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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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.
- 1The Vagrant$0.06/1hr12h87.12%89.60%
- 2Souldiers$0.11/1hr28h81.27%69.22%
- 3Hollow Knight$0.21/1hr72h96.70%96.91%
- 4Laika: Aged Through Blood$0.24/1hr21h87.59%91.57%
- 5Death's Door$0.26/1hr16h90.61%93.20%
- 6F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch$0.27/1hr18h85.58%86.41%
- 7Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight$0.27/1hr7h89.42%93.17%
- 8SteamWorld Dig$0.28/1hr7h89.47%93.58%
- 9ASTLIBRA Revision$0.30/1hr58h92.66%95.11%
- 10Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition$0.31/1hr20h82.88%80.85%
- 11Guacamelee! 2$0.34/1hr15h86.54%91.19%
- 12Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition$0.36/1hr11h88.04%92.38%
- 13SteamWorld Dig 2$0.36/1hr11h89.97%95.48%
- 14Dead Cells$0.37/1hr34h96.41%97.04%
- 15Axiom Verge$0.37/1hr14h87.04%90.19%
- 16Rain World$0.37/1hr30h92.43%93.77%
- 17Supraland Six Inches Under$0.38/1hr16h88.28%96.10%
- 18ScourgeBringer$0.38/1hr7h85.29%86.25%
- 19Dungreed$0.38/1hr26h89.05%93.30%
- 20Nine Sols$0.43/1hr35h92.64%94.38%
- 21Castlevania Anniversary Collection$0.47/1hr17h84.36%81.61%
- 22Rusted Moss$0.48/1hr17h85.61%89.39%
- 23The Gunk$0.50/1hr7h85.55%86.51%
- 24Skul: The Hero Slayer$0.50/1hr40h92.03%93.26%
- 25Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2$0.50/1hr16h84.90%84.79%
- 26Prince of Persia The Lost Crown$0.51/1hr29h84.70%84.28%
- 27GRIME$0.52/1hr22h84.93%84.84%
- 28Monster Sanctuary$0.57/1hr35h88.46%91.23%
- 29Phoenotopia: Awakening$0.64/1hr31h84.48%82.74%
- 30Pseudoregalia$0.67/1hr9h92.65%96.77%
- 31Rogue Legacy$0.68/1hr22h89.86%92.47%
- 32HAAK$0.72/1hr25h86.22%89.83%
- 33Rabi-Ribi$0.73/1hr25h90.65%95.28%
- 34Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon$0.75/1hr7h87.87%94.27%
- 35Dread Delusion$0.77/1hr26h86.79%90.31%
- 36Lunacid$0.77/1hr18h87.94%90.56%
- 37FEZ$0.79/1hr13h89.74%92.68%
- 38Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition$0.83/1hr24h94.90%96.18%
- 39Death's Gambit: Afterlife$0.83/1hr24h83.62%81.17%
- 40Momodora: Moonlit Farewell$0.85/1hr12h86.69%92.04%
- 41Salt and Sanctuary$0.88/1hr20h87.99%89.37%
- 42Darksiders Warmastered Edition$0.93/1hr22h86.92%87.96%
- 43Dust: An Elysian Tail$0.94/1hr16h91.64%95.15%
- 44Supraland$1.04/1hr19h91.14%95.21%
- 45Reventure$1.05/1hr12h89.89%94.87%
- 46Chicory: A Colorful Tale$1.07/1hr19h88.51%97.39%
- 47The Messenger$1.13/1hr18h89.36%92.71%
- 48VVVVVV$1.15/1hr4h90.73%96.19%
- 49Minishoot' Adventures$1.20/1hr11h90.69%97.73%
- 50Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition$1.25/1hr16h95.17%96.35%
- 51Iconoclasts$1.30/1hr15h85.39%86.21%
- 52Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition$1.35/1hr15h93.82%95.06%
- 53Cave Story+$1.43/1hr10h88.57%92.91%
- 54Wuppo: Definitive Edition$1.44/1hr10h88.49%94.38%
- 55Shantae and the Pirate's Curse$1.52/1hr13h86.85%92.94%
- 56Blue Fire$1.56/1hr13h84.16%81.50%
- 579 Years of Shadows$1.59/1hr13h82.96%76.80%
- 58A Castle Full of Cats$1.64/1hr2h89.39%99.24%
- 59Owlboy$1.64/1hr12h84.45%83.58%
- 60Gato Roboto$1.66/1hr5h88.16%94.28%
- 61Mark of the Ninja: Remastered$1.73/1hr12h89.49%96.02%
- 62Haiku, the Robot$1.88/1hr11h86.20%89.66%
- 63Touhou Luna Nights$1.91/1hr9h92.38%97.35%
- 64Hyper Light Drifter$1.96/1hr10h90.23%92.99%
- 65ICEY$1.99/1hr6h88.59%89.89%
- 66Yoku's Island Express$2.04/1hr10h88.71%95.83%
- 67Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-$2.06/1hr10h88.38%92.98%
- 68Hue$2.10/1hr7h89.00%92.55%
- 69Timespinner$2.15/1hr9h85.23%86.04%
- 70Lost Ruins$2.22/1hr9h85.03%85.12%
- 71Antichamber$2.68/1hr7h91.47%95.13%
- 72CARRION$2.70/1hr7h92.35%94.48%
- 73Haydee$4.91/1hr3h84.74%84.39%
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.