Best Value Strategy Games

The Strategy 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. 1BidKing$0.01/1hr
  2. 2Mordheim: City of the Damned$0.02/1hr
  3. 3GemCraft - Chasing Shadows$0.03/1hr
  4. 4Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword$0.03/1hr
  5. 5Sid Meier's Civilization V$0.03/1hr
  6. 6Cookie Clicker$0.04/1hr
  7. 7FTL: Faster Than Light$0.04/1hr
  8. 8shapez$0.05/1hr
  9. 9Black Desert$0.05/1hr
  10. 10Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition$0.06/1hr
  11. 11TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children$0.06/1hr
  12. 12Sid Meier’s Civilization VI$0.06/1hr
  13. 13X4: Foundations$0.06/1hr
  14. 14Transport Fever 2$0.07/1hr
  15. 15Space Engineers$0.07/1hr
  16. 16RimWorld$0.08/1hr
  17. 17Foxhole$0.08/1hr
  18. 18Wall World$0.08/1hr
  19. 19The Bazaar$0.08/1hr
  20. 20Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition$0.09/1hr
  21. 21Rising Storm 2: Vietnam$0.09/1hr
  22. 22Orb of Creation$0.09/1hr
  23. 23Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.09/1hr
  24. 24Rusty's Retirement$0.10/1hr
  25. 25最后的仙门 The last Practice Sect$0.10/1hr
  26. 26Rock 'N' Roll Defense$0.10/1hr
  27. 27Monster Sanctuary$0.10/1hr
  28. 28Dragon Cliff$0.11/1hr
  29. 29Elite Dangerous$0.11/1hr
  30. 30Galactic Civilizations IV$0.11/1hr
  31. 31Mechabellum$0.11/1hr
  32. 32Town of Salem$0.11/1hr
  33. 337 Days to Die$0.12/1hr
  34. 34Tales & Tactics$0.13/1hr
  35. 35Beholder$0.13/1hr
  36. 36Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2$0.13/1hr
  37. 37Wartales$0.13/1hr
  38. 38Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.13/1hr
  39. 39Solasta: Crown of the Magister$0.14/1hr
  40. 40Esports Godfather$0.14/1hr
  41. 41Europa Universalis IV$0.14/1hr
  42. 42Slay the Spire$0.14/1hr
  43. 43House Flipper$0.15/1hr
  44. 44Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance$0.15/1hr
  45. 45Supreme Commander 2$0.15/1hr
  46. 46Age of History II$0.15/1hr
  47. 47Stellaris$0.16/1hr
  48. 48Dungeon Defenders$0.16/1hr
  49. 49RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe$0.16/1hr
  50. 50Bloons TD 6$0.16/1hr
  51. 51Dyson Sphere Program$0.16/1hr
  52. 52Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok$0.16/1hr
  53. 53Streamer Life Simulator$0.16/1hr
  54. 54The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome$0.16/1hr
  55. 55Punch Club$0.16/1hr
  56. 56Marvel's Midnight Suns$0.16/1hr
  57. 5720 Minutes Till Dawn$0.16/1hr
  58. 58Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth$0.17/1hr
  59. 59King's Bounty: Warriors of the North$0.17/1hr
  60. 60觅长生$0.17/1hr
  61. 61The Guild II Renaissance$0.17/1hr
  62. 62Empyrion - Galactic Survival$0.17/1hr
  63. 63The Lost Village$0.17/1hr
  64. 64Do Not Feed the Monkeys$0.17/1hr
  65. 65Epic Battle Fantasy 5$0.18/1hr
  66. 66Mindustry$0.18/1hr
  67. 67Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense$0.18/1hr
  68. 68100% Orange Juice$0.19/1hr
  69. 69Hearts of Iron IV$0.19/1hr
  70. 70Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition$0.19/1hr
  71. 71Age of Empires II (Retired)$0.19/1hr
  72. 72Rusted Warfare - RTS$0.20/1hr
  73. 73Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1$0.20/1hr
  74. 74Elin$0.20/1hr
  75. 75Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition$0.20/1hr
  76. 76Factorio$0.20/1hr
  77. 77Warpips$0.21/1hr
  78. 78Across the Obelisk$0.21/1hr
  79. 79Don't Starve Together$0.21/1hr
  80. 80Frostpunk$0.21/1hr
  81. 81L.A. Noire$0.21/1hr
  82. 82Into the Breach$0.21/1hr
  83. 83Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.22/1hr
  84. 84Wandering Sword$0.22/1hr
  85. 85Party Hard$0.22/1hr
  86. 86Settlement Survival$0.22/1hr
  87. 87(the) Gnorp Apologue$0.22/1hr
  88. 88Slay the Spire 2$0.23/1hr
  89. 89Victoria 3$0.23/1hr
  90. 90Outpath$0.23/1hr
  91. 91Motorsport Manager$0.23/1hr
  92. 92Coral Island$0.23/1hr
  93. 93X-Morph: Defense$0.24/1hr
  94. 94For The King II$0.24/1hr
  95. 95Tower Dominion$0.24/1hr
  96. 96Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition$0.24/1hr
  97. 97Card Survival: Tropical Island$0.25/1hr
  98. 98Timberborn$0.25/1hr
  99. 99河洛群俠傳 (Ho Tu Lo Shu ： The Books of Dragon)$0.25/1hr
  100. 100Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander$0.25/1hr

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.