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. 1Mechabellum$0.11/1hr
  2. 2Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2$0.13/1hr
  3. 3Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance$0.15/1hr
  4. 4Supreme Commander 2$0.15/1hr
  5. 5Dyson Sphere Program$0.16/1hr
  6. 6Mindustry$0.18/1hr
  7. 7Hearts of Iron IV$0.19/1hr
  8. 8Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition$0.19/1hr
  9. 9Age of Empires II (Retired)$0.19/1hr
  10. 10Rusted Warfare - RTS$0.20/1hr
  11. 11Warpips$0.21/1hr
  12. 12Frostpunk$0.21/1hr
  13. 13Tower Dominion$0.24/1hr
  14. 14Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition$0.24/1hr
  15. 15Company of Heroes$0.25/1hr
  16. 16Victoria II$0.25/1hr
  17. 17DG2: Defense Grid 2$0.25/1hr
  18. 18Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition$0.26/1hr
  19. 19Tropico 4$0.26/1hr
  20. 20Crusader Kings III$0.26/1hr
  21. 21Survivalist: Invisible Strain$0.27/1hr
  22. 22Airships: Conquer the Skies$0.27/1hr
  23. 23Planetbase$0.29/1hr
  24. 24Ultimate General: Civil War$0.29/1hr
  25. 25Kenshi$0.29/1hr
  26. 26Total War: ATTILA$0.30/1hr
  27. 27Gladiator Guild Manager$0.30/1hr
  28. 28They Are Billions$0.30/1hr
  29. 29STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack$0.30/1hr
  30. 30From the Depths$0.31/1hr
  31. 31Sailing Era$0.31/1hr
  32. 32Anno 1404 - History Edition$0.31/1hr
  33. 33Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition$0.32/1hr
  34. 34Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront$0.34/1hr
  35. 35Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts$0.34/1hr
  36. 36Total War: SHOGUN 2$0.34/1hr
  37. 37Age of History 3$0.35/1hr
  38. 38Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic)$0.36/1hr
  39. 39Aliens: Dark Descent$0.36/1hr
  40. 40Against the Storm$0.37/1hr
  41. 41Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition$0.37/1hr
  42. 42Terra Invicta$0.38/1hr
  43. 43Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation$0.39/1hr
  44. 44Banished$0.39/1hr
  45. 45Company of Heroes 2$0.40/1hr
  46. 46Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)$0.41/1hr
  47. 47Castle Story$0.41/1hr
  48. 48Tropico 5$0.42/1hr
  49. 49Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense$0.42/1hr
  50. 50IXION$0.42/1hr
  51. 51Men of War: Assault Squad 2$0.42/1hr
  52. 52Kingdoms Reborn$0.42/1hr
  53. 53Colony Survival$0.43/1hr
  54. 54Age of Mythology: Extended Edition$0.43/1hr
  55. 55Rise of Nations: Extended Edition$0.44/1hr
  56. 56Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III$0.46/1hr
  57. 57Sins of a Solar Empire II$0.46/1hr
  58. 58Border Pioneer$0.46/1hr
  59. 59Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition$0.47/1hr
  60. 60Stronghold 2: Steam Edition$0.48/1hr
  61. 61Going Medieval$0.48/1hr
  62. 62Dummynation$0.49/1hr
  63. 63NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Awakening$0.50/1hr
  64. 64Total War: THREE KINGDOMS$0.50/1hr
  65. 65Stronghold HD (2012)$0.51/1hr
  66. 66Command & Conquer Remastered Collection$0.52/1hr
  67. 67Dawn of Man$0.52/1hr
  68. 68Clanfolk$0.52/1hr
  69. 69Age of Mythology: Retold$0.53/1hr
  70. 70112 Operator$0.53/1hr
  71. 71Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion$0.55/1hr
  72. 72Kingdoms and Castles$0.58/1hr
  73. 73Foundation$0.58/1hr
  74. 74Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic$0.58/1hr
  75. 75Creeper World 4$0.58/1hr
  76. 76Door Kickers 2: Task Force North$0.59/1hr
  77. 77Wargame: Red Dragon$0.59/1hr
  78. 78Emberward$0.59/1hr
  79. 79Call to Arms$0.59/1hr
  80. 80Company of Heroes 3$0.60/1hr
  81. 81Age of Darkness: Final Stand$0.60/1hr
  82. 82Total War: WARHAMMER III$0.63/1hr
  83. 83Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition$0.64/1hr
  84. 84A Total War Saga: TROY$0.65/1hr
  85. 85Farthest Frontier$0.66/1hr
  86. 86Infection Free Zone$0.69/1hr
  87. 87Age of Empires: Definitive Edition$0.71/1hr
  88. 88Norland$0.71/1hr
  89. 89Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age$0.71/1hr
  90. 90UBOAT$0.72/1hr
  91. 91ENDLESS Space 2$0.72/1hr
  92. 92Northgard: Definitive Edition$0.75/1hr
  93. 93ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE$0.76/1hr
  94. 94Last Train Home$0.78/1hr
  95. 95Stronghold: Definitive Edition$0.78/1hr
  96. 96Total War: WARHAMMER II$0.80/1hr
  97. 97Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)$0.82/1hr
  98. 98Planetary Annihilation: TITANS$0.82/1hr
  99. 99Cataclismo$0.86/1hr
  100. 100A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA$0.89/1hr

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.