Best Value Metroidvania Games Under $40
The Metroidvania games on Steam games under $40 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.
- 1Monster Sanctuary$0.10/1hr49h88.65%91.21%
- 2Laika: Aged Through Blood$0.20/1hr25h87.86%91.53%
- 3SteamWorld Dig$0.21/1hr7h89.67%93.55%
- 4Dungreed$0.24/1hr42h89.27%93.30%
- 5SteamWorld Dig 2$0.26/1hr12h90.22%95.50%
- 6F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch$0.26/1hr18h85.42%86.32%
- 7ASTLIBRA Revision$0.26/1hr66h92.74%95.05%
- 8Rain World$0.27/1hr32h92.46%93.70%
- 9Hollow Knight$0.27/1hr55h96.71%96.92%
- 10Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight$0.29/1hr7h89.61%93.13%
- 11Valfaris$0.30/1hr8h84.75%82.40%
- 12GRIME$0.32/1hr23h85.15%84.76%
- 13Rusted Moss$0.34/1hr24h86.02%89.27%
- 14Axiom Verge$0.35/1hr14h87.29%90.14%
- 15Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition$0.36/1hr10h88.32%92.43%
- 16Hue$0.40/1hr8h89.21%92.55%
- 17The Gunk$0.45/1hr6h85.78%86.39%
- 18Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night$0.47/1hr21h91.58%93.08%
- 19Skul: The Hero Slayer$0.48/1hr42h92.09%93.26%
- 20Dead Cells$0.49/1hr25h96.42%97.03%
- 21Rabi-Ribi$0.50/1hr36h90.85%95.28%
- 22Asterigos: Curse of the Stars$0.51/1hr17h83.47%77.93%
- 23Rogue Legacy 2$0.55/1hr45h88.72%90.84%
- 24Lunacid$0.58/1hr24h88.22%90.57%
- 25Phoenotopia: Awakening$0.60/1hr33h84.82%82.79%
- 26Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom$0.61/1hr16h86.06%88.53%
- 27Souldiers$0.65/1hr31h81.56%69.29%
- 28HAAK$0.70/1hr26h86.52%89.68%
- 29Dread Delusion$0.70/1hr28h87.06%90.19%
- 30Pseudoregalia$0.72/1hr8h92.87%96.75%
- 31Death's Gambit: Afterlife$0.77/1hr26h83.86%81.08%
- 32Nine Sols$0.82/1hr37h92.80%94.43%
- 33Dust: An Elysian Tail$0.83/1hr18h91.80%95.14%
- 34Vigil: The Longest Night$0.84/1hr26h85.57%86.00%
- 35Afterimage$0.86/1hr29h81.30%77.35%
- 36Darksiders Warmastered Edition$0.89/1hr22h87.14%88.05%
- 37Blasphemous$0.89/1hr28h89.25%89.83%
- 38Blasphemous 2$0.91/1hr33h88.99%90.65%
- 39Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-$0.91/1hr10h88.64%92.99%
- 40Salt and Sanctuary$0.91/1hr20h88.11%89.34%
- 41Rogue Legacy$0.91/1hr16h89.97%92.34%
- 42TEVI$0.93/1hr32h86.42%88.92%
- 43Supraland$0.93/1hr22h91.38%95.19%
- 44Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition$0.93/1hr21h94.95%96.18%
- 45Momodora: Moonlit Farewell$0.96/1hr11h87.05%92.08%
- 46Prince of Persia The Lost Crown$1.00/1hr30h84.99%84.41%
- 47FEZ$1.00/1hr10h89.88%92.63%
- 48Reventure$1.03/1hr12h90.12%94.89%
- 49Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition$1.07/1hr28h80.86%78.67%
- 50ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist$1.10/1hr23h91.90%95.36%
- 51The Last Faith$1.21/1hr23h85.11%84.57%
- 52ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights$1.24/1hr20h92.25%93.76%
- 53Iconoclasts$1.25/1hr16h85.68%86.23%
- 54Death's Door$1.26/1hr16h90.74%93.14%
- 55The Messenger$1.27/1hr16h89.52%92.62%
- 56Minishoot' Adventures$1.27/1hr12h91.00%97.74%
- 57VVVVVV$1.28/1hr4h90.93%96.16%
- 58Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition$1.31/1hr15h95.24%96.37%
- 59Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition$1.35/1hr15h93.86%95.05%
- 60Ori and the Will of the Wisps$1.39/1hr22h95.78%96.50%
- 61Touhou Luna Nights$1.39/1hr8h92.54%97.31%
- 62Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition$1.44/1hr21h83.11%80.89%
- 63Blue Fire$1.53/1hr13h84.48%81.48%
- 64Supraland Six Inches Under$1.55/1hr13h88.63%96.16%
- 65A Castle Full of Cats$1.55/1hr3h89.70%99.18%
- 66ScourgeBringer$1.58/1hr11h85.64%86.33%
- 679 Years of Shadows$1.58/1hr13h83.22%76.69%
- 68Hob$1.59/1hr13h86.41%88.19%
- 69STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order$1.59/1hr25h88.26%88.43%
- 70TUNIC$1.63/1hr18h89.09%91.07%
- 71Gato Roboto$1.65/1hr5h88.45%94.23%
- 72Cave Story+$1.68/1hr9h88.76%92.78%
- 73CONTROL Ultimate Edition$1.68/1hr24h85.94%86.04%
- 74Hyper Light Drifter$1.69/1hr12h90.35%92.93%
- 75ANIMAL WELL$1.70/1hr15h92.74%95.73%
- 76Tails of Iron$1.74/1hr14h86.83%87.77%
- 77Haiku, the Robot$1.81/1hr11h86.52%89.63%
- 78Lost Ruins$1.87/1hr11h85.26%85.01%
- 79Yoku's Island Express$1.99/1hr10h88.99%95.72%
- 80Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2$2.01/1hr20h85.16%84.78%
- 81ICEY$2.03/1hr5h88.70%89.88%
- 82Have a Nice Death$2.21/1hr11h85.69%85.86%
- 83Antichamber$2.25/1hr9h91.64%95.14%
- 84Mark of the Ninja: Remastered$2.31/1hr9h89.77%96.05%
- 85Journey To The Savage Planet$2.72/1hr11h85.99%86.84%
- 86Minoria$2.84/1hr7h84.46%80.89%
- 87CARRION$3.03/1hr7h92.43%94.39%
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.