Best Value Action Games

The Action 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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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. 1YoloMouse - Cursor Changer$0.01/1hr
  2. 2Black Desert$0.01/1hr
  3. 3Crosshair X$0.03/1hr
  4. 4The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut$0.03/1hr
  5. 5The Elder Scrolls Online$0.03/1hr
  6. 6Rust$0.05/1hr
  7. 7Foxhole$0.05/1hr
  8. 8ORION: Prelude$0.05/1hr
  9. 9Geometry Dash$0.05/1hr
  10. 10Fallout: New Vegas$0.05/1hr
  11. 11Dead by Daylight$0.06/1hr
  12. 12Terraria$0.07/1hr
  13. 13X4: Foundations$0.07/1hr
  14. 14Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands$0.07/1hr
  15. 15MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries$0.08/1hr
  16. 16Space Engineers$0.08/1hr
  17. 17Gothic II: Gold Edition$0.08/1hr
  18. 18Brotato$0.09/1hr
  19. 19Mass Effect Legendary Edition$0.09/1hr
  20. 20Rock 'N' Roll Defense$0.09/1hr
  21. 21Planes, Bullets and Vodka$0.09/1hr
  22. 22Cyberhunt$0.09/1hr
  23. 23Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut$0.09/1hr
  24. 24Starbound$0.10/1hr
  25. 25Just Cause 3$0.10/1hr
  26. 26Drug Dealer Simulator$0.10/1hr
  27. 27Rogue Legacy$0.10/1hr
  28. 28Vampire Survivors$0.10/1hr
  29. 29Mechabellum$0.10/1hr
  30. 30LEGO City Undercover$0.10/1hr
  31. 31Just Cause 2$0.11/1hr
  32. 32Cruelty Squad$0.11/1hr
  33. 33Borderlands 2$0.11/1hr
  34. 34DSX$0.11/1hr
  35. 35Tom Clancy’s The Division 2$0.12/1hr
  36. 36Painkiller: Black Edition$0.12/1hr
  37. 37Dishonored$0.12/1hr
  38. 38Darksiders Warmastered Edition$0.12/1hr
  39. 39Assassin's Creed Odyssey$0.13/1hr
  40. 40Dying Light$0.13/1hr
  41. 41Need for Speed Heat$0.13/1hr
  42. 42Gothic 3$0.13/1hr
  43. 43Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel$0.13/1hr
  44. 44Hunt: Showdown 1896$0.13/1hr
  45. 45Titan Quest Anniversary Edition$0.14/1hr
  46. 46Borderlands 3$0.14/1hr
  47. 47Path of Exile 2$0.14/1hr
  48. 48Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition$0.14/1hr
  49. 49Streets of Rogue$0.14/1hr
  50. 50Alice: Madness Returns$0.14/1hr
  51. 51Grim Dawn$0.14/1hr
  52. 52Deus Ex: Mankind Divided$0.14/1hr
  53. 53Deadside$0.15/1hr
  54. 54ELEX$0.15/1hr
  55. 55Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition$0.15/1hr
  56. 56Battlefield 1$0.15/1hr
  57. 57Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.15/1hr
  58. 58Nioh: Complete Edition$0.15/1hr
  59. 59SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising$0.15/1hr
  60. 60Monster Sanctuary$0.15/1hr
  61. 61Gothic 1$0.15/1hr
  62. 62ANEURISM IV$0.16/1hr
  63. 63ARC Raiders$0.16/1hr
  64. 64LEGO Marvel Super Heroes$0.16/1hr
  65. 65Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition$0.16/1hr
  66. 667 Days to Die$0.17/1hr
  67. 67Mass Effect: Andromeda Deluxe Edition$0.17/1hr
  68. 68Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced$0.17/1hr
  69. 69Avorion$0.17/1hr
  70. 70Dragon Age Inquisition$0.17/1hr
  71. 71Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions$0.17/1hr
  72. 72HELLDIVERS 2$0.17/1hr
  73. 73Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition$0.17/1hr
  74. 74Red Dead Online$0.17/1hr
  75. 75ARK: Survival Evolved$0.17/1hr
  76. 76Need for Speed Payback$0.18/1hr
  77. 77Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok$0.18/1hr
  78. 78Hero Siege$0.18/1hr
  79. 79Mount & Blade: Warband$0.18/1hr
  80. 80Elite Dangerous$0.18/1hr
  81. 81PEAK$0.18/1hr
  82. 82SpeedRunners$0.18/1hr
  83. 83Prey$0.18/1hr
  84. 84PlateUp!$0.18/1hr
  85. 85Mortal Online 2$0.18/1hr
  86. 86Left 4 Dead 2$0.18/1hr
  87. 87Town of Salem$0.19/1hr
  88. 88Death Must Die$0.19/1hr
  89. 89From the Depths$0.19/1hr
  90. 90Phasmophobia$0.19/1hr
  91. 91Going Under$0.19/1hr
  92. 92The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth$0.19/1hr
  93. 93ShellShock Live$0.19/1hr
  94. 94Dune: Awakening$0.20/1hr
  95. 95Murdered: Soul Suspect$0.20/1hr
  96. 96Friends vs Friends$0.20/1hr
  97. 97PAYDAY 2$0.20/1hr
  98. 98Darksiders Genesis$0.20/1hr
  99. 99The Isle$0.20/1hr
  100. 100People Playground$0.20/1hr

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.