Most Reviewed Strategy Games Under $40

The most-reviewed Strategy games for games under $40, ranked by total review count.

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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.
  1. 1Don't Starve Together94.84%
  2. 2Bloons TD 696.90%
  3. 3Hearts of Iron IV90.06%
  4. 4Schedule I97.46%
  5. 5Arma 390.25%
  6. 6Cities: Skylines92.63%
  7. 7Satisfactory96.83%
  8. 8RimWorld97.39%
  9. 9Factorio97.01%
  10. 10Slay the Spire97.03%
  11. 11Sid Meier's Civilization V95.13%
  12. 12Balatro97.25%
  13. 13Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition94.45%
  14. 14Dispatch96.93%
  15. 15Darkest Dungeon91.31%
  16. 16Slay the Spire 264.56%
  17. 17Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition96.94%
  18. 18Totally Accurate Battle Simulator97.04%
  19. 19Hell Let Loose82.03%
  20. 20Inscryption96.11%
  21. 21Frostpunk92.22%
  22. 22Space Engineers88.65%
  23. 23Teardown95.09%
  24. 24Insurgency91.23%
  25. 25Cult of the Lamb95.09%
  26. 26The Long Dark88.73%
  27. 27Conan Exiles Enhanced79.48%
  28. 28Kenshi94.75%
  29. 29Company of Heroes 279.56%
  30. 30House Flipper93.30%
  31. 31XCOM 284.64%
  32. 32Elite Dangerous78.05%
  33. 33Age of Empires II (Retired)94.90%
  34. 34Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition85.69%
  35. 35Black Desert74.78%
  36. 36Total War: THREE KINGDOMS82.52%
  37. 37Cookie Clicker95.36%
  38. 38Dyson Sphere Program96.29%
  39. 39Manor Lords84.43%
  40. 40Barotrauma93.12%
  41. 41FTL: Faster Than Light94.02%
  42. 42Prison Architect88.80%
  43. 43Tabletop Simulator94.67%
  44. 44SPORE91.70%
  45. 45Northgard: Definitive Edition85.31%
  46. 46Total War: SHOGUN 290.95%
  47. 47Plague Inc: Evolved93.05%
  48. 48The Scroll Of Taiwu72.35%
  49. 49Victoria 372.56%
  50. 50Rising Storm 2: Vietnam86.77%
  51. 51XCOM: Enemy Unknown92.05%
  52. 52Liar's Bar89.13%
  53. 53Foxhole80.56%
  54. 54Arma Reforger80.46%
  55. 55They Are Billions85.22%
  56. 56Age of History II89.07%
  57. 57Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition89.21%
  58. 58Volcano Princess95.68%
  59. 59Men of War: Assault Squad 290.16%
  60. 60Love Is All Around91.86%
  61. 61Game Dev Tycoon93.41%
  62. 62For The King87.36%
  63. 63Bodycam77.73%
  64. 64Banished89.47%
  65. 65Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition83.94%
  66. 66Your Only Move Is HUSTLE94.35%
  67. 67Pacify86.01%
  68. 68Library Of Ruina92.73%
  69. 69STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack95.37%
  70. 70Wandering Sword93.05%
  71. 71Timberborn93.83%
  72. 72Kingdom Two Crowns89.24%
  73. 73Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun93.82%
  74. 74Verdun86.01%
  75. 75Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition89.57%
  76. 76L.A. Noire85.77%
  77. 77Town of Salem87.37%
  78. 78Loop Hero91.16%
  79. 79Legend of Mortal77.57%
  80. 80Against the Storm92.63%