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)21,07993.60%97.48%
- 2Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance14,37292.09%96.73%
- 3Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,81291.27%96.68%
- 4Company of Heroes18,74591.17%94.25%
- 5Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,88991.10%94.68%
- 6Brutal Legend20,45390.64%93.20%
- 7Stronghold HD (2012)10,44490.58%95.53%
- 8Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)11,93890.41%94.60%
- 9Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,34890.23%93.18%
- 10Rusted Warfare - RTS7,56990.10%96.30%
- 11Bad North: Jotunn Edition14,29890.07%93.26%
- 12Victoria II20,02489.91%92.15%
- 13Door Kickers10,05789.81%94.18%
- 14Airships: Conquer the Skies6,60889.20%95.88%
- 15Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal4,82788.98%96.37%
- 16Tropico 412,74988.93%91.69%
- 17Emberward3,84588.62%96.96%
- 18Halo Wars: Definitive Edition9,53688.35%91.43%
- 19Kingdoms Reborn9,73487.86%90.37%
- 20Infested Planet3,04887.32%93.60%
- 21Supreme Commander 212,97686.99%88.21%
- 22Aliens: Dark Descent18,83786.85%87.61%
- 23112 Operator7,34986.82%88.73%
- 24Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic)13,95586.69%87.61%
- 25Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,76486.65%88.79%
- 26Element TD 2 - Tower Defense3,23486.56%90.11%
- 27Breakout 137,48786.49%87.94%
- 28Knights of Honor2,39286.28%92.56%
- 29Atom Zombie Smasher2,10386.16%89.73%
- 30GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath2,87386.13%88.62%
- 31Dummynation3,25786.01%87.84%
- 32Warpips5,20686.00%87.13%
- 33DEFCON4,33286.00%87.35%
- 34Cavalry Girls1,98886.00%88.93%
- 35Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,37485.97%86.50%
- 36CastleStorm1,63385.96%89.34%
- 37Unholy Heights1,64985.95%89.21%
- 38Anomaly: Warzone Earth4,68985.89%86.93%
- 39Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,73385.84%87.71%
- 40Grim Nights1,55185.76%88.01%
- 41Survivalist: Invisible Strain4,54885.73%86.61%
- 42DG2: Defense Grid 23,46185.72%86.62%
- 43AI War 21,56285.68%87.39%
- 44Buggos1,43585.66%87.94%
- 45Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game2,10085.64%89.76%
- 46Swarm Queen41185.64%92.94%
- 47Border Pioneer1,91485.60%86.57%
- 48Screeps: World2,09485.58%86.39%
- 49Winter Falling: Battle Tactics48485.54%89.88%
- 50Tower Dominion5,54585.50%85.66%
- 51Frontline Crisis39785.43%87.91%
- 52Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense79785.40%86.20%
- 53Knights and Merchants4,95885.30%85.22%
- 54Roma Invicta25285.28%82.94%
- 55Loopstructor38485.25%83.07%
- 56Natural Selection 213,37085.25%85.12%
- 57War Selection23,59085.20%85.14%
- 58Age of History 318,73785.16%85.02%
- 59Zombie Defense2,17385.16%83.99%
- 60AI War: Fleet Command1,61284.96%82.20%
- 61Rise of Legions1,61984.95%82.09%
- 62Operation: Polygon Storm29284.89%69.52%
- 63Fly Corp3,41184.81%84.90%
- 64AirMech Strike10,86184.75%84.15%
- 65Reshaping Mars83284.74%84.25%
- 66Age of Empires: Definitive Edition15,64184.72%84.27%
- 67Planet TD27784.70%61.73%
- 68Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 27,47184.66%84.50%
- 69Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest86884.65%83.18%
- 70Warstone TD3,89184.57%82.42%
- 71Europa Universalis III Complete2,00184.53%83.31%
- 72Mech Engineer96384.37%74.35%
- 73Mechabellum19,39184.36%83.81%
- 74Nebuchadnezzar1,83684.34%78.92%
- 75Prime World: Defenders 22,18984.27%79.03%
- 76Dungeons 25,28484.25%82.06%
- 77Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity81684.22%77.45%
- 78Gladiator Guild Manager4,08284.16%81.09%
- 79Anno 1404 - History Edition3,60084.14%82.39%
- 80Age of Conquest IV2,82084.12%81.77%
- 81Becastled5,61184.09%81.73%
- 82Gratuitous Space Battles89084.07%69.89%
- 83Halo: Spartan Strike1,70684.01%79.54%
- 84Touhou Big Big Battle4,03883.90%80.16%
- 85Survivalist2,56883.83%80.14%
- 86Gods and Idols75883.66%69.00%
- 87SuperPower 2 Steam Edition2,85783.59%79.42%
- 88Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 73,06183.57%79.65%
- 89Cossacks 316,16783.46%82.25%
- 90Mitos.is: The Game12,05683.00%81.01%
- 91Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61482.91%75.78%
- 92War Planet Online: Global Conquest97982.78%62.41%
- 93Art of War: Red Tides6,95482.76%79.06%
- 94Driftland: The Magic Revival2,01382.69%72.33%
- 95Gnomoria3,53882.69%75.21%
- 96Conan Unconquered1,86182.65%67.81%
- 97Planetbase10,45182.52%79.75%
- 98Strife4,88782.46%76.59%
- 99Three Kingdoms: Innovatory98182.46%58.82%
- 100Hades' Star2,68482.27%72.95%
