Best Value Immersive Sim Games Under $10

The Immersive Sim games on Steam games under $10 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. 1Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr
  2. 2theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.13/1hr
  3. 3Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.16/1hr
  4. 4Easy Red 2$0.19/1hr
  5. 5Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator$0.22/1hr
  6. 6Streamer Life Simulator$0.24/1hr
  7. 7Call of the Wild: The Angler$0.26/1hr
  8. 8HITMAN World of Assassination$0.26/1hr
  9. 9Old Market Simulator$0.27/1hr
  10. 10Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition$0.27/1hr
  11. 11My Dream Setup$0.28/1hr
  12. 12ANEURISM IV$0.37/1hr
  13. 13No Place Like Home$0.40/1hr
  14. 14ContractVille$0.41/1hr
  15. 15Shadows of Doubt$0.42/1hr
  16. 16Barro$0.43/1hr
  17. 17GoreBox$0.47/1hr
  18. 18Police Simulator: Patrol Officers$0.47/1hr
  19. 19Dishonored$0.50/1hr
  20. 20Session: Skate Sim$0.53/1hr
  21. 21Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator$0.55/1hr
  22. 22Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game$0.55/1hr
  23. 23Internet Cafe Simulator 2$0.58/1hr
  24. 24Sticky Business$0.61/1hr
  25. 25Far Cry 2$0.67/1hr
  26. 2660 Seconds! Reatomized$0.71/1hr
  27. 27Bus Simulator 21 Next Stop$0.71/1hr
  28. 28Knowledge, or know Lady$0.77/1hr
  29. 29Streamer Life Simulator 2$0.78/1hr
  30. 30Juice Galaxy$0.79/1hr
  31. 31Cyber Manhunt$0.86/1hr
  32. 32Dark Messiah of Might & Magic$0.90/1hr
  33. 33E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy$0.90/1hr
  34. 34Vanity Fair: The Pursuit$0.93/1hr
  35. 35Love Is All Around$1.06/1hr
  36. 36Breakout 13$1.10/1hr
  37. 37Construction Simulator$1.17/1hr
  38. 38JudgeSim$1.19/1hr
  39. 39Initial Drift Online$1.21/1hr
  40. 40Comedy Night$1.21/1hr
  41. 41Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator$1.28/1hr
  42. 42KinitoPET$1.56/1hr
  43. 43Kiosk$1.67/1hr
  44. 44The Operator$1.76/1hr
  45. 45Dreamlike Love with Seira$1.79/1hr
  46. 46The Exit 8$1.90/1hr
  47. 47Endorphin Vice$1.97/1hr
  48. 48Zero Hour$2.00/1hr
  49. 4960 Seconds!$2.11/1hr
  50. 50[Chilla's Art] The Closing Shift | 閉店事件$2.26/1hr
  51. 51No Case Should Remain Unsolved$2.27/1hr
  52. 52The Test$3.85/1hr

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.