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.

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.
  1. 1Starbound$0.04/1hr
  2. 2Crosshair X$0.06/1hr
  3. 3The Vagrant$0.06/1hr
  4. 4Wall World$0.07/1hr
  5. 5Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr
  6. 6Melvor Idle$0.08/1hr
  7. 7Rock 'N' Roll Defense$0.09/1hr
  8. 8Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.09/1hr
  9. 9Terraria$0.09/1hr
  10. 10Cyberhunt$0.10/1hr
  11. 11My Time at Portia$0.10/1hr
  12. 12The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.10/1hr
  13. 13Valheim$0.10/1hr
  14. 14Deponia$0.11/1hr
  15. 15The Elder Scrolls Online$0.11/1hr
  16. 16Souldiers$0.11/1hr
  17. 17Warhammer: Chaosbane$0.11/1hr
  18. 18theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.11/1hr
  19. 19Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition$0.11/1hr
  20. 20Beasts of Bermuda$0.11/1hr
  21. 21Warhammer 40,000: Darktide$0.11/1hr
  22. 22Path of Exile 2$0.11/1hr
  23. 23Rust$0.12/1hr
  24. 24Elite Dangerous$0.12/1hr
  25. 25Pax Dei$0.12/1hr
  26. 26Conan Exiles Enhanced$0.12/1hr
  27. 27Trailmakers$0.12/1hr
  28. 28Survivalist: Invisible Strain$0.13/1hr
  29. 29Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced$0.13/1hr
  30. 30河洛群俠傳 (Ho Tu Lo Shu : The Books of Dragon)$0.13/1hr
  31. 31ARK: Survival Evolved$0.13/1hr
  32. 32Eco$0.13/1hr
  33. 33My Time at Sandrock$0.13/1hr
  34. 34Dragon Cliff$0.14/1hr
  35. 35Satisfactory$0.14/1hr
  36. 36Enter the Gungeon$0.15/1hr
  37. 37Tricolour Lovestory$0.15/1hr
  38. 38DayZ$0.15/1hr
  39. 39This War of Mine$0.15/1hr
  40. 40Beholder$0.15/1hr
  41. 41Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.15/1hr
  42. 42Internet Cafe Simulator$0.16/1hr
  43. 43Lost Castle / 失落城堡$0.16/1hr
  44. 44Cauldron$0.16/1hr
  45. 45Sun Haven$0.16/1hr
  46. 46Across the Obelisk$0.17/1hr
  47. 47Tom Clancy’s The Division$0.17/1hr
  48. 48DSX$0.18/1hr
  49. 49Children of Morta$0.18/1hr
  50. 50The Planet Crafter$0.18/1hr
  51. 51Crashlands$0.19/1hr
  52. 52The Room Three$0.19/1hr
  53. 53SnowRunner$0.19/1hr
  54. 54The Last Campfire$0.19/1hr
  55. 55Scrap Mechanic$0.19/1hr
  56. 56Sailing Era$0.19/1hr
  57. 57V Rising$0.19/1hr
  58. 58SKYHILL$0.19/1hr
  59. 59Paleo Pines$0.20/1hr
  60. 60Green Hell$0.20/1hr
  61. 61Generation Zero$0.20/1hr
  62. 62Moonlighter$0.20/1hr
  63. 63Wandering Sword$0.21/1hr
  64. 64Shadow Warrior$0.21/1hr
  65. 65Hollow Knight$0.21/1hr
  66. 66Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition$0.21/1hr
  67. 67EVERSPACE 2$0.21/1hr
  68. 68The Isle$0.21/1hr
  69. 69Voidigo$0.21/1hr
  70. 70Resident Evil 4 (2005)$0.21/1hr
  71. 71Slime Rancher$0.21/1hr
  72. 72Suzerain$0.22/1hr
  73. 73鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal$0.22/1hr
  74. 74Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy$0.22/1hr
  75. 75Hero Siege$0.22/1hr
  76. 76Tales of Maj'Eyal$0.22/1hr
  77. 77From the Depths$0.22/1hr
  78. 78Grim Dawn$0.22/1hr
  79. 79Celeste$0.22/1hr
  80. 80Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok$0.23/1hr
  81. 81The Battle of Polytopia$0.23/1hr
  82. 82Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour$0.23/1hr
  83. 83Soulmask$0.23/1hr
  84. 84Curse of the Dead Gods$0.23/1hr
  85. 85Sally Face - Episode One$0.23/1hr
  86. 86Resident Evil 6$0.24/1hr
  87. 87Laika: Aged Through Blood$0.24/1hr
  88. 88The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles$0.24/1hr
  89. 89Legend of Mortal$0.24/1hr
  90. 90Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion$0.24/1hr
  91. 91The Talos Principle 2$0.24/1hr
  92. 9220 Minutes Till Dawn$0.24/1hr
  93. 93Ratopia$0.24/1hr
  94. 94Streamer Life Simulator$0.24/1hr
  95. 95Outpath$0.25/1hr
  96. 96The Long Dark$0.25/1hr
  97. 97Greedland$0.25/1hr
  98. 98Blood and Bacon$0.25/1hr
  99. 99HITMAN World of Assassination$0.25/1hr
  100. 100Resident Evil$0.26/1hr

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.