Best Value Indie Games Under $5
The Indie games on Steam games under $5 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$0.01/1hr779h86.18%92.50%
- 2BidKing$0.01/1hr200h48.02%32.54%
- 3Ropuka's Idle Island$0.02/1hr153h88.03%95.19%
- 4The NOexistenceN of Lilith$0.03/1hr58h86.92%98.07%
- 5Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi$0.04/1hr140h87.71%96.90%
- 6GemCraft - Chasing Shadows$0.04/1hr50h88.16%94.90%
- 7Cookie Clicker$0.04/1hr123h95.33%96.41%
- 8shapez$0.05/1hr21h91.78%95.91%
- 9Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.05/1hr94h92.62%97.58%
- 10Geometry Dash$0.05/1hr96h92.86%92.94%
- 11PlateUp!$0.06/1hr35h92.18%94.75%
- 12Rusty's Retirement$0.06/1hr72h91.97%96.70%
- 13Enter the Gungeon$0.07/1hr46h94.10%95.10%
- 14Darkest Dungeon$0.07/1hr53h91.43%91.64%
- 15Atomicrops$0.07/1hr41h87.85%92.05%
- 16ORION: Prelude$0.08/1hr12h78.01%75.47%
- 17Roguebook$0.09/1hr20h85.17%83.83%
- 18Kingdom Two Crowns$0.09/1hr22h89.18%90.18%
- 19Mr. Prepper$0.10/1hr27h83.21%80.01%
- 20Brotato$0.11/1hr47h95.09%95.92%
- 21Chill Pulse$0.11/1hr46h87.90%95.43%
- 22UBERMOSH$0.11/1hr4h88.96%92.46%
- 23Super Hexagon$0.11/1hr7h93.54%96.87%
- 24Vampire Survivors$0.12/1hr32h97.93%98.30%
- 25Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth$0.12/1hr17h88.25%92.28%
- 26Moonstone Island$0.12/1hr42h84.63%83.54%
- 27Deponia$0.13/1hr8h85.68%86.18%
- 28Warhammer: Vermintide 2$0.13/1hr36h85.05%85.04%
- 29Bloodshed$0.13/1hr12h85.10%84.67%
- 30SKYHILL$0.13/1hr8h82.66%78.30%
- 31Super Meat Boy$0.13/1hr9h92.32%94.14%
- 32Bean Battles$0.14/1hr7h89.53%93.83%
- 33Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun$0.14/1hr29h93.79%96.03%
- 34Hacknet$0.14/1hr11h91.22%93.53%
- 35Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number$0.14/1hr15h93.12%94.11%
- 36ScourgeBringer$0.15/1hr18h85.48%86.38%
- 37Halls of Torment$0.15/1hr34h92.90%95.33%
- 38Green Hell$0.15/1hr19h84.66%84.61%
- 39Mirror$0.15/1hr5h95.17%96.36%
- 40Undertale$0.16/1hr16h96.27%96.51%
- 41Breathedge$0.16/1hr15h82.10%80.93%
- 42Streamer Life Simulator$0.17/1hr12h81.14%76.04%
- 43Voidigo$0.17/1hr14h88.92%96.51%
- 44Hotline Miami$0.18/1hr11h95.98%96.82%
- 45Celeste$0.18/1hr27h96.63%97.40%
- 46Party Club$0.18/1hr4h81.05%71.62%
- 47Supraland$0.18/1hr22h91.25%95.20%
- 48Endzone - A World Apart$0.19/1hr11h80.93%76.70%
- 49Rusted Warfare - RTS$0.19/1hr27h90.33%96.33%
- 50Internet Cafe Simulator$0.19/1hr5h78.33%72.61%
- 51Kingdom: New Lands$0.19/1hr8h85.26%85.32%
- 52Coromon$0.19/1hr26h84.72%84.44%
- 53Wallpaper Engine$0.19/1hr26h97.46%97.55%
- 54Iratus: Lord of the Dead$0.20/1hr15h85.33%85.50%
- 55The Survivalists$0.20/1hr25h80.20%76.18%
- 56DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition$0.20/1hr3h89.24%93.09%
- 57Warpips$0.20/1hr13h85.84%87.11%
- 58Risk of Rain (2013)$0.21/1hr10h91.08%93.05%
- 59The Escapists$0.21/1hr13h88.29%90.21%
- 60Muse Dash$0.21/1hr14h91.02%91.49%
- 61ROUNDS$0.21/1hr14h93.42%95.26%
- 62Tribes of Midgard$0.21/1hr23h79.02%76.38%
- 63Neon Abyss$0.22/1hr23h85.68%85.89%
- 64The Messenger$0.22/1hr18h89.68%92.62%
- 65Cats Organized Neatly$0.22/1hr4h88.48%97.19%
- 66Russian Life Simulator$0.23/1hr2h86.57%88.52%
- 67Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball$0.23/1hr13h87.05%92.43%
- 68Dome Keeper$0.23/1hr20h90.14%92.35%
- 69The Battle of Polytopia$0.24/1hr19h88.85%93.96%
- 70VVVVVV$0.24/1hr5h90.82%96.16%
- 71Gato Roboto$0.24/1hr5h88.69%94.24%
- 72Dead Estate$0.24/1hr20h88.94%94.59%
- 73TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer$0.25/1hr20h84.34%79.02%
- 74Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition$0.25/1hr15h88.39%92.45%
- 75Niche - a genetics survival game$0.26/1hr14h84.91%86.14%
- 76The Binding of Isaac$0.26/1hr19h93.32%94.61%
- 77Sally Face - Episode One$0.26/1hr11h94.18%97.33%
- 78Supermarket Chaos$0.27/1hr19h86.48%92.87%
- 79Bad North: Jotunn Edition$0.27/1hr11h89.94%93.26%
- 80Seen$0.27/1hr2h87.97%91.09%
- 81Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.27/1hr19h94.47%96.51%
- 82Shadowrun Returns$0.28/1hr11h86.62%87.66%
- 83Barro$0.29/1hr2h82.90%78.73%
- 84Slime Rancher$0.30/1hr17h97.24%98.01%
- 85Lonely Mountains: Downhill$0.30/1hr13h86.46%90.60%
- 86To the Moon$0.31/1hr5h94.99%96.12%
- 87WEBFISHING$0.31/1hr16h95.82%97.33%
- 88Animal Shelter$0.31/1hr10h85.26%87.66%
- 89Boneraiser Minions$0.31/1hr16h89.01%96.14%
- 90Trine 2: Complete Story$0.32/1hr13h92.12%95.27%
- 91Game Dev Tycoon$0.33/1hr12h93.37%95.18%
- 92Tricolour Lovestory$0.33/1hr6h82.22%81.16%
- 93Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide$0.33/1hr9h81.63%79.98%
- 94My Dream Setup$0.33/1hr7h87.22%91.47%
- 95Insect Swarm$0.33/1hr7h84.96%84.15%
- 96Wedding Witch$0.34/1hr9h86.60%89.62%
- 97Guacamelee! 2$0.34/1hr15h87.12%91.09%
- 98Verdun$0.35/1hr11h85.98%86.19%
- 99Yoku's Island Express$0.35/1hr11h89.24%95.72%
- 100Stick Fight: The Game$0.35/1hr6h92.86%93.48%
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.