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$0.01/1hr899h86.68%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%
- 38Rust$0.12/1hr342h86.81%86.82%
- 39Karate Survivor$0.12/1hr14h85.06%85.30%
- 40Timberman$0.12/1hr8h89.26%93.09%
- 41Phasmophobia$0.12/1hr115h94.30%94.41%
- 42Trailmakers$0.12/1hr40h90.61%92.09%
- 43High Sea Saga DX$0.12/1hr58h84.84%82.17%
- 44Hacknet$0.13/1hr12h91.16%93.54%
- 45Garry's Mod$0.13/1hr40h96.77%96.87%
- 46Factorio$0.13/1hr274h96.99%97.51%
- 47Survivalist: Invisible Strain$0.13/1hr51h85.55%86.85%
- 48Iratus: Lord of the Dead$0.13/1hr23h85.23%85.54%
- 49RimWorld$0.13/1hr269h97.35%97.86%
- 50ARK: Survival Evolved$0.13/1hr114h83.35%83.33%
- 51Eco$0.13/1hr225h82.50%80.73%
- 52My Time at Sandrock$0.13/1hr104h87.36%88.19%
- 53Dragon Cliff$0.14/1hr73h86.63%88.66%
- 54Slay the Spire$0.14/1hr44h96.94%97.49%
- 55Satisfactory$0.14/1hr194h96.83%97.26%
- 56Enter the Gungeon$0.15/1hr31h94.12%95.14%
- 57TerraTech$0.15/1hr42h89.55%91.39%
- 58Tricolour Lovestory$0.15/1hr13h82.27%81.30%
- 59Transport Fever 2$0.15/1hr54h89.06%90.33%
- 60This War of Mine$0.15/1hr20h93.02%93.85%
- 61Beholder$0.15/1hr9h90.04%91.68%
- 62Slay the Spire 2$0.15/1hr166h61.68%60.46%
- 63Orb of Creation$0.15/1hr80h85.05%85.38%
- 64Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun$0.15/1hr26h93.74%96.02%
- 65觅长生$0.15/1hr97h91.15%93.09%
- 66Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.15/1hr127h83.79%83.52%
- 67Internet Cafe Simulator$0.16/1hr6h78.73%72.67%
- 68Lost Castle / 失落城堡$0.16/1hr19h86.06%86.51%
- 69Cauldron$0.16/1hr47h86.17%93.18%
- 70Do Not Feed the Monkeys$0.16/1hr10h89.76%93.56%
- 71Sun Haven$0.16/1hr53h81.82%80.57%
- 72Natural Selection 2$0.16/1hr30h85.06%85.13%
- 73Undertale$0.17/1hr15h96.16%96.50%
- 74Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.17/1hr36h95.35%98.56%
- 75Mortal Online 2$0.17/1hr241h70.52%60.08%
- 76Across the Obelisk$0.17/1hr120h82.48%80.56%
- 77Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.17/1hr70h92.85%97.64%
- 78Unity of Command II$0.18/1hr25h84.04%79.72%
- 79DSX$0.18/1hr45h77.87%69.55%
- 80Children of Morta$0.18/1hr18h87.40%88.45%
- 81Planes, Bullets and Vodka$0.18/1hr6h84.99%85.02%
- 82Mechabellum$0.18/1hr83h84.16%83.73%
- 83Crashlands$0.19/1hr28h86.80%89.50%
- 84The Room Three$0.19/1hr8h90.98%95.48%
- 85The Last Campfire$0.19/1hr8h93.36%97.53%
- 86Scrap Mechanic$0.19/1hr154h91.47%92.02%
- 87Hades$0.19/1hr40h97.61%98.02%
- 88Cluckmech Oasis$0.19/1hr52h85.85%88.29%
- 89Warpips$0.19/1hr13h85.75%87.24%
- 90SKYHILL$0.19/1hr5h82.52%78.23%
- 91Paleo Pines$0.20/1hr31h84.49%82.63%
- 92Green Hell$0.20/1hr19h84.75%84.72%
- 93Dyson Sphere Program$0.20/1hr81h96.24%97.47%
- 94Moonlighter$0.20/1hr15h83.04%82.16%
- 95Fields of Mistria$0.20/1hr70h94.42%97.68%
- 96Easy Red 2$0.20/1hr22h88.03%90.22%
- 97ROUNDS$0.20/1hr15h93.34%95.25%
- 98Naval Action$0.20/1hr98h65.48%52.22%
- 99Space Engineers$0.21/1hr97h88.59%88.86%
- 100Wandering Sword$0.21/1hr85h93.02%94.87%
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.