Best Value Visual Novel Games Under $20

The Visual Novel games on Steam games under $20 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. 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. 9School Days2.9 h/$
  10. 10Mirror 2: Project X2.8 h/$
  11. 11Yog-Sothoth’s Yard2.7 h/$
  12. 12Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll2.5 h/$
  13. 13Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You2.5 h/$
  14. 14Until Then2.3 h/$
  15. 15Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth12.2 h/$
  16. 16Volcano Princess2.0 h/$
  17. 17Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair1.9 h/$
  18. 18Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales1.7 h/$
  19. 19The Red Strings Club1.6 h/$
  20. 20This Is the Police1.5 h/$
  21. 21Far Away1.4 h/$
  22. 22AI: The Somnium Files1.4 h/$
  23. 23Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc1.4 h/$
  24. 24Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy1.4 h/$
  25. 25MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA1.3 h/$
  26. 26Growing Up1.3 h/$
  27. 27Knowledge, or know Lady1.2 h/$
  28. 28Tiny Bunny1.2 h/$
  29. 29Tales of the Black Forest1.2 h/$
  30. 30Otaku's Adventure1.2 h/$
  31. 31Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate1.1 h/$
  32. 32Beacon Pines1.1 h/$
  33. 33The Coffin of Andy and Leyley1.0 h/$
  34. 34DRAMAtical Murder1.0 h/$
  35. 35VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action1.0 h/$
  36. 36Vanity Fair: The Pursuit0.9 h/$
  37. 37An alt girl for skoof0.9 h/$
  38. 38LoveChoice0.9 h/$
  39. 39American Arcadia0.9 h/$
  40. 40The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty0.9 h/$
  41. 41Minds Beneath Us0.9 h/$
  42. 42Assemble with Care0.9 h/$
  43. 43Rebellion GODSOUL: Awakening0.9 h/$
  44. 44TOGETHER BnB0.8 h/$
  45. 45Love Is All Around0.8 h/$
  46. 46Pyre0.8 h/$
  47. 47Tales from the Borderlands0.8 h/$
  48. 48Nunholy0.8 h/$
  49. 49Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!0.8 h/$
  50. 50Dreamlike Love with Seira0.7 h/$
  51. 51Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series0.7 h/$
  52. 52Night in the Woods0.7 h/$
  53. 53The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante0.7 h/$
  54. 54NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD0.7 h/$
  55. 55NEKOPARA Vol. 40.7 h/$
  56. 56Batman - The Telltale Series0.7 h/$
  57. 57KinitoPET0.7 h/$
  58. 58Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost0.7 h/$
  59. 59Winter Memories0.6 h/$
  60. 60NEKOPARA Vol. 00.6 h/$
  61. 61To Be or Not to Be0.6 h/$
  62. 62The Walking Dead: A New Frontier0.6 h/$
  63. 63NEKOPARA Vol. 10.6 h/$
  64. 64The Wolf Among Us0.6 h/$
  65. 65Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel0.6 h/$
  66. 66We. The Revolution0.6 h/$
  67. 67Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut0.5 h/$
  68. 68Monster Prom0.5 h/$
  69. 69GIRLS MADE PUDDING0.5 h/$
  70. 70Coffee Talk0.5 h/$
  71. 711 to 1 humanoid edible toys0.5 h/$
  72. 72Sanfu0.5 h/$
  73. 73Her Story0.5 h/$
  74. 74Summer Memories0.5 h/$
  75. 75NEKOPARA Vol. 20.5 h/$
  76. 76A Bird Story0.4 h/$
  77. 77Class of '090.4 h/$
  78. 78No Case Should Remain Unsolved0.4 h/$
  79. 79Firework0.4 h/$
  80. 80Detention0.4 h/$
  81. 81Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk0.4 h/$
  82. 82The Song of Saya0.4 h/$
  83. 83The Operator0.3 h/$
  84. 84Venba0.3 h/$
  85. 85Storyteller0.3 h/$
  86. 86Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk0.3 h/$
  87. 87Marco & The Galaxy Dragon0.3 h/$
  88. 88The Test0.2 h/$
  89. 89BAD END THEATER0.2 h/$
  90. 90Florence0.2 h/$
  91. 91What Remains of Edith Finch0.1 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.