Best Value Dating Sim Games Under $20

The Dating Sim 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. 1Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr
  2. 2Stardew Valley$0.11/1hr
  3. 3My Time at Sandrock$0.11/1hr
  4. 4Bean Battles$0.12/1hr
  5. 5Rune Factory 4 Special$0.16/1hr
  6. 6鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal$0.17/1hr
  7. 7Fields of Mistria$0.18/1hr
  8. 8Undertale$0.18/1hr
  9. 9Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll$0.22/1hr
  10. 10Persona 4 Golden$0.24/1hr
  11. 11河洛群俠傳 (Ho Tu Lo Shu ： The Books of Dragon)$0.25/1hr
  12. 12Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony$0.25/1hr
  13. 13Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair$0.25/1hr
  14. 14SENRAN KAGURA ESTIVAL VERSUS$0.26/1hr
  15. 15Mirror$0.27/1hr
  16. 16Monster Prom$0.28/1hr
  17. 17Volcano Princess$0.28/1hr
  18. 18The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel$0.28/1hr
  19. 19Matchmaking Inc.$0.31/1hr
  20. 20Legend of Mortal$0.31/1hr
  21. 21Tricolour Lovestory$0.33/1hr
  22. 22VillageRhapsody$0.36/1hr
  23. 23Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy$0.37/1hr
  24. 24Yog-Sothoth’s Yard$0.38/1hr
  25. 25Potionomics$0.41/1hr
  26. 26STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town$0.42/1hr
  27. 27School Days$0.47/1hr
  28. 28HuniePop$0.56/1hr
  29. 29NEKOPARA Vol. 2$0.61/1hr
  30. 30Otaku's Adventure$0.61/1hr
  31. 31Chinese Parents$0.62/1hr
  32. 32Office Life$0.64/1hr
  33. 33NEKOPARA Vol. 0$0.64/1hr
  34. 34NEKOPARA Vol. 1$0.70/1hr
  35. 35Vampires' Melody$0.70/1hr
  36. 36Moonstone Island$0.75/1hr
  37. 37Knowledge, or know Lady$0.79/1hr
  38. 38LoveChoice$0.84/1hr
  39. 39Love Is All Around$0.89/1hr
  40. 40Potion Permit$0.89/1hr
  41. 41Vanity Fair: The Pursuit$0.95/1hr
  42. 42The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty$0.95/1hr
  43. 43Winter Memories$0.97/1hr
  44. 44Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate$1.13/1hr
  45. 45Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!$1.16/1hr
  46. 46Gaokao.Love.100Days$1.28/1hr
  47. 47Growing Up$1.41/1hr
  48. 48Rebellion GODSOUL: Awakening$1.45/1hr
  49. 49AI2U: With You 'Til The End$1.46/1hr
  50. 50TOGETHER BnB$1.71/1hr
  51. 51Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For-$1.72/1hr
  52. 52Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut$2.09/1hr
  53. 53Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition$2.11/1hr
  54. 54港詭實錄ParanormalHK$3.12/1hr
  55. 551 to 1 humanoid edible toys$3.20/1hr
  56. 56Florence$5.99/1hr

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.