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.

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.
  1. 1Monster Hunter: World$0.06/1hr
  2. 2The Surge$0.09/1hr
  3. 3Souldiers$0.11/1hr
  4. 4Vampyr$0.14/1hr
  5. 5The Surge 2$0.16/1hr
  6. 6CODE VEIN$0.20/1hr
  7. 7Nothing$0.20/1hr
  8. 8Hollow Knight$0.21/1hr
  9. 9Curse of the Dead Gods$0.23/1hr
  10. 10Death's Door$0.26/1hr
  11. 11Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight$0.26/1hr
  12. 12Gujian3(古剑奇谭三)$0.29/1hr
  13. 13Titan Souls$0.32/1hr
  14. 14Papa's Freezeria Deluxe$0.36/1hr
  15. 15Dead Cells$0.37/1hr
  16. 16Absolver$0.41/1hr
  17. 17Nine Sols$0.43/1hr
  18. 18Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe$0.50/1hr
  19. 19Prince of Persia The Lost Crown$0.50/1hr
  20. 20Exanima$0.52/1hr
  21. 21Another Crab's Treasure$0.56/1hr
  22. 22Sifu$0.58/1hr
  23. 23Pseudoregalia$0.66/1hr
  24. 24Last Command$0.73/1hr
  25. 25Windblown$0.74/1hr
  26. 26Dread Delusion$0.77/1hr
  27. 27Lunacid$0.77/1hr
  28. 28Juice Galaxy$0.79/1hr
  29. 29Lonely Mountains: Downhill$0.81/1hr
  30. 30SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER$0.84/1hr
  31. 31Death's Gambit: Afterlife$0.85/1hr
  32. 32Salt and Sanctuary$0.86/1hr
  33. 33Momodora: Moonlit Farewell$0.86/1hr
  34. 34Jump King$0.93/1hr
  35. 35Cuphead$0.93/1hr
  36. 36SCARLET NEXUS$1.00/1hr
  37. 37Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy$1.00/1hr
  38. 38An alt girl for skoof$1.07/1hr
  39. 39Death Trash$1.24/1hr
  40. 40PICO PARK$1.40/1hr
  41. 41FlyKnight$1.44/1hr
  42. 42Blue Fire$1.59/1hr
  43. 43LIZARDS MUST DIE$1.72/1hr
  44. 44Going Under$1.73/1hr
  45. 45NEKOPARA Vol. 4$1.76/1hr
  46. 46Anomaly Agent$1.76/1hr
  47. 47To Be or Not to Be$1.77/1hr
  48. 48NEKOPARA Vol. 1$1.78/1hr
  49. 49Hunt Down The Freeman$1.87/1hr
  50. 50Hyper Light Drifter$1.96/1hr
  51. 51Trombone Champ$2.33/1hr
  52. 52Minoria$2.86/1hr
  53. 53Bright Memory$2.90/1hr
  54. 54Neva$2.91/1hr
  55. 55Bright Memory: Infinite$3.17/1hr

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.