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Which turn-based strategy games actually get played?

60 turn-based strategy games owned in at least 30 of the libraries read here, ranked by the share of its Steam reviewers who recommend it. The typical one is recommended by 82%.

S4 games
  1. #1Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword96% recommend
  2. #2Total War: MEDIEVAL II - Definitive Edition96% recommend
  3. #3Sid Meier's Civilization V96% recommend
  4. #4X-COM: UFO Defense95% recommend
A12 games
  1. #5Rome: Total War95% recommend
  2. #6The Battle of Polytopia94% recommend
  3. #7Total War: WARHAMMER II93% recommend
  4. #8Sid Meier's Civilization IV92% recommend
  5. #9Total War: SHOGUN 292% recommend
  6. #10Total War: NAPOLEON - Definitive Edition92% recommend
  7. #11King's Bounty: Crossworlds92% recommend
  8. #12King's Bounty: Armored Princess91% recommend
  9. #13Total War: EMPIRE - Definitive Edition91% recommend
  10. #14King's Bounty: The Legend91% recommend
  11. #15Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords90% recommend
  12. #16Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete89% recommend
B18 games
  1. #17Terraformers88% recommend
  2. #18Ozymandias88% recommend
  3. #19Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition88% recommend
  4. #20Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization87% recommend
  5. #21Sid Meier's Civilization VI86% recommend
  6. #22Niche - a genetics survival game86% recommend
  7. #23Warlock - Master of the Arcane85% recommend
  8. #24Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition85% recommend
  9. #25Through The Darkest of Times84% recommend
  10. #26Etherlords II84% recommend
  11. #27Faeria84% recommend
  12. #28ENDLESS Legend™83% recommend
  13. #29ENDLESS Space™ 283% recommend
  14. #30Old World83% recommend
  15. #31Total War: ATTILA82% recommend
  16. #32Total War: THREE KINGDOMS82% recommend
  17. #33Hexarchy82% recommend
  18. #34Armello82% recommend
C15 games
  1. #35Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War82% recommend
  2. #36Fantasy General II81% recommend
  3. #37ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition81% recommend
  4. #38Age of Wonders: Planetfall80% recommend
  5. #39Heroes of Might & Magic III - HD Edition79% recommend
  6. #40Hero's Hour79% recommend
  7. #41King's Bounty: Warriors of the North79% recommend
  8. #42Interplanetary79% recommend
  9. #43Total War: WARHAMMER79% recommend
  10. #44Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign78% recommend
  11. #45Age of Wonders III77% recommend
  12. #46Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition77% recommend

And 3 more: Galactic Civilizations III, Sigma Theory, Rome: Total War - Alexander.

D11 games
  1. #50Legends of Eisenwald76% recommend
  2. #51Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes74% recommend
  3. #52King's Bounty: Dark Side74% recommend
  4. #53Total War: WARHAMMER III72% recommend
  5. #54HUMANKIND™69% recommend
  6. #55Eador. Masters of the Broken World68% recommend
  7. #56Small World68% recommend
  8. #57Frozen Synapse Prime64% recommend
  9. #58Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth61% recommend
  10. #59Galactic Civilizations I: Ultimate Edition49% recommend
  11. #60Sid Meier's Civilization VII47% recommend

Counted from the Steam libraries read here, by the hours Steam has on each game; free games are left out, since Steam lists one as owned only once it has been played. Recommended is the share of each game’s Steam reviewers who recommend it.