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 Alliance14,18492.04%96.73%
- 2Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,29190.21%93.17%
- 3Victoria II19,94189.90%92.16%
- 4Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword4,98588.99%96.21%
- 5Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,60787.25%92.40%
- 6Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,67287.16%89.46%
- 7Master of Orion 21,71887.01%96.45%
- 8Supreme Commander 212,86286.96%88.18%
- 9Tiny Civilization2,15886.83%93.51%
- 10Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms7,89386.78%88.53%
- 11Knights of Honor2,37286.78%92.62%
- 12Fantasy Map Simulator4,06286.51%89.27%
- 13Heart of the Machine2,01186.51%92.04%
- 14Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game2,08286.15%89.82%
- 15Dummynation3,09385.99%87.91%
- 16Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,63985.75%87.92%
- 17AI War 21,54585.69%87.64%
- 18Buggos1,37085.67%87.66%
- 19Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,53785.57%86.73%
- 20Plebby Quest: The Crusades2,88885.42%85.53%
- 21The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia1,62185.40%85.44%
- 22Roma Invicta24885.33%82.66%
- 23Reshaping Mars83085.32%84.46%
- 24Interstellar Space: Genesis82985.28%83.96%
- 25Age of History 317,98885.27%85.20%
- 26NationWar2:Chronicle42185.16%79.57%
- 27Wooden Battles52985.08%79.21%
- 28Europa Universalis III Complete1,99285.04%83.28%
- 29Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 27,26884.97%84.40%
- 30AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.95%82.18%
- 31Hexarchy1,57584.94%82.10%
- 32Age of Gladiators75684.84%77.51%
- 33Fantasy General II1,95184.62%80.68%
- 34Anno 1404 - History Edition3,51884.61%82.40%
- 35NEBULOUS: Fleet Command4,11084.54%82.46%
- 36Unity of Command II2,14684.39%79.73%
- 37Breachway1,42384.15%75.40%
- 38Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition1,70484.14%76.82%
- 39ENDLESS Legend19,00684.13%83.46%
- 40SuperPower 2 Steam Edition2,84884.08%79.49%
- 41Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 73,01784.08%79.71%
- 42ENDLESS Space 222,90783.97%83.35%
- 43Distant Worlds: Universe1,84783.79%75.09%
- 44Medieval Kingdom Wars2,60983.45%76.01%
- 45Driftland: The Magic Revival1,99583.23%72.38%
- 46Three Kingdoms: Innovatory97683.06%59.12%
- 47ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition9,58083.05%80.62%
- 48A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition1,93382.91%70.05%
- 49Medieval: Total War - Collection2,42282.62%71.18%
- 50Floodland1,07182.57%56.21%
- 51Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition 2,23882.51%69.66%
- 52Starpoint Gemini Warlords3,58282.18%73.20%
- 53Hearts of Iron III6,05781.87%76.06%
- 54Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition95881.77%43.95%
- 55Distant Worlds 23,51481.74%71.34%
- 56Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord3,91980.77%68.97%
- 57Grand Ages: Medieval1,96979.20%47.74%
- 58Terraforming Mars7,17279.19%70.55%
