Best Value Indie Games Under $40
The Indie 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.
- 1YoloMouse - Cursor Changer$0.01/1hr610h86.57%92.52%
- 2BidKing$0.01/1hr210h48.46%32.61%
- 3Cornerpond$0.02/1hr158h87.87%97.12%
- 4Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi$0.02/1hr147h88.46%96.88%
- 5GemCraft - Chasing Shadows$0.03/1hr64h88.32%94.92%
- 6Ropuka's Idle Island$0.03/1hr124h88.29%95.18%
- 7Crosshair X$0.03/1hr296h91.92%93.37%
- 8Cookie Clicker$0.04/1hr123h95.34%96.42%
- 9FTL: Faster Than Light$0.04/1hr46h93.99%95.09%
- 10The NOexistenceN of Lilith$0.04/1hr45h87.85%98.00%
- 11shapez$0.05/1hr21h91.82%95.90%
- 12Rust$0.05/1hr392h86.72%86.73%
- 13Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition$0.06/1hr72h88.31%89.21%
- 14TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children$0.06/1hr99h89.07%93.43%
- 15Geometry Dash$0.06/1hr79h92.88%93.00%
- 16Terraria$0.07/1hr152h97.30%97.38%
- 17Transport Fever 2$0.07/1hr60h89.15%90.32%
- 18Hero Siege$0.07/1hr116h70.29%67.14%
- 19SpiritVale$0.07/1hr217h73.26%50.93%
- 20Space Engineers$0.07/1hr142h88.57%88.81%
- 21Brotato$0.07/1hr42h95.11%95.93%
- 22RimWorld$0.08/1hr369h97.36%97.85%
- 23Foxhole$0.08/1hr395h80.38%79.45%
- 24Wall World$0.08/1hr14h88.28%90.56%
- 25Graveyard Keeper$0.08/1hr52h85.33%85.33%
- 26Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr47h88.62%95.43%
- 27Naval Action$0.08/1hr250h65.33%51.83%
- 28Vampire Survivors$0.09/1hr57h97.84%98.32%
- 29Melvor Idle$0.09/1hr113h88.23%90.02%
- 30Orb of Creation$0.09/1hr131h85.20%84.57%
- 31Rusty's Retirement$0.10/1hr72h92.12%96.69%
- 32Cyberhunt$0.10/1hr5h85.31%84.98%
- 33Monster Sanctuary$0.10/1hr49h88.65%91.21%
- 34Garry's Mod$0.10/1hr49h96.78%96.87%
- 35Tiny Pasture$0.11/1hr57h88.64%92.48%
- 36Stardew Valley$0.11/1hr139h98.35%98.48%
- 37Dragon Cliff$0.11/1hr92h86.85%88.61%
- 38UBERMOSH$0.11/1hr5h88.78%92.49%
- 39My Time at Sandrock$0.11/1hr110h87.43%88.15%
- 40Mechabellum$0.11/1hr136h84.36%83.81%
- 41UnderRail$0.11/1hr130h85.33%86.10%
- 42Bean Battles$0.12/1hr9h89.69%93.82%
- 43Oxygen Not Included$0.12/1hr212h95.98%96.72%
- 44ORION: Prelude$0.12/1hr8h78.05%75.47%
- 45DSX$0.12/1hr67h77.59%69.43%
- 46Avorion$0.13/1hr197h87.88%90.01%
- 47Beholder$0.13/1hr11h90.10%91.64%
- 48Green Hell$0.13/1hr19h84.67%84.61%
- 49Wartales$0.13/1hr73h85.54%85.60%
- 50Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.13/1hr145h83.83%83.49%
- 51Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)$0.14/1hr11h88.07%92.74%
- 52Project Zomboid$0.14/1hr182h93.60%93.77%
- 53ARK: Survival Evolved$0.14/1hr108h83.36%83.33%
- 54Esports Godfather$0.14/1hr143h87.12%90.66%
- 55Slay the Spire$0.14/1hr44h96.93%97.46%
- 56Tales of Maj'Eyal$0.14/1hr49h89.27%94.47%
- 57Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.15/1hr41h95.47%98.56%
- 58House Flipper$0.15/1hr17h93.27%93.97%
- 59Mortal Online 2$0.15/1hr271h70.62%59.91%
- 60Eco$0.15/1hr195h82.64%80.67%
- 61Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.15/1hr78h93.02%97.60%
- 62Dungeon Defenders$0.16/1hr95h90.44%93.09%
- 63Army of Ruin$0.16/1hr25h85.99%88.05%
- 64Survival: Fountain of Youth$0.16/1hr62h84.98%85.44%
- 65Dyson Sphere Program$0.16/1hr123h96.23%97.42%
- 66Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok$0.16/1hr61h86.50%88.21%
- 67Barro$0.16/1hr3h83.00%78.72%
- 68Streamer Life Simulator$0.16/1hr12h81.27%76.03%
- 69The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome$0.16/1hr183h67.85%65.36%
- 70Punch Club$0.16/1hr12h81.99%80.23%
- 7120 Minutes Till Dawn$0.16/1hr15h89.04%90.31%
- 72鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal$0.17/1hr78h56.87%55.60%
- 73觅长生$0.17/1hr88h91.23%93.07%
- 74Halls of Torment$0.17/1hr29h92.94%95.33%
- 75Empyrion - Galactic Survival$0.17/1hr116h79.96%78.39%
- 76The Lost Village$0.17/1hr69h82.06%71.39%
- 77Do Not Feed the Monkeys$0.17/1hr9h89.68%93.54%
- 78Fields of Mistria$0.18/1hr79h94.43%97.04%
- 79Feed the Cups$0.18/1hr72h79.51%70.59%
- 80Internet Cafe Simulator$0.18/1hr6h78.62%72.66%
- 81God Of Weapons$0.18/1hr33h84.94%84.03%
- 82Children of Morta$0.18/1hr12h87.55%88.42%
- 83Razortron 2000$0.18/1hr6h85.58%86.34%
- 84Undertale$0.18/1hr14h96.18%96.50%
- 85Valheim$0.18/1hr165h93.74%93.89%
- 86Starbound$0.18/1hr82h89.59%89.94%
- 87Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense$0.18/1hr136h85.90%86.27%
- 88Crab Champions$0.19/1hr54h94.84%97.89%
- 89KovaaK's$0.19/1hr50h91.49%92.97%
- 90100% Orange Juice$0.19/1hr9h89.61%91.03%
- 91PEAK$0.19/1hr42h94.21%94.45%
- 92Rusted Warfare - RTS$0.20/1hr25h90.10%96.30%
- 93Planes, Bullets and Vodka$0.20/1hr5h85.34%85.12%
- 94The Last Campfire$0.20/1hr7h93.51%97.49%
- 95Elin$0.20/1hr99h89.22%93.36%
- 96Factorio$0.20/1hr171h97.02%97.51%
- 97Soulstone Survivors$0.21/1hr51h89.55%91.33%
- 98Warpips$0.21/1hr12h86.00%87.13%
- 99Across the Obelisk$0.21/1hr97h82.47%80.24%
- 100Don't Starve Together$0.21/1hr73h94.74%94.91%
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.