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$0.01/1hr899h86.68%92.45%
- 2OVR Advanced Settings$0.01/1hr747h87.44%92.22%
- 3BidKing$0.01/1hr250h48.95%33.17%
- 4The Quinfall$0.01/1hr76h66.08%51.31%
- 5Wallpaper Engine$0.01/1hr338h97.45%97.58%
- 6Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword$0.02/1hr394h88.75%96.23%
- 7Ropuka's Idle Island$0.02/1hr230h88.11%95.60%
- 8Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi$0.02/1hr129h88.00%96.80%
- 9shapez$0.03/1hr35h91.67%95.94%
- 10Cornerpond$0.03/1hr91h87.57%97.15%
- 11Starbound$0.04/1hr120h89.63%90.00%
- 12Sid Meier's Civilization V$0.04/1hr184h95.12%95.60%
- 13Cookie Clicker$0.04/1hr119h95.30%96.42%
- 14Sid Meier’s Civilization VI$0.04/1hr136h86.06%86.09%
- 15OVR Toolkit - Desktop Overlay$0.05/1hr217h85.40%86.66%
- 16Soundpad$0.05/1hr106h95.00%95.98%
- 17Dead by Daylight$0.05/1hr404h78.51%78.44%
- 18Razortron 2000$0.05/1hr19h85.28%86.20%
- 19Geometry Dash$0.06/1hr86h92.92%93.05%
- 20Warhammer: Vermintide 2$0.06/1hr51h85.02%85.02%
- 21Crosshair X$0.06/1hr159h91.83%93.37%
- 22The Vagrant$0.06/1hr12h87.12%89.60%
- 23FTL: Faster Than Light$0.06/1hr54h93.96%95.11%
- 24The NOexistenceN of Lilith$0.07/1hr31h86.31%97.91%
- 25FOR HONOR$0.07/1hr69h70.03%69.11%
- 26Tiny Pasture$0.07/1hr60h88.43%92.49%
- 27Hunt: Showdown 1896$0.07/1hr166h74.10%73.70%
- 28Styx: Master of Shadows$0.07/1hr28h84.03%83.21%
- 29Wall World$0.07/1hr14h88.17%90.73%
- 30Monster Hunter: World$0.07/1hr106h88.70%88.77%
- 31Arma 3$0.07/1hr120h90.23%90.41%
- 32Soccer Online: Ball 3D$0.07/1hr7h84.68%84.39%
- 33Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr65h88.41%95.54%
- 34Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.08/1hr63h86.94%89.47%
- 35Melvor Idle$0.08/1hr123h88.16%90.14%
- 36FINAL FANTASY XIV Online$0.08/1hr237h86.37%86.54%
- 37Rock 'N' Roll Defense$0.09/1hr6h85.53%86.94%
- 38Bean Battles$0.09/1hr6h89.42%93.80%
- 39Kenshi$0.09/1hr138h94.72%95.56%
- 40Victoria 3$0.09/1hr164h72.42%70.34%
- 41Pro Soccer Online$0.09/1hr55h82.75%81.94%
- 42Among Us$0.09/1hr33h91.90%91.99%
- 43Company of Heroes 2$0.09/1hr54h79.53%79.04%
- 44Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.09/1hr52h87.85%88.44%
- 45Terraria$0.09/1hr107h97.30%97.38%
- 46Rising Storm 2: Vietnam$0.10/1hr26h86.72%87.02%
- 47Cyberhunt$0.10/1hr5h84.97%84.95%
- 48My Time at Portia$0.10/1hr62h90.31%91.51%
- 49最后的仙门 The last Practice Sect$0.10/1hr41h83.37%52.93%
- 50Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2$0.10/1hr41h79.45%74.40%
- 51Brotato$0.10/1hr31h95.18%96.06%
- 52The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.10/1hr53h85.96%87.17%
- 53Talisman: Digital Classic Edition$0.10/1hr17h81.63%78.28%
- 54Valheim$0.10/1hr96h93.83%93.99%
- 55Death Road to Canada$0.10/1hr21h88.93%92.73%
- 56The Surge$0.10/1hr18h79.31%74.62%
- 57GreedFall$0.11/1hr33h78.86%76.07%
- 58Deponia$0.11/1hr9h85.89%86.53%
- 59Rusty's Retirement$0.11/1hr66h91.98%96.74%
- 60The Elder Scrolls Online$0.11/1hr188h81.16%80.92%
- 61Souldiers$0.11/1hr28h81.27%69.22%
- 62UBERMOSH$0.11/1hr5h88.35%92.26%
- 63Warhammer: Chaosbane$0.11/1hr14h74.59%58.26%
- 64theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.11/1hr37h88.88%89.07%
- 65Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition$0.11/1hr41h93.37%94.96%
- 66MONSTER HUNTER RISE$0.11/1hr71h83.47%83.35%
- 67Beasts of Bermuda$0.11/1hr178h77.10%68.97%
- 68Stardew Valley$0.11/1hr133h98.35%98.48%
- 69Warhammer 40,000: Darktide$0.11/1hr88h72.46%71.54%
- 70Path of Exile 2$0.11/1hr263h74.97%74.53%
- 71Vampire Survivors$0.12/1hr35h97.84%98.33%
- 72Rust$0.12/1hr342h86.81%86.82%
- 73Elite Dangerous$0.12/1hr170h77.95%77.29%
- 74Company of Heroes$0.12/1hr34h91.03%94.28%
- 75Pax Dei$0.12/1hr126h69.97%56.54%
- 76Karate Survivor$0.12/1hr14h85.06%85.30%
- 77Timberman$0.12/1hr8h89.26%93.09%
- 78Phasmophobia$0.12/1hr115h94.30%94.41%
- 79Conan Exiles Enhanced$0.12/1hr243h79.47%79.00%
- 80Trailmakers$0.12/1hr40h90.61%92.09%
- 81Anno 1404 - History Edition$0.12/1hr36h84.31%82.44%
- 82High Sea Saga DX$0.12/1hr58h84.84%82.17%
- 83Hacknet$0.13/1hr12h91.16%93.54%
- 84Garry's Mod$0.13/1hr40h96.77%96.87%
- 85Deep Rock Galactic$0.13/1hr71h96.82%97.14%
- 86Factorio$0.13/1hr274h96.99%97.51%
- 87Survivalist: Invisible Strain$0.13/1hr51h85.55%86.85%
- 88Iratus: Lord of the Dead$0.13/1hr23h85.23%85.54%
- 89Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced$0.13/1hr116h82.53%82.41%
- 90RimWorld$0.13/1hr269h97.35%97.86%
- 91河洛群俠傳 (Ho Tu Lo Shu ： The Books of Dragon)$0.13/1hr68h83.22%81.63%
- 92ARK: Survival Evolved$0.13/1hr114h83.35%83.33%
- 93PAYDAY 2$0.13/1hr38h89.28%89.34%
- 94FlatOut 2$0.13/1hr15h92.51%95.95%
- 95Eco$0.13/1hr225h82.50%80.73%
- 96My Time at Sandrock$0.13/1hr104h87.36%88.19%
- 97MyDockFinder$0.14/1hr37h79.95%73.00%
- 98Dragon Cliff$0.14/1hr73h86.63%88.66%
- 99DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE$0.14/1hr28h88.40%89.94%
- 100Vampyr$0.14/1hr28h79.61%77.46%
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.