Best Value Action Games

The Action games that stretch a budget furthest: median reviewer playtime divided by current price. Pick your currency in the top bar to rank against your local prices.

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Price divided by median reviewer playtime — how much you pay per hour of gameplay. Lower is better. Reviewers tend to sink more hours in than the average owner, so treat this as an optimistic estimate. Free games are excluded because there's no price to divide by.
  1. 1YoloMouse - Cursor Changer$0.01/1hr
  2. 2Hunt: Showdown 1896$0.03/1hr
  3. 3GemCraft - Chasing Shadows$0.03/1hr
  4. 4Crosshair X$0.03/1hr
  5. 5Rust$0.05/1hr
  6. 6Black Desert$0.05/1hr
  7. 7Monster Hunter: World$0.06/1hr
  8. 8Geometry Dash$0.06/1hr
  9. 9X4: Foundations$0.06/1hr
  10. 10Terraria$0.07/1hr
  11. 11Hero Siege$0.07/1hr
  12. 12SpiritVale$0.07/1hr
  13. 13Deep Rock Galactic$0.07/1hr
  14. 14Space Engineers$0.07/1hr
  15. 15Brotato$0.07/1hr
  16. 16Dead by Daylight$0.07/1hr
  17. 17The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth$0.07/1hr
  18. 18Foxhole$0.08/1hr
  19. 19Wall World$0.08/1hr
  20. 20MONSTER HUNTER RISE$0.08/1hr
  21. 21Vampire Survivors$0.09/1hr
  22. 22Rising Storm 2: Vietnam$0.09/1hr
  23. 23SCUM$0.10/1hr
  24. 24Cyberhunt$0.10/1hr
  25. 25Rock 'N' Roll Defense$0.10/1hr
  26. 26Monster Sanctuary$0.10/1hr
  27. 27The Elder Scrolls Online$0.10/1hr
  28. 28Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.10/1hr
  29. 29Borderlands 2$0.11/1hr
  30. 30Elite Dangerous$0.11/1hr
  31. 31UBERMOSH$0.11/1hr
  32. 32Mechabellum$0.11/1hr
  33. 33DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2$0.11/1hr
  34. 34Town of Salem$0.11/1hr
  35. 35ARC Raiders$0.11/1hr
  36. 36Bean Battles$0.12/1hr
  37. 37Crime Boss: Rockay City$0.12/1hr
  38. 38ORION: Prelude$0.12/1hr
  39. 39DSX$0.12/1hr
  40. 407 Days to Die$0.12/1hr
  41. 41Left 4 Dead 2$0.12/1hr
  42. 42ICARUS$0.12/1hr
  43. 43R.E.P.O.$0.12/1hr
  44. 44Borderlands 3$0.12/1hr
  45. 45Curse of the Dead Gods$0.12/1hr
  46. 46Dying Light$0.12/1hr
  47. 47Avorion$0.13/1hr
  48. 48Green Hell$0.13/1hr
  49. 49Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.13/1hr
  50. 50Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)$0.14/1hr
  51. 51ARK: Survival Evolved$0.14/1hr
  52. 52Subsistence$0.14/1hr
  53. 53FlatOut$0.14/1hr
  54. 54Nioh: Complete Edition$0.15/1hr
  55. 55House Flipper$0.15/1hr
  56. 56Mortal Online 2$0.15/1hr
  57. 57Fallout: New Vegas$0.15/1hr
  58. 58Portal Knights$0.15/1hr
  59. 59Generation Zero$0.15/1hr
  60. 60Dungeon Defenders$0.16/1hr
  61. 61Army of Ruin$0.16/1hr
  62. 62Mount & Blade: Warband$0.16/1hr
  63. 63Survival: Fountain of Youth$0.16/1hr
  64. 64Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok$0.16/1hr
  65. 65Streamer Life Simulator$0.16/1hr
  66. 6620 Minutes Till Dawn$0.16/1hr
  67. 67鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal$0.17/1hr
  68. 68Halls of Torment$0.17/1hr
  69. 69God Of Weapons$0.18/1hr
  70. 70DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT$0.18/1hr
  71. 71Children of Morta$0.18/1hr
  72. 72Valheim$0.18/1hr
  73. 73Starbound$0.18/1hr
  74. 74Crab Champions$0.19/1hr
  75. 75Resident Evil 4 (2005)$0.19/1hr
  76. 76Chivalry 2$0.19/1hr
  77. 77KovaaK's$0.19/1hr
  78. 78PEAK$0.19/1hr
  79. 79Planes, Bullets and Vodka$0.20/1hr
  80. 80Blood and Bacon$0.20/1hr
  81. 81Laika: Aged Through Blood$0.20/1hr
  82. 82Soulstone Survivors$0.21/1hr
  83. 83Warpips$0.21/1hr
  84. 84Don't Starve Together$0.21/1hr
  85. 85Muse Dash$0.21/1hr
  86. 86SteamWorld Dig$0.21/1hr
  87. 87Resident Evil 6$0.21/1hr
  88. 88People Playground$0.21/1hr
  89. 89Death Must Die$0.21/1hr
  90. 90Insurgency: Sandstorm$0.22/1hr
  91. 91The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut$0.22/1hr
  92. 92ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN$0.22/1hr
  93. 93Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.22/1hr
  94. 94Party Hard$0.22/1hr
  95. 95Shadow Warrior 2$0.22/1hr
  96. 96Slime Rancher$0.22/1hr
  97. 97Path of Exile 2$0.22/1hr
  98. 98Friends vs Friends$0.22/1hr
  99. 99No Man's Sky$0.22/1hr
  100. 100DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE$0.23/1hr

How the math works: we sample each game’s Steam reviewers, take the median of their total recorded playtime (lifetime hours, not hours at the time of review), and divide it by the game’s current price in your selected currency. Reviewers usually sink more hours in than the average owner, so the numbers run generous. Free games aren’t listed because there’s no price to divide by, and a game needs playtime data from at least 20 reviewers before it qualifies. All prices are Steam’s own regional prices, never exchange-rate conversions.