Best Value Turn-Based Strategy Games

The Turn-Based 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. 2Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.04/1hr
  3. 3Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition$0.05/1hr
  4. 4TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children$0.06/1hr
  5. 5Hexarchy$0.09/1hr
  6. 6Mechabellum$0.10/1hr
  7. 7Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition$0.10/1hr
  8. 8King's Bounty: Warriors of the North$0.12/1hr
  9. 9Age of History II$0.13/1hr
  10. 10ENDLESS Legend$0.13/1hr
  11. 11Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.15/1hr
  12. 12This Is the Police 2$0.15/1hr
  13. 13Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition$0.16/1hr
  14. 14For The King$0.17/1hr
  15. 15Terraforming Mars$0.17/1hr
  16. 16Sid Meier's Civilization V$0.18/1hr
  17. 17Expeditions: Rome$0.19/1hr
  18. 18ISLANDERS$0.19/1hr
  19. 19ShellShock Live$0.19/1hr
  20. 20Jagged Alliance 3$0.22/1hr
  21. 21Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.23/1hr
  22. 22Gremlins, Inc.$0.23/1hr
  23. 23Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion$0.24/1hr
  24. 24XCOM 2$0.24/1hr
  25. 25Persona 4 Golden$0.25/1hr
  26. 26Shadowrun Returns$0.26/1hr
  27. 27Might & Magic: Heroes VI$0.26/1hr
  28. 28Talisman: Digital Classic Edition$0.26/1hr
  29. 29Esports Godfather$0.27/1hr
  30. 30Football, Tactics & Glory$0.28/1hr
  31. 31Cauldron$0.29/1hr
  32. 32For The King II$0.31/1hr
  33. 33Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition$0.31/1hr
  34. 34BATTLETECH$0.31/1hr
  35. 35Age of Wonders 4$0.31/1hr
  36. 36Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition$0.32/1hr
  37. 37Wartales$0.32/1hr
  38. 38Gloomhaven$0.32/1hr
  39. 39Phoenix Point$0.33/1hr
  40. 40XCOM: Enemy Unknown$0.34/1hr
  41. 41Balatro$0.34/1hr
  42. 42Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader$0.34/1hr
  43. 43Library Of Ruina$0.34/1hr
  44. 44Monster Train 2$0.34/1hr
  45. 45Total War: SHOGUN 2$0.35/1hr
  46. 46Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms$0.36/1hr
  47. 47Wandering Sword$0.36/1hr
  48. 48Backpack Hero$0.36/1hr
  49. 49Never Second in Rome$0.39/1hr
  50. 50Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit$0.39/1hr
  51. 51Banner of the Maid$0.39/1hr
  52. 52Total War: THREE KINGDOMS$0.39/1hr
  53. 53ENDLESS Space 2$0.40/1hr
  54. 54Battle Brothers$0.41/1hr
  55. 55Wingspan$0.41/1hr
  56. 56Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut$0.42/1hr
  57. 57Total War: WARHAMMER III$0.42/1hr
  58. 58The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky$0.42/1hr
  59. 59Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga$0.43/1hr
  60. 60ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV$0.44/1hr
  61. 61Heroes of Might & Magic III - HD Edition$0.46/1hr
  62. 62Quasimorph$0.47/1hr
  63. 639 Kings$0.48/1hr
  64. 64Total War: WARHAMMER II$0.48/1hr
  65. 65Border Pioneer$0.49/1hr
  66. 66Shogun Showdown$0.50/1hr
  67. 67Panzer Corps 2$0.50/1hr
  68. 68Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game$0.51/1hr
  69. 69Sultan's Game$0.51/1hr
  70. 70Worms W.M.D$0.55/1hr
  71. 71Wildermyth$0.56/1hr
  72. 72Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition$0.56/1hr
  73. 73Total War: ATTILA$0.57/1hr
  74. 74Persona 5 Royal$0.58/1hr
  75. 75Ultimate General: Civil War$0.58/1hr
  76. 76Conquest of Elysium 5$0.58/1hr
  77. 77Total War: ROME REMASTERED$0.59/1hr
  78. 78Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts$0.60/1hr
  79. 79Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth$0.60/1hr
  80. 80Company of Heroes 3$0.60/1hr
  81. 81Worms Ultimate Mayhem$0.61/1hr
  82. 82Into the Breach$0.61/1hr
  83. 83The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.62/1hr
  84. 84Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator$0.62/1hr
  85. 85The Last Spell$0.62/1hr
  86. 86LONESTAR$0.63/1hr
  87. 87SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS$0.63/1hr
  88. 88Monster Train$0.64/1hr
  89. 89HUMANKIND$0.64/1hr
  90. 90Valkyria Chronicles$0.65/1hr
  91. 91Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition$0.66/1hr
  92. 92WARNO$0.67/1hr
  93. 93Armello$0.67/1hr
  94. 94Wildfrost$0.68/1hr
  95. 95West of Loathing$0.69/1hr
  96. 96Sid Meier’s Civilization VI$0.69/1hr
  97. 97Dorfromantik$0.70/1hr
  98. 98Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate$0.71/1hr
  99. 99XCOM: Chimera Squad$0.71/1hr
  100. 100Galactic Civilizations IV$0.72/1hr

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.