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.
- 1Sid Meier’s Civilization VI376,76386.07%86.09%
- 2Cities: Skylines290,73592.63%92.88%
- 3RimWorld243,59797.37%97.86%
- 4Factorio232,46597.01%97.51%
- 5Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition180,89294.43%94.93%
- 6Frostpunk136,38792.23%92.73%
- 7Kenshi114,97794.76%95.56%
- 8Age of Empires II (Retired)102,73294.91%95.83%
- 9Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition94,71385.69%85.72%
- 10Dyson Sphere Program91,27996.28%97.47%
- 11Manor Lords89,33584.31%84.18%
- 12Prison Architect73,62088.80%89.26%
- 13Northgard: Definitive Edition68,54385.31%85.29%
- 14Sid Meier's Civilization VII57,69853.83%48.35%
- 15Jurassic World Evolution55,22087.12%87.43%
- 16Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition54,29185.72%85.77%
- 17They Are Billions51,22085.19%85.14%
- 18Jurassic World Evolution 246,74989.48%90.34%
- 19Banished43,22789.49%90.42%
- 20Timberborn40,69893.90%95.98%
- 21Kingdom Two Crowns39,13389.25%90.22%
- 22Against the Storm36,94992.57%94.49%
- 23Two Point Hospital34,80790.50%91.95%
- 24Transport Fever 232,20089.17%90.32%
- 25inZOI32,08379.08%77.10%
- 26Anno 180031,96482.31%81.33%
- 27Dwarf Fortress31,30292.53%94.79%
- 28Kingdoms and Castles31,28991.59%93.55%
- 29Dorfromantik29,47693.59%96.35%
- 30Train Simulator Classic29,31575.14%71.63%
- 31Tropico 629,27587.12%87.69%
- 32Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic26,69489.64%91.21%
- 33Farthest Frontier25,09685.94%86.14%
- 34Mini Motorways24,23893.11%96.27%
- 35Foundation23,97586.21%86.53%
- 36Thronefall23,37592.97%96.18%
- 37Kingdom: Classic22,64989.05%90.64%
- 38Townscaper21,58592.18%95.30%
- 39Going Medieval21,19687.96%89.14%
- 40Bellwright21,02181.96%80.29%
- 41Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)20,98693.63%97.53%
- 42Empires of the Undergrowth18,51691.25%94.38%
- 43Infection Free Zone18,29282.30%80.58%
- 44Stronghold Crusader 218,02077.07%72.41%
- 45Dawn of Man17,79386.31%86.80%
- 46IXION17,50981.19%78.75%
- 47Craft The World17,00987.11%88.36%
- 48OpenTTD16,83491.25%94.70%
- 49ISLANDERS16,77691.08%94.43%
- 50Cossacks 316,05383.51%82.30%
- 51Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,78491.09%94.67%
- 52Age of Empires: Definitive Edition15,53484.75%84.30%
- 53A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA14,83376.37%70.57%
- 54Kingdom Heroes 814,69966.88%54.24%
- 55Tropico 514,39181.44%78.65%
- 56Construction Simulator14,24682.71%80.79%
- 57Planet Coaster 214,06578.56%73.67%
- 58Yog-Sothoth’s Yard13,62690.55%94.29%
- 59Tavern Master13,14389.25%92.14%
- 60Stonehearth13,05279.70%75.28%
- 61Two Point Museum12,92291.03%95.35%
- 62Tropico 412,71588.97%91.74%
- 63Anno 207012,68071.47%60.44%
- 64Diplomacy is Not an Option12,37785.33%85.61%
- 65Captain of Industry11,28587.98%90.23%
- 66Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom11,13384.43%83.51%
- 67Space Haven10,99485.64%85.81%
- 68Transport Fever10,82984.33%83.29%
- 69The Universim10,61482.46%79.64%
- 70Stronghold HD (2012)10,41190.60%95.54%
- 71Planetbase10,39082.54%79.73%
- 72Smalland: Survive the Wilds10,35583.56%81.73%
- 73Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,26585.96%86.45%
- 74Norland10,23283.48%81.55%
- 75Endzone - A World Apart9,94781.12%76.76%
- 76SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition9,78483.85%82.21%
- 77Railway Empire9,68884.12%82.74%
- 78Kingdoms Reborn9,68487.92%90.47%
- 79Stronghold Kingdoms9,56174.81%63.68%
- 80下一站江湖Ⅱ9,30878.95%71.96%
- 81Project Hospital9,25187.13%88.95%
- 82Songs of Syx8,97389.72%94.47%
- 83Colony Survival8,95088.59%92.10%
- 84Terra Nil8,66586.39%87.48%
- 85Ancestors Legacy8,63582.42%78.91%
- 86The Wandering Village8,35788.41%91.96%
- 87Airport CEO8,29984.39%83.12%
- 88RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe8,24389.45%94.30%
- 89Parkitect8,11089.36%94.18%
- 90War for the Overworld8,09285.40%85.92%
- 91Two Point Campus8,07886.48%87.76%
- 92Settlement Survival8,00785.41%85.36%
- 93Rise to Ruins7,75686.17%87.71%
- 94The Tenants7,74982.60%78.91%
- 95Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,73887.20%89.47%
- 96Mad Games Tycoon 27,73289.11%93.83%
- 97Sengoku Dynasty7,71180.81%74.79%
- 98Fabledom7,69785.32%85.15%
- 99Ostriv7,56589.56%94.99%
- 100Realm Grinder7,42186.00%86.73%
