Best Rated Grand Strategy Games Under $40
The best rated Grand Strategy games on Steam for games under $40. 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 Pack43,17795.40%97.73%
- 2Sid Meier's Civilization V210,80695.14%95.60%
- 3Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition36,44393.42%95.64%
- 4Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance14,37292.09%96.73%
- 5Empires of the Undergrowth18,90591.26%94.36%
- 6Total War: SHOGUN 267,69490.98%91.81%
- 7Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,34890.23%93.18%
- 8Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition27,61389.98%91.67%
- 9Crusader Kings II73,93789.91%90.53%
- 10Victoria II20,02489.91%92.15%
- 11Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic27,33289.62%91.19%
- 12Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition38,11589.54%90.65%
- 13Songs of Syx9,23489.34%94.28%
- 14Airships: Conquer the Skies6,60889.20%95.88%
- 15Age of History II50,01189.09%89.84%
- 16Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword5,07788.63%96.22%
- 17Creeper World 44,72888.46%94.92%
- 18Dune: Imperium4,38688.04%94.05%
- 19Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition88,31187.35%87.58%
- 20Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew6,56787.26%91.05%
- 21Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,80287.19%89.48%
- 22Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit4,11187.01%92.46%
- 23Ultimate General: Civil War8,60187.01%88.86%
- 24Supreme Commander 212,97686.99%88.21%
- 25Prehistoric Kingdom6,73586.89%90.02%
- 26Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,66886.82%92.39%
- 27Master of Orion 21,75386.52%96.46%
- 28Heart of the Machine2,12286.47%91.47%
- 29Heroes' Vow: Three Kingdoms8,10986.46%88.53%
- 30Cataclismo4,34186.42%88.74%
- 31Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith2,17286.40%93.88%
- 32Spirit Island1,68786.34%91.82%
- 33Panzer Corps Gold2,73686.31%91.92%
- 34Knights of Honor2,39286.28%92.56%
- 35Tiny Civilization2,18886.25%93.01%
- 36Sid Meier’s Civilization VI379,08586.13%86.15%
- 37City Bus Manager2,86086.12%90.80%
- 38Fantasy Map Simulator4,32686.11%89.18%
- 39Dummynation3,25786.01%87.84%
- 40Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,67285.78%87.98%
- 41AI War 21,56285.68%87.39%
- 42Buggos1,43585.66%87.94%
- 43Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game2,10085.64%89.76%
- 44Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension1,44985.52%90.68%
- 45Xenonauts5,07485.44%86.74%
- 46Roma Invicta25285.28%82.94%
- 47Age of History 318,73785.16%85.02%
- 48NationWar2:Chronicle42985.10%79.72%
- 49Warlock - Master of the Arcane2,64185.07%86.18%
- 50Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,57785.05%86.75%
- 51Wooden Battles53685.04%79.48%
- 52AI War: Fleet Command1,61284.96%82.20%
- 53Plebby Quest: The Crusades2,90684.93%85.48%
- 54Hexarchy1,64884.92%81.92%
- 55The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia1,62384.86%85.40%
- 56Planetary Annihilation: TITANS14,70384.82%84.41%
- 57Age of Gladiators76784.79%77.71%
- 58Panzer Corps 24,19684.75%84.70%
- 59Interstellar Space: Genesis84884.74%84.32%
- 60Reshaping Mars83284.74%84.25%
- 61Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 27,47184.66%84.50%
- 62Shadow Empire1,95484.58%83.57%
- 63Field of Glory: Empires86984.56%82.05%
- 64Europa Universalis III Complete2,00184.53%83.31%
- 65ZEPHON1,90884.52%83.18%
- 66Ymir1,11684.43%75.63%
- 67Line War1,18384.26%79.88%
- 68Manor Lords91,65184.24%84.12%
- 69Old World6,88484.22%82.50%
- 70Anno 1404 - History Edition3,60084.14%82.39%
- 71Age of Conquest IV2,82084.12%81.77%
- 72Fantasy General II1,97984.09%80.60%
- 73NEBULOUS: Fleet Command4,43284.08%81.09%
- 74ENDLESS Legend19,08183.93%83.49%
- 75Xenonauts 25,81083.93%81.38%
- 76ENDLESS Space 223,09283.93%83.31%
- 77Carrier Command 23,77583.92%81.64%
- 78Songs of Silence2,75583.89%80.69%
- 79Unity of Command II2,20783.84%79.61%
- 80SpellForce: Conquest of Eo2,67583.82%80.26%
- 81Oriental Empires3,00683.79%80.51%
- 82Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition1,71383.63%76.94%
- 83Democracy 46,39783.60%81.77%
- 84SuperPower 2 Steam Edition2,85783.59%79.42%
- 85Breachway1,51683.58%75.66%
- 86Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 73,06183.57%79.65%
- 87Master of Magic1,22883.27%71.01%
- 88Distant Worlds: Universe1,85683.26%75.11%
- 89Norland10,44783.16%81.61%
- 90Total War: ATTILA37,74183.05%82.44%
- 91ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition9,60783.04%80.57%
- 92Armello16,06282.95%81.82%
- 93Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61482.91%75.78%
- 94Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War18,70182.78%81.71%
- 95Galactic Civilizations IV2,59282.70%72.26%
- 96Driftland: The Magic Revival2,01382.69%72.33%
- 97Sailing Era5,07582.68%78.56%
- 98Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes2,52882.68%74.41%
- 99Total War: THREE KINGDOMS93,70582.54%82.25%
- 100Terra Invicta9,88182.54%80.28%
