Most Reviewed City Builder Games Under $40

The most-reviewed City Builder 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.
  1. 1Cities: Skylines92.63%
  2. 2RimWorld97.39%
  3. 3Factorio97.01%
  4. 4Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition94.45%
  5. 5Frostpunk92.22%
  6. 6Kenshi94.75%
  7. 7Age of Empires II (Retired)94.90%
  8. 8Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition85.69%
  9. 9Dyson Sphere Program96.29%
  10. 10Manor Lords84.43%
  11. 11Prison Architect88.80%
  12. 12Northgard: Definitive Edition85.31%
  13. 13They Are Billions85.22%
  14. 14Banished89.47%
  15. 15Timberborn93.83%
  16. 16Kingdom Two Crowns89.24%
  17. 17Against the Storm92.63%
  18. 18Two Point Hospital90.49%
  19. 19Transport Fever 289.10%
  20. 20inZOI78.87%
  21. 21Kingdoms and Castles91.56%
  22. 22Dwarf Fortress92.53%
  23. 23Dorfromantik93.57%
  24. 24Train Simulator Classic75.09%
  25. 25Tropico 687.09%
  26. 26HUMANKIND73.24%
  27. 27Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic89.60%
  28. 28Frostpunk 277.88%
  29. 29Farthest Frontier86.01%
  30. 30Mini Motorways93.06%
  31. 31Foundation86.16%
  32. 32Thronefall92.95%
  33. 33Townscaper92.16%
  34. 34Going Medieval87.94%
  35. 35Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)93.61%
  36. 36Bellwright82.27%
  37. 37Empires of the Undergrowth91.18%
  38. 38Stronghold Crusader 277.07%
  39. 39Infection Free Zone82.36%
  40. 40Dawn of Man86.30%
  41. 41IXION81.20%
  42. 42Craft The World87.27%
  43. 43ISLANDERS91.06%
  44. 44OpenTTD91.31%
  45. 45Cossacks 383.46%
  46. 46Rise of Nations: Extended Edition91.05%
  47. 47Age of Empires: Definitive Edition84.70%
  48. 48A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA76.49%
  49. 49Kingdom Heroes 866.87%
  50. 50Tropico 581.41%
  51. 51Construction Simulator82.80%
  52. 52Yog-Sothoth’s Yard90.52%
  53. 53Stonehearth79.72%
  54. 54Tavern Master89.22%
  55. 55Tropico 488.93%
  56. 56Anno 207071.48%
  57. 57Diplomacy is Not an Option85.44%
  58. 58Two Point Museum90.92%
  59. 59Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom84.44%
  60. 60Captain of Industry87.90%
  61. 61Transport Fever84.35%
  62. 62Space Haven85.66%
  63. 63The Universim82.52%
  64. 64Planetbase82.51%
  65. 65Stronghold HD (2012)90.55%
  66. 66Smalland: Survive the Wilds83.68%
  67. 67Stronghold: Definitive Edition85.87%
  68. 68Norland83.51%
  69. 69Endzone - A World Apart81.11%
  70. 70SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition83.81%
  71. 71Railway Empire84.10%
  72. 72Kingdoms Reborn87.91%
  73. 73Project Hospital87.13%
  74. 74下一站江湖Ⅱ79.07%
  75. 75Colony Survival88.56%
  76. 76Ancestors Legacy82.40%
  77. 77Terra Nil86.39%
  78. 78Songs of Syx89.80%
  79. 79The Wandering Village88.33%
  80. 80Airport CEO84.39%
  81. 81RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe89.42%
  82. 82War for the Overworld85.64%
  83. 83Parkitect89.31%
  84. 84Settlement Survival85.55%
  85. 85Two Point Campus86.43%
  86. 86Rise to Ruins86.41%
  87. 87The Tenants82.60%
  88. 88Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete87.16%
  89. 89Mad Games Tycoon 289.14%
  90. 90Sengoku Dynasty80.80%
  91. 91Fabledom85.38%
  92. 92Ostriv89.59%
  93. 93Let's School88.50%
  94. 94The Infected85.03%
  95. 95Construction Simulator 201584.11%
  96. 96Littlewood88.62%