Best Value Souls-like Games

The Souls-like games that stretch a budget furthest: median reviewer playtime divided by current price. Pick your currency in the top bar to rank against your local prices.

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Median reviewer playtime divided by price. 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.
  1. 1Monster Hunter: World11 h/$
  2. 2Blasphemous10 h/$
  3. 3Nioh: Complete Edition7.2 h/$
  4. 4Path of Exile 26.5 h/$
  5. 5Vampyr6.3 h/$
  6. 6ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN5.7 h/$
  7. 7Blasphemous 25.5 h/$
  8. 8Hollow Knight5.1 h/$
  9. 9CODE VEIN4.8 h/$
  10. 10Death's Door4.5 h/$
  11. 11Papa's Freezeria Deluxe4.2 h/$
  12. 12Lords of the Fallen3.3 h/$
  13. 13Exanima3.2 h/$
  14. 14Souldiers3.2 h/$
  15. 15Asterigos: Curse of the Stars3.1 h/$
  16. 16Rain World3.0 h/$
  17. 17Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition3.0 h/$
  18. 18Ori and the Will of the Wisps2.7 h/$
  19. 19Monster Hunter Wilds2.5 h/$
  20. 20Titan Souls2.4 h/$
  21. 21ELDEN RING2.3 h/$
  22. 22Hades II2.3 h/$
  23. 23ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights2.3 h/$
  24. 24Dead Cells2.2 h/$
  25. 25Sifu2.1 h/$
  26. 26GRIME2.0 h/$
  27. 27Death's Gambit: Afterlife2.0 h/$
  28. 28Thymesia2.0 h/$
  29. 29ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist2.0 h/$
  30. 30Nothing1.8 h/$
  31. 31Anomaly Agent1.7 h/$
  32. 32Last Command1.7 h/$
  33. 33Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe1.7 h/$
  34. 34Lies of P1.6 h/$
  35. 35Cuphead1.6 h/$
  36. 36Lunacid1.5 h/$
  37. 37DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin1.5 h/$
  38. 38Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty1.5 h/$
  39. 39Another Crab's Treasure1.4 h/$
  40. 40Pseudoregalia1.4 h/$
  41. 41Gujian3(古剑奇谭三)1.4 h/$
  42. 42Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy1.4 h/$
  43. 43Clair Obscur: Expedition 331.3 h/$
  44. 44Vigil: The Longest Night1.3 h/$
  45. 45DARK SOULS: REMASTERED1.3 h/$
  46. 46DARK SOULS II1.2 h/$
  47. 47Outward Definitive Edition1.2 h/$
  48. 48Salt and Sanctuary1.2 h/$
  49. 49Dread Delusion1.2 h/$
  50. 50REMNANT II1.2 h/$
  51. 51Nine Sols1.2 h/$
  52. 52No Rest for the Wicked1.2 h/$
  53. 53Afterimage1.2 h/$
  54. 54Juice Galaxy1.1 h/$
  55. 55Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition1.1 h/$
  56. 56DARK SOULS III1.1 h/$
  57. 57Black Myth: Wukong1.0 h/$
  58. 58PICO PARK1.0 h/$
  59. 59Windblown1.0 h/$
  60. 60The Surge1.0 h/$
  61. 61God of War Ragnarök1.0 h/$
  62. 62Jump King1.0 h/$
  63. 63Prince of Persia The Lost Crown1.0 h/$
  64. 64An alt girl for skoof0.9 h/$
  65. 65The Last Faith0.9 h/$
  66. 66Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT0.9 h/$
  67. 67Returnal0.9 h/$
  68. 68ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON0.9 h/$
  69. 69Curse of the Dead Gods0.8 h/$
  70. 70God of War0.8 h/$
  71. 71The First Berserker: Khazan0.8 h/$
  72. 72AI LIMIT0.8 h/$
  73. 73Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight0.7 h/$
  74. 74FlyKnight0.7 h/$
  75. 75TUNIC0.7 h/$
  76. 76Witchfire0.7 h/$
  77. 77Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+0.7 h/$
  78. 78Hunt Down The Freeman0.7 h/$
  79. 79NEKOPARA Vol. 40.7 h/$
  80. 80Momodora: Moonlit Farewell0.7 h/$
  81. 81Darksiders III0.6 h/$
  82. 82STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order0.6 h/$
  83. 83To Be or Not to Be0.6 h/$
  84. 84The Surge 20.6 h/$
  85. 85NEKOPARA Vol. 10.6 h/$
  86. 86BIOMUTANT0.6 h/$
  87. 87Remnant: From the Ashes0.6 h/$
  88. 88Trombone Champ0.6 h/$
  89. 89LIZARDS MUST DIE0.5 h/$
  90. 90WILD HEARTS0.5 h/$
  91. 91Tails of Iron0.5 h/$
  92. 92Hyper Light Drifter0.5 h/$
  93. 93Lords Of The Fallen 20140.5 h/$
  94. 94STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor0.4 h/$
  95. 95Mortal Shell0.4 h/$
  96. 96SCARLET NEXUS0.4 h/$
  97. 97Kena: Bridge of Spirits0.4 h/$
  98. 98Going Under0.4 h/$
  99. 99Neva0.3 h/$
  100. 100Lonely Mountains: Downhill0.3 h/$

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.