Best Value Metroidvania Games Under $20

The Metroidvania games on Steam games under $20 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.

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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.
  1. 1Monster Sanctuary$0.10/1hr
  2. 2Laika: Aged Through Blood$0.20/1hr
  3. 3SteamWorld Dig$0.21/1hr
  4. 4Dungreed$0.24/1hr
  5. 5SteamWorld Dig 2$0.26/1hr
  6. 6F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch$0.26/1hr
  7. 7ASTLIBRA Revision$0.26/1hr
  8. 8Rain World$0.27/1hr
  9. 9Hollow Knight$0.27/1hr
  10. 10Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight$0.29/1hr
  11. 11Valfaris$0.30/1hr
  12. 12GRIME$0.32/1hr
  13. 13Rusted Moss$0.34/1hr
  14. 14Axiom Verge$0.35/1hr
  15. 15Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition$0.36/1hr
  16. 16Hue$0.40/1hr
  17. 17The Gunk$0.45/1hr
  18. 18Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night$0.47/1hr
  19. 19Skul: The Hero Slayer$0.48/1hr
  20. 20Dead Cells$0.49/1hr
  21. 21Rabi-Ribi$0.50/1hr
  22. 22Asterigos: Curse of the Stars$0.51/1hr
  23. 23Lunacid$0.58/1hr
  24. 24Phoenotopia: Awakening$0.60/1hr
  25. 25Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom$0.61/1hr
  26. 26Souldiers$0.65/1hr
  27. 27HAAK$0.70/1hr
  28. 28Dread Delusion$0.70/1hr
  29. 29Pseudoregalia$0.72/1hr
  30. 30Death's Gambit: Afterlife$0.77/1hr
  31. 31Dust: An Elysian Tail$0.83/1hr
  32. 32Darksiders Warmastered Edition$0.89/1hr
  33. 33Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-$0.91/1hr
  34. 34Salt and Sanctuary$0.91/1hr
  35. 35Rogue Legacy$0.91/1hr
  36. 36Supraland$0.93/1hr
  37. 37Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition$0.93/1hr
  38. 38Momodora: Moonlit Farewell$0.96/1hr
  39. 39FEZ$1.00/1hr
  40. 40Reventure$1.03/1hr
  41. 41Iconoclasts$1.25/1hr
  42. 42Death's Door$1.26/1hr
  43. 43The Messenger$1.27/1hr
  44. 44Minishoot' Adventures$1.27/1hr
  45. 45VVVVVV$1.28/1hr
  46. 46Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition$1.31/1hr
  47. 47Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition$1.35/1hr
  48. 48Touhou Luna Nights$1.39/1hr
  49. 49Blue Fire$1.53/1hr
  50. 50Supraland Six Inches Under$1.55/1hr
  51. 51A Castle Full of Cats$1.55/1hr
  52. 52ScourgeBringer$1.58/1hr
  53. 539 Years of Shadows$1.58/1hr
  54. 54Hob$1.59/1hr
  55. 55Gato Roboto$1.65/1hr
  56. 56Cave Story+$1.68/1hr
  57. 57Hyper Light Drifter$1.69/1hr
  58. 58Haiku, the Robot$1.81/1hr
  59. 59Lost Ruins$1.87/1hr
  60. 60Yoku's Island Express$1.99/1hr
  61. 61ICEY$2.03/1hr
  62. 62Antichamber$2.25/1hr
  63. 63Mark of the Ninja: Remastered$2.31/1hr
  64. 64Minoria$2.84/1hr
  65. 65CARRION$3.03/1hr

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.