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.
- 1Balatro192,69197.25%97.87%
- 2South Park: The Stick of Truth72,70596.10%97.57%
- 3Persona 4 Golden85,10295.80%97.03%
- 4Sid Meier's Civilization V209,75895.13%95.59%
- 5Your Only Move Is HUSTLE42,60994.35%96.45%
- 6Dorfromantik29,27993.57%96.36%
- 7Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition35,87893.41%95.65%
- 8Wandering Sword42,24993.05%94.86%
- 9Library Of Ruina42,51692.73%94.45%
- 10Monster Train22,84392.69%95.88%
- 11Tactical Breach Wizards11,79892.22%98.00%
- 12XCOM: Enemy Unknown58,26292.05%93.19%
- 13Sultan's Game34,11091.93%93.84%
- 14West of Loathing10,18191.60%97.69%
- 15Into the Breach21,98091.48%94.24%
- 16Wildermyth18,15891.39%94.69%
- 17ShellShock Live35,49291.34%93.01%
- 18ISLANDERS16,74991.06%94.45%
- 19Total War: SHOGUN 266,99090.95%91.78%
- 20Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga14,53290.80%94.53%
- 215D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel8,86890.65%96.58%
- 229 Kings21,98790.42%92.70%
- 23Monster Train 29,73690.36%95.46%
- 24Wingspan11,66590.18%94.28%
- 25WitchSpring R7,99590.08%95.95%
- 26Turmoil15,92590.06%92.99%
- 27Worms Armageddon10,78590.03%94.33%
- 28Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition27,16189.93%91.60%
- 29The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky10,30089.74%93.97%
- 30Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition37,64189.57%90.68%
- 31TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children9,72589.42%93.56%
- 32Shogun Showdown6,77589.37%95.23%
- 33Age of History II49,64789.07%89.81%
- 34Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword4,98588.99%96.21%
- 35The Last Spell13,36688.86%91.46%
- 36StarVaders4,15488.84%97.14%
- 37Child of Light13,44388.84%91.40%
- 38Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus14,36688.83%91.22%
- 39Pit People8,13388.73%92.83%
- 40Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden20,46388.65%90.24%
- 41SteamWorld Heist6,17588.64%93.89%
- 42Cobalt Core4,25288.58%96.07%
- 43The Battle of Polytopia5,86688.54%93.91%
- 44Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition32,21688.43%89.37%
- 45Terminus: Zombie Survivors4,42588.09%94.19%
- 46Valkyria Chronicles13,20988.02%90.01%
- 47Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate7,27887.82%91.15%
- 48The Banner Saga15,88787.59%88.98%
- 49dotAGE2,62687.53%95.24%
- 50Invisible, Inc.5,73887.53%91.25%
- 51Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit4,03387.43%92.49%
- 52For The King43,43687.36%87.81%
- 53Battle Brothers27,61987.34%88.05%
- 54Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles4,47787.33%91.65%
- 55Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,60787.25%92.40%
- 56Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,67287.16%89.46%
- 57Alina of the Arena3,94087.13%91.55%
- 58Shadowrun Returns13,61387.10%88.35%
- 59Die in the Dungeon3,28787.08%92.21%
- 60Esports Godfather4,48087.05%90.76%
- 61Ultimate General: Civil War8,48487.03%88.97%
- 62Master of Orion 21,71887.01%96.45%
- 63Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut6,52286.95%89.33%
- 64Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith2,16786.90%93.86%
- 65Slipways2,28386.80%92.95%
- 66Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms7,89386.78%88.53%
- 67Panzer Corps Gold2,71886.78%91.87%
- 68Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend2,05686.72%93.19%
- 69Fights in Tight Spaces3,86786.67%89.99%
- 70Gordian Quest5,97686.64%88.74%
- 71Legend Creatures(传奇生物)3,94686.64%89.81%
- 72Worms Ultimate Mayhem6,18986.63%88.64%
- 73Curious Expedition 24,11086.51%89.25%
- 74Heart of the Machine2,01186.51%92.04%
- 75Scythe: Digital Edition3,79286.50%89.43%
- 76Cauldron1,65386.49%93.16%
- 77LONESTAR2,39186.48%91.05%
- 78Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,12186.46%95.99%
- 79Dungeon Clawler3,78786.44%89.23%
- 80Through the Ages2,32686.42%90.84%
- 81Terra Nil8,52386.39%87.56%
- 82Predynastic Egypt1,91186.38%91.58%
- 8360 Parsecs!4,04686.35%88.73%
- 84Worms Revolution9,04886.28%87.27%
- 85Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark6,31186.27%87.66%
- 86Terraformers3,69386.23%88.49%
- 87The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos7,98586.18%87.16%
- 88Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game4,00186.17%88.10%
- 89Thea: The Awakening3,76986.12%88.06%
- 90挂机神话1,73686.07%89.98%
- 91Wartales34,94386.06%86.25%
- 92Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension1,45086.05%90.62%
- 93TerraScape2,16586.05%89.10%
- 94Conquest of Elysium 51,78786.05%89.70%
- 95Backpack Hero8,40686.00%86.72%
- 96Hadean Tactics1,89385.98%89.12%
- 97Football, Tactics & Glory4,23885.95%87.28%
- 98Banner of the Maid8,19185.94%86.62%
- 99Preserve73285.92%93.17%
