Best Value Simulation Games Under $5
The Simulation games on Steam games under $5 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%
- 8Transport Fever 2$0.07/1hr60h89.15%90.32%
- 9Graveyard Keeper$0.08/1hr52h85.33%85.33%
- 10Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr47h88.62%95.43%
- 11theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.09/1hr34h88.91%89.08%
- 12Rising Storm 2: Vietnam$0.09/1hr28h86.79%87.04%
- 13Garry's Mod$0.10/1hr49h96.78%96.87%
- 14Green Hell$0.13/1hr19h84.67%84.61%
- 15FlatOut$0.14/1hr11h87.66%91.13%
- 16House Flipper$0.15/1hr17h93.27%93.97%
- 17Streamer Life Simulator$0.16/1hr12h81.27%76.03%
- 18Do Not Feed the Monkeys$0.17/1hr9h89.68%93.54%
- 19Internet Cafe Simulator$0.18/1hr6h78.62%72.66%
- 20Into the Breach$0.21/1hr14h91.45%94.19%
- 21Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.22/1hr23h94.48%96.50%
- 22Slime Rancher$0.22/1hr23h97.25%98.01%
- 23Assetto Corsa$0.23/1hr22h92.45%92.86%
- 24Outpath$0.23/1hr16h87.09%92.70%
- 25Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.25/1hr8h93.52%97.57%
- 26F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch$0.26/1hr18h85.42%86.32%
- 27This War of Mine$0.27/1hr19h93.04%93.83%
- 28Supermarket Chaos$0.27/1hr18h87.34%92.73%
- 29Monster Prom$0.28/1hr9h89.63%93.02%
- 30Gladiator Guild Manager$0.30/1hr16h84.16%81.09%
- 31Parkasaurus$0.36/1hr7h86.78%93.16%
- 32VillageRhapsody$0.36/1hr8h92.48%96.87%
- 33Unheard - Voices of Crime$0.41/1hr7h93.54%95.95%
- 34Cardboard Town$0.41/1hr10h84.38%79.91%
- 35Drunken Wrestlers 2$0.46/1hr9h86.18%86.64%
- 36Progressbar95$0.46/1hr11h88.29%96.13%
- 37WRC 10 FIA World Rally Championship$0.50/1hr10h81.73%72.61%
- 38112 Operator$0.53/1hr9h86.82%88.73%
- 39Marco & The Galaxy Dragon$0.57/1hr7h90.29%97.30%
- 40Plantera 2: Golden Acorn$0.58/1hr8h86.41%94.19%
- 41That's not my Neighbor$0.59/1hr5h86.47%88.88%
- 42House of Detention$0.61/1hr2h87.78%90.60%
- 43Nodebuster$0.64/1hr5h92.38%97.39%
- 44Ravenous Devils$0.66/1hr8h88.93%92.56%
- 45Reigns$0.68/1hr4h86.02%86.87%
- 46Buckshot Roulette$0.69/1hr4h94.39%95.11%
- 47RUSSIAPHOBIA$0.74/1hr1h77.92%68.78%
- 48Russian Life Simulator$0.79/1hr1h86.89%88.53%
- 49Chained Together$0.79/1hr6h89.10%89.68%
- 50THE GAME OF LIFE 2$0.83/1hr5h83.00%77.96%
- 51LoveChoice$0.84/1hr2h90.70%92.16%
- 52Summon$0.86/1hr1h87.20%92.42%
- 53Retrowave$0.86/1hr3h91.29%95.14%
- 54SUMMERHOUSE$0.91/1hr4h87.26%92.97%
- 55Gamble With Your Friends$0.93/1hr5h88.28%89.60%
- 56Party Club$0.95/1hr4h81.86%71.65%
- 57Mister Furry: Hot Muscles$0.96/1hr1h87.38%91.75%
- 58Digseum$1.08/1hr3h90.88%97.68%
- 59Minami Lane$1.20/1hr4h90.17%97.38%
- 60Chushpan Simulator$1.23/1hr2h85.37%85.50%
- 61Hand Simulator$1.36/1hr2h84.09%83.75%
- 62Dystopika$1.39/1hr3h88.05%95.80%
- 63Hunting Simulator 2$1.49/1hr1h83.21%68.65%
- 64Achievement Clicker$1.56/1hr1h84.62%82.52%
- 65Five Nights at Freddy's$1.58/1hr3h92.60%93.82%
- 66Kabuto Park$1.58/1hr3h89.81%99.50%
- 67Kiosk$1.77/1hr2h85.89%87.83%
- 68The Exit 8$1.92/1hr1h89.49%93.02%
- 69DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION$2.02/1hr1h90.24%94.20%
- 70Insomnia: Theater in the Head$2.62/1hr1h88.10%97.18%
- 71Initial Drift Online$4.47/1hr1h76.79%62.10%
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.