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$0.10/1hr62h90.31%91.51%
- 4Stardew Valley$0.11/1hr133h98.35%98.48%
- 5My Time at Sandrock$0.13/1hr104h87.36%88.19%
- 6Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.16/1hr13h93.40%97.59%
- 7Sun Haven$0.16/1hr53h81.82%80.57%
- 8Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.17/1hr70h92.85%97.64%
- 9The Guild II Renaissance$0.19/1hr53h84.54%83.49%
- 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$0.24/1hr8h81.07%76.11%
- 15Car Dealer Simulator$0.27/1hr55h87.01%89.05%
- 16Old Market Simulator$0.27/1hr22h85.94%87.78%
- 17Volcano Princess$0.28/1hr26h95.61%97.80%
- 18Travellers Rest$0.31/1hr43h86.90%87.98%
- 19VillageRhapsody$0.32/1hr9h92.33%96.85%
- 20WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition$0.32/1hr61h92.09%97.52%
- 21Little Witch in the Woods$0.34/1hr58h87.24%89.00%
- 22Mon Bazou$0.36/1hr45h93.15%97.14%
- 23Immortal Life$0.36/1hr47h83.38%79.67%
- 24ANEURISM IV$0.37/1hr27h81.77%76.55%
- 25Monster Prom$0.37/1hr7h89.72%93.03%
- 26Yes, Your Grace$0.39/1hr8h86.19%87.06%
- 27Ostranauts$0.40/1hr51h84.04%80.58%
- 28No Place Like Home$0.40/1hr20h83.04%78.31%
- 29Progressbar95$0.40/1hr13h87.94%96.15%
- 30School Days$0.41/1hr28h81.21%76.36%
- 31ContractVille$0.41/1hr24h83.46%80.96%
- 32Chushpan Simulator$0.41/1hr2h85.07%85.38%
- 33Cash Cleaner Simulator$0.41/1hr48h88.23%92.41%
- 34The Sushi Spinnery$0.42/1hr16h85.30%92.69%
- 35Supermarket Simulator$0.43/1hr47h91.31%92.07%
- 36Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator$0.43/1hr25h84.20%83.21%
- 37TCG Card Shop Simulator$0.47/1hr42h94.59%96.56%
- 38Dinkum$0.48/1hr42h90.09%91.85%
- 39The Sims 3$0.50/1hr40h85.96%86.24%
- 40Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel$0.52/1hr19h85.55%88.81%
- 41Sailwind$0.55/1hr37h85.68%88.73%
- 42Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game$0.55/1hr14h86.20%88.01%
- 43Internet Cafe Simulator 2$0.58/1hr10h78.42%73.44%
- 44Drug Lord Tycoon$0.58/1hr17h84.74%83.30%
- 45Sticky Business$0.61/1hr8h88.77%93.75%
- 46Chinese Online Game$0.61/1hr11h85.29%85.59%
- 47TheoTown$0.61/1hr16h88.04%94.53%
- 48Chef RPG$0.63/1hr32h85.59%87.85%
- 49Echoes of the Plum Grove$0.64/1hr31h85.64%87.77%
- 50Reigns$0.65/1hr5h85.85%86.93%
- 51Moonstone Island$0.66/1hr30h84.59%83.80%
- 5260 Seconds! Reatomized$0.68/1hr7h91.24%94.47%
- 53WorldBox - God Simulator$0.68/1hr29h93.73%95.31%
- 54I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival$0.68/1hr29h84.90%84.73%
- 55Mr. Prepper$0.69/1hr27h83.29%80.17%
- 56Office Life$0.70/1hr28h85.63%88.76%
- 57Potion Permit$0.72/1hr28h83.03%79.38%
- 58Cozy Grove$0.72/1hr21h87.08%89.57%
- 59Bear and Breakfast$0.73/1hr27h86.55%89.52%
- 60Chinese Parents$0.75/1hr13h89.60%91.33%
- 61The Wandering Village$0.76/1hr20h88.15%91.95%
- 62THE GAME OF LIFE 2$0.77/1hr5h82.80%78.02%
- 63Finnish Cottage Simulator$0.79/1hr19h87.27%93.64%
- 64Streamer Life Simulator 2$0.79/1hr12h83.53%81.43%
- 65Growing Up$0.82/1hr18h85.75%87.83%
- 66Cattails: Wildwood Story$0.83/1hr24h86.99%97.49%
- 67Trash Goblin$0.84/1hr15h85.52%88.59%
- 68Russian Life Simulator$0.87/1hr1h86.60%88.54%
- 69Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator$0.89/1hr22h91.45%92.91%
- 70Vanity Fair: The Pursuit$0.91/1hr8h85.81%87.63%
- 71Summon$0.93/1hr1h86.95%92.54%
- 72Punch Club 2: Fast Forward$0.93/1hr21h84.22%82.54%
- 73The Tenants$0.94/1hr21h82.33%78.91%
- 74Cozy Caravan$0.94/1hr21h86.02%93.70%
- 7560 Parsecs!$0.97/1hr5h86.06%88.72%
- 76Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story$1.02/1hr20h85.68%98.54%
- 77Sunset Motel$1.02/1hr12h84.49%78.78%
- 78To Pixelia$1.06/1hr14h83.78%74.37%
- 79Animal Shelter$1.07/1hr19h85.76%87.64%
- 80TOGETHER BnB$1.13/1hr16h72.35%58.82%
- 81VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action$1.14/1hr13h94.75%97.28%
- 82Minami Lane$1.14/1hr4h89.94%97.46%
- 83Farlands$1.22/1hr10h85.85%91.16%
- 84Initial Drift Online$1.26/1hr2h76.67%62.33%
- 85Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator$1.28/1hr8h76.89%62.31%
- 86Car For Sale Simulator 2023$1.29/1hr13h80.72%78.66%
- 87Comedy Night$1.32/1hr4h79.69%74.00%
- 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$1.48/1hr10h83.39%79.97%
- 92MiSide$1.52/1hr8h96.96%97.81%
- 93Youtubers Life$1.54/1hr13h80.40%77.42%
- 94Bakery Simulator$1.60/1hr10h81.42%66.47%
- 95Havendock$1.83/1hr10h84.07%79.38%
- 96PC Building Simulator$1.97/1hr10h92.15%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.