Best Value Hack and Slash Games Under $20

The Hack and Slash games on Steam games under $20 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. 1Brotato77 h/$
  2. 2Monster Hunter: World11 h/$
  3. 3Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen11 h/$
  4. 4Hero Siege9.0 h/$
  5. 5Heroes of Hammerwatch7.4 h/$
  6. 6Nioh: Complete Edition7.2 h/$
  7. 7The Riftbreaker7.0 h/$
  8. 8Path of Exile 26.5 h/$
  9. 9Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom6.4 h/$
  10. 10Army of Ruin5.9 h/$
  11. 11Soulstone Survivors5.5 h/$
  12. 12Blasphemous 25.5 h/$
  13. 13Dragon Cliff5.3 h/$
  14. 14CODE VEIN4.8 h/$
  15. 15Death Must Die4.8 h/$
  16. 16Halls of Torment4.7 h/$
  17. 17Shadow Warrior 24.7 h/$
  18. 18Dust: An Elysian Tail4.5 h/$
  19. 19鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal4.5 h/$
  20. 20Death's Door4.5 h/$
  21. 21Cat Quest4.5 h/$
  22. 22Shadow Warrior4.4 h/$
  23. 23The Vagrant4.3 h/$
  24. 24Mount & Blade: Warband4.2 h/$
  25. 25Brutal Legend4.0 h/$
  26. 26DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition3.9 h/$
  27. 27下一站江湖Ⅱ3.8 h/$
  28. 28RUINER3.7 h/$
  29. 29The Slormancer3.6 h/$
  30. 30Judgment3.4 h/$
  31. 31FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION3.3 h/$
  32. 32Asterigos: Curse of the Stars3.1 h/$
  33. 33Cat Quest II3.0 h/$
  34. 34Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition3.0 h/$
  35. 35Chronicon2.8 h/$
  36. 36Dungeon Siege2.7 h/$
  37. 37Like a Dragon: Ishin!2.5 h/$
  38. 38Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii2.5 h/$
  39. 39Nobody Saves the World2.5 h/$
  40. 40Skul: The Hero Slayer2.4 h/$
  41. 41Temtem: Swarm2.4 h/$
  42. 42FINAL FANTASY XVI2.4 h/$
  43. 43One Piece Pirate Warriors 32.4 h/$
  44. 44Heroes of Hammerwatch II2.3 h/$
  45. 45Dead Cells2.2 h/$
  46. 46Ryse: Son of Rome2.1 h/$
  47. 47Sifu2.1 h/$
  48. 48Secrets of Grindea2.1 h/$
  49. 49Thymesia2.0 h/$
  50. 50Titan Quest Anniversary Edition2.0 h/$
  51. 51Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos2.0 h/$
  52. 52Lost Castle / 失落城堡1.8 h/$
  53. 53Alice: Madness Returns1.7 h/$
  54. 54Anomaly Agent1.7 h/$
  55. 55Sands of Salzaar1.7 h/$
  56. 56Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name1.6 h/$
  57. 57Torchlight II1.5 h/$
  58. 58BlazBlue Entropy Effect1.5 h/$
  59. 59FATE1.5 h/$
  60. 60Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty1.5 h/$
  61. 61Ys Origin1.4 h/$
  62. 62Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice1.3 h/$
  63. 63Ghostrunner 21.3 h/$
  64. 64Minecraft Dungeons1.2 h/$
  65. 65Castle Crashers1.2 h/$
  66. 66Rotwood1.2 h/$
  67. 67Torchlight1.1 h/$
  68. 68Juice Galaxy1.1 h/$
  69. 69STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy1.1 h/$
  70. 70Wizard of Legend1.1 h/$
  71. 71Dark Messiah of Might & Magic1.1 h/$
  72. 72One Step From Eden1.0 h/$
  73. 73Moonlighter1.0 h/$
  74. 74Insect Swarm1.0 h/$
  75. 75Furi1.0 h/$
  76. 76The Surge1.0 h/$
  77. 77Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor1.0 h/$
  78. 78Darksiders Warmastered Edition1.0 h/$
  79. 79Thronefall1.0 h/$
  80. 80HELLDIVERS Dive Harder Edition0.9 h/$
  81. 81Ember Knights0.8 h/$
  82. 82POSTAL 4: No Regerts0.8 h/$
  83. 83Katana ZERO0.8 h/$
  84. 84Bayonetta0.8 h/$
  85. 85Nunholy0.8 h/$
  86. 86Turnip Boy Robs a Bank0.8 h/$
  87. 87KILL KNIGHT0.7 h/$
  88. 88Tribes of Midgard0.7 h/$
  89. 89Mark of the Ninja: Remastered0.7 h/$
  90. 90Bastion0.6 h/$
  91. 91Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 20.6 h/$
  92. 92LIZARDS MUST DIE0.5 h/$
  93. 93ICEY0.5 h/$
  94. 94Prototype0.5 h/$
  95. 95STAR WARS - The Force Unleashed Ultimate Sith Edition0.5 h/$
  96. 96Hyper Light Drifter0.5 h/$
  97. 97DYNASTY WARRIORS 90.5 h/$
  98. 98Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition0.5 h/$
  99. 99Transistor0.5 h/$
  100. 100Gauntlet Slayer Edition0.4 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.