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$0.01/1hr250h48.95%33.17%
- 2Ropuka's Idle Island$0.02/1hr230h88.11%95.60%
- 3shapez$0.03/1hr35h91.67%95.94%
- 4Cornerpond$0.03/1hr91h87.57%97.15%
- 5Cookie Clicker$0.04/1hr119h95.30%96.42%
- 6FTL: Faster Than Light$0.06/1hr54h93.96%95.11%
- 7The NOexistenceN of Lilith$0.07/1hr31h86.31%97.91%
- 8Tiny Pasture$0.07/1hr60h88.43%92.49%
- 97 Days to Die$0.07/1hr635h86.71%86.76%
- 10Arma 3$0.07/1hr120h90.23%90.41%
- 11Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr65h88.41%95.54%
- 12Kenshi$0.09/1hr138h94.72%95.56%
- 13Victoria 3$0.09/1hr164h72.42%70.34%
- 14Rising Storm 2: Vietnam$0.10/1hr26h86.72%87.02%
- 15My Time at Portia$0.10/1hr62h90.31%91.51%
- 16Rusty's Retirement$0.11/1hr66h91.98%96.74%
- 17theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.11/1hr37h88.88%89.07%
- 18Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition$0.11/1hr41h93.37%94.96%
- 19Beasts of Bermuda$0.11/1hr178h77.10%68.97%
- 20Stardew Valley$0.11/1hr133h98.35%98.48%
- 21Elite Dangerous$0.12/1hr170h77.95%77.29%
- 22Pax Dei$0.12/1hr126h69.97%56.54%
- 23Conan Exiles Enhanced$0.12/1hr243h79.47%79.00%
- 24Trailmakers$0.12/1hr40h90.61%92.09%
- 25Anno 1404 - History Edition$0.12/1hr36h84.31%82.44%
- 26High Sea Saga DX$0.12/1hr58h84.84%82.17%
- 27Hacknet$0.13/1hr12h91.16%93.54%
- 28Garry's Mod$0.13/1hr40h96.77%96.87%
- 29Factorio$0.13/1hr274h96.99%97.51%
- 30Survivalist: Invisible Strain$0.13/1hr51h85.55%86.85%
- 31RimWorld$0.13/1hr269h97.35%97.86%
- 32Eco$0.13/1hr225h82.50%80.73%
- 33My Time at Sandrock$0.13/1hr104h87.36%88.19%
- 34Dragon Cliff$0.14/1hr73h86.63%88.66%
- 35Satisfactory$0.14/1hr194h96.83%97.26%
- 36Transport Fever 2$0.15/1hr54h89.06%90.33%
- 37This War of Mine$0.15/1hr20h93.02%93.85%
- 38Tropico 4$0.15/1hr39h88.76%91.74%
- 39Internet Cafe Simulator$0.16/1hr6h78.73%72.67%
- 40Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.16/1hr13h93.40%97.59%
- 41Cauldron$0.16/1hr47h86.17%93.18%
- 42Do Not Feed the Monkeys$0.16/1hr10h89.76%93.56%
- 43Sun Haven$0.16/1hr53h81.82%80.57%
- 44Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.17/1hr36h95.35%98.56%
- 45Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.17/1hr70h92.85%97.64%
- 46Unity of Command II$0.18/1hr25h84.04%79.72%
- 47DSX$0.18/1hr45h77.87%69.55%
- 48Mechabellum$0.18/1hr83h84.16%83.73%
- 49Super Robot Wars 30$0.18/1hr83h85.41%86.07%
- 50SnowRunner$0.19/1hr64h89.34%90.13%
- 51The Guild II Renaissance$0.19/1hr53h84.54%83.49%
- 52Scrap Mechanic$0.19/1hr154h91.47%92.02%
- 53Sailing Era$0.19/1hr59h82.81%78.48%
- 54Stellaris$0.19/1hr262h85.76%85.80%
- 55SKYHILL$0.19/1hr5h82.52%78.23%
- 56Paleo Pines$0.20/1hr31h84.49%82.63%
- 57Green Hell$0.20/1hr19h84.75%84.72%
- 58FlatOut$0.20/1hr8h87.44%91.18%
- 59Dyson Sphere Program$0.20/1hr81h96.24%97.47%
- 60Fields of Mistria$0.20/1hr70h94.42%97.68%
- 61Easy Red 2$0.20/1hr22h88.03%90.22%
- 62Motorsport Manager$0.20/1hr99h88.92%91.71%
- 63Naval Action$0.20/1hr98h65.48%52.22%
- 64Frostpunk$0.21/1hr22h92.20%92.73%
- 65Space Engineers$0.21/1hr97h88.59%88.86%
- 66Railroads Online$0.21/1hr73h81.12%74.68%
- 67EVERSPACE 2$0.21/1hr48h85.54%85.97%
- 68The Isle$0.21/1hr95h80.53%80.15%
- 69My Garage$0.21/1hr95h86.60%90.50%
- 70Factory Town Idle$0.21/1hr24h85.63%90.84%
- 71Slime Rancher$0.21/1hr23h97.21%98.00%
- 72Into the Breach$0.21/1hr24h91.35%94.23%
- 73Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator$0.22/1hr21h84.71%83.74%
- 74Let's School$0.22/1hr32h88.27%92.73%
- 75Europa Universalis IV$0.22/1hr230h87.48%87.66%
- 76鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal$0.22/1hr60h56.80%55.54%
- 77Terra Invicta$0.22/1hr183h82.83%80.57%
- 78Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms$0.22/1hr90h86.58%88.58%
- 79From the Depths$0.22/1hr113h87.38%89.26%
- 80Elin$0.22/1hr90h88.99%93.43%
- 81Age of History 3$0.22/1hr29h85.04%85.08%
- 82The Battle of Polytopia$0.23/1hr20h88.32%93.95%
- 83Soulmask$0.23/1hr105h79.63%77.20%
- 84Farm Together 2$0.23/1hr113h88.00%93.66%
- 85Per Aspera$0.23/1hr32h81.67%75.91%
- 86Project Zomboid$0.23/1hr86h93.81%94.01%
- 87Endzone - A World Apart$0.23/1hr11h80.88%76.75%
- 88Stationeers$0.23/1hr150h86.29%87.72%
- 89Stormworks: Build and Rescue$0.24/1hr105h89.71%90.50%
- 90Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.24/1hr21h94.35%96.48%
- 91Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion$0.24/1hr75h84.64%84.51%
- 92Distant Worlds 2$0.24/1hr73h81.40%71.30%
- 93Chillquarium$0.24/1hr25h88.28%92.27%
- 94Ratopia$0.24/1hr54h85.89%87.80%
- 95Streamer Life Simulator$0.24/1hr8h81.07%76.11%
- 96Outpath$0.25/1hr18h86.85%92.90%
- 97The Long Dark$0.25/1hr79h88.66%88.96%
- 98Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander$0.25/1hr56h90.26%94.39%
- 99Space Haven$0.25/1hr60h85.41%85.80%
- 100Noita$0.26/1hr77h94.13%95.17%
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.