Best Value Platformer Games Under $40
The Platformer 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.
- 1Geometry Dash$0.05/1hr96h92.86%92.94%
- 2Souldiers$0.09/1hr33h81.82%69.29%
- 3Terraria$0.09/1hr106h97.31%97.37%
- 4LEGO Marvel Super Heroes$0.13/1hr31h93.29%95.68%
- 5Super Meat Boy$0.13/1hr9h92.32%94.14%
- 6ScourgeBringer$0.15/1hr18h85.48%86.38%
- 7Scribblenauts Unlimited$0.16/1hr12h89.64%93.97%
- 8Monster Sanctuary$0.17/1hr45h88.56%91.22%
- 9Celeste$0.18/1hr27h96.63%97.40%
- 10Supraland$0.18/1hr22h91.25%95.20%
- 11Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy$0.20/1hr10h82.59%82.28%
- 12Crab Champions$0.20/1hr50h94.81%97.90%
- 13Risk of Rain (2013)$0.21/1hr10h91.08%93.05%
- 14ROUNDS$0.21/1hr14h93.42%95.26%
- 15Neon Abyss$0.22/1hr23h85.68%85.89%
- 16The Messenger$0.22/1hr18h89.68%92.62%
- 17Blasphemous 2$0.23/1hr33h89.13%90.67%
- 18Hollow Knight$0.23/1hr64h96.76%96.91%
- 19Spelunky 2$0.24/1hr84h90.42%92.81%
- 20VVVVVV$0.24/1hr5h90.82%96.16%
- 21Dungreed$0.24/1hr41h89.17%93.31%
- 22Gato Roboto$0.24/1hr5h88.69%94.24%
- 23Doloc Town$0.25/1hr81h87.19%94.52%
- 24LEGO The Lord of the Rings$0.25/1hr16h88.10%90.11%
- 25Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition$0.25/1hr15h88.39%92.45%
- 26Seen$0.27/1hr2h87.97%91.09%
- 27Blasphemous$0.31/1hr28h89.24%89.85%
- 28Trine 2: Complete Story$0.32/1hr13h92.12%95.27%
- 29Vigil: The Longest Night$0.33/1hr30h85.41%86.04%
- 30Guacamelee! 2$0.34/1hr15h87.12%91.09%
- 31Rain World$0.35/1hr32h92.44%93.70%
- 32Yoku's Island Express$0.35/1hr11h89.24%95.72%
- 33Blue Fire$0.36/1hr11h84.31%81.49%
- 34Trine Enchanted Edition$0.38/1hr8h91.59%95.60%
- 35Axiom Verge$0.40/1hr13h87.51%90.12%
- 36GRIME$0.42/1hr24h85.37%84.78%
- 37Skul: The Hero Slayer$0.46/1hr44h92.07%93.26%
- 38Downwell$0.47/1hr6h90.44%96.54%
- 39Dead Cells$0.47/1hr27h96.55%97.01%
- 40Rogue Legacy 2$0.51/1hr49h88.59%90.83%
- 41Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy$0.53/1hr13h91.37%97.46%
- 42Haiku, the Robot$0.55/1hr12h86.78%89.59%
- 43Neon White$0.56/1hr18h93.77%97.88%
- 44Alice: Madness Returns$0.56/1hr18h89.40%90.77%
- 45Psychonauts$0.57/1hr18h91.60%94.92%
- 46Spelunky$0.57/1hr26h89.54%92.16%
- 47Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince$0.58/1hr10h87.19%88.58%
- 48Phoenotopia: Awakening$0.59/1hr34h85.10%82.76%
- 49Remember Me$0.59/1hr10h83.92%83.18%
- 50BlazBlue Entropy Effect$0.60/1hr33h92.34%94.30%
- 51Chained Together$0.62/1hr6h89.05%89.65%
- 529 Years of Shadows$0.63/1hr13h83.04%76.70%
- 53Rivals of Aether II$0.65/1hr46h82.38%79.89%
- 54Gravity Circuit$0.66/1hr9h87.91%91.30%
- 55Sonic Adventure DX$0.66/1hr12h89.33%91.65%
- 56Pizza Tower$0.66/1hr30h96.70%98.28%
- 57Duck Game$0.68/1hr19h94.25%96.56%
- 58HAAK$0.70/1hr26h86.57%89.58%
- 59Pseudoregalia$0.72/1hr8h92.88%96.75%
- 60A Webbing Journey$0.72/1hr8h86.02%98.76%
- 61Afterimage$0.73/1hr34h81.46%77.34%
- 62The End Is Nigh$0.76/1hr20h87.82%93.66%
- 63Cuphead$0.81/1hr25h95.79%96.14%
- 64SpeedRunners$0.82/1hr18h92.14%94.01%
- 65Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition$0.82/1hr36h93.37%94.90%
- 66Portal 2$0.82/1hr12h98.48%98.71%
- 67Sonic Adventure 2$0.83/1hr12h88.35%89.26%
- 68Gorilla Tag$0.84/1hr24h90.70%91.34%
- 69Rusted Moss$0.85/1hr24h86.02%89.27%
- 70F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch$0.86/1hr19h85.49%86.25%
- 71Laika: Aged Through Blood$0.86/1hr23h88.07%91.48%
- 72Dust: An Elysian Tail$0.87/1hr17h91.92%95.14%
- 73Nine Sols$0.88/1hr34h92.89%94.44%
- 74Super Bunny Man$0.89/1hr8h85.15%85.13%
- 75Salt and Sanctuary$0.90/1hr20h88.15%89.36%
- 76Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin$0.90/1hr33h87.66%91.98%
- 77Reventure$0.91/1hr14h90.30%94.88%
- 78Astral Ascent$0.93/1hr27h89.53%94.60%
- 79Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered$0.94/1hr32h84.70%87.08%
- 80Death's Gambit: Afterlife$0.97/1hr21h83.72%81.10%
- 81Rogue Legacy$0.97/1hr15h89.86%92.34%
- 82UFO 50$1.00/1hr25h88.87%95.01%
- 83FEZ$1.00/1hr10h89.93%92.64%
- 84Ultimate Chicken Horse$1.03/1hr15h94.10%95.76%
- 85TEVI$1.04/1hr29h86.27%88.94%
- 86ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist$1.10/1hr23h92.03%95.36%
- 87Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove$1.11/1hr27h91.67%95.51%
- 88The Last Faith$1.12/1hr25h85.34%84.57%
- 89Jump King$1.14/1hr11h88.08%89.79%
- 90A Hat in Time$1.14/1hr26h95.82%97.80%
- 91Haste$1.16/1hr10h89.29%92.17%
- 92Child of Light$1.18/1hr13h88.97%91.34%
- 93Prince of Persia The Lost Crown$1.18/1hr25h85.19%84.38%
- 94SANABI$1.25/1hr12h95.04%97.22%
- 95Worms Armageddon$1.28/1hr12h89.96%94.32%
- 96Broforce$1.28/1hr12h95.26%96.91%
- 97SteamWorld Dig$1.29/1hr8h89.83%93.51%
- 98Cave Story+$1.30/1hr12h88.64%92.80%
- 99Spyro Reignited Trilogy$1.31/1hr30h90.84%93.50%
- 100Ori and the Will of the Wisps$1.34/1hr22h95.78%96.50%
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.