Best Value Steam Games Under $5
The Steam games games under $5 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%
- 2BidKing$0.01/1hr250h48.95%33.17%
- 3The Quinfall$0.01/1hr76h66.08%51.31%
- 4Wallpaper Engine$0.01/1hr338h97.45%97.58%
- 5Ropuka's Idle Island$0.02/1hr230h88.11%95.60%
- 6Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi$0.02/1hr129h88.00%96.80%
- 7shapez$0.03/1hr35h91.67%95.94%
- 8Cornerpond$0.03/1hr91h87.57%97.15%
- 9Starbound$0.04/1hr120h89.63%90.00%
- 10Cookie Clicker$0.04/1hr119h95.30%96.42%
- 11Soundpad$0.05/1hr106h95.00%95.98%
- 12Razortron 2000$0.05/1hr19h85.28%86.20%
- 13Geometry Dash$0.06/1hr86h92.92%93.05%
- 14Warhammer: Vermintide 2$0.06/1hr51h85.02%85.02%
- 15The Vagrant$0.06/1hr12h87.12%89.60%
- 16FTL: Faster Than Light$0.06/1hr54h93.96%95.11%
- 17The NOexistenceN of Lilith$0.07/1hr31h86.31%97.91%
- 18FOR HONOR$0.07/1hr69h70.03%69.11%
- 19Tiny Pasture$0.07/1hr60h88.43%92.49%
- 20Styx: Master of Shadows$0.07/1hr28h84.03%83.21%
- 21Wall World$0.07/1hr14h88.17%90.73%
- 22Soccer Online: Ball 3D$0.07/1hr7h84.68%84.39%
- 23Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr65h88.41%95.54%
- 24Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete$0.08/1hr63h86.94%89.47%
- 25Rock 'N' Roll Defense$0.09/1hr6h85.53%86.94%
- 26Bean Battles$0.09/1hr6h89.42%93.80%
- 27Pro Soccer Online$0.09/1hr55h82.75%81.94%
- 28Among Us$0.09/1hr33h91.90%91.99%
- 29Company of Heroes 2$0.09/1hr54h79.53%79.04%
- 30Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.09/1hr52h87.85%88.44%
- 31Rising Storm 2: Vietnam$0.10/1hr26h86.72%87.02%
- 32Cyberhunt$0.10/1hr5h84.97%84.95%
- 33最后的仙门 The last Practice Sect$0.10/1hr41h83.37%52.93%
- 34Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2$0.10/1hr41h79.45%74.40%
- 35Brotato$0.10/1hr31h95.18%96.06%
- 36Talisman: Digital Classic Edition$0.10/1hr17h81.63%78.28%
- 37Death Road to Canada$0.10/1hr21h88.93%92.73%
- 38The Surge$0.10/1hr18h79.31%74.62%
- 39GreedFall$0.11/1hr33h78.86%76.07%
- 40Deponia$0.11/1hr9h85.89%86.53%
- 41Souldiers$0.11/1hr28h81.27%69.22%
- 42UBERMOSH$0.11/1hr5h88.35%92.26%
- 43Warhammer: Chaosbane$0.11/1hr14h74.59%58.26%
- 44theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.11/1hr37h88.88%89.07%
- 45Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition$0.11/1hr41h93.37%94.96%
- 46Vampire Survivors$0.12/1hr35h97.84%98.33%
- 47Company of Heroes$0.12/1hr34h91.03%94.28%
- 48Karate Survivor$0.12/1hr14h85.06%85.30%
- 49Timberman$0.12/1hr8h89.26%93.09%
- 50Trailmakers$0.12/1hr40h90.61%92.09%
- 51Anno 1404 - History Edition$0.12/1hr36h84.31%82.44%
- 52Hacknet$0.13/1hr12h91.16%93.54%
- 53Garry's Mod$0.13/1hr40h96.77%96.87%
- 54Iratus: Lord of the Dead$0.13/1hr23h85.23%85.54%
- 55PAYDAY 2$0.13/1hr38h89.28%89.34%
- 56FlatOut 2$0.13/1hr15h92.51%95.95%
- 57MyDockFinder$0.14/1hr37h79.95%73.00%
- 58DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE$0.14/1hr28h88.40%89.94%
- 59Vampyr$0.14/1hr28h79.61%77.46%
- 60Enter the Gungeon$0.15/1hr31h94.12%95.14%
- 61Tricolour Lovestory$0.15/1hr13h82.27%81.30%
- 62Sid Meier's Pirates!$0.15/1hr17h89.02%94.42%
- 63The Surge 2$0.15/1hr20h80.35%75.46%
- 64This War of Mine$0.15/1hr20h93.02%93.85%
- 65Beholder$0.15/1hr9h90.04%91.68%
- 66Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun$0.15/1hr26h93.74%96.02%
- 67Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War$0.15/1hr26h82.85%81.70%
- 68WRC 4 FIA World Rally Championship$0.16/1hr6h83.45%77.02%
- 69Internet Cafe Simulator$0.16/1hr6h78.73%72.67%
- 70Lost Castle / 失落城堡$0.16/1hr19h86.06%86.51%
- 71Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.16/1hr13h93.40%97.59%
- 72Do Not Feed the Monkeys$0.16/1hr10h89.76%93.56%
- 73Natural Selection 2$0.16/1hr30h85.06%85.13%
- 74Undertale$0.17/1hr15h96.16%96.50%
- 75Unity of Command II$0.18/1hr25h84.04%79.72%
- 76Children of Morta$0.18/1hr18h87.40%88.45%
- 77Planes, Bullets and Vodka$0.18/1hr6h84.99%85.02%
- 78WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship$0.18/1hr11h83.33%82.27%
- 79The Room Three$0.19/1hr8h90.98%95.48%
- 80The Last Campfire$0.19/1hr8h93.36%97.53%
- 81Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition$0.19/1hr26h96.92%97.70%
- 82Warpips$0.19/1hr13h85.75%87.24%
- 83SKYHILL$0.19/1hr5h82.52%78.23%
- 84Green Hell$0.20/1hr19h84.75%84.72%
- 85Generation Zero$0.20/1hr25h74.52%72.03%
- 86FlatOut$0.20/1hr8h87.44%91.18%
- 87Moonlighter$0.20/1hr15h83.04%82.16%
- 88Easy Red 2$0.20/1hr22h88.03%90.22%
- 89ROUNDS$0.20/1hr15h93.34%95.25%
- 90Frostpunk$0.21/1hr22h92.20%92.73%
- 91Tainted Grail: Conquest$0.21/1hr19h87.23%89.95%
- 92Muse Dash$0.21/1hr14h91.02%91.51%
- 93Shadow Warrior$0.21/1hr14h90.03%91.92%
- 94Town of Salem$0.21/1hr24h87.26%87.88%
- 95Voidigo$0.21/1hr12h88.76%96.53%
- 96Factory Town Idle$0.21/1hr24h85.63%90.84%
- 97Resident Evil 4 (2005)$0.21/1hr23h93.27%94.12%
- 98Rusted Warfare - RTS$0.21/1hr23h89.83%96.37%
- 99Slime Rancher$0.21/1hr23h97.21%98.00%
- 100Call of Juarez: Gunslinger$0.22/1hr7h93.12%94.97%
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.