Best Value Souls-like Games Under $40

The Souls-like games on Steam games under $40 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. 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. 21Hades II2.3 h/$
  22. 22ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights2.3 h/$
  23. 23Dead Cells2.2 h/$
  24. 24Sifu2.1 h/$
  25. 25GRIME2.0 h/$
  26. 26Death's Gambit: Afterlife2.0 h/$
  27. 27Thymesia2.0 h/$
  28. 28ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist2.0 h/$
  29. 29Nothing1.8 h/$
  30. 30Anomaly Agent1.7 h/$
  31. 31Last Command1.7 h/$
  32. 32Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe1.7 h/$
  33. 33Lies of P1.6 h/$
  34. 34Cuphead1.6 h/$
  35. 35Lunacid1.5 h/$
  36. 36DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin1.5 h/$
  37. 37Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty1.5 h/$
  38. 38Another Crab's Treasure1.4 h/$
  39. 39Pseudoregalia1.4 h/$
  40. 40Gujian3(古剑奇谭三)1.4 h/$
  41. 41Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy1.4 h/$
  42. 42Vigil: The Longest Night1.3 h/$
  43. 43DARK SOULS: REMASTERED1.3 h/$
  44. 44DARK SOULS II1.2 h/$
  45. 45Outward Definitive Edition1.2 h/$
  46. 46Salt and Sanctuary1.2 h/$
  47. 47Dread Delusion1.2 h/$
  48. 48Nine Sols1.2 h/$
  49. 49No Rest for the Wicked1.2 h/$
  50. 50Afterimage1.2 h/$
  51. 51Juice Galaxy1.1 h/$
  52. 52PICO PARK1.0 h/$
  53. 53Windblown1.0 h/$
  54. 54The Surge1.0 h/$
  55. 55Jump King1.0 h/$
  56. 56Prince of Persia The Lost Crown1.0 h/$
  57. 57An alt girl for skoof0.9 h/$
  58. 58The Last Faith0.9 h/$
  59. 59Returnal0.9 h/$
  60. 60Curse of the Dead Gods0.8 h/$
  61. 61AI LIMIT0.8 h/$
  62. 62Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight0.7 h/$
  63. 63FlyKnight0.7 h/$
  64. 64TUNIC0.7 h/$
  65. 65Witchfire0.7 h/$
  66. 66Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+0.7 h/$
  67. 67Hunt Down The Freeman0.7 h/$
  68. 68NEKOPARA Vol. 40.7 h/$
  69. 69Momodora: Moonlit Farewell0.7 h/$
  70. 70Darksiders III0.6 h/$
  71. 71STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order0.6 h/$
  72. 72To Be or Not to Be0.6 h/$
  73. 73The Surge 20.6 h/$
  74. 74NEKOPARA Vol. 10.6 h/$
  75. 75BIOMUTANT0.6 h/$
  76. 76Remnant: From the Ashes0.6 h/$
  77. 77Trombone Champ0.6 h/$
  78. 78LIZARDS MUST DIE0.5 h/$
  79. 79Tails of Iron0.5 h/$
  80. 80Hyper Light Drifter0.5 h/$
  81. 81Lords Of The Fallen 20140.5 h/$
  82. 82Mortal Shell0.4 h/$
  83. 83Kena: Bridge of Spirits0.4 h/$
  84. 84Going Under0.4 h/$
  85. 85Neva0.3 h/$
  86. 86Lonely Mountains: Downhill0.3 h/$
  87. 87Eastern Exorcist0.2 h/$
  88. 88Bright Memory0.2 h/$
  89. 89Bright 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.