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.
- 1XCOM 2$0.03/1hr87h84.73%84.69%
- 2Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword$0.06/1hr174h88.91%96.23%
- 3Old World$0.06/1hr62h84.44%82.51%
- 4Roguebook$0.09/1hr20h85.17%83.83%
- 5Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.10/1hr48h87.07%89.49%
- 6Battle Brothers$0.11/1hr78h87.32%88.06%
- 7XCOM: Enemy Unknown$0.12/1hr52h92.03%93.20%
- 8The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.12/1hr45h86.08%87.20%
- 9The Last Spell$0.12/1hr52h88.78%91.40%
- 10Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga$0.12/1hr57h90.74%94.48%
- 11King's Bounty: Warriors of the North$0.14/1hr71h83.44%79.47%
- 12Mechabellum$0.15/1hr103h84.20%83.70%
- 13XCOM: Chimera Squad$0.16/1hr18h75.35%71.17%
- 14ENDLESS Space 2$0.17/1hr59h83.87%83.30%
- 15Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.19/1hr107h83.79%83.47%
- 16Quasimorph$0.20/1hr81h83.55%82.68%
- 17Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition$0.20/1hr99h93.39%95.64%
- 18Total War: ATTILA$0.22/1hr89h83.00%82.42%
- 19Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion$0.23/1hr78h84.70%84.50%
- 20ShellShock Live$0.24/1hr42h91.23%92.93%
- 21The Battle of Polytopia$0.24/1hr19h88.85%93.96%
- 22Persona 4 Golden$0.24/1hr83h95.83%97.04%
- 23Ticket to Ride$0.25/1hr18h82.76%69.95%
- 24Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition$0.25/1hr80h79.28%77.61%
- 25Niche - a genetics survival game$0.26/1hr14h84.91%86.14%
- 26Heroes' Vow: Three Kingdoms$0.26/1hr76h86.65%88.43%
- 27Darkest Dungeon II$0.26/1hr47h77.46%74.60%
- 28HUMANKIND$0.27/1hr47h73.27%69.14%
- 29Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.27/1hr19h94.47%96.51%
- 30Marvel's Midnight Suns$0.27/1hr58h82.63%81.59%
- 31Shadowrun Returns$0.28/1hr11h86.62%87.66%
- 32Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition$0.29/1hr69h89.51%90.64%
- 33Balatro$0.30/1hr49h97.37%97.83%
- 34Gordian Quest$0.32/1hr19h86.49%88.66%
- 35Backpack Hero$0.33/1hr26h85.73%86.37%
- 36Cauldron$0.33/1hr45h86.85%92.89%
- 37Terraforming Mars$0.35/1hr57h79.04%70.57%
- 38The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky$0.39/1hr51h89.69%94.03%
- 39Heart of the Machine$0.40/1hr22h86.29%91.51%
- 40Terminus: Zombie Survivors$0.41/1hr29h87.35%94.21%
- 41Gladiator Guild Manager$0.43/1hr11h83.99%81.07%
- 42Banner of the Maid$0.44/1hr39h85.73%86.40%
- 43A Total War Saga: TROY$0.45/1hr45h81.43%71.63%
- 44Die in the Dungeon$0.46/1hr20h87.44%92.08%
- 45Might & Magic: Heroes VI$0.48/1hr21h67.30%48.03%
- 46Xenonauts 2$0.50/1hr40h83.79%81.41%
- 47Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition$0.53/1hr38h89.94%91.67%
- 48Age of History II$0.53/1hr11h89.02%89.78%
- 49Gremlins, Inc.$0.54/1hr37h85.09%84.99%
- 50Valkyria Chronicles$0.55/1hr36h87.89%89.93%
- 51Never Second in Rome$0.56/1hr23h84.70%80.81%
- 52TerraScape$0.57/1hr13h86.30%88.61%
- 53West of Loathing$0.58/1hr19h91.53%97.68%
- 54Nordhold$0.58/1hr17h85.53%86.56%
- 55Shogun Showdown$0.60/1hr25h89.66%95.14%
- 56The Matchless Kungfu$0.61/1hr33h82.85%79.16%
- 57Dungeon Clawler$0.62/1hr16h86.65%88.84%
- 58Wingspan$0.62/1hr32h90.15%94.29%
- 59Wildfrost$0.63/1hr32h84.44%82.93%
- 60Sid Meier's Civilization IV$0.64/1hr31h87.57%92.44%
- 619 Kings$0.65/1hr31h90.24%92.41%
- 62Cobalt Core$0.65/1hr31h88.91%96.04%
- 63Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate$0.70/1hr14h87.66%90.99%
- 64Talisman: Digital Classic Edition$0.70/1hr10h81.71%78.24%
- 65A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA$0.72/1hr28h76.44%70.57%
- 66Heroes of Might & Magic III - HD Edition$0.73/1hr21h81.08%79.43%
- 67SteamWorld Heist$0.75/1hr20h88.51%93.85%
- 68Invisible, Inc.$0.77/1hr26h86.82%91.24%
- 69Into the Breach$0.77/1hr19h91.40%94.17%
- 70Breachway$0.79/1hr13h83.93%75.72%
- 71The Last Flame$0.80/1hr25h85.14%85.00%
- 72Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles$0.84/1hr18h87.59%91.57%
- 73For The King$0.87/1hr23h87.23%87.70%
- 74Mordheim: City of the Damned$0.90/1hr22h78.38%70.35%
- 75Tactical Breach Wizards$0.93/1hr21h92.19%97.93%
- 76Tenebris: Terra Incognita$1.00/1hr20h84.17%81.84%
- 77Dorfromantik$1.07/1hr13h93.51%96.32%
- 78Border Pioneer$1.09/1hr13h85.90%86.53%
- 79Turmoil$1.12/1hr12h90.00%92.98%
- 80Child of Light$1.18/1hr13h88.97%91.34%
- 81Ballionaire$1.26/1hr4h85.04%84.49%
- 82Songs of Silence$1.27/1hr11h84.65%80.59%
- 83Worms Armageddon$1.28/1hr12h89.96%94.32%
- 84Empire of Sin$1.35/1hr7h70.68%47.76%
- 85Worms Revolution$1.36/1hr11h86.16%87.24%
- 86Dice & Fold$1.37/1hr9h85.13%83.49%
- 87Cardboard Town$2.64/1hr8h84.64%79.76%
- 885D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel$3.17/1hr4h90.58%96.59%
- 89Worms Ultimate Mayhem$3.18/1hr5h86.86%88.59%
- 90Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut$3.57/1hr4h86.68%88.94%
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.