Best Value Turn-Based Strategy Games Under $20
The Turn-Based Strategy games on Steam games under $20 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.
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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.
- 1Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword$0.03/1hr301h88.73%96.24%
- 2Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.04/1hr130h86.91%89.44%
- 3Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition$0.05/1hr81h88.27%89.29%
- 4TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children$0.06/1hr100h89.17%93.48%
- 5Hexarchy$0.09/1hr21h84.52%81.92%
- 6Mechabellum$0.10/1hr104h84.07%83.74%
- 7Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition$0.10/1hr103h95.16%95.65%
- 8King's Bounty: Warriors of the North$0.12/1hr83h84.03%79.56%
- 9Age of History II$0.13/1hr33h89.03%89.84%
- 10ENDLESS Legend$0.13/1hr23h83.98%83.48%
- 11Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.15/1hr132h83.77%83.50%
- 12This Is the Police 2$0.15/1hr24h81.08%75.21%
- 13Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition$0.16/1hr122h79.25%77.63%
- 14For The King$0.17/1hr24h87.22%87.74%
- 15Terraforming Mars$0.17/1hr41h78.90%70.54%
- 16Expeditions: Rome$0.19/1hr59h85.93%87.42%
- 17ISLANDERS$0.19/1hr8h90.89%94.43%
- 18ShellShock Live$0.19/1hr52h91.21%92.97%
- 19Jagged Alliance 3$0.22/1hr62h87.45%89.16%
- 20Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.23/1hr22h94.36%96.49%
- 21Gremlins, Inc.$0.23/1hr88h84.97%85.00%
- 22Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion$0.24/1hr76h84.63%84.51%
- 23XCOM 2$0.24/1hr84h84.66%84.64%
- 24Persona 4 Golden$0.25/1hr80h95.79%97.04%
- 25Shadowrun Returns$0.26/1hr15h86.90%88.33%
- 26Might & Magic: Heroes VI$0.26/1hr38h67.19%48.01%
- 27Talisman: Digital Classic Edition$0.26/1hr27h81.61%78.28%
- 28Esports Godfather$0.27/1hr75h86.73%90.67%
- 29Cauldron$0.29/1hr51h85.93%93.21%
- 30For The King II$0.31/1hr27h76.29%70.88%
- 31Gloomhaven$0.32/1hr31h83.11%81.97%
- 32XCOM: Enemy Unknown$0.34/1hr45h92.00%93.21%
- 33Balatro$0.34/1hr35h97.22%97.84%
- 34Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms$0.36/1hr56h86.56%88.57%
- 35Backpack Hero$0.36/1hr39h85.66%86.51%
- 36Never Second in Rome$0.39/1hr34h84.93%81.14%
- 37Banner of the Maid$0.39/1hr44h85.62%86.45%
- 38Wingspan$0.41/1hr24h90.00%94.25%
- 39Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut$0.42/1hr36h86.67%89.31%
- 40The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky$0.42/1hr47h89.54%93.99%
- 41Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga$0.43/1hr46h90.63%94.50%
- 42Heroes of Might & Magic III - HD Edition$0.46/1hr33h81.19%79.67%
- 43Quasimorph$0.47/1hr35h83.87%82.39%
- 449 Kings$0.48/1hr42h90.19%92.50%
- 45Border Pioneer$0.49/1hr15h85.22%86.71%
- 46Shogun Showdown$0.50/1hr30h89.14%95.16%
- 47Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game$0.51/1hr32h85.86%88.08%
- 48Worms W.M.D$0.55/1hr11h85.06%85.14%
- 49Worms Ultimate Mayhem$0.61/1hr6h86.34%88.60%
- 50Into the Breach$0.61/1hr25h91.35%94.24%
- 51LONESTAR$0.63/1hr21h86.13%91.04%
- 52Valkyria Chronicles$0.65/1hr31h87.80%89.95%
- 53Wildfrost$0.68/1hr29h83.97%82.88%
- 54West of Loathing$0.69/1hr16h91.39%97.68%
- 55Dorfromantik$0.70/1hr20h93.45%96.34%
- 56Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate$0.71/1hr14h87.37%91.01%
- 57XCOM: Chimera Squad$0.71/1hr14h75.31%71.19%
- 58Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII$0.72/1hr25h73.28%57.95%
- 59Dungeon Clawler$0.72/1hr21h86.10%89.05%
- 60The Last Flame$0.73/1hr27h84.77%85.07%
- 61The Matchless Kungfu$0.74/1hr27h82.67%79.80%
- 62SteamWorld Heist$0.75/1hr20h88.38%93.92%
- 63Mordheim: City of the Damned$0.76/1hr26h78.28%70.35%
- 64Cobalt Core$0.77/1hr26h88.29%95.98%
- 65The Battle of Polytopia$0.84/1hr18h88.31%93.95%
- 66Die in the Dungeon$0.89/1hr17h86.76%92.06%
- 67Breachway$0.90/1hr22h83.75%75.71%
- 68Worms Revolution$0.94/1hr5h86.06%87.29%
- 69Ticket to Ride$0.96/1hr16h83.38%69.74%
- 70Tactical Breach Wizards$0.97/1hr21h92.06%97.97%
- 71TerraScape$1.04/1hr14h85.61%88.64%
- 72Hero's Hour$1.05/1hr17h82.96%79.49%
- 73Dice & Fold$1.09/1hr12h84.58%83.64%
- 74Preserve$1.14/1hr11h85.50%92.80%
- 75Pit People$1.19/1hr17h88.48%92.81%
- 76Gladiator Guild Manager$1.19/1hr13h83.83%81.10%
- 77Turmoil$1.24/1hr11h89.88%92.95%
- 78Child of Light$1.24/1hr12h88.52%91.37%
- 79Sid Meier's Civilization IV$1.26/1hr16h86.93%92.40%
- 80Nordhold$1.39/1hr14h85.41%86.85%
- 81Soul Academy$1.51/1hr8h84.48%74.62%
- 8260 Parsecs!$1.53/1hr7h86.04%88.74%
- 83Ballionaire$1.59/1hr8h85.07%85.58%
- 84Worms Armageddon$1.91/1hr8h89.83%94.33%
- 855D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel$2.36/1hr4h90.43%96.58%
- 86Cardboard Town$4.69/1hr4h84.00%79.89%
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.