Best Value Action Games Under $5
The Action games on Steam games under $5 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.
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By price
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.
- 1YoloMouse - Cursor Changer$0.01/1hr779h86.18%92.50%
- 2Black Desert$0.02/1hr62h74.62%73.50%
- 3Crosshair X$0.02/1hr309h91.89%93.36%
- 4Geometry Dash$0.02/1hr118h92.89%92.97%
- 5Left 4 Dead 2$0.02/1hr81h97.43%97.52%
- 6The Elder Scrolls Online$0.03/1hr183h81.30%80.88%
- 7Dungeon Defenders$0.03/1hr96h90.57%93.09%
- 8Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition$0.03/1hr27h91.09%94.86%
- 9The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut$0.03/1hr43h89.00%89.43%
- 10Muse Dash$0.04/1hr14h91.02%91.49%
- 11Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.04/1hr107h83.79%83.47%
- 12FOR HONOR$0.04/1hr80h69.80%68.69%
- 13Terraria$0.04/1hr130h97.31%97.37%
- 14GemCraft - Chasing Shadows$0.04/1hr50h88.16%94.90%
- 15Grim Dawn$0.04/1hr86h92.75%93.44%
- 16The Outlast Trials$0.05/1hr88h91.77%92.36%
- 17Company of Heroes$0.05/1hr60h91.08%94.22%
- 18Town of Salem$0.05/1hr48h87.28%87.86%
- 19Mount & Blade: Warband$0.05/1hr95h97.19%97.71%
- 20MONSTER HUNTER RISE$0.06/1hr70h83.60%83.47%
- 21PlateUp!$0.06/1hr35h92.18%94.75%
- 22God Of Weapons$0.06/1hr46h84.78%84.02%
- 23Jagged Alliance 3$0.06/1hr76h87.49%89.04%
- 24Tom Clancy’s The Division 2$0.06/1hr50h80.06%78.65%
- 25Brotato$0.06/1hr47h95.09%95.92%
- 26Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut$0.06/1hr31h90.26%91.95%
- 27CrossCode$0.07/1hr61h89.73%92.37%
- 28Enter the Gungeon$0.07/1hr46h94.10%95.10%
- 29Just Cause 2$0.07/1hr23h89.68%90.55%
- 30Styx: Master of Shadows$0.07/1hr29h83.73%83.28%
- 31Bean Battles$0.07/1hr7h89.53%93.83%
- 32Mad Max$0.07/1hr43h91.64%92.35%
- 33Dying Light$0.07/1hr36h95.09%95.23%
- 34DSX$0.07/1hr57h77.31%69.45%
- 35Gothic II: Gold Edition$0.07/1hr71h90.41%93.84%
- 36POSTAL 2$0.07/1hr14h96.15%96.95%
- 37The Surge$0.07/1hr27h79.58%74.54%
- 38Drug Dealer Simulator$0.07/1hr27h85.54%86.15%
- 39Atomicrops$0.07/1hr41h87.85%92.05%
- 40Fallout: New Vegas$0.07/1hr69h95.69%95.98%
- 41Kingdom Come: Deliverance$0.07/1hr61h84.62%84.43%
- 42The Talos Principle 2$0.08/1hr40h90.37%94.92%
- 43Death Road to Canada$0.08/1hr30h89.06%92.74%
- 44Saints Row 2$0.08/1hr19h78.51%75.88%
- 45Beyond: Two Souls$0.08/1hr12h86.99%87.61%
- 46Wall World$0.08/1hr13h88.19%90.56%
- 47Rising Storm 2: Vietnam$0.08/1hr31h86.77%87.04%
- 48Just Cause 3$0.08/1hr37h84.47%84.42%
- 49ORION: Prelude$0.08/1hr12h78.01%75.47%
- 50HITMAN World of Assassination$0.08/1hr36h87.04%87.31%
- 51Vampire Survivors$0.08/1hr45h97.94%98.31%
- 52Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem$0.08/1hr36h59.62%55.86%
- 53Warhammer: Vermintide 2$0.08/1hr36h85.05%85.04%
- 54Counter-Strike: Source$0.08/1hr24h95.89%96.29%
- 55Hitman: Blood Money$0.08/1hr12h90.65%94.04%
- 56The Binding of Isaac$0.09/1hr19h93.32%94.61%
- 57Dishonored$0.09/1hr28h96.37%97.63%
- 58Blasphemous$0.09/1hr28h89.24%89.85%
- 59Heavy Rain$0.09/1hr11h85.33%85.67%
- 60Deus Ex: Mankind Divided$0.09/1hr34h78.13%76.47%
- 61Rock 'N' Roll Defense$0.09/1hr6h85.72%87.07%
- 62Souldiers$0.09/1hr33h81.82%69.29%
- 63Darkwood$0.09/1hr22h92.11%94.89%
- 64Half-Life 2$0.09/1hr21h97.27%97.60%
- 65Watch_Dogs$0.09/1hr21h80.51%79.63%
- 66Warhammer: Chaosbane$0.09/1hr16h74.63%58.41%
- 67Sniper Ghost Warrior 3$0.09/1hr21h73.27%66.92%
- 68Batman: Arkham Knight$0.10/1hr42h89.45%89.72%
- 69Rogue Legacy$0.10/1hr15h89.86%92.34%
- 70Metro Exodus$0.10/1hr30h89.62%89.95%
- 71Chronicon$0.10/1hr49h89.58%94.10%
- 72Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword$0.10/1hr24h86.33%87.81%
- 73PEAK$0.10/1hr49h94.20%94.45%
- 74Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.10/1hr47h87.87%88.42%
- 75Tom Clancy’s The Division$0.10/1hr29h72.26%70.92%
- 76Tank Mechanic Simulator$0.10/1hr19h85.87%87.58%
- 77Killing Floor$0.10/1hr19h93.89%95.16%
- 78PAYDAY 2$0.10/1hr48h89.34%89.36%
- 79Saints Row: The Third$0.10/1hr24h94.29%95.60%
- 80Titan Quest Anniversary Edition$0.10/1hr48h89.21%90.27%
- 81Cruelty Squad$0.11/1hr19h92.93%96.02%
- 82Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition$0.11/1hr28h93.12%94.11%
- 83UBERMOSH$0.11/1hr4h88.96%92.46%
- 84Mr. Prepper$0.11/1hr27h83.21%80.01%
- 85Killing Floor 2$0.11/1hr27h88.04%88.26%
- 86Monster Sanctuary$0.11/1hr45h88.56%91.22%
- 87Gothic 1$0.11/1hr45h89.63%92.55%
- 88Borderlands 2$0.11/1hr45h89.49%89.53%
- 89Psychonauts$0.11/1hr18h91.60%94.92%
- 90ANEURISM IV$0.11/1hr44h80.74%75.15%
- 91Death's Door$0.11/1hr17h90.85%93.14%
- 92Generation Zero$0.12/1hr32h74.55%72.04%
- 93Downwell$0.12/1hr6h90.44%96.54%
- 94Dead Island Definitive Edition$0.12/1hr17h82.49%81.86%
- 95Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy$0.12/1hr10h82.59%82.28%
- 96Streets of Rogue$0.12/1hr34h92.75%96.03%
- 97DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2$0.12/1hr43h89.22%89.90%
- 98Counter-Strike$0.12/1hr17h97.06%97.40%
- 99Wayfinder$0.12/1hr23h66.93%60.13%
- 100Assassin’s Creed Rogue$0.12/1hr34h86.10%86.51%
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.