Best Value Souls-like Games Under $20

The Souls-like games on Steam games under $20 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.

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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. 6Blasphemous 25.5 h/$
  7. 7Hollow Knight5.1 h/$
  8. 8CODE VEIN4.8 h/$
  9. 9Death's Door4.5 h/$
  10. 10Papa's Freezeria Deluxe4.2 h/$
  11. 11Lords of the Fallen3.3 h/$
  12. 12Exanima3.2 h/$
  13. 13Souldiers3.2 h/$
  14. 14Asterigos: Curse of the Stars3.1 h/$
  15. 15Rain World3.0 h/$
  16. 16Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition3.0 h/$
  17. 17Ori and the Will of the Wisps2.7 h/$
  18. 18Titan Souls2.4 h/$
  19. 19ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights2.3 h/$
  20. 20Dead Cells2.2 h/$
  21. 21Sifu2.1 h/$
  22. 22GRIME2.0 h/$
  23. 23Death's Gambit: Afterlife2.0 h/$
  24. 24Thymesia2.0 h/$
  25. 25ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist2.0 h/$
  26. 26Nothing1.8 h/$
  27. 27Anomaly Agent1.7 h/$
  28. 28Last Command1.7 h/$
  29. 29Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe1.7 h/$
  30. 30Cuphead1.6 h/$
  31. 31Lunacid1.5 h/$
  32. 32Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty1.5 h/$
  33. 33Another Crab's Treasure1.4 h/$
  34. 34Pseudoregalia1.4 h/$
  35. 35Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy1.4 h/$
  36. 36Salt and Sanctuary1.2 h/$
  37. 37Dread Delusion1.2 h/$
  38. 38Juice Galaxy1.1 h/$
  39. 39PICO PARK1.0 h/$
  40. 40The Surge1.0 h/$
  41. 41Jump King1.0 h/$
  42. 42An alt girl for skoof0.9 h/$
  43. 43Returnal0.9 h/$
  44. 44Curse of the Dead Gods0.8 h/$
  45. 45Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight0.7 h/$
  46. 46FlyKnight0.7 h/$
  47. 47Hunt Down The Freeman0.7 h/$
  48. 48NEKOPARA Vol. 40.7 h/$
  49. 49Momodora: Moonlit Farewell0.7 h/$
  50. 50To Be or Not to Be0.6 h/$
  51. 51NEKOPARA Vol. 10.6 h/$
  52. 52Trombone Champ0.6 h/$
  53. 53LIZARDS MUST DIE0.5 h/$
  54. 54Hyper Light Drifter0.5 h/$
  55. 55Going Under0.4 h/$
  56. 56Neva0.3 h/$
  57. 57Lonely Mountains: Downhill0.3 h/$
  58. 58Eastern Exorcist0.2 h/$
  59. 59Bright Memory0.2 h/$
  60. 60Bright Memory: Infinite0.2 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.