Best Value Cozy Games Under $20

The Cozy games on Steam games under $20 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. 1Ropuka's Idle Island$0.02/1hr
  2. 2Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi$0.02/1hr
  3. 3Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.17/1hr
  4. 4Ithya: Magic Studies$0.19/1hr
  5. 5Chillquarium$0.24/1hr
  6. 6My Dream Setup$0.28/1hr
  7. 7Cat Quest$0.34/1hr
  8. 8Cat Quest II$0.34/1hr
  9. 9Fae Farm$0.35/1hr
  10. 10gogh: Focus with Your Avatar$0.40/1hr
  11. 11Crashlands 2$0.41/1hr
  12. 12Doloc Town$0.44/1hr
  13. 13Gourdlets$0.47/1hr
  14. 14Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel$0.52/1hr
  15. 15Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game$0.55/1hr
  16. 16Sudocats$0.57/1hr
  17. 17Zodiacats$0.58/1hr
  18. 18Garden Galaxy$0.58/1hr
  19. 19Sticky Business$0.61/1hr
  20. 20I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival$0.68/1hr
  21. 21Potion Permit$0.72/1hr
  22. 22Harold Halibut$0.72/1hr
  23. 23Cozy Grove$0.72/1hr
  24. 24Echoes of the Plum Grove$0.73/1hr
  25. 25Cats Organized Neatly$0.76/1hr
  26. 26Beacon Pines$0.82/1hr
  27. 27Fruit Mountain$0.82/1hr
  28. 28Cattails: Wildwood Story$0.83/1hr
  29. 29Trash Goblin$0.84/1hr
  30. 30Cozy Caravan$0.94/1hr
  31. 31Die in the Dungeon$0.99/1hr
  32. 32Minami Lane$1.13/1hr
  33. 33Yaoling: Mythical Journey$1.15/1hr
  34. 34Travellin Cats in China$1.16/1hr
  35. 35Dystopika$1.20/1hr
  36. 36Golf Peaks$1.26/1hr
  37. 37A Little to the Left$1.37/1hr
  38. 38Cat Cafe Manager$1.39/1hr
  39. 39Coffee Caravan$1.40/1hr
  40. 40A Building Full of Cats$1.40/1hr
  41. 41A Tower Full of Cats$1.46/1hr
  42. 42Haven Park$1.51/1hr
  43. 43Kabuto Park$1.52/1hr
  44. 44REKA$1.61/1hr
  45. 45A Castle Full of Cats$1.65/1hr
  46. 46Station to Station$1.67/1hr
  47. 47Doors: Paradox$1.95/1hr
  48. 48SUMMERHOUSE$2.05/1hr
  49. 49Tiny Glade$2.07/1hr
  50. 50Loddlenaut$2.41/1hr
  51. 51Lake$2.62/1hr
  52. 52Melatonin$2.74/1hr
  53. 53TOEM: A Photo Adventure$2.75/1hr
  54. 54Canvas of Kings$2.75/1hr
  55. 55Lil Gator Game$2.84/1hr
  56. 56Smushi Come Home$2.98/1hr
  57. 57Mika and The Witch's Mountain$3.07/1hr
  58. 58Duck Detective: The Secret Salami$3.07/1hr
  59. 59Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping$3.20/1hr
  60. 60Escape From Mystwood Mansion$3.65/1hr
  61. 61Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley$3.69/1hr
  62. 62Travellin Cats in Italy$3.71/1hr
  63. 63Agent A: A puzzle in disguise$4.00/1hr
  64. 64Alba: A Wildlife Adventure$4.01/1hr
  65. 65Assemble with Care$4.40/1hr
  66. 66Spilled!$5.13/1hr
  67. 67Down in Bermuda$5.68/1hr
  68. 68LEGO Builder's Journey$6.55/1hr

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.