Best Value Auto Battler Games Under $40

The Auto Battler games on Steam games under $40 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.

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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. 1Dragon Cliff$0.03/1hr
  2. 2Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense$0.06/1hr
  3. 3Mechabellum$0.09/1hr
  4. 4最后的仙门 The last Practice Sect$0.10/1hr
  5. 5Tales & Tactics$0.11/1hr
  6. 6Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga$0.12/1hr
  7. 7Path of Achra$0.14/1hr
  8. 8Nothing$0.16/1hr
  9. 9Cauldron$0.17/1hr
  10. 10Warpips$0.20/1hr
  11. 11Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator$0.21/1hr
  12. 12TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer$0.21/1hr
  13. 13Luck be a Landlord$0.22/1hr
  14. 14Tower Dominion$0.23/1hr
  15. 15Bad North: Jotunn Edition$0.27/1hr
  16. 16Backpack Battles$0.32/1hr
  17. 17Heretic's Fork$0.33/1hr
  18. 18Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot$0.35/1hr
  19. 19The Last Flame$0.40/1hr
  20. 20Gladiator Guild Manager$0.43/1hr
  21. 21METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED$0.44/1hr
  22. 22Never Second in Rome$0.46/1hr
  23. 23Mini Healer$0.54/1hr
  24. 24Villages & Dungeons$0.61/1hr
  25. 25Dice People$0.77/1hr
  26. 26Ballionaire$1.26/1hr
  27. 27Songs of Silence$1.27/1hr

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.