Best Value Steam Games Under $40
The Steam games 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.
- 1YoloMouse - Cursor Changer$0.01/1hr610h86.57%92.52%
- 2BidKing$0.01/1hr210h48.46%32.61%
- 3OVR Advanced Settings$0.02/1hr532h87.36%92.31%
- 4Cornerpond$0.02/1hr158h87.87%97.12%
- 5Mordheim: City of the Damned$0.02/1hr71h78.18%70.35%
- 6Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi$0.02/1hr147h88.46%96.88%
- 7Hunt: Showdown 1896$0.03/1hr393h74.12%73.71%
- 8GemCraft - Chasing Shadows$0.03/1hr64h88.32%94.92%
- 9Ropuka's Idle Island$0.03/1hr124h88.29%95.18%
- 10Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword$0.03/1hr185h88.63%96.22%
- 11Soundpad$0.03/1hr153h95.03%95.96%
- 12Sid Meier's Civilization V$0.03/1hr224h95.14%95.60%
- 13Crosshair X$0.03/1hr296h91.92%93.37%
- 14The Quinfall$0.03/1hr29h66.03%50.99%
- 15Cookie Clicker$0.04/1hr123h95.34%96.42%
- 16FTL: Faster Than Light$0.04/1hr46h93.99%95.09%
- 17The NOexistenceN of Lilith$0.04/1hr45h87.85%98.00%
- 18shapez$0.05/1hr21h91.82%95.90%
- 19Rust$0.05/1hr392h86.72%86.73%
- 20Black Desert$0.05/1hr187h74.64%73.51%
- 21Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition$0.06/1hr72h88.31%89.21%
- 22Monster Hunter: World$0.06/1hr124h88.73%88.80%
- 23TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children$0.06/1hr99h89.07%93.43%
- 24Sid Meier’s Civilization VI$0.06/1hr95h86.13%86.15%
- 25Geometry Dash$0.06/1hr79h92.88%93.00%
- 26X4: Foundations$0.06/1hr156h81.29%79.94%
- 27Terraria$0.07/1hr152h97.30%97.38%
- 28Transport Fever 2$0.07/1hr60h89.15%90.32%
- 29Pro Soccer Online$0.07/1hr74h82.75%81.81%
- 30Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc$0.07/1hr29h93.79%95.97%
- 31Hero Siege$0.07/1hr116h70.29%67.14%
- 32SpiritVale$0.07/1hr217h73.26%50.93%
- 33Deep Rock Galactic$0.07/1hr129h96.81%97.11%
- 34Space Engineers$0.07/1hr142h88.57%88.81%
- 35Brotato$0.07/1hr42h95.11%95.93%
- 36Dead by Daylight$0.07/1hr274h78.38%78.31%
- 37The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth$0.07/1hr203h96.60%96.85%
- 38RimWorld$0.08/1hr369h97.36%97.85%
- 39Foxhole$0.08/1hr395h80.38%79.45%
- 40Wall World$0.08/1hr14h88.28%90.56%
- 41Graveyard Keeper$0.08/1hr52h85.33%85.33%
- 42Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr47h88.62%95.43%
- 43MONSTER HUNTER RISE$0.08/1hr102h83.59%83.45%
- 44Naval Action$0.08/1hr250h65.33%51.83%
- 45The Bazaar$0.08/1hr244h75.57%69.76%
- 46FINAL FANTASY XIV Online$0.08/1hr238h86.40%86.52%
- 47Little LUMI Model$0.09/1hr37h86.21%98.57%
- 48theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.09/1hr34h88.91%89.08%
- 49Vampire Survivors$0.09/1hr57h97.84%98.32%
- 50Melvor Idle$0.09/1hr113h88.23%90.02%
- 51IDLE_DIRECTIVE$0.09/1hr56h85.54%86.06%
- 52Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition$0.09/1hr120h95.16%95.64%
- 53Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising$0.09/1hr112h84.75%78.11%
- 54Rising Storm 2: Vietnam$0.09/1hr28h86.79%87.04%
- 55MyDockFinder$0.09/1hr55h79.84%73.19%
- 56Orb of Creation$0.09/1hr131h85.20%84.57%
- 57Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.09/1hr43h87.19%89.48%
- 58Fallout 4$0.09/1hr211h81.27%81.17%
- 59Rusty's Retirement$0.10/1hr72h92.12%96.69%
- 60最后的仙门 The last Practice Sect$0.10/1hr41h83.71%52.93%
- 61Cyberhunt$0.10/1hr5h85.31%84.98%
- 62Rock 'N' Roll Defense$0.10/1hr5h85.89%87.11%
- 63Monster Sanctuary$0.10/1hr49h88.65%91.21%
- 64Garry's Mod$0.10/1hr49h96.78%96.87%
- 65The Elder Scrolls Online$0.10/1hr195h81.15%80.89%
- 66Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.10/1hr46h87.90%88.42%
- 67Borderlands 2$0.11/1hr47h89.40%89.53%
- 68Tiny Pasture$0.11/1hr57h88.64%92.48%
- 69Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition$0.11/1hr47h87.57%89.67%
- 70Stardew Valley$0.11/1hr139h98.35%98.48%
- 71Dragon Cliff$0.11/1hr92h86.85%88.61%
- 72Elite Dangerous$0.11/1hr185h77.97%77.28%
- 73Galactic Civilizations IV$0.11/1hr122h82.70%72.26%
- 74UBERMOSH$0.11/1hr5h88.78%92.49%
- 75My Time at Sandrock$0.11/1hr110h87.43%88.15%
- 76Mechabellum$0.11/1hr136h84.36%83.81%
- 77DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2$0.11/1hr45h89.23%89.89%
- 78Town of Salem$0.11/1hr44h87.32%87.87%
- 79ARC Raiders$0.11/1hr348h81.98%81.90%
- 80UnderRail$0.11/1hr130h85.33%86.10%
- 81Bean Battles$0.12/1hr9h89.69%93.82%
- 82FlatOut 2$0.12/1hr17h92.64%95.93%
- 83Soccer Online: Ball 3D$0.12/1hr4h84.94%84.40%
- 84Oxygen Not Included$0.12/1hr212h95.98%96.72%
- 85Crime Boss: Rockay City$0.12/1hr17h76.67%68.36%
- 86ORION: Prelude$0.12/1hr8h78.05%75.47%
- 87DSX$0.12/1hr67h77.59%69.43%
- 88Myth of Empires$0.12/1hr248h74.04%67.57%
- 89Left 4 Dead 2$0.12/1hr82h97.41%97.52%
- 90ICARUS$0.12/1hr72h76.03%74.67%
- 91R.E.P.O.$0.12/1hr53h95.76%96.00%
- 92Borderlands 3$0.12/1hr48h81.28%81.04%
- 93Curse of the Dead Gods$0.12/1hr32h84.14%83.45%
- 94Dying Light$0.12/1hr40h95.03%95.23%
- 95Avorion$0.13/1hr197h87.88%90.01%
- 96Tales & Tactics$0.13/1hr14h84.00%78.05%
- 97Beholder$0.13/1hr11h90.10%91.64%
- 98Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition$0.13/1hr57h85.54%85.60%
- 99Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2$0.13/1hr30h79.59%74.31%
- 100Green Hell$0.13/1hr19h84.67%84.61%
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.