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$0.01/1hr250h48.95%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%
- 11Kenshi$0.09/1hr138h94.72%95.56%
- 12Victoria 3$0.09/1hr164h72.42%70.34%
- 13Rising Storm 2: Vietnam$0.10/1hr26h86.72%87.02%
- 14My Time at Portia$0.10/1hr62h90.31%91.51%
- 15Rusty's Retirement$0.11/1hr66h91.98%96.74%
- 16theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.11/1hr37h88.88%89.07%
- 17Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition$0.11/1hr41h93.37%94.96%
- 18Beasts of Bermuda$0.11/1hr178h77.10%68.97%
- 19Stardew Valley$0.11/1hr133h98.35%98.48%
- 20Elite Dangerous$0.12/1hr170h77.95%77.29%
- 21Pax Dei$0.12/1hr126h69.97%56.54%
- 22Trailmakers$0.12/1hr40h90.61%92.09%
- 23Anno 1404 - History Edition$0.12/1hr36h84.31%82.44%
- 24High Sea Saga DX$0.12/1hr58h84.84%82.17%
- 25Hacknet$0.13/1hr12h91.16%93.54%
- 26Garry's Mod$0.13/1hr40h96.77%96.87%
- 27Survivalist: Invisible Strain$0.13/1hr51h85.55%86.85%
- 28My Time at Sandrock$0.13/1hr104h87.36%88.19%
- 29Dragon Cliff$0.14/1hr73h86.63%88.66%
- 30Transport Fever 2$0.15/1hr54h89.06%90.33%
- 31This War of Mine$0.15/1hr20h93.02%93.85%
- 32Tropico 4$0.15/1hr39h88.76%91.74%
- 33Internet Cafe Simulator$0.16/1hr6h78.73%72.67%
- 34Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.16/1hr13h93.40%97.59%
- 35Cauldron$0.16/1hr47h86.17%93.18%
- 36Do Not Feed the Monkeys$0.16/1hr10h89.76%93.56%
- 37Sun Haven$0.16/1hr53h81.82%80.57%
- 38Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.17/1hr36h95.35%98.56%
- 39Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$0.17/1hr70h92.85%97.64%
- 40Unity of Command II$0.18/1hr25h84.04%79.72%
- 41DSX$0.18/1hr45h77.87%69.55%
- 42Mechabellum$0.18/1hr83h84.16%83.73%
- 43Super Robot Wars 30$0.18/1hr83h85.41%86.07%
- 44SnowRunner$0.19/1hr64h89.34%90.13%
- 45The Guild II Renaissance$0.19/1hr53h84.54%83.49%
- 46Sailing Era$0.19/1hr59h82.81%78.48%
- 47SKYHILL$0.19/1hr5h82.52%78.23%
- 48Paleo Pines$0.20/1hr31h84.49%82.63%
- 49Green Hell$0.20/1hr19h84.75%84.72%
- 50FlatOut$0.20/1hr8h87.44%91.18%
- 51Dyson Sphere Program$0.20/1hr81h96.24%97.47%
- 52Fields of Mistria$0.20/1hr70h94.42%97.68%
- 53Easy Red 2$0.20/1hr22h88.03%90.22%
- 54Motorsport Manager$0.20/1hr99h88.92%91.71%
- 55Naval Action$0.20/1hr98h65.48%52.22%
- 56Frostpunk$0.21/1hr22h92.20%92.73%
- 57Space Engineers$0.21/1hr97h88.59%88.86%
- 58Railroads Online$0.21/1hr73h81.12%74.68%
- 59EVERSPACE 2$0.21/1hr48h85.54%85.97%
- 60The Isle$0.21/1hr95h80.53%80.15%
- 61My Garage$0.21/1hr95h86.60%90.50%
- 62Factory Town Idle$0.21/1hr24h85.63%90.84%
- 63Slime Rancher$0.21/1hr23h97.21%98.00%
- 64Into the Breach$0.21/1hr24h91.35%94.23%
- 65Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator$0.22/1hr21h84.71%83.74%
- 66Let's School$0.22/1hr32h88.27%92.73%
- 67鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal$0.22/1hr60h56.80%55.54%
- 68Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms$0.22/1hr90h86.58%88.58%
- 69Elin$0.22/1hr90h88.99%93.43%
- 70Age of History 3$0.22/1hr29h85.04%85.08%
- 71The Battle of Polytopia$0.23/1hr20h88.32%93.95%
- 72Per Aspera$0.23/1hr32h81.67%75.91%
- 73Project Zomboid$0.23/1hr86h93.81%94.01%
- 74Endzone - A World Apart$0.23/1hr11h80.88%76.75%
- 75Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.24/1hr21h94.35%96.48%
- 76Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion$0.24/1hr75h84.64%84.51%
- 77Distant Worlds 2$0.24/1hr73h81.40%71.30%
- 78Chillquarium$0.24/1hr25h88.28%92.27%
- 79Ratopia$0.24/1hr54h85.89%87.80%
- 80Streamer Life Simulator$0.24/1hr8h81.07%76.11%
- 81Outpath$0.25/1hr18h86.85%92.90%
- 82The Long Dark$0.25/1hr79h88.66%88.96%
- 83Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander$0.25/1hr56h90.26%94.39%
- 84Space Haven$0.25/1hr60h85.41%85.80%
- 85Noita$0.26/1hr77h94.13%95.17%
- 86Feed the Cups$0.26/1hr49h79.40%70.68%
- 87Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist$0.26/1hr19h84.48%83.48%
- 88Call of the Wild: The Angler$0.26/1hr34h75.87%63.82%
- 89Dome Keeper$0.26/1hr21h90.03%92.34%
- 90Planetbase$0.26/1hr57h82.30%79.73%
- 91Farming Simulator 19$0.26/1hr69h93.37%94.47%
- 92MudRunner$0.27/1hr15h90.35%91.58%
- 93Car Dealer Simulator$0.27/1hr55h87.01%89.05%
- 94Old Market Simulator$0.27/1hr22h85.94%87.78%
- 95ASKA$0.27/1hr75h82.17%79.82%
- 96F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch$0.27/1hr18h85.58%86.41%
- 97Euro Truck Simulator 2$0.27/1hr74h97.32%97.45%
- 98Train Simulator Classic$0.27/1hr22h75.02%71.62%
- 99Volcano Princess$0.28/1hr26h95.61%97.80%
- 100Bad North: Jotunn Edition$0.28/1hr11h89.81%93.24%
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.