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.
- 1Kenshi$0.09/1hr138h94.72%95.56%
- 2Company of Heroes 2$0.09/1hr54h79.53%79.04%
- 3Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2$0.10/1hr41h79.45%74.40%
- 4Company of Heroes$0.12/1hr34h91.03%94.28%
- 5Anno 1404 - History Edition$0.12/1hr36h84.31%82.44%
- 6Survivalist: Invisible Strain$0.13/1hr51h85.55%86.85%
- 7Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun$0.15/1hr26h93.74%96.02%
- 8Tropico 4$0.15/1hr39h88.76%91.74%
- 9Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance$0.16/1hr84h91.87%96.70%
- 10Natural Selection 2$0.16/1hr30h85.06%85.13%
- 11Mechabellum$0.18/1hr83h84.16%83.73%
- 12Victoria II$0.19/1hr107h89.75%92.14%
- 13Sailing Era$0.19/1hr59h82.81%78.48%
- 14Warpips$0.19/1hr13h85.75%87.24%
- 15Dyson Sphere Program$0.20/1hr81h96.24%97.47%
- 16Frostpunk$0.21/1hr22h92.20%92.73%
- 17Rusted Warfare - RTS$0.21/1hr23h89.83%96.37%
- 18Age of History 3$0.22/1hr29h85.04%85.08%
- 19Distant Worlds 2$0.24/1hr73h81.40%71.30%
- 20Mindustry$0.26/1hr39h92.86%95.72%
- 21Planetbase$0.26/1hr57h82.30%79.73%
- 22Bad North: Jotunn Edition$0.28/1hr11h89.81%93.24%
- 23DG2: Defense Grid 2$0.28/1hr36h85.36%86.49%
- 24Age of Empires II (Retired)$0.28/1hr71h94.87%95.83%
- 25Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion$0.32/1hr63h90.06%93.17%
- 26Aliens: Dark Descent$0.33/1hr36h86.71%87.65%
- 27Dungeons 3$0.34/1hr18h90.97%94.18%
- 28Anno 1800$0.35/1hr42h82.20%81.33%
- 29Kingdoms and Castles$0.36/1hr28h91.47%93.55%
- 30Stronghold HD (2012)$0.37/1hr16h90.37%95.54%
- 31Tropico 5$0.37/1hr22h81.24%78.64%
- 32STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack$0.40/1hr50h95.32%97.73%
- 33Banished$0.42/1hr48h89.40%90.42%
- 34Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)$0.42/1hr24h93.48%97.53%
- 35Kingdoms Reborn$0.43/1hr46h87.68%90.47%
- 36Supreme Commander 2$0.44/1hr30h86.81%88.23%
- 37Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III$0.44/1hr18h59.27%48.44%
- 38Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition$0.46/1hr16h88.49%93.31%
- 39Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense$0.47/1hr21h91.02%96.72%
- 40Tower Dominion$0.47/1hr37h85.22%85.69%
- 41Gladiator Guild Manager$0.48/1hr10h83.88%81.18%
- 42Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic)$0.49/1hr20h86.54%87.66%
- 43Last Train Home$0.51/1hr26h85.72%87.11%
- 44Border Pioneer$0.52/1hr22h85.24%86.66%
- 45Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition$0.55/1hr27h85.54%87.60%
- 46Dummynation$0.56/1hr21h85.65%87.76%
- 47Hearts of Iron III$0.58/1hr17h81.63%76.10%
- 48Rise of Nations: Extended Edition$0.59/1hr34h90.90%94.66%
- 49Cossacks 3$0.62/1hr32h83.33%82.30%
- 50Call to Arms$0.62/1hr24h81.01%79.36%
- 51Fly Corp$0.65/1hr14h84.97%84.94%
- 52Command & Conquer Remastered Collection$0.68/1hr29h89.40%90.67%
- 53Halo: Spartan Strike$0.69/1hr4h84.24%79.86%
- 54Age of Empires: Definitive Edition$0.70/1hr29h84.56%84.29%
- 55The Wandering Village$0.76/1hr20h88.15%91.95%
- 56Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)$0.77/1hr13h90.21%94.62%
- 57Starship Troopers: Terran Command$0.79/1hr21h86.24%87.30%
- 58Sudden Strike 4$0.81/1hr25h81.90%78.19%
- 59Stronghold: Definitive Edition$0.85/1hr18h85.73%86.46%
- 60Emberward$0.87/1hr23h88.27%96.96%
- 61Castle Story$0.93/1hr11h74.73%65.06%
- 62Door Kickers$0.94/1hr19h89.61%94.21%
- 63Buggos$0.95/1hr11h85.34%87.90%
- 64Halo Wars: Definitive Edition$1.04/1hr19h88.11%91.42%
- 65Stronghold 2: Steam Edition$1.06/1hr14h86.39%88.86%
- 66Breakout 13$1.13/1hr9h86.23%87.91%
- 67Brutal Legend$1.15/1hr13h90.49%93.21%
- 68Anno 2070$1.18/1hr17h71.26%60.44%
- 69Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2$3.14/1hr6h84.77%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.