Best Value Deckbuilding Games Under $40

The Deckbuilding 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. 1Esports Godfather$0.14/1hr
  2. 2Slay the Spire$0.14/1hr
  3. 3Marvel's Midnight Suns$0.16/1hr
  4. 4Across the Obelisk$0.21/1hr
  5. 5Library Of Ruina$0.31/1hr
  6. 6Matchmaking Inc.$0.31/1hr
  7. 7METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED$0.35/1hr
  8. 8Dungeon Clawler$0.39/1hr
  9. 9Potionomics$0.41/1hr
  10. 10Balatro$0.41/1hr
  11. 11Cardboard Town$0.41/1hr
  12. 12ROUNDS$0.42/1hr
  13. 13BOOK OF HOURS$0.42/1hr
  14. 14Loop Hero$0.44/1hr
  15. 15Magicraft$0.44/1hr
  16. 16Border Pioneer$0.46/1hr
  17. 17Luck be a Landlord$0.46/1hr
  18. 18Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist : Link Evolution$0.46/1hr
  19. 19Monster Train 2$0.47/1hr
  20. 20Nubby's Number Factory$0.49/1hr
  21. 21Chrono Ark$0.50/1hr
  22. 22The Matchless Kungfu$0.53/1hr
  23. 23Backpack Hero$0.58/1hr
  24. 24Shogun Showdown$0.58/1hr
  25. 25Villages & Dungeons$0.58/1hr
  26. 26Heretic's Fork$0.59/1hr
  27. 27暖雪 Warm Snow$0.59/1hr
  28. 28Emberward$0.59/1hr
  29. 29Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers$0.60/1hr
  30. 30Dune: Imperium$0.61/1hr
  31. 31Wildfrost$0.62/1hr
  32. 32Office Life$0.64/1hr
  33. 33DICEOMANCER$0.64/1hr
  34. 34Cultist Simulator$0.68/1hr
  35. 35Tainted Grail: Conquest$0.69/1hr
  36. 36Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend$0.72/1hr
  37. 37Moonstone Island$0.75/1hr
  38. 38Gloomhaven$0.77/1hr
  39. 39I Was a Teenage Exocolonist$0.79/1hr
  40. 40Griftlands$0.79/1hr
  41. 41Fights in Tight Spaces$0.80/1hr
  42. 42Gordian Quest$0.81/1hr
  43. 43Inscryption$0.82/1hr
  44. 44Hexarchy$0.85/1hr
  45. 45Monster Train$0.85/1hr
  46. 46Ticket to Ride$0.86/1hr
  47. 47Cobalt Core$0.86/1hr
  48. 489 Kings$0.87/1hr
  49. 49Peglin$0.88/1hr
  50. 50Die in the Dungeon$0.89/1hr
  51. 51Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles$0.89/1hr
  52. 52Black Book$0.91/1hr
  53. 53TerraScape$0.92/1hr
  54. 54StarVaders$1.10/1hr
  55. 55Menace from the Deep$1.21/1hr
  56. 56Spirit Island$1.24/1hr
  57. 57Roguebook$1.35/1hr
  58. 58Spellmasons$1.38/1hr
  59. 59Rebellion GODSOUL: Awakening$1.45/1hr
  60. 60Cross Blitz$1.52/1hr
  61. 61Dicey Dungeons$1.54/1hr
  62. 62Kabuto Park$1.58/1hr
  63. 63Lost in Random$1.61/1hr
  64. 64Book of Demons$1.69/1hr
  65. 65Ratropolis$1.96/1hr
  66. 66Ballionaire$3.07/1hr

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.