Best Value Life Sim Games
The Life Sim games that stretch a budget furthest: median reviewer playtime divided by current price. Pick your currency in the top bar to rank against your local prices.
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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.
- 1Ropuka's Idle Island$0.02/1hr153h88.03%95.19%
- 2Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.05/1hr94h92.62%97.58%
- 3My Time at Portia$0.08/1hr72h90.31%91.46%
- 4Mr. Prepper$0.10/1hr27h83.21%80.01%
- 5Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.11/1hr9h93.47%97.57%
- 6Chill Pulse$0.11/1hr46h87.90%95.43%
- 7Moonstone Island$0.12/1hr42h84.63%83.54%
- 8My Time at Sandrock$0.12/1hr100h87.39%88.14%
- 9Stardew Valley$0.13/1hr113h98.38%98.48%
- 10Ithya: Magic Studies$0.16/1hr67h86.71%97.82%
- 11Streamer Life Simulator$0.17/1hr12h81.14%76.04%
- 12The Guild II Renaissance$0.18/1hr55h84.68%83.51%
- 13Fields of Mistria$0.19/1hr74h94.21%97.04%
- 14Disney Dreamlight Valley$0.20/1hr201h90.16%92.16%
- 15Ostranauts$0.22/1hr91h82.51%77.13%
- 16Travellers Rest$0.22/1hr60h86.92%87.88%
- 17Russian Life Simulator$0.23/1hr2h86.57%88.52%
- 18ANEURISM IV$0.23/1hr44h80.74%75.15%
- 19Coral Island$0.25/1hr122h87.96%88.96%
- 20Echoes of the Plum Grove$0.25/1hr40h85.56%87.77%
- 21The Sims 3$0.27/1hr74h85.98%86.21%
- 22Cash Cleaner Simulator$0.28/1hr54h87.87%92.36%
- 23Project Hospital$0.31/1hr33h86.98%88.89%
- 24Restaurant Empire II$0.31/1hr65h84.00%77.53%
- 25Animal Shelter$0.31/1hr10h85.26%87.66%
- 26Mon Bazou$0.34/1hr47h93.25%97.12%
- 27Wylde Flowers$0.34/1hr72h87.32%95.88%
- 28Crusader Kings III$0.35/1hr142h88.04%88.24%
- 29Dinkum$0.36/1hr56h90.09%91.78%
- 30VillageRhapsody$0.36/1hr8h92.34%96.87%
- 31Wobbledogs$0.37/1hr14h92.72%98.22%
- 32Kynseed$0.37/1hr67h84.60%83.10%
- 33Sengoku Dynasty$0.38/1hr35h80.59%74.75%
- 34BOOK OF HOURS$0.38/1hr66h86.27%88.69%
- 35Chinese Parents$0.39/1hr14h89.64%91.29%
- 36Immortal Life$0.39/1hr44h83.84%79.39%
- 37Supermarket Simulator$0.39/1hr51h91.31%92.04%
- 38Roots of Pacha$0.39/1hr64h87.65%93.59%
- 39Farm Together 2$0.41/1hr64h88.07%93.81%
- 40Bellwright$0.41/1hr73h81.77%80.20%
- 41Sun Haven$0.41/1hr61h81.81%80.49%
- 42Car Dealer Simulator$0.42/1hr48h86.55%88.73%
- 43TCG Card Shop Simulator$0.42/1hr48h94.52%96.39%
- 44Wobbly Life$0.44/1hr52h94.61%97.22%
- 45School Days$0.45/1hr25h81.84%76.90%
- 46Farlands$0.45/1hr26h86.38%89.87%
- 47Amber Isle$0.45/1hr15h85.19%82.39%
- 48Sailwind$0.46/1hr44h85.13%88.79%
- 49Progressbar95$0.47/1hr11h88.12%96.14%
- 50Sticky Business$0.47/1hr11h88.86%93.61%
- 51Little Witch in the Woods$0.48/1hr42h87.40%89.08%
- 52IfSunSets$0.49/1hr29h82.36%74.72%
- 53The Ranch of Rivershine$0.50/1hr60h86.64%93.93%
- 54ContractVille$0.51/1hr19h82.94%80.85%
- 55Cozy Grove$0.51/1hr29h86.68%89.51%
- 56Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator$0.53/1hr57h84.16%83.77%
- 57Chef RPG$0.53/1hr38h85.05%87.83%
- 58Havendock$0.53/1hr11h84.02%79.26%
- 59TheoTown$0.53/1hr19h87.65%94.69%
- 60Volcano Princess$0.55/1hr20h95.66%97.79%
- 61Crime Scene Cleaner$0.56/1hr39h95.33%98.10%
- 62Internet Cafe Simulator 2$0.57/1hr10h78.45%73.36%
- 63Two Point Museum$0.57/1hr53h91.04%95.38%
- 64The Wandering Village$0.58/1hr26h88.62%91.97%
- 65WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition$0.58/1hr52h92.23%97.51%
- 66Tales of Seikyu$0.60/1hr42h84.30%84.43%
- 67Big Ambitions$0.60/1hr44h89.26%92.03%
- 68WorldBox - God Simulator$0.62/1hr32h93.82%95.33%
- 69Old Market Simulator$0.63/1hr15h85.44%87.63%
- 70Critter Cove$0.64/1hr39h86.54%94.70%
- 71Chinese Online Game$0.65/1hr15h85.40%85.60%
- 72THE GAME OF LIFE 2$0.70/1hr5h82.25%77.90%
- 73I Was a Teenage Exocolonist$0.71/1hr35h89.21%96.31%
- 74I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival$0.73/1hr27h84.30%84.38%
- 75Finnish Cottage Simulator$0.73/1hr21h86.84%93.83%
- 76Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator$0.75/1hr24h84.35%83.32%
- 77House Party$0.77/1hr15h85.53%85.76%
- 78Streamer Life Simulator 2$0.77/1hr12h82.98%81.16%
- 79Vanity Fair: The Pursuit$0.78/1hr9h86.31%87.49%
- 80Potionomics$0.80/1hr31h87.77%90.46%
- 81Bear and Breakfast$0.85/1hr24h86.07%89.43%
- 82Paleo Pines$0.87/1hr35h83.89%82.50%
- 83Wanderstop$0.88/1hr14h86.87%92.78%
- 84Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator$0.91/1hr12h76.27%62.37%
- 85Summon$0.94/1hr1h86.42%92.45%
- 86Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator$0.95/1hr21h91.53%92.95%
- 87Punch Club 2: Fast Forward$0.98/1hr20h84.14%82.39%
- 88Hello Kitty Island Adventure$0.99/1hr40h89.63%93.93%
- 89Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game$1.00/1hr10h85.77%87.98%
- 90Potion Permit$1.01/1hr20h82.51%79.30%
- 91Cozy Caravan$1.02/1hr20h85.48%93.91%
- 92SimRail - The Railway Simulator$1.06/1hr33h84.59%85.19%
- 93Sapiens$1.07/1hr23h84.08%80.54%
- 94The Guild 3$1.07/1hr28h74.03%60.14%
- 95VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action$1.07/1hr14h94.79%97.27%
- 96inZOI$1.09/1hr37h79.18%77.36%
- 97Go-Go Town!$1.21/1hr23h86.24%93.37%
- 98The Sims 2 Legacy Collection$1.24/1hr24h80.34%72.62%
- 99PC Building Simulator$1.33/1hr15h92.18%93.50%
- 100Minami Lane$1.34/1hr4h90.09%97.35%
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.