Best Value Grand Strategy Games

The Grand Strategy games that stretch a budget furthest: median reviewer playtime divided by current price. Pick your currency in the top bar to rank against your local prices.

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Median reviewer playtime divided by price. Reviewers tend to sink more hours in than the average owner, so treat this as an optimistic estimate. Free games are excluded because there's no price to divide by.
  1. 1Hearts of Iron IV39 h/$
  2. 2X4: Foundations20 h/$
  3. 3Victoria 317 h/$
  4. 4Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete12 h/$
  5. 5Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition11 h/$
  6. 6Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword9.9 h/$
  7. 7Stellaris6.9 h/$
  8. 8Age of History II6.7 h/$
  9. 9ENDLESS Space 26.4 h/$
  10. 10Total War: SHOGUN 26.4 h/$
  11. 11Victoria II6.4 h/$
  12. 12Terraforming Mars5.9 h/$
  13. 13Terra Invicta5.7 h/$
  14. 14Europa Universalis IV5.5 h/$
  15. 15Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition5.1 h/$
  16. 16Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition4.7 h/$
  17. 17Sid Meier's Civilization V4.5 h/$
  18. 18Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator4.5 h/$
  19. 19Crusader Kings III4.0 h/$
  20. 20HUMANKIND4.0 h/$
  21. 21Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance3.6 h/$
  22. 22Fantasy General II3.3 h/$
  23. 23ENDLESS Legend3.3 h/$
  24. 24Total War: THREE KINGDOMS3.3 h/$
  25. 25Age of History 33.2 h/$
  26. 26Panzer Corps 23.1 h/$
  27. 27Anno 1404 - History Edition3.0 h/$
  28. 28STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack3.0 h/$
  29. 29Supreme Commander 23.0 h/$
  30. 30Age of Wonders 42.8 h/$
  31. 31Galactic Civilizations IV2.7 h/$
  32. 32Phoenix Point2.7 h/$
  33. 33Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms2.6 h/$
  34. 34Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic2.4 h/$
  35. 35Sailing Era2.3 h/$
  36. 36Songs of Syx2.3 h/$
  37. 37NEBULOUS: Fleet Command2.3 h/$
  38. 38Total War: WARHAMMER III2.3 h/$
  39. 39Master of Orion2.1 h/$
  40. 40Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth2.1 h/$
  41. 41Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition2.1 h/$
  42. 42Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit2.0 h/$
  43. 43ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV2.0 h/$
  44. 44Dune: Imperium2.0 h/$
  45. 45Sid Meier’s Civilization VI1.8 h/$
  46. 46Shadow Empire1.8 h/$
  47. 47Total War: ROME REMASTERED1.8 h/$
  48. 48ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE1.7 h/$
  49. 49Armello1.7 h/$
  50. 50Total War: WARHAMMER II1.5 h/$
  51. 51Heart of the Machine1.5 h/$
  52. 52Total War: ATTILA1.4 h/$
  53. 53Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition 1.4 h/$
  54. 54Breachway1.4 h/$
  55. 55Dummynation1.3 h/$
  56. 56Old World1.3 h/$
  57. 57Airships: Conquer the Skies1.3 h/$
  58. 58Creeper World 41.3 h/$
  59. 59Ultimate General: Civil War1.3 h/$
  60. 60Empires of the Undergrowth1.2 h/$
  61. 61Xenonauts 21.1 h/$
  62. 62Fantasy Map Simulator1.1 h/$
  63. 63Knights of Honor II: Sovereign1.1 h/$
  64. 64Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts1.1 h/$
  65. 65A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA1.0 h/$
  66. 66Imperator: Rome1.0 h/$
  67. 67City Bus Manager1.0 h/$
  68. 68SpellForce: Conquest of Eo1.0 h/$
  69. 69Norland0.9 h/$
  70. 70Manor Lords0.9 h/$
  71. 71Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew0.9 h/$
  72. 72Carrier Command 20.9 h/$
  73. 73Planetary Annihilation: TITANS0.9 h/$
  74. 74Total Conflict: Resistance0.9 h/$
  75. 75Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War0.8 h/$
  76. 76Steel Division 20.8 h/$
  77. 77Total War: WARHAMMER0.8 h/$
  78. 78Cataclismo0.8 h/$
  79. 79Sid Meier's Civilization VII0.8 h/$
  80. 80ZEPHON0.7 h/$
  81. 81A Total War Saga: TROY0.7 h/$
  82. 82Hexarchy0.6 h/$
  83. 83Dune: Spice Wars0.6 h/$
  84. 84Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 20.6 h/$
  85. 85Prehistoric Kingdom0.5 h/$
  86. 86Iron Harvest0.5 h/$
  87. 87The Great War: Western Front0.5 h/$
  88. 88Songs of Silence0.4 h/$

How the math works: we sample each game’s Steam reviewers, take the median of their total recorded playtime (lifetime hours, not hours at the time of review), and divide it by the game’s current price in your selected currency. Reviewers usually sink more hours in than the average owner, so the numbers run generous. Free games aren’t listed because there’s no price to divide by, and a game needs playtime data from at least 20 reviewers before it qualifies. All prices are Steam’s own regional prices, never exchange-rate conversions.