Best Value Platformer Games Under $5

The Platformer games on Steam games under $5 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.

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.
  1. 1Geometry Dash$0.05/1hr
  2. 2Souldiers$0.09/1hr
  3. 3LEGO Marvel Super Heroes$0.13/1hr
  4. 4Super Meat Boy$0.13/1hr
  5. 5ScourgeBringer$0.15/1hr
  6. 6Scribblenauts Unlimited$0.16/1hr
  7. 7Celeste$0.18/1hr
  8. 8Supraland$0.18/1hr
  9. 9Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy$0.20/1hr
  10. 10Risk of Rain (2013)$0.21/1hr
  11. 11ROUNDS$0.21/1hr
  12. 12Neon Abyss$0.22/1hr
  13. 13The Messenger$0.22/1hr
  14. 14VVVVVV$0.24/1hr
  15. 15Gato Roboto$0.24/1hr
  16. 16LEGO The Lord of the Rings$0.25/1hr
  17. 17Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition$0.25/1hr
  18. 18Seen$0.27/1hr
  19. 19Trine 2: Complete Story$0.32/1hr
  20. 20Guacamelee! 2$0.34/1hr
  21. 21Yoku's Island Express$0.35/1hr
  22. 22Blue Fire$0.36/1hr
  23. 23Trine Enchanted Edition$0.38/1hr
  24. 24Axiom Verge$0.40/1hr
  25. 25Downwell$0.47/1hr
  26. 26Chained Together$0.62/1hr
  27. 27PICO PARK$1.41/1hr
  28. 28Garfield Kart$9.36/1hr

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.