Best Value Difficult Games Under $10

The Difficult games on Steam games under $10 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.

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Median reviewer playtime divided by price. 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. 1Don't Starve Together62 h/$
  2. 2Oxygen Not Included30 h/$
  3. 3Soccer Online: Ball 3D19 h/$
  4. 4Geometry Dash16 h/$
  5. 5Tales of Maj'Eyal14 h/$
  6. 6Wall World14 h/$
  7. 7Don't Starve14 h/$
  8. 8Slay the Spire13 h/$
  9. 9Enter the Gungeon13 h/$
  10. 10Bean Battles12 h/$
  11. 11Rock 'N' Roll Defense12 h/$
  12. 12Dungeon of the ENDLESS11 h/$
  13. 13Monster Hunter: World11 h/$
  14. 14Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen11 h/$
  15. 15Blasphemous10 h/$
  16. 16Hotline Miami10 h/$
  17. 17Serious Sam II10 h/$
  18. 18Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number9.7 h/$
  19. 19The Binding of Isaac9.5 h/$
  20. 20Hero Siege9.0 h/$
  21. 21The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos8.7 h/$
  22. 22Monster Sanctuary8.4 h/$
  23. 23UBERMOSH8.3 h/$
  24. 24Downwell7.8 h/$
  25. 25Hacknet7.7 h/$
  26. 26FINAL FANTASY XIII7.4 h/$
  27. 27Nioh: Complete Edition7.2 h/$
  28. 28Hitman: Absolution7.1 h/$
  29. 29Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun6.7 h/$
  30. 30Celeste6.7 h/$
  31. 31Reigns6.4 h/$
  32. 32FlatOut6.3 h/$
  33. 33CONTROL Ultimate Edition6.3 h/$
  34. 34Terraforming Mars5.9 h/$
  35. 35Planes, Bullets and Vodka5.7 h/$
  36. 36SKYHILL5.6 h/$
  37. 37Golf With Your Friends5.6 h/$
  38. 38The Talos Principle5.6 h/$
  39. 39Blasphemous 25.5 h/$
  40. 40Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)5.3 h/$
  41. 41Gato Roboto5.1 h/$
  42. 42Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition4.8 h/$
  43. 43CODE VEIN4.8 h/$
  44. 44Muse Dash4.7 h/$
  45. 45The Messenger4.7 h/$
  46. 46Overcooked4.7 h/$
  47. 47Crypt of the NecroDancer4.6 h/$
  48. 48Pathologic 24.5 h/$
  49. 49FTL: Faster Than Light4.4 h/$
  50. 50Party Hard4.1 h/$
  51. 51Voidigo4.1 h/$
  52. 52Resident Evil 4 (2005)4.1 h/$
  53. 53Nuclear Throne4.0 h/$
  54. 54Hot Lava3.8 h/$
  55. 55RUINER3.7 h/$
  56. 56LIMBO3.7 h/$
  57. 57Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition3.6 h/$
  58. 58Resident Evil3.6 h/$
  59. 59GemCraft - Chasing Shadows3.6 h/$
  60. 60Tiny Rogues3.6 h/$
  61. 61Serious Sam 3: BFE3.6 h/$
  62. 62A Dance of Fire and Ice3.5 h/$
  63. 63EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair3.5 h/$
  64. 64Dead Estate3.4 h/$
  65. 65Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition3.4 h/$
  66. 66X-Morph: Defense3.3 h/$
  67. 67Gold Mining Simulator3.2 h/$
  68. 68Souldiers3.2 h/$
  69. 69Super Hexagon3.1 h/$
  70. 70Rabbit and Steel3.1 h/$
  71. 71Resident Evil 23.0 h/$
  72. 72Mafia3.0 h/$
  73. 73Rabi-Ribi2.8 h/$
  74. 74Ultra Street Fighter IV2.8 h/$
  75. 75Resident Evil 02.8 h/$
  76. 76The Escapists 22.7 h/$
  77. 77Ori and the Will of the Wisps2.7 h/$
  78. 78Dungreed2.4 h/$
  79. 79Titan Souls2.4 h/$
  80. 80Risk of Rain (2013)2.3 h/$
  81. 81ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights2.3 h/$
  82. 82Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense2.2 h/$
  83. 83Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense2.2 h/$
  84. 84Surgeon Simulator2.2 h/$
  85. 85Exit the Gungeon2.1 h/$
  86. 86The Escapists2.1 h/$
  87. 87Counter-Strike: Source2.1 h/$
  88. 88Sifu2.1 h/$
  89. 89Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game2.1 h/$
  90. 90Overcooked! 22.1 h/$
  91. 91Hello Neighbor2.0 h/$
  92. 92Thymesia2.0 h/$
  93. 93DRAGON BALL FighterZ2.0 h/$
  94. 94Changed1.9 h/$
  95. 95AK-xolotl: Together1.9 h/$
  96. 96Hand Simulator1.9 h/$
  97. 97Lost Castle / 失落城堡1.8 h/$
  98. 98Nothing1.8 h/$
  99. 99The Witness1.8 h/$
  100. 100Last Command1.7 h/$

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.