Best Value Strategy Games Under $5

The Strategy games on Steam games under $5 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.

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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. 1Black Desert$0.01/1hr
  2. 2BidKing$0.02/1hr
  3. 3Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance$0.03/1hr
  4. 4Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.04/1hr
  5. 5Cookie Clicker$0.04/1hr
  6. 6The Guild II Renaissance$0.04/1hr
  7. 7Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition$0.05/1hr
  8. 8Supreme Commander 2$0.08/1hr
  9. 9Rock 'N' Roll Defense$0.09/1hr
  10. 10Hexarchy$0.09/1hr
  11. 11最后的仙门 The last Practice Sect$0.10/1hr
  12. 12Age of History II$0.13/1hr
  13. 13ENDLESS Legend$0.13/1hr
  14. 14This Is the Police 2$0.15/1hr
  15. 15Monster Sanctuary$0.15/1hr
  16. 16Bomber Crew$0.16/1hr
  17. 17Tavern Master$0.16/1hr
  18. 18Dungeon of the ENDLESS$0.16/1hr
  19. 19For The King$0.17/1hr
  20. 20Need for Speed Payback$0.18/1hr
  21. 21Punch Club$0.18/1hr
  22. 22PlateUp!$0.18/1hr
  23. 23Town of Salem$0.19/1hr
  24. 24Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition$0.19/1hr
  25. 25Definitely Not Fried Chicken$0.19/1hr
  26. 26ISLANDERS$0.19/1hr
  27. 27Punch Club 2: Fast Forward$0.21/1hr
  28. 28This Is the Police$0.22/1hr
  29. 29Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.23/1hr
  30. 30Party Hard$0.24/1hr
  31. 31Command & Conquer Remastered Collection$0.25/1hr
  32. 32Shadowrun Returns$0.26/1hr
  33. 3320 Minutes Till Dawn$0.26/1hr
  34. 34Iron Harvest$0.31/1hr
  35. 35Rusted Warfare - RTS$0.31/1hr
  36. 36112 Operator$0.36/1hr
  37. 37Nubby's Number Factory$0.37/1hr
  38. 38The Escapists 2$0.37/1hr
  39. 39Aces & Adventures$0.40/1hr
  40. 40Necroking$0.55/1hr
  41. 41Satellite Reign$0.60/1hr
  42. 42Worms Ultimate Mayhem$0.61/1hr
  43. 43911 Operator$0.65/1hr
  44. 44Nodebuster$0.66/1hr
  45. 45Feign$0.67/1hr
  46. 46Minami Lane$0.74/1hr
  47. 47Master Healer Kale with useless party$0.74/1hr
  48. 48House of Detention$0.76/1hr
  49. 49Russian Life Simulator$0.89/1hr
  50. 50Kabuto Park$0.94/1hr
  51. 51Worms Revolution$0.94/1hr
  52. 52Mister Furry: Hot Muscles$0.99/1hr
  53. 53SUMMERHOUSE$1.02/1hr
  54. 54Pacify$1.24/1hr
  55. 55RUSSIAPHOBIA$1.49/1hr
  56. 56Ultimate Zombie Defense$1.51/1hr
  57. 57Achievement Clicker$3.13/1hr

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.