Best Value Simulation Games
The Simulation games that stretch a budget furthest: median reviewer playtime divided by current price. Pick your currency in the top bar to rank against your local prices.
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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.
- 1BidKing$0.01/1hr200h48.02%32.54%
- 2Ropuka's Idle Island$0.02/1hr153h88.03%95.19%
- 3The NOexistenceN of Lilith$0.03/1hr58h86.92%98.07%
- 4Cookie Clicker$0.04/1hr123h95.33%96.41%
- 5Elite Dangerous$0.04/1hr146h77.96%77.29%
- 6RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe$0.05/1hr33h89.33%94.31%
- 7shapez$0.05/1hr21h91.78%95.91%
- 8Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.05/1hr94h92.62%97.58%
- 9Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)$0.06/1hr34h93.72%97.48%
- 10Rusty's Retirement$0.06/1hr72h91.97%96.70%
- 11Old World$0.06/1hr62h84.44%82.51%
- 12People Playground$0.08/1hr130h97.19%97.47%
- 13My Time at Portia$0.08/1hr72h90.31%91.46%
- 14Kingdom Two Crowns$0.09/1hr22h89.18%90.18%
- 15Chillquarium$0.09/1hr29h88.14%92.04%
- 16Stronghold HD (2012)$0.10/1hr12h90.76%95.53%
- 17RimWorld$0.10/1hr292h97.47%97.85%
- 18Don't Starve Together$0.10/1hr150h94.77%94.89%
- 19Kenshi$0.10/1hr118h94.77%95.59%
- 20Tiny Pasture$0.10/1hr58h88.39%92.48%
- 21Mr. Prepper$0.10/1hr27h83.21%80.01%
- 22DSX$0.11/1hr57h77.31%69.45%
- 23Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.11/1hr9h93.47%97.57%
- 24Naval Action$0.11/1hr184h65.25%51.81%
- 25Chill Pulse$0.11/1hr46h87.90%95.43%
- 26Against the Storm$0.11/1hr82h92.49%94.44%
- 27Noita$0.11/1hr72h94.12%95.12%
- 28Space Haven$0.11/1hr89h85.49%85.76%
- 29Battle Brothers$0.11/1hr78h87.32%88.06%
- 30Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic$0.12/1hr86h89.58%91.18%
- 31SpaceCraft$0.12/1hr165h79.86%63.87%
- 32My Time at Sandrock$0.12/1hr100h87.39%88.14%
- 33Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.12/1hr49h95.44%98.56%
- 34Dragon Cliff$0.13/1hr78h86.73%88.61%
- 35SKYHILL$0.13/1hr8h82.66%78.30%
- 36Stardew Valley$0.13/1hr113h98.38%98.48%
- 37Oxygen Not Included$0.14/1hr184h95.97%96.72%
- 38Feed the Cups$0.14/1hr88h79.42%70.60%
- 39Space Engineers$0.14/1hr145h88.56%88.81%
- 40Hacknet$0.14/1hr11h91.22%93.53%
- 41Avorion$0.14/1hr177h87.67%90.01%
- 42Tropico 4$0.14/1hr32h88.83%91.69%
- 43Mechabellum$0.15/1hr103h84.20%83.70%
- 44FlatOut$0.15/1hr10h87.55%91.08%
- 45Beasts of Bermuda$0.15/1hr137h77.13%68.88%
- 46Eco$0.15/1hr204h82.55%80.69%
- 47Stellaris$0.15/1hr336h85.81%85.69%
- 48Green Hell$0.15/1hr19h84.66%84.61%
- 49Crazy Machines 3$0.15/1hr6h89.33%94.35%
- 50Dyson Sphere Program$0.15/1hr129h96.21%97.42%
- 51Project Zomboid$0.16/1hr161h93.63%93.75%
- 52SnowRunner$0.16/1hr76h89.34%90.07%
- 53Breathedge$0.16/1hr15h82.10%80.93%
- 54RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack$0.16/1hr15h86.83%89.64%
- 55Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion$0.16/1hr123h90.14%93.17%
- 56The Lost Village$0.17/1hr72h81.84%71.20%
- 57Motorsport Manager$0.17/1hr120h89.00%91.68%
- 58Factorio$0.17/1hr203h97.14%97.52%
- 59Streamer Life Simulator$0.17/1hr12h81.14%76.04%
- 60Planetbase$0.18/1hr41h82.42%79.78%
- 61The Guild II Renaissance$0.18/1hr55h84.68%83.51%
- 62Party Club$0.18/1hr4h81.05%71.62%
- 63Core Keeper$0.18/1hr65h91.93%92.94%
- 64Elin$0.19/1hr108h89.11%93.36%
- 65Endzone - A World Apart$0.19/1hr11h80.93%76.70%
- 66Fields of Mistria$0.19/1hr74h94.21%97.04%
- 67Internet Cafe Simulator$0.19/1hr5h78.33%72.61%
- 68Kingdom: New Lands$0.19/1hr8h85.26%85.32%
- 69Stronghold 2: Steam Edition$0.19/1hr19h86.88%88.79%
- 70Empyrion - Galactic Survival$0.19/1hr103h79.91%78.37%
- 71Bus Simulator 18$0.20/1hr15h82.35%80.95%
- 72Disney Dreamlight Valley$0.20/1hr201h90.16%92.16%
- 737 Days to Die$0.20/1hr224h86.97%86.94%
- 74Quasimorph$0.20/1hr81h83.55%82.68%
- 75Farming Simulator 25$0.21/1hr146h87.02%87.33%
- 76The Escapists$0.21/1hr13h88.29%90.21%
- 77Empires of the Undergrowth$0.21/1hr36h91.19%94.36%
- 78Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander$0.21/1hr66h90.29%94.25%
- 79Ostranauts$0.22/1hr91h82.51%77.13%
- 80Returns Outlet Simulator$0.22/1hr46h86.43%95.95%
- 81Garry's Mod$0.22/1hr45h96.81%96.88%
- 82Travellers Rest$0.22/1hr60h86.92%87.88%
- 83Scrap Mechanic$0.23/1hr129h91.31%91.80%
- 84Outpath$0.23/1hr17h86.78%92.65%
- 85Russian Life Simulator$0.23/1hr2h86.57%88.52%
- 86gogh: Focus with Your Avatar$0.23/1hr53h86.71%91.19%
- 87ANEURISM IV$0.23/1hr44h80.74%75.15%
- 88Farming Simulator 22$0.23/1hr87h92.00%92.73%
- 89Dome Keeper$0.23/1hr20h90.14%92.35%
- 90Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion$0.23/1hr78h84.70%84.50%
- 91Settlement Survival$0.23/1hr22h85.12%85.04%
- 92Cataclismo$0.23/1hr39h86.28%88.80%
- 93Tropico 5$0.23/1hr30h81.33%78.67%
- 94Northgard: Definitive Edition$0.24/1hr42h85.24%85.25%
- 95(the) Gnorp Apologue$0.24/1hr29h89.53%94.81%
- 96The Battle of Polytopia$0.24/1hr19h88.85%93.96%
- 97BeamNG.drive$0.24/1hr104h96.98%97.19%
- 98MudRunner$0.24/1hr16h90.42%91.60%
- 99Stronghold Crusader 2$0.24/1hr16h76.98%72.45%
- 100Per Aspera$0.24/1hr31h81.79%75.91%
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.