Best Value Turn-Based Strategy Games Under $10

The Turn-Based Strategy games on Steam games under $10 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.

By price

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. 8Cauldron$0.16/1hr
  9. 9Age of History II$0.17/1hr
  10. 10Unity of Command II$0.18/1hr
  11. 11Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth$0.19/1hr
  12. 12Into the Breach$0.21/1hr
  13. 13The Battle of Polytopia$0.23/1hr
  14. 14Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.24/1hr
  15. 15Terraformers$0.26/1hr
  16. 16Songs of Conquest$0.27/1hr
  17. 17Shogun Showdown$0.29/1hr
  18. 18Cross Blitz$0.30/1hr
  19. 19The Matchless Kungfu$0.31/1hr
  20. 20LONESTAR$0.35/1hr
  21. 21Might & Magic: Heroes VI$0.35/1hr
  22. 22Child of Light$0.37/1hr
  23. 23Ticket to Ride$0.39/1hr
  24. 24Turmoil$0.43/1hr
  25. 25Hero's Hour$0.43/1hr
  26. 26ShellShock Live$0.44/1hr
  27. 27Dorfromantik$0.45/1hr
  28. 28Dice & Fold$0.47/1hr
  29. 29Gladiator Guild Manager$0.48/1hr
  30. 30Dungeon Clawler$0.50/1hr
  31. 31ISLANDERS$0.53/1hr
  32. 32XCOM: Chimera Squad$0.71/1hr
  33. 33Cardboard Town$0.82/1hr
  34. 34TerraScape$0.87/1hr
  35. 3560 Parsecs!$0.97/1hr
  36. 36Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate$0.99/1hr

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.