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$0.06/1hr14h87.38%89.61%
- 2Souldiers$0.11/1hr28h81.63%69.22%
- 3Hollow Knight$0.21/1hr72h96.71%96.91%
- 4Laika: Aged Through Blood$0.23/1hr21h87.87%91.55%
- 5Death's Door$0.26/1hr16h90.76%93.20%
- 6Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight$0.26/1hr8h89.64%93.17%
- 7F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch$0.27/1hr18h85.86%86.42%
- 8ASTLIBRA Revision$0.30/1hr59h92.77%95.11%
- 9Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition$0.31/1hr19h83.12%80.86%
- 10SteamWorld Dig$0.32/1hr6h89.69%93.58%
- 11Guacamelee! 2$0.34/1hr15h86.89%91.19%
- 12Axiom Verge$0.35/1hr14h87.32%90.17%
- 13SteamWorld Dig 2$0.35/1hr11h90.22%95.49%
- 14Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition$0.36/1hr10h88.32%92.38%
- 15Dead Cells$0.37/1hr34h96.44%97.04%
- 16Supraland Six Inches Under$0.37/1hr16h88.61%96.11%
- 17ScourgeBringer$0.38/1hr7h85.65%86.25%
- 18Dungreed$0.42/1hr24h89.29%93.30%
- 19Nine Sols$0.43/1hr35h92.74%94.39%
- 20Castlevania Anniversary Collection$0.47/1hr17h84.74%81.56%
- 21Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2$0.48/1hr17h85.19%84.78%
- 22Rusted Moss$0.50/1hr16h86.00%89.30%
- 23Prince of Persia The Lost Crown$0.50/1hr30h84.98%84.28%
- 24Skul: The Hero Slayer$0.51/1hr40h92.10%93.26%
- 25Monster Sanctuary$0.54/1hr37h88.67%91.23%
- 26Phoenotopia: Awakening$0.62/1hr32h84.85%82.76%
- 27Pseudoregalia$0.66/1hr9h92.81%96.77%
- 28Rogue Legacy$0.68/1hr22h90.02%92.46%
- 29Rabi-Ribi$0.71/1hr25h90.87%95.29%
- 30HAAK$0.73/1hr25h86.57%89.83%
- 31Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon$0.75/1hr7h88.19%94.27%
- 32Dread Delusion$0.77/1hr26h87.11%90.31%
- 33Lunacid$0.77/1hr18h88.16%90.56%
- 34FEZ$0.80/1hr13h89.92%92.68%
- 35Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition$0.83/1hr24h94.95%96.18%
- 36Death's Gambit: Afterlife$0.85/1hr24h83.92%81.17%
- 37Salt and Sanctuary$0.86/1hr21h88.14%89.37%
- 38Momodora: Moonlit Farewell$0.86/1hr12h87.05%92.04%
- 39Darksiders Warmastered Edition$0.87/1hr23h87.08%87.96%
- 40Dust: An Elysian Tail$0.93/1hr16h91.81%95.15%
- 41Supraland$1.01/1hr20h91.33%95.21%
- 42Chicory: A Colorful Tale$1.07/1hr19h88.85%97.39%
- 43Reventure$1.07/1hr11h90.13%94.87%
- 44The Messenger$1.13/1hr18h89.55%92.68%
- 45Turok 2: Seeds of Evil$1.14/1hr18h86.39%89.73%
- 46Minishoot' Adventures$1.18/1hr11h90.96%97.73%
- 47VVVVVV$1.19/1hr4h90.95%96.19%
- 48Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition$1.25/1hr16h95.22%96.35%
- 49Iconoclasts$1.28/1hr16h85.71%86.22%
- 50Hob$1.30/1hr15h86.43%88.19%
- 51Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition$1.35/1hr15h93.88%95.07%
- 52Wuppo: Definitive Edition$1.42/1hr11h88.78%94.38%
- 53Cave Story+$1.46/1hr10h88.82%92.89%
- 54Shantae and the Pirate's Curse$1.55/1hr13h87.21%92.94%
- 559 Years of Shadows$1.58/1hr13h83.33%76.84%
- 56Blue Fire$1.59/1hr13h84.52%81.49%
- 57Owlboy$1.64/1hr12h84.74%83.58%
- 58A Castle Full of Cats$1.65/1hr2h89.71%99.24%
- 59Gato Roboto$1.67/1hr5h88.47%94.26%
- 60Mark of the Ninja: Remastered$1.73/1hr12h89.77%96.02%
- 61Touhou Luna Nights$1.85/1hr10h92.57%97.35%
- 62Haiku, the Robot$1.85/1hr11h86.54%89.63%
- 63Hyper Light Drifter$1.96/1hr10h90.39%92.99%
- 64ICEY$1.97/1hr6h88.71%89.89%
- 65Yoku's Island Express$2.04/1hr10h89.02%95.83%
- 66Hue$2.05/1hr7h89.22%92.55%
- 67Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-$2.10/1hr10h88.65%92.97%
- 68Timespinner$2.15/1hr9h85.59%86.04%
- 69Lost Ruins$2.16/1hr9h85.33%85.12%
- 70CARRION$2.63/1hr7h92.46%94.48%
- 71Antichamber$2.68/1hr7h91.64%95.13%
- 72The Gunk$2.83/1hr7h85.85%86.52%
- 73Minoria$2.86/1hr7h84.52%80.97%
- 74Haydee$4.64/1hr3h85.03%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.