Best Value Boomer Shooter Games Under $20

The Boomer Shooter games on Steam games under $20 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. 1Painkiller: Black Edition$0.12/1hr
  2. 2DOOM 64$0.25/1hr
  3. 3Quake II$0.31/1hr
  4. 4DOOM + DOOM II$0.34/1hr
  5. 5Quake$0.36/1hr
  6. 6Wolfenstein 3D$0.42/1hr
  7. 7Turbo Overkill$0.43/1hr
  8. 8Quake 4$0.52/1hr
  9. 9Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter$0.53/1hr
  10. 10CULTIC$0.58/1hr
  11. 11Ion Fury$0.62/1hr
  12. 12SPRAWL$0.69/1hr
  13. 13Beyond Citadel$0.71/1hr
  14. 14Trepang2$0.74/1hr
  15. 15Serious Sam II$0.79/1hr
  16. 16Onirism$0.89/1hr
  17. 17Serious Sam Classics: Revolution$0.91/1hr
  18. 18AMID EVIL$0.95/1hr
  19. 19Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)$1.03/1hr
  20. 20The Citadel$1.05/1hr
  21. 21Turok 2: Seeds of Evil$1.13/1hr
  22. 22DUSK$1.13/1hr
  23. 23BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE$1.16/1hr
  24. 24CRUEL$1.24/1hr
  25. 25Bloodshed$1.44/1hr
  26. 26Wizordum$1.49/1hr
  27. 27Quake III Arena$1.56/1hr
  28. 28420BLAZEIT 2: GAME OF THE YEAR -=Dank Dreams and Goated Memes=- [#wow/11 Like and Subscribe] Poggerz Edition$1.62/1hr
  29. 29BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT$1.66/1hr
  30. 30Project Warlock$1.69/1hr
  31. 31INCISION$1.80/1hr
  32. 32POSTAL: Brain Damaged$2.13/1hr
  33. 33Turok$2.22/1hr
  34. 34Forgive Me Father$2.28/1hr
  35. 35HROT$2.29/1hr
  36. 36Anger Foot$2.50/1hr
  37. 37Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem$2.83/1hr
  38. 38Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour$3.14/1hr
  39. 39MULLET MADJACK$3.74/1hr

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.