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$0.01/1hr250h48.95%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%
- 9Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr65h88.41%95.54%
- 10Rising Storm 2: Vietnam$0.10/1hr26h86.72%87.02%
- 11theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.11/1hr37h88.88%89.07%
- 12Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition$0.11/1hr41h93.37%94.96%
- 13Trailmakers$0.12/1hr40h90.61%92.09%
- 14Anno 1404 - History Edition$0.12/1hr36h84.31%82.44%
- 15Hacknet$0.13/1hr12h91.16%93.54%
- 16Garry's Mod$0.13/1hr40h96.77%96.87%
- 17This War of Mine$0.15/1hr20h93.02%93.85%
- 18Internet Cafe Simulator$0.16/1hr6h78.73%72.67%
- 19Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.16/1hr13h93.40%97.59%
- 20Do Not Feed the Monkeys$0.16/1hr10h89.76%93.56%
- 21Unity of Command II$0.18/1hr25h84.04%79.72%
- 22SKYHILL$0.19/1hr5h82.52%78.23%
- 23Green Hell$0.20/1hr19h84.75%84.72%
- 24FlatOut$0.20/1hr8h87.44%91.18%
- 25Easy Red 2$0.20/1hr22h88.03%90.22%
- 26Frostpunk$0.21/1hr22h92.20%92.73%
- 27Factory Town Idle$0.21/1hr24h85.63%90.84%
- 28Slime Rancher$0.21/1hr23h97.21%98.00%
- 29Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator$0.22/1hr21h84.71%83.74%
- 30The Battle of Polytopia$0.23/1hr20h88.32%93.95%
- 31Endzone - A World Apart$0.23/1hr11h80.88%76.75%
- 32Your Only Move Is HUSTLE$0.24/1hr21h94.35%96.48%
- 33Streamer Life Simulator$0.24/1hr8h81.07%76.11%
- 34Outpath$0.25/1hr18h86.85%92.90%
- 35Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist$0.26/1hr19h84.48%83.48%
- 36MudRunner$0.27/1hr15h90.35%91.58%
- 37F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch$0.27/1hr18h85.58%86.41%
- 38Bad North: Jotunn Edition$0.28/1hr11h89.81%93.24%
- 39My Dream Setup$0.28/1hr9h87.57%91.38%
- 40Game Dev Tycoon$0.31/1hr13h93.33%95.19%
- 41Totally Accurate Battle Simulator$0.31/1hr13h97.03%97.82%
- 42VillageRhapsody$0.32/1hr9h92.33%96.85%
- 43Monster Prom$0.37/1hr7h89.72%93.03%
- 44Yes, Your Grace$0.39/1hr8h86.19%87.06%
- 45Progressbar95$0.40/1hr13h87.94%96.15%
- 46Chushpan Simulator$0.41/1hr2h85.07%85.38%
- 47Turmoil$0.43/1hr10h89.89%92.95%
- 48Gourdlets$0.47/1hr6h86.32%92.48%
- 49Gladiator Guild Manager$0.48/1hr10h83.88%81.18%
- 50Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For-$0.49/1hr6h89.51%95.02%
- 51Supermarket Chaos$0.51/1hr10h86.24%93.19%
- 52Beholder: Conductor$0.53/1hr8h87.00%91.17%
- 53Marco & The Galaxy Dragon$0.56/1hr7h90.37%97.30%
- 54WRC 10 FIA World Rally Championship$0.56/1hr9h81.48%72.28%
- 55Drunken Wrestlers 2$0.59/1hr7h86.09%86.69%
- 56Maniac$0.60/1hr8h85.90%90.85%
- 57That's not my Neighbor$0.60/1hr5h86.18%88.80%
- 58Sticky Business$0.61/1hr8h88.77%93.75%
- 59Reigns$0.65/1hr5h85.85%86.93%
- 60House of Detention$0.65/1hr2h87.89%90.63%
- 6160 Seconds! Reatomized$0.68/1hr7h91.24%94.47%
- 62Nodebuster$0.68/1hr4h92.24%97.45%
- 63Townscaper$0.71/1hr3h92.03%95.30%
- 64Buckshot Roulette$0.72/1hr4h94.45%95.22%
- 65Retrowave$0.73/1hr4h91.15%95.16%
- 66Chained Together$0.74/1hr7h89.19%89.86%
- 67THE GAME OF LIFE 2$0.77/1hr5h82.80%78.02%
- 68Ravenous Devils$0.79/1hr6h88.74%92.56%
- 69Lonely Mountains: Downhill$0.81/1hr5h86.28%90.52%
- 70Cardboard Town$0.82/1hr5h84.05%79.97%
- 71Click Mage$0.82/1hr6h86.36%91.76%
- 72Russian Life Simulator$0.87/1hr1h86.60%88.54%
- 73Summon$0.93/1hr1h86.95%92.54%
- 7460 Parsecs!$0.97/1hr5h86.06%88.72%
- 75Hand Simulator$0.98/1hr3h84.03%83.77%
- 76LoveChoice$1.00/1hr2h90.68%92.25%
- 77Mister Furry: Hot Muscles$1.01/1hr1h87.05%91.73%
- 78Leaf it Alone$1.02/1hr4h88.90%96.21%
- 79Digseum$1.03/1hr3h90.68%97.76%
- 80Gamble With Your Friends$1.10/1hr5h87.89%89.54%
- 81Minami Lane$1.14/1hr4h89.94%97.46%
- 82Five Nights at Freddy's$1.25/1hr4h92.52%93.81%
- 83Initial Drift Online$1.26/1hr2h76.67%62.33%
- 84Comedy Night$1.32/1hr4h79.69%74.00%
- 85Kabuto Park$1.52/1hr3h89.46%99.55%
- 86RUSSIAPHOBIA$1.61/1hr1h77.99%68.68%
- 87Kiosk$1.67/1hr2h85.69%88.25%
- 88The Exit 8$1.84/1hr2h89.29%93.11%
- 89SUMMERHOUSE$2.05/1hr2h86.99%93.02%
- 90DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION$2.39/1hr1h90.33%94.21%
- 91Insomnia: Theater in the Head$2.45/1hr1h87.79%97.24%
- 92Achievement Clicker$2.97/1hr0h84.34%82.47%
- 93The Test$3.85/1hr1h92.82%96.72%
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.