Best Value Stealth Games Under $40

The Stealth games on Steam games under $40 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.

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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. 1Dead by Daylight$0.02/1hr
  2. 2HITMAN World of Assassination$0.08/1hr
  3. 3Batman: Arkham Knight$0.10/1hr
  4. 4Middle-earth: Shadow of War$0.13/1hr
  5. 5PAYDAY 2$0.13/1hr
  6. 6Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun$0.14/1hr
  7. 7Mafia III: Definitive Edition$0.15/1hr
  8. 8Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition$0.16/1hr
  9. 9Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor$0.16/1hr
  10. 10Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition$0.18/1hr
  11. 11Batman: Arkham Origins$0.21/1hr
  12. 12Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion$0.23/1hr
  13. 13Bendy and the Dark Revival$0.23/1hr
  14. 14Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition$0.26/1hr
  15. 15Chernobylite Complete Edition$0.28/1hr
  16. 16Survivalist: Invisible Strain$0.28/1hr
  17. 17Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew$0.29/1hr
  18. 18METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN$0.31/1hr
  19. 19PAYDAY The Heist$0.31/1hr
  20. 20R.E.P.O.$0.35/1hr
  21. 21Dishonored$0.35/1hr
  22. 22Witch It$0.36/1hr
  23. 23Amnesia: The Dark Descent$0.38/1hr
  24. 24The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition$0.38/1hr
  25. 25The Escapists 2$0.39/1hr
  26. 26Dying Light$0.41/1hr
  27. 27Gotham Knights$0.43/1hr
  28. 28Schedule I$0.45/1hr
  29. 29Amnesia: The Bunker$0.45/1hr
  30. 30The Outlast Trials$0.46/1hr
  31. 31The Texas Chain Saw Massacre$0.46/1hr
  32. 32Shadows of Doubt$0.49/1hr
  33. 33Crime Scene Cleaner$0.56/1hr
  34. 34Streets of Rogue$0.58/1hr
  35. 35Assassin’s Creed Rogue$0.59/1hr
  36. 36GTFO$0.59/1hr
  37. 37Escape the Backrooms$0.60/1hr
  38. 38theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.62/1hr
  39. 39Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut$0.65/1hr
  40. 40Far Cry 2$0.65/1hr
  41. 41Styx: Master of Shadows$0.68/1hr
  42. 42Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days$0.70/1hr
  43. 43Trepang2$0.72/1hr
  44. 44Invisible, Inc.$0.77/1hr
  45. 45DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT$0.80/1hr
  46. 46Assassin's Creed 2$0.80/1hr
  47. 47Assassin's Creed III Remastered$0.80/1hr
  48. 48Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag$0.81/1hr
  49. 49Far Cry 3$0.84/1hr
  50. 50Hitman: Blood Money$0.85/1hr
  51. 51The Bureau: XCOM Declassified$0.85/1hr
  52. 52Chants of Sennaar$0.86/1hr
  53. 53Dark Messiah of Might & Magic$0.87/1hr
  54. 54Deus Ex: Mankind Divided$0.89/1hr
  55. 55Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood$0.91/1hr
  56. 56Assassin's Creed Syndicate$0.91/1hr
  57. 57Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines$0.92/1hr
  58. 58PAYDAY 3$0.92/1hr
  59. 59DEVOUR$0.92/1hr
  60. 60Watch_Dogs$0.93/1hr
  61. 61The Evil Within$0.94/1hr
  62. 62Sniper Ghost Warrior 3$0.95/1hr
  63. 63Prey$0.97/1hr
  64. 64Far Cry 4$0.99/1hr
  65. 65Gloomwood$1.00/1hr
  66. 66Metro Exodus$1.01/1hr
  67. 67This War of Mine$1.02/1hr
  68. 68Tom Clancy’s The Division$1.03/1hr
  69. 69Far Cry$1.03/1hr
  70. 70Assassin's Creed Revelations$1.04/1hr
  71. 71Cruelty Squad$1.06/1hr
  72. 72Wolfenstein: The New Order$1.11/1hr
  73. 73Aliens: Dark Descent$1.16/1hr
  74. 74Arctic Eggs$1.17/1hr
  75. 75Party Hard$1.18/1hr
  76. 76METAL GEAR SURVIVE$1.18/1hr
  77. 77Thief$1.23/1hr
  78. 78Desperados III$1.23/1hr
  79. 79Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition$1.24/1hr
  80. 80Metro: Last Light Redux$1.24/1hr
  81. 81Dishonored 2$1.25/1hr
  82. 82Far Cry Primal$1.28/1hr
  83. 83A Plague Tale: Innocence$1.30/1hr
  84. 84Assassin's Creed Unity$1.33/1hr
  85. 85VLADiK BRUTAL$1.37/1hr
  86. 86Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden$1.37/1hr
  87. 87Thief Simulator$1.42/1hr
  88. 88Outlast$1.43/1hr
  89. 89Lucius$1.47/1hr
  90. 90Metro 2033 Redux$1.52/1hr
  91. 91METAL GEAR & METAL GEAR 2: Solid Snake$1.54/1hr
  92. 92Hitman: Absolution$1.54/1hr
  93. 93Crime Boss: Rockay City$1.57/1hr
  94. 94PANICORE$1.59/1hr
  95. 95Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition$1.61/1hr
  96. 96Rise of the Tomb Raider$1.62/1hr
  97. 97Prototype$1.62/1hr
  98. 98Stray$1.63/1hr
  99. 99Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts$1.64/1hr
  100. 100Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley$1.65/1hr

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.