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$0.02/1hr153h88.03%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%
- 14Ostranauts$0.22/1hr91h82.51%77.13%
- 15Travellers Rest$0.22/1hr60h86.92%87.88%
- 16Russian Life Simulator$0.23/1hr2h86.57%88.52%
- 17ANEURISM IV$0.23/1hr44h80.74%75.15%
- 18Echoes of the Plum Grove$0.25/1hr40h85.56%87.77%
- 19The Sims 3$0.27/1hr74h85.98%86.21%
- 20Cash Cleaner Simulator$0.28/1hr54h87.87%92.36%
- 21Project Hospital$0.31/1hr33h86.98%88.89%
- 22Restaurant Empire II$0.31/1hr65h84.00%77.53%
- 23Animal Shelter$0.31/1hr10h85.26%87.66%
- 24Mon Bazou$0.34/1hr47h93.25%97.12%
- 25Dinkum$0.36/1hr56h90.09%91.78%
- 26VillageRhapsody$0.36/1hr8h92.34%96.87%
- 27Wobbledogs$0.37/1hr14h92.72%98.22%
- 28Sengoku Dynasty$0.38/1hr35h80.59%74.75%
- 29Chinese Parents$0.39/1hr14h89.64%91.29%
- 30Immortal Life$0.39/1hr44h83.84%79.39%
- 31Supermarket Simulator$0.39/1hr51h91.31%92.04%
- 32Car Dealer Simulator$0.42/1hr48h86.55%88.73%
- 33TCG Card Shop Simulator$0.42/1hr48h94.52%96.39%
- 34School Days$0.45/1hr25h81.84%76.90%
- 35Farlands$0.45/1hr26h86.38%89.87%
- 36Amber Isle$0.45/1hr15h85.19%82.39%
- 37Sailwind$0.46/1hr44h85.13%88.79%
- 38Progressbar95$0.47/1hr11h88.12%96.14%
- 39Sticky Business$0.47/1hr11h88.86%93.61%
- 40Little Witch in the Woods$0.48/1hr42h87.40%89.08%
- 41IfSunSets$0.49/1hr29h82.36%74.72%
- 42ContractVille$0.51/1hr19h82.94%80.85%
- 43Cozy Grove$0.51/1hr29h86.68%89.51%
- 44Chef RPG$0.53/1hr38h85.05%87.83%
- 45Havendock$0.53/1hr11h84.02%79.26%
- 46TheoTown$0.53/1hr19h87.65%94.69%
- 47Volcano Princess$0.55/1hr20h95.66%97.79%
- 48Internet Cafe Simulator 2$0.57/1hr10h78.45%73.36%
- 49The Wandering Village$0.58/1hr26h88.62%91.97%
- 50WorldBox - God Simulator$0.62/1hr32h93.82%95.33%
- 51Old Market Simulator$0.63/1hr15h85.44%87.63%
- 52Chinese Online Game$0.65/1hr15h85.40%85.60%
- 53THE GAME OF LIFE 2$0.70/1hr5h82.25%77.90%
- 54I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival$0.73/1hr27h84.30%84.38%
- 55Finnish Cottage Simulator$0.73/1hr21h86.84%93.83%
- 56Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator$0.75/1hr24h84.35%83.32%
- 57House Party$0.77/1hr15h85.53%85.76%
- 58Streamer Life Simulator 2$0.77/1hr12h82.98%81.16%
- 59Vanity Fair: The Pursuit$0.78/1hr9h86.31%87.49%
- 60Bear and Breakfast$0.85/1hr24h86.07%89.43%
- 61Wanderstop$0.88/1hr14h86.87%92.78%
- 62Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator$0.91/1hr12h76.27%62.37%
- 63Summon$0.94/1hr1h86.42%92.45%
- 64Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator$0.95/1hr21h91.53%92.95%
- 65Punch Club 2: Fast Forward$0.98/1hr20h84.14%82.39%
- 66Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game$1.00/1hr10h85.77%87.98%
- 67Potion Permit$1.01/1hr20h82.51%79.30%
- 68Cozy Caravan$1.02/1hr20h85.48%93.91%
- 69VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action$1.07/1hr14h94.79%97.27%
- 70PC Building Simulator$1.33/1hr15h92.18%93.50%
- 71Minami Lane$1.34/1hr4h90.09%97.35%
- 72TOGETHER BnB$1.36/1hr13h72.42%58.78%
- 73Car For Sale Simulator$1.40/1hr12h80.64%78.50%
- 74Bakery Simulator$1.41/1hr11h80.71%66.20%
- 75Chushpan Simulator$1.51/1hr2h84.55%85.54%
- 76Growing Up$1.52/1hr10h85.18%87.63%
- 7760 Seconds! Reatomized$1.54/1hr6h91.32%94.44%
- 78Monster Prom$1.58/1hr8h89.79%93.01%
- 79Trash Goblin$1.60/1hr12h84.87%88.25%
- 80One Hour One Life$1.64/1hr9h83.40%79.54%
- 81MiSide$1.75/1hr9h96.92%97.74%
- 82Youtubers Life$1.78/1hr11h80.48%77.43%
- 83Yes, Your Grace$2.52/1hr8h86.32%87.12%
- 84Insomnia: Theater in the Head$2.53/1hr1h87.99%97.18%
- 85[Chilla's Art] The Closing Shift | 閉店事件$2.72/1hr2h85.07%87.59%
- 86Electrician Simulator$3.17/1hr6h83.01%80.19%
- 87Unpacking$3.77/1hr5h91.65%93.24%
- 88Retirement Simulator$3.80/1hr4h70.37%34.96%
- 89Initial Drift Online$7.13/1hr1h76.67%62.06%
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.