Best Value RTS Games

The RTS 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. 1Kenshi$0.09/1hr
  2. 2Company of Heroes 2$0.09/1hr
  3. 3Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2$0.10/1hr
  4. 4Company of Heroes$0.12/1hr
  5. 5Anno 1404 - History Edition$0.12/1hr
  6. 6Survivalist: Invisible Strain$0.13/1hr
  7. 7Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun$0.15/1hr
  8. 8Tropico 4$0.15/1hr
  9. 9Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance$0.16/1hr
  10. 10Natural Selection 2$0.16/1hr
  11. 11Mechabellum$0.18/1hr
  12. 12Victoria II$0.19/1hr
  13. 13Sailing Era$0.19/1hr
  14. 14Warpips$0.19/1hr
  15. 15Dyson Sphere Program$0.20/1hr
  16. 16Frostpunk$0.21/1hr
  17. 17Rusted Warfare - RTS$0.21/1hr
  18. 18Terra Invicta$0.22/1hr
  19. 19From the Depths$0.22/1hr
  20. 20Age of History 3$0.22/1hr
  21. 21Distant Worlds 2$0.24/1hr
  22. 22Mindustry$0.26/1hr
  23. 23Planetbase$0.26/1hr
  24. 24Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition$0.26/1hr
  25. 25Bad North: Jotunn Edition$0.28/1hr
  26. 26DG2: Defense Grid 2$0.28/1hr
  27. 27Age of Empires II (Retired)$0.28/1hr
  28. 28Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion$0.32/1hr
  29. 29Crusader Kings III$0.32/1hr
  30. 30Aliens: Dark Descent$0.33/1hr
  31. 31Hearts of Iron IV$0.33/1hr
  32. 32Wargame: Red Dragon$0.33/1hr
  33. 33Dungeons 3$0.34/1hr
  34. 34Anno 1800$0.35/1hr
  35. 35Kingdoms and Castles$0.36/1hr
  36. 36Stronghold HD (2012)$0.37/1hr
  37. 37Tropico 5$0.37/1hr
  38. 38Company of Heroes 3$0.38/1hr
  39. 39Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront$0.39/1hr
  40. 40Total War: THREE KINGDOMS$0.39/1hr
  41. 41Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition$0.39/1hr
  42. 42STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack$0.40/1hr
  43. 43Farthest Frontier$0.41/1hr
  44. 44Banished$0.42/1hr
  45. 45Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)$0.42/1hr
  46. 46ENDLESS Space 2$0.42/1hr
  47. 47Airships: Conquer the Skies$0.42/1hr
  48. 48They Are Billions$0.43/1hr
  49. 49Total War: SHOGUN 2$0.43/1hr
  50. 50Kingdoms Reborn$0.43/1hr
  51. 51Supreme Commander 2$0.44/1hr
  52. 52Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III$0.44/1hr
  53. 53Clanfolk$0.44/1hr
  54. 54Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts$0.46/1hr
  55. 55Going Medieval$0.46/1hr
  56. 56Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition$0.46/1hr
  57. 57Colony Survival$0.47/1hr
  58. 58Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense$0.47/1hr
  59. 59Tower Dominion$0.47/1hr
  60. 60Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation$0.48/1hr
  61. 61Gladiator Guild Manager$0.48/1hr
  62. 62Foundation$0.49/1hr
  63. 63Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic)$0.49/1hr
  64. 64Creeper World 4$0.49/1hr
  65. 65Last Train Home$0.51/1hr
  66. 66Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition$0.52/1hr
  67. 67Border Pioneer$0.52/1hr
  68. 68Total War: WARHAMMER II$0.53/1hr
  69. 69The Crust$0.53/1hr
  70. 70Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition$0.55/1hr
  71. 71Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition$0.55/1hr
  72. 72Dummynation$0.56/1hr
  73. 73Planetary Annihilation: TITANS$0.57/1hr
  74. 74Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic$0.57/1hr
  75. 75Hearts of Iron III$0.58/1hr
  76. 76Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition$0.58/1hr
  77. 77Infection Free Zone$0.59/1hr
  78. 78Rise of Nations: Extended Edition$0.59/1hr
  79. 79Dawn of Man$0.61/1hr
  80. 80Against the Storm$0.61/1hr
  81. 81Cossacks 3$0.62/1hr
  82. 82Age of Mythology: Extended Edition$0.62/1hr
  83. 83Call to Arms$0.62/1hr
  84. 84Total War: ATTILA$0.63/1hr
  85. 85Northgard: Definitive Edition$0.64/1hr
  86. 86Fly Corp$0.65/1hr
  87. 87Ultimate General: Civil War$0.66/1hr
  88. 88Command & Conquer Remastered Collection$0.68/1hr
  89. 89Halo: Spartan Strike$0.69/1hr
  90. 90Total War: ROME REMASTERED$0.69/1hr
  91. 91Age of Empires: Definitive Edition$0.70/1hr
  92. 92Outpost: Infinity Siege$0.71/1hr
  93. 93The Wandering Village$0.76/1hr
  94. 94Age of Mythology: Retold$0.77/1hr
  95. 95Total War: WARHAMMER$0.77/1hr
  96. 96Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)$0.77/1hr
  97. 97UBOAT$0.77/1hr
  98. 98Door Kickers 2: Task Force North$0.78/1hr
  99. 99Pioneers of Pagonia$0.78/1hr
  100. 100Age of Darkness: Final Stand$0.79/1hr

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.