Hidden Gem Grand Strategy Games Under $20
Highly rated Grand Strategy games on Steam for games under $20, capped at 25,000 reviews. The 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 Alliance14,39191.99%96.72%
- 2Empires of the Undergrowth18,94591.19%94.36%
- 3Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,35190.14%93.17%
- 4Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword5,09888.91%96.23%
- 5Victoria II20,39188.67%90.38%
- 6Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew6,58487.87%91.04%
- 7Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,67587.57%92.44%
- 8Knights of Honor2,39287.09%92.56%
- 9Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,81287.07%89.49%
- 10Supreme Commander 212,98186.89%88.21%
- 11Master of Orion 21,75986.87%96.48%
- 12Heroes' Vow: Three Kingdoms8,21486.65%88.43%
- 13Tiny Civilization2,18986.59%93.01%
- 14Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game2,10386.48%89.82%
- 15Fantasy Map Simulator4,35086.39%89.17%
- 16Heart of the Machine2,13386.29%91.51%
- 17Cataclismo4,34786.28%88.80%
- 18Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,67886.09%87.96%
- 19Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,58185.90%86.72%
- 20Dummynation3,27385.85%87.90%
- 21Reshaping Mars83385.66%84.27%
- 22Buggos1,43685.52%87.88%
- 23AI War 21,56385.46%87.27%
- 24Plebby Quest: The Crusades2,91085.25%85.46%
- 25Hexarchy1,65285.24%81.96%
- 26The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia1,62385.21%85.40%
- 27Roma Invicta25385.13%83.00%
- 28Interstellar Space: Genesis85085.12%84.35%
- 29Age of History 318,82485.06%84.99%
- 30Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 27,50084.91%84.55%
- 31AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.77%82.25%
- 32NationWar2:Chronicle42984.74%79.72%
- 33Wooden Battles53784.67%79.52%
- 34Songs of Silence2,76184.65%80.59%
- 35Oriental Empires3,00984.56%80.53%
- 36Europa Universalis III Complete2,05484.50%81.16%
- 37Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition1,71284.48%76.93%
- 38Anno 1404 - History Edition3,61584.45%82.43%
- 39Old World6,90684.44%82.51%
- 40Age of Conquest IV2,82384.43%81.76%
- 41SuperPower 2 Steam Edition2,85884.36%79.39%
- 42Unity of Command II2,21384.16%79.53%
- 43Breachway1,52483.93%75.72%
- 44Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 73,06483.89%79.67%
- 45ENDLESS Space 223,10583.87%83.30%
- 46Age of Gladiators76983.79%77.63%
- 47Xenonauts 25,84783.79%81.41%
- 48Master of Magic1,23183.62%70.92%
- 49Driftland: The Magic Revival2,01683.53%72.37%
- 50Norland10,49583.36%81.63%
- 51Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61283.23%75.77%
- 52ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition9,60982.92%80.57%
- 53Medieval: Total War - Collection2,46282.89%71.16%
- 54Three Kingdoms: Innovatory98182.83%58.82%
- 55A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition1,96882.71%70.17%
- 56Warhammer Underworlds - Shadespire Edition (Classic)1,65582.37%61.81%
- 57Supremacy 1914: World War 14,34882.13%73.74%
- 58Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition95982.11%43.90%
- 59Hearts of Iron III6,08482.07%75.99%
- 60Floodland1,08981.53%56.38%
- 61A Total War Saga: TROY3,83181.43%71.63%
- 62CONFLICT OF NATIONS: WORLD WAR 35,99481.24%74.66%
- 63Blood of Steel6,90581.21%75.47%
- 64Game of Thrones Winter is Coming2,76180.41%60.96%
- 65Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord3,95780.39%68.28%
- 66Call of War: World War 26,38580.15%71.34%
- 67Grand Ages: Medieval1,97779.51%47.80%
- 68Terraforming Mars7,25479.04%70.57%
- 69A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA14,90376.44%70.57%
- 70Stronghold Kingdoms9,58874.61%63.59%
