Best Rated RTS Games Under $5
The best rated RTS games on Steam for games under $5. Scores are weighted by review volume, so small-sample flukes stay off the list.
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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.
- 1Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun38,47493.79%96.03%
- 2Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,10893.72%97.48%
- 3Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition36,50393.39%95.64%
- 4Mindustry28,19592.97%95.73%
- 5Frostpunk137,55692.23%92.74%
- 6Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance14,39191.99%96.72%
- 7Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,83491.44%96.68%
- 8Company of Heroes18,78591.08%94.22%
- 9Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,90991.01%94.68%
- 10Stronghold HD (2012)10,44590.76%95.53%
- 11Brutal Legend20,47690.54%93.16%
- 12Rusted Warfare - RTS7,59790.33%96.33%
- 13Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition27,65189.94%91.67%
- 14Bad North: Jotunn Edition14,33989.94%93.26%
- 15Door Kickers10,05889.70%94.18%
- 16Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition38,15389.51%90.64%
- 17Command & Conquer Remastered Collection35,04589.44%90.66%
- 18Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal4,82989.23%96.38%
- 19Minion Masters65,29288.83%89.39%
- 20Tropico 412,76388.83%91.69%
- 21Victoria II20,39188.67%90.38%
- 22Halo Wars: Definitive Edition9,55688.24%91.44%
- 23Crusader Kings II75,44888.23%88.64%
- 24Infested Planet3,04887.15%93.60%
- 25Knights of Honor2,39287.09%92.56%
- 26Supreme Commander 212,98186.89%88.21%
- 27Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,77286.88%88.79%
- 28112 Operator7,36886.67%88.68%
- 29Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game2,10386.48%89.82%
- 30Anomaly: Warzone Earth4,69386.14%86.92%
- 31Atom Zombie Smasher2,10785.98%89.75%
- 32GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath2,87685.95%88.63%
- 33Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,38785.87%86.53%
- 34DEFCON4,33685.85%87.38%
- 35Warpips5,21485.84%87.11%
- 36CastleStorm1,63385.77%89.34%
- 37Unholy Heights1,65285.75%89.16%
- 38Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,73785.73%87.72%
- 39Grim Nights1,55285.56%88.02%
- 40DG2: Defense Grid 23,46485.56%86.63%
- 41Buggos1,43685.52%87.88%
- 42Swarm Queen41285.48%92.72%
- 43AI War 21,56385.46%87.27%
- 44Knights and Merchants4,96185.19%85.20%
- 45Natural Selection 213,37285.15%85.13%
- 46Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity81885.15%77.51%
- 47Roma Invicta25385.13%83.00%
- 48War Selection23,62885.12%85.09%
- 49Age of History 318,82485.06%84.99%
- 50Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest86985.02%83.20%
- 51Zombie Defense2,17684.96%83.96%
- 52Loopstructor38484.88%83.07%
- 53AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.77%82.25%
- 54Rise of Legions1,62084.74%82.04%
- 55AirMech Strike10,86484.66%84.18%
- 56Gods and Idols75884.59%69.00%
- 57Oriental Empires3,00984.56%80.53%
- 58Europa Universalis III Complete2,05484.50%81.16%
- 59Anno 1404 - History Edition3,61584.45%82.43%
- 60Age of Conquest IV2,82384.43%81.76%
- 61Warstone TD3,89284.41%82.43%
- 62SuperPower 2 Steam Edition2,85884.36%79.39%
- 63Halo: Spartan Strike1,70984.35%79.46%
- 64Planet TD27784.33%61.73%
- 65Touhou Big Big Battle4,03784.16%80.16%
- 66Dungeons 25,28684.10%82.07%
- 67Prime World: Defenders 22,19284.06%78.92%
- 68Gladiator Guild Manager4,08983.99%81.07%
- 69Gratuitous Space Battles89083.93%69.89%
- 70Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 73,06483.89%79.67%
- 71War Planet Online: Global Conquest98183.69%62.39%
- 72Distant Worlds: Universe1,85683.60%75.11%
- 73Driftland: The Magic Revival2,01683.53%72.37%
- 74Survivalist2,56783.42%80.13%
- 75Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61283.23%75.77%
- 76Hades' Star2,68683.06%72.97%
- 77Mitos.is: The Game12,05982.90%81.01%
- 78Medieval: Total War - Collection2,46282.89%71.16%
- 79Three Kingdoms: Innovatory98182.83%58.82%
- 80Art of War: Red Tides6,95482.54%79.06%
- 81Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak8,94082.40%79.28%
- 82Supremacy 1914: World War 14,34882.13%73.74%
- 83Hearts of Iron III6,08482.07%75.99%
- 84Sudden Strike 48,35682.00%78.20%
- 85Strife4,88881.75%76.60%
- 86Builders of Egypt: Prologue4,08581.58%72.75%
- 87March of Empires1,86881.53%61.99%
- 88Patron3,19681.35%72.22%
- 89CONFLICT OF NATIONS: WORLD WAR 35,99481.24%74.66%
- 90Blood of Steel6,90581.21%75.47%
- 91Call to Arms24,15581.03%79.31%
- 92Etherium95280.95%36.45%
- 93Dota 22,784,59080.49%80.47%
- 94Game of Thrones Winter is Coming2,76180.41%60.96%
- 95Call of War: World War 26,38580.15%71.34%
- 96Company of Heroes 2113,21279.54%79.05%
- 97Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 211,04679.47%74.30%
- 98Stronghold: Warlords5,32778.21%65.12%
- 99Lords Mobile5,89177.78%66.76%
- 100Iron Harvest15,99377.43%72.59%
