Best Value Difficult Games

The Difficult games that stretch a budget furthest: median reviewer playtime divided by current price. Pick your currency in the top bar to rank against your local prices.

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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. 1Dead by Daylight$0.02/1hr
  2. 2Outward Definitive Edition$0.04/1hr
  3. 3GemCraft - Chasing Shadows$0.04/1hr
  4. 4Elite Dangerous$0.04/1hr
  5. 5Geometry Dash$0.05/1hr
  6. 6Hero Siege$0.07/1hr
  7. 7Enter the Gungeon$0.07/1hr
  8. 8Darkest Dungeon$0.07/1hr
  9. 9The Surge$0.07/1hr
  10. 10Hunt: Showdown 1896$0.07/1hr
  11. 11Subsistence$0.08/1hr
  12. 12The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth$0.08/1hr
  13. 13UnderRail$0.09/1hr
  14. 14Roguebook$0.09/1hr
  15. 15Rock 'N' Roll Defense$0.09/1hr
  16. 16Souldiers$0.09/1hr
  17. 17Don't Starve Together$0.10/1hr
  18. 18HELLDIVERS 2$0.10/1hr
  19. 19Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.10/1hr
  20. 20Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.10/1hr
  21. 21UBERMOSH$0.11/1hr
  22. 22Noita$0.11/1hr
  23. 23Super Hexagon$0.11/1hr
  24. 24Soccer Online: Ball 3D$0.11/1hr
  25. 25XCOM: Enemy Unknown$0.12/1hr
  26. 26The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.12/1hr
  27. 27Risk of Rain 2$0.13/1hr
  28. 28SKYHILL$0.13/1hr
  29. 29Super Meat Boy$0.13/1hr
  30. 30Oxygen Not Included$0.14/1hr
  31. 31Bean Battles$0.14/1hr
  32. 32Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun$0.14/1hr
  33. 33Tales of Maj'Eyal$0.14/1hr
  34. 34Slay the Spire$0.14/1hr
  35. 35Hacknet$0.14/1hr
  36. 36Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number$0.14/1hr
  37. 37ScourgeBringer$0.15/1hr
  38. 38FlatOut$0.15/1hr
  39. 39The Surge 2$0.15/1hr
  40. 40Valheim$0.15/1hr
  41. 41Crazy Machines 3$0.15/1hr
  42. 42Monster Sanctuary$0.17/1hr
  43. 43Motorsport Manager$0.17/1hr
  44. 44Stoneshard$0.17/1hr
  45. 45Voidigo$0.17/1hr
  46. 46Hotline Miami$0.18/1hr
  47. 47Celeste$0.18/1hr
  48. 48Elin$0.19/1hr
  49. 49Endzone - A World Apart$0.19/1hr
  50. 50Coromon$0.19/1hr
  51. 51Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy$0.20/1hr
  52. 52Iratus: Lord of the Dead$0.20/1hr
  53. 53Quasimorph$0.20/1hr
  54. 54Risk of Rain (2013)$0.21/1hr
  55. 55Resident Evil 4 (2005)$0.21/1hr
  56. 56The Escapists$0.21/1hr
  57. 57Muse Dash$0.21/1hr
  58. 58Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander$0.21/1hr
  59. 59Bloons TD 6$0.22/1hr
  60. 60Ostranauts$0.22/1hr
  61. 61The Messenger$0.22/1hr
  62. 62CONTROL Ultimate Edition$0.22/1hr
  63. 63Blasphemous 2$0.23/1hr
  64. 64Hollow Knight$0.23/1hr
  65. 65Insurgency: Sandstorm$0.24/1hr
  66. 66Spelunky 2$0.24/1hr
  67. 67VVVVVV$0.24/1hr
  68. 68Across the Obelisk$0.24/1hr
  69. 69Dungreed$0.24/1hr
  70. 70Gato Roboto$0.24/1hr
  71. 71Dead Estate$0.24/1hr
  72. 72The Long Dark$0.25/1hr
  73. 73Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition$0.25/1hr
  74. 74The Binding of Isaac$0.26/1hr
  75. 75Monster Hunter: World$0.26/1hr
  76. 76Mafia$0.28/1hr
  77. 77A Dance of Fire and Ice$0.28/1hr
  78. 78TEKKEN 8$0.28/1hr
  79. 79Gothic II: Gold Edition$0.28/1hr
  80. 80SULFUR$0.29/1hr
  81. 81Tiny Rogues$0.29/1hr
  82. 82Lonely Mountains: Downhill$0.30/1hr
  83. 83Balatro$0.30/1hr
  84. 84Resident Evil$0.31/1hr
  85. 85FINAL FANTASY XIII$0.31/1hr
  86. 86Library Of Ruina$0.31/1hr
  87. 87Blasphemous$0.31/1hr
  88. 88PAYDAY The Heist$0.31/1hr
  89. 89Ravenswatch$0.31/1hr
  90. 90Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation$0.31/1hr
  91. 91Ratopia$0.32/1hr
  92. 92Nothing$0.32/1hr
  93. 93FTL: Faster Than Light$0.32/1hr
  94. 94Game Dev Tycoon$0.33/1hr
  95. 95Rocksmith 2014 Edition REMASTERED LEARN & PLAY$0.33/1hr
  96. 96CrossCode$0.33/1hr
  97. 97Vigil: The Longest Night$0.33/1hr
  98. 98Nuclear Throne$0.34/1hr
  99. 99My Summer Car$0.34/1hr
  100. 100Guacamelee! 2$0.34/1hr

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.