Best Value Simulation Games Under $10
The Simulation games on Steam games under $10 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.
- 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%
- 9Arma 3$0.07/1hr120h90.23%90.41%
- 10Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr65h88.41%95.54%
- 11Rising Storm 2: Vietnam$0.10/1hr26h86.72%87.02%
- 12My Time at Portia$0.10/1hr62h90.31%91.51%
- 13Rusty's Retirement$0.11/1hr66h91.98%96.74%
- 14theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.11/1hr37h88.88%89.07%
- 15Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition$0.11/1hr41h93.37%94.96%
- 16Trailmakers$0.12/1hr40h90.61%92.09%
- 17Anno 1404 - History Edition$0.12/1hr36h84.31%82.44%
- 18High Sea Saga DX$0.12/1hr58h84.84%82.17%
- 19Hacknet$0.13/1hr12h91.16%93.54%
- 20Garry's Mod$0.13/1hr40h96.77%96.87%
- 21Survivalist: Invisible Strain$0.13/1hr51h85.55%86.85%
- 22Dragon Cliff$0.14/1hr73h86.63%88.66%
- 23Transport Fever 2$0.15/1hr54h89.06%90.33%
- 24This War of Mine$0.15/1hr20h93.02%93.85%
- 25Tropico 4$0.15/1hr39h88.76%91.74%
- 26Internet Cafe Simulator$0.16/1hr6h78.73%72.67%
- 27Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.16/1hr13h93.40%97.59%
- 28Cauldron$0.16/1hr47h86.17%93.18%
- 29Do Not Feed the Monkeys$0.16/1hr10h89.76%93.56%
- 30Sun Haven$0.16/1hr53h81.82%80.57%
- 31Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.17/1hr36h95.35%98.56%
- 32Unity of Command II$0.18/1hr25h84.04%79.72%
- 33DSX$0.18/1hr45h77.87%69.55%
- 34The Guild II Renaissance$0.19/1hr53h84.54%83.49%
- 35SKYHILL$0.19/1hr5h82.52%78.23%
- 36Paleo Pines$0.20/1hr31h84.49%82.63%
- 37Green Hell$0.20/1hr19h84.75%84.72%
- 38FlatOut$0.20/1hr8h87.44%91.18%
- 39Easy Red 2$0.20/1hr22h88.03%90.22%
- 40Frostpunk$0.21/1hr22h92.20%92.73%
- 41EVERSPACE 2$0.21/1hr48h85.54%85.97%
- 42Factory Town Idle$0.21/1hr24h85.63%90.84%
- 43Slime Rancher$0.21/1hr23h97.21%98.00%
- 44Into the Breach$0.21/1hr24h91.35%94.23%
- 45Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator$0.22/1hr21h84.71%83.74%
- 46Let's School$0.22/1hr32h88.27%92.73%
- 47Age of History 3$0.22/1hr29h85.04%85.08%
- 48The Battle of Polytopia$0.23/1hr20h88.32%93.95%
- 49Per Aspera$0.23/1hr32h81.67%75.91%
- 50Endzone - A World Apart$0.23/1hr11h80.88%76.75%
- 51Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.24/1hr21h94.35%96.48%
- 52Chillquarium$0.24/1hr25h88.28%92.27%
- 53Streamer Life Simulator$0.24/1hr8h81.07%76.11%
- 54Outpath$0.25/1hr18h86.85%92.90%
- 55Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist$0.26/1hr19h84.48%83.48%
- 56Call of the Wild: The Angler$0.26/1hr34h75.87%63.82%
- 57Dome Keeper$0.26/1hr21h90.03%92.34%
- 58MudRunner$0.27/1hr15h90.35%91.58%
- 59Old Market Simulator$0.27/1hr22h85.94%87.78%
- 60F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch$0.27/1hr18h85.58%86.41%
- 61Train Simulator Classic$0.27/1hr22h75.02%71.62%
- 62Volcano Princess$0.28/1hr26h95.61%97.80%
- 63Bad North: Jotunn Edition$0.28/1hr11h89.81%93.24%
- 64ICARUS$0.28/1hr25h75.82%74.42%
- 65My Dream Setup$0.28/1hr9h87.57%91.38%
- 66RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe$0.28/1hr21h89.19%94.31%
- 67Ale & Tale Tavern$0.28/1hr21h87.14%89.26%
- 68KovaaK's$0.28/1hr33h91.41%92.98%
- 69Game Dev Tycoon$0.31/1hr13h93.33%95.19%
- 70Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist : Link Evolution$0.31/1hr32h84.22%82.64%
- 71Totally Accurate Battle Simulator$0.31/1hr13h97.03%97.82%
- 72People Playground$0.31/1hr32h98.05%98.47%
- 73VillageRhapsody$0.32/1hr9h92.33%96.85%
- 74OpenTTD$0.33/1hr31h91.08%94.71%
- 75Rocksmith 2014 Edition REMASTERED LEARN & PLAY$0.34/1hr30h87.12%87.97%
- 76Dungeons 3$0.34/1hr18h90.97%94.18%
- 77(the) Gnorp Apologue$0.34/1hr20h89.90%94.89%
- 78Holdfast: Nations At War$0.35/1hr29h88.61%89.85%
- 79Papa's Freezeria Deluxe$0.35/1hr17h93.08%99.25%
- 80Kingdoms and Castles$0.36/1hr28h91.47%93.55%
- 81ANEURISM IV$0.37/1hr27h81.77%76.55%
- 82Stronghold HD (2012)$0.37/1hr16h90.37%95.54%
- 83Monster Prom$0.37/1hr7h89.72%93.03%
- 84Tropico 5$0.37/1hr22h81.24%78.64%
- 85Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!$0.37/1hr16h91.59%94.59%
- 86Ticket to Ride$0.39/1hr15h83.41%69.45%
- 87Yes, Your Grace$0.39/1hr8h86.19%87.06%
- 88Mist Survival$0.39/1hr22h79.61%75.84%
- 89No Place Like Home$0.40/1hr20h83.04%78.31%
- 90Progressbar95$0.40/1hr13h87.94%96.15%
- 91ContractVille$0.41/1hr24h83.46%80.96%
- 92HunieCam Studio$0.41/1hr17h86.06%87.70%
- 93Chushpan Simulator$0.41/1hr2h85.07%85.38%
- 94RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack$0.42/1hr24h86.69%89.61%
- 95The Sushi Spinnery$0.42/1hr16h85.30%92.69%
- 96Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)$0.42/1hr24h93.48%97.53%
- 97Matchmaking Inc.$0.42/1hr21h86.49%88.58%
- 98Pharaoh: A New Era$0.43/1hr23h81.51%74.95%
- 99Turmoil$0.43/1hr10h89.89%92.95%
- 100Fabledom$0.44/1hr19h85.05%85.15%
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.