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.
  1. 1Brutal Legend90.63%
  2. 2Rusted Warfare - RTS90.01%
  3. 3Halo Wars: Definitive Edition88.29%
  4. 4112 Operator86.90%
  5. 5Atom Zombie Smasher86.13%
  6. 6Warpips86.03%
  7. 7Unholy Heights85.93%
  8. 8Grim Nights85.73%
  9. 9AI War 285.69%
  10. 10Swarm Queen85.67%
  11. 11Loopstructor85.33%
  12. 12Natural Selection 285.21%
  13. 13AI War: Fleet Command84.95%
  14. 14Planet TD84.76%
  15. 15Age of Empires: Definitive Edition84.70%
  16. 16Halo: Spartan Strike84.61%
  17. 17Warstone TD84.56%
  18. 18Survivalist84.30%
  19. 19Gladiator Guild Manager84.21%
  20. 20Distant Worlds: Universe83.79%
  21. 21Three Kingdoms: Innovatory83.06%
  22. 22Patron82.34%