Best Value Rogue-like Games Under $40
The Rogue-like games on Steam 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.
- 1FTL: Faster Than Light$0.07/1hr53h94.02%95.11%
- 2Wall World$0.07/1hr14h88.37%90.71%
- 3Death Road to Canada$0.10/1hr23h89.17%92.75%
- 4Brotato$0.10/1hr29h95.22%96.05%
- 5Vampire Survivors$0.12/1hr34h97.86%98.33%
- 6Karate Survivor$0.12/1hr14h85.06%85.30%
- 7Slay the Spire$0.14/1hr45h96.96%97.49%
- 8Iratus: Lord of the Dead$0.14/1hr21h85.49%85.54%
- 9Enter the Gungeon$0.14/1hr32h94.16%95.14%
- 10Across the Obelisk$0.17/1hr120h82.68%80.55%
- 11Children of Morta$0.18/1hr18h87.54%88.45%
- 12Hades$0.19/1hr39h97.62%98.02%
- 13Cluckmech Oasis$0.19/1hr52h85.85%88.29%
- 14SKYHILL$0.19/1hr5h82.83%78.23%
- 15Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok$0.20/1hr31h86.53%88.23%
- 16Tales of Maj'Eyal$0.20/1hr35h89.33%94.56%
- 17Moonlighter$0.20/1hr15h83.19%82.15%
- 18Voidigo$0.20/1hr12h89.08%96.53%
- 19Tainted Grail: Conquest$0.21/1hr19h87.23%89.95%
- 20Backpack Battles$0.21/1hr57h89.37%91.28%
- 21Hero Siege$0.21/1hr37h70.38%67.16%
- 22Into the Breach$0.21/1hr24h91.50%94.23%
- 23Elin$0.22/1hr90h88.99%93.43%
- 24Halls of Torment$0.23/1hr22h93.02%95.41%
- 25Curse of the Dead Gods$0.23/1hr17h84.52%83.50%
- 26The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome$0.24/1hr123h68.00%65.50%
- 27Greedland$0.25/1hr21h84.56%83.28%
- 28Dome Keeper$0.26/1hr21h90.19%92.35%
- 29Picayune Dreams$0.26/1hr19h89.65%98.92%
- 30Crab Champions$0.26/1hr39h94.84%97.89%
- 31Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot$0.26/1hr55h84.47%82.54%
- 32Death Must Die$0.26/1hr26h88.68%90.17%
- 33Hades II$0.27/1hr78h94.92%95.70%
- 34Tiny Rogues$0.27/1hr37h90.99%96.18%
- 35Shogun Showdown$0.28/1hr27h89.43%95.19%
- 36Noita$0.28/1hr71h94.17%95.16%
- 37Necroking$0.29/1hr5h84.69%81.56%
- 38Dwarf Fortress$0.29/1hr102h92.53%94.79%
- 39Rogue: Genesia$0.30/1hr29h87.90%90.78%
- 40Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager$0.30/1hr13h83.01%78.53%
- 41Cross Blitz$0.30/1hr19h83.64%75.47%
- 42Terraformers$0.31/1hr26h86.25%88.41%
- 43Titan Souls$0.32/1hr5h81.65%78.88%
- 44Path of Achra$0.32/1hr31h88.17%98.07%
- 45Soulstone Survivors$0.32/1hr32h89.75%91.37%
- 46The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth$0.33/1hr46h96.70%96.96%
- 47Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos$0.34/1hr31h78.60%68.48%
- 48(the) Gnorp Apologue$0.34/1hr20h90.14%94.89%
- 49LONESTAR$0.35/1hr17h86.16%91.03%
- 50Stoneshard$0.35/1hr72h77.02%74.62%
- 51Balatro$0.35/1hr42h97.24%97.85%
- 52SULFUR$0.36/1hr35h86.38%87.35%
- 53EVERSPACE$0.36/1hr6h81.63%78.30%
- 54Dead Cells$0.37/1hr34h96.44%97.04%
- 55The Spell Brigade$0.37/1hr35h82.89%81.31%
- 56FATE$0.38/1hr21h88.25%95.36%
- 57ScourgeBringer$0.38/1hr7h85.65%86.25%
- 58Magicraft$0.38/1hr42h89.99%92.72%
- 59ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN$0.38/1hr104h81.95%81.76%
- 60Monster Train 2$0.39/1hr65h90.39%95.32%
- 61Wildfrost$0.40/1hr30h84.22%82.81%
- 62Sephiria$0.40/1hr37h88.33%93.79%
- 63Lost Castle 2$0.41/1hr44h81.11%77.83%
- 64Caves of Qud$0.42/1hr72h90.82%95.12%
- 65Dungreed$0.42/1hr24h89.29%93.30%
- 66The Binding of Isaac$0.42/1hr12h93.38%94.65%
- 67Nuclear Throne$0.42/1hr28h92.46%96.02%
- 68Nubby's Number Factory$0.43/1hr12h93.30%97.42%
- 69Don't Starve Together$0.43/1hr35h94.77%94.94%
- 70Darkest Dungeon$0.45/1hr56h91.30%91.67%
- 71Inscryption$0.45/1hr18h96.10%96.82%
- 72Tower Dominion$0.46/1hr38h85.53%85.67%
- 73Gunfire Reborn$0.46/1hr31h92.44%93.11%
- 74Nova Drift$0.46/1hr19h91.48%95.62%
- 75ALTF4$0.47/1hr6h82.41%79.60%
- 76Atomicrops$0.47/1hr32h88.01%92.06%
- 77Dice & Fold$0.47/1hr11h84.62%83.67%
- 78Heroes of Hammerwatch$0.47/1hr32h86.43%87.46%
- 79Card Survival: Tropical Island$0.48/1hr52h87.32%95.05%
- 80Spelunky$0.48/1hr31h89.62%92.13%
- 81SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising$0.49/1hr41h90.24%93.90%
- 82暖雪 Warm Snow$0.49/1hr26h91.45%92.99%
- 83Dungeon Clawler$0.50/1hr19h86.14%89.10%
- 84Skul: The Hero Slayer$0.51/1hr40h92.10%93.26%
- 85Heretic's Fork$0.51/1hr20h84.99%85.03%
- 86Don't Starve$0.51/1hr20h95.65%96.55%
- 87Exanima$0.52/1hr29h82.39%80.16%
- 88Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot$0.52/1hr10h84.24%79.83%
- 89Loop Hero$0.52/1hr29h91.16%92.73%
- 90Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation$0.52/1hr48h92.90%94.23%
- 91Chinese Online Game$0.53/1hr12h85.52%85.59%
- 92Rogue Tower$0.54/1hr28h84.11%82.63%
- 93Against the Storm$0.55/1hr55h92.57%94.49%
- 94Chrono Ark$0.55/1hr46h88.43%90.61%
- 95Risk of Rain 2$0.55/1hr45h93.57%93.80%
- 96Luck be a Landlord$0.56/1hr18h89.61%93.23%
- 97Lost Castle / 失落城堡$0.56/1hr18h86.20%86.51%
- 98Heat Signature$0.56/1hr27h89.31%94.51%
- 99Backpack Hero$0.56/1hr29h85.71%86.57%
- 100Temtem: Swarm$0.56/1hr23h83.97%78.51%
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.