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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Price divided by median reviewer playtime — how much you pay per hour of gameplay. Lower is better. 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. 1Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword$0.03/1hr
  2. 2Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance$0.03/1hr
  3. 3Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.04/1hr
  4. 4X4: Foundations$0.07/1hr
  5. 5Supreme Commander 2$0.08/1hr
  6. 6Hexarchy$0.09/1hr
  7. 7Age of History II$0.13/1hr
  8. 8ENDLESS Legend$0.13/1hr
  9. 9Hearts of Iron IV$0.16/1hr
  10. 10Terra Invicta$0.17/1hr
  11. 11Terraforming Mars$0.17/1hr
  12. 12Sid Meier's Civilization V$0.18/1hr
  13. 13Stellaris$0.20/1hr
  14. 14Victoria II$0.21/1hr
  15. 15Europa Universalis IV$0.23/1hr
  16. 16Airships: Conquer the Skies$0.24/1hr
  17. 17Crusader Kings III$0.26/1hr
  18. 18Victoria 3$0.27/1hr
  19. 19Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion$0.28/1hr
  20. 20Sailing Era$0.30/1hr
  21. 21Iron Harvest$0.31/1hr
  22. 22Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition$0.31/1hr
  23. 23Age of Wonders 4$0.31/1hr
  24. 24Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition$0.32/1hr
  25. 25Phoenix Point$0.33/1hr
  26. 26Total War: SHOGUN 2$0.35/1hr
  27. 27Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms$0.36/1hr
  28. 28Age of History 3$0.36/1hr
  29. 29STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack$0.39/1hr
  30. 30Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit$0.39/1hr
  31. 31Knights of Honor II: Sovereign$0.39/1hr
  32. 32Total War: THREE KINGDOMS$0.39/1hr
  33. 33Imperator: Rome$0.40/1hr
  34. 34ENDLESS Space 2$0.40/1hr
  35. 35Total War: WARHAMMER III$0.42/1hr
  36. 36ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV$0.44/1hr
  37. 37Fantasy Map Simulator$0.44/1hr
  38. 38Anno 1404 - History Edition$0.45/1hr
  39. 39Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic$0.46/1hr
  40. 40Songs of Syx$0.47/1hr
  41. 41Total War: WARHAMMER II$0.48/1hr
  42. 42Planetary Annihilation: TITANS$0.50/1hr
  43. 43Panzer Corps 2$0.50/1hr
  44. 44Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition$0.56/1hr
  45. 45Total War: ATTILA$0.57/1hr
  46. 46Ultimate General: Civil War$0.58/1hr
  47. 47Total War: ROME REMASTERED$0.59/1hr
  48. 48Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts$0.60/1hr
  49. 49Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth$0.60/1hr
  50. 50Dummynation$0.62/1hr
  51. 51Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator$0.62/1hr
  52. 52HUMANKIND$0.64/1hr
  53. 53Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition$0.66/1hr
  54. 54Armello$0.67/1hr
  55. 55Sid Meier’s Civilization VI$0.69/1hr
  56. 56NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Awakening$0.70/1hr
  57. 57Distant Worlds 2$0.70/1hr
  58. 58Galactic Civilizations IV$0.72/1hr
  59. 59Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII$0.72/1hr
  60. 60Manor Lords$0.72/1hr
  61. 61Total War: WARHAMMER$0.73/1hr
  62. 62Dune: Imperium$0.77/1hr
  63. 63NEBULOUS: Fleet Command$0.81/1hr
  64. 64ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE$0.82/1hr
  65. 65Old World$0.85/1hr
  66. 66Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)$0.87/1hr
  67. 67Buggos$0.87/1hr
  68. 68Norland$0.90/1hr
  69. 69Breachway$0.90/1hr
  70. 70Empires of the Undergrowth$0.91/1hr
  71. 71Sid Meier's Civilization VII$0.91/1hr
  72. 72Steel Division 2$0.92/1hr
  73. 73City Bus Manager$0.93/1hr
  74. 74Total Conflict: Resistance$0.93/1hr
  75. 75Xenonauts 2$0.96/1hr
  76. 76Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew$1.02/1hr
  77. 77A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA$1.07/1hr
  78. 78Spirit Island$1.12/1hr
  79. 79Creeper World 4$1.21/1hr
  80. 80Unity of Command II$1.22/1hr
  81. 81Sid Meier's Civilization IV$1.26/1hr
  82. 82Cataclismo$1.27/1hr
  83. 83Heart of the Machine$1.28/1hr
  84. 84Dune: Spice Wars$1.30/1hr
  85. 85Total War: PHARAOH$1.38/1hr
  86. 86ZEPHON$1.39/1hr
  87. 87Prehistoric Kingdom$1.40/1hr
  88. 88Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War$1.53/1hr
  89. 89Carrier Command 2$1.58/1hr
  90. 90A Total War Saga: TROY$1.76/1hr
  91. 91Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2$2.12/1hr
  92. 92The Great War: Western Front$2.21/1hr
  93. 93Songs of Silence$2.67/1hr
  94. 94Age of Wonders III$3.57/1hr
  95. 95Democracy 4$3.74/1hr

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.