Best Value Turn-Based Strategy Games Under $10

The Turn-Based Strategy games on Steam games under $10 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.

By price

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. 6King's Bounty: Warriors of the North$0.12/1hr
  7. 7Age of History II$0.13/1hr
  8. 8ENDLESS Legend$0.13/1hr
  9. 9This Is the Police 2$0.15/1hr
  10. 10For The King$0.17/1hr
  11. 11Terraforming Mars$0.17/1hr
  12. 12ISLANDERS$0.19/1hr
  13. 13ShellShock Live$0.19/1hr
  14. 14Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.23/1hr
  15. 15Shadowrun Returns$0.26/1hr
  16. 16Might & Magic: Heroes VI$0.26/1hr
  17. 17Talisman: Digital Classic Edition$0.26/1hr
  18. 18For The King II$0.31/1hr
  19. 19Gloomhaven$0.32/1hr
  20. 20Wingspan$0.41/1hr
  21. 21Border Pioneer$0.49/1hr
  22. 22Worms W.M.D$0.55/1hr
  23. 23Worms Ultimate Mayhem$0.61/1hr
  24. 24Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate$0.71/1hr
  25. 25XCOM: Chimera Squad$0.71/1hr
  26. 26Worms Revolution$0.94/1hr
  27. 2760 Parsecs!$1.53/1hr
  28. 285D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel$2.36/1hr

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.