Best Value Adventure Games Under $40
The Adventure 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.
- 1Crosshair X$0.03/1hr309h91.89%93.36%
- 2SCUM$0.03/1hr526h74.83%74.01%
- 3Elite Dangerous$0.04/1hr146h77.96%77.29%
- 4Melvor Idle$0.04/1hr239h88.15%89.98%
- 5The Elder Scrolls Online$0.06/1hr313h81.29%80.87%
- 6Hero Siege$0.07/1hr122h70.26%67.14%
- 7Enter the Gungeon$0.07/1hr46h94.10%95.10%
- 8Mad Max$0.07/1hr43h91.64%92.35%
- 9Warhammer 40,000: Darktide$0.07/1hr141h72.53%71.62%
- 10ORION: Prelude$0.08/1hr12h78.01%75.47%
- 11My Time at Portia$0.08/1hr72h90.31%91.46%
- 12HITMAN World of Assassination$0.08/1hr36h87.04%87.31%
- 13Roguebook$0.09/1hr20h85.17%83.83%
- 14Rock 'N' Roll Defense$0.09/1hr6h85.72%87.07%
- 15Souldiers$0.09/1hr33h81.82%69.29%
- 16Darkwood$0.09/1hr22h92.11%94.89%
- 17Kingdom Two Crowns$0.09/1hr22h89.18%90.18%
- 18Terraria$0.09/1hr106h97.31%97.37%
- 19Batman: Arkham Knight$0.10/1hr42h89.45%89.72%
- 20Don't Starve Together$0.10/1hr150h94.77%94.89%
- 21Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.10/1hr47h87.87%88.42%
- 22Mr. Prepper$0.10/1hr27h83.21%80.01%
- 23DSX$0.11/1hr57h77.31%69.45%
- 24Chill Pulse$0.11/1hr46h87.90%95.43%
- 25Noita$0.11/1hr72h94.12%95.12%
- 26The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.12/1hr45h86.08%87.20%
- 27Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth$0.12/1hr17h88.25%92.28%
- 28Hogwarts Legacy$0.12/1hr50h89.67%89.71%
- 29SpaceCraft$0.12/1hr165h79.86%63.87%
- 30Moonstone Island$0.12/1hr42h84.63%83.54%
- 31My Time at Sandrock$0.12/1hr100h87.39%88.14%
- 32Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga$0.12/1hr57h90.74%94.48%
- 33Middle-earth: Shadow of War$0.13/1hr40h88.64%88.94%
- 34Deponia$0.13/1hr8h85.68%86.18%
- 35LEGO Marvel Super Heroes$0.13/1hr31h93.29%95.68%
- 36Bloodshed$0.13/1hr12h85.10%84.67%
- 37Dragon Cliff$0.13/1hr78h86.73%88.61%
- 38SKYHILL$0.13/1hr8h82.66%78.30%
- 39Tales of Maj'Eyal$0.14/1hr51h89.16%94.49%
- 40Rust$0.14/1hr287h86.68%86.67%
- 41Red Dead Redemption 2$0.14/1hr105h92.48%92.53%
- 42ScourgeBringer$0.15/1hr18h85.48%86.38%
- 43Beasts of Bermuda$0.15/1hr137h77.13%68.88%
- 44Eco$0.15/1hr204h82.55%80.69%
- 45Green Hell$0.15/1hr19h84.66%84.61%
- 46Valheim$0.15/1hr200h93.39%93.49%
- 47Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok$0.15/1hr65h86.35%88.20%
- 48Mirror$0.15/1hr5h95.17%96.36%
- 49Mafia III: Definitive Edition$0.15/1hr39h61.18%57.45%
- 50SnowRunner$0.16/1hr76h89.34%90.07%
- 51Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition$0.16/1hr25h94.95%96.19%
- 52LEGO The Hobbit$0.16/1hr25h82.37%80.60%
- 53Black Desert$0.16/1hr62h74.62%73.50%
- 54Breathedge$0.16/1hr15h82.10%80.93%
- 55Scribblenauts Unlimited$0.16/1hr12h89.64%93.97%
- 56LEGO Worlds$0.16/1hr18h80.62%78.29%
- 57PEAK$0.16/1hr49h94.20%94.45%
- 58The Lost Village$0.17/1hr72h81.84%71.20%
- 59Monster Sanctuary$0.17/1hr45h88.56%91.22%
- 60Alan Wake$0.17/1hr13h89.21%89.88%
- 61Streamer Life Simulator$0.17/1hr12h81.14%76.04%
- 62Stoneshard$0.17/1hr101h76.97%74.67%
- 63Voidigo$0.17/1hr14h88.92%96.51%
- 64ARK: Survival Evolved$0.18/1hr85h83.40%83.34%
- 65Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition$0.18/1hr17h95.22%96.37%
- 66Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2$0.18/1hr83h84.19%84.02%
- 67Celeste$0.18/1hr27h96.63%97.40%
- 68Core Keeper$0.18/1hr65h91.93%92.94%
- 69Supraland$0.18/1hr22h91.25%95.20%
- 70Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.19/1hr107h83.79%83.47%
- 71Palworld$0.19/1hr111h94.47%94.60%
- 72Internet Cafe Simulator$0.19/1hr5h78.33%72.61%
- 73Coromon$0.19/1hr26h84.72%84.44%
- 74The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome$0.19/1hr155h67.82%65.35%
- 75Empyrion - Galactic Survival$0.19/1hr103h79.91%78.37%
- 76Disney Dreamlight Valley$0.20/1hr201h90.16%92.16%
- 77Crab Champions$0.20/1hr50h94.81%97.90%
- 78The Survivalists$0.20/1hr25h80.20%76.18%
- 79Quasimorph$0.20/1hr81h83.55%82.68%
- 80Smalland: Survive the Wilds$0.20/1hr35h83.35%81.61%
- 81DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition$0.20/1hr3h89.24%93.09%
- 82Resident Evil 4 (2005)$0.21/1hr24h93.36%94.19%
- 83The Escapists$0.21/1hr13h88.29%90.21%
- 84Batman: Arkham Origins$0.21/1hr19h89.23%89.84%
- 85Blood and Bacon$0.21/1hr5h93.11%95.28%
- 86LEGO Batman: The Videogame$0.21/1hr14h87.50%89.46%
- 87SAND: Raiders of Sophie$0.21/1hr118h63.68%48.81%
- 88Tribes of Midgard$0.21/1hr23h79.02%76.38%
- 89Path of Exile 2$0.22/1hr137h75.65%75.11%
- 90Neon Abyss$0.22/1hr23h85.68%85.89%
- 91Travellers Rest$0.22/1hr60h86.92%87.88%
- 92CONTROL Ultimate Edition$0.22/1hr27h85.93%86.05%
- 93Scrap Mechanic$0.23/1hr129h91.31%91.80%
- 94Outpath$0.23/1hr17h86.78%92.65%
- 95Dome Keeper$0.23/1hr20h90.14%92.35%
- 96Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion$0.23/1hr78h84.70%84.50%
- 97Blasphemous 2$0.23/1hr33h89.13%90.67%
- 98Bendy and the Dark Revival$0.23/1hr9h88.98%91.87%
- 99Hollow Knight$0.23/1hr64h96.76%96.91%
- 100Northgard: Definitive Edition$0.24/1hr42h85.24%85.25%
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.