Best Value Turn-Based Strategy Games

The Turn-Based 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. 1Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword$0.02/1hr
  2. 2Sid Meier's Civilization V$0.04/1hr
  3. 3Sid Meier’s Civilization VI$0.04/1hr
  4. 4Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.08/1hr
  5. 5The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.10/1hr
  6. 6Talisman: Digital Classic Edition$0.10/1hr
  7. 7Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War$0.15/1hr
  8. 8Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.15/1hr
  9. 9Cauldron$0.16/1hr
  10. 10Age of History II$0.17/1hr
  11. 11Unity of Command II$0.18/1hr
  12. 12Mechabellum$0.18/1hr
  13. 13Super Robot Wars 30$0.18/1hr
  14. 14Panzer Corps 2$0.19/1hr
  15. 15Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth$0.19/1hr
  16. 16Wandering Sword$0.21/1hr
  17. 17Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition$0.21/1hr
  18. 18Into the Breach$0.21/1hr
  19. 19Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms$0.22/1hr
  20. 20The Battle of Polytopia$0.23/1hr
  21. 21Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.24/1hr
  22. 22Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion$0.24/1hr
  23. 23Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters$0.24/1hr
  24. 24Persona 4 Golden$0.25/1hr
  25. 25Terraformers$0.26/1hr
  26. 26Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition$0.26/1hr
  27. 27Songs of Conquest$0.27/1hr
  28. 28XCOM 2$0.27/1hr
  29. 29TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children$0.28/1hr
  30. 30Shogun Showdown$0.29/1hr
  31. 31Cross Blitz$0.30/1hr
  32. 32The Matchless Kungfu$0.31/1hr
  33. 33Battle Brothers$0.34/1hr
  34. 34LONESTAR$0.35/1hr
  35. 35Football, Tactics & Glory$0.35/1hr
  36. 36Might & Magic: Heroes VI$0.35/1hr
  37. 37XCOM: Enemy Unknown$0.36/1hr
  38. 38Child of Light$0.37/1hr
  39. 39BATTLETECH$0.37/1hr
  40. 40Library Of Ruina$0.38/1hr
  41. 41Company of Heroes 3$0.38/1hr
  42. 42Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader$0.38/1hr
  43. 43Ticket to Ride$0.39/1hr
  44. 44Total War: THREE KINGDOMS$0.39/1hr
  45. 45Esports Godfather$0.40/1hr
  46. 46Wildfrost$0.40/1hr
  47. 47Balatro$0.40/1hr
  48. 48Gremlins, Inc.$0.40/1hr
  49. 49Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition$0.40/1hr
  50. 50Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga$0.40/1hr
  51. 51Monster Train 2$0.41/1hr
  52. 52Phoenix Point$0.42/1hr
  53. 53ENDLESS Space 2$0.42/1hr
  54. 54Total War: SHOGUN 2$0.43/1hr
  55. 55Terminus: Zombie Survivors$0.43/1hr
  56. 56Turmoil$0.43/1hr
  57. 57Hero's Hour$0.43/1hr
  58. 58Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit$0.44/1hr
  59. 59ShellShock Live$0.44/1hr
  60. 60Age of Wonders 4$0.45/1hr
  61. 61Dorfromantik$0.45/1hr
  62. 62Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts$0.46/1hr
  63. 63Banner of the Maid$0.46/1hr
  64. 64Heart of the Machine$0.47/1hr
  65. 65The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky$0.47/1hr
  66. 66Dice & Fold$0.47/1hr
  67. 67Blood Bowl 3$0.48/1hr
  68. 68Gladiator Guild Manager$0.48/1hr
  69. 69ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV$0.48/1hr
  70. 70ENDLESS Legend$0.49/1hr
  71. 71Dungeon Clawler$0.50/1hr
  72. 72Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition$0.51/1hr
  73. 73Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition$0.52/1hr
  74. 74Border Pioneer$0.52/1hr
  75. 75Persona 5 Royal$0.53/1hr
  76. 76Blood Bowl 2: Legendary Edition (Classic)$0.53/1hr
  77. 77Never Second in Rome$0.53/1hr
  78. 78Total War: WARHAMMER II$0.53/1hr
  79. 79ISLANDERS$0.53/1hr
  80. 80Wartales$0.55/1hr
  81. 81Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition$0.55/1hr
  82. 82Backpack Hero$0.56/1hr
  83. 83Sid Meier's Civilization VII$0.59/1hr
  84. 84The Last Spell$0.61/1hr
  85. 85Wildermyth$0.61/1hr
  86. 86Terraforming Mars$0.61/1hr
  87. 87Sultan's Game$0.61/1hr
  88. 88Valkyria Chronicles$0.62/1hr
  89. 89Total War: ATTILA$0.63/1hr
  90. 90This Is the Police 2$0.64/1hr
  91. 91West of Loathing$0.66/1hr
  92. 92Ultimate General: Civil War$0.66/1hr
  93. 93Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden$0.68/1hr
  94. 94SpellForce: Conquest of Eo$0.69/1hr
  95. 95Jagged Alliance 3$0.69/1hr
  96. 96Total War: ROME REMASTERED$0.69/1hr
  97. 97Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator$0.70/1hr
  98. 98XCOM: Chimera Squad$0.71/1hr
  99. 99Heroes of Might & Magic III - HD Edition$0.74/1hr
  100. 100Gordian Quest$0.74/1hr

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.