Best Value Horror Games Under $20

The Horror 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. 1YoloMouse - Cursor Changer122 h/$
  2. 2Don't Starve Together62 h/$
  3. 3Hunt: Showdown 189641 h/$
  4. 4Cookie Clicker23 h/$
  5. 5Dead by Daylight19 h/$
  6. 6Don't Starve14 h/$
  7. 7Bean Battles12 h/$
  8. 8Blasphemous10 h/$
  9. 9The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth9.4 h/$
  10. 10Alan Wake8.8 h/$
  11. 11Phasmophobia7.3 h/$
  12. 12Path of Exile 26.5 h/$
  13. 13CONTROL Ultimate Edition6.3 h/$
  14. 14Vampyr6.3 h/$
  15. 15R.E.P.O.6.1 h/$
  16. 16State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition6.0 h/$
  17. 17Undertale5.7 h/$
  18. 18Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition5.6 h/$
  19. 19SKYHILL5.6 h/$
  20. 20People Playground5.6 h/$
  21. 21Left 4 Dead 25.6 h/$
  22. 22Blasphemous 25.5 h/$
  23. 23Alan Wake's American Nightmare5.4 h/$
  24. 24Beasts of Bermuda5.4 h/$
  25. 25Lethal Company5.0 h/$
  26. 26Wallpaper Engine4.8 h/$
  27. 27Resident Evil 64.7 h/$
  28. 28The Isle4.6 h/$
  29. 29DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT4.4 h/$
  30. 3020 Minutes Till Dawn4.3 h/$
  31. 31KovaaK's4.2 h/$
  32. 32Grounded4.1 h/$
  33. 33Party Hard4.1 h/$
  34. 34Sally Face - Episode One4.1 h/$
  35. 35Barotrauma4.1 h/$
  36. 36Resident Evil 4 (2005)4.1 h/$
  37. 37CARRION3.9 h/$
  38. 38POSTAL Redux3.8 h/$
  39. 39Blood and Bacon3.7 h/$
  40. 40LIMBO3.7 h/$
  41. 41Resident Evil3.6 h/$
  42. 42Resident Evil 53.6 h/$
  43. 43Dead Estate3.4 h/$
  44. 44Chernobylite Complete Edition3.4 h/$
  45. 45Exanima3.2 h/$
  46. 46Resident Evil 23.0 h/$
  47. 47Resident Evil Revelations 23.0 h/$
  48. 48The Infected3.0 h/$
  49. 49Resident Evil 42.9 h/$
  50. 50Resident Evil 02.8 h/$
  51. 51Unheard - Voices of Crime2.8 h/$
  52. 52Yog-Sothoth’s Yard2.7 h/$
  53. 53The Darkness II2.6 h/$
  54. 54Aliens: Fireteam Elite2.6 h/$
  55. 55Half-Life 22.5 h/$
  56. 56Nubby's Number Factory2.4 h/$
  57. 57HumanitZ2.4 h/$
  58. 58Resident Evil Revelations2.3 h/$
  59. 59Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition2.2 h/$
  60. 60Aliens: Dark Descent2.2 h/$
  61. 61Inside the Backrooms2.1 h/$
  62. 62Batman: Arkham Knight2.1 h/$
  63. 63System Shock2.0 h/$
  64. 64Hello Neighbor2.0 h/$
  65. 65INSIDE2.0 h/$
  66. 66Content Warning2.0 h/$
  67. 67Thymesia2.0 h/$
  68. 68RAGE2.0 h/$
  69. 69That's not my Neighbor2.0 h/$
  70. 70The Final Station1.9 h/$
  71. 71Resident Evil Village1.9 h/$
  72. 72Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair1.9 h/$
  73. 73I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream1.9 h/$
  74. 74Mist Survival1.9 h/$
  75. 75DREDGE1.9 h/$
  76. 76Resident Evil 7 Biohazard1.9 h/$
  77. 77Changed1.9 h/$
  78. 78Hand Simulator1.9 h/$
  79. 79CULTIC1.8 h/$
  80. 80Nothing1.8 h/$
  81. 81Scorn1.7 h/$
  82. 82Alice: Madness Returns1.7 h/$
  83. 83We Were Here Forever1.7 h/$
  84. 84Murky Divers1.7 h/$
  85. 85Atomic Heart1.7 h/$
  86. 86LISA: The Painful1.7 h/$
  87. 87A Plague Tale: Innocence1.7 h/$
  88. 88Rusty Lake Hotel1.7 h/$
  89. 89We Happy Few1.7 h/$
  90. 90KLETKA1.6 h/$
  91. 91Darkwood1.6 h/$
  92. 92We Were Here Too1.6 h/$
  93. 93House of Detention1.6 h/$
  94. 94Painkiller: Black Edition1.6 h/$
  95. 95OMORI1.5 h/$
  96. 96Ravenous Devils1.5 h/$
  97. 97Menace from the Deep1.5 h/$
  98. 98Lunacid1.5 h/$
  99. 99Buckshot Roulette1.5 h/$
  100. 100Monstrum1.5 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.