Best Rated Grand Strategy Games Under $20
The best rated Grand Strategy games on Steam for games under $20. Scores are weighted by review volume, so small-sample flukes stay off the list.
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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.
- 1STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack42,89895.32%97.73%
- 2Sid Meier's Civilization V210,24295.12%95.60%
- 3Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance14,28191.87%96.70%
- 4Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,31690.06%93.17%
- 5Crusader Kings II73,78789.88%90.54%
- 6Victoria II19,97489.75%92.14%
- 7Age of History II49,85489.02%89.83%
- 8Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword5,03588.75%96.23%
- 9Dune: Imperium4,27387.70%94.06%
- 10Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,63286.96%92.43%
- 11Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,73886.94%89.47%
- 12Supreme Commander 212,91786.81%88.23%
- 13Master of Orion 21,73486.67%96.42%
- 14Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms8,01186.58%88.58%
- 15Tiny Civilization2,17386.46%93.28%
- 16Panzer Corps Gold2,72586.46%91.89%
- 17Knights of Honor2,38186.43%92.52%
- 18City Bus Manager2,81686.27%90.87%
- 19Fantasy Map Simulator4,19686.19%89.06%
- 20Heart of the Machine2,07486.12%91.61%
- 21Sid Meier’s Civilization VI376,70486.06%86.09%
- 22Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game2,08985.82%89.85%
- 23Dummynation3,17985.65%87.76%
- 24Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,65885.41%88.00%
- 25Buggos1,42185.34%87.90%
- 26AI War 21,55185.33%87.56%
- 27Warlock - Master of the Arcane2,63785.23%86.16%
- 28Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,55885.22%86.78%
- 29Plebby Quest: The Crusades2,89785.10%85.54%
- 30Age of History 318,38285.04%85.08%
- 31The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia1,62385.04%85.40%
- 32Reshaping Mars83084.93%84.34%
- 33Roma Invicta24984.92%82.73%
- 34Interstellar Space: Genesis84284.92%84.20%
- 35Panzer Corps 24,16884.90%84.72%
- 36Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 27,39784.77%84.49%
- 37NationWar2:Chronicle42384.76%79.67%
- 38Field of Glory: Empires86884.74%82.03%
- 39ZEPHON1,85784.73%83.41%
- 40Europa Universalis III Complete1,99584.69%83.26%
- 41Wooden Battles53284.68%79.14%
- 42AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.59%82.18%
- 43Hexarchy1,60684.55%81.88%
- 44Age of Gladiators76884.46%77.73%
- 45Anno 1404 - History Edition3,56584.31%82.44%
- 46Age of Conquest IV2,81484.27%81.77%
- 47Fantasy General II1,96884.24%80.49%
- 48Unity of Command II2,17984.04%79.72%
- 49NEBULOUS: Fleet Command4,36583.84%81.24%
- 50Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition1,71083.81%76.96%
- 51Breachway1,46783.79%75.66%
- 52Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 73,03483.76%79.73%
- 53SuperPower 2 Steam Edition2,85283.75%79.45%
- 54Master of Magic1,21583.46%70.95%
- 55Distant Worlds: Universe1,85383.44%75.12%
- 56Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61383.10%75.93%
- 57Driftland: The Magic Revival2,00782.87%72.35%
- 58Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War18,41782.85%81.70%
- 59ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition9,60082.83%80.59%
- 60Sailing Era4,99982.81%78.48%
- 61Three Kingdoms: Innovatory97982.66%58.94%
- 62A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition1,94782.55%70.06%
- 63Medieval: Total War - Collection2,44682.26%71.14%
- 64Floodland1,07882.18%56.22%
- 65Starpoint Gemini Warlords3,58881.87%73.19%
- 66Hearts of Iron III6,07281.63%76.10%
- 67Supremacy 1914: World War 14,31481.62%73.83%
- 68Distant Worlds 23,54081.40%71.30%
- 69Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition95881.39%43.95%
- 70CONFLICT OF NATIONS: WORLD WAR 35,94781.14%74.68%
- 71Blood of Steel6,89581.11%75.49%
- 72RISK: Global Domination41,43280.42%79.33%
- 73Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord3,94580.37%68.69%
- 74Millennia3,77380.05%67.00%
- 75Game of Thrones Winter is Coming2,74679.84%61.14%
- 76Call of War: World War 26,34579.69%71.35%
- 77Terraforming Mars7,21378.92%70.53%
- 78Grand Ages: Medieval1,97378.84%47.74%
- 79Stronghold Kingdoms9,56274.57%63.68%
- 80Star Trek: Infinite3,50073.98%42.54%
- 81Victoria 360,47572.42%70.34%
- 82Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth23,10367.94%60.56%