Hidden Gem Grand Strategy Games Under $5
Highly rated Grand Strategy games on Steam for games under $5, capped at 25,000 reviews. The cap filters out everything you've already heard of.
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Our score adjusts Steam's raw rating for sample size. The fewer reviews a game has, the more its score gets pulled toward the site-wide average, so a tiny game can't fluke its way to #1.
- 1Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance14,39191.99%96.72%
- 2Victoria II20,39188.67%90.38%
- 3Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,67587.57%92.44%
- 4Knights of Honor2,39287.09%92.56%
- 5Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,81287.07%89.49%
- 6Supreme Commander 212,98186.89%88.21%
- 7Tiny Civilization2,18986.59%93.01%
- 8Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game2,10386.48%89.82%
- 9Xenonauts5,07586.09%86.72%
- 10Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,67886.09%87.96%
- 11Buggos1,43685.52%87.88%
- 12AI War 21,56385.46%87.27%
- 13Plebby Quest: The Crusades2,91085.25%85.46%
- 14Hexarchy1,65285.24%81.96%
- 15Roma Invicta25385.13%83.00%
- 16Age of History 318,82485.06%84.99%
- 17AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.77%82.25%
- 18NationWar2:Chronicle42984.74%79.72%
- 19Wooden Battles53784.67%79.52%
- 20Oriental Empires3,00984.56%80.53%
- 21Europa Universalis III Complete2,05484.50%81.16%
- 22Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition1,71284.48%76.93%
- 23Anno 1404 - History Edition3,61584.45%82.43%
- 24Old World6,90684.44%82.51%
- 25Age of Conquest IV2,82384.43%81.76%
- 26SuperPower 2 Steam Edition2,85884.36%79.39%
- 27Unity of Command II2,21384.16%79.53%
- 28Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 73,06483.89%79.67%
- 29Age of Gladiators76983.79%77.63%
- 30Distant Worlds: Universe1,85683.60%75.11%
- 31Driftland: The Magic Revival2,01683.53%72.37%
- 32Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61283.23%75.77%
- 33Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes2,53183.00%74.40%
- 34ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition9,60982.92%80.57%
- 35Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War18,78082.91%81.70%
- 36Medieval: Total War - Collection2,46282.89%71.16%
- 37Three Kingdoms: Innovatory98182.83%58.82%
- 38Supremacy 1914: World War 14,34882.13%73.74%
- 39Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition95982.11%43.90%
- 40Hearts of Iron III6,08482.07%75.99%
- 41Floodland1,08981.53%56.38%
- 42CONFLICT OF NATIONS: WORLD WAR 35,99481.24%74.66%
- 43Blood of Steel6,90581.21%75.47%
- 44Game of Thrones Winter is Coming2,76180.41%60.96%
- 45Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord3,95780.39%68.28%
- 46Call of War: World War 26,38580.15%71.34%
- 47Iron Harvest15,99377.43%72.59%
- 48Stronghold Kingdoms9,58874.61%63.59%
