Best Value Puzzle Games Under $5

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

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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. 1shapez$0.03/1hr
  2. 2Deponia$0.11/1hr
  3. 3Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun$0.15/1hr
  4. 4Unity of Command II$0.18/1hr
  5. 5The Room Three$0.19/1hr
  6. 6The Last Campfire$0.19/1hr
  7. 7Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition$0.19/1hr
  8. 8Sally Face - Episode One$0.23/1hr
  9. 9Resident Evil$0.26/1hr
  10. 10Adorables$0.27/1hr
  11. 11Mirror$0.28/1hr
  12. 12The Room Two$0.28/1hr
  13. 13A Plague Tale: Innocence$0.28/1hr
  14. 14Titan Souls$0.29/1hr
  15. 15The Room$0.29/1hr
  16. 16Resident Evil 0$0.30/1hr
  17. 17Draw & Guess$0.31/1hr
  18. 18Seen$0.35/1hr
  19. 19Trine Enchanted Edition$0.35/1hr
  20. 20FAR: Lone Sails$0.37/1hr
  21. 21Trine 2: Complete Story$0.38/1hr
  22. 22Progressbar95$0.40/1hr
  23. 23The Room 4: Old Sins$0.41/1hr
  24. 24Nubby's Number Factory$0.44/1hr
  25. 25GRIS$0.51/1hr
  26. 26Beholder: Conductor$0.53/1hr
  27. 27ISLANDERS$0.53/1hr
  28. 28We Were Here Too$0.56/1hr
  29. 29Sudocats$0.57/1hr
  30. 30Zodiacats$0.58/1hr
  31. 31Rusty Lake Hotel$0.59/1hr
  32. 32Little Nightmares$0.59/1hr
  33. 33Changed$0.60/1hr
  34. 34That's not my Neighbor$0.60/1hr
  35. 35Sticky Business$0.61/1hr
  36. 36Super Hexagon$0.61/1hr
  37. 37Zup!$0.65/1hr
  38. 38Machinarium$0.72/1hr
  39. 39Buckshot Roulette$0.72/1hr
  40. 40Cats Organized Neatly$0.76/1hr
  41. 41Half-Life: Opposing Force$0.78/1hr
  42. 42Tales of the Black Forest$0.79/1hr
  43. 43Click Mage$0.82/1hr
  44. 44Kindergarten$0.83/1hr
  45. 45Peggle Deluxe$0.85/1hr
  46. 46Zup! F$0.85/1hr
  47. 47Zup! S$0.92/1hr
  48. 48Summon$0.93/1hr
  49. 49INMOST$0.93/1hr
  50. 50LoveChoice$1.00/1hr
  51. 51Miss Neko 3$1.12/1hr
  52. 52VVVVVV$1.15/1hr
  53. 53Travellin Cats in China$1.16/1hr
  54. 54We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip$1.19/1hr
  55. 55inbento$1.20/1hr
  56. 56Half-Life: Blue Shift$1.24/1hr
  57. 57Golf Peaks$1.26/1hr
  58. 58Pony Island$1.27/1hr
  59. 59A Building Full of Cats$1.40/1hr
  60. 60PICO PARK$1.41/1hr
  61. 61DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition$1.46/1hr
  62. 62A Castle Full of Cats$1.64/1hr
  63. 63RATSHAKER$1.71/1hr
  64. 64The Exit 8$1.84/1hr
  65. 65Insomnia: Theater in the Head$2.45/1hr
  66. 66Travellin Cats in Italy$3.71/1hr

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.