Best Value Visual Novel Games

The Visual Novel games that stretch a budget furthest: median reviewer playtime divided by current price. Pick your currency in the top bar to rank against your local prices.

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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. 1Banner of the Maid14 h/$
  2. 2Mirror12 h/$
  3. 3Chill Pulse12 h/$
  4. 4Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth8.4 h/$
  5. 5Suzerain5.4 h/$
  6. 6Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet5.1 h/$
  7. 7Super Robot Wars 304.1 h/$
  8. 8Persona 4 Golden4.0 h/$
  9. 9Library Of Ruina3.4 h/$
  10. 10Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation3.2 h/$
  11. 11School Days2.9 h/$
  12. 12Mirror 2: Project X2.8 h/$
  13. 13Yog-Sothoth’s Yard2.7 h/$
  14. 14Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll2.5 h/$
  15. 15Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You2.5 h/$
  16. 16Until Then2.3 h/$
  17. 17Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth12.2 h/$
  18. 18Volcano Princess2.0 h/$
  19. 19Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair1.9 h/$
  20. 20Persona 5 Royal1.9 h/$
  21. 21Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy1.8 h/$
  22. 22Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales1.7 h/$
  23. 23The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles1.6 h/$
  24. 24The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel1.6 h/$
  25. 25The Red Strings Club1.6 h/$
  26. 26This Is the Police1.5 h/$
  27. 27Fate/Samurai Remnant1.5 h/$
  28. 28Far Away1.4 h/$
  29. 29AI: The Somnium Files1.4 h/$
  30. 30Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc1.4 h/$
  31. 31Persona 3 Reload1.4 h/$
  32. 32Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy1.4 h/$
  33. 33MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA1.3 h/$
  34. 34Growing Up1.3 h/$
  35. 35STEINS;GATE1.2 h/$
  36. 36Knowledge, or know Lady1.2 h/$
  37. 37Tiny Bunny1.2 h/$
  38. 38Tales of the Black Forest1.2 h/$
  39. 39CLANNAD1.2 h/$
  40. 40Otaku's Adventure1.2 h/$
  41. 41Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony1.2 h/$
  42. 42Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition1.1 h/$
  43. 43Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate1.1 h/$
  44. 44I Was a Teenage Exocolonist1.1 h/$
  45. 45Raging Loop1.1 h/$
  46. 46Beacon Pines1.1 h/$
  47. 47The Coffin of Andy and Leyley1.0 h/$
  48. 48DRAMAtical Murder1.0 h/$
  49. 49VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action1.0 h/$
  50. 50Vanity Fair: The Pursuit0.9 h/$
  51. 51An alt girl for skoof0.9 h/$
  52. 52LoveChoice0.9 h/$
  53. 53Disco Elysium - The Final Cut0.9 h/$
  54. 54American Arcadia0.9 h/$
  55. 55Senren＊Banka0.9 h/$
  56. 56The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty0.9 h/$
  57. 57Minds Beneath Us0.9 h/$
  58. 58Assemble with Care0.9 h/$
  59. 59Rebellion GODSOUL: Awakening0.9 h/$
  60. 60The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series0.9 h/$
  61. 61TOGETHER BnB0.8 h/$
  62. 62StarVaders0.8 h/$
  63. 63魔女的夜宴0.8 h/$
  64. 64Love Is All Around0.8 h/$
  65. 65STEINS;GATE 00.8 h/$
  66. 66Pyre0.8 h/$
  67. 67BlazBlue Centralfiction0.8 h/$
  68. 68Tales from the Borderlands0.8 h/$
  69. 69Nunholy0.8 h/$
  70. 70Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!0.8 h/$
  71. 71Scarlet Hollow0.8 h/$
  72. 72Dreamlike Love with Seira0.7 h/$
  73. 73Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series0.7 h/$
  74. 74Night in the Woods0.7 h/$
  75. 75The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante0.7 h/$
  76. 76NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD0.7 h/$
  77. 77NEKOPARA Vol. 40.7 h/$
  78. 78Batman - The Telltale Series0.7 h/$
  79. 79KinitoPET0.7 h/$
  80. 80Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost0.7 h/$
  81. 81Winter Memories0.6 h/$
  82. 82NEKOPARA Vol. 00.6 h/$
  83. 83To Be or Not to Be0.6 h/$
  84. 84The Walking Dead: A New Frontier0.6 h/$
  85. 85ATRI -My Dear Moments-0.6 h/$
  86. 86NEKOPARA Vol. 10.6 h/$
  87. 87The Wolf Among Us0.6 h/$
  88. 88Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel0.6 h/$
  89. 89We. The Revolution0.6 h/$
  90. 90Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut0.5 h/$
  91. 91Monster Prom0.5 h/$
  92. 92GIRLS MADE PUDDING0.5 h/$
  93. 93Coffee Talk0.5 h/$
  94. 941 to 1 humanoid edible toys0.5 h/$
  95. 95Sanfu0.5 h/$
  96. 96Her Story0.5 h/$
  97. 97Summer Memories0.5 h/$
  98. 98NEKOPARA Vol. 20.5 h/$
  99. 99OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition0.4 h/$
  100. 100A Bird Story0.4 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.