Most Reviewed Grand Strategy Games Under $40
The most-reviewed Grand Strategy games for games under $40, ranked by total review count.
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By price
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.
- 1Sid Meier’s Civilization VI379,97986.22%86.17%
- 2Hearts of Iron IV361,66089.78%89.83%
- 3Sid Meier's Civilization V211,03095.27%95.60%
- 4Stellaris196,73185.87%85.76%
- 5Total War: WARHAMMER III148,83872.54%71.69%
- 6Crusader Kings III146,93988.04%88.24%
- 7Europa Universalis IV143,22883.29%83.16%
- 8Total War: WARHAMMER II121,47492.40%92.99%
- 9Total War: THREE KINGDOMS93,77282.51%82.23%
- 10Manor Lords91,90484.21%84.10%
- 11Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition88,41687.34%87.58%
- 12Crusader Kings II75,44888.23%88.64%
- 13Total War: SHOGUN 267,94190.87%91.71%
- 14Victoria 362,91270.55%68.23%
- 15Sid Meier's Civilization VII62,19852.61%47.38%
- 16Total War: WARHAMMER52,34879.59%78.53%
- 17Age of History II50,19289.02%89.78%
- 18STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack43,23095.37%97.73%
- 19RISK: Global Domination41,70480.41%79.26%
- 20Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition38,15389.51%90.64%
- 21Total War: ATTILA37,78183.00%82.42%
- 22Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition36,50393.39%95.64%
- 23X4: Foundations30,25181.23%79.92%
- 24HUMANKIND28,83973.27%69.14%
- 25Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition27,65189.94%91.67%
- 26Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic27,40189.58%91.18%
- 27Imperator: Rome27,20870.32%64.86%
- 28Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth23,17668.02%60.61%
- 29Age of Wonders 423,14582.33%81.10%
- 30ENDLESS Space 223,10583.87%83.30%
- 31Victoria II20,39188.67%90.38%
- 32ENDLESS Legend19,08684.07%83.49%
- 33Empires of the Undergrowth18,94591.19%94.36%
- 34Age of History 318,82485.06%84.99%
- 35Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War18,78082.91%81.70%
- 36Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,35190.14%93.17%
- 37Armello16,06683.12%81.84%
- 38Iron Harvest15,99377.43%72.59%
- 39A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA14,90376.44%70.57%
- 40Planetary Annihilation: TITANS14,71484.72%84.40%
- 41Kingdom Heroes 814,71166.76%54.23%
- 42Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance14,39191.99%96.72%
- 43Total War: ROME REMASTERED13,79680.51%77.12%
- 44Dune: Spice Wars13,57581.68%79.11%
- 45Age of Wonders III13,01281.68%78.98%
- 46Supreme Commander 212,98186.89%88.21%
- 47Norland10,49583.36%81.63%
- 48Galactic Civilizations III10,40080.83%76.65%
- 49Terra Invicta9,94182.72%80.25%
- 50ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition9,60982.92%80.57%
- 51Steel Division 29,60182.36%79.42%
- 52Stronghold Kingdoms9,58874.61%63.59%
- 53Songs of Syx9,28289.55%94.25%
- 54Ultimate General: Civil War8,61186.87%88.83%
- 55Heroes' Vow: Three Kingdoms8,21486.65%88.43%
- 56Master of Orion8,19381.55%77.13%
- 57Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts7,99774.38%60.87%
- 58Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,81287.07%89.49%
- 59Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII7,62473.43%58.01%
- 60Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 27,50084.91%84.55%
- 61Terraforming Mars7,25479.04%70.57%
- 62Phoenix Point7,19980.48%73.14%
- 63Old World6,90684.44%82.51%
- 64Blood of Steel6,90581.21%75.47%
- 65Prehistoric Kingdom6,80787.54%90.14%
- 66Knights of Honor II: Sovereign6,71982.34%77.23%
- 67Airships: Conquer the Skies6,61989.46%95.92%
- 68Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew6,58487.87%91.04%
- 69Democracy 46,40484.22%81.79%
- 70Call of War: World War 26,38580.15%71.34%
- 71Hearts of Iron III6,08482.07%75.99%
- 72CONFLICT OF NATIONS: WORLD WAR 35,99481.24%74.66%
- 73Xenonauts 25,84783.79%81.41%
- 74Total War: PHARAOH5,42077.80%63.08%
- 75Total Conflict: Resistance5,35981.67%74.01%
- 76Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword5,09888.91%96.23%
- 77Sailing Era5,08982.98%78.66%
- 78Xenonauts5,07586.09%86.72%
- 79Creeper World 44,73188.31%94.93%
- 80NEBULOUS: Fleet Command4,43883.93%81.10%
- 81Dune: Imperium4,40487.88%94.01%
- 82Fantasy Map Simulator4,35086.39%89.17%
- 83Supremacy 1914: World War 14,34882.13%73.74%
- 84Cataclismo4,34786.28%88.80%
- 85Panzer Corps 24,19985.46%84.71%
- 86Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit4,12287.30%92.46%
- 87Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord3,95780.39%68.28%
- 88ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE3,95075.18%49.87%
- 89A Total War Saga: TROY3,83181.43%71.63%
- 90Millennia3,78480.14%66.83%
- 91Carrier Command 23,77884.63%81.60%
- 92Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,67587.57%92.44%
- 93Anno 1404 - History Edition3,61584.45%82.43%
- 94Starpoint Gemini Warlords3,59882.41%73.07%
- 95Distant Worlds 23,56381.97%71.29%
- 96Star Trek: Infinite3,52274.07%42.53%
- 97The Great War: Western Front3,30080.94%66.27%
- 98Dummynation3,27385.85%87.90%
- 99Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 73,06483.89%79.67%
- 100Oriental Empires3,00984.56%80.53%
