Best Rated RTS Games Under $20
The best rated RTS 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.
- 1Dyson Sphere Program91,78696.21%97.42%
- 2STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack43,23095.37%97.73%
- 3Age of Empires II (Retired)102,87194.89%95.83%
- 4Kenshi116,86894.77%95.59%
- 5Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun38,47493.79%96.03%
- 6Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,10893.72%97.48%
- 7Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition36,50393.39%95.64%
- 8Mindustry28,19592.97%95.73%
- 9Against the Storm37,56492.49%94.44%
- 10Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance14,39191.99%96.72%
- 11Kingdoms and Castles31,43891.54%93.57%
- 12Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,83491.44%96.68%
- 13Empires of the Undergrowth18,94591.19%94.36%
- 14Company of Heroes18,78591.08%94.22%
- 15Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,90991.01%94.68%
- 16Stronghold HD (2012)10,44590.76%95.53%
- 17Brutal Legend20,47690.54%93.16%
- 18Rusted Warfare - RTS7,59790.33%96.33%
- 19Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)11,95590.31%94.60%
- 20Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,35190.14%93.17%
- 21Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition27,65189.94%91.67%
- 22Bad North: Jotunn Edition14,33989.94%93.26%
- 23Door Kickers10,05889.70%94.18%
- 24Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic27,40189.58%91.18%
- 25Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition38,15389.51%90.64%
- 26Banished43,35089.45%90.43%
- 27Command & Conquer Remastered Collection35,04589.44%90.66%
- 28Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal4,82989.23%96.38%
- 29Emberward4,14088.86%96.93%
- 30Minion Masters65,29288.83%89.39%
- 31Tropico 412,76388.83%91.69%
- 32Victoria II20,39188.67%90.38%
- 33The Wandering Village8,49388.62%91.97%
- 34Halo Wars: Definitive Edition9,55688.24%91.44%
- 35Crusader Kings II75,44888.23%88.64%
- 36Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew6,58487.87%91.04%
- 37Kingdoms Reborn9,73487.75%90.38%
- 38Infested Planet3,04887.15%93.60%
- 39Knights of Honor2,39287.09%92.56%
- 40Supreme Commander 212,98186.89%88.21%
- 41Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,77286.88%88.79%
- 42Homeworld Remastered Collection14,18786.77%87.89%
- 43Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic)13,98086.58%87.58%
- 44Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game2,10386.48%89.82%
- 45Clanfolk4,06286.39%91.61%
- 46Element TD 2 - Tower Defense3,23486.38%90.11%
- 47Breakout 137,49286.37%87.95%
- 48Cataclismo4,34786.28%88.80%
- 49Dawn of Man17,85486.22%86.80%
- 50Anomaly: Warzone Earth4,69386.14%86.92%
- 51Atom Zombie Smasher2,10785.98%89.75%
- 52GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath2,87685.95%88.63%
- 53Border Pioneer1,92385.90%86.53%
- 54Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,38785.87%86.53%
- 55Dummynation3,27385.85%87.90%
- 56DEFCON4,33685.85%87.38%
- 57Warpips5,21485.84%87.11%
- 58Cavalry Girls1,99185.81%88.95%
- 59CastleStorm1,63385.77%89.34%
- 60Unholy Heights1,65285.75%89.16%
- 61Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,73785.73%87.72%
- 62Reshaping Mars83385.66%84.27%
- 63Survivalist: Invisible Strain4,55685.62%86.59%
- 64Grim Nights1,55285.56%88.02%
- 65DG2: Defense Grid 23,46485.56%86.63%
- 66Fly Corp3,41985.55%84.91%
- 67Buggos1,43685.52%87.88%
- 68Swarm Queen41285.48%92.72%
- 69AI War 21,56385.46%87.27%
- 70Winter Falling: Battle Tactics48585.40%89.90%
- 71Screeps: World2,09885.39%86.37%
- 72Tower Dominion5,59385.34%85.62%
- 73Frontline Crisis39785.29%87.91%
- 74Northgard: Definitive Edition68,76785.24%85.25%
- 75Knights and Merchants4,96185.19%85.20%
- 76Natural Selection 213,37285.15%85.13%
- 77Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity81885.15%77.51%
- 78Roma Invicta25385.13%83.00%
- 79War Selection23,62885.12%85.09%
- 80Age of History 318,82485.06%84.99%
- 81Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense79985.05%86.23%
- 82Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest86985.02%83.20%
- 83Zombie Defense2,17684.96%83.96%
- 84Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 27,50084.91%84.55%
- 85Loopstructor38484.88%83.07%
- 86AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.77%82.25%
- 87Rise of Legions1,62084.74%82.04%
- 88AirMech Strike10,86484.66%84.18%
- 89Age of Empires: Definitive Edition15,67484.63%84.29%
- 90Gods and Idols75884.59%69.00%
- 91Oriental Empires3,00984.56%80.53%
- 92Operation: Polygon Storm29284.51%69.52%
- 93Europa Universalis III Complete2,05484.50%81.16%
- 94Anno 1404 - History Edition3,61584.45%82.43%
- 95Age of Conquest IV2,82384.43%81.76%
- 96Warstone TD3,89284.41%82.43%
- 97SuperPower 2 Steam Edition2,85884.36%79.39%
- 98Halo: Spartan Strike1,70984.35%79.46%
- 99Planet TD27784.33%61.73%
- 100Mech Engineer96784.24%74.46%
