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. 1Mordheim: City of the Damned$0.02/1hr
  2. 2Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword$0.03/1hr
  3. 3Sid Meier's Civilization V$0.03/1hr
  4. 4Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition$0.06/1hr
  5. 5TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children$0.06/1hr
  6. 6Sid Meier’s Civilization VI$0.06/1hr
  7. 7Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition$0.09/1hr
  8. 8Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.09/1hr
  9. 9Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition$0.11/1hr
  10. 10Galactic Civilizations IV$0.11/1hr
  11. 11Mechabellum$0.11/1hr
  12. 12Wartales$0.13/1hr
  13. 13Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.13/1hr
  14. 14Esports Godfather$0.14/1hr
  15. 15Age of History II$0.15/1hr
  16. 16Marvel's Midnight Suns$0.16/1hr
  17. 17Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth$0.17/1hr
  18. 18King's Bounty: Warriors of the North$0.17/1hr
  19. 19Into the Breach$0.21/1hr
  20. 20Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.22/1hr
  21. 21Wandering Sword$0.22/1hr
  22. 22For The King II$0.24/1hr
  23. 23Persona 4 Golden$0.24/1hr
  24. 24Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition$0.24/1hr
  25. 25Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition$0.25/1hr
  26. 26Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition$0.26/1hr
  27. 27Heroes' Vow: Three Kingdoms$0.26/1hr
  28. 28ShellShock Live$0.26/1hr
  29. 29BATTLETECH$0.26/1hr
  30. 30Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters$0.26/1hr
  31. 31Sid Meier's Civilization IV$0.27/1hr
  32. 32XCOM 2$0.28/1hr
  33. 33XCOM: Enemy Unknown$0.28/1hr
  34. 34Ultimate General: Civil War$0.29/1hr
  35. 35Songs of Conquest$0.30/1hr
  36. 36Phoenix Point$0.30/1hr
  37. 37Total War: ATTILA$0.30/1hr
  38. 38Gladiator Guild Manager$0.30/1hr
  39. 39Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator$0.30/1hr
  40. 40Library Of Ruina$0.31/1hr
  41. 41Football, Tactics & Glory$0.34/1hr
  42. 42Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts$0.34/1hr
  43. 43Total War: SHOGUN 2$0.34/1hr
  44. 44Cauldron$0.35/1hr
  45. 45Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition$0.37/1hr
  46. 46Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga$0.38/1hr
  47. 47The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky$0.38/1hr
  48. 48Battle Brothers$0.39/1hr
  49. 49Dungeon Clawler$0.39/1hr
  50. 50Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader$0.39/1hr
  51. 51Quasimorph$0.41/1hr
  52. 52Balatro$0.41/1hr
  53. 53Cardboard Town$0.41/1hr
  54. 54SpellForce: Conquest of Eo$0.43/1hr
  55. 55Terraforming Mars$0.43/1hr
  56. 56Age of Wonders 4$0.44/1hr
  57. 57Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut$0.44/1hr
  58. 58Persona 5 Royal$0.45/1hr
  59. 59Terminus: Zombie Survivors$0.46/1hr
  60. 60Border Pioneer$0.46/1hr
  61. 61XCOM: Chimera Squad$0.46/1hr
  62. 62Monster Train 2$0.47/1hr
  63. 63Wildermyth$0.48/1hr
  64. 64Heart of the Machine$0.48/1hr
  65. 65Banner of the Maid$0.50/1hr
  66. 66Total War: THREE KINGDOMS$0.50/1hr
  67. 67The Last Spell$0.50/1hr
  68. 68This Is the Police 2$0.52/1hr
  69. 69Sultan's Game$0.52/1hr
  70. 70Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game$0.52/1hr
  71. 71The Matchless Kungfu$0.53/1hr
  72. 72Valkyria Chronicles$0.54/1hr
  73. 73Dorfromantik$0.55/1hr
  74. 74Conquest of Elysium 5$0.55/1hr
  75. 75West of Loathing$0.56/1hr
  76. 76Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit$0.57/1hr
  77. 77Wingspan$0.57/1hr
  78. 78Backpack Hero$0.58/1hr
  79. 79Shogun Showdown$0.58/1hr
  80. 80Gremlins, Inc.$0.58/1hr
  81. 81Company of Heroes 3$0.60/1hr
  82. 82Talisman: Digital Classic Edition$0.60/1hr
  83. 83Hero's Hour$0.61/1hr
  84. 84Old World$0.62/1hr
  85. 85Wildfrost$0.62/1hr
  86. 86Heroes of Might & Magic III - HD Edition$0.63/1hr
  87. 87Total War: WARHAMMER III$0.63/1hr
  88. 88Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition$0.64/1hr
  89. 89Expeditions: Rome$0.65/1hr
  90. 90A Total War Saga: TROY$0.65/1hr
  91. 91ENDLESS Legend$0.67/1hr
  92. 92Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate$0.70/1hr
  93. 93The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.72/1hr
  94. 94ENDLESS Space 2$0.72/1hr
  95. 95Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend$0.72/1hr
  96. 96For The King$0.73/1hr
  97. 97Jagged Alliance 3$0.75/1hr
  98. 98Urban Strife$0.75/1hr
  99. 99Persona 3 Reload$0.76/1hr
  100. 100ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE$0.76/1hr

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.