Strategy games under 20 hours
Explore the top 25 Strategy games that take under 20 hours to play, ranked by Metacritic score.
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Games are ordered by Metacritic score, highest first. Games without a Metacritic score appear last.
1. Sid Meier's Civilization IV
~11.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 94
2. Sid Meier's Civilization IV
~11.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 94
3. Company of Heroes
~19 hours to beat · Metacritic 93
4. Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition
~0.7 hours to beat · Metacritic 93
5. Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition
~19 hours to beat · Metacritic 92
6. Balatro
~6.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
7. Braid
~5 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
8. Factorio Demo
~1 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
9. Freedom Force
~15.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
10. Into the Breach
~5.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
11. Mass Effect™ 3 N7 Digital Deluxe Edition (2012)
~3.3 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
12. Rhythm Doctor
~4 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
13. Rise of Nations: Extended Edition
~18.9 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
14. Slay the Spire
~11 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
15. Timemelters
~10 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
16. World in Conflict
~12 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
17. World in Conflict: Soviet Assault
~4 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
18. Let's! Revolution!
~0.7 hours to beat · Metacritic 88
19. Commandos 2: Men of Courage
~20 hours to beat · Metacritic 87
20. Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
~13.6 hours to beat · Metacritic 87
21. Dispatch
~8.3 hours to beat · Metacritic 87
22. Dispatch Demo
~0.8 hours to beat · Metacritic 87
23. HEX: Shards of Fate
~7.8 hours to beat · Metacritic 87
24. Mini Motorways
~5.3 hours to beat · Metacritic 87
25. Monster Train 2
~2.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 87