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.
- 1Balatro195,63497.24%97.85%
- 2South Park: The Stick of Truth73,11596.10%97.56%
- 3Persona 4 Golden86,37695.84%97.04%
- 4Sid Meier's Civilization V210,25595.14%95.60%
- 5Your Only Move Is HUSTLE44,07294.44%96.48%
- 6Dorfromantik29,47693.59%96.35%
- 7Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition36,17593.45%95.66%
- 8Wandering Sword43,61393.11%94.86%
- 9Library Of Ruina43,97592.79%94.46%
- 10Monster Train22,89892.71%95.87%
- 11Tactical Breach Wizards11,99892.27%97.95%
- 12XCOM: Enemy Unknown58,44192.08%93.21%
- 13Sultan's Game34,63891.96%93.83%
- 14West of Loathing10,24591.64%97.68%
- 15Into the Breach22,13091.50%94.23%
- 16Wildermyth18,20591.41%94.68%
- 17ShellShock Live35,55991.32%92.97%
- 18ISLANDERS16,77691.08%94.43%
- 19Total War: SHOGUN 267,37890.98%91.80%
- 20Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga14,66590.84%94.51%
- 215D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel8,92890.70%96.58%
- 22Monster Train 29,99790.39%95.32%
- 23Wingspan11,85790.24%94.27%
- 249 Kings22,60390.19%92.49%
- 25WitchSpring R8,11590.13%95.90%
- 26Worms Armageddon10,85090.08%94.34%
- 27Turmoil16,06290.07%92.95%
- 28Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition27,38489.98%91.63%
- 29The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky10,34689.80%94.00%
- 30Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition37,88889.57%90.66%
- 31Shogun Showdown6,90789.43%95.19%
- 32TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children9,77989.43%93.50%
- 33Age of History II49,85889.10%89.83%
- 34Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword5,03589.06%96.23%
- 35The Last Spell13,53188.89%91.43%
- 36Child of Light13,47188.86%91.38%
- 37Pit People8,15788.76%92.82%
- 38SteamWorld Heist6,20788.69%93.89%
- 39Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden20,50588.67%90.23%
- 40The Battle of Polytopia5,94988.62%93.95%
- 41StarVaders4,25088.60%97.13%
- 42Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus14,56188.57%91.04%
- 43Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition32,61988.40%89.30%
- 44Cobalt Core4,34388.31%95.99%
- 45Valkyria Chronicles13,26588.02%89.95%
- 46Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate7,36887.82%91.04%
- 47Terminus: Zombie Survivors4,45487.82%94.19%
- 48The Banner Saga15,92287.61%88.97%
- 49dotAGE2,66787.48%95.09%
- 50Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit4,07787.47%92.42%
- 51Battle Brothers28,38387.42%88.12%
- 52For The King43,60187.33%87.76%
- 53Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,63287.31%92.43%
- 54Invisible, Inc.5,75787.28%91.28%
- 55Toribash16,82187.28%88.37%
- 56Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,73887.20%89.47%
- 57Shadowrun Returns13,66087.12%88.35%
- 58Esports Godfather4,52587.12%90.81%
- 59Master of Orion 21,73487.07%96.42%
- 60Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles4,48987.06%91.69%
- 61Ultimate General: Civil War8,54787.05%88.92%
- 62Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut6,54886.98%89.31%
- 63Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith2,17186.96%93.87%
- 64Slipways2,30286.85%92.92%
- 65Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms8,01486.85%88.58%
- 66Alina of the Arena3,95886.84%91.54%
- 67Panzer Corps Gold2,72686.83%91.89%
- 68Die in the Dungeon3,40986.80%92.14%
- 69Worms Ultimate Mayhem6,23086.66%88.60%
- 70Scythe: Digital Edition3,80786.55%89.44%
- 71Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,13886.54%96.05%
- 72Heart of the Machine2,07586.51%91.61%
- 73Through the Ages2,33386.49%90.91%
- 74Predynastic Egypt1,92186.44%91.57%
- 75Terra Nil8,66586.39%87.48%
- 76Fights in Tight Spaces3,90486.39%90.01%
- 77Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend2,09386.37%93.02%
- 78Gordian Quest5,99886.37%88.68%
- 79Worms Revolution9,08086.32%87.28%
- 80Legend Creatures(传奇生物)3,94686.31%89.81%
- 81Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark6,33586.28%87.58%
- 82Terraformers3,71986.25%88.41%
- 83Curious Expedition 24,13086.23%89.25%
- 84Cauldron1,70086.17%93.18%
- 85LONESTAR2,41986.16%91.03%
- 86Thea: The Awakening3,77386.16%88.02%
- 87Conquest of Elysium 51,87586.15%89.87%
- 88Dungeon Clawler3,90086.14%89.10%
- 89Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension1,45086.12%90.69%
- 90Sid Meier’s Civilization VI376,76386.07%86.09%
- 9160 Parsecs!4,07886.06%88.72%
- 92Football, Tactics & Glory4,34885.97%87.14%
- 93The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos8,03085.96%87.17%
- 94Nexus 5X93885.92%90.94%
- 95Xenonauts5,05885.90%86.77%
- 96Banner of the Maid8,30685.89%86.42%
- 97Wartales35,34785.86%85.98%
- 98Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game4,08185.86%88.02%
- 99Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,65885.81%88.00%
- 100军团战棋Legion War82485.78%89.68%