Best Value Immersive Sim Games Under $40

The Immersive Sim 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. 1Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr
  2. 2Rising Storm 2: Vietnam$0.10/1hr
  3. 3theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.11/1hr
  4. 4Eco$0.13/1hr
  5. 5Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.16/1hr
  6. 6The Planet Crafter$0.18/1hr
  7. 7SnowRunner$0.19/1hr
  8. 8Easy Red 2$0.20/1hr
  9. 9Railroads Online$0.21/1hr
  10. 10My Garage$0.21/1hr
  11. 11Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator$0.22/1hr
  12. 12Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms$0.22/1hr
  13. 13Stormworks: Build and Rescue$0.24/1hr
  14. 14Streamer Life Simulator$0.24/1hr
  15. 15HITMAN World of Assassination$0.25/1hr
  16. 16Feed the Cups$0.26/1hr
  17. 17Call of the Wild: The Angler$0.26/1hr
  18. 18Car Dealer Simulator$0.27/1hr
  19. 19Old Market Simulator$0.27/1hr
  20. 20Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition$0.27/1hr
  21. 21Euro Truck Simulator 2$0.27/1hr
  22. 22My Dream Setup$0.28/1hr
  23. 23Farming Simulator 22$0.29/1hr
  24. 24Medieval Dynasty$0.30/1hr
  25. 25Travellers Rest$0.31/1hr
  26. 26WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition$0.32/1hr
  27. 27Little Witch in the Woods$0.34/1hr
  28. 28American Truck Simulator$0.35/1hr
  29. 29Motor Town: Behind The Wheel$0.35/1hr
  30. 30ANEURISM IV$0.37/1hr
  31. 31Barro$0.37/1hr
  32. 32Abiotic Factor$0.37/1hr
  33. 33Farming Simulator 25$0.38/1hr
  34. 34Disney Dreamlight Valley$0.39/1hr
  35. 35Ostranauts$0.40/1hr
  36. 36No Place Like Home$0.40/1hr
  37. 37School Days$0.41/1hr
  38. 38ContractVille$0.41/1hr
  39. 39Cash Cleaner Simulator$0.41/1hr
  40. 40Farthest Frontier$0.41/1hr
  41. 41Shadows of Doubt$0.42/1hr
  42. 42Roots of Pacha$0.42/1hr
  43. 43Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition$0.42/1hr
  44. 44Supermarket Simulator$0.43/1hr
  45. 45Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator$0.43/1hr
  46. 46Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit$0.44/1hr
  47. 47Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon$0.45/1hr
  48. 48Big Ambitions$0.46/1hr
  49. 49GoreBox$0.47/1hr
  50. 50Dishonored$0.47/1hr
  51. 51Police Simulator: Patrol Officers$0.47/1hr
  52. 52TCG Card Shop Simulator$0.47/1hr
  53. 53Amnesia: The Bunker$0.52/1hr
  54. 54Farmer's Life$0.52/1hr
  55. 55Session: Skate Sim$0.54/1hr
  56. 56Ghosts of Tabor$0.54/1hr
  57. 57Survival: Fountain of Youth$0.54/1hr
  58. 58Sailwind$0.55/1hr
  59. 59Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator$0.55/1hr
  60. 60Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game$0.55/1hr
  61. 61Day of Dragons$0.56/1hr
  62. 62RoadCraft$0.56/1hr
  63. 63Internet Cafe Simulator 2$0.58/1hr
  64. 64Infection Free Zone$0.59/1hr
  65. 65Sticky Business$0.61/1hr
  66. 66Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora$0.63/1hr
  67. 67Chef RPG$0.63/1hr
  68. 68Squad$0.64/1hr
  69. 69PowerWash Simulator$0.65/1hr
  70. 70Far Cry 2$0.67/1hr
  71. 71Le Mans Ultimate$0.67/1hr
  72. 7260 Seconds! Reatomized$0.68/1hr
  73. 73House Flipper 2$0.69/1hr
  74. 74Airport CEO$0.70/1hr
  75. 75Car Mechanic Simulator 2021$0.71/1hr
  76. 76Spellcaster University$0.71/1hr
  77. 77Streets of Rogue$0.71/1hr
  78. 78Uncrashed : FPV Drone Simulator$0.72/1hr
  79. 79Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing$0.72/1hr
  80. 80Bus Simulator 21 Next Stop$0.73/1hr
  81. 81Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut$0.74/1hr
  82. 82Knowledge, or know Lady$0.77/1hr
  83. 83Juice Galaxy$0.78/1hr
  84. 84Finnish Cottage Simulator$0.79/1hr
  85. 85Streamer Life Simulator 2$0.79/1hr
  86. 86Sons Of The Forest$0.80/1hr
  87. 87Depersonalization$0.83/1hr
  88. 88Cattails: Wildwood Story$0.83/1hr
  89. 89Grocery Store Simulator$0.85/1hr
  90. 90Gloomwood$0.85/1hr
  91. 91Cyber Manhunt$0.86/1hr
  92. 92Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm$0.88/1hr
  93. 93SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition$0.89/1hr
  94. 94Dark Messiah of Might & Magic$0.91/1hr
  95. 95Vanity Fair: The Pursuit$0.91/1hr
  96. 96MX Bikes$0.92/1hr
  97. 97Prey$0.93/1hr
  98. 98The Tenants$0.94/1hr
  99. 99Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game$0.95/1hr
  100. 100Wrestling Empire$0.95/1hr

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.