Hidden Gem RTS Games Under $5
Highly rated RTS 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.
- 1Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,10893.72%97.48%
- 2Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance14,39191.99%96.72%
- 3Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,83491.44%96.68%
- 4Company of Heroes18,78591.08%94.22%
- 5Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,90991.01%94.68%
- 6Stronghold HD (2012)10,44590.76%95.53%
- 7Brutal Legend20,47690.54%93.16%
- 8Rusted Warfare - RTS7,59790.33%96.33%
- 9Bad North: Jotunn Edition14,33989.94%93.26%
- 10Door Kickers10,05889.70%94.18%
- 11Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal4,82989.23%96.38%
- 12Tropico 412,76388.83%91.69%
- 13Victoria II20,39188.67%90.38%
- 14Halo Wars: Definitive Edition9,55688.24%91.44%
- 15Infested Planet3,04887.15%93.60%
- 16Knights of Honor2,39287.09%92.56%
- 17Supreme Commander 212,98186.89%88.21%
- 18Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,77286.88%88.79%
- 19112 Operator7,36886.67%88.68%
- 20Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game2,10386.48%89.82%
- 21Anomaly: Warzone Earth4,69386.14%86.92%
- 22Atom Zombie Smasher2,10785.98%89.75%
- 23GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath2,87685.95%88.63%
- 24Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,38785.87%86.53%
- 25DEFCON4,33685.85%87.38%
- 26Warpips5,21485.84%87.11%
- 27CastleStorm1,63385.77%89.34%
- 28Unholy Heights1,65285.75%89.16%
- 29Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,73785.73%87.72%
- 30Grim Nights1,55285.56%88.02%
- 31DG2: Defense Grid 23,46485.56%86.63%
- 32Buggos1,43685.52%87.88%
- 33Swarm Queen41285.48%92.72%
- 34AI War 21,56385.46%87.27%
- 35Knights and Merchants4,96185.19%85.20%
- 36Natural Selection 213,37285.15%85.13%
- 37Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity81885.15%77.51%
- 38Roma Invicta25385.13%83.00%
- 39War Selection23,62885.12%85.09%
- 40Age of History 318,82485.06%84.99%
- 41Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest86985.02%83.20%
- 42Zombie Defense2,17684.96%83.96%
- 43Loopstructor38484.88%83.07%
- 44AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.77%82.25%
- 45Rise of Legions1,62084.74%82.04%
- 46AirMech Strike10,86484.66%84.18%
- 47Gods and Idols75884.59%69.00%
- 48Oriental Empires3,00984.56%80.53%
- 49Europa Universalis III Complete2,05484.50%81.16%
- 50Anno 1404 - History Edition3,61584.45%82.43%
- 51Age of Conquest IV2,82384.43%81.76%
- 52Warstone TD3,89284.41%82.43%
- 53SuperPower 2 Steam Edition2,85884.36%79.39%
- 54Halo: Spartan Strike1,70984.35%79.46%
- 55Planet TD27784.33%61.73%
- 56Touhou Big Big Battle4,03784.16%80.16%
- 57Dungeons 25,28684.10%82.07%
- 58Prime World: Defenders 22,19284.06%78.92%
- 59Gladiator Guild Manager4,08983.99%81.07%
- 60Gratuitous Space Battles89083.93%69.89%
- 61Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 73,06483.89%79.67%
- 62War Planet Online: Global Conquest98183.69%62.39%
- 63Distant Worlds: Universe1,85683.60%75.11%
- 64Driftland: The Magic Revival2,01683.53%72.37%
- 65Survivalist2,56783.42%80.13%
- 66Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61283.23%75.77%
- 67Hades' Star2,68683.06%72.97%
- 68Mitos.is: The Game12,05982.90%81.01%
- 69Medieval: Total War - Collection2,46282.89%71.16%
- 70Three Kingdoms: Innovatory98182.83%58.82%
- 71Art of War: Red Tides6,95482.54%79.06%
- 72Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak8,94082.40%79.28%
- 73Supremacy 1914: World War 14,34882.13%73.74%
- 74Hearts of Iron III6,08482.07%75.99%
- 75Sudden Strike 48,35682.00%78.20%
- 76Strife4,88881.75%76.60%
- 77Builders of Egypt: Prologue4,08581.58%72.75%
- 78March of Empires1,86881.53%61.99%
- 79Patron3,19681.35%72.22%
- 80CONFLICT OF NATIONS: WORLD WAR 35,99481.24%74.66%
- 81Blood of Steel6,90581.21%75.47%
- 82Call to Arms24,15581.03%79.31%
- 83Etherium95280.95%36.45%
- 84Game of Thrones Winter is Coming2,76180.41%60.96%
- 85Call of War: World War 26,38580.15%71.34%
- 86Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 211,04679.47%74.30%
- 87Stronghold: Warlords5,32778.21%65.12%
- 88Lords Mobile5,89177.78%66.76%
- 89Iron Harvest15,99377.43%72.59%
- 90Stronghold Crusader 218,11376.98%72.45%
- 91Evil Genius 2: World Domination13,24976.02%69.11%
- 92Stronghold Kingdoms9,58874.61%63.59%
- 93Anno 207012,71571.26%60.31%
- 94Stronghold 3 Gold4,86568.13%33.09%
- 95Stormgate9,26466.79%46.93%
