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. 2XCOM 2$0.03/1hr
  3. 3GemCraft - Chasing Shadows$0.04/1hr
  4. 4Cookie Clicker$0.04/1hr
  5. 5Elite Dangerous$0.04/1hr
  6. 6RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe$0.05/1hr
  7. 7shapez$0.05/1hr
  8. 8PlateUp!$0.06/1hr
  9. 9Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword$0.06/1hr
  10. 10Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)$0.06/1hr
  11. 11Rusty's Retirement$0.06/1hr
  12. 12Old World$0.06/1hr
  13. 13Darkest Dungeon$0.07/1hr
  14. 14The Bazaar$0.08/1hr
  15. 15Roguebook$0.09/1hr
  16. 16Rock 'N' Roll Defense$0.09/1hr
  17. 17Darkwood$0.09/1hr
  18. 18Kingdom Two Crowns$0.09/1hr
  19. 19Stronghold HD (2012)$0.10/1hr
  20. 20RimWorld$0.10/1hr
  21. 21最后的仙门 The last Practice Sect$0.10/1hr
  22. 22Don't Starve Together$0.10/1hr
  23. 23Orb of Creation$0.10/1hr
  24. 24Kenshi$0.10/1hr
  25. 25Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.10/1hr
  26. 26Town of Salem$0.10/1hr
  27. 27Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2$0.11/1hr
  28. 28Against the Storm$0.11/1hr
  29. 29Space Haven$0.11/1hr
  30. 30Battle Brothers$0.11/1hr
  31. 31XCOM: Enemy Unknown$0.12/1hr
  32. 32Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic$0.12/1hr
  33. 33The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.12/1hr
  34. 34The Last Spell$0.12/1hr
  35. 35Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga$0.12/1hr
  36. 36Dragon Cliff$0.13/1hr
  37. 37Sid Meier's Civilization V$0.14/1hr
  38. 38Supreme Commander 2$0.14/1hr
  39. 39Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun$0.14/1hr
  40. 40Space Engineers$0.14/1hr
  41. 41Slay the Spire$0.14/1hr
  42. 42Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance$0.14/1hr
  43. 43Tropico 4$0.14/1hr
  44. 44King's Bounty: Warriors of the North$0.14/1hr
  45. 45Mechabellum$0.15/1hr
  46. 46Stellaris$0.15/1hr
  47. 47Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok$0.15/1hr
  48. 48Crazy Machines 3$0.15/1hr
  49. 49Dyson Sphere Program$0.15/1hr
  50. 50Dungeon Defenders$0.16/1hr
  51. 51Mindustry$0.16/1hr
  52. 52Black Desert$0.16/1hr
  53. 53Scribblenauts Unlimited$0.16/1hr
  54. 54XCOM: Chimera Squad$0.16/1hr
  55. 55RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack$0.16/1hr
  56. 56Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion$0.16/1hr
  57. 57觅长生$0.16/1hr
  58. 58The Lost Village$0.17/1hr
  59. 59Monster Sanctuary$0.17/1hr
  60. 60Motorsport Manager$0.17/1hr
  61. 61ENDLESS Space 2$0.17/1hr
  62. 62Factorio$0.17/1hr
  63. 63Streamer Life Simulator$0.17/1hr
  64. 64Stoneshard$0.17/1hr
  65. 65Foxhole$0.18/1hr
  66. 66Planetbase$0.18/1hr
  67. 67The Guild II Renaissance$0.18/1hr
  68. 68Party Club$0.18/1hr
  69. 69Elin$0.19/1hr
  70. 70Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition$0.19/1hr
  71. 71Endzone - A World Apart$0.19/1hr
  72. 72Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.19/1hr
  73. 73Rusted Warfare - RTS$0.19/1hr
  74. 74Kingdom: New Lands$0.19/1hr
  75. 75Coromon$0.19/1hr
  76. 76Stronghold 2: Steam Edition$0.19/1hr
  77. 77The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome$0.19/1hr
  78. 78Empyrion - Galactic Survival$0.19/1hr
  79. 79Iratus: Lord of the Dead$0.20/1hr
  80. 807 Days to Die$0.20/1hr
  81. 81Quasimorph$0.20/1hr
  82. 82Age of Empires II (Retired)$0.20/1hr
  83. 83Warpips$0.20/1hr
  84. 84Slay the Spire 2$0.20/1hr
  85. 85Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition$0.20/1hr
  86. 86The Escapists$0.21/1hr
  87. 87Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense$0.21/1hr
  88. 88Empires of the Undergrowth$0.21/1hr
  89. 89Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander$0.21/1hr
  90. 90Bloons TD 6$0.22/1hr
  91. 91Total War: WARHAMMER III$0.22/1hr
  92. 92Total War: ATTILA$0.22/1hr
  93. 93Outpath$0.23/1hr
  94. 94Russian Life Simulator$0.23/1hr
  95. 95Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition$0.23/1hr
  96. 96Settlement Survival$0.23/1hr
  97. 97Cataclismo$0.23/1hr
  98. 98Tropico 5$0.23/1hr
  99. 99Northgard: Definitive Edition$0.24/1hr
  100. 100Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition$0.24/1hr

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.