Best Value Pixel Graphics Games Under $40
The Pixel Graphics 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.
- 1Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi$0.04/1hr140h87.71%96.90%
- 2Cookie Clicker$0.04/1hr123h95.33%96.41%
- 3Rusty's Retirement$0.06/1hr72h91.97%96.70%
- 4Hero Siege$0.07/1hr122h70.26%67.14%
- 5Enter the Gungeon$0.07/1hr46h94.10%95.10%
- 6Atomicrops$0.07/1hr41h87.85%92.05%
- 7People Playground$0.08/1hr130h97.19%97.47%
- 8The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth$0.08/1hr178h96.61%96.79%
- 9UnderRail$0.09/1hr176h85.03%86.08%
- 10Souldiers$0.09/1hr33h81.82%69.29%
- 11Kingdom Two Crowns$0.09/1hr22h89.18%90.18%
- 12Chillquarium$0.09/1hr29h88.14%92.04%
- 13Terraria$0.09/1hr106h97.31%97.37%
- 14Tiny Pasture$0.10/1hr58h88.39%92.48%
- 15Chill Pulse$0.11/1hr46h87.90%95.43%
- 16UBERMOSH$0.11/1hr4h88.96%92.46%
- 17Noita$0.11/1hr72h94.12%95.12%
- 18Space Haven$0.11/1hr89h85.49%85.76%
- 19Vampire Survivors$0.12/1hr32h97.93%98.30%
- 20Moonstone Island$0.12/1hr42h84.63%83.54%
- 21The Last Spell$0.12/1hr52h88.78%91.40%
- 22Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.12/1hr49h95.44%98.56%
- 23Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga$0.12/1hr57h90.74%94.48%
- 24Dragon Cliff$0.13/1hr78h86.73%88.61%
- 25Stardew Valley$0.13/1hr113h98.38%98.48%
- 26Super Meat Boy$0.13/1hr9h92.32%94.14%
- 27Picayune Dreams$0.13/1hr19h89.94%98.88%
- 28Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number$0.14/1hr15h93.12%94.11%
- 29ScourgeBringer$0.15/1hr18h85.48%86.38%
- 30Halls of Torment$0.15/1hr34h92.90%95.33%
- 31Undertale$0.16/1hr16h96.27%96.51%
- 32Mindustry$0.16/1hr62h92.97%95.73%
- 33RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack$0.16/1hr15h86.83%89.64%
- 34Monster Sanctuary$0.17/1hr45h88.56%91.22%
- 35Factorio$0.17/1hr203h97.14%97.52%
- 36Stoneshard$0.17/1hr101h76.97%74.67%
- 37Voidigo$0.17/1hr14h88.92%96.51%
- 38Lossless Scaling$0.18/1hr39h89.43%90.51%
- 39Hotline Miami$0.18/1hr11h95.98%96.82%
- 40Celeste$0.18/1hr27h96.63%97.40%
- 41Core Keeper$0.18/1hr65h91.93%92.94%
- 42Elin$0.19/1hr108h89.11%93.36%
- 43Rusted Warfare - RTS$0.19/1hr27h90.33%96.33%
- 44Fields of Mistria$0.19/1hr74h94.21%97.04%
- 45Kingdom: New Lands$0.19/1hr8h85.26%85.32%
- 46Coromon$0.19/1hr26h84.72%84.44%
- 47The Survivalists$0.20/1hr25h80.20%76.18%
- 48DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition$0.20/1hr3h89.24%93.09%
- 49Warpips$0.20/1hr13h85.84%87.11%
- 50Risk of Rain (2013)$0.21/1hr10h91.08%93.05%
- 51The Escapists$0.21/1hr13h88.29%90.21%
- 52Death Must Die$0.21/1hr34h88.56%90.12%
- 53Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander$0.21/1hr66h90.29%94.25%
- 54Neon Abyss$0.22/1hr23h85.68%85.89%
- 55The Messenger$0.22/1hr18h89.68%92.62%
- 56Travellers Rest$0.22/1hr60h86.92%87.88%
- 57Outpath$0.23/1hr17h86.78%92.65%
- 58Dome Keeper$0.23/1hr20h90.14%92.35%
- 59Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion$0.23/1hr78h84.70%84.50%
- 60Blasphemous 2$0.23/1hr33h89.13%90.67%
- 61Settlement Survival$0.23/1hr22h85.12%85.04%
- 62(the) Gnorp Apologue$0.24/1hr29h89.53%94.81%
- 63Aseprite$0.24/1hr83h95.38%98.94%
- 64VVVVVV$0.24/1hr5h90.82%96.16%
- 65Dungreed$0.24/1hr41h89.17%93.31%
- 66Gato Roboto$0.24/1hr5h88.69%94.24%
- 67Dead Estate$0.24/1hr20h88.94%94.59%
- 68Doloc Town$0.25/1hr81h87.19%94.52%
- 69Starbound$0.25/1hr59h89.78%89.92%
- 70TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer$0.25/1hr20h84.34%79.02%
- 71Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.27/1hr19h94.47%96.51%
- 72Chronicon$0.29/1hr49h89.58%94.10%
- 73Path of Achra$0.29/1hr35h88.79%98.04%
- 74Necesse$0.29/1hr52h90.77%92.68%
- 75Tiny Rogues$0.29/1hr34h90.83%96.06%
- 76Balatro$0.30/1hr49h97.37%97.83%
- 77Matchmaking Inc.$0.31/1hr29h87.00%88.67%
- 78To the Moon$0.31/1hr5h94.99%96.12%
- 79Blasphemous$0.31/1hr28h89.24%89.85%
- 80Boneraiser Minions$0.31/1hr16h89.01%96.14%
- 81CrossCode$0.33/1hr61h89.73%92.37%
- 82Cluckmech Oasis$0.33/1hr30h86.01%88.28%
- 83Cauldron$0.33/1hr45h86.85%92.89%
- 84Nuclear Throne$0.34/1hr36h92.38%96.01%
- 85Rain World$0.35/1hr32h92.44%93.70%
- 86Luck be a Landlord$0.35/1hr23h89.49%93.23%
- 87Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense$0.36/1hr28h91.44%96.68%
- 88VillageRhapsody$0.36/1hr8h92.34%96.87%
- 8920 Minutes Till Dawn$0.37/1hr14h88.98%90.28%
- 90Kynseed$0.37/1hr67h84.60%83.10%
- 91Finding Paradise$0.37/1hr5h93.52%97.77%
- 92Songs of Syx$0.37/1hr67h89.55%94.25%
- 93Ember Knights$0.38/1hr18h88.77%93.86%
- 94The Escapists 2$0.39/1hr14h89.34%90.56%
- 95Roots of Pacha$0.39/1hr64h87.65%93.59%
- 96Caves of Qud$0.39/1hr76h90.69%95.04%
- 97Axiom Verge$0.40/1hr13h87.51%90.12%
- 98Wandering Sword$0.40/1hr63h93.12%94.86%
- 99Sephiria$0.40/1hr44h89.94%94.43%
- 100Peglin$0.41/1hr30h84.21%83.66%
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.