Best Value Strategy Games

The 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. 1BidKing$0.01/1hr
  2. 2Black Desert$0.02/1hr
  3. 3Cookie Clicker$0.02/1hr
  4. 4Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.02/1hr
  5. 5King's Bounty: Warriors of the North$0.02/1hr
  6. 6Dragon Cliff$0.03/1hr
  7. 7Supreme Commander 2$0.03/1hr
  8. 8Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance$0.03/1hr
  9. 9Dungeon Defenders$0.03/1hr
  10. 10Sid Meier's Civilization V$0.03/1hr
  11. 11Total War: WARHAMMER III$0.03/1hr
  12. 12Motorsport Manager$0.03/1hr
  13. 13Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword$0.03/1hr
  14. 14XCOM 2$0.03/1hr
  15. 15Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.04/1hr
  16. 16GemCraft - Chasing Shadows$0.04/1hr
  17. 17Elite Dangerous$0.04/1hr
  18. 18Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense$0.04/1hr
  19. 19RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe$0.05/1hr
  20. 20The Guild II Renaissance$0.05/1hr
  21. 21Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition$0.05/1hr
  22. 22Bloons TD 6$0.05/1hr
  23. 23shapez$0.05/1hr
  24. 24Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion$0.05/1hr
  25. 25Don't Starve Together$0.05/1hr
  26. 26Company of Heroes$0.05/1hr
  27. 27Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition$0.05/1hr
  28. 28Town of Salem$0.05/1hr
  29. 29Hearts of Iron IV$0.05/1hr
  30. 30Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition$0.05/1hr
  31. 31Sid Meier’s Civilization VI$0.06/1hr
  32. 32PlateUp!$0.06/1hr
  33. 33Europa Universalis IV$0.06/1hr
  34. 34Empyrion - Galactic Survival$0.06/1hr
  35. 35Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)$0.06/1hr
  36. 36Rusty's Retirement$0.06/1hr
  37. 37Jagged Alliance 3$0.06/1hr
  38. 38X4: Foundations$0.06/1hr
  39. 39Darkest Dungeon$0.06/1hr
  40. 40Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus$0.06/1hr
  41. 41Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense$0.06/1hr
  42. 42Mindustry$0.06/1hr
  43. 43Old World$0.06/1hr
  44. 44Stellaris$0.07/1hr
  45. 45Solasta: Crown of the Magister$0.07/1hr
  46. 46Space Engineers$0.07/1hr
  47. 47Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition$0.07/1hr
  48. 48Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront$0.08/1hr
  49. 49The Bazaar$0.08/1hr
  50. 50Company of Heroes 2$0.08/1hr
  51. 51Rise of Nations: Extended Edition$0.08/1hr
  52. 52Wall World$0.08/1hr
  53. 53Rising Storm 2: Vietnam$0.08/1hr
  54. 54Orb of Creation$0.08/1hr
  55. 55The Lost Village$0.08/1hr
  56. 56TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children$0.08/1hr
  57. 57Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok$0.08/1hr
  58. 58Mechabellum$0.09/1hr
  59. 59Banner of the Maid$0.09/1hr
  60. 60BATTLETECH$0.09/1hr
  61. 61Roguebook$0.09/1hr
  62. 62Rock 'N' Roll Defense$0.09/1hr
  63. 63Mordheim: City of the Damned$0.09/1hr
  64. 64Darkwood$0.09/1hr
  65. 65Kingdom Two Crowns$0.09/1hr
  66. 66Rusted Warfare - RTS$0.09/1hr
  67. 67RimWorld$0.09/1hr
  68. 68Stronghold HD (2012)$0.10/1hr
  69. 697 Days to Die$0.10/1hr
  70. 70FTL: Faster Than Light$0.10/1hr
  71. 71Two Point Campus$0.10/1hr
  72. 72最后的仙门 The last Practice Sect$0.10/1hr
  73. 73Arma 3$0.10/1hr
  74. 74Frostpunk$0.10/1hr
  75. 75Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader$0.10/1hr
  76. 76Total War: ATTILA$0.10/1hr
  77. 77Total War: WARHAMMER II$0.10/1hr
  78. 78Kenshi$0.10/1hr
  79. 79Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition$0.10/1hr
  80. 80HuniePop$0.10/1hr
  81. 81Loop Hero$0.10/1hr
  82. 82Library Of Ruina$0.10/1hr
  83. 83Terraforming Mars$0.11/1hr
  84. 84Crusader Kings III$0.11/1hr
  85. 85Gremlins, Inc.$0.11/1hr
  86. 86Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2$0.11/1hr
  87. 87Tales & Tactics$0.11/1hr
  88. 88Against the Storm$0.11/1hr
  89. 89Men of War: Assault Squad 2$0.11/1hr
  90. 90Foxhole$0.11/1hr
  91. 91Monster Sanctuary$0.11/1hr
  92. 92Space Haven$0.11/1hr
  93. 93Battle Brothers$0.11/1hr
  94. 94XCOM: Enemy Unknown$0.12/1hr
  95. 95Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic$0.12/1hr
  96. 96Ultimate General: Civil War$0.12/1hr
  97. 97The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.12/1hr
  98. 98STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack$0.12/1hr
  99. 99Might & Magic: Heroes VI$0.12/1hr
  100. 100The Last Spell$0.12/1hr

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.