire1,92884.81%83.92%
- 73Predynastic Egypt1,92186.04%91.57%
- 74Conquest of Elysium 51,87385.75%89.86%
- 75ZEPHON1,85784.73%83.41%
- 76Distant Worlds: Universe1,85383.44%75.12%
- 77March of Empires1,84381.47%62.45%
- 78Master of Orion 21,73486.67%96.42%
- 79Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition1,71083.81%76.96%
- 80Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,65885.41%88.00%
- 81The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia1,62385.04%85.40%
- 82Industries of Titan1,61681.81%62.19%
- 83AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.59%82.18%
- 84Hexarchy1,60684.55%81.88%
- 85Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,55885.22%86.78%
- 86AI War 21,55185.33%87.56%
- 87StarDrive1,48879.76%44.69%
- 88Breachway1,46783.79%75.66%
- 89Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension1,45085.70%90.69%
- 90Microcivilization1,44084.25%79.17%
- 91Warlock 2: The Exiled1,29983.26%70.05%
- 92Eador. Imperium1,26183.87%75.10%
- 93Egypt: Old Kingdom1,25285.18%86.82%
- 94Master of Magic1,21583.46%70.95%
- 95Line War1,17984.43%79.81%
- 96Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,13786.11%96.04%
- 97Ymir1,11584.04%75.61%
- 98Airship: Kingdoms Adrift1,05184.12%75.93%
- 99Age of Wonders1,04484.35%78.35%
- 100道衍诀1,00881.78%50.00%
