Best Value RTS Games Under $20
The RTS 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.
- 1Company of Heroes 2$0.09/1hr53h79.56%79.04%
- 2Kenshi$0.09/1hr127h94.76%95.56%
- 3Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2$0.10/1hr39h79.67%74.40%
- 4Company of Heroes$0.12/1hr34h91.19%94.28%
- 5Tropico 4$0.13/1hr46h88.97%91.74%
- 6Anno 1404 - History Edition$0.14/1hr32h84.66%82.45%
- 7Survivalist: Invisible Strain$0.15/1hr43h85.87%86.82%
- 8Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun$0.15/1hr26h93.84%96.02%
- 9Natural Selection 2$0.16/1hr30h85.26%85.12%
- 10Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance$0.17/1hr77h92.07%96.70%
- 11Mechabellum$0.17/1hr88h84.32%83.72%
- 12Sailing Era$0.17/1hr64h83.13%78.48%
- 13Victoria II$0.18/1hr110h89.91%92.14%
- 14Warpips$0.19/1hr13h85.75%87.24%
- 15Frostpunk$0.21/1hr22h92.23%92.73%
- 16Dyson Sphere Program$0.21/1hr77h96.28%97.47%
- 17Rusted Warfare - RTS$0.21/1hr23h89.83%96.37%
- 18Distant Worlds 2$0.23/1hr77h81.75%71.29%
- 19Age of History 3$0.24/1hr27h85.20%85.07%
- 20Mindustry$0.25/1hr40h92.99%95.72%
- 21Planetbase$0.26/1hr58h82.54%79.73%
- 22DG2: Defense Grid 2$0.28/1hr36h85.36%86.49%
- 23Age of Empires II (Retired)$0.28/1hr71h94.91%95.83%
- 24Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion$0.30/1hr66h90.24%93.17%
- 25Aliens: Dark Descent$0.32/1hr37h86.87%87.64%
- 26Dungeons 3$0.34/1hr18h90.97%94.18%
- 27Anno 1800$0.36/1hr42h82.31%81.33%
- 28Kingdoms and Castles$0.37/1hr27h91.59%93.55%
- 29Tropico 5$0.38/1hr21h81.44%78.65%
- 30STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack$0.40/1hr50h95.41%97.73%
- 31Stronghold HD (2012)$0.40/1hr15h90.60%95.54%
- 32Banished$0.42/1hr48h89.49%90.42%
- 33Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)$0.42/1hr24h93.63%97.53%
- 34Hearts of Iron III$0.43/1hr23h81.92%76.10%
- 35Kingdoms Reborn$0.44/1hr45h87.92%90.47%
- 36Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III$0.45/1hr18h59.41%48.44%
- 37Tower Dominion$0.46/1hr38h85.53%85.67%
- 38Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition$0.46/1hr16h88.76%93.31%
- 39Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense$0.47/1hr21h91.02%96.72%
- 40Gladiator Guild Manager$0.48/1hr10h83.88%81.18%
- 41Supreme Commander 2$0.48/1hr27h87.02%88.23%
- 42Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic)$0.49/1hr20h86.74%87.67%
- 43Cossacks 3$0.50/1hr40h83.51%82.30%
- 44Dummynation$0.50/1hr24h86.01%87.77%
- 45Border Pioneer$0.52/1hr22h85.64%86.66%
- 46Last Train Home$0.55/1hr24h86.01%87.05%
- 47Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition$0.58/1hr26h85.91%87.60%
- 48Rise of Nations: Extended Edition$0.59/1hr34h91.09%94.67%
- 49Fly Corp$0.60/1hr15h85.32%84.94%
- 50Call to Arms$0.62/1hr24h81.15%79.36%
- 51Halo: Spartan Strike$0.69/1hr4h84.64%79.86%
- 52Command & Conquer Remastered Collection$0.69/1hr29h89.51%90.67%
- 53The Wandering Village$0.71/1hr21h88.41%91.96%
- 54Age of Empires: Definitive Edition$0.72/1hr28h84.75%84.30%
- 55Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)$0.77/1hr13h90.43%94.62%
- 56Starship Troopers: Terran Command$0.79/1hr21h86.24%87.30%
- 57Sudden Strike 4$0.80/1hr25h82.16%78.19%
- 58Stronghold: Definitive Edition$0.82/1hr18h85.96%86.45%
- 59Emberward$0.87/1hr23h88.27%96.96%
- 60Castle Story$0.93/1hr11h74.73%65.06%
- 61Buggos$0.95/1hr11h85.34%87.90%
- 62Door Kickers$1.04/1hr19h89.84%94.21%
- 63Halo Wars: Definitive Edition$1.05/1hr19h88.35%91.42%
- 64Stronghold 2: Steam Edition$1.06/1hr14h86.39%88.86%
- 65Breakout 13$1.10/1hr9h86.50%87.91%
- 66Anno 2070$1.14/1hr18h71.47%60.44%
- 67Brutal Legend$1.15/1hr13h90.49%93.21%
- 68Bad North: Jotunn Edition$1.41/1hr11h90.00%93.24%
- 69Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2$3.27/1hr6h85.05%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.