Best Value Boomer Shooter Games Under $40

The Boomer Shooter games on Steam games under $40 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.

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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. 32CRUEL$2.30/1hr
  33. 33The Citadel$2.33/1hr
  34. 34HROT$2.40/1hr
  35. 35Prodeus$2.43/1hr
  36. 36MULLET MADJACK$2.50/1hr
  37. 37Forgive Me Father$2.56/1hr
  38. 38Anger Foot$3.12/1hr
  39. 39Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem$3.17/1hr
  40. 40Quake III Arena$3.46/1hr
  41. 41STAR WARS: Dark Forces Remaster$4.94/1hr
  42. 42Mortal Sin$5.47/1hr
  43. 43Fortune'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.