Hidden Gem RTS Games Under $5
Highly rated RTS games on Steam for games under $5, 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.
- 1Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,10893.72%97.48%
- 2Stronghold HD (2012)10,44590.76%95.53%
- 3Rusted Warfare - RTS7,59790.33%96.33%
- 4Bad North: Jotunn Edition14,33989.94%93.26%
- 5Tropico 412,76388.83%91.69%
- 6Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,77286.88%88.79%
- 7Warpips5,21485.84%87.11%
- 8CastleStorm1,63385.77%89.34%
- 9Unholy Heights1,65285.75%89.16%
- 10Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,73785.73%87.72%
- 11Grim Nights1,55285.56%88.02%
- 12Buggos1,43685.52%87.88%
- 13Swarm Queen41285.48%92.72%
- 14Knights and Merchants4,96185.19%85.20%
- 15Natural Selection 213,37285.15%85.13%
- 16War Selection23,62885.12%85.09%
- 17Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest86985.02%83.20%
- 18Zombie Defense2,17684.96%83.96%
- 19Rise of Legions1,62084.74%82.04%
- 20AirMech Strike10,86484.66%84.18%
- 21Gods and Idols75884.59%69.00%
- 22Age of Conquest IV2,82384.43%81.76%
- 23Halo: Spartan Strike1,70984.35%79.46%
- 24Planet TD27784.33%61.73%
- 25Touhou Big Big Battle4,03784.16%80.16%
- 26Prime World: Defenders 22,19284.06%78.92%
- 27Gladiator Guild Manager4,08983.99%81.07%
- 28War Planet Online: Global Conquest98183.69%62.39%
- 29Survivalist2,56783.42%80.13%
- 30Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61283.23%75.77%
- 31Hades' Star2,68683.06%72.97%
- 32Mitos.is: The Game12,05982.90%81.01%
- 33Three Kingdoms: Innovatory98182.83%58.82%
- 34Art of War: Red Tides6,95482.54%79.06%
- 35Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak8,94082.40%79.28%
- 36Supremacy 1914: World War 14,34882.13%73.74%
- 37Strife4,88881.75%76.60%
- 38Builders of Egypt: Prologue4,08581.58%72.75%
- 39March of Empires1,86881.53%61.99%
- 40CONFLICT OF NATIONS: WORLD WAR 35,99481.24%74.66%
- 41Blood of Steel6,90581.21%75.47%
- 42Etherium95280.95%36.45%
- 43Game of Thrones Winter is Coming2,76180.41%60.96%
- 44Call of War: World War 26,38580.15%71.34%
- 45Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 211,04679.47%74.30%
- 46Stronghold: Warlords5,32778.21%65.12%
- 47Lords Mobile5,89177.78%66.76%
- 48Stronghold Crusader 218,11376.98%72.45%
- 49Stronghold Kingdoms9,58874.61%63.59%
- 50Stronghold 3 Gold4,86568.13%33.09%
- 51Stormgate9,26466.79%46.93%
