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.
- 1PlateUp!$0.06/1hr35h92.18%94.75%
- 2Hero Siege$0.07/1hr122h70.26%67.14%
- 3Enter the Gungeon$0.07/1hr46h94.10%95.10%
- 4Darkest Dungeon$0.07/1hr53h91.43%91.64%
- 5Atomicrops$0.07/1hr41h87.85%92.05%
- 6The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth$0.08/1hr178h96.61%96.79%
- 7Roguebook$0.09/1hr20h85.17%83.83%
- 8Darkwood$0.09/1hr22h92.11%94.89%
- 9Don't Starve Together$0.10/1hr150h94.77%94.89%
- 10Brotato$0.11/1hr47h95.09%95.92%
- 11Against the Storm$0.11/1hr82h92.49%94.44%
- 12Noita$0.11/1hr72h94.12%95.12%
- 13Vampire Survivors$0.12/1hr32h97.93%98.30%
- 14The Last Spell$0.12/1hr52h88.78%91.40%
- 15Risk of Rain 2$0.13/1hr65h93.69%93.85%
- 16SKYHILL$0.13/1hr8h82.66%78.30%
- 17Picayune Dreams$0.13/1hr19h89.94%98.88%
- 18Tales of Maj'Eyal$0.14/1hr51h89.16%94.49%
- 19Slay the Spire$0.14/1hr45h97.04%97.45%
- 20ScourgeBringer$0.15/1hr18h85.48%86.38%
- 21Halls of Torment$0.15/1hr34h92.90%95.33%
- 22Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok$0.15/1hr65h86.35%88.20%
- 23The Lost Village$0.17/1hr72h81.84%71.20%
- 24Stoneshard$0.17/1hr101h76.97%74.67%
- 25Voidigo$0.17/1hr14h88.92%96.51%
- 26Elin$0.19/1hr108h89.11%93.36%
- 27Kingdom: New Lands$0.19/1hr8h85.26%85.32%
- 28The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome$0.19/1hr155h67.82%65.35%
- 29Iratus: Lord of the Dead$0.20/1hr15h85.33%85.50%
- 30Crab Champions$0.20/1hr50h94.81%97.90%
- 31Quasimorph$0.20/1hr81h83.55%82.68%
- 32Risk of Rain (2013)$0.21/1hr10h91.08%93.05%
- 33The Escapists$0.21/1hr13h88.29%90.21%
- 34Death Must Die$0.21/1hr34h88.56%90.12%
- 35Tainted Grail: Conquest$0.22/1hr23h87.64%89.86%
- 36Neon Abyss$0.22/1hr23h85.68%85.89%
- 37Dome Keeper$0.23/1hr20h90.14%92.35%
- 38Spelunky 2$0.24/1hr84h90.42%92.81%
- 39(the) Gnorp Apologue$0.24/1hr29h89.53%94.81%
- 40Across the Obelisk$0.24/1hr83h82.34%80.17%
- 41Dungreed$0.24/1hr41h89.17%93.31%
- 42Dead Estate$0.24/1hr20h88.94%94.59%
- 43ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN$0.25/1hr163h81.89%81.72%
- 44Card Survival: Tropical Island$0.25/1hr100h86.78%94.97%
- 45Niche - a genetics survival game$0.26/1hr14h84.91%86.14%
- 46The Binding of Isaac$0.26/1hr19h93.32%94.61%
- 47Darkest Dungeon II$0.26/1hr47h77.46%74.60%
- 48Bad North: Jotunn Edition$0.27/1hr11h89.94%93.26%
- 49Yet Another Zombie Survivors$0.27/1hr34h89.06%91.55%
- 50SULFUR$0.29/1hr35h86.40%87.56%
- 51Path of Achra$0.29/1hr35h88.79%98.04%
- 52Tiny Rogues$0.29/1hr34h90.83%96.06%
- 53Black Book$0.29/1hr26h88.01%92.20%
- 54Soulstone Survivors$0.30/1hr35h89.65%91.32%
- 55Balatro$0.30/1hr49h97.37%97.83%
- 56Boneraiser Minions$0.31/1hr16h89.01%96.14%
- 57Ravenswatch$0.31/1hr40h81.56%79.97%
- 58Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation$0.31/1hr79h92.89%94.24%
- 59Gordian Quest$0.32/1hr19h86.49%88.66%
- 60FTL: Faster Than Light$0.32/1hr31h93.97%95.08%
- 61Backpack Hero$0.33/1hr26h85.73%86.37%
- 62Cluckmech Oasis$0.33/1hr30h86.01%88.28%
- 63Nuclear Throne$0.34/1hr36h92.38%96.01%
- 64Wedding Witch$0.34/1hr9h86.60%89.62%
- 65The Spell Brigade$0.35/1hr38h82.81%81.41%
- 66Luck be a Landlord$0.35/1hr23h89.49%93.23%
- 67DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION$0.35/1hr2h90.42%94.22%
- 68LET IT DIE$0.35/1hr57h80.63%75.08%
- 69Magicraft$0.38/1hr43h89.96%92.79%
- 70Buckshot Roulette$0.38/1hr4h94.36%95.09%
- 71Ember Knights$0.38/1hr18h88.77%93.86%
- 72Tower Dominion$0.39/1hr45h85.34%85.62%
- 73Caves of Qud$0.39/1hr76h90.69%95.04%
- 74Nubby's Number Factory$0.40/1hr13h93.21%97.31%
- 75Backpack Battles$0.40/1hr38h89.26%91.22%
- 76Sephiria$0.40/1hr44h89.94%94.43%
- 77Peglin$0.41/1hr30h84.21%83.66%
- 78Terminus: Zombie Survivors$0.41/1hr29h87.35%94.21%
- 79Hades II$0.41/1hr73h94.92%95.71%
- 80Lost Castle 2$0.42/1hr43h80.78%77.64%
- 81Dwarf Fortress$0.43/1hr70h92.44%94.74%
- 82Monster Train 2$0.43/1hr58h90.59%95.32%
- 83Risk of Rain Returns$0.45/1hr17h88.78%90.04%
- 84Don't Starve$0.45/1hr22h95.62%96.54%
- 85Going Under$0.45/1hr9h86.64%90.12%
- 86Skul: The Hero Slayer$0.46/1hr44h92.07%93.26%
- 87Die in the Dungeon$0.46/1hr20h87.44%92.08%
- 88Army of Ruin$0.46/1hr17h85.81%88.06%
- 89Downwell$0.47/1hr6h90.44%96.54%
- 90Dead Cells$0.47/1hr27h96.55%97.01%
- 91Barony$0.48/1hr27h88.71%90.65%
- 92Deadzone: Rogue$0.49/1hr26h83.47%82.44%
- 93Death Road to Canada$0.51/1hr30h89.06%92.74%
- 94暖雪 Warm Snow$0.51/1hr35h91.36%92.93%
- 95Rogue Legacy 2$0.51/1hr49h88.59%90.83%
- 96Loop Hero$0.52/1hr29h91.10%92.72%
- 97Mini Motorways$0.52/1hr19h93.05%96.26%
- 98Exanima$0.53/1hr28h82.15%79.99%
- 99Wall World$0.54/1hr13h88.19%90.56%
- 100Menace from the Deep$0.54/1hr31h85.51%84.47%
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.