Best Value Casual Games Under $5

The Casual games on Steam games under $5 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. 1BidKing$0.01/1hr
  2. 2Wallpaper Engine$0.01/1hr
  3. 3Ropuka's Idle Island$0.02/1hr
  4. 4Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi$0.02/1hr
  5. 5shapez$0.03/1hr
  6. 6Cornerpond$0.03/1hr
  7. 7Starbound$0.04/1hr
  8. 8Cookie Clicker$0.04/1hr
  9. 9Razortron 2000$0.05/1hr
  10. 10The NOexistenceN of Lilith$0.07/1hr
  11. 11Tiny Pasture$0.07/1hr
  12. 12Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr
  13. 13Rock 'N' Roll Defense$0.09/1hr
  14. 14Among Us$0.09/1hr
  15. 15Cyberhunt$0.10/1hr
  16. 16最后的仙门 The last Practice Sect$0.10/1hr
  17. 17Brotato$0.10/1hr
  18. 18Vampire Survivors$0.12/1hr
  19. 19Karate Survivor$0.12/1hr
  20. 20Timberman$0.12/1hr
  21. 21Garry's Mod$0.13/1hr
  22. 22Tricolour Lovestory$0.15/1hr
  23. 23Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.16/1hr
  24. 24Planes, Bullets and Vodka$0.18/1hr
  25. 25Muse Dash$0.21/1hr
  26. 26Town of Salem$0.21/1hr
  27. 27Factory Town Idle$0.21/1hr
  28. 28The Battle of Polytopia$0.23/1hr
  29. 2920 Minutes Till Dawn$0.24/1hr
  30. 30Streamer Life Simulator$0.24/1hr
  31. 31God Of Weapons$0.25/1hr
  32. 32Blood and Bacon$0.25/1hr
  33. 33Adorables$0.27/1hr
  34. 34My Dream Setup$0.28/1hr
  35. 35WEBFISHING$0.29/1hr
  36. 36Stick Fight: The Game$0.29/1hr
  37. 37Nothing$0.30/1hr
  38. 38Game Dev Tycoon$0.31/1hr
  39. 39Draw & Guess$0.31/1hr
  40. 40VillageRhapsody$0.32/1hr
  41. 41Cat Quest$0.34/1hr
  42. 42Barro$0.37/1hr
  43. 43Yes, Your Grace$0.39/1hr
  44. 44Progressbar95$0.40/1hr
  45. 45SPACEPLAN$0.42/1hr
  46. 46Gourdlets$0.47/1hr
  47. 47Unrailed!$0.48/1hr
  48. 48Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For-$0.49/1hr
  49. 49ISLANDERS$0.53/1hr
  50. 50Rubber Bandits$0.54/1hr
  51. 51Downwell$0.54/1hr
  52. 52Marco & The Galaxy Dragon$0.56/1hr
  53. 53We Were Here Too$0.56/1hr
  54. 54Sudocats$0.57/1hr
  55. 55Zodiacats$0.58/1hr
  56. 56Drunken Wrestlers 2$0.59/1hr
  57. 57That's not my Neighbor$0.60/1hr
  58. 58Sticky Business$0.61/1hr
  59. 59Zup!$0.65/1hr
  60. 6060 Seconds! Reatomized$0.68/1hr
  61. 61Nodebuster$0.68/1hr
  62. 62Feign$0.69/1hr
  63. 63Townscaper$0.71/1hr
  64. 64Retrowave$0.73/1hr
  65. 65Chained Together$0.74/1hr
  66. 66Cats Organized Neatly$0.76/1hr
  67. 67THE GAME OF LIFE 2$0.77/1hr
  68. 68Ravenous Devils$0.79/1hr
  69. 69Cardboard Town$0.82/1hr
  70. 70Click Mage$0.82/1hr
  71. 71SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER$0.84/1hr
  72. 72Peggle Deluxe$0.85/1hr
  73. 73Zup! F$0.85/1hr
  74. 74Zup! S$0.92/1hr
  75. 7560 Parsecs!$0.97/1hr
  76. 76Insaniquarium Deluxe$0.98/1hr
  77. 77Mister Furry: Hot Muscles$1.01/1hr
  78. 78Leaf it Alone$1.02/1hr
  79. 79Digseum$1.03/1hr
  80. 80An alt girl for skoof$1.07/1hr
  81. 81Miss Neko 3$1.12/1hr
  82. 82Minami Lane$1.14/1hr
  83. 83Travellin Cats in China$1.16/1hr
  84. 84We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip$1.19/1hr
  85. 85inbento$1.20/1hr
  86. 86Pacify$1.20/1hr
  87. 87Dice People$1.25/1hr
  88. 88Golf Peaks$1.26/1hr
  89. 89Comedy Night$1.32/1hr
  90. 90Drift86$1.36/1hr
  91. 91NEKOPARA Vol. 0$1.39/1hr
  92. 92A Building Full of Cats$1.40/1hr
  93. 93PICO PARK$1.41/1hr
  94. 94DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition$1.46/1hr
  95. 95Kabuto Park$1.52/1hr
  96. 96RUSSIAPHOBIA$1.61/1hr
  97. 97A Castle Full of Cats$1.64/1hr
  98. 98The Adventure of NAYU$1.65/1hr
  99. 99RATSHAKER$1.71/1hr
  100. 100Ultimate Zombie Defense$1.92/1hr

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.