Best Value Action Games Under $20
The Action games on Steam games under $20 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.
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By price
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.
- 1YoloMouse - Cursor Changer$0.01/1hr779h86.18%92.50%
- 2Dead by Daylight$0.02/1hr363h78.36%78.25%
- 3Crosshair X$0.03/1hr309h91.89%93.36%
- 4SCUM$0.03/1hr526h74.83%74.01%
- 5GemCraft - Chasing Shadows$0.04/1hr50h88.16%94.90%
- 6Elite Dangerous$0.04/1hr146h77.96%77.29%
- 7Fallout: New Vegas$0.04/1hr57h95.68%95.97%
- 8SpiritVale$0.05/1hr290h72.56%50.35%
- 9Geometry Dash$0.05/1hr96h92.86%92.94%
- 10PlateUp!$0.06/1hr35h92.18%94.75%
- 11The Elder Scrolls Online$0.06/1hr313h81.29%80.87%
- 12Hero Siege$0.07/1hr122h70.26%67.14%
- 13Enter the Gungeon$0.07/1hr46h94.10%95.10%
- 14Deep Rock Galactic$0.07/1hr135h96.87%97.10%
- 15Mad Max$0.07/1hr43h91.64%92.35%
- 16Warhammer 40,000: Darktide$0.07/1hr141h72.53%71.62%
- 17The Surge$0.07/1hr27h79.58%74.54%
- 18Atomicrops$0.07/1hr41h87.85%92.05%
- 19People Playground$0.08/1hr130h97.19%97.47%
- 20Subsistence$0.08/1hr104h77.22%72.12%
- 21ORION: Prelude$0.08/1hr12h78.01%75.47%
- 22HITMAN World of Assassination$0.08/1hr36h87.04%87.31%
- 23The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth$0.08/1hr178h96.61%96.79%
- 24Rock 'N' Roll Defense$0.09/1hr6h85.72%87.07%
- 25Souldiers$0.09/1hr33h81.82%69.29%
- 26Darkwood$0.09/1hr22h92.11%94.89%
- 27Terraria$0.09/1hr106h97.31%97.37%
- 28Batman: Arkham Knight$0.10/1hr42h89.45%89.72%
- 29Don't Starve Together$0.10/1hr150h94.77%94.89%
- 30Kenshi$0.10/1hr118h94.77%95.59%
- 31Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.10/1hr47h87.87%88.42%
- 32Mr. Prepper$0.10/1hr27h83.21%80.01%
- 33Town of Salem$0.10/1hr48h87.28%87.86%
- 34DSX$0.11/1hr57h77.31%69.45%
- 35Brotato$0.11/1hr47h95.09%95.92%
- 36UBERMOSH$0.11/1hr4h88.96%92.46%
- 37Noita$0.11/1hr72h94.12%95.12%
- 38Super Hexagon$0.11/1hr7h93.54%96.87%
- 39The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.12/1hr45h86.08%87.20%
- 40Vampire Survivors$0.12/1hr32h97.93%98.30%
- 41Hogwarts Legacy$0.12/1hr50h89.67%89.71%
- 42The Last Spell$0.12/1hr52h88.78%91.40%
- 43LEGO City Undercover$0.12/1hr25h88.05%91.34%
- 44Middle-earth: Shadow of War$0.13/1hr40h88.64%88.94%
- 45Warhammer: Vermintide 2$0.13/1hr36h85.05%85.04%
- 46LEGO Marvel Super Heroes$0.13/1hr31h93.29%95.68%
- 47Bloodshed$0.13/1hr12h85.10%84.67%
- 48Risk of Rain 2$0.13/1hr65h93.69%93.85%
- 49PAYDAY 2$0.13/1hr39h89.34%89.36%
- 50God Of Weapons$0.13/1hr46h84.78%84.02%
- 51Picayune Dreams$0.13/1hr19h89.94%98.88%
- 52Bean Battles$0.14/1hr7h89.53%93.83%
- 53Space Engineers$0.14/1hr145h88.56%88.81%
- 54Red Dead Redemption 2$0.14/1hr105h92.48%92.53%
- 55Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number$0.14/1hr15h93.12%94.11%
- 56ScourgeBringer$0.15/1hr18h85.48%86.38%
- 57Mechabellum$0.15/1hr103h84.20%83.70%
- 58FlatOut$0.15/1hr10h87.55%91.08%
- 59Halls of Torment$0.15/1hr34h92.90%95.33%
- 60The Surge 2$0.15/1hr20h80.53%75.35%
- 61Green Hell$0.15/1hr19h84.66%84.61%
- 62Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok$0.15/1hr65h86.35%88.20%
- 63Mafia III: Definitive Edition$0.15/1hr39h61.18%57.45%
- 64Dungeon Defenders$0.16/1hr96h90.57%93.09%
- 65Phasmophobia$0.16/1hr89h94.28%94.35%
- 66Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition$0.16/1hr25h94.95%96.19%
- 67LEGO The Hobbit$0.16/1hr25h82.37%80.60%
- 68Black Desert$0.16/1hr62h74.62%73.50%
- 69Breathedge$0.16/1hr15h82.10%80.93%
- 70Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion$0.16/1hr123h90.14%93.17%
- 71PEAK$0.16/1hr49h94.20%94.45%
- 72Monster Sanctuary$0.17/1hr45h88.56%91.22%
- 73Alan Wake$0.17/1hr13h89.21%89.88%
- 74Streamer Life Simulator$0.17/1hr12h81.14%76.04%
- 75Voidigo$0.17/1hr14h88.92%96.51%
- 76ARK: Survival Evolved$0.18/1hr85h83.40%83.34%
- 77Hotline Miami$0.18/1hr11h95.98%96.82%
- 78Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition$0.18/1hr17h95.22%96.37%
- 79Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2$0.18/1hr83h84.19%84.02%
- 80Celeste$0.18/1hr27h96.63%97.40%
- 81Party Club$0.18/1hr4h81.05%71.62%
- 82Core Keeper$0.18/1hr65h91.93%92.94%
- 83Supraland$0.18/1hr22h91.25%95.20%
- 84Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.19/1hr107h83.79%83.47%
- 85NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER$0.19/1hr26h83.85%83.61%
- 86Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy$0.20/1hr10h82.59%82.28%
- 87Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions$0.20/1hr24h79.78%72.20%
- 88REMATCH$0.20/1hr81h71.64%69.12%
- 89Crab Champions$0.20/1hr50h94.81%97.90%
- 90The Survivalists$0.20/1hr25h80.20%76.18%
- 91Left 4 Dead 2$0.20/1hr50h97.43%97.52%
- 92Quasimorph$0.20/1hr81h83.55%82.68%
- 93Smalland: Survive the Wilds$0.20/1hr35h83.35%81.61%
- 94Warpips$0.20/1hr13h85.84%87.11%
- 95Risk of Rain (2013)$0.21/1hr10h91.08%93.05%
- 96Resident Evil 4 (2005)$0.21/1hr24h93.36%94.19%
- 97The Escapists$0.21/1hr13h88.29%90.21%
- 98Death Must Die$0.21/1hr34h88.56%90.12%
- 99Batman: Arkham Origins$0.21/1hr19h89.23%89.84%
- 100Muse Dash$0.21/1hr14h91.02%91.49%
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.