Best Value Grand Strategy Games Under $20
The Grand Strategy games on Steam games under $20 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.
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By price
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.
- 1Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword$0.02/1hr394h88.75%96.23%
- 2Sid Meier's Civilization V$0.04/1hr184h95.12%95.60%
- 3Sid Meier’s Civilization VI$0.04/1hr136h86.06%86.09%
- 4Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.08/1hr63h86.94%89.47%
- 5Victoria 3$0.09/1hr164h72.42%70.34%
- 6Anno 1404 - History Edition$0.12/1hr36h84.31%82.44%
- 7Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War$0.15/1hr26h82.85%81.70%
- 8Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance$0.16/1hr84h91.87%96.70%
- 9Age of History II$0.17/1hr35h89.02%89.83%
- 10Unity of Command II$0.18/1hr25h84.04%79.72%
- 11Panzer Corps 2$0.19/1hr86h84.90%84.72%
- 12Victoria II$0.19/1hr107h89.75%92.14%
- 13Sailing Era$0.19/1hr59h82.81%78.48%
- 14Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth$0.19/1hr52h67.94%60.56%
- 15Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms$0.22/1hr90h86.58%88.58%
- 16Age of History 3$0.22/1hr29h85.04%85.08%
- 17Distant Worlds 2$0.24/1hr73h81.40%71.30%
- 18Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion$0.32/1hr63h90.06%93.17%
- 19NEBULOUS: Fleet Command$0.36/1hr42h83.84%81.24%
- 20STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack$0.40/1hr50h95.32%97.73%
- 21Dune: Imperium$0.41/1hr36h87.70%94.06%
- 22Supreme Commander 2$0.44/1hr30h86.81%88.23%
- 23Heart of the Machine$0.47/1hr26h86.12%91.61%
- 24Dummynation$0.56/1hr21h85.65%87.76%
- 25Hearts of Iron III$0.58/1hr17h81.63%76.10%
- 26Terraforming Mars$0.61/1hr33h78.92%70.53%
- 27Fantasy Map Simulator$0.66/1hr12h86.19%89.06%
- 28City Bus Manager$0.73/1hr25h86.27%90.87%
- 29ZEPHON$0.82/1hr22h84.73%83.41%
- 30Buggos$0.95/1hr11h85.34%87.90%
- 31Breachway$1.40/1hr14h83.79%75.66%
- 32Hexarchy$2.24/1hr9h84.55%81.88%
- 33Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2$3.14/1hr6h84.77%84.49%
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.