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. 2Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword$0.02/1hr
  3. 3shapez$0.03/1hr
  4. 4Sid Meier's Civilization V$0.04/1hr
  5. 5Cookie Clicker$0.04/1hr
  6. 6Sid Meier’s Civilization VI$0.04/1hr
  7. 7FTL: Faster Than Light$0.06/1hr
  8. 87 Days to Die$0.07/1hr
  9. 9Wall World$0.07/1hr
  10. 10Arma 3$0.07/1hr
  11. 11Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.08/1hr
  12. 12Rock 'N' Roll Defense$0.09/1hr
  13. 13Kenshi$0.09/1hr
  14. 14Victoria 3$0.09/1hr
  15. 15Company of Heroes 2$0.09/1hr
  16. 16Rising Storm 2: Vietnam$0.10/1hr
  17. 17最后的仙门 The last Practice Sect$0.10/1hr
  18. 18Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2$0.10/1hr
  19. 19The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.10/1hr
  20. 20Talisman: Digital Classic Edition$0.10/1hr
  21. 21Rusty's Retirement$0.11/1hr
  22. 22Elite Dangerous$0.12/1hr
  23. 23Company of Heroes$0.12/1hr
  24. 24Conan Exiles Enhanced$0.12/1hr
  25. 25Anno 1404 - History Edition$0.12/1hr
  26. 26High Sea Saga DX$0.12/1hr
  27. 27Factorio$0.13/1hr
  28. 28Survivalist: Invisible Strain$0.13/1hr
  29. 29Iratus: Lord of the Dead$0.13/1hr
  30. 30RimWorld$0.13/1hr
  31. 31河洛群俠傳 (Ho Tu Lo Shu ： The Books of Dragon)$0.13/1hr
  32. 32Dragon Cliff$0.14/1hr
  33. 33Slay the Spire$0.14/1hr
  34. 34Satisfactory$0.14/1hr
  35. 35Transport Fever 2$0.15/1hr
  36. 36Beholder$0.15/1hr
  37. 37Slay the Spire 2$0.15/1hr
  38. 38Orb of Creation$0.15/1hr
  39. 39Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun$0.15/1hr
  40. 40Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War$0.15/1hr
  41. 41觅长生$0.15/1hr
  42. 42Tropico 4$0.15/1hr
  43. 43Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.15/1hr
  44. 44Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance$0.16/1hr
  45. 45Cauldron$0.16/1hr
  46. 46Do Not Feed the Monkeys$0.16/1hr
  47. 47Natural Selection 2$0.16/1hr
  48. 48Across the Obelisk$0.17/1hr
  49. 49Age of History II$0.17/1hr
  50. 50Unity of Command II$0.18/1hr
  51. 51Mechabellum$0.18/1hr
  52. 52Super Robot Wars 30$0.18/1hr
  53. 53Panzer Corps 2$0.19/1hr
  54. 54The Guild II Renaissance$0.19/1hr
  55. 55Victoria II$0.19/1hr
  56. 56Sailing Era$0.19/1hr
  57. 57Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition$0.19/1hr
  58. 58Stellaris$0.19/1hr
  59. 59Cluckmech Oasis$0.19/1hr
  60. 60Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth$0.19/1hr
  61. 61Warpips$0.19/1hr
  62. 62Dyson Sphere Program$0.20/1hr
  63. 63Easy Red 2$0.20/1hr
  64. 64Motorsport Manager$0.20/1hr
  65. 65Backpack Battles$0.21/1hr
  66. 66Frostpunk$0.21/1hr
  67. 67Space Engineers$0.21/1hr
  68. 68Wandering Sword$0.21/1hr
  69. 69Town of Salem$0.21/1hr
  70. 70Rusted Warfare - RTS$0.21/1hr
  71. 71Into the Breach$0.21/1hr
  72. 72Europa Universalis IV$0.22/1hr
  73. 73Terra Invicta$0.22/1hr
  74. 74Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms$0.22/1hr
  75. 75From the Depths$0.22/1hr
  76. 76Elin$0.22/1hr
  77. 77Age of History 3$0.22/1hr
  78. 78Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok$0.23/1hr
  79. 79The Battle of Polytopia$0.23/1hr
  80. 80Per Aspera$0.23/1hr
  81. 81Endzone - A World Apart$0.23/1hr
  82. 82Legend of Mortal$0.24/1hr
  83. 83Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.24/1hr
  84. 84Distant Worlds 2$0.24/1hr
  85. 85Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters$0.24/1hr
  86. 8620 Minutes Till Dawn$0.24/1hr
  87. 87Ratopia$0.24/1hr
  88. 88Streamer Life Simulator$0.24/1hr
  89. 89Outpath$0.25/1hr
  90. 90The Long Dark$0.25/1hr
  91. 91Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander$0.25/1hr
  92. 92Space Haven$0.25/1hr
  93. 93Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot$0.26/1hr
  94. 94Mindustry$0.26/1hr
  95. 95Terraformers$0.26/1hr
  96. 96Planetbase$0.26/1hr
  97. 97The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome$0.26/1hr
  98. 98Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition$0.26/1hr
  99. 99Songs of Conquest$0.27/1hr
  100. 100ASKA$0.27/1hr

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.