Best Value Tower Defense Games Under $10

The Tower Defense games on Steam games under $10 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. 1Wall World14 h/$
  2. 2Rock 'N' Roll Defense12 h/$
  3. 3Dungeon of the ENDLESS11 h/$
  4. 4最后的仙门 The last Practice Sect10 h/$
  5. 5Orcs Must Die! 28.1 h/$
  6. 6The Riftbreaker7.0 h/$
  7. 7Orcs Must Die!6.2 h/$
  8. 8Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition6.2 h/$
  9. 9Mindustry5.7 h/$
  10. 10Rusted Warfare - RTS4.4 h/$
  11. 11Dome Keeper4.3 h/$
  12. 12METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED4.2 h/$
  13. 13GemCraft - Chasing Shadows3.6 h/$
  14. 14Warpips3.4 h/$
  15. 15X-Morph: Defense3.3 h/$
  16. 16Stronghold HD (2012)3.3 h/$
  17. 17Ship of Fools3.2 h/$
  18. 18Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)3.0 h/$
  19. 19Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense2.2 h/$
  20. 20Orcs Must Die! 32.2 h/$
  21. 21Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense2.2 h/$
  22. 22Progressbar952.0 h/$
  23. 23DG2: Defense Grid 21.8 h/$
  24. 24Castle Story1.8 h/$
  25. 25Cluckmech Oasis1.5 h/$
  26. 26Bloons TD 51.5 h/$
  27. 27Heretic's Fork1.0 h/$
  28. 28Ultimate Zombie Defense0.8 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.