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.
- 1Souldiers$0.09/1hr33h81.82%69.29%
- 2ScourgeBringer$0.15/1hr18h85.48%86.38%
- 3Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition$0.16/1hr25h94.95%96.19%
- 4Monster Sanctuary$0.17/1hr45h88.56%91.22%
- 5Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition$0.18/1hr17h95.22%96.37%
- 6Supraland$0.18/1hr22h91.25%95.20%
- 7The Messenger$0.22/1hr18h89.68%92.62%
- 8CONTROL Ultimate Edition$0.22/1hr27h85.93%86.05%
- 9Blasphemous 2$0.23/1hr33h89.13%90.67%
- 10Hollow Knight$0.23/1hr64h96.76%96.91%
- 11VVVVVV$0.24/1hr5h90.82%96.16%
- 12Dungreed$0.24/1hr41h89.17%93.31%
- 13Gato Roboto$0.24/1hr5h88.69%94.24%
- 14Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition$0.25/1hr15h88.39%92.45%
- 15Blasphemous$0.31/1hr28h89.24%89.85%
- 16Vigil: The Longest Night$0.33/1hr30h85.41%86.04%
- 17Guacamelee! 2$0.34/1hr15h87.12%91.09%
- 18Rain World$0.35/1hr32h92.44%93.70%
- 19Yoku's Island Express$0.35/1hr11h89.24%95.72%
- 20Blue Fire$0.36/1hr11h84.31%81.49%
- 21ASTLIBRA Revision$0.37/1hr67h92.83%95.04%
- 22Axiom Verge$0.40/1hr13h87.51%90.12%
- 23GRIME$0.42/1hr24h85.37%84.78%
- 24Skul: The Hero Slayer$0.46/1hr44h92.07%93.26%
- 25Dead Cells$0.47/1hr27h96.55%97.01%
- 26Supraland Six Inches Under$0.48/1hr14h88.90%96.16%
- 27Rogue Legacy 2$0.51/1hr49h88.59%90.83%
- 28Haiku, the Robot$0.55/1hr12h86.78%89.59%
- 29Phoenotopia: Awakening$0.59/1hr34h85.10%82.76%
- 30Minishoot' Adventures$0.59/1hr12h91.19%97.71%
- 319 Years of Shadows$0.63/1hr13h83.04%76.70%
- 32Lunacid$0.66/1hr21h88.35%90.57%
- 33HAAK$0.70/1hr26h86.57%89.58%
- 34Pseudoregalia$0.72/1hr8h92.88%96.75%
- 35Afterimage$0.73/1hr34h81.46%77.34%
- 36Dread Delusion$0.76/1hr26h87.28%90.14%
- 37Rusted Moss$0.85/1hr24h86.02%89.27%
- 38Darksiders Warmastered Edition$0.85/1hr23h87.26%88.05%
- 39F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch$0.86/1hr19h85.49%86.25%
- 40Laika: Aged Through Blood$0.86/1hr23h88.07%91.48%
- 41Dust: An Elysian Tail$0.87/1hr17h91.92%95.14%
- 42Nine Sols$0.88/1hr34h92.89%94.44%
- 43Salt and Sanctuary$0.90/1hr20h88.15%89.36%
- 44Reventure$0.91/1hr14h90.30%94.88%
- 45Death's Gambit: Afterlife$0.97/1hr21h83.72%81.10%
- 46Rogue Legacy$0.97/1hr15h89.86%92.34%
- 47FEZ$1.00/1hr10h89.93%92.64%
- 48TEVI$1.04/1hr29h86.27%88.94%
- 49ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist$1.10/1hr23h92.03%95.36%
- 50The Last Faith$1.12/1hr25h85.34%84.57%
- 51Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition$1.12/1hr27h80.79%78.67%
- 52Death's Door$1.15/1hr17h90.85%93.14%
- 53Prince of Persia The Lost Crown$1.18/1hr25h85.19%84.38%
- 54ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights$1.21/1hr21h92.23%93.76%
- 55SteamWorld Dig$1.29/1hr8h89.83%93.51%
- 56Cave Story+$1.30/1hr12h88.64%92.80%
- 57Ori and the Will of the Wisps$1.34/1hr22h95.78%96.50%
- 58Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition$1.43/1hr21h83.01%80.91%
- 59TUNIC$1.44/1hr21h88.99%91.04%
- 60Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition$1.45/1hr14h93.84%95.06%
- 61Hob$1.48/1hr14h86.26%88.18%
- 62Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight$1.53/1hr7h89.65%93.11%
- 63Momodora: Moonlit Farewell$1.53/1hr11h87.32%92.00%
- 64Hyper Light Drifter$1.54/1hr13h90.26%92.91%
- 65ANIMAL WELL$1.56/1hr16h92.85%95.72%
- 66A Castle Full of Cats$1.60/1hr3h89.95%99.18%
- 67Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night$1.61/1hr24h91.54%93.06%
- 68SteamWorld Dig 2$1.68/1hr12h90.41%95.49%
- 69STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order$1.73/1hr23h88.39%88.41%
- 70Tails of Iron$1.74/1hr14h86.74%87.77%
- 71Lost Ruins$1.87/1hr11h85.49%85.00%
- 72Mark of the Ninja: Remastered$1.89/1hr11h89.99%96.05%
- 73Touhou Luna Nights$1.93/1hr9h92.45%97.30%
- 74ICEY$2.06/1hr5h88.80%89.88%
- 75Castlevania Anniversary Collection$2.06/1hr10h84.32%81.67%
- 76Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2$2.16/1hr19h85.39%84.79%
- 77Hue$2.17/1hr7h89.37%92.53%
- 78Have a Nice Death$2.38/1hr10h85.53%85.85%
- 79Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom$2.48/1hr12h86.32%88.35%
- 80Antichamber$2.56/1hr8h91.56%95.15%
- 81Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-$2.76/1hr7h88.51%92.98%
- 82Valfaris$2.82/1hr9h85.02%82.37%
- 83The Gunk$2.85/1hr6h86.00%86.36%
- 84Asterigos: Curse of the Stars$2.91/1hr12h83.73%77.91%
- 85CARRION$3.11/1hr6h92.38%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.