Best Value Horror Games Under $40

The Horror games on Steam games under $40 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.

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By price

Any priceUnder $5Under $10Under $20Under $40
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. 1YoloMouse - Cursor Changer$0.01/1hr
  2. 2Dead by Daylight$0.02/1hr
  3. 3Cookie Clicker$0.04/1hr
  4. 4Fallout 76$0.05/1hr
  5. 5Deep Rock Galactic$0.07/1hr
  6. 6Darkest Dungeon$0.07/1hr
  7. 7Warhammer 40,000: Darktide$0.07/1hr
  8. 8The Surge$0.07/1hr
  9. 9Hunt: Showdown 1896$0.07/1hr
  10. 10People Playground$0.08/1hr
  11. 11The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth$0.08/1hr
  12. 12Darkwood$0.09/1hr
  13. 13Batman: Arkham Knight$0.10/1hr
  14. 14Don't Starve Together$0.10/1hr
  15. 15SKYHILL$0.13/1hr
  16. 16Bean Battles$0.14/1hr
  17. 17Beasts of Bermuda$0.15/1hr
  18. 18Phasmophobia$0.16/1hr
  19. 19Undertale$0.16/1hr
  20. 20Alan Wake$0.17/1hr
  21. 21Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition$0.18/1hr
  22. 22Wallpaper Engine$0.19/1hr
  23. 23Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy$0.20/1hr
  24. 24Left 4 Dead 2$0.20/1hr
  25. 25DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition$0.20/1hr
  26. 26Resident Evil 4 (2005)$0.21/1hr
  27. 27Blood and Bacon$0.21/1hr
  28. 28F.E.A.R.$0.21/1hr
  29. 29Path of Exile 2$0.22/1hr
  30. 30BioShock 2 Remastered$0.22/1hr
  31. 31CONTROL Ultimate Edition$0.22/1hr
  32. 32Blasphemous 2$0.23/1hr
  33. 33Bendy and the Dark Revival$0.23/1hr
  34. 34Dead Estate$0.24/1hr
  35. 35Resident Evil 6$0.25/1hr
  36. 36BioShock 2$0.25/1hr
  37. 37Sally Face - Episode One$0.26/1hr
  38. 38Fallout 3$0.26/1hr
  39. 39HumanitZ$0.27/1hr
  40. 40Chernobylite Complete Edition$0.28/1hr
  41. 41The Isle$0.28/1hr
  42. 42Alan Wake's American Nightmare$0.28/1hr
  43. 43Mortal Kombat 11$0.29/1hr
  44. 44Resident Evil 5$0.29/1hr
  45. 45Mortal Kombat X$0.30/1hr
  46. 46Space Hulk: Deathwing Enhanced Edition$0.30/1hr
  47. 47Resident Evil$0.31/1hr
  48. 48Library Of Ruina$0.31/1hr
  49. 49Blasphemous$0.31/1hr
  50. 50Mist Survival$0.31/1hr
  51. 51Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation$0.31/1hr
  52. 52Lethal Company$0.32/1hr
  53. 53KovaaK's$0.32/1hr
  54. 54Nothing$0.32/1hr
  55. 55World War Z$0.33/1hr
  56. 56Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide$0.33/1hr
  57. 57Vigil: The Longest Night$0.33/1hr
  58. 58Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition$0.34/1hr
  59. 59Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition$0.34/1hr
  60. 60Resident Evil 0$0.34/1hr
  61. 61Mortal Kombat 1$0.35/1hr
  62. 62Resident Evil Revelations 2$0.35/1hr
  63. 63BioShock Remastered$0.35/1hr
  64. 64R.E.P.O.$0.35/1hr
  65. 65The Sinking City Remastered$0.35/1hr
  66. 66Back 4 Blood$0.35/1hr
  67. 67Sherlock Holmes The Awakened$0.35/1hr
  68. 68BioShock$0.37/1hr
  69. 69Phoenix Point$0.37/1hr
  70. 7020 Minutes Till Dawn$0.37/1hr
  71. 71Buckshot Roulette$0.38/1hr
  72. 72Outer Wilds$0.38/1hr
  73. 73Amnesia: The Dark Descent$0.38/1hr
  74. 74Chinese Parents$0.39/1hr
  75. 75Atomic Heart$0.39/1hr
  76. 76Nubby's Number Factory$0.40/1hr
  77. 77Axiom Verge$0.40/1hr
  78. 78Dying Light$0.41/1hr
  79. 79Terminus: Zombie Survivors$0.41/1hr
  80. 80Yog-Sothoth’s Yard$0.42/1hr
  81. 81Resident Evil 2$0.42/1hr
  82. 82The Infected$0.43/1hr
  83. 83Half-Life 2$0.44/1hr
  84. 84Resident Evil Revelations$0.44/1hr
  85. 85The Darkness II$0.44/1hr
  86. 86Don't Starve$0.45/1hr
  87. 87Max Payne$0.45/1hr
  88. 88Amnesia: The Bunker$0.45/1hr
  89. 89The Outlast Trials$0.46/1hr
  90. 90The Texas Chain Saw Massacre$0.46/1hr
  91. 91Mister Furry: Hot Muscles$0.46/1hr
  92. 92Quake$0.48/1hr
  93. 93Deadzone: Rogue$0.49/1hr
  94. 94RAGE$0.49/1hr
  95. 95The Quarry$0.50/1hr
  96. 96Layers of Fear (2016)$0.50/1hr
  97. 97SOMA$0.51/1hr
  98. 98Exanima$0.53/1hr
  99. 99That's not my Neighbor$0.53/1hr
  100. 100CULTIC$0.53/1hr

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.