Best Value Casual Games Under $40
The Casual 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.
- 1BidKing$0.01/1hr250h48.95%33.17%
- 2Wallpaper Engine$0.01/1hr338h97.45%97.58%
- 3Ropuka's Idle Island$0.02/1hr230h88.11%95.60%
- 4Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi$0.02/1hr129h88.00%96.80%
- 5shapez$0.03/1hr35h91.67%95.94%
- 6Cornerpond$0.03/1hr91h87.57%97.15%
- 7Starbound$0.04/1hr120h89.63%90.00%
- 8Cookie Clicker$0.04/1hr119h95.30%96.42%
- 9Razortron 2000$0.05/1hr19h85.28%86.20%
- 10The NOexistenceN of Lilith$0.07/1hr31h86.31%97.91%
- 11Tiny Pasture$0.07/1hr60h88.43%92.49%
- 12Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr65h88.41%95.54%
- 13Melvor Idle$0.08/1hr123h88.16%90.14%
- 14Rock 'N' Roll Defense$0.09/1hr6h85.53%86.94%
- 15Among Us$0.09/1hr33h91.90%91.99%
- 16Cyberhunt$0.10/1hr5h84.97%84.95%
- 17My Time at Portia$0.10/1hr62h90.31%91.51%
- 18最后的仙门 The last Practice Sect$0.10/1hr41h83.37%52.93%
- 19Brotato$0.10/1hr31h95.18%96.06%
- 20Rusty's Retirement$0.11/1hr66h91.98%96.74%
- 21Vampire Survivors$0.12/1hr35h97.84%98.33%
- 22Karate Survivor$0.12/1hr14h85.06%85.30%
- 23Timberman$0.12/1hr8h89.26%93.09%
- 24High Sea Saga DX$0.12/1hr58h84.84%82.17%
- 25Garry's Mod$0.13/1hr40h96.77%96.87%
- 26Factorio$0.13/1hr274h96.99%97.51%
- 27My Time at Sandrock$0.13/1hr104h87.36%88.19%
- 28Dragon Cliff$0.14/1hr73h86.63%88.66%
- 29Tricolour Lovestory$0.15/1hr13h82.27%81.30%
- 30Transport Fever 2$0.15/1hr54h89.06%90.33%
- 31Orb of Creation$0.15/1hr80h85.05%85.38%
- 32Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.16/1hr13h93.40%97.59%
- 33Cauldron$0.16/1hr47h86.17%93.18%
- 34Sun Haven$0.16/1hr53h81.82%80.57%
- 35Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.17/1hr36h95.35%98.56%
- 36Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.17/1hr70h92.85%97.64%
- 37Planes, Bullets and Vodka$0.18/1hr6h84.99%85.02%
- 38Ithya: Magic Studies$0.19/1hr59h87.23%97.88%
- 39Cluckmech Oasis$0.19/1hr52h85.85%88.29%
- 40Paleo Pines$0.20/1hr31h84.49%82.63%
- 41Muse Dash$0.21/1hr14h91.02%91.51%
- 42Town of Salem$0.21/1hr24h87.26%87.88%
- 43Factory Town Idle$0.21/1hr24h85.63%90.84%
- 44Let's School$0.22/1hr32h88.27%92.73%
- 45Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok$0.23/1hr27h86.24%88.23%
- 46The Battle of Polytopia$0.23/1hr20h88.32%93.95%
- 47Farm Together 2$0.23/1hr113h88.00%93.66%
- 48Chillquarium$0.24/1hr25h88.28%92.27%
- 4920 Minutes Till Dawn$0.24/1hr12h89.16%90.61%
- 50Ratopia$0.24/1hr54h85.89%87.80%
- 51Streamer Life Simulator$0.24/1hr8h81.07%76.11%
- 52God Of Weapons$0.25/1hr11h84.69%84.13%
- 53Greedland$0.25/1hr21h84.56%83.28%
- 54Blood and Bacon$0.25/1hr4h93.04%95.25%
- 55Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot$0.26/1hr55h84.47%82.54%
- 56Feed the Cups$0.26/1hr49h79.40%70.68%
- 57Call of the Wild: The Angler$0.26/1hr34h75.87%63.82%
- 58The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome$0.26/1hr114h67.95%65.51%
- 59Death Must Die$0.26/1hr27h88.53%90.18%
- 60Car Dealer Simulator$0.27/1hr55h87.01%89.05%
- 61Crab Champions$0.27/1hr37h94.73%97.88%
- 62Adorables$0.27/1hr9h83.99%76.73%
- 63TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children$0.28/1hr90h89.19%93.49%
- 64Volcano Princess$0.28/1hr26h95.61%97.80%
- 65My Dream Setup$0.28/1hr9h87.57%91.38%
- 66Ale & Tale Tavern$0.28/1hr21h87.14%89.26%
- 67WEBFISHING$0.29/1hr17h95.83%97.38%
- 68Megabonk$0.29/1hr34h93.62%94.45%
- 69Stick Fight: The Game$0.29/1hr7h92.85%93.48%
- 70Nothing$0.30/1hr3h89.53%94.14%
- 71Rogue: Genesia$0.30/1hr29h87.65%90.78%
- 72Astro Colony$0.30/1hr53h84.11%80.83%
- 73Coral Island$0.31/1hr98h87.80%88.84%
- 74Game Dev Tycoon$0.31/1hr13h93.33%95.19%
- 75Draw & Guess$0.31/1hr16h84.13%83.88%
- 76People Playground$0.31/1hr32h98.05%98.47%
- 77Travellers Rest$0.31/1hr43h86.90%87.98%
- 78VillageRhapsody$0.32/1hr9h92.33%96.85%
- 79OpenTTD$0.33/1hr31h91.08%94.71%
- 80Cat Quest$0.34/1hr10h89.96%94.64%
- 81Rocksmith 2014 Edition REMASTERED LEARN & PLAY$0.34/1hr30h87.12%87.97%
- 82The Spell Brigade$0.34/1hr38h82.71%81.31%
- 83(the) Gnorp Apologue$0.34/1hr20h89.90%94.89%
- 84Little Witch in the Woods$0.34/1hr58h87.24%89.00%
- 85Papa's Freezeria Deluxe$0.35/1hr17h93.08%99.25%
- 86Motor Town: Behind The Wheel$0.35/1hr57h89.24%93.76%
- 87Mon Bazou$0.36/1hr45h93.15%97.14%
- 88Immortal Life$0.36/1hr47h83.38%79.67%
- 89Tower Unite$0.37/1hr55h88.20%89.68%
- 90Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense$0.37/1hr68h85.75%86.26%
- 91Barro$0.37/1hr1h82.77%78.69%
- 92Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!$0.37/1hr16h91.59%94.59%
- 93DAVE THE DIVER$0.38/1hr52h95.86%96.54%
- 94Ticket to Ride$0.39/1hr15h83.41%69.45%
- 95Disney Dreamlight Valley$0.39/1hr103h90.10%92.19%
- 96Yes, Your Grace$0.39/1hr8h86.19%87.06%
- 97ATLYSS$0.39/1hr25h93.23%96.85%
- 98Esports Godfather$0.40/1hr51h86.79%90.81%
- 99No Place Like Home$0.40/1hr20h83.04%78.31%
- 100Parcel Simulator$0.40/1hr32h86.72%93.51%
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.