Best Value JRPG Games Under $20

The JRPG games on Steam games under $20 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.

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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.
  1. 1Monster Hunter: World$0.06/1hr
  2. 2TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children$0.06/1hr
  3. 3MONSTER HUNTER RISE$0.08/1hr
  4. 4FINAL FANTASY XIV Online$0.08/1hr
  5. 5Monster Sanctuary$0.10/1hr
  6. 6Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.10/1hr
  7. 7Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition$0.11/1hr
  8. 8Dragon Cliff$0.11/1hr
  9. 9Nioh: Complete Edition$0.15/1hr
  10. 10Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.15/1hr
  11. 11Rune Factory 4 Special$0.16/1hr
  12. 12Epic Battle Fantasy 5$0.18/1hr
  13. 13Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1$0.20/1hr
  14. 14Elin$0.20/1hr
  15. 15Persona 4 Golden$0.24/1hr
  16. 16FINAL FANTASY VIII$0.26/1hr
  17. 17ASTLIBRA Revision$0.26/1hr
  18. 18SENRAN KAGURA ESTIVAL VERSUS$0.26/1hr
  19. 19Mirror$0.27/1hr
  20. 20Volcano Princess$0.28/1hr
  21. 21The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel$0.28/1hr
  22. 22Yakuza: Like a Dragon$0.30/1hr
  23. 23GOD EATER 3$0.30/1hr
  24. 24Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin$0.31/1hr
  25. 25CrossCode$0.33/1hr
  26. 26FINAL FANTASY XIII$0.36/1hr
  27. 27Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy$0.37/1hr
  28. 28Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga$0.38/1hr
  29. 29The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky$0.38/1hr
  30. 30Yog-Sothoth’s Yard$0.38/1hr
  31. 31ONE PIECE World Seeker$0.39/1hr
  32. 32Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling$0.39/1hr
  33. 33Tales of ARISE$0.40/1hr
  34. 34One Piece Pirate Warriors 3$0.40/1hr
  35. 35DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT$0.48/1hr
  36. 36Banner of the Maid$0.50/1hr
  37. 37Yakuza 5 Remastered$0.50/1hr
  38. 38Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus$0.51/1hr
  39. 39CHRONO TRIGGER$0.54/1hr
  40. 40Valkyria Chronicles$0.54/1hr
  41. 41FINAL FANTASY XIII-2$0.56/1hr
  42. 42Cassette Beasts$0.59/1hr
  43. 43Hylics$0.59/1hr
  44. 44Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy$0.60/1hr
  45. 45Phoenotopia: Awakening$0.60/1hr
  46. 46Okami HD$0.66/1hr
  47. 47OMORI$0.66/1hr
  48. 48Yakuza 6: The Song of Life$0.66/1hr
  49. 49Vampires' Melody$0.70/1hr
  50. 50FINAL FANTASY$0.71/1hr
  51. 51Coromon$0.75/1hr
  52. 52Yakuza 4 Remastered$0.76/1hr
  53. 53Tales of the Black Forest$0.83/1hr
  54. 54Potion Permit$0.89/1hr
  55. 55Winter Memories$0.97/1hr
  56. 56LISA: The Painful$1.03/1hr
  57. 57Rebellion GODSOUL: Awakening$1.45/1hr
  58. 58Finding Paradise$1.84/1hr
  59. 59Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet$1.98/1hr
  60. 60Summer Memories$2.01/1hr
  61. 61Impostor Factory$2.35/1hr

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.