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.
- 1Mechabellum$0.11/1hr136h84.36%83.81%
- 2Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2$0.13/1hr30h79.59%74.31%
- 3Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance$0.15/1hr89h92.09%96.73%
- 4Supreme Commander 2$0.15/1hr86h86.99%88.21%
- 5Dyson Sphere Program$0.16/1hr123h96.23%97.42%
- 6Mindustry$0.18/1hr56h92.99%95.72%
- 7Age of Empires II (Retired)$0.19/1hr105h94.90%95.83%
- 8Rusted Warfare - RTS$0.20/1hr25h90.10%96.30%
- 9Warpips$0.21/1hr12h86.00%87.13%
- 10Frostpunk$0.21/1hr29h92.24%92.74%
- 11Tower Dominion$0.24/1hr44h85.50%85.66%
- 12Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition$0.24/1hr82h93.42%95.64%
- 13Company of Heroes$0.25/1hr60h91.17%94.25%
- 14Victoria II$0.25/1hr79h89.91%92.15%
- 15DG2: Defense Grid 2$0.25/1hr39h85.72%86.62%
- 16Tropico 4$0.26/1hr59h88.93%91.69%
- 17Survivalist: Invisible Strain$0.27/1hr45h85.73%86.61%
- 18Airships: Conquer the Skies$0.27/1hr69h89.20%95.88%
- 19Planetbase$0.29/1hr53h82.52%79.75%
- 20Total War: ATTILA$0.30/1hr67h83.05%82.44%
- 21Gladiator Guild Manager$0.30/1hr16h84.16%81.09%
- 22STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack$0.30/1hr66h95.40%97.73%
- 23Anno 1404 - History Edition$0.31/1hr48h84.14%82.39%
- 24Age of History 3$0.35/1hr29h85.16%85.02%
- 25Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic)$0.36/1hr28h86.69%87.61%
- 26Aliens: Dark Descent$0.36/1hr33h86.85%87.61%
- 27Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition$0.37/1hr54h89.54%90.65%
- 28Banished$0.39/1hr52h89.48%90.43%
- 29Company of Heroes 2$0.40/1hr50h79.56%79.04%
- 30Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)$0.41/1hr24h93.60%97.48%
- 31Castle Story$0.41/1hr24h74.98%65.18%
- 32Tropico 5$0.42/1hr48h81.42%78.65%
- 33Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense$0.42/1hr24h91.27%96.68%
- 34IXION$0.42/1hr25h81.18%78.79%
- 35Kingdoms Reborn$0.42/1hr47h87.86%90.37%
- 36Rise of Nations: Extended Edition$0.44/1hr46h91.10%94.68%
- 37Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III$0.46/1hr18h59.30%48.40%
- 38Border Pioneer$0.46/1hr16h85.60%86.57%
- 39Stronghold 2: Steam Edition$0.48/1hr31h86.65%88.79%
- 40Dummynation$0.49/1hr25h86.01%87.84%
- 41Stronghold HD (2012)$0.51/1hr12h90.58%95.53%
- 42Command & Conquer Remastered Collection$0.52/1hr38h89.49%90.67%
- 43112 Operator$0.53/1hr9h86.82%88.73%
- 44Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion$0.55/1hr37h90.23%93.18%
- 45Kingdoms and Castles$0.58/1hr35h91.58%93.57%
- 46Emberward$0.59/1hr34h88.62%96.96%
- 47Call to Arms$0.59/1hr25h81.09%79.34%
- 48Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition$0.64/1hr31h89.98%91.67%
- 49A Total War Saga: TROY$0.65/1hr31h81.13%71.60%
- 50Age of Empires: Definitive Edition$0.71/1hr28h84.72%84.27%
- 51Stronghold: Definitive Edition$0.78/1hr19h85.97%86.50%
- 52Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)$0.82/1hr12h90.41%94.60%
- 53A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA$0.89/1hr23h76.54%70.58%
- 54Sudden Strike 4$0.90/1hr22h82.14%78.22%
- 55Cossacks 3$0.91/1hr22h83.46%82.25%
- 56Fly Corp$0.92/1hr16h84.81%84.90%
- 57Halo Wars: Definitive Edition$1.11/1hr18h88.35%91.43%
- 58Breakout 13$1.24/1hr8h86.49%87.94%
- 59Brutal Legend$1.44/1hr10h90.64%93.20%
- 60Bad North: Jotunn Edition$1.47/1hr10h90.07%93.26%
- 61Becastled$1.93/1hr10h84.09%81.73%
- 62Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2$2.47/1hr8h84.66%84.50%
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.