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)20,90593.61%97.55%
- 2Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance14,18492.04%96.73%
- 3Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,45091.19%96.75%
- 4Company of Heroes18,41391.17%94.31%
- 5Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,68491.05%94.66%
- 6Brutal Legend20,16890.63%93.23%
- 7Stronghold HD (2012)10,32690.55%95.55%
- 8Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)11,84290.40%94.63%
- 9Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,29190.21%93.17%
- 10Rusted Warfare - RTS7,26090.01%96.36%
- 11Bad North: Jotunn Edition13,84189.95%93.24%
- 12Victoria II19,94189.90%92.16%
- 13Door Kickers10,02389.79%94.18%
- 14Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal4,79888.97%96.42%
- 15Tropico 412,69188.93%91.71%
- 16Age of Mythology: Retold22,61888.91%90.47%
- 17Emberward3,70788.50%96.90%
- 18The Wandering Village8,22488.33%91.90%
- 19Halo Wars: Definitive Edition9,30988.29%91.40%
- 20Kingdoms Reborn9,62387.91%90.53%
- 21Infested Planet3,02987.30%93.60%
- 22Supreme Commander 212,86286.96%88.18%
- 23112 Operator7,23286.90%88.98%
- 24Aliens: Dark Descent18,16686.88%87.70%
- 25Knights of Honor2,37286.78%92.62%
- 26Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,65286.64%88.84%
- 27Element TD 2 - Tower Defense3,20486.56%90.20%
- 28Breakout 137,42086.50%88.01%
- 29Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game2,08286.15%89.82%
- 30Atom Zombie Smasher2,09386.13%89.68%
- 31GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath2,84286.11%88.63%
- 32Warpips5,10186.03%87.30%
- 33DEFCON4,30886.00%87.42%
- 34Dummynation3,09385.99%87.91%
- 35Cavalry Girls1,95785.96%88.86%
- 36CastleStorm1,61785.94%89.30%
- 37Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,66785.93%87.55%
- 38Unholy Heights1,63585.93%89.24%
- 39Anomaly: Warzone Earth4,67885.90%86.98%
- 40Survivalist: Invisible Strain4,27985.90%86.82%
- 41Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,09185.87%86.35%
- 42Grim Nights1,54285.73%87.94%
- 43AI War 21,54585.69%87.64%
- 44Swarm Queen39785.67%92.70%
- 45Buggos1,37085.67%87.66%
- 46DG2: Defense Grid 23,40285.64%86.39%
- 47Winter Falling: Battle Tactics47785.64%90.78%
- 48Border Pioneer1,83385.62%86.85%
- 49Screeps: World2,07785.59%86.52%
- 50Tower Dominion5,06285.52%85.78%
- 51Frontline Crisis38585.48%87.79%
- 52Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense75685.47%86.51%
- 53Diplomacy is Not an Option12,08785.44%85.48%
- 54War Selection23,25885.34%85.31%
- 55Loopstructor37885.33%83.60%
- 56Roma Invicta24885.33%82.66%
- 57Knights and Merchants4,94585.32%85.18%
- 58Reshaping Mars83085.32%84.46%
- 59Fly Corp3,34485.31%85.05%
- 60Age of History 317,98885.27%85.20%
- 61Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest86785.21%83.16%
- 62Natural Selection 213,34285.21%85.08%
- 63Zombie Defense2,17085.15%84.06%
- 64Europa Universalis III Complete1,99285.04%83.28%
- 65Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 27,26884.97%84.40%
- 66Operation: Polygon Storm28984.97%70.24%
- 67AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.95%82.18%
- 68Rise of Legions1,61884.93%82.08%
- 69Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity81484.79%77.40%
- 70Planet TD27684.76%61.96%
- 71AirMech Strike10,84484.72%84.09%
- 72Age of Empires: Definitive Edition15,39084.70%84.26%
- 73Anno 1404 - History Edition3,51884.61%82.40%
- 74Halo: Spartan Strike1,67084.61%79.94%
- 75Age of Conquest IV2,81684.59%81.75%
- 76Warstone TD3,88384.56%82.41%
- 77Nebuchadnezzar1,80884.50%78.98%
- 78Mech Engineer92684.45%74.30%
- 79Taur2,09384.44%79.89%
- 80Mechabellum18,71184.37%83.82%
- 81Survivalist2,56884.30%80.06%
- 82Gods and Idols75684.25%69.18%
- 83Prime World: Defenders 22,17784.25%79.01%
- 84Dungeons 25,26084.23%82.02%
- 85Gladiator Guild Manager3,98384.21%81.25%
- 86Gratuitous Space Battles88084.17%70.34%
- 87Becastled5,55384.15%81.90%
- 88SuperPower 2 Steam Edition2,84884.08%79.49%
- 89Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 73,01784.08%79.71%
- 90ENDLESS Space 222,90783.97%83.35%
- 91Touhou Big Big Battle4,03383.97%80.16%
- 92Distant Worlds: Universe1,84783.79%75.09%
- 93Cossacks 315,93783.46%82.24%
- 94Medieval Kingdom Wars2,60983.45%76.01%
- 95War Planet Online: Global Conquest96483.39%62.66%
- 96Driftland: The Magic Revival1,99583.23%72.38%
- 97Three Kingdoms: Innovatory97683.06%59.12%
- 98Mitos.is: The Game12,03483.00%81.01%
- 99Art of War: Red Tides6,95782.78%79.03%
- 100Hades' Star2,67082.76%72.88%
