Best Value Grand Strategy Games

The Grand Strategy games that stretch a budget furthest: median reviewer playtime divided by current price. Pick your currency in the top bar to rank against your local prices.

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Price divided by median reviewer playtime — how much you pay per hour of gameplay. Lower is better. Reviewers tend to sink more hours in than the average owner, so treat this as an optimistic estimate. Free games are excluded because there's no price to divide by.
  1. 1Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword$0.02/1hr
  2. 2Sid Meier's Civilization V$0.04/1hr
  3. 3Sid Meier’s Civilization VI$0.04/1hr
  4. 4Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.08/1hr
  5. 5Victoria 3$0.09/1hr
  6. 6Anno 1404 - History Edition$0.12/1hr
  7. 7Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War$0.15/1hr
  8. 8Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance$0.16/1hr
  9. 9Age of History II$0.17/1hr
  10. 10Unity of Command II$0.18/1hr
  11. 11Panzer Corps 2$0.19/1hr
  12. 12Victoria II$0.19/1hr
  13. 13Sailing Era$0.19/1hr
  14. 14Stellaris$0.19/1hr
  15. 15Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth$0.19/1hr
  16. 16Europa Universalis IV$0.22/1hr
  17. 17Terra Invicta$0.22/1hr
  18. 18Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms$0.22/1hr
  19. 19Age of History 3$0.22/1hr
  20. 20Distant Worlds 2$0.24/1hr
  21. 21Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition$0.26/1hr
  22. 22Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion$0.32/1hr
  23. 23Crusader Kings III$0.32/1hr
  24. 24Hearts of Iron IV$0.33/1hr
  25. 25X4: Foundations$0.34/1hr
  26. 26NEBULOUS: Fleet Command$0.36/1hr
  27. 27Total War: THREE KINGDOMS$0.39/1hr
  28. 28STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack$0.40/1hr
  29. 29Dune: Imperium$0.41/1hr
  30. 30Phoenix Point$0.42/1hr
  31. 31ENDLESS Space 2$0.42/1hr
  32. 32Airships: Conquer the Skies$0.42/1hr
  33. 33Total War: SHOGUN 2$0.43/1hr
  34. 34Supreme Commander 2$0.44/1hr
  35. 35Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit$0.44/1hr
  36. 36Age of Wonders 4$0.45/1hr
  37. 37Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts$0.46/1hr
  38. 38Heart of the Machine$0.47/1hr
  39. 39ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV$0.48/1hr
  40. 40ENDLESS Legend$0.49/1hr
  41. 41Creeper World 4$0.49/1hr
  42. 42Songs of Syx$0.50/1hr
  43. 43Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition$0.52/1hr
  44. 44Total War: WARHAMMER II$0.53/1hr
  45. 45Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition$0.55/1hr
  46. 46Dummynation$0.56/1hr
  47. 47Planetary Annihilation: TITANS$0.57/1hr
  48. 48Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic$0.57/1hr
  49. 49Hearts of Iron III$0.58/1hr
  50. 50Sid Meier's Civilization VII$0.59/1hr
  51. 51Terraforming Mars$0.61/1hr
  52. 52Total War: ATTILA$0.63/1hr
  53. 53Ultimate General: Civil War$0.66/1hr
  54. 54Fantasy Map Simulator$0.66/1hr
  55. 55SpellForce: Conquest of Eo$0.69/1hr
  56. 56Total War: ROME REMASTERED$0.69/1hr
  57. 57Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator$0.70/1hr
  58. 58Imperator: Rome$0.72/1hr
  59. 59City Bus Manager$0.73/1hr
  60. 60Total War: WARHAMMER$0.77/1hr
  61. 61HUMANKIND$0.78/1hr
  62. 62Total War: WARHAMMER III$0.79/1hr
  63. 63ZEPHON$0.82/1hr
  64. 64Armello$0.82/1hr
  65. 65Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition$0.83/1hr
  66. 66Galactic Civilizations IV$0.87/1hr
  67. 67Steel Division 2$0.88/1hr
  68. 68Empires of the Undergrowth$0.91/1hr
  69. 69Manor Lords$0.94/1hr
  70. 70Spirit Island$0.94/1hr
  71. 71Buggos$0.95/1hr
  72. 72Shadow Empire$1.00/1hr
  73. 73Xenonauts 2$1.02/1hr
  74. 74Old World$1.02/1hr
  75. 75Norland$1.05/1hr
  76. 76Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew$1.05/1hr
  77. 77A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA$1.07/1hr
  78. 78Knights of Honor II: Sovereign$1.16/1hr
  79. 79Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)$1.20/1hr
  80. 80Prehistoric Kingdom$1.24/1hr
  81. 81Total Conflict: Resistance$1.26/1hr
  82. 82Cataclismo$1.27/1hr
  83. 83ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE$1.31/1hr
  84. 84Breachway$1.40/1hr
  85. 85Carrier Command 2$1.53/1hr
  86. 86Dune: Spice Wars$1.65/1hr
  87. 87Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII$1.66/1hr
  88. 88A Total War Saga: TROY$1.77/1hr
  89. 89Iron Harvest$2.08/1hr
  90. 90The Great War: Western Front$2.08/1hr
  91. 91Songs of Silence$2.23/1hr
  92. 92Hexarchy$2.24/1hr
  93. 93Total War: PHARAOH$2.56/1hr
  94. 94Democracy 4$2.68/1hr
  95. 95Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition $2.83/1hr
  96. 96Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2$3.14/1hr

How the math works: we sample each game’s Steam reviewers, take the median of their total recorded playtime (lifetime hours, not hours at the time of review), and divide it by the game’s current price in your selected currency. Reviewers usually sink more hours in than the average owner, so the numbers run generous. Free games aren’t listed because there’s no price to divide by, and a game needs playtime data from at least 20 reviewers before it qualifies. All prices are Steam’s own regional prices, never exchange-rate conversions.