Hidden Gem Grand Strategy Games
Highly rated Grand Strategy games that never got big: under $20, fewer than 25,000 reviews. The review cap filters out everything you've already heard of.
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Our score adjusts Steam's raw rating for sample size. The fewer reviews a game has, the more its score gets pulled toward the site-wide average, so a tiny game can't fluke its way to #1.
- 1Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance14,37292.09%96.73%
- 2Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,34890.23%93.18%
- 3Victoria II20,02489.91%92.15%
- 4Airships: Conquer the Skies6,60889.20%95.88%
- 5Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword5,07788.63%96.22%
- 6Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,80287.19%89.48%
- 7Supreme Commander 212,97686.99%88.21%
- 8Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,66886.82%92.39%
- 9Master of Orion 21,75386.52%96.46%
- 10Heart of the Machine2,12286.47%91.47%
- 11Heroes' Vow: Three Kingdoms8,10986.46%88.53%
- 12Knights of Honor2,39286.28%92.56%
- 13Tiny Civilization2,18886.25%93.01%
- 14Fantasy Map Simulator4,32686.11%89.18%
- 15Dummynation3,25786.01%87.84%
- 16Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,67285.78%87.98%
- 17AI War 21,56285.68%87.39%
- 18Buggos1,43585.66%87.94%
- 19Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game2,10085.64%89.76%
- 20Roma Invicta25285.28%82.94%
- 21Age of History 318,73785.16%85.02%
- 22NationWar2:Chronicle42985.10%79.72%
- 23Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,57785.05%86.75%
- 24Wooden Battles53685.04%79.48%
- 25AI War: Fleet Command1,61284.96%82.20%
- 26Plebby Quest: The Crusades2,90684.93%85.48%
- 27Hexarchy1,64884.92%81.92%
- 28The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia1,62384.86%85.40%
- 29Age of Gladiators76784.79%77.71%
- 30Reshaping Mars83284.74%84.25%
- 31Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 27,47184.66%84.50%
- 32Europa Universalis III Complete2,00184.53%83.31%
- 33Anno 1404 - History Edition3,60084.14%82.39%
- 34Age of Conquest IV2,82084.12%81.77%
- 35Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition1,71383.63%76.94%
- 36SuperPower 2 Steam Edition2,85783.59%79.42%
- 37Breachway1,51683.58%75.66%
- 38Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 73,06183.57%79.65%
- 39ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition9,60783.04%80.57%
- 40Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61482.91%75.78%
- 41Galactic Civilizations IV2,59282.70%72.26%
- 42Driftland: The Magic Revival2,01382.69%72.33%
- 43Floodland1,08782.50%56.39%
- 44Three Kingdoms: Innovatory98182.46%58.82%
- 45A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition1,96682.37%70.14%
- 46Medieval: Total War - Collection2,46082.08%71.14%
- 47Warhammer Underworlds - Shadespire Edition (Classic)1,65582.06%61.81%
- 48Hearts of Iron III6,08381.47%76.03%
- 49Supremacy 1914: World War 14,34381.42%73.68%
- 50CONFLICT OF NATIONS: WORLD WAR 35,99681.37%74.63%
- 51Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition95981.20%43.90%
- 52A Total War Saga: TROY3,82181.13%71.60%
- 53Blood of Steel6,90480.97%75.46%
- 54Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord3,95480.59%68.41%
- 55Game of Thrones Winter is Coming2,75980.12%60.96%
- 56Call of War: World War 26,38179.53%71.31%
- 57Terraforming Mars7,24578.80%70.56%
- 58Grand Ages: Medieval1,97778.66%47.75%
- 59A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA14,89576.54%70.58%
- 60Stronghold Kingdoms9,58374.43%63.62%
- 61Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth23,16668.06%60.60%
