Best Value Dungeon Crawler Games Under $40

The Dungeon Crawler 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. 1The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.10/1hr
  2. 2Path of Exile 2$0.11/1hr
  3. 3Pax Dei$0.12/1hr
  4. 4Dragon Cliff$0.14/1hr
  5. 5Slay the Spire$0.14/1hr
  6. 6Iratus: Lord of the Dead$0.14/1hr
  7. 7Enter the Gungeon$0.14/1hr
  8. 8Warhammer: Chaosbane$0.15/1hr
  9. 9Across the Obelisk$0.17/1hr
  10. 10Children of Morta$0.18/1hr
  11. 11Hades$0.19/1hr
  12. 12Grim Dawn$0.20/1hr
  13. 13Tales of Maj'Eyal$0.20/1hr
  14. 14Moonlighter$0.20/1hr
  15. 15Elin$0.22/1hr
  16. 16Curse of the Dead Gods$0.23/1hr
  17. 17Death's Door$0.26/1hr
  18. 18Hades II$0.27/1hr
  19. 19Tiny Rogues$0.27/1hr
  20. 20Noita$0.28/1hr
  21. 21Lethal Company$0.30/1hr
  22. 22Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager$0.30/1hr
  23. 23Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom$0.32/1hr
  24. 24Path of Achra$0.32/1hr
  25. 25The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth$0.33/1hr
  26. 26Dungeon Siege$0.34/1hr
  27. 27Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos$0.34/1hr
  28. 28LONESTAR$0.35/1hr
  29. 29Stoneshard$0.35/1hr
  30. 30SULFUR$0.36/1hr
  31. 31Nobody Saves the World$0.36/1hr
  32. 32FATE$0.38/1hr
  33. 33Chronicon$0.39/1hr
  34. 34Core Keeper$0.42/1hr
  35. 35Dungreed$0.42/1hr
  36. 36The Binding of Isaac$0.42/1hr
  37. 37Darkest Dungeon$0.45/1hr
  38. 38Gunfire Reborn$0.46/1hr
  39. 39Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition$0.47/1hr
  40. 40Dice & Fold$0.47/1hr
  41. 41Heroes of Hammerwatch$0.47/1hr
  42. 42Dungeon Clawler$0.50/1hr
  43. 43Legend of Grimrock$0.51/1hr
  44. 44Exanima$0.52/1hr
  45. 45The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel$0.52/1hr
  46. 46Last Epoch$0.53/1hr
  47. 47The Crust$0.55/1hr
  48. 48Lost Castle / 失落城堡$0.56/1hr
  49. 49Titan Quest Anniversary Edition$0.56/1hr
  50. 50Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition$0.57/1hr
  51. 51Minecraft Dungeons$0.57/1hr
  52. 52Dungeon of the ENDLESS$0.61/1hr
  53. 53Heroes of Hammerwatch II$0.63/1hr
  54. 54The Slormancer$0.68/1hr
  55. 55Legend of Grimrock 2$0.69/1hr
  56. 56Ys Origin$0.73/1hr
  57. 57Dicey Dungeons$0.73/1hr
  58. 58Windblown$0.74/1hr
  59. 59Wizard of Legend$0.75/1hr
  60. 60Lunacid$0.77/1hr
  61. 61Murky Divers$0.78/1hr
  62. 62AI LIMIT$0.79/1hr
  63. 63Escape the Backrooms$0.82/1hr
  64. 64Deadzone: Rogue$0.82/1hr
  65. 65Cult of the Lamb$0.85/1hr
  66. 66KLETKA$0.88/1hr
  67. 67Yao-Guai Hunter$0.94/1hr
  68. 68Dead Estate$0.94/1hr
  69. 69Darkest Dungeon II$0.97/1hr
  70. 70Black Book$0.98/1hr
  71. 71Die in the Dungeon$0.99/1hr
  72. 72Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus$1.00/1hr
  73. 73Torchlight$1.03/1hr
  74. 74Torchlight II$1.06/1hr
  75. 75Portal Knights$1.07/1hr
  76. 76Neon Abyss$1.09/1hr
  77. 77Barony$1.10/1hr
  78. 78Content Warning$1.12/1hr
  79. 79Ember Knights$1.13/1hr
  80. 80UnderMine$1.13/1hr
  81. 81Wizard with a Gun$1.22/1hr
  82. 82Wayfinder$1.26/1hr
  83. 83HELLCARD$1.28/1hr
  84. 84Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem$1.31/1hr
  85. 85Knock on the Coffin Lid$1.31/1hr
  86. 86FlyKnight$1.44/1hr
  87. 87Crypt of the NecroDancer$1.58/1hr
  88. 88Darksiders Genesis$1.60/1hr
  89. 89PILGRIM$1.67/1hr
  90. 90Book of Demons$1.69/1hr
  91. 91Psychopomp GOLD$1.70/1hr
  92. 92Going Under$1.73/1hr
  93. 93Rotwood$1.76/1hr
  94. 94Gauntlet Slayer Edition$1.88/1hr
  95. 95Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale$1.89/1hr
  96. 96Crawl$2.16/1hr
  97. 97Len's Island$2.25/1hr
  98. 98DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION$2.39/1hr
  99. 99War for the Overworld$2.96/1hr
  100. 100Mortal Sin$3.72/1hr

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.