Best Value Action Games Under $40
The Action games on Steam games under $40 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%
- 19Hunt: Showdown 1896$0.07/1hr410h74.13%73.64%
- 20People Playground$0.08/1hr130h97.19%97.47%
- 21Subsistence$0.08/1hr104h77.22%72.12%
- 22ORION: Prelude$0.08/1hr12h78.01%75.47%
- 23HITMAN World of Assassination$0.08/1hr36h87.04%87.31%
- 24The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth$0.08/1hr178h96.61%96.79%
- 25Rock 'N' Roll Defense$0.09/1hr6h85.72%87.07%
- 26Souldiers$0.09/1hr33h81.82%69.29%
- 27Darkwood$0.09/1hr22h92.11%94.89%
- 28Terraria$0.09/1hr106h97.31%97.37%
- 29Batman: Arkham Knight$0.10/1hr42h89.45%89.72%
- 30Don't Starve Together$0.10/1hr150h94.77%94.89%
- 31HELLDIVERS 2$0.10/1hr396h75.09%74.98%
- 32Kenshi$0.10/1hr118h94.77%95.59%
- 33Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.10/1hr47h87.87%88.42%
- 34Mr. Prepper$0.10/1hr27h83.21%80.01%
- 35Town of Salem$0.10/1hr48h87.28%87.86%
- 36DSX$0.11/1hr57h77.31%69.45%
- 37Brotato$0.11/1hr47h95.09%95.92%
- 38UBERMOSH$0.11/1hr4h88.96%92.46%
- 39Noita$0.11/1hr72h94.12%95.12%
- 40Super Hexagon$0.11/1hr7h93.54%96.87%
- 41ARC Raiders$0.12/1hr343h81.88%81.80%
- 42The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.12/1hr45h86.08%87.20%
- 43Vampire Survivors$0.12/1hr32h97.93%98.30%
- 44Hogwarts Legacy$0.12/1hr50h89.67%89.71%
- 45The Last Spell$0.12/1hr52h88.78%91.40%
- 46LEGO City Undercover$0.12/1hr25h88.05%91.34%
- 47Middle-earth: Shadow of War$0.13/1hr40h88.64%88.94%
- 48Warhammer: Vermintide 2$0.13/1hr36h85.05%85.04%
- 49Mortal Online 2$0.13/1hr315h70.42%59.82%
- 50LEGO Marvel Super Heroes$0.13/1hr31h93.29%95.68%
- 51Bloodshed$0.13/1hr12h85.10%84.67%
- 52Risk of Rain 2$0.13/1hr65h93.69%93.85%
- 53PAYDAY 2$0.13/1hr39h89.34%89.36%
- 54God Of Weapons$0.13/1hr46h84.78%84.02%
- 55Picayune Dreams$0.13/1hr19h89.94%98.88%
- 56Bean Battles$0.14/1hr7h89.53%93.83%
- 57Space Engineers$0.14/1hr145h88.56%88.81%
- 58Rust$0.14/1hr287h86.68%86.67%
- 59Avorion$0.14/1hr177h87.67%90.01%
- 60Red Dead Redemption 2$0.14/1hr105h92.48%92.53%
- 61Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number$0.14/1hr15h93.12%94.11%
- 62ScourgeBringer$0.15/1hr18h85.48%86.38%
- 63Mechabellum$0.15/1hr103h84.20%83.70%
- 64FlatOut$0.15/1hr10h87.55%91.08%
- 65Halls of Torment$0.15/1hr34h92.90%95.33%
- 66The Surge 2$0.15/1hr20h80.53%75.35%
- 67Green Hell$0.15/1hr19h84.66%84.61%
- 68Valheim$0.15/1hr200h93.39%93.49%
- 69Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok$0.15/1hr65h86.35%88.20%
- 70Mafia III: Definitive Edition$0.15/1hr39h61.18%57.45%
- 71Dungeon Defenders$0.16/1hr96h90.57%93.09%
- 72Phasmophobia$0.16/1hr89h94.28%94.35%
- 73Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition$0.16/1hr25h94.95%96.19%
- 74LEGO The Hobbit$0.16/1hr25h82.37%80.60%
- 75Black Desert$0.16/1hr62h74.62%73.50%
- 76Breathedge$0.16/1hr15h82.10%80.93%
- 77Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion$0.16/1hr123h90.14%93.17%
- 78PEAK$0.16/1hr49h94.20%94.45%
- 79Monster Sanctuary$0.17/1hr45h88.56%91.22%
- 80Alan Wake$0.17/1hr13h89.21%89.88%
- 81Streamer Life Simulator$0.17/1hr12h81.14%76.04%
- 82Voidigo$0.17/1hr14h88.92%96.51%
- 83Foxhole$0.18/1hr171h80.37%79.46%
- 84ARK: Survival Evolved$0.18/1hr85h83.40%83.34%
- 85Hotline Miami$0.18/1hr11h95.98%96.82%
- 86Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition$0.18/1hr17h95.22%96.37%
- 87Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2$0.18/1hr83h84.19%84.02%
- 88Celeste$0.18/1hr27h96.63%97.40%
- 89Party Club$0.18/1hr4h81.05%71.62%
- 90Core Keeper$0.18/1hr65h91.93%92.94%
- 91Supraland$0.18/1hr22h91.25%95.20%
- 92Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.19/1hr107h83.79%83.47%
- 93Palworld$0.19/1hr111h94.47%94.60%
- 94NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER$0.19/1hr26h83.85%83.61%
- 95Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy$0.20/1hr10h82.59%82.28%
- 96Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions$0.20/1hr24h79.78%72.20%
- 97REMATCH$0.20/1hr81h71.64%69.12%
- 98Disney Dreamlight Valley$0.20/1hr201h90.16%92.16%
- 99Crab Champions$0.20/1hr50h94.81%97.90%
- 100The Survivalists$0.20/1hr25h80.20%76.18%
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.