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$0.01/1hr779h86.18%92.50%
- 2OVR Advanced Settings$0.01/1hr788h87.03%92.32%
- 3BidKing$0.01/1hr200h48.02%32.54%
- 4Ropuka's Idle Island$0.02/1hr153h88.03%95.19%
- 5Dead by Daylight$0.02/1hr363h78.36%78.25%
- 6Crosshair X$0.03/1hr309h91.89%93.36%
- 7Myth of Empires$0.03/1hr224h73.97%67.60%
- 8SCUM$0.03/1hr526h74.83%74.01%
- 9The NOexistenceN of Lilith$0.03/1hr58h86.92%98.07%
- 10XCOM 2$0.03/1hr87h84.73%84.69%
- 11Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi$0.04/1hr140h87.71%96.90%
- 12Fallout 4$0.04/1hr137h81.34%81.19%
- 13Soundpad$0.04/1hr136h95.02%95.96%
- 14The Quinfall$0.04/1hr26h65.85%50.96%
- 15Outward Definitive Edition$0.04/1hr52h75.70%72.68%
- 16GemCraft - Chasing Shadows$0.04/1hr50h88.16%94.90%
- 17Cookie Clicker$0.04/1hr123h95.33%96.41%
- 18Elite Dangerous$0.04/1hr146h77.96%77.29%
- 19Melvor Idle$0.04/1hr239h88.15%89.98%
- 20Fallout: New Vegas$0.04/1hr57h95.68%95.97%
- 21RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe$0.05/1hr33h89.33%94.31%
- 22shapez$0.05/1hr21h91.78%95.91%
- 23Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.05/1hr94h92.62%97.58%
- 24Fallout 76$0.05/1hr155h72.80%71.92%
- 25SpiritVale$0.05/1hr290h72.56%50.35%
- 26Geometry Dash$0.05/1hr96h92.86%92.94%
- 27PlateUp!$0.06/1hr35h92.18%94.75%
- 28Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword$0.06/1hr174h88.91%96.23%
- 29Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)$0.06/1hr34h93.72%97.48%
- 30Rusty's Retirement$0.06/1hr72h91.97%96.70%
- 31FINAL FANTASY XIV Online$0.06/1hr324h86.39%86.53%
- 32The Elder Scrolls Online$0.06/1hr313h81.29%80.87%
- 33Old World$0.06/1hr62h84.44%82.51%
- 34Hero Siege$0.07/1hr122h70.26%67.14%
- 35Enter the Gungeon$0.07/1hr46h94.10%95.10%
- 36Deep Rock Galactic$0.07/1hr135h96.87%97.10%
- 37Pro Soccer Online$0.07/1hr75h82.61%81.76%
- 38Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.07/1hr36h90.39%93.89%
- 39Mad Max$0.07/1hr43h91.64%92.35%
- 40Darkest Dungeon$0.07/1hr53h91.43%91.64%
- 41Warhammer 40,000: Darktide$0.07/1hr141h72.53%71.62%
- 42The Surge$0.07/1hr27h79.58%74.54%
- 43Atomicrops$0.07/1hr41h87.85%92.05%
- 44Hunt: Showdown 1896$0.07/1hr410h74.13%73.64%
- 45The Bazaar$0.08/1hr263h75.12%69.41%
- 46People Playground$0.08/1hr130h97.19%97.47%
- 47Subsistence$0.08/1hr104h77.22%72.12%
- 48ORION: Prelude$0.08/1hr12h78.01%75.47%
- 49Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising$0.08/1hr122h83.61%78.14%
- 50WRC 4 FIA World Rally Championship$0.08/1hr12h83.41%77.12%
- 51My Time at Portia$0.08/1hr72h90.31%91.46%
- 52HITMAN World of Assassination$0.08/1hr36h87.04%87.31%
- 53Little LUMI Model$0.08/1hr47h85.10%98.70%
- 54The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth$0.08/1hr178h96.61%96.79%
- 55UnderRail$0.09/1hr176h85.03%86.08%
- 56Roguebook$0.09/1hr20h85.17%83.83%
- 57Rock 'N' Roll Defense$0.09/1hr6h85.72%87.07%
- 58Souldiers$0.09/1hr33h81.82%69.29%
- 59Darkwood$0.09/1hr22h92.11%94.89%
- 60Kingdom Two Crowns$0.09/1hr22h89.18%90.18%
- 61Chillquarium$0.09/1hr29h88.14%92.04%
- 62Terraria$0.09/1hr106h97.31%97.37%
- 63Stronghold HD (2012)$0.10/1hr12h90.76%95.53%
- 64RimWorld$0.10/1hr292h97.47%97.85%
- 65Batman: Arkham Knight$0.10/1hr42h89.45%89.72%
- 66最后的仙门 The last Practice Sect$0.10/1hr41h83.56%52.93%
- 67Don't Starve Together$0.10/1hr150h94.77%94.89%
- 68HELLDIVERS 2$0.10/1hr396h75.09%74.98%
- 69Orb of Creation$0.10/1hr118h84.86%84.48%
- 70Kenshi$0.10/1hr118h94.77%95.59%
- 71Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.10/1hr24h91.42%94.25%
- 72Tiny Pasture$0.10/1hr58h88.39%92.48%
- 73Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.10/1hr47h87.87%88.42%
- 74Mr. Prepper$0.10/1hr27h83.21%80.01%
- 75Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.10/1hr48h87.07%89.49%
- 76Town of Salem$0.10/1hr48h87.28%87.86%
- 77DSX$0.11/1hr57h77.31%69.45%
- 78Brotato$0.11/1hr47h95.09%95.92%
- 79Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.11/1hr9h93.47%97.57%
- 80IDLE_DIRECTIVE$0.11/1hr46h84.35%86.11%
- 81MyDockFinder$0.11/1hr46h79.57%73.28%
- 82Naval Action$0.11/1hr184h65.25%51.81%
- 83Chill Pulse$0.11/1hr46h87.90%95.43%
- 84UBERMOSH$0.11/1hr4h88.96%92.46%
- 85Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2$0.11/1hr36h79.47%74.30%
- 86Against the Storm$0.11/1hr82h92.49%94.44%
- 87Noita$0.11/1hr72h94.12%95.12%
- 88Among Us$0.11/1hr27h91.98%92.03%
- 89Super Hexagon$0.11/1hr7h93.54%96.87%
- 90Space Haven$0.11/1hr89h85.49%85.76%
- 91Battle Brothers$0.11/1hr78h87.32%88.06%
- 92Soccer Online: Ball 3D$0.11/1hr4h84.67%84.42%
- 93XCOM: Enemy Unknown$0.12/1hr52h92.03%93.20%
- 94Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic$0.12/1hr86h89.58%91.18%
- 95ARC Raiders$0.12/1hr343h81.88%81.80%
- 96The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.12/1hr45h86.08%87.20%
- 97Ruins of Dawn$0.12/1hr68h83.18%73.24%
- 98Vampire Survivors$0.12/1hr32h97.93%98.30%
- 99Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth$0.12/1hr17h88.25%92.28%
- 100Hogwarts Legacy$0.12/1hr50h89.67%89.71%
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.