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.
- 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%
- 16Sid Meier's Civilization V$0.18/1hr166h95.12%95.60%
- 17Expeditions: Rome$0.19/1hr59h85.93%87.42%
- 18ISLANDERS$0.19/1hr8h90.89%94.43%
- 19ShellShock Live$0.19/1hr52h91.21%92.97%
- 20Jagged Alliance 3$0.22/1hr62h87.45%89.16%
- 21Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.23/1hr22h94.36%96.49%
- 22Gremlins, Inc.$0.23/1hr88h84.97%85.00%
- 23Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion$0.24/1hr76h84.63%84.51%
- 24XCOM 2$0.24/1hr84h84.66%84.64%
- 25Persona 4 Golden$0.25/1hr80h95.79%97.04%
- 26Shadowrun Returns$0.26/1hr15h86.90%88.33%
- 27Might & Magic: Heroes VI$0.26/1hr38h67.19%48.01%
- 28Talisman: Digital Classic Edition$0.26/1hr27h81.61%78.28%
- 29Esports Godfather$0.27/1hr75h86.73%90.67%
- 30Football, Tactics & Glory$0.28/1hr88h85.61%87.15%
- 31Cauldron$0.29/1hr51h85.93%93.21%
- 32For The King II$0.31/1hr27h76.29%70.88%
- 33Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition$0.31/1hr81h93.34%95.66%
- 34BATTLETECH$0.31/1hr128h84.20%83.97%
- 35Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition$0.32/1hr79h89.46%90.65%
- 36Wartales$0.32/1hr109h85.71%85.92%
- 37Gloomhaven$0.32/1hr31h83.11%81.97%
- 38Phoenix Point$0.33/1hr76h80.02%73.12%
- 39XCOM: Enemy Unknown$0.34/1hr45h92.00%93.21%
- 40Balatro$0.34/1hr35h97.22%97.84%
- 41Library Of Ruina$0.34/1hr87h92.72%94.47%
- 42Monster Train 2$0.34/1hr72h90.14%95.32%
- 43Total War: SHOGUN 2$0.35/1hr86h90.91%91.80%
- 44Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms$0.36/1hr56h86.56%88.57%
- 45Wandering Sword$0.36/1hr70h93.02%94.85%
- 46Backpack Hero$0.36/1hr39h85.66%86.51%
- 47Never Second in Rome$0.39/1hr34h84.93%81.14%
- 48Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit$0.39/1hr103h87.12%92.44%
- 49Banner of the Maid$0.39/1hr44h85.62%86.45%
- 50Total War: THREE KINGDOMS$0.39/1hr102h82.49%82.23%
- 51ENDLESS Space 2$0.40/1hr100h83.82%83.34%
- 52Battle Brothers$0.41/1hr74h87.27%88.08%
- 53Wingspan$0.41/1hr24h90.00%94.25%
- 54Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut$0.42/1hr36h86.67%89.31%
- 55The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky$0.42/1hr47h89.54%93.99%
- 56Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga$0.43/1hr46h90.63%94.50%
- 57Heroes of Might & Magic III - HD Edition$0.46/1hr33h81.19%79.67%
- 58Quasimorph$0.47/1hr35h83.87%82.39%
- 599 Kings$0.48/1hr42h90.19%92.50%
- 60Border Pioneer$0.49/1hr15h85.22%86.71%
- 61Shogun Showdown$0.50/1hr30h89.14%95.16%
- 62Panzer Corps 2$0.50/1hr79h84.87%84.70%
- 63Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game$0.51/1hr32h85.86%88.08%
- 64Sultan's Game$0.51/1hr49h91.84%93.83%
- 65Worms W.M.D$0.55/1hr11h85.06%85.14%
- 66Wildermyth$0.56/1hr45h91.22%94.67%
- 67Ultimate General: Civil War$0.58/1hr52h86.77%88.91%
- 68Conquest of Elysium 5$0.58/1hr52h85.72%89.85%
- 69Total War: ROME REMASTERED$0.59/1hr51h80.36%77.00%
- 70Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts$0.60/1hr59h74.29%60.88%
- 71Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth$0.60/1hr67h67.93%60.58%
- 72Worms Ultimate Mayhem$0.61/1hr6h86.34%88.60%
- 73Into the Breach$0.61/1hr25h91.35%94.24%
- 74The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.62/1hr56h85.94%87.18%
- 75The Last Spell$0.62/1hr40h88.67%91.42%
- 76LONESTAR$0.63/1hr21h86.13%91.04%
- 77SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS$0.63/1hr64h83.71%82.21%
- 78Monster Train$0.64/1hr39h92.55%95.87%
- 79Valkyria Chronicles$0.65/1hr31h87.80%89.95%
- 80Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition$0.66/1hr38h89.86%91.65%
- 81WARNO$0.67/1hr60h81.77%79.79%
- 82Armello$0.67/1hr37h83.02%81.82%
- 83Wildfrost$0.68/1hr29h83.97%82.88%
- 84West of Loathing$0.69/1hr16h91.39%97.68%
- 85Dorfromantik$0.70/1hr20h93.45%96.34%
- 86Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate$0.71/1hr14h87.37%91.01%
- 87XCOM: Chimera Squad$0.71/1hr14h75.31%71.19%
- 88Galactic Civilizations IV$0.72/1hr56h82.41%72.46%
- 89Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII$0.72/1hr25h73.28%57.95%
- 90Fights in Tight Spaces$0.72/1hr35h86.36%90.01%
- 91Dungeon Clawler$0.72/1hr21h86.10%89.05%
- 92The Last Flame$0.73/1hr27h84.77%85.07%
- 93The Matchless Kungfu$0.74/1hr27h82.67%79.80%
- 94Blood Bowl 2: Legendary Edition (Classic)$0.74/1hr41h81.85%78.48%
- 95SteamWorld Heist$0.75/1hr20h88.38%93.92%
- 96Mordheim: City of the Damned$0.76/1hr26h78.28%70.35%
- 97Cobalt Core$0.77/1hr26h88.29%95.98%
- 98ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE$0.82/1hr44h75.03%49.76%
- 99The Battle of Polytopia$0.84/1hr18h88.31%93.95%
- 100Old World$0.85/1hr47h83.91%82.38%
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.