RTS

Top 10 RTS games by Average Playtime

#	Game	Release Year↕	Developer↕	Publisher↕	Revenue	Units Sold	Average Playtime↓	Median Playtime↕	Review Score↕	Price↕
1	Hearts of Iron IV	2016	Paradox Development Studio	Paradox Interactive	$0.0MUnlock →	000KUnlock →	282.2h	43.0h	90%	$49.99
2	Total War: WARHAMMER II	2017	CREATIVE ASSEMBLY	SEGA	$0.0MUnlock →	000KUnlock →	176.5h	37.6h	92%	$59.99
3	Total War: WARHAMMER III	2022	CREATIVE ASSEMBLY	SEGA	$0.0MUnlock →	000KUnlock →	170.2h	50.2h	69%	$59.99
4	Crusader Kings III	2020	Paradox Development Studio	Paradox Interactive	$0.0MUnlock →	000KUnlock →	144.9h	35.4h	90%	$49.99
5	NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Awakening	2022	KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.	KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.	$0.0MUnlock →	000KUnlock →	143.6h	36.1h	74%	$59.99
6	Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition	2019	World's Edge	Xbox Game Studios	$0.0MUnlock →	000KUnlock →	127.6h	15.0h	94%	$32.99
7	Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition	2013	CREATIVE ASSEMBLY	SEGA	$0.0MUnlock →	000KUnlock →	125.5h	33.5h	87%	$59.99
8	Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII	2016	KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.	KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.	$0.0MUnlock →	000KUnlock →	114.0h	36.9h	57%	$59.99
9	Total War: THREE KINGDOMS	2019	CREATIVE ASSEMBLY	SEGA	$0.0MUnlock →	000KUnlock →	111.9h	30.0h	82%	$39.99
10	Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)	2021	Grand Engineer Corps	Grand Engineer Corps	$0.0MUnlock →	000KUnlock →	110.6h	11.1h	75%	$44.99

Steam-wide market context

Based on 2,349 RTS games across the full Steam catalog · snapshot Jul 12, 2026 — official Steam data, beyond our tracked corpus.