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. 1Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)$0.06/1hr
  2. 2Stronghold HD (2012)$0.10/1hr
  3. 3Kenshi$0.10/1hr
  4. 4Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2$0.11/1hr
  5. 5Against the Storm$0.11/1hr
  6. 6Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic$0.12/1hr
  7. 7Supreme Commander 2$0.14/1hr
  8. 8Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun$0.14/1hr
  9. 9Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance$0.14/1hr
  10. 10Tropico 4$0.14/1hr
  11. 11Mechabellum$0.15/1hr
  12. 12Dyson Sphere Program$0.15/1hr
  13. 13Mindustry$0.16/1hr
  14. 14Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion$0.16/1hr
  15. 15ENDLESS Space 2$0.17/1hr
  16. 16Planetbase$0.18/1hr
  17. 17Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition$0.19/1hr
  18. 18Rusted Warfare - RTS$0.19/1hr
  19. 19Stronghold 2: Steam Edition$0.19/1hr
  20. 20Age of Empires II (Retired)$0.20/1hr
  21. 21Warpips$0.20/1hr
  22. 22Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition$0.20/1hr
  23. 23Empires of the Undergrowth$0.21/1hr
  24. 24Total War: WARHAMMER III$0.22/1hr
  25. 25Total War: ATTILA$0.22/1hr
  26. 26Cataclismo$0.23/1hr
  27. 27Tropico 5$0.23/1hr
  28. 28Northgard: Definitive Edition$0.24/1hr
  29. 29Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition$0.24/1hr
  30. 30Stronghold Crusader 2$0.24/1hr
  31. 31Company of Heroes$0.25/1hr
  32. 32From the Depths$0.25/1hr
  33. 33Bad North: Jotunn Edition$0.27/1hr
  34. 34Survivalist: Invisible Strain$0.28/1hr
  35. 35Total War: SHOGUN 2$0.28/1hr
  36. 36Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew$0.29/1hr
  37. 37Ultimate General: Civil War$0.29/1hr
  38. 38Terra Invicta$0.29/1hr
  39. 39Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition$0.29/1hr
  40. 40Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront$0.30/1hr
  41. 41Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition$0.31/1hr
  42. 42Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation$0.31/1hr
  43. 43Company of Heroes 2$0.32/1hr
  44. 44Rise of Nations: Extended Edition$0.32/1hr
  45. 45Kingdoms Reborn$0.32/1hr
  46. 46Clanfolk$0.32/1hr
  47. 47Age of History 3$0.32/1hr
  48. 48Norland$0.33/1hr
  49. 49STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack$0.33/1hr
  50. 50Sailing Era$0.34/1hr
  51. 51Dawn of Man$0.34/1hr
  52. 52Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition$0.35/1hr
  53. 53Going Medieval$0.35/1hr
  54. 54Crusader Kings III$0.35/1hr
  55. 55Homeworld Remastered Collection$0.35/1hr
  56. 56Dummynation$0.35/1hr
  57. 57Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense$0.36/1hr
  58. 58Hearts of Iron IV$0.37/1hr
  59. 59They Are Billions$0.38/1hr
  60. 60Tower Dominion$0.39/1hr
  61. 61Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak$0.39/1hr
  62. 62Total War: WARHAMMER II$0.40/1hr
  63. 63Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III$0.41/1hr
  64. 64Colony Survival$0.42/1hr
  65. 65Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic)$0.43/1hr
  66. 66Gladiator Guild Manager$0.43/1hr
  67. 67Banished$0.44/1hr
  68. 68Total War: THREE KINGDOMS$0.44/1hr
  69. 69A Total War Saga: TROY$0.45/1hr
  70. 70Age of Mythology: Extended Edition$0.46/1hr
  71. 71Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age$0.47/1hr
  72. 72Anno 1404 - History Edition$0.48/1hr
  73. 73Age of Mythology: Retold$0.48/1hr
  74. 74Kingdoms and Castles$0.50/1hr
  75. 75Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts$0.51/1hr
  76. 76Master of Orion$0.51/1hr
  77. 77Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition$0.53/1hr
  78. 78Call to Arms$0.54/1hr
  79. 79Company of Heroes 3$0.55/1hr
  80. 80Men of War: Assault Squad 2$0.55/1hr
  81. 81ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE$0.57/1hr
  82. 82The Wandering Village$0.58/1hr
  83. 83Foundation$0.59/1hr
  84. 84Castle Story$0.59/1hr
  85. 85Planetary Annihilation: TITANS$0.62/1hr
  86. 86Age of Darkness: Final Stand$0.62/1hr
  87. 87UBOAT$0.63/1hr
  88. 88Age of Empires: Definitive Edition$0.64/1hr
  89. 89Infection Free Zone$0.64/1hr
  90. 90Total War: ROME REMASTERED$0.64/1hr
  91. 91Door Kickers 2: Task Force North$0.66/1hr
  92. 92Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance$0.66/1hr
  93. 93Airships: Conquer the Skies$0.70/1hr
  94. 94Manor Lords$0.70/1hr
  95. 95A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA$0.72/1hr
  96. 96Fly Corp$0.72/1hr
  97. 97Stronghold: Definitive Edition$0.74/1hr
  98. 98Cossacks 3$0.74/1hr
  99. 99Command & Conquer Remastered Collection$0.75/1hr
  100. 100Farthest Frontier$0.82/1hr

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.