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 Program90,84996.29%97.49%
- 2STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack42,51495.37%97.72%
- 3Age of Empires II (Retired)102,60094.90%95.83%
- 4Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition178,93494.45%94.95%
- 5Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun38,26293.82%96.02%
- 6Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)20,90593.61%97.55%
- 7Mindustry26,85692.96%95.78%
- 8Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance14,18492.04%96.73%
- 9Kingdoms and Castles31,13791.56%93.54%
- 10Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,45091.19%96.75%
- 11Company of Heroes18,41391.17%94.31%
- 12Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,68491.05%94.66%
- 13Total War: SHOGUN 266,99090.95%91.78%
- 14Brutal Legend20,16890.63%93.23%
- 15Stronghold HD (2012)10,32690.55%95.55%
- 16Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)11,84290.40%94.63%
- 17Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,29190.21%93.17%
- 18Hearts of Iron IV366,94990.06%90.19%
- 19Rusted Warfare - RTS7,26090.01%96.36%
- 20Bad North: Jotunn Edition13,84189.95%93.24%
- 21Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition27,16189.93%91.60%
- 22Victoria II19,94189.90%92.16%
- 23Door Kickers10,02389.79%94.18%
- 24Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition37,64189.57%90.68%
- 25Command & Conquer Remastered Collection34,66489.50%90.68%
- 26Banished43,15689.47%90.41%
- 27Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal4,79888.97%96.42%
- 28Tropico 412,69188.93%91.71%
- 29Age of Mythology: Retold22,61888.91%90.47%
- 30Emberward3,70788.50%96.90%
- 31The Wandering Village8,22488.33%91.90%
- 32Halo Wars: Definitive Edition9,30988.29%91.40%
- 33Kingdoms Reborn9,62387.91%90.53%
- 34Infested Planet3,02987.30%93.60%
- 35Supreme Commander 212,86286.96%88.18%
- 36112 Operator7,23286.90%88.98%
- 37Aliens: Dark Descent18,16686.88%87.70%
- 38Knights of Honor2,37286.78%92.62%
- 39Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,65286.64%88.84%
- 40Element TD 2 - Tower Defense3,20486.56%90.20%
- 41Breakout 137,42086.50%88.01%
- 42Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game2,08286.15%89.82%
- 43Atom Zombie Smasher2,09386.13%89.68%
- 44GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath2,84286.11%88.63%
- 45Warpips5,10186.03%87.30%
- 46DEFCON4,30886.00%87.42%
- 47Dummynation3,09385.99%87.91%
- 48Cavalry Girls1,95785.96%88.86%
- 49CastleStorm1,61785.94%89.30%
- 50Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,66785.93%87.55%
- 51Unholy Heights1,63585.93%89.24%
- 52Anomaly: Warzone Earth4,67885.90%86.98%
- 53Survivalist: Invisible Strain4,27985.90%86.82%
- 54Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,09185.87%86.35%
- 55Grim Nights1,54285.73%87.94%
- 56AI War 21,54585.69%87.64%
- 57Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition93,24185.69%85.72%
- 58Swarm Queen39785.67%92.70%
- 59Buggos1,37085.67%87.66%
- 60DG2: Defense Grid 23,40285.64%86.39%
- 61Winter Falling: Battle Tactics47785.64%90.78%
- 62Border Pioneer1,83385.62%86.85%
- 63Screeps: World2,07785.59%86.52%
- 64Tower Dominion5,06285.52%85.78%
- 65Frontline Crisis38585.48%87.79%
- 66Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense75685.47%86.51%
- 67Diplomacy is Not an Option12,08785.44%85.48%
- 68Loopstructor37885.33%83.60%
- 69Roma Invicta24885.33%82.66%
- 70Knights and Merchants4,94585.32%85.18%
- 71Reshaping Mars83085.32%84.46%
- 72Fly Corp3,34485.31%85.05%
- 73Age of History 317,98885.27%85.20%
- 74Natural Selection 213,34285.21%85.08%
- 75Europa Universalis III Complete1,99285.04%83.28%
- 76Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 27,26884.97%84.40%
- 77Operation: Polygon Storm28984.97%70.24%
- 78AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.95%82.18%
- 79Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity81484.79%77.40%
- 80Planet TD27684.76%61.96%
- 81Age of Empires: Definitive Edition15,39084.70%84.26%
- 82UBOAT26,62684.65%84.36%
- 83Anno 1404 - History Edition3,51884.61%82.40%
- 84Halo: Spartan Strike1,67084.61%79.94%
- 85Warstone TD3,88384.56%82.41%
- 86Nebuchadnezzar1,80884.50%78.98%
- 87Mech Engineer92684.45%74.30%
- 88Taur2,09384.44%79.89%
- 89Mechabellum18,71184.37%83.82%
- 90Survivalist2,56884.30%80.06%
