Best Value Indie Games Under $20
The Indie games on Steam games under $20 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.
- 1YoloMouse - Cursor Changer$0.01/1hr899h86.68%92.45%
- 2BidKing$0.01/1hr250h48.95%33.17%
- 3Wallpaper Engine$0.01/1hr338h97.45%97.58%
- 4Ropuka's Idle Island$0.02/1hr230h88.11%95.60%
- 5Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi$0.02/1hr129h88.00%96.80%
- 6shapez$0.03/1hr35h91.67%95.94%
- 7Cornerpond$0.03/1hr91h87.57%97.15%
- 8Starbound$0.04/1hr120h89.63%90.00%
- 9Cookie Clicker$0.04/1hr119h95.30%96.42%
- 10Razortron 2000$0.05/1hr19h85.28%86.20%
- 11Geometry Dash$0.06/1hr86h92.92%93.05%
- 12Warhammer: Vermintide 2$0.06/1hr51h85.02%85.02%
- 13Crosshair X$0.06/1hr159h91.83%93.37%
- 14The Vagrant$0.06/1hr12h87.12%89.60%
- 15FTL: Faster Than Light$0.06/1hr54h93.96%95.11%
- 16The NOexistenceN of Lilith$0.07/1hr31h86.31%97.91%
- 17Tiny Pasture$0.07/1hr60h88.43%92.49%
- 18Wall World$0.07/1hr14h88.17%90.73%
- 19Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr65h88.41%95.54%
- 20Melvor Idle$0.08/1hr123h88.16%90.14%
- 21Bean Battles$0.09/1hr6h89.42%93.80%
- 22Kenshi$0.09/1hr138h94.72%95.56%
- 23Terraria$0.09/1hr107h97.30%97.38%
- 24Cyberhunt$0.10/1hr5h84.97%84.95%
- 25My Time at Portia$0.10/1hr62h90.31%91.51%
- 26Brotato$0.10/1hr31h95.18%96.06%
- 27The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.10/1hr53h85.96%87.17%
- 28Talisman: Digital Classic Edition$0.10/1hr17h81.63%78.28%
- 29Valheim$0.10/1hr96h93.83%93.99%
- 30Death Road to Canada$0.10/1hr21h88.93%92.73%
- 31Deponia$0.11/1hr9h85.89%86.53%
- 32Rusty's Retirement$0.11/1hr66h91.98%96.74%
- 33UBERMOSH$0.11/1hr5h88.35%92.26%
- 34Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition$0.11/1hr41h93.37%94.96%
- 35Beasts of Bermuda$0.11/1hr178h77.10%68.97%
- 36Stardew Valley$0.11/1hr133h98.35%98.48%
- 37Vampire Survivors$0.12/1hr35h97.84%98.33%
- 38Karate Survivor$0.12/1hr14h85.06%85.30%
- 39Timberman$0.12/1hr8h89.26%93.09%
- 40Phasmophobia$0.12/1hr115h94.30%94.41%
- 41Trailmakers$0.12/1hr40h90.61%92.09%
- 42High Sea Saga DX$0.12/1hr58h84.84%82.17%
- 43Hacknet$0.13/1hr12h91.16%93.54%
- 44Garry's Mod$0.13/1hr40h96.77%96.87%
- 45Survivalist: Invisible Strain$0.13/1hr51h85.55%86.85%
- 46Iratus: Lord of the Dead$0.13/1hr23h85.23%85.54%
- 47ARK: Survival Evolved$0.13/1hr114h83.35%83.33%
- 48My Time at Sandrock$0.13/1hr104h87.36%88.19%
- 49Dragon Cliff$0.14/1hr73h86.63%88.66%
- 50Slay the Spire$0.14/1hr44h96.94%97.49%
- 51Enter the Gungeon$0.15/1hr31h94.12%95.14%
- 52TerraTech$0.15/1hr42h89.55%91.39%
- 53Tricolour Lovestory$0.15/1hr13h82.27%81.30%
- 54Transport Fever 2$0.15/1hr54h89.06%90.33%
- 55This War of Mine$0.15/1hr20h93.02%93.85%
- 56Beholder$0.15/1hr9h90.04%91.68%
- 57Orb of Creation$0.15/1hr80h85.05%85.38%
- 58Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun$0.15/1hr26h93.74%96.02%
- 59觅长生$0.15/1hr97h91.15%93.09%
- 60Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.15/1hr127h83.79%83.52%
- 61Internet Cafe Simulator$0.16/1hr6h78.73%72.67%
- 62Lost Castle / 失落城堡$0.16/1hr19h86.06%86.51%
- 63Cauldron$0.16/1hr47h86.17%93.18%
- 64Do Not Feed the Monkeys$0.16/1hr10h89.76%93.56%
- 65Sun Haven$0.16/1hr53h81.82%80.57%
- 66Natural Selection 2$0.16/1hr30h85.06%85.13%
- 67Undertale$0.17/1hr15h96.16%96.50%
- 68Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.17/1hr36h95.35%98.56%
- 69Across the Obelisk$0.17/1hr120h82.48%80.56%
- 70Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.17/1hr70h92.85%97.64%
- 71Unity of Command II$0.18/1hr25h84.04%79.72%
- 72DSX$0.18/1hr45h77.87%69.55%
- 73Children of Morta$0.18/1hr18h87.40%88.45%
- 74Planes, Bullets and Vodka$0.18/1hr6h84.99%85.02%
- 75Mechabellum$0.18/1hr83h84.16%83.73%
- 76Crashlands$0.19/1hr28h86.80%89.50%
- 77The Room Three$0.19/1hr8h90.98%95.48%
- 78The Last Campfire$0.19/1hr8h93.36%97.53%
- 79Hades$0.19/1hr40h97.61%98.02%
- 80Cluckmech Oasis$0.19/1hr52h85.85%88.29%
- 81Warpips$0.19/1hr13h85.75%87.24%
- 82SKYHILL$0.19/1hr5h82.52%78.23%
- 83Paleo Pines$0.20/1hr31h84.49%82.63%
- 84Green Hell$0.20/1hr19h84.75%84.72%
- 85Dyson Sphere Program$0.20/1hr81h96.24%97.47%
- 86Moonlighter$0.20/1hr15h83.04%82.16%
- 87Fields of Mistria$0.20/1hr70h94.42%97.68%
- 88Easy Red 2$0.20/1hr22h88.03%90.22%
- 89ROUNDS$0.20/1hr15h93.34%95.25%
- 90Naval Action$0.20/1hr98h65.48%52.22%
- 91Space Engineers$0.21/1hr97h88.59%88.86%
- 92Wandering Sword$0.21/1hr85h93.02%94.87%
- 93Railroads Online$0.21/1hr73h81.12%74.68%
- 94Tainted Grail: Conquest$0.21/1hr19h87.23%89.95%
- 95Muse Dash$0.21/1hr14h91.02%91.51%
- 96Hollow Knight$0.21/1hr72h96.70%96.91%
- 97The Isle$0.21/1hr95h80.53%80.15%
- 98Voidigo$0.21/1hr12h88.76%96.53%
- 99My Garage$0.21/1hr95h86.60%90.50%
- 100Factory Town Idle$0.21/1hr24h85.63%90.84%
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.