Best Value Boomer Shooter Games

The Boomer Shooter 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. 1Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)$0.14/1hr
  2. 2Bloodshed$0.42/1hr
  3. 3Quake$0.48/1hr
  4. 4DOOM 64$0.61/1hr
  5. 5DOOM + DOOM II$0.61/1hr
  6. 6Painkiller: Black Edition$0.62/1hr
  7. 7Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun$0.62/1hr
  8. 8Wolfenstein 3D$0.64/1hr
  9. 9SPRAWL$0.68/1hr
  10. 10CULTIC$0.69/1hr
  11. 11Quake II$0.91/1hr
  12. 12ULTRAKILL$0.95/1hr
  13. 13Serious Sam II$0.96/1hr
  14. 14Serious Sam Classics: Revolution$0.99/1hr
  15. 15Beyond Citadel$1.00/1hr
  16. 16Trepang2$1.00/1hr
  17. 17Onirism$1.16/1hr
  18. 18Fog of War$1.22/1hr
  19. 19Turbo Overkill$1.22/1hr
  20. 20AMID EVIL$1.23/1hr
  21. 21Forgive Me Father 2$1.29/1hr
  22. 22Project Warlock$1.33/1hr
  23. 23Vampire Hunters$1.34/1hr
  24. 24BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE$1.50/1hr
  25. 25BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT$1.54/1hr
  26. 26DUSK$1.63/1hr
  27. 27POSTAL: Brain Damaged$1.77/1hr
  28. 28Quake 4$1.78/1hr
  29. 29Selaco$1.81/1hr
  30. 30Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour$1.90/1hr
  31. 31Turok$1.92/1hr
  32. 32DOOM: The Dark Ages$2.23/1hr
  33. 33CRUEL$2.30/1hr
  34. 34The Citadel$2.33/1hr
  35. 35HROT$2.40/1hr
  36. 36Prodeus$2.43/1hr
  37. 37MULLET MADJACK$2.50/1hr
  38. 38Forgive Me Father$2.56/1hr
  39. 39Anger Foot$3.12/1hr
  40. 40Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem$3.17/1hr
  41. 41Quake III Arena$3.46/1hr
  42. 42STAR WARS: Dark Forces Remaster$4.94/1hr
  43. 43Mortal Sin$5.47/1hr
  44. 44Fortune's Run$5.63/1hr

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.