Most Reviewed Grand Strategy Games Under $40
The most-reviewed Grand Strategy games for games under $40, ranked by total review count.
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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.
- 1Sid Meier’s Civilization VI376,76386.07%86.09%
- 2Sid Meier's Civilization V210,25595.14%95.60%
- 3Total War: THREE KINGDOMS93,32782.54%82.22%
- 4Manor Lords89,33584.31%84.18%
- 5Crusader Kings II73,79089.93%90.54%
- 6Total War: SHOGUN 267,37890.98%91.80%
- 7Victoria 360,49072.49%70.35%
- 8Sid Meier's Civilization VII57,69853.83%48.35%
- 9Age of History II49,85889.10%89.83%
- 10STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack42,90595.41%97.73%
- 11RISK: Global Domination41,43880.51%79.31%
- 12Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition37,88889.57%90.66%
- 13Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition36,17593.45%95.66%
- 14Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition27,38489.98%91.63%
- 15Imperator: Rome26,86370.97%65.58%
- 16Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic26,69489.64%91.21%
- 17Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth23,10568.08%60.56%
- 18ENDLESS Space 222,98683.98%83.34%
- 19Victoria II19,97589.91%92.14%
- 20ENDLESS Legend19,03984.16%83.48%
- 21Empires of the Undergrowth18,51691.25%94.38%
- 22Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War18,43183.02%81.70%
- 23Age of History 318,39585.20%85.07%
- 24Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,31790.24%93.17%
- 25Armello16,03883.23%81.84%
- 26Iron Harvest15,91077.59%72.65%
- 27A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA14,83376.37%70.57%
- 28Kingdom Heroes 814,69966.88%54.24%
- 29Planetary Annihilation: TITANS14,64084.81%84.38%
- 30Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance14,28392.07%96.70%
- 31Total War: ROME REMASTERED13,59080.56%76.96%
- 32Dune: Spice Wars13,49681.87%79.21%
- 33Supreme Commander 212,91787.02%88.23%
- 34Age of Wonders III12,79782.47%80.14%
- 35Galactic Civilizations III10,38780.96%76.64%
- 36Norland10,23283.48%81.55%
- 37ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition9,60383.08%80.60%
- 38Stronghold Kingdoms9,56174.81%63.68%
- 39Steel Division 29,55382.54%79.48%
- 40Terra Invicta9,52283.08%80.58%
- 41Songs of Syx8,97389.72%94.47%
- 42Ultimate General: Civil War8,54787.05%88.92%
- 43Master of Orion8,16181.70%77.11%
- 44Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms8,01486.85%88.58%
- 45Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts7,92574.61%60.92%
- 46Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,73887.20%89.47%
- 47Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 27,40485.05%84.49%
- 48Terraforming Mars7,21679.19%70.51%
- 49Phoenix Point7,12280.33%73.13%
- 50Blood of Steel6,89581.39%75.49%
- 51Old World6,74284.20%82.33%
- 52Airships: Conquer the Skies6,55889.59%95.90%
- 53Prehistoric Kingdom6,52387.17%89.81%
- 54Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew6,45387.68%91.14%
- 55Democracy 46,36284.03%81.78%
- 56Call of War: World War 26,34579.98%71.35%
- 57Hearts of Iron III6,07281.92%76.10%
- 58CONFLICT OF NATIONS: WORLD WAR 35,94781.43%74.68%
- 59Xenonauts 25,62684.02%81.46%
- 60Total War: PHARAOH5,39377.63%63.12%
- 61Total Conflict: Resistance5,27081.56%74.17%
- 62Xenonauts5,05885.90%86.77%
- 63Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword5,03589.06%96.23%
- 64Sailing Era5,00183.13%78.48%
- 65Creeper World 44,69988.48%94.94%
- 66NEBULOUS: Fleet Command4,37084.17%81.24%
- 67Supremacy 1914: World War 14,31581.94%73.81%
- 68Dune: Imperium4,27387.70%94.06%
- 69Cataclismo4,24086.23%89.17%
- 70Fantasy Map Simulator4,19886.51%89.04%
- 71Panzer Corps 24,16885.24%84.72%
- 72Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit4,07787.47%92.42%
- 73Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord3,94680.71%68.68%
- 74Millennia3,77580.39%66.97%
- 75Carrier Command 23,73884.39%81.54%
- 76A Total War Saga: TROY3,72381.69%71.58%
- 77Sid Meier's Civilization IV3,63287.31%92.43%
- 78Starpoint Gemini Warlords3,58882.21%73.19%
- 79Anno 1404 - History Edition3,56684.66%82.45%
- 80Distant Worlds 23,53981.75%71.29%
- 81Star Trek: Infinite3,50074.33%42.54%
- 82The Great War: Western Front3,26580.76%66.37%
- 83Dummynation3,18086.01%87.77%
- 84Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 73,03484.12%79.73%
- 85Oriental Empires2,99384.32%80.52%
- 86Plebby Quest: The Crusades2,89785.47%85.54%
- 87SuperPower 2 Steam Edition2,85284.12%79.45%
- 88City Bus Manager2,82086.65%90.89%
- 89Age of Conquest IV2,81484.64%81.77%
- 90Game of Thrones Winter is Coming2,74680.22%61.14%
- 91Panzer Corps Gold2,72686.83%91.89%
- 92Songs of Silence2,70684.46%80.78%
- 93SpellForce: Conquest of Eo2,64284.35%80.17%
- 94Warlock - Master of the Arcane2,63785.60%86.16%
- 95Medieval Kingdom Wars2,61383.47%75.89%
- 96Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes2,52683.23%74.43%
- 97Galactic Civilizations IV2,50882.90%72.73%
- 98Medieval: Total War - Collection2,44682.64%71.14%
- 99Knights of Honor2,38286.81%92.53%
- 100Unity of Command II2,17984.43%79.72%
