Best Value Turn-Based Strategy Games Under $40
The Turn-Based Strategy games on Steam games under $40 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.
- 1Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.02/1hr48h87.07%89.49%
- 2King's Bounty: Warriors of the North$0.02/1hr71h83.44%79.47%
- 3Sid Meier's Civilization V$0.03/1hr226h95.27%95.60%
- 4Total War: WARHAMMER III$0.03/1hr271h72.54%71.69%
- 5Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword$0.03/1hr174h88.91%96.23%
- 6XCOM 2$0.03/1hr87h84.73%84.69%
- 7Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.04/1hr107h83.79%83.47%
- 8Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition$0.04/1hr80h79.28%77.61%
- 9Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition$0.05/1hr161h87.34%87.58%
- 10Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition$0.05/1hr99h93.39%95.64%
- 11Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition$0.05/1hr73h88.27%89.20%
- 12Sid Meier’s Civilization VI$0.06/1hr105h86.22%86.17%
- 13Jagged Alliance 3$0.06/1hr76h87.49%89.04%
- 14Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus$0.06/1hr24h88.65%91.02%
- 15Old World$0.06/1hr62h84.44%82.51%
- 16Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition$0.07/1hr69h89.51%90.64%
- 17TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children$0.08/1hr75h89.27%93.42%
- 18Mechabellum$0.09/1hr103h84.20%83.70%
- 19Banner of the Maid$0.09/1hr39h85.73%86.40%
- 20BATTLETECH$0.09/1hr114h84.23%83.94%
- 21Roguebook$0.09/1hr20h85.17%83.83%
- 22Mordheim: City of the Damned$0.09/1hr22h78.38%70.35%
- 23Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader$0.10/1hr149h87.41%87.87%
- 24Total War: ATTILA$0.10/1hr89h83.00%82.42%
- 25Total War: WARHAMMER II$0.10/1hr149h92.40%92.99%
- 26Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition$0.10/1hr103h95.29%95.63%
- 27Library Of Ruina$0.10/1hr97h92.79%94.47%
- 28Terraforming Mars$0.11/1hr57h79.04%70.57%
- 29Gremlins, Inc.$0.11/1hr37h85.09%84.99%
- 30Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition$0.11/1hr45h87.69%89.58%
- 31Battle Brothers$0.11/1hr78h87.32%88.06%
- 32XCOM: Enemy Unknown$0.12/1hr52h92.03%93.20%
- 33Ultimate General: Civil War$0.12/1hr103h86.87%88.83%
- 34The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.12/1hr45h86.08%87.20%
- 35Might & Magic: Heroes VI$0.12/1hr21h67.30%48.03%
- 36The Last Spell$0.12/1hr52h88.78%91.40%
- 37Persona 4 Golden$0.12/1hr83h95.83%97.04%
- 38Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga$0.12/1hr57h90.74%94.48%
- 39Sid Meier's Civilization IV$0.13/1hr31h87.57%92.44%
- 40Wartales$0.13/1hr75h85.42%85.49%
- 41Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition$0.13/1hr38h89.94%91.67%
- 42Total War: THREE KINGDOMS$0.13/1hr90h82.51%82.23%
- 43Valkyria Chronicles$0.14/1hr36h87.89%89.93%
- 44Persona 5 Royal$0.14/1hr130h95.61%96.36%
- 45Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War$0.14/1hr29h82.91%81.70%
- 46SteamWorld Heist$0.15/1hr20h88.51%93.85%
- 47A Total War Saga: TROY$0.15/1hr45h81.43%71.63%
- 48Marvel's Midnight Suns$0.15/1hr58h82.63%81.59%
- 49Galactic Civilizations IV$0.16/1hr87h82.51%72.26%
- 50Total War: ROME REMASTERED$0.16/1hr47h80.51%77.12%
- 51XCOM: Chimera Squad$0.16/1hr18h75.35%71.17%
- 52Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth$0.17/1hr60h68.02%60.61%
- 53Phoenix Point$0.17/1hr68h80.48%73.14%
- 54Cauldron$0.17/1hr45h86.85%92.89%
- 55ENDLESS Space 2$0.17/1hr59h83.87%83.30%
- 56ENDLESS Legend$0.17/1hr44h84.07%83.49%
- 57For The King$0.17/1hr23h87.23%87.70%
- 58Talisman: Digital Classic Edition$0.17/1hr10h81.71%78.24%
- 59West of Loathing$0.18/1hr19h91.53%97.68%
- 60Heroes of Might & Magic III - HD Edition$0.18/1hr21h81.08%79.43%
- 61Invisible, Inc.$0.19/1hr26h86.82%91.24%
- 62ShellShock Live$0.19/1hr42h91.23%92.93%
- 63Gloomhaven$0.19/1hr51h83.18%81.94%
- 64The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky$0.19/1hr51h89.69%94.03%
- 65Quasimorph$0.20/1hr81h83.55%82.68%
- 66Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator$0.21/1hr132h86.03%90.80%
- 67Expeditions: Rome$0.21/1hr54h86.08%87.40%
- 68Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.21/1hr19h94.47%96.51%
- 69Monster Train$0.22/1hr23h92.61%95.84%
- 70For The King II$0.22/1hr39h76.35%70.90%
- 71Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters$0.22/1hr41h80.05%76.58%
- 72Company of Heroes 3$0.22/1hr109h62.35%56.68%
- 73Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition$0.23/1hr44h85.60%86.19%
- 74Persona 3 Reload$0.23/1hr79h93.11%94.35%
- 75Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion$0.23/1hr78h84.70%84.50%
- 76Conquest of Elysium 5$0.24/1hr50h86.00%90.12%
- 77Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance$0.24/1hr74h88.84%91.68%
- 78Ticket to Ride$0.25/1hr18h82.76%69.95%
- 79Age of Wonders 4$0.25/1hr100h82.33%81.10%
- 80Wingspan$0.25/1hr32h90.15%94.29%
- 81Worms Armageddon$0.25/1hr12h89.96%94.32%
- 82Niche - a genetics survival game$0.26/1hr14h84.91%86.14%
- 83Total War: WARHAMMER$0.26/1hr58h79.59%78.53%
- 84Heroes' Vow: Three Kingdoms$0.26/1hr76h86.65%88.43%
- 85Darkest Dungeon II$0.26/1hr47h77.46%74.60%
- 86HUMANKIND$0.27/1hr47h73.27%69.14%
- 87Armello$0.27/1hr37h83.12%81.84%
- 88Into the Breach$0.27/1hr19h91.40%94.17%
- 89Worms Revolution$0.27/1hr11h86.16%87.24%
- 90Balatro$0.28/1hr43h97.37%97.83%
- 91Wandering Sword$0.28/1hr63h93.12%94.86%
- 92Total War: SHOGUN 2$0.28/1hr106h90.87%91.71%
- 93King Arthur: Knight's Tale$0.29/1hr47h84.52%83.65%
- 94A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA$0.29/1hr28h76.44%70.57%
- 95Shogun Showdown$0.30/1hr25h89.66%95.14%
- 96Terra Nil$0.30/1hr21h86.26%87.48%
- 97Monster Train 2$0.30/1hr58h90.59%95.32%
- 98The Matchless Kungfu$0.30/1hr33h82.85%79.16%
- 99Cobalt Core$0.31/1hr31h88.91%96.04%
- 100WARNO$0.31/1hr44h81.81%79.73%
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.