Best Value RPG Games Under $40
The RPG 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.
- 1The NOexistenceN of Lilith$0.03/1hr58h86.92%98.07%
- 2Fallout 4$0.04/1hr137h81.34%81.19%
- 3Outward Definitive Edition$0.04/1hr52h75.70%72.68%
- 4Elite Dangerous$0.04/1hr146h77.96%77.29%
- 5Melvor Idle$0.04/1hr239h88.15%89.98%
- 6Fallout: New Vegas$0.04/1hr57h95.68%95.97%
- 7Fallout 76$0.05/1hr155h72.80%71.92%
- 8SpiritVale$0.05/1hr290h72.56%50.35%
- 9FINAL FANTASY XIV Online$0.06/1hr324h86.39%86.53%
- 10The Elder Scrolls Online$0.06/1hr313h81.29%80.87%
- 11Old World$0.06/1hr62h84.44%82.51%
- 12Hero Siege$0.07/1hr122h70.26%67.14%
- 13Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.07/1hr36h90.39%93.89%
- 14Darkest Dungeon$0.07/1hr53h91.43%91.64%
- 15Warhammer 40,000: Darktide$0.07/1hr141h72.53%71.62%
- 16The Surge$0.07/1hr27h79.58%74.54%
- 17ORION: Prelude$0.08/1hr12h78.01%75.47%
- 18My Time at Portia$0.08/1hr72h90.31%91.46%
- 19UnderRail$0.09/1hr176h85.03%86.08%
- 20Roguebook$0.09/1hr20h85.17%83.83%
- 21Darkwood$0.09/1hr22h92.11%94.89%
- 22Terraria$0.09/1hr106h97.31%97.37%
- 23最后的仙门 The last Practice Sect$0.10/1hr41h83.56%52.93%
- 24Don't Starve Together$0.10/1hr150h94.77%94.89%
- 25Kenshi$0.10/1hr118h94.77%95.59%
- 26Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.10/1hr24h91.42%94.25%
- 27Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.10/1hr47h87.87%88.42%
- 28Mr. Prepper$0.10/1hr27h83.21%80.01%
- 29Town of Salem$0.10/1hr48h87.28%87.86%
- 30Brotato$0.11/1hr47h95.09%95.92%
- 31Noita$0.11/1hr72h94.12%95.12%
- 32Space Haven$0.11/1hr89h85.49%85.76%
- 33Battle Brothers$0.11/1hr78h87.32%88.06%
- 34The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.12/1hr45h86.08%87.20%
- 35Vampire Survivors$0.12/1hr32h97.93%98.30%
- 36Hogwarts Legacy$0.12/1hr50h89.67%89.71%
- 37Moonstone Island$0.12/1hr42h84.63%83.54%
- 38My Time at Sandrock$0.12/1hr100h87.39%88.14%
- 39The Last Spell$0.12/1hr52h88.78%91.40%
- 40Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.12/1hr49h95.44%98.56%
- 41Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga$0.12/1hr57h90.74%94.48%
- 42Middle-earth: Shadow of War$0.13/1hr40h88.64%88.94%
- 43Warhammer: Vermintide 2$0.13/1hr36h85.05%85.04%
- 44Mortal Online 2$0.13/1hr315h70.42%59.82%
- 45Dragon Cliff$0.13/1hr78h86.73%88.61%
- 46PAYDAY 2$0.13/1hr39h89.34%89.36%
- 47God Of Weapons$0.13/1hr46h84.78%84.02%
- 48Stardew Valley$0.13/1hr113h98.38%98.48%
- 49Tales of Maj'Eyal$0.14/1hr51h89.16%94.49%
- 50GreedFall$0.14/1hr25h79.06%76.01%
- 51Rust$0.14/1hr287h86.68%86.67%
- 52King's Bounty: Warriors of the North$0.14/1hr71h83.44%79.47%
- 53Halls of Torment$0.15/1hr34h92.90%95.33%
- 54The Surge 2$0.15/1hr20h80.53%75.35%
- 55Cyberpunk 2077$0.15/1hr121h87.02%87.01%
- 56Valheim$0.15/1hr200h93.39%93.49%
- 57Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok$0.15/1hr65h86.35%88.20%
- 58Mirror$0.15/1hr5h95.17%96.36%
- 59Project Zomboid$0.16/1hr161h93.63%93.75%
- 60Dungeon Defenders$0.16/1hr96h90.57%93.09%
- 61Undertale$0.16/1hr16h96.27%96.51%
- 62Black Desert$0.16/1hr62h74.62%73.50%
- 63觅长生$0.16/1hr91h91.20%93.07%
- 64FINAL FANTASY VIII$0.16/1hr73h86.52%88.17%
- 65The Lost Village$0.17/1hr72h81.84%71.20%
- 66Monster Sanctuary$0.17/1hr45h88.56%91.22%
- 67The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim$0.17/1hr116h94.59%94.79%
- 68Stoneshard$0.17/1hr101h76.97%74.67%
- 69Foxhole$0.18/1hr171h80.37%79.46%
- 70ARK: Survival Evolved$0.18/1hr85h83.40%83.34%
- 71STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords$0.18/1hr55h91.02%93.61%
- 72Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2$0.18/1hr83h84.19%84.02%
- 73Core Keeper$0.18/1hr65h91.93%92.94%
- 74Supraland$0.18/1hr22h91.25%95.20%
- 75Elin$0.19/1hr108h89.11%93.36%
- 76Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.19/1hr107h83.79%83.47%
- 77Palworld$0.19/1hr111h94.47%94.60%
- 78Fields of Mistria$0.19/1hr74h94.21%97.04%
- 79Coromon$0.19/1hr26h84.72%84.44%
- 80The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome$0.19/1hr155h67.82%65.35%
- 81Iratus: Lord of the Dead$0.20/1hr15h85.33%85.50%
- 82Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions$0.20/1hr24h79.78%72.20%
- 83Disney Dreamlight Valley$0.20/1hr201h90.16%92.16%
- 84Quasimorph$0.20/1hr81h83.55%82.68%
- 85Smalland: Survive the Wilds$0.20/1hr35h83.35%81.61%
- 86ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game$0.20/1hr74h84.52%84.77%
- 87Risk of Rain (2013)$0.21/1hr10h91.08%93.05%
- 88Death Must Die$0.21/1hr34h88.56%90.12%
- 89Tribes of Midgard$0.21/1hr23h79.02%76.38%
- 90Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition$0.22/1hr23h82.19%81.66%
- 91Tainted Grail: Conquest$0.22/1hr23h87.64%89.86%
- 92Path of Exile 2$0.22/1hr137h75.65%75.11%
- 93Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire$0.22/1hr92h86.77%88.01%
- 94Ostranauts$0.22/1hr91h82.51%77.13%
- 95Neon Abyss$0.22/1hr23h85.68%85.89%
- 96BioShock 2 Remastered$0.22/1hr13h75.38%72.15%
- 97Travellers Rest$0.22/1hr60h86.92%87.88%
- 98Star Valor$0.23/1hr44h85.29%88.22%
- 99ANEURISM IV$0.23/1hr44h80.74%75.15%
- 100Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion$0.23/1hr78h84.70%84.50%
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.