Hidden Gem RTS Games
Highly rated RTS 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.
- 1Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,10893.72%97.48%
- 2Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance14,39191.99%96.72%
- 3Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,83491.44%96.68%
- 4Empires of the Undergrowth18,94591.19%94.36%
- 5Company of Heroes18,78591.08%94.22%
- 6Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,90991.01%94.68%
- 7Stronghold HD (2012)10,44590.76%95.53%
- 8Brutal Legend20,47690.54%93.16%
- 9Rusted Warfare - RTS7,59790.33%96.33%
- 10Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)11,95590.31%94.60%
- 11Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,35190.14%93.17%
- 12Bad North: Jotunn Edition14,33989.94%93.26%
- 13Door Kickers10,05889.70%94.18%
- 14Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal4,82989.23%96.38%
- 15Emberward4,14088.86%96.93%
- 16Tropico 412,76388.83%91.69%
- 17Victoria II20,39188.67%90.38%
- 18The Wandering Village8,49388.62%91.97%
- 19Halo Wars: Definitive Edition9,55688.24%91.44%
- 20Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew6,58487.87%91.04%
- 21Kingdoms Reborn9,73487.75%90.38%
- 22Infested Planet3,04887.15%93.60%
- 23Knights of Honor2,39287.09%92.56%
- 24Supreme Commander 212,98186.89%88.21%
- 25Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,77286.88%88.79%
- 26Homeworld Remastered Collection14,18786.77%87.89%
- 27Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic)13,98086.58%87.58%
- 28Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game2,10386.48%89.82%
- 29Clanfolk4,06286.39%91.61%
- 30Element TD 2 - Tower Defense3,23486.38%90.11%
- 31Breakout 137,49286.37%87.95%
- 32Cataclismo4,34786.28%88.80%
- 33Dawn of Man17,85486.22%86.80%
- 34Anomaly: Warzone Earth4,69386.14%86.92%
- 35Atom Zombie Smasher2,10785.98%89.75%
- 36GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath2,87685.95%88.63%
- 37Border Pioneer1,92385.90%86.53%
- 38Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,38785.87%86.53%
- 39Dummynation3,27385.85%87.90%
- 40DEFCON4,33685.85%87.38%
- 41Warpips5,21485.84%87.11%
- 42Cavalry Girls1,99185.81%88.95%
- 43CastleStorm1,63385.77%89.34%
- 44Unholy Heights1,65285.75%89.16%
- 45Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,73785.73%87.72%
- 46Reshaping Mars83385.66%84.27%
- 47Survivalist: Invisible Strain4,55685.62%86.59%
- 48Grim Nights1,55285.56%88.02%
- 49DG2: Defense Grid 23,46485.56%86.63%
- 50Fly Corp3,41985.55%84.91%
- 51Buggos1,43685.52%87.88%
- 52Swarm Queen41285.48%92.72%
- 53AI War 21,56385.46%87.27%
- 54Winter Falling: Battle Tactics48585.40%89.90%
- 55Screeps: World2,09885.39%86.37%
- 56Tower Dominion5,59385.34%85.62%
- 57Frontline Crisis39785.29%87.91%
- 58Knights and Merchants4,96185.19%85.20%
- 59Natural Selection 213,37285.15%85.13%
- 60Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity81885.15%77.51%
- 61Roma Invicta25385.13%83.00%
- 62War Selection23,62885.12%85.09%
- 63Age of History 318,82485.06%84.99%
- 64Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense79985.05%86.23%
- 65Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest86985.02%83.20%
- 66Zombie Defense2,17684.96%83.96%
- 67Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 27,50084.91%84.55%
- 68Loopstructor38484.88%83.07%
- 69AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.77%82.25%
- 70Rise of Legions1,62084.74%82.04%
- 71AirMech Strike10,86484.66%84.18%
- 72Age of Empires: Definitive Edition15,67484.63%84.29%
- 73Gods and Idols75884.59%69.00%
- 74Oriental Empires3,00984.56%80.53%
- 75Operation: Polygon Storm29284.51%69.52%
- 76Europa Universalis III Complete2,05484.50%81.16%
- 77Anno 1404 - History Edition3,61584.45%82.43%
- 78Age of Conquest IV2,82384.43%81.76%
- 79Warstone TD3,89284.41%82.43%
- 80SuperPower 2 Steam Edition2,85884.36%79.39%
- 81Halo: Spartan Strike1,70984.35%79.46%
- 82Planet TD27784.33%61.73%
- 83Mech Engineer96784.24%74.46%
- 84Mechabellum19,55884.20%83.70%
- 85Touhou Big Big Battle4,03784.16%80.16%
- 86Dungeons 25,28684.10%82.07%
- 87Prime World: Defenders 22,19284.06%78.92%
- 88Gladiator Guild Manager4,08983.99%81.07%
- 89Becastled5,62183.93%81.71%
- 90Gratuitous Space Battles89083.93%69.89%
- 91Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 73,06483.89%79.67%
- 92ENDLESS Space 223,10583.87%83.30%
- 93War Planet Online: Global Conquest98183.69%62.39%
- 94Driftland: The Magic Revival2,01683.53%72.37%
- 95Nebuchadnezzar1,83783.44%78.93%
- 96Survivalist2,56783.42%80.13%
- 97Cossacks 316,18883.39%82.28%
- 98Norland10,49583.36%81.63%
- 99Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61283.23%75.77%
- 100Hades' Star2,68683.06%72.97%
