Best Value RTS Games

The RTS 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. 1Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance$0.03/1hr
  2. 2Supreme Commander 2$0.08/1hr
  3. 3Mechabellum$0.10/1hr
  4. 4Hearts of Iron IV$0.16/1hr
  5. 5Terra Invicta$0.17/1hr
  6. 6From the Depths$0.19/1hr
  7. 7SpellForce 3 Reforced$0.20/1hr
  8. 8Survivalist: Invisible Strain$0.20/1hr
  9. 9Victoria II$0.21/1hr
  10. 10Dyson Sphere Program$0.21/1hr
  11. 11Planetbase$0.22/1hr
  12. 12Age of Empires II (Retired)$0.22/1hr
  13. 13Airships: Conquer the Skies$0.24/1hr
  14. 14Mindustry$0.24/1hr
  15. 15Command & Conquer Remastered Collection$0.25/1hr
  16. 16Kenshi$0.25/1hr
  17. 17Desperados III$0.26/1hr
  18. 18Crusader Kings III$0.26/1hr
  19. 19Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion$0.28/1hr
  20. 20Wargame: Red Dragon$0.29/1hr
  21. 21Sailing Era$0.30/1hr
  22. 22Iron Harvest$0.31/1hr
  23. 23Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition$0.31/1hr
  24. 24Rusted Warfare - RTS$0.31/1hr
  25. 25Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition$0.32/1hr
  26. 26Stronghold HD (2012)$0.32/1hr
  27. 27DG2: Defense Grid 2$0.33/1hr
  28. 28Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)$0.35/1hr
  29. 29Total War: SHOGUN 2$0.35/1hr
  30. 30Outpost: Infinity Siege$0.35/1hr
  31. 31Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition$0.35/1hr
  32. 32The Guild 3$0.35/1hr
  33. 33Colony Survival$0.35/1hr
  34. 34112 Operator$0.36/1hr
  35. 35Age of History 3$0.36/1hr
  36. 36Going Medieval$0.37/1hr
  37. 37STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack$0.39/1hr
  38. 38Banished$0.39/1hr
  39. 39Knights of Honor II: Sovereign$0.39/1hr
  40. 40Total War: THREE KINGDOMS$0.39/1hr
  41. 41Rise of Nations: Extended Edition$0.40/1hr
  42. 42ENDLESS Space 2$0.40/1hr
  43. 43Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront$0.42/1hr
  44. 44Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense$0.42/1hr
  45. 45Total War: WARHAMMER III$0.42/1hr
  46. 46They Are Billions$0.43/1hr
  47. 47Company of Heroes 2$0.43/1hr
  48. 48Clanfolk$0.44/1hr
  49. 49Kingdoms Reborn$0.44/1hr
  50. 50Age of Darkness: Final Stand$0.45/1hr
  51. 51Anno 1404 - History Edition$0.45/1hr
  52. 52Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic$0.46/1hr
  53. 53Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation$0.46/1hr
  54. 54UBOAT$0.47/1hr
  55. 55Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition$0.48/1hr
  56. 56Total War: WARHAMMER II$0.48/1hr
  57. 57Border Pioneer$0.49/1hr
  58. 58Planetary Annihilation: TITANS$0.50/1hr
  59. 59Against the Storm$0.51/1hr
  60. 60Infection Free Zone$0.52/1hr
  61. 61Age of Mythology: Extended Edition$0.53/1hr
  62. 62Age of Mythology: Retold$0.55/1hr
  63. 63Cossacks 3$0.56/1hr
  64. 64Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition$0.56/1hr
  65. 65Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2$0.57/1hr
  66. 66Total War: ATTILA$0.57/1hr
  67. 67Ultimate General: Civil War$0.58/1hr
  68. 68Total War: ROME REMASTERED$0.59/1hr
  69. 69Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts$0.60/1hr
  70. 70Satellite Reign$0.60/1hr
  71. 71Company of Heroes 3$0.60/1hr
  72. 72Dummynation$0.62/1hr
  73. 73Castle Story$0.63/1hr
  74. 74Anno 2070$0.63/1hr
  75. 75Men of War: Assault Squad 2$0.64/1hr
  76. 76Emberward$0.65/1hr
  77. 77Kingdoms and Castles$0.66/1hr
  78. 78Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition$0.66/1hr
  79. 79Stronghold 2: Steam Edition$0.67/1hr
  80. 80WARNO$0.67/1hr
  81. 81NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Awakening$0.70/1hr
  82. 82Distant Worlds 2$0.70/1hr
  83. 83Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII$0.72/1hr
  84. 84Manor Lords$0.72/1hr
  85. 85Total War: WARHAMMER$0.73/1hr
  86. 86Door Kickers 2: Task Force North$0.73/1hr
  87. 87Company of Heroes$0.75/1hr
  88. 88Stronghold: Definitive Edition$0.76/1hr
  89. 89Foundation$0.76/1hr
  90. 90Northgard: Definitive Edition$0.78/1hr
  91. 91Diplomacy is Not an Option$0.78/1hr
  92. 92Call to Arms$0.80/1hr
  93. 93Sudden Strike 4$0.80/1hr
  94. 94Dawn of Man$0.80/1hr
  95. 95Age of Empires: Definitive Edition$0.81/1hr
  96. 96Farthest Frontier$0.81/1hr
  97. 97ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE$0.82/1hr
  98. 98IXION$0.82/1hr
  99. 99Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)$0.87/1hr
  100. 100Buggos$0.87/1hr

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.