Best Value Simulation Games Under $20
The Simulation games on Steam games under $20 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$0.01/1hr210h48.46%32.61%
- 2Cornerpond$0.02/1hr158h87.87%97.12%
- 3Ropuka's Idle Island$0.03/1hr124h88.29%95.18%
- 4Cookie Clicker$0.04/1hr123h95.34%96.42%
- 5FTL: Faster Than Light$0.04/1hr46h93.99%95.09%
- 6The NOexistenceN of Lilith$0.04/1hr45h87.85%98.00%
- 7shapez$0.05/1hr21h91.82%95.90%
- 8X4: Foundations$0.06/1hr156h81.29%79.94%
- 9Transport Fever 2$0.07/1hr60h89.15%90.32%
- 10Space Engineers$0.07/1hr142h88.57%88.81%
- 11Graveyard Keeper$0.08/1hr52h85.33%85.33%
- 12Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr47h88.62%95.43%
- 13Naval Action$0.08/1hr250h65.33%51.83%
- 14theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.09/1hr34h88.91%89.08%
- 15Rising Storm 2: Vietnam$0.09/1hr28h86.79%87.04%
- 16Rusty's Retirement$0.10/1hr72h92.12%96.69%
- 17Garry's Mod$0.10/1hr49h96.78%96.87%
- 18Tiny Pasture$0.11/1hr57h88.64%92.48%
- 19Stardew Valley$0.11/1hr139h98.35%98.48%
- 20Dragon Cliff$0.11/1hr92h86.85%88.61%
- 21Elite Dangerous$0.11/1hr185h77.97%77.28%
- 22Galactic Civilizations IV$0.11/1hr122h82.70%72.26%
- 23My Time at Sandrock$0.11/1hr110h87.43%88.15%
- 24Mechabellum$0.11/1hr136h84.36%83.81%
- 25DSX$0.12/1hr67h77.59%69.43%
- 26ICARUS$0.12/1hr72h76.03%74.67%
- 27Green Hell$0.13/1hr19h84.67%84.61%
- 28Esports Godfather$0.14/1hr143h87.12%90.66%
- 29FlatOut$0.14/1hr11h87.66%91.13%
- 30Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.15/1hr41h95.47%98.56%
- 31House Flipper$0.15/1hr17h93.27%93.97%
- 32Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.15/1hr78h93.02%97.60%
- 33RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe$0.16/1hr38h89.41%94.31%
- 34Survival: Fountain of Youth$0.16/1hr62h84.98%85.44%
- 35Dyson Sphere Program$0.16/1hr123h96.23%97.42%
- 36Streamer Life Simulator$0.16/1hr12h81.27%76.03%
- 37鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal$0.17/1hr78h56.87%55.60%
- 38The Guild II Renaissance$0.17/1hr58h84.80%83.52%
- 39Empyrion - Galactic Survival$0.17/1hr116h79.96%78.39%
- 40The Lost Village$0.17/1hr69h82.06%71.39%
- 41Do Not Feed the Monkeys$0.17/1hr9h89.68%93.54%
- 42Fields of Mistria$0.18/1hr79h94.43%97.04%
- 43Feed the Cups$0.18/1hr72h79.51%70.59%
- 44Internet Cafe Simulator$0.18/1hr6h78.62%72.66%
- 45KovaaK's$0.19/1hr50h91.49%92.97%
- 46SnowRunner$0.19/1hr63h89.37%90.09%
- 47Chillquarium$0.19/1hr31h88.40%92.06%
- 48Elin$0.20/1hr99h89.22%93.36%
- 49Don't Starve Together$0.21/1hr73h94.74%94.91%
- 50Frostpunk$0.21/1hr29h92.24%92.74%
- 51Into the Breach$0.21/1hr14h91.45%94.19%
- 52People Playground$0.21/1hr47h98.04%98.44%
- 53Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.22/1hr23h94.48%96.50%
- 54Settlement Survival$0.22/1hr24h85.20%85.04%
- 55Slime Rancher$0.22/1hr23h97.25%98.01%
- 56Euro Truck Simulator 2$0.22/1hr90h97.31%97.44%
- 57(the) Gnorp Apologue$0.22/1hr32h90.06%94.81%
- 58Soulmask$0.22/1hr87h79.60%77.04%
- 59gogh: Focus with Your Avatar$0.23/1hr53h87.38%91.14%
- 60Assetto Corsa$0.23/1hr22h92.45%92.86%
- 61American Truck Simulator$0.23/1hr87h96.35%96.91%
- 62Farming Simulator 22$0.23/1hr87h92.01%92.73%
- 63Outpath$0.23/1hr16h87.09%92.70%
- 64Motorsport Manager$0.23/1hr86h89.06%91.68%
- 65EVERSPACE 2$0.24/1hr41h85.44%85.94%
- 66The Isle$0.25/1hr82h80.57%80.17%
- 67Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.25/1hr8h93.52%97.57%
- 68Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander$0.25/1hr81h90.38%94.30%
- 69Ostranauts$0.25/1hr80h83.35%77.27%
- 70Parkitect$0.25/1hr47h89.36%94.20%
- 71Tropico 4$0.26/1hr59h88.93%91.69%
- 72Per Aspera$0.26/1hr29h81.88%75.91%
- 73Heroes' Vow: Three Kingdoms$0.26/1hr77h86.46%88.53%
- 74F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch$0.26/1hr18h85.42%86.32%
- 75Survivalist: Invisible Strain$0.27/1hr45h85.73%86.61%
- 76This War of Mine$0.27/1hr19h93.04%93.83%
- 77Supermarket Chaos$0.27/1hr18h87.34%92.73%
- 78ANEURISM IV$0.27/1hr36h81.48%75.33%
- 79Hardspace: Shipbreaker$0.28/1hr38h88.10%89.30%
- 80Mist Survival$0.28/1hr30h79.65%75.70%
- 81Monster Prom$0.28/1hr9h89.63%93.02%
- 82The Sims 3$0.28/1hr71h86.01%86.21%
- 83Volcano Princess$0.28/1hr25h95.68%97.79%
- 84Motor Town: Behind The Wheel$0.28/1hr71h89.52%93.84%
- 85Planetbase$0.29/1hr53h82.52%79.75%
- 86Doloc Town$0.29/1hr69h87.94%94.54%
- 87The Long Dark$0.29/1hr69h88.63%88.90%
- 88Gladiator Guild Manager$0.30/1hr16h84.16%81.09%
- 89ASKA$0.30/1hr66h82.37%79.94%
- 90Matchmaking Inc.$0.31/1hr29h86.79%88.67%
- 91Farming Simulator 19$0.31/1hr58h93.43%94.49%
- 92Immortal Life$0.31/1hr55h83.56%79.48%
- 93I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival$0.31/1hr26h85.05%84.45%
- 94Anno 1404 - History Edition$0.31/1hr48h84.14%82.39%
- 95Ale & Tale Tavern$0.31/1hr19h87.25%89.09%
- 96Barotrauma$0.32/1hr55h93.14%94.01%
- 97Tabletop Simulator$0.32/1hr63h94.68%95.94%
- 98Noita$0.32/1hr63h94.14%95.13%
- 99CarX Street$0.32/1hr28h75.73%70.82%
- 100Assetto Corsa Competizione$0.33/1hr31h91.42%92.68%
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.