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.
  1. 1Hearts of Iron IV90.06%
  2. 2Sid Meier's Civilization V95.13%
  3. 3Total War: THREE KINGDOMS82.52%
  4. 4Manor Lords84.43%
  5. 5Total War: SHOGUN 290.95%
  6. 6Victoria 372.56%
  7. 7Age of History II89.07%
  8. 8STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack95.37%
  9. 9Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition89.57%
  10. 10Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition93.41%
  11. 11X4: Foundations81.39%
  12. 12HUMANKIND73.24%
  13. 13Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition89.93%
  14. 14Imperator: Rome70.92%
  15. 15Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic89.60%
  16. 16Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth68.03%
  17. 17ENDLESS Space 283.97%
  18. 18Victoria II89.90%
  19. 19ENDLESS Legend84.13%
  20. 20Empires of the Undergrowth91.18%
  21. 21Age of History 385.27%
  22. 22Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War83.00%
  23. 23Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion90.21%
  24. 24Armello83.21%
  25. 25Iron Harvest77.58%
  26. 26A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA76.49%
  27. 27Kingdom Heroes 866.87%
  28. 28Planetary Annihilation: TITANS84.79%
  29. 29Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance92.04%
  30. 30Total War: ROME REMASTERED80.54%
  31. 31Dune: Spice Wars81.90%
  32. 32Supreme Commander 286.96%
  33. 33Age of Wonders III82.46%
  34. 34Galactic Civilizations III80.94%
  35. 35Norland83.51%
  36. 36ENDLESS Space - Definitive Edition83.05%
  37. 37Steel Division 282.51%
  38. 38Terra Invicta83.09%
  39. 39Ultimate General: Civil War87.03%
  40. 40Songs of Syx89.80%
  41. 41Master of Orion81.69%
  42. 42Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms86.78%
  43. 43Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts74.64%
  44. 44Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete87.16%
  45. 45Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 284.97%
  46. 46Terraforming Mars79.19%
  47. 47Phoenix Point80.30%
  48. 48Old World84.15%
  49. 49Airships: Conquer the Skies89.53%
  50. 50Democracy 484.03%
  51. 51Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew87.64%
  52. 52Prehistoric Kingdom86.98%
  53. 53Hearts of Iron III81.87%
  54. 54Xenonauts 284.10%
  55. 55Total War: PHARAOH77.62%
  56. 56Total Conflict: Resistance81.65%
  57. 57Xenonauts85.86%
  58. 58Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword88.99%
  59. 59Sailing Era83.10%
  60. 60Creeper World 488.43%
  61. 61Cataclismo86.54%
  62. 62Panzer Corps 285.22%
  63. 63Dune: Imperium87.91%
  64. 64NEBULOUS: Fleet Command84.54%
  65. 65Fantasy Map Simulator86.51%
  66. 66Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit87.43%
  67. 67Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord80.77%
  68. 68ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE75.47%
  69. 69Millennia80.37%
  70. 70Carrier Command 284.38%
  71. 71A Total War Saga: TROY81.67%
  72. 72Sid Meier's Civilization IV87.25%
  73. 73Starpoint Gemini Warlords82.18%
  74. 74Anno 1404 - History Edition84.61%
  75. 75Distant Worlds 281.74%
  76. 76Star Trek: Infinite74.29%
  77. 77The Great War: Western Front80.73%
  78. 78Dummynation85.99%
  79. 79Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 784.08%
  80. 80Oriental Empires84.27%
  81. 81Plebby Quest: The Crusades85.42%
  82. 82SuperPower 2 Steam Edition84.08%
  83. 83City Bus Manager86.57%
  84. 84Panzer Corps Gold86.78%
  85. 85Songs of Silence84.45%
  86. 86NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Awakening83.07%
  87. 87Warlock - Master of the Arcane85.55%
  88. 88SpellForce: Conquest of Eo84.32%
  89. 89Medieval Kingdom Wars83.45%
  90. 90Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes83.18%
  91. 91Galactic Civilizations IV82.92%