Best Value Cooking Games Under $40

The Cooking 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. 1The Quinfall$0.02/1hr
  2. 2Sun Haven$0.16/1hr
  3. 3Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.16/1hr
  4. 4Black Desert$0.20/1hr
  5. 5Fields of Mistria$0.20/1hr
  6. 6Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator$0.22/1hr
  7. 7Farm Together 2$0.23/1hr
  8. 8Feed the Cups$0.27/1hr
  9. 9Ale & Tale Tavern$0.28/1hr
  10. 10Fae Farm$0.35/1hr
  11. 11Disney Dreamlight Valley$0.35/1hr
  12. 12SULFUR$0.36/1hr
  13. 13Papa's Freezeria Deluxe$0.36/1hr
  14. 14Immortal Life$0.36/1hr
  15. 15Yog-Sothoth’s Yard$0.39/1hr
  16. 16Core Keeper$0.42/1hr
  17. 17The Sushi Spinnery$0.42/1hr
  18. 18Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator$0.43/1hr
  19. 19Doloc Town$0.44/1hr
  20. 20Stranded: Alien Dawn$0.49/1hr
  21. 21Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe$0.50/1hr
  22. 22Burgie's Cozy Kitchen$0.50/1hr
  23. 23Farmer's Life$0.52/1hr
  24. 24Sailwind$0.55/1hr
  25. 25Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game$0.55/1hr
  26. 26Chef RPG$0.63/1hr
  27. 27Moonstone Island$0.66/1hr
  28. 28Echoes of the Plum Grove$0.73/1hr
  29. 29The Chef's Shift$0.79/1hr
  30. 30Ravenous Devils$0.79/1hr
  31. 31The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty$0.80/1hr
  32. 32PlateUp!$0.80/1hr
  33. 33Overcooked! 2$0.82/1hr
  34. 34SEDAP! A Culinary Adventure$0.82/1hr
  35. 35Fruit Mountain$0.82/1hr
  36. 36Aeruta$0.86/1hr
  37. 37A Webbing Journey$0.90/1hr
  38. 38Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story$1.02/1hr
  39. 39Sunset Motel$1.02/1hr
  40. 40To Pixelia$1.06/1hr
  41. 41Hello Kitty Island Adventure$1.19/1hr
  42. 42inbento$1.20/1hr
  43. 43Bloomtown: A Different Story$1.20/1hr
  44. 44Coffee Caravan$1.40/1hr
  45. 45One Hour One Life$1.46/1hr
  46. 46Fast Food Simulator$1.47/1hr
  47. 47Bakery Simulator$1.60/1hr
  48. 48REKA$1.61/1hr
  49. 49Kiosk$1.67/1hr
  50. 50GIRLS MADE PUDDING$1.71/1hr
  51. 51Stephen's Sausage Roll$1.80/1hr
  52. 52Pizza Possum$1.90/1hr
  53. 53Wanderstop$1.96/1hr
  54. 54Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town$1.97/1hr
  55. 55Dungeon Munchies$2.10/1hr
  56. 56Overcooked$2.19/1hr
  57. 57Cooking Simulator$2.64/1hr
  58. 58Overcooked! All You Can Eat$2.91/1hr
  59. 59[Bober Bros] The Hole$3.09/1hr
  60. 60Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!$3.30/1hr
  61. 61Arctic Eggs$3.31/1hr
  62. 62Badiya: Desert Survival$4.43/1hr
  63. 63Venba$7.31/1hr
  64. 64Cooking Simulator VR$7.62/1hr

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.