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 VI379,08586.13%86.15%
- 2Cities: Skylines292,25392.62%92.87%
- 3RimWorld246,29197.36%97.85%
- 4Factorio234,61497.02%97.51%
- 5Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition182,32894.42%94.92%
- 6Frostpunk137,36692.24%92.74%
- 7Kenshi116,65094.78%95.59%
- 8Age of Empires II (Retired)102,85194.90%95.83%
- 9Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition95,64885.66%85.69%
- 10Dyson Sphere Program91,70696.23%97.42%
- 11Manor Lords91,65184.24%84.12%
- 12Prison Architect73,84388.76%89.22%
- 13Northgard: Definitive Edition68,75385.26%85.25%
- 14Sid Meier's Civilization VII61,77452.60%47.30%
- 15Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition54,95985.85%85.95%
- 16They Are Billions51,43985.16%85.13%
- 17Banished43,33889.48%90.43%
- 18Timberborn41,65393.91%95.97%
- 19Kingdom Two Crowns39,74489.21%90.17%
- 20Against the Storm37,48292.52%94.43%
- 21Two Point Hospital34,97090.49%91.96%
- 22inZOI32,90079.18%77.31%
- 23Transport Fever 232,69689.15%90.32%
- 24Dwarf Fortress31,50392.48%94.75%
- 25Kingdoms and Castles31,42091.58%93.57%
- 26Dorfromantik29,61393.55%96.33%
- 27Tropico 629,50987.12%87.73%
- 28Train Simulator Classic29,44375.18%71.73%
- 29Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic27,33289.62%91.19%
- 30Frostpunk 227,07177.64%74.80%
- 31Farthest Frontier25,49885.86%86.03%
- 32Mini Motorways24,42193.09%96.27%
- 33Foundation24,23686.27%86.65%
- 34Thronefall23,67492.92%96.13%
- 35Kingdom: Classic22,74589.02%90.64%
- 36Townscaper21,64492.14%95.28%
- 37Bellwright21,60381.82%80.19%
- 38Going Medieval21,41287.92%89.09%
- 39Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,07993.60%97.48%
- 40Empires of the Undergrowth18,90591.26%94.36%
- 41Infection Free Zone18,60182.32%80.66%
- 42Stronghold Crusader 218,10077.05%72.43%
- 43Dawn of Man17,84486.34%86.80%
- 44IXION17,75481.18%78.79%
- 45Craft The World17,08787.30%88.41%
- 46OpenTTD16,99191.18%94.63%
- 47ISLANDERS16,78591.04%94.44%
- 48Cossacks 316,16783.46%82.25%
- 49Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,88991.10%94.68%
- 50Age of Empires: Definitive Edition15,64184.72%84.27%
- 51A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA14,89576.54%70.58%
- 52Kingdom Heroes 814,70966.85%54.23%
- 53Construction Simulator14,58182.61%80.69%
- 54Tropico 514,41881.42%78.65%
- 55Yog-Sothoth’s Yard13,79790.27%94.26%
- 56Two Point Museum13,43091.11%95.41%
- 57Tavern Master13,27489.22%92.14%
- 58Stonehearth13,07979.63%75.21%
- 59Tropico 412,74988.93%91.69%
- 60Anno 207012,70571.40%60.37%
- 61Diplomacy is Not an Option12,64185.51%85.59%
- 62Captain of Industry11,57288.03%90.29%
- 63Space Haven11,13085.55%85.75%
- 64Transport Fever10,84684.28%83.30%
- 65The Universim10,66382.36%79.50%
- 66Smalland: Survive the Wilds10,51383.42%81.60%
- 67Planetbase10,45182.52%79.75%
- 68Norland10,44783.16%81.61%
- 69Stronghold HD (2012)10,44490.58%95.53%
- 70Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,37485.97%86.50%
- 71Endzone - A World Apart10,02981.01%76.70%
- 72SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition9,85383.84%82.24%
- 73Kingdoms Reborn9,73487.86%90.37%
- 74Railway Empire9,71984.04%82.71%
- 75Stronghold Kingdoms9,58374.43%63.62%
- 76下一站江湖Ⅱ9,45678.93%72.17%
- 77Project Hospital9,37587.05%88.89%
- 78Songs of Syx9,23489.34%94.28%
- 79Colony Survival8,99388.58%92.10%
- 80Terra Nil8,76086.04%87.48%
- 81Ancestors Legacy8,65682.41%78.94%
- 82The Wandering Village8,46788.07%91.96%
- 83Airport CEO8,34584.35%83.07%
- 84RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe8,31389.41%94.31%
- 85Two Point Campus8,20686.45%87.81%
- 86Parkitect8,14089.36%94.20%
- 87War for the Overworld8,12785.65%85.94%
- 88Settlement Survival8,08785.20%85.04%
- 89Fabledom7,86585.26%85.16%
- 90Sengoku Dynasty7,85880.70%74.79%
- 91Mad Games Tycoon 27,81889.08%93.87%
- 92Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,80287.19%89.48%
- 93The Tenants7,77782.53%78.82%
- 94Rise to Ruins7,75886.40%87.68%
- 95Ostriv7,66489.54%95.03%
- 96Let's School7,45688.48%92.70%
- 97Realm Grinder7,43785.89%86.63%
- 98The Infected7,01584.83%84.11%
- 99Construction Simulator 20156,85884.08%82.25%
- 100Littlewood6,83088.52%93.18%
