Best Value RPG Games Under $5

The RPG 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. 1The NOexistenceN of Lilith$0.03/1hr
  2. 2Fallout 4$0.04/1hr
  3. 3Outward Definitive Edition$0.04/1hr
  4. 4Fallout: New Vegas$0.04/1hr
  5. 5Old World$0.06/1hr
  6. 6Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.07/1hr
  7. 7Darkest Dungeon$0.07/1hr
  8. 8The Surge$0.07/1hr
  9. 9ORION: Prelude$0.08/1hr
  10. 10Roguebook$0.09/1hr
  11. 11Darkwood$0.09/1hr
  12. 12最后的仙门 The last Practice Sect$0.10/1hr
  13. 13Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.10/1hr
  14. 14Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.10/1hr
  15. 15Mr. Prepper$0.10/1hr
  16. 16Town of Salem$0.10/1hr
  17. 17Brotato$0.11/1hr
  18. 18Vampire Survivors$0.12/1hr
  19. 19Moonstone Island$0.12/1hr
  20. 20Middle-earth: Shadow of War$0.13/1hr
  21. 21Warhammer: Vermintide 2$0.13/1hr
  22. 22PAYDAY 2$0.13/1hr
  23. 23GreedFall$0.14/1hr
  24. 24Halls of Torment$0.15/1hr
  25. 25The Surge 2$0.15/1hr
  26. 26Mirror$0.15/1hr
  27. 27Undertale$0.16/1hr
  28. 28Supraland$0.18/1hr
  29. 29Coromon$0.19/1hr
  30. 30Iratus: Lord of the Dead$0.20/1hr
  31. 31Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions$0.20/1hr
  32. 32Risk of Rain (2013)$0.21/1hr
  33. 33Tribes of Midgard$0.21/1hr
  34. 34Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition$0.22/1hr
  35. 35Neon Abyss$0.22/1hr
  36. 36BioShock 2 Remastered$0.22/1hr
  37. 37TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer$0.25/1hr
  38. 38The Binding of Isaac$0.26/1hr
  39. 39Fallout 3$0.26/1hr
  40. 40Shadowrun Returns$0.28/1hr
  41. 41To the Moon$0.31/1hr
  42. 42Boneraiser Minions$0.31/1hr
  43. 43Insect Swarm$0.33/1hr
  44. 44Wedding Witch$0.34/1hr
  45. 45BioShock Remastered$0.35/1hr
  46. 46DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION$0.35/1hr
  47. 47VillageRhapsody$0.36/1hr
  48. 48Cat Quest II$0.36/1hr
  49. 49BioShock$0.37/1hr
  50. 50Cat Quest$0.37/1hr
  51. 51Finding Paradise$0.37/1hr
  52. 52Nine Parchments$0.43/1hr
  53. 53Neo Cab$0.45/1hr
  54. 54Gauntlet Slayer Edition$0.46/1hr
  55. 55Mister Furry: Hot Muscles$0.46/1hr
  56. 56The Forgotten City$0.54/1hr
  57. 57Impostor Factory$0.55/1hr
  58. 58RUSSIAPHOBIA$0.57/1hr
  59. 59A Bird Story$0.57/1hr
  60. 60Hylics$0.58/1hr
  61. 61Changed$0.63/1hr
  62. 62LoveChoice$0.64/1hr
  63. 63Feign$0.67/1hr
  64. 64Tales of the Black Forest$0.76/1hr
  65. 65Master Healer Kale with useless party$0.79/1hr
  66. 66Juice Galaxy$0.81/1hr
  67. 67Kabuto Park$1.42/1hr
  68. 68Chushpan Simulator$1.51/1hr
  69. 69Insomnia: Theater in the Head$2.53/1hr

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.