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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By price
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.
- 1Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr47h88.62%95.43%
- 2theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.09/1hr34h88.91%89.08%
- 3Rising Storm 2: Vietnam$0.09/1hr28h86.79%87.04%
- 4House Flipper$0.15/1hr17h93.27%93.97%
- 5Eco$0.15/1hr195h82.64%80.67%
- 6Survival: Fountain of Youth$0.16/1hr62h84.98%85.44%
- 7Barro$0.16/1hr3h83.00%78.72%
- 8Streamer Life Simulator$0.16/1hr12h81.27%76.03%
- 9Feed the Cups$0.18/1hr72h79.51%70.59%
- 10SnowRunner$0.19/1hr63h89.37%90.09%
- 11The Planet Crafter$0.21/1hr56h94.76%96.03%
- 12Euro Truck Simulator 2$0.22/1hr90h97.31%97.44%
- 13American Truck Simulator$0.23/1hr87h96.35%96.91%
- 14Farming Simulator 22$0.23/1hr87h92.01%92.73%
- 15Stormworks: Build and Rescue$0.24/1hr105h89.76%90.50%
- 16Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.25/1hr8h93.52%97.57%
- 17Ostranauts$0.25/1hr80h83.35%77.27%
- 18Heroes' Vow: Three Kingdoms$0.26/1hr77h86.46%88.53%
- 19Farming Simulator 25$0.26/1hr116h86.99%87.28%
- 20Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition$0.27/1hr26h91.16%94.84%
- 21ANEURISM IV$0.27/1hr36h81.48%75.33%
- 22Motor Town: Behind The Wheel$0.28/1hr71h89.52%93.84%
- 23Disney Dreamlight Valley$0.31/1hr128h90.20%92.17%
- 24Dishonored$0.34/1hr30h96.38%97.63%
- 25Travellers Rest$0.34/1hr53h86.97%87.86%
- 26Easy Red 2$0.34/1hr26h88.40%90.39%
- 27Supermarket Simulator$0.34/1hr58h91.33%92.04%
- 28Cash Cleaner Simulator$0.37/1hr55h88.47%92.38%
- 29Call of the Wild: The Angler$0.39/1hr23h76.20%63.95%
- 30Old Market Simulator$0.39/1hr25h86.15%87.66%
- 31Railroads Online$0.40/1hr75h81.28%74.56%
- 32Squad$0.40/1hr99h81.38%81.22%
- 33Little Witch in the Woods$0.41/1hr49h87.49%89.07%
- 34GoreBox$0.41/1hr22h84.56%84.25%
- 35Abiotic Factor$0.41/1hr85h94.27%95.78%
- 36Roots of Pacha$0.42/1hr60h87.92%93.59%
- 37Streets of Rogue$0.45/1hr44h92.63%96.04%
- 38Sins of a Solar Empire II$0.46/1hr55h84.67%83.71%
- 39Car Dealer Simulator$0.46/1hr43h86.90%88.95%
- 40Sailwind$0.46/1hr43h85.99%88.78%
- 41School Days$0.47/1hr24h81.59%76.87%
- 42Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora$0.47/1hr63h80.63%77.99%
- 43Day of Dragons$0.48/1hr42h76.07%65.07%
- 44PowerWash Simulator$0.48/1hr52h94.78%96.39%
- 45WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition$0.49/1hr61h92.32%97.51%
- 46Ghosts of Tabor$0.50/1hr50h77.93%70.79%
- 47Star Trucker$0.50/1hr15h82.52%78.29%
- 48Medieval Dynasty$0.52/1hr67h89.54%90.34%
- 49Internet Cafe Simulator 2$0.53/1hr11h78.57%73.40%
- 50Airport CEO$0.53/1hr47h84.35%83.07%
- 51112 Operator$0.53/1hr9h86.82%88.73%
- 52Farmer's Life$0.54/1hr36h86.07%88.73%
- 53ContractVille$0.56/1hr18h83.62%80.88%
- 54Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator$0.56/1hr14h88.18%93.18%
- 55RoadCraft$0.56/1hr36h78.78%74.66%
- 56Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit$0.57/1hr71h87.01%92.46%
- 57Chef RPG$0.59/1hr34h85.88%87.83%
- 58Big Ambitions$0.59/1hr44h89.32%92.06%
- 59TCG Card Shop Simulator$0.60/1hr33h94.62%96.49%
- 60My Garage$0.60/1hr33h86.78%90.19%
- 61Le Mans Ultimate$0.61/1hr66h80.94%78.75%
- 62Barony$0.61/1hr33h88.54%90.63%
- 63SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition$0.61/1hr33h83.84%82.24%
- 64Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator$0.62/1hr29h84.45%83.28%
- 65Far Cry 2$0.63/1hr16h79.08%75.70%
- 66Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut$0.63/1hr32h90.32%91.95%
- 67Car Mechanic Simulator 2021$0.63/1hr40h93.58%95.71%
- 68Police Simulator: Patrol Officers$0.65/1hr31h77.88%74.61%
- 69MX Bikes$0.65/1hr54h92.39%94.28%
- 70Grocery Store Simulator$0.65/1hr23h87.39%90.70%
- 71House Flipper 2$0.66/1hr57h86.68%87.34%
- 72Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game$0.66/1hr45h90.80%93.84%
- 73Farthest Frontier$0.66/1hr53h85.86%86.03%
- 74Infection Free Zone$0.69/1hr35h82.32%80.66%
- 75Wrestling Empire$0.72/1hr21h87.01%94.09%
- 76Streamer Life Simulator 2$0.74/1hr13h83.64%81.23%
- 77My Dream Setup$0.76/1hr8h87.84%91.45%
- 78No Rest for the Wicked$0.76/1hr53h80.04%79.39%
- 79Uncrashed : FPV Drone Simulator$0.76/1hr20h89.71%95.25%
- 80Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days$0.77/1hr33h86.98%89.25%
- 81inZOI$0.77/1hr42h79.18%77.31%
- 82Knowledge, or know Lady$0.79/1hr9h90.05%95.21%
- 83Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator$0.82/1hr37h84.99%83.74%
- 84Derail Valley$0.84/1hr47h90.95%96.63%
- 85Cyber Manhunt$0.86/1hr12h89.64%92.33%
- 86Dark Messiah of Might & Magic$0.86/1hr12h88.37%90.87%
- 87Sons Of The Forest$0.86/1hr35h88.36%88.46%
- 88Deus Ex: Mankind Divided$0.87/1hr34h78.16%76.46%
- 89Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition$0.88/1hr34h87.56%91.74%
- 90Finnish Cottage Simulator$0.88/1hr17h87.61%93.78%
- 91Love Is All Around$0.89/1hr11h91.82%93.23%
- 92Juice Galaxy$0.89/1hr6h92.13%98.50%
- 93HITMAN World of Assassination$0.91/1hr33h87.06%87.31%
- 94Prey$0.93/1hr32h89.99%90.84%
- 95Teardown$0.94/1hr32h95.13%95.85%
- 96The Tenants$0.94/1hr21h82.53%78.82%
- 97Hello Kitty Island Adventure$0.94/1hr42h90.09%93.91%
- 98Gloomwood$0.95/1hr21h89.79%94.99%
- 99Vanity Fair: The Pursuit$0.95/1hr7h86.01%87.48%
- 100Shadows of Doubt$0.96/1hr26h83.30%82.12%
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.