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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Median reviewer playtime divided by price. 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.
  1. 1Terraria19 h/$
  2. 2Geometry Dash16 h/$
  3. 3Blasphemous10 h/$
  4. 4Psychonauts9.7 h/$
  5. 5Monster Sanctuary8.4 h/$
  6. 6Downwell7.8 h/$
  7. 7Celeste6.7 h/$
  8. 8Garfield Kart6.6 h/$
  9. 9Neon Abyss6.2 h/$
  10. 10SpeedRunners5.9 h/$
  11. 11Blasphemous 25.5 h/$
  12. 12Hollow Knight5.1 h/$
  13. 13Gato Roboto5.1 h/$
  14. 14The Messenger4.7 h/$
  15. 15ROUNDS4.6 h/$
  16. 16Dust: An Elysian Tail4.5 h/$
  17. 17The Vagrant4.3 h/$
  18. 18Broforce4.1 h/$
  19. 19Worms Armageddon4.0 h/$
  20. 20CARRION3.9 h/$
  21. 21Hot Lava3.8 h/$
  22. 22Crab Champions3.7 h/$
  23. 23LIMBO3.7 h/$
  24. 24Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition3.6 h/$
  25. 25SteamWorld Dig 23.6 h/$
  26. 26F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch3.6 h/$
  27. 27Doloc Town3.4 h/$
  28. 28Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy3.4 h/$
  29. 29Trine 2: Complete Story3.4 h/$
  30. 30Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition3.4 h/$
  31. 31Souldiers3.2 h/$
  32. 32Rain World3.0 h/$
  33. 33Rabi-Ribi2.8 h/$
  34. 34Spelunky2.8 h/$
  35. 35Ori and the Will of the Wisps2.7 h/$
  36. 36Turok2.5 h/$
  37. 37Skul: The Hero Slayer2.4 h/$
  38. 38Spelunky 22.4 h/$
  39. 39Yoku's Island Express2.4 h/$
  40. 40Dungreed2.4 h/$
  41. 41Seen2.3 h/$
  42. 42Risk of Rain (2013)2.3 h/$
  43. 43Dead Cells2.2 h/$
  44. 44Trine Enchanted Edition2.2 h/$
  45. 45Exit the Gungeon2.1 h/$
  46. 46SteamWorld Dig2.1 h/$
  47. 47Duck Game2.1 h/$
  48. 48INSIDE2.0 h/$
  49. 49GRIME2.0 h/$
  50. 50Death's Gambit: Afterlife2.0 h/$
  51. 51Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince2.0 h/$
  52. 52Pikuniku2.0 h/$
  53. 53ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist2.0 h/$
  54. 54The Final Station1.9 h/$
  55. 55Worms W.M.D1.9 h/$
  56. 56Psychonauts 21.8 h/$
  57. 57Alice: Madness Returns1.7 h/$
  58. 58GRIS1.7 h/$
  59. 59Anomaly Agent1.7 h/$
  60. 60Phoenotopia: Awakening1.7 h/$
  61. 61Mega Man X Legacy Collection1.7 h/$
  62. 62Clustertruck1.6 h/$
  63. 63Sonic Adventure DX1.6 h/$
  64. 64My Friend Pedro1.6 h/$
  65. 65HAAK1.6 h/$
  66. 66Rogue Legacy1.6 h/$
  67. 67Cuphead1.6 h/$
  68. 68Onirism1.5 h/$
  69. 69BlazBlue Entropy Effect1.5 h/$
  70. 70TEVI1.5 h/$
  71. 71LEGO Marvel Super Heroes1.4 h/$
  72. 72Gorilla Tag1.4 h/$
  73. 73Chained Together1.4 h/$
  74. 74Pseudoregalia1.4 h/$
  75. 75Rivals of Aether II1.3 h/$
  76. 76Vigil: The Longest Night1.3 h/$
  77. 77Sonic Adventure 21.3 h/$
  78. 78Pizza Tower1.3 h/$
  79. 79Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition1.2 h/$
  80. 80Laika: Aged Through Blood1.2 h/$
  81. 81Salt and Sanctuary1.2 h/$
  82. 82Portal 21.2 h/$
  83. 83Nine Sols1.2 h/$
  84. 84Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy1.2 h/$
  85. 85Afterimage1.2 h/$
  86. 86Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon1.1 h/$
  87. 87Sonic Frontiers1.1 h/$
  88. 88Ultimate Chicken Horse1.1 h/$
  89. 89PICO PARK1.0 h/$
  90. 90FEZ1.0 h/$
  91. 91Reventure1.0 h/$
  92. 92Jump King1.0 h/$
  93. 93Prince of Persia The Lost Crown1.0 h/$
  94. 94Get To Work1.0 h/$
  95. 95Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin0.9 h/$
  96. 96The Last Faith0.9 h/$
  97. 97Astral Ascent0.9 h/$
  98. 98Rogue Legacy 20.9 h/$
  99. 99Supraland0.9 h/$
  100. 100Neon White0.9 h/$

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.