Best Value Life Sim Games Under $20
The Life Sim games on Steam games under $20 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.
- 1Ropuka's Idle Island$0.02/1hr230h88.11%95.60%
- 2Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr65h88.41%95.54%
- 3My Time at Portia$0.09/1hr63h90.40%91.51%
- 4Stardew Valley$0.12/1hr125h98.35%98.48%
- 5My Time at Sandrock$0.13/1hr104h87.48%88.19%
- 6Sun Haven$0.16/1hr55h81.96%80.58%
- 7Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.16/1hr13h93.55%97.59%
- 8Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.17/1hr70h92.85%97.64%
- 9The Guild II Renaissance$0.18/1hr55h84.88%83.50%
- 10Ithya: Magic Studies$0.19/1hr59h87.23%97.88%
- 11Paleo Pines$0.20/1hr31h84.49%82.63%
- 12Fields of Mistria$0.20/1hr70h94.42%97.68%
- 13Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator$0.22/1hr21h84.71%83.74%
- 14Streamer Life Simulator$0.24/1hr8h81.33%76.10%
- 15Car Dealer Simulator$0.27/1hr55h87.01%89.05%
- 16Old Market Simulator$0.27/1hr22h85.94%87.78%
- 17Volcano Princess$0.27/1hr26h95.69%97.80%
- 18Travellers Rest$0.32/1hr43h87.07%87.98%
- 19VillageRhapsody$0.32/1hr9h92.33%96.85%
- 20WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition$0.32/1hr61h92.30%97.53%
- 21Mon Bazou$0.35/1hr46h93.30%97.13%
- 22Little Witch in the Woods$0.36/1hr56h87.45%89.00%
- 23Immortal Life$0.36/1hr47h83.38%79.67%
- 24ANEURISM IV$0.37/1hr27h81.77%76.55%
- 25Yes, Your Grace$0.39/1hr8h86.39%87.06%
- 26No Place Like Home$0.40/1hr20h83.04%78.31%
- 27Monster Prom$0.40/1hr6h89.91%93.03%
- 28School Days$0.41/1hr28h81.21%76.36%
- 29ContractVille$0.41/1hr24h83.46%80.96%
- 30Ostranauts$0.41/1hr49h84.41%80.55%
- 31Chushpan Simulator$0.41/1hr2h85.07%85.38%
- 32Cash Cleaner Simulator$0.41/1hr48h88.23%92.41%
- 33Progressbar95$0.42/1hr12h88.29%96.15%
- 34The Sushi Spinnery$0.42/1hr16h85.30%92.69%
- 35Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator$0.43/1hr25h84.46%83.21%
- 36Supermarket Simulator$0.47/1hr43h91.36%92.07%
- 37Dinkum$0.47/1hr42h90.21%91.85%
- 38TCG Card Shop Simulator$0.49/1hr41h94.67%96.56%
- 39The Sims 3$0.50/1hr40h86.06%86.24%
- 40Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel$0.52/1hr19h85.55%88.81%
- 41Chinese Online Game$0.53/1hr12h85.52%85.59%
- 42Sailwind$0.55/1hr37h85.68%88.73%
- 43Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game$0.55/1hr14h86.20%88.01%
- 44Internet Cafe Simulator 2$0.58/1hr10h78.63%73.45%
- 45Drug Lord Tycoon$0.58/1hr17h84.74%83.30%
- 46Sticky Business$0.61/1hr8h89.04%93.76%
- 47TheoTown$0.61/1hr16h88.04%94.53%
- 48Chef RPG$0.63/1hr32h85.59%87.85%
- 49Reigns$0.65/1hr5h86.11%86.93%
- 50Moonstone Island$0.66/1hr30h84.59%83.80%
- 51WorldBox - God Simulator$0.68/1hr29h93.81%95.31%
- 52I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival$0.68/1hr29h85.22%84.71%
- 53Mr. Prepper$0.69/1hr27h83.29%80.17%
- 54Office Life$0.70/1hr28h85.63%88.76%
- 5560 Seconds! Reatomized$0.71/1hr7h91.40%94.47%
- 56The Wandering Village$0.71/1hr21h88.41%91.96%
- 57Potion Permit$0.72/1hr28h83.03%79.38%
- 58Cozy Grove$0.72/1hr21h87.08%89.57%
- 59Echoes of the Plum Grove$0.73/1hr27h86.00%87.77%
- 60Bear and Breakfast$0.73/1hr27h86.55%89.52%
- 61Chinese Parents$0.74/1hr14h89.73%91.33%
- 62Russian Life Simulator$0.75/1hr1h86.86%88.54%
- 63THE GAME OF LIFE 2$0.77/1hr5h82.80%78.02%
- 64Streamer Life Simulator 2$0.78/1hr12h83.81%81.45%
- 65Finnish Cottage Simulator$0.79/1hr19h87.27%93.64%
- 66Growing Up$0.82/1hr18h85.75%87.83%
- 67Cattails: Wildwood Story$0.83/1hr24h87.39%97.49%
- 68Trash Goblin$0.84/1hr15h85.52%88.59%
- 69Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator$0.85/1hr24h91.54%92.91%
- 70The Tenants$0.90/1hr22h82.60%78.91%
- 71Vanity Fair: The Pursuit$0.93/1hr8h86.14%87.63%
- 72Summon$0.93/1hr1h86.95%92.54%
- 73Punch Club 2: Fast Forward$0.93/1hr21h84.55%82.53%
- 74Cozy Caravan$0.94/1hr21h86.02%93.70%
- 7560 Parsecs!$0.97/1hr5h86.06%88.72%
- 76Animal Shelter$0.99/1hr20h86.09%87.65%
- 77Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story$1.02/1hr20h85.68%98.54%
- 78Sunset Motel$1.02/1hr12h84.49%78.78%
- 79To Pixelia$1.06/1hr14h83.78%74.37%
- 80TOGETHER BnB$1.12/1hr16h72.59%58.82%
- 81Minami Lane$1.13/1hr4h90.22%97.44%
- 82VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action$1.16/1hr13h94.84%97.28%
- 83Initial Drift Online$1.21/1hr2h76.96%62.33%
- 84Comedy Night$1.21/1hr4h79.93%73.99%
- 85Farlands$1.22/1hr10h85.85%91.16%
- 86Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator$1.28/1hr8h76.89%62.31%
- 87Car For Sale Simulator 2023$1.29/1hr13h80.72%78.66%
- 88Not Tonight$1.38/1hr15h84.43%82.44%
- 89Cat Cafe Manager$1.39/1hr14h85.68%87.89%
- 90The Coin Game$1.41/1hr14h87.85%92.69%
- 91One Hour One Life$1.46/1hr10h83.71%79.98%
- 92Youtubers Life$1.54/1hr13h80.58%77.42%
- 93MiSide$1.54/1hr8h96.99%97.81%
- 94Bakery Simulator$1.60/1hr10h81.42%66.47%
- 95Havendock$1.83/1hr10h84.47%79.38%
- 96PC Building Simulator$1.88/1hr11h92.23%93.51%
- 97Wobbledogs$2.05/1hr10h92.98%98.28%
- 98[Chilla's Art] The Closing Shift | 閉店事件$2.26/1hr3h85.61%87.61%
- 99Insomnia: Theater in the Head$2.45/1hr1h87.79%97.24%
- 100Electrician Simulator$2.94/1hr6h83.56%80.29%
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.