Best Rated Turn-Based Strategy Games Under $40
The best rated Turn-Based 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.
- 1Balatro195,58197.22%97.85%
- 2South Park: The Stick of Truth73,10696.05%97.56%
- 3Persona 4 Golden86,33695.79%97.04%
- 4Sid Meier's Civilization V210,24295.12%95.60%
- 5Your Only Move Is HUSTLE44,04294.35%96.48%
- 6Dorfromantik29,47093.47%96.35%
- 7Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition36,16893.34%95.66%
- 8Wandering Sword43,57493.02%94.87%
- 9Library Of Ruina43,94992.71%94.47%
- 10Monster Train22,89792.56%95.87%
- 11Tactical Breach Wizards11,99292.05%97.95%
- 12XCOM: Enemy Unknown58,44092.01%93.21%
- 13Sultan's Game34,62691.85%93.83%
- 14West of Loathing10,24491.40%97.68%
- 15Into the Breach22,12691.35%94.23%
- 16Wildermyth18,20091.24%94.68%
- 17ShellShock Live35,55891.21%92.97%
- 18Total War: SHOGUN 267,37190.92%91.80%
- 19ISLANDERS16,77590.90%94.43%
- 20Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga14,66290.65%94.51%
- 215D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel8,92790.45%96.58%
- 229 Kings22,60390.19%92.49%
- 23Monster Train 29,99090.14%95.32%
- 24Wingspan11,85590.02%94.26%
- 25Turmoil16,06089.89%92.95%
- 26WitchSpring R8,11189.87%95.89%
- 27Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition27,37789.85%91.63%
- 28Worms Armageddon10,84889.85%94.34%
- 29The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky10,34589.56%94.00%
- 30Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition37,88689.48%90.67%
- 31TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children9,77689.19%93.49%
- 32Shogun Showdown6,90289.15%95.19%
- 33Age of History II49,85489.02%89.83%
- 34Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword5,03588.75%96.23%
- 35The Last Spell13,52988.69%91.43%
- 36Child of Light13,46988.66%91.39%
- 37StarVaders4,25088.60%97.13%
- 38Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus14,56188.57%91.04%
- 39Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden20,50688.51%90.23%
- 40Pit People8,15688.50%92.82%
- 41SteamWorld Heist6,20688.39%93.89%
- 42The Battle of Polytopia5,94788.32%93.95%
- 43Cobalt Core4,34388.31%95.99%
- 44Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition32,60788.29%89.30%
- 45Terminus: Zombie Survivors4,45487.82%94.19%
- 46Valkyria Chronicles13,26487.81%89.95%
- 47Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate7,36887.55%91.04%
- 48The Banner Saga15,92187.43%88.98%
- 49Battle Brothers28,36187.30%88.12%
- 50Invisible, Inc.5,75787.28%91.28%
- 51For The King43,59987.24%87.76%
- 52Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit4,07687.14%92.44%
- 53dotAGE2,66887.11%95.09%
- 54Toribash16,82087.10%88.37%
- 55Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles4,48987.06%91.69%
- 56Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,63286.96%92.43%
- 57Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,73886.94%89.47%
- 58Shadowrun Returns13,65886.92%88.34%
- 59Alina of the Arena3,95886.84%91.54%
- 60Die in the Dungeon3,40986.80%92.14%
- 61Esports Godfather4,52586.79%90.81%
- 62Ultimate General: Civil War8,54586.79%88.92%
- 63Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut6,54586.69%89.30%
- 64Master of Orion 21,73486.67%96.42%
- 65Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms8,01186.58%88.58%
- 66Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith2,17186.57%93.87%
- 67Slipways2,30186.46%92.92%
- 68Panzer Corps Gold2,72586.46%91.89%
- 69Fights in Tight Spaces3,90486.39%90.01%
- 70Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend2,09386.37%93.02%
- 71Worms Ultimate Mayhem6,23086.37%88.60%
- 72Gordian Quest5,99886.37%88.68%
- 73Legend Creatures(传奇生物)3,94686.31%89.81%
- 74Curious Expedition 24,13086.23%89.25%
- 75Scythe: Digital Edition3,80786.21%89.44%
- 76Cauldron1,70086.17%93.18%
- 77LONESTAR2,41986.16%91.03%
- 78Terra Nil8,66386.14%87.48%
- 79Dungeon Clawler3,90086.14%89.10%
- 80Heart of the Machine2,07486.12%91.61%
- 81Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,13786.11%96.04%
- 82Through the Ages2,33386.10%90.91%
- 83Worms Revolution9,08086.07%87.28%
- 8460 Parsecs!4,07886.06%88.72%
- 85Sid Meier’s Civilization VI376,70486.06%86.09%
- 86Predynastic Egypt1,92186.04%91.57%
- 87Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark6,33585.99%87.58%
- 88The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos8,03085.96%87.17%
- 89Terraformers3,71985.91%88.41%
- 90Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game4,08185.86%88.02%
- 91Thea: The Awakening3,77385.81%88.02%
- 92Wartales35,33385.76%85.98%
- 93Conquest of Elysium 51,87385.75%89.86%
- 94挂机神话1,73585.72%89.97%
- 95Backpack Hero8,46385.71%86.57%
- 96Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension1,45085.70%90.69%
- 97Hadean Tactics1,91785.67%89.25%
- 98TerraScape2,20485.66%88.75%
- 99Banner of the Maid8,30685.63%86.42%
- 100Football, Tactics & Glory4,34585.63%87.13%
