Best Value Turn-Based Strategy Games Under $20
The Turn-Based Strategy games on Steam games under $20 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.
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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.
- 1Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword$0.02/1hr394h88.75%96.23%
- 2Sid Meier's Civilization V$0.04/1hr184h95.12%95.60%
- 3Sid Meier’s Civilization VI$0.04/1hr136h86.06%86.09%
- 4Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.08/1hr63h86.94%89.47%
- 5The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.10/1hr53h85.96%87.17%
- 6Talisman: Digital Classic Edition$0.10/1hr17h81.63%78.28%
- 7Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War$0.15/1hr26h82.85%81.70%
- 8Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.15/1hr127h83.79%83.52%
- 9Cauldron$0.16/1hr47h86.17%93.18%
- 10Age of History II$0.17/1hr35h89.02%89.83%
- 11Unity of Command II$0.18/1hr25h84.04%79.72%
- 12Mechabellum$0.18/1hr83h84.16%83.73%
- 13Super Robot Wars 30$0.18/1hr83h85.41%86.07%
- 14Panzer Corps 2$0.19/1hr86h84.90%84.72%
- 15Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth$0.19/1hr52h67.94%60.56%
- 16Wandering Sword$0.21/1hr85h93.02%94.87%
- 17Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition$0.21/1hr95h79.26%77.62%
- 18Into the Breach$0.21/1hr24h91.35%94.23%
- 19Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms$0.22/1hr90h86.58%88.58%
- 20The Battle of Polytopia$0.23/1hr20h88.32%93.95%
- 21Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.24/1hr21h94.35%96.48%
- 22Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion$0.24/1hr75h84.64%84.51%
- 23Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters$0.24/1hr46h80.03%76.64%
- 24Persona 4 Golden$0.25/1hr80h95.79%97.04%
- 25Terraformers$0.26/1hr31h85.91%88.41%
- 26Songs of Conquest$0.27/1hr28h85.35%85.62%
- 27XCOM 2$0.27/1hr73h84.65%84.62%
- 28Shogun Showdown$0.29/1hr26h89.15%95.19%
- 29Cross Blitz$0.30/1hr19h83.64%75.47%
- 30The Matchless Kungfu$0.31/1hr33h82.80%80.03%
- 31LONESTAR$0.35/1hr17h86.16%91.03%
- 32Might & Magic: Heroes VI$0.35/1hr28h67.23%48.03%
- 33XCOM: Enemy Unknown$0.36/1hr42h92.01%93.21%
- 34Child of Light$0.37/1hr12h88.66%91.39%
- 35Ticket to Ride$0.39/1hr15h83.41%69.45%
- 36Esports Godfather$0.40/1hr51h86.79%90.81%
- 37Wildfrost$0.40/1hr30h83.96%82.81%
- 38Balatro$0.40/1hr38h97.22%97.85%
- 39Gremlins, Inc.$0.40/1hr50h84.99%85.01%
- 40Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga$0.40/1hr50h90.65%94.51%
- 41Terminus: Zombie Survivors$0.43/1hr32h87.82%94.19%
- 42Turmoil$0.43/1hr10h89.89%92.95%
- 43Hero's Hour$0.43/1hr17h82.99%79.51%
- 44ShellShock Live$0.44/1hr22h91.21%92.97%
- 45Dorfromantik$0.45/1hr20h93.47%96.35%
- 46Banner of the Maid$0.46/1hr37h85.63%86.42%
- 47Heart of the Machine$0.47/1hr26h86.12%91.61%
- 48The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky$0.47/1hr42h89.56%94.00%
- 49Dice & Fold$0.47/1hr11h84.62%83.67%
- 50Blood Bowl 3$0.48/1hr31h72.23%49.57%
- 51Gladiator Guild Manager$0.48/1hr10h83.88%81.18%
- 52Dungeon Clawler$0.50/1hr19h86.14%89.10%
- 53Border Pioneer$0.52/1hr22h85.24%86.66%
- 54Never Second in Rome$0.53/1hr24h84.75%80.92%
- 55ISLANDERS$0.53/1hr9h90.90%94.43%
- 56Backpack Hero$0.56/1hr29h85.71%86.57%
- 57Terraforming Mars$0.61/1hr33h78.92%70.53%
- 58Valkyria Chronicles$0.62/1hr32h87.81%89.95%
- 59This Is the Police 2$0.64/1hr23h81.10%75.19%
- 60West of Loathing$0.66/1hr17h91.40%97.68%
- 61Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden$0.68/1hr21h88.51%90.23%
- 62XCOM: Chimera Squad$0.71/1hr14h75.35%71.23%
- 63Heroes of Might & Magic III - HD Edition$0.74/1hr20h81.20%79.68%
- 64Gordian Quest$0.74/1hr27h86.37%88.68%
- 65Cobalt Core$0.79/1hr25h88.31%95.99%
- 66Cardboard Town$0.82/1hr5h84.05%79.97%
- 67ZEPHON$0.82/1hr22h84.73%83.41%
- 68Shadowrun Returns$0.86/1hr17h86.92%88.34%
- 69TerraScape$0.87/1hr9h85.66%88.75%
- 70For The King$0.92/1hr22h87.24%87.76%
- 71Wingspan$0.92/1hr22h90.02%94.26%
- 7260 Parsecs!$0.97/1hr5h86.06%88.72%
- 73Tactical Breach Wizards$0.97/1hr21h92.05%97.95%
- 74Die in the Dungeon$0.99/1hr15h86.80%92.14%
- 75Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate$0.99/1hr10h87.55%91.04%
- 769 Kings$1.02/1hr20h90.19%92.49%
- 77Pit People$1.19/1hr17h88.50%92.82%
- 78StarVaders$1.20/1hr15h88.60%97.13%
- 79The Last Flame$1.28/1hr16h85.01%85.10%
- 80Nordhold$1.29/1hr16h85.45%86.89%
- 81Rebellion GODSOUL: Awakening$1.32/1hr14h85.13%85.65%
- 82Breachway$1.40/1hr14h83.79%75.66%
- 83Mordheim: City of the Damned$1.42/1hr14h78.30%70.34%
- 84The Legend of Bum-Bo$1.47/1hr10h83.38%80.68%
- 85Worms Revolution$1.49/1hr10h86.07%87.28%
- 86Soul Academy$1.51/1hr8h84.52%74.62%
- 87Ballionaire$1.73/1hr7h85.11%85.63%
- 88Worms Ultimate Mayhem$2.14/1hr7h86.37%88.60%
- 89Hexarchy$2.24/1hr9h84.55%81.88%
- 905D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel$2.33/1hr5h90.45%96.58%
- 91Worms Armageddon$2.44/1hr6h89.85%94.34%
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.