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.
- 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%
- 27TEVI$0.66/1hr46h86.48%89.06%
- 28Pseudoregalia$0.66/1hr9h92.81%96.77%
- 29Afterimage$0.67/1hr37h81.35%77.33%
- 30Rogue Legacy$0.68/1hr22h90.02%92.46%
- 31Rabi-Ribi$0.71/1hr25h90.87%95.29%
- 32HAAK$0.73/1hr25h86.57%89.83%
- 33Rain World$0.74/1hr29h92.50%93.77%
- 34Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon$0.75/1hr7h88.19%94.27%
- 35Dread Delusion$0.77/1hr26h87.11%90.31%
- 36Lunacid$0.77/1hr18h88.16%90.56%
- 37FEZ$0.80/1hr13h89.92%92.68%
- 38Rogue Legacy 2$0.81/1hr31h88.70%90.84%
- 39Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition$0.83/1hr24h94.95%96.18%
- 40Death's Gambit: Afterlife$0.85/1hr24h83.92%81.17%
- 41Salt and Sanctuary$0.86/1hr21h88.14%89.37%
- 42Momodora: Moonlit Farewell$0.86/1hr12h87.05%92.04%
- 43Darksiders Warmastered Edition$0.87/1hr23h87.08%87.96%
- 44Blasphemous 2$0.89/1hr34h88.98%90.70%
- 45Dust: An Elysian Tail$0.93/1hr16h91.81%95.15%
- 46Asterigos: Curse of the Stars$0.94/1hr37h83.57%78.10%
- 47Blasphemous$1.01/1hr25h89.26%89.84%
- 48Supraland$1.01/1hr20h91.33%95.21%
- 49Chicory: A Colorful Tale$1.07/1hr19h88.85%97.39%
- 50Reventure$1.07/1hr11h90.13%94.87%
- 51ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist$1.08/1hr23h91.88%95.37%
- 52ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights$1.09/1hr23h92.26%93.77%
- 53Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition$1.10/1hr27h80.84%78.59%
- 54The Messenger$1.13/1hr18h89.55%92.68%
- 55Turok 2: Seeds of Evil$1.14/1hr18h86.39%89.73%
- 56GRIME$1.15/1hr22h85.21%84.84%
- 57Minishoot' Adventures$1.18/1hr11h90.96%97.73%
- 58VVVVVV$1.19/1hr4h90.95%96.19%
- 59Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition$1.25/1hr16h95.22%96.35%
- 60The Last Faith$1.28/1hr22h85.09%84.45%
- 61Iconoclasts$1.28/1hr16h85.71%86.22%
- 62Hob$1.30/1hr15h86.43%88.19%
- 63Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition$1.35/1hr15h93.88%95.07%
- 64Ori and the Will of the Wisps$1.41/1hr21h95.79%96.50%
- 65Wuppo: Definitive Edition$1.42/1hr11h88.78%94.38%
- 66Cave Story+$1.46/1hr10h88.82%92.89%
- 67CONTROL Ultimate Edition$1.51/1hr26h85.98%86.07%
- 68Shantae and the Pirate's Curse$1.55/1hr13h87.21%92.94%
- 699 Years of Shadows$1.58/1hr13h83.33%76.84%
- 70Blue Fire$1.59/1hr13h84.52%81.49%
- 71TUNIC$1.63/1hr18h89.25%91.34%
- 72Owlboy$1.64/1hr12h84.74%83.58%
- 73A Castle Full of Cats$1.65/1hr2h89.71%99.24%
- 74Gato Roboto$1.67/1hr5h88.47%94.26%
- 75STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order$1.71/1hr23h88.28%88.44%
- 76Mark of the Ninja: Remastered$1.73/1hr12h89.77%96.02%
- 77ANIMAL WELL$1.73/1hr14h92.75%95.76%
- 78Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night$1.73/1hr21h91.67%93.17%
- 79Touhou Luna Nights$1.85/1hr10h92.57%97.35%
- 80Haiku, the Robot$1.85/1hr11h86.54%89.63%
- 81Tails of Iron$1.87/1hr13h86.87%87.82%
- 82Hyper Light Drifter$1.96/1hr10h90.39%92.99%
- 83ICEY$1.97/1hr6h88.71%89.89%
- 84Have a Nice Death$1.97/1hr13h85.69%85.91%
- 85Yoku's Island Express$2.04/1hr10h89.02%95.83%
- 86Hue$2.05/1hr7h89.22%92.55%
- 87Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-$2.10/1hr10h88.65%92.97%
- 88Timespinner$2.15/1hr9h85.59%86.04%
- 89Lost Ruins$2.16/1hr9h85.33%85.12%
- 90Journey To The Savage Planet$2.35/1hr13h86.00%86.80%
- 91CARRION$2.63/1hr7h92.46%94.48%
- 92Antichamber$2.68/1hr7h91.64%95.13%
- 93The Gunk$2.83/1hr7h85.85%86.52%
- 94Minoria$2.86/1hr7h84.52%80.97%
- 95Dusk City$3.91/1hr6h85.13%89.09%
- 96Haydee$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.