Best Value Story Rich Games Under $10

The Story Rich games on Steam games under $10 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.

All Indie Action Adventure Simulation RPG Strategy Co-op Open World Story Rich Casual Funny Survival Difficult Pixel Graphics PvP Horror Anime Puzzle Rogue-like Relaxing Turn-Based Strategy Local Co-Op Psychological Horror Hack and Slash Platformer MMO RTS Immersive Sim Post-apocalyptic Action Roguelike City Builder Life Sim Zombies Sports Racing Survival Horror Stealth Bullet Hell Dungeon Crawler Visual Novel JRPG Deckbuilding Grand Strategy Cyberpunk Tower Defense Clicker Fighting Open World Survival Craft Boomer Shooter Colony Sim Farming Sim Cozy Auto Battler Cooking Twin Stick Shooter Metroidvania 4X Souls-like Dating Sim MMORPG

By price

Any priceUnder $5Under $10Under $20Under $40
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. 1Fallout 4$0.04/1hr
  2. 2Fallout: New Vegas$0.04/1hr
  3. 3Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.07/1hr
  4. 4Mad Max$0.07/1hr
  5. 5The Surge$0.07/1hr
  6. 6Batman: Arkham Knight$0.10/1hr
  7. 7Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.10/1hr
  8. 8The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.12/1hr
  9. 9Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth$0.12/1hr
  10. 10Hogwarts Legacy$0.12/1hr
  11. 11Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.12/1hr
  12. 12Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga$0.12/1hr
  13. 13Middle-earth: Shadow of War$0.13/1hr
  14. 14Deponia$0.13/1hr
  15. 15Bean Battles$0.14/1hr
  16. 16GreedFall$0.14/1hr
  17. 17Hacknet$0.14/1hr
  18. 18The Surge 2$0.15/1hr
  19. 19Mirror$0.15/1hr
  20. 20Mafia III: Definitive Edition$0.15/1hr
  21. 21Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition$0.16/1hr
  22. 22Undertale$0.16/1hr
  23. 23Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor$0.16/1hr
  24. 24Monster Sanctuary$0.17/1hr
  25. 25Alan Wake$0.17/1hr
  26. 26STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords$0.18/1hr
  27. 27Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition$0.18/1hr
  28. 28Celeste$0.18/1hr
  29. 29Coromon$0.19/1hr
  30. 30Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy$0.20/1hr
  31. 31Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions$0.20/1hr
  32. 32DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition$0.20/1hr
  33. 33Batman: Arkham Origins$0.21/1hr
  34. 34F.E.A.R.$0.21/1hr
  35. 35Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition$0.22/1hr
  36. 36Tainted Grail: Conquest$0.22/1hr
  37. 37BioShock 2 Remastered$0.22/1hr
  38. 38CONTROL Ultimate Edition$0.22/1hr
  39. 39Russian Life Simulator$0.23/1hr
  40. 40LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2$0.23/1hr
  41. 41Blasphemous 2$0.23/1hr
  42. 42The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut$0.23/1hr
  43. 43Bendy and the Dark Revival$0.23/1hr
  44. 44STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic$0.25/1hr
  45. 45BioShock 2$0.25/1hr
  46. 46Echoes of the Plum Grove$0.25/1hr
  47. 47Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition$0.26/1hr
  48. 48Sally Face - Episode One$0.26/1hr
  49. 49Fallout 3$0.26/1hr
  50. 50Seen$0.27/1hr
  51. 51Tropico 6$0.27/1hr
  52. 52Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter$0.27/1hr
  53. 53RoboCop: Rogue City$0.28/1hr
  54. 54Mafia$0.28/1hr
  55. 55Shadowrun Returns$0.28/1hr
  56. 56Alan Wake's American Nightmare$0.28/1hr
  57. 57Mortal Kombat 11$0.29/1hr
  58. 58Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew$0.29/1hr
  59. 59Black Book$0.29/1hr
  60. 60Resident Evil$0.31/1hr
  61. 61Matchmaking Inc.$0.31/1hr
  62. 62To the Moon$0.31/1hr
  63. 63LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga$0.32/1hr
  64. 64Nothing$0.32/1hr
  65. 65Tricolour Lovestory$0.33/1hr
  66. 66Vigil: The Longest Night$0.33/1hr
  67. 67Resident Evil 0$0.34/1hr
  68. 68Mortal Kombat 1$0.35/1hr
  69. 69Resident Evil Revelations 2$0.35/1hr
  70. 70BioShock Remastered$0.35/1hr
  71. 71The Sinking City Remastered$0.35/1hr
  72. 72Dishonored$0.35/1hr
  73. 73Homeworld Remastered Collection$0.35/1hr
  74. 74Sherlock Holmes The Awakened$0.35/1hr
  75. 75VillageRhapsody$0.36/1hr
  76. 76BioShock$0.37/1hr
  77. 77Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne$0.37/1hr
  78. 78Finding Paradise$0.37/1hr
  79. 79Okami HD$0.37/1hr
  80. 80Amnesia: The Dark Descent$0.38/1hr
  81. 81Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak$0.39/1hr
  82. 82Mafia II (Classic)$0.39/1hr
  83. 83Axiom Verge$0.40/1hr
  84. 84Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You$0.40/1hr
  85. 85Mafia II: Definitive Edition$0.41/1hr
  86. 86Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III$0.41/1hr
  87. 87Resident Evil 2$0.42/1hr
  88. 88Gotham Knights$0.43/1hr
  89. 89BioShock Infinite$0.44/1hr
  90. 90Half-Life 2$0.44/1hr
  91. 91Resident Evil Revelations$0.44/1hr
  92. 92The Darkness II$0.44/1hr
  93. 93Going Under$0.45/1hr
  94. 94Max Payne$0.45/1hr
  95. 95Call of Juarez: Gunslinger$0.45/1hr
  96. 96Amnesia: The Bunker$0.45/1hr
  97. 97Neo Cab$0.45/1hr
  98. 98Mister Furry: Hot Muscles$0.46/1hr
  99. 99Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition$0.46/1hr
  100. 100Citizen Sleeper$0.48/1hr

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.