Best Rated Strategy Games Under $5
The best rated Strategy 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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By price
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.
- 1Bloons TD 6396,22496.96%97.18%
- 2Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition156,13896.94%97.69%
- 3Cookie Clicker93,39295.33%96.41%
- 4Your Only Move Is HUSTLE45,41894.47%96.51%
- 5FTL: Faster Than Light78,81693.97%95.08%
- 6Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun38,47493.79%96.03%
- 7Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,10893.72%97.48%
- 8Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition36,50393.39%95.64%
- 9Game Dev Tycoon45,12993.37%95.18%
- 10Papa's Freezeria Deluxe13,34593.23%99.26%
- 11Nubby's Number Factory19,60193.21%97.31%
- 12HuniePop31,66993.08%95.57%
- 13Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense17,23093.04%97.25%
- 14Plague Inc: Evolved65,93693.02%94.20%
- 15Mindustry28,19592.97%95.73%
- 16The WereCleaner13,24192.90%99.42%
- 17Monster Train22,96092.61%95.84%
- 18Frostpunk137,55692.23%92.74%
- 19Gunpoint13,33092.23%97.51%
- 20Nodebuster14,06392.18%97.39%
- 21PlateUp!27,19692.18%94.75%
- 22Darkwood25,01292.11%94.89%
- 23Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance14,39191.99%96.72%
- 24Rusty's Retirement14,85891.97%96.70%
- 25shapez15,95191.78%95.91%
- 26SPORE72,78391.73%92.63%
- 27Darkest Dungeon162,96191.45%91.65%
- 28Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,83491.44%96.68%
- 2960 Seconds! Reatomized19,63791.32%94.44%
- 30Loop Hero36,56391.10%92.72%
- 31Company of Heroes18,78591.08%94.22%
- 32Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,90991.01%94.68%
- 33ISLANDERS16,78890.99%94.44%
- 34Stronghold HD (2012)10,44590.76%95.53%
- 35Bloons TD 511,97790.63%94.68%
- 36Shakes and Fidget36,84790.57%92.03%
- 37Dungeon Defenders19,00490.57%93.09%
- 38Brutal Legend20,47690.54%93.16%
- 39Orcs Must Die!8,52690.41%95.84%
- 40One-armed robber53,49190.33%91.30%
- 41Rusted Warfare - RTS7,59790.33%96.33%
- 42Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead22,24890.17%92.42%
- 43Minami Lane6,75690.09%97.35%
- 44Beholder31,15290.06%91.63%
- 45Turmoil16,16890.00%92.98%
- 46Worms Armageddon10,95189.96%94.32%
- 47Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition27,65189.94%91.67%
- 48Knowledge, or know Lady8,98689.93%95.21%
- 49Orcs Must Die! 219,63789.85%92.23%
- 50Learn to Fly 311,31689.79%94.68%
- 51Door Kickers10,05889.70%94.18%
- 52Door Kickers: Action Squad10,61589.64%94.71%
- 53Scribblenauts Unlimited12,39689.64%93.97%
- 54100% Orange Juice30,21689.56%91.01%
- 55(the) Gnorp Apologue9,96289.53%94.81%
- 56Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition38,15389.51%90.64%
- 57Luck be a Landlord11,54489.49%93.23%
- 58Do Not Feed the Monkeys12,75589.47%93.55%
- 59Command & Conquer Remastered Collection35,04589.44%90.66%
- 60Mr.Mine18,67089.37%91.62%
- 61The Escapists 233,81989.34%90.56%
- 62Crazy Machines 310,10389.33%94.35%
- 63RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe8,32589.33%94.31%
- 64Bloons TD Battles29,31889.27%90.67%
- 65Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal4,82989.23%96.38%
- 66Long Live The Queen7,16889.21%94.84%
- 67Kingdom Two Crowns39,84989.18%90.18%
- 68Heat Signature7,42389.15%94.49%
- 69Tavern Master13,28989.14%92.12%
- 70Kabuto Park4,64189.10%99.50%
- 71Age of History II50,19289.02%89.78%
- 72Motorsport Manager14,22889.00%91.68%
- 73Defense Grid: The Awakening5,37589.00%96.09%
- 74Clicker Heroes62,16388.98%89.60%
- 7520 Minutes Till Dawn29,15588.98%90.28%
- 76Kingdom: Classic22,75488.98%90.64%
- 77Liar's Bar56,35688.88%89.54%
- 78Minion Masters65,29288.83%89.39%
- 79Tropico 412,76388.83%91.69%
- 80Victoria II20,39188.67%90.38%
- 81Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus14,63688.65%91.02%
- 82Monster Sanctuary12,69688.56%91.22%
- 83Ninja Kiwi Archive5,82588.55%93.30%
- 84SteamWorld Heist6,24388.51%93.85%
- 85The Escapists16,20388.29%90.21%
- 86Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition33,12788.27%89.20%
- 87Halo Wars: Definitive Edition9,55688.24%91.44%
- 88Crusader Kings II75,44888.23%88.64%
- 89Sanctum 214,38988.21%89.90%
- 90Wall World12,70788.19%90.56%
- 91The Riftbreaker: Prologue4,13088.18%95.45%
- 92Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe3,72288.18%98.68%
- 93GemCraft - Chasing Shadows4,41388.16%94.90%
- 94House of Detention10,63087.96%90.58%
- 95Cook, Serve, Delicious!5,71987.91%94.28%
- 96Valkyria Chronicles13,32787.89%89.93%
- 97Moonbase Alpha12,87487.79%90.53%
- 98Warsim: The Realm of Aslona2,22287.63%95.99%
- 99Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,67587.57%92.44%
- 100Bloons Monkey City6,79687.55%91.04%
