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. 1XCOM 2$0.03/1hr
  2. 2Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword$0.06/1hr
  3. 3Old World$0.06/1hr
  4. 4Roguebook$0.09/1hr
  5. 5Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.10/1hr
  6. 6Battle Brothers$0.11/1hr
  7. 7XCOM: Enemy Unknown$0.12/1hr
  8. 8The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.12/1hr
  9. 9The Last Spell$0.12/1hr
  10. 10Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga$0.12/1hr
  11. 11Sid Meier's Civilization V$0.14/1hr
  12. 12King's Bounty: Warriors of the North$0.14/1hr
  13. 13Mechabellum$0.15/1hr
  14. 14XCOM: Chimera Squad$0.16/1hr
  15. 15ENDLESS Space 2$0.17/1hr
  16. 16Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition$0.19/1hr
  17. 17Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.19/1hr
  18. 18Quasimorph$0.20/1hr
  19. 19Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition$0.20/1hr
  20. 20Total War: WARHAMMER III$0.22/1hr
  21. 21Total War: ATTILA$0.22/1hr
  22. 22Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion$0.23/1hr
  23. 23ShellShock Live$0.24/1hr
  24. 24The Battle of Polytopia$0.24/1hr
  25. 25Persona 4 Golden$0.24/1hr
  26. 26Ticket to Ride$0.25/1hr
  27. 27Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition$0.25/1hr
  28. 28Niche - a genetics survival game$0.26/1hr
  29. 29Heroes' Vow: Three Kingdoms$0.26/1hr
  30. 30Darkest Dungeon II$0.26/1hr
  31. 31HUMANKIND$0.27/1hr
  32. 32Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.27/1hr
  33. 33Marvel's Midnight Suns$0.27/1hr
  34. 34Shadowrun Returns$0.28/1hr
  35. 35Total War: SHOGUN 2$0.28/1hr
  36. 36Ultimate General: Civil War$0.29/1hr
  37. 37Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition$0.29/1hr
  38. 38Balatro$0.30/1hr
  39. 39Library Of Ruina$0.31/1hr
  40. 40Gordian Quest$0.32/1hr
  41. 41Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader$0.32/1hr
  42. 42Backpack Hero$0.33/1hr
  43. 43TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children$0.33/1hr
  44. 44Cauldron$0.33/1hr
  45. 45Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator$0.34/1hr
  46. 46BATTLETECH$0.35/1hr
  47. 47Terraforming Mars$0.35/1hr
  48. 48Phoenix Point$0.37/1hr
  49. 49The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky$0.39/1hr
  50. 50Wandering Sword$0.40/1hr
  51. 51Heart of the Machine$0.40/1hr
  52. 52Total War: WARHAMMER II$0.40/1hr
  53. 53Terminus: Zombie Survivors$0.41/1hr
  54. 54Sid Meier’s Civilization VI$0.43/1hr
  55. 55Monster Train 2$0.43/1hr
  56. 56Gladiator Guild Manager$0.43/1hr
  57. 57Banner of the Maid$0.44/1hr
  58. 58Total War: THREE KINGDOMS$0.44/1hr
  59. 59A Total War Saga: TROY$0.45/1hr
  60. 60Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition$0.45/1hr
  61. 61Galactic Civilizations IV$0.46/1hr
  62. 62Die in the Dungeon$0.46/1hr
  63. 63Persona 5 Royal$0.46/1hr
  64. 64Wartales$0.47/1hr
  65. 65Sultan's Game$0.47/1hr
  66. 66Might & Magic: Heroes VI$0.48/1hr
  67. 67Age of Wonders 4$0.50/1hr
  68. 68Xenonauts 2$0.50/1hr
  69. 69Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts$0.51/1hr
  70. 70Master of Orion$0.51/1hr
  71. 71Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition$0.53/1hr
  72. 72Age of History II$0.53/1hr
  73. 73Gremlins, Inc.$0.54/1hr
  74. 74Super Robot Wars 30$0.54/1hr
  75. 75Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition$0.55/1hr
  76. 76Company of Heroes 3$0.55/1hr
  77. 77Valkyria Chronicles$0.55/1hr
  78. 78Never Second in Rome$0.56/1hr
  79. 79TerraScape$0.57/1hr
  80. 80ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE$0.57/1hr
  81. 81West of Loathing$0.58/1hr
  82. 82Nordhold$0.58/1hr
  83. 83Jagged Alliance 3$0.59/1hr
  84. 84Shogun Showdown$0.60/1hr
  85. 85Conquest of Elysium 5$0.60/1hr
  86. 86The Matchless Kungfu$0.61/1hr
  87. 87Dungeon Clawler$0.62/1hr
  88. 88Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit$0.62/1hr
  89. 89Wingspan$0.62/1hr
  90. 90Wildfrost$0.63/1hr
  91. 91Sid Meier's Civilization IV$0.64/1hr
  92. 92For The King II$0.64/1hr
  93. 93Total War: ROME REMASTERED$0.64/1hr
  94. 949 Kings$0.65/1hr
  95. 95Cobalt Core$0.65/1hr
  96. 96Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth$0.66/1hr
  97. 97Armello$0.67/1hr
  98. 98Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend$0.68/1hr
  99. 99Gloomhaven$0.69/1hr
  100. 100ENDLESS Legend$0.69/1hr

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.