Best Value Cooking Games Under $40

The Cooking games on Steam games under $40 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. 1The Quinfall296 h/$
  2. 2Black Desert108 h/$
  3. 3Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator10 h/$
  4. 4Disney Dreamlight Valley7.0 h/$
  5. 5Touhou Mystia's Izakaya6.9 h/$
  6. 6Sun Haven5.8 h/$
  7. 7Feed the Cups5.4 h/$
  8. 8Overcooked4.7 h/$
  9. 9Fields of Mistria4.7 h/$
  10. 10Papa's Freezeria Deluxe4.2 h/$
  11. 11Sailwind3.9 h/$
  12. 12Doloc Town3.4 h/$
  13. 13Core Keeper3.0 h/$
  14. 14Terra Memoria2.9 h/$
  15. 15Yog-Sothoth’s Yard2.7 h/$
  16. 16Hold Your Own2.7 h/$
  17. 17Stranded: Alien Dawn2.5 h/$
  18. 18Critter Cove2.5 h/$
  19. 19Cooking Simulator2.2 h/$
  20. 20Echoes of the Plum Grove2.2 h/$
  21. 21Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator2.1 h/$
  22. 22Overcooked! 22.1 h/$
  23. 23Chef RPG2.0 h/$
  24. 24Ale & Tale Tavern1.9 h/$
  25. 25Farmer's Life1.8 h/$
  26. 26Farm Together 21.8 h/$
  27. 27Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe1.7 h/$
  28. 28SULFUR1.6 h/$
  29. 29Ravenous Devils1.5 h/$
  30. 30Moonstone Island1.5 h/$
  31. 31One Hour One Life1.4 h/$
  32. 32Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game1.2 h/$
  33. 33PlateUp!1.1 h/$
  34. 34Aeruta1.0 h/$
  35. 35To Pixelia0.9 h/$
  36. 36The Chef's Shift0.9 h/$
  37. 37The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty0.9 h/$
  38. 38Hello Kitty Island Adventure0.9 h/$
  39. 39inbento0.9 h/$
  40. 40Bloomtown: A Different Story0.8 h/$
  41. 41Fast Food Simulator0.8 h/$
  42. 42A Webbing Journey0.7 h/$
  43. 43Kiosk0.7 h/$
  44. 44Dungeon Munchies0.6 h/$
  45. 45Stephen's Sausage Roll0.6 h/$
  46. 46Pizza Possum0.6 h/$
  47. 47Sunset Motel0.6 h/$
  48. 48REKA0.5 h/$
  49. 49GIRLS MADE PUDDING0.5 h/$
  50. 50Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town0.5 h/$
  51. 51Wanderstop0.5 h/$
  52. 52Bakery Simulator0.5 h/$
  53. 53Overcooked! All You Can Eat0.4 h/$
  54. 54Arctic Eggs0.3 h/$
  55. 55Venba0.3 h/$
  56. 56Spacelines from the Far Out0.3 h/$
  57. 57Cooking Simulator VR0.2 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.