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$0.03/1hr124h88.29%95.18%
- 2Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr47h88.62%95.43%
- 3Stardew Valley$0.11/1hr139h98.35%98.48%
- 4My Time at Sandrock$0.11/1hr110h87.43%88.15%
- 5Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.15/1hr78h93.02%97.60%
- 6Streamer Life Simulator$0.16/1hr12h81.27%76.03%
- 7The Guild II Renaissance$0.17/1hr58h84.80%83.52%
- 8Fields of Mistria$0.18/1hr79h94.43%97.04%
- 9Ithya: Magic Studies$0.18/1hr61h87.59%97.86%
- 10Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.25/1hr8h93.52%97.57%
- 11Ostranauts$0.25/1hr80h83.35%77.27%
- 12ANEURISM IV$0.27/1hr36h81.48%75.33%
- 13Monster Prom$0.28/1hr9h89.63%93.02%
- 14The Sims 3$0.28/1hr71h86.01%86.21%
- 15Volcano Princess$0.28/1hr25h95.68%97.79%
- 16Immortal Life$0.31/1hr55h83.56%79.48%
- 17I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival$0.31/1hr26h85.05%84.45%
- 18Travellers Rest$0.34/1hr53h86.97%87.86%
- 19Mon Bazou$0.34/1hr47h93.29%97.11%
- 20Supermarket Simulator$0.34/1hr58h91.33%92.04%
- 21VillageRhapsody$0.36/1hr8h92.48%96.87%
- 22Cash Cleaner Simulator$0.37/1hr55h88.47%92.38%
- 23Dinkum$0.38/1hr53h90.15%91.80%
- 24Old Market Simulator$0.39/1hr25h86.15%87.66%
- 25Little Witch in the Woods$0.41/1hr49h87.49%89.07%
- 26Potionomics$0.41/1hr37h87.56%90.48%
- 27STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town$0.42/1hr24h88.27%93.36%
- 28Cozy Grove$0.46/1hr33h87.26%89.52%
- 29Car Dealer Simulator$0.46/1hr43h86.90%88.95%
- 30Sailwind$0.46/1hr43h85.99%88.78%
- 31Progressbar95$0.46/1hr11h88.29%96.13%
- 32School Days$0.47/1hr24h81.59%76.87%
- 33Farlands$0.49/1hr24h86.00%89.79%
- 34Internet Cafe Simulator 2$0.53/1hr11h78.57%73.40%
- 35TheoTown$0.55/1hr18h88.37%94.67%
- 36ContractVille$0.56/1hr18h83.62%80.88%
- 37Echoes of the Plum Grove$0.59/1hr34h85.92%87.76%
- 38WorldBox - God Simulator$0.59/1hr34h93.83%95.33%
- 39Chef RPG$0.59/1hr34h85.88%87.83%
- 40TCG Card Shop Simulator$0.60/1hr33h94.62%96.49%
- 41Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator$0.62/1hr29h84.45%83.28%
- 42Chinese Parents$0.62/1hr16h89.68%91.28%
- 43Office Life$0.64/1hr31h86.00%88.74%
- 44House Party$0.66/1hr15h85.60%85.77%
- 45Reigns$0.68/1hr4h86.02%86.87%
- 46Mr. Prepper$0.72/1hr26h83.45%80.01%
- 47Streamer Life Simulator 2$0.74/1hr13h83.64%81.23%
- 48Moonstone Island$0.75/1hr26h84.81%83.62%
- 49Chinese Online Game$0.78/1hr13h85.49%85.59%
- 50Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator$0.79/1hr24h91.54%92.93%
- 51Russian Life Simulator$0.79/1hr1h86.89%88.53%
- 5260 Parsecs!$0.80/1hr12h86.34%88.79%
- 53Cozy Caravan$0.81/1hr16h86.42%93.99%
- 54THE GAME OF LIFE 2$0.83/1hr5h83.00%77.96%
- 55IfSunSets$0.84/1hr24h82.76%74.55%
- 56Bear and Breakfast$0.85/1hr24h86.77%89.44%
- 57Summon$0.86/1hr1h87.20%92.42%
- 58Punch Club 2: Fast Forward$0.87/1hr23h84.05%82.45%
- 59Finnish Cottage Simulator$0.88/1hr17h87.61%93.78%
- 60Potion Permit$0.89/1hr22h83.23%79.35%
- 61The Tenants$0.94/1hr21h82.53%78.82%
- 62Vanity Fair: The Pursuit$0.95/1hr7h86.01%87.48%
- 63Trash Goblin$0.99/1hr13h85.81%88.43%
- 64Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game$1.00/1hr10h86.39%87.95%
- 65VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action$1.01/1hr15h94.82%97.27%
- 66Sticky Business$1.05/1hr10h88.98%93.62%
- 67Minami Lane$1.20/1hr4h90.17%97.38%
- 68Chushpan Simulator$1.23/1hr2h85.37%85.50%
- 69Havendock$1.27/1hr16h84.35%79.30%
- 70Youtubers Life$1.32/1hr15h80.54%77.43%
- 71PC Building Simulator$1.40/1hr14h92.20%93.50%
- 72Growing Up$1.41/1hr11h85.96%87.65%
- 7360 Seconds! Reatomized$1.42/1hr7h91.37%94.44%
- 74MiSide$1.44/1hr8h96.93%97.75%
- 75Car For Sale Simulator$1.47/1hr12h80.72%78.50%
- 76Wobbledogs$1.49/1hr13h93.14%98.23%
- 77Animal Shelter$1.51/1hr13h86.02%87.67%
- 78Bakery Simulator$1.70/1hr9h81.58%66.20%
- 79TOGETHER BnB$1.71/1hr11h72.22%58.78%
- 80[Chilla's Art] The Closing Shift | 閉店事件$2.43/1hr2h85.89%87.61%
- 81Insomnia: Theater in the Head$2.62/1hr1h88.10%97.18%
- 82Yes, Your Grace$2.73/1hr7h86.14%87.10%
- 83Electrician Simulator$3.22/1hr6h83.75%80.19%
- 84Unpacking$3.34/1hr6h91.68%93.23%
- 85Retirement Simulator$3.80/1hr4h71.15%34.99%
- 86Initial Drift Online$4.47/1hr1h76.79%62.10%
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.