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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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. 1Black Desert$0.02/1hr
  2. 2The Quinfall$0.04/1hr
  3. 3PlateUp!$0.06/1hr
  4. 4Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$0.06/1hr
  5. 5Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator$0.08/1hr
  6. 6Bakery Simulator$0.10/1hr
  7. 7Disney Dreamlight Valley$0.12/1hr
  8. 8Moonstone Island$0.12/1hr
  9. 9Immortal Life$0.14/1hr
  10. 10Sun Haven$0.14/1hr
  11. 11Feed the Cups$0.14/1hr
  12. 12Fields of Mistria$0.15/1hr
  13. 13inbento$0.15/1hr
  14. 14Restaurant Empire II$0.15/1hr
  15. 15Core Keeper$0.18/1hr
  16. 16Doloc Town$0.20/1hr
  17. 17Overcooked$0.21/1hr
  18. 18Party Club$0.23/1hr
  19. 19Fae Farm$0.24/1hr
  20. 20Echoes of the Plum Grove$0.25/1hr
  21. 21Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe$0.26/1hr
  22. 22Farmer's Life$0.26/1hr
  23. 23Papa's Freezeria Deluxe$0.27/1hr
  24. 24Yog-Sothoth’s Yard$0.29/1hr
  25. 25Ale & Tale Tavern$0.32/1hr
  26. 26Farm Together 2$0.33/1hr
  27. 27Burgie's Cozy Kitchen$0.36/1hr
  28. 28SULFUR$0.36/1hr
  29. 29Chef RPG$0.40/1hr
  30. 30Stranded: Alien Dawn$0.41/1hr
  31. 31One Hour One Life$0.41/1hr
  32. 32Critter Cove$0.41/1hr
  33. 33Sailwind$0.46/1hr
  34. 34Overcooked! 2$0.50/1hr
  35. 35Ravenous Devils$0.50/1hr
  36. 36Hello Kitty Island Adventure$0.54/1hr
  37. 37Aeruta$0.64/1hr
  38. 38Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game$0.65/1hr
  39. 39Bloomtown: A Different Story$0.67/1hr
  40. 40REKA$0.72/1hr
  41. 41The Chef's Shift$0.73/1hr
  42. 42The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty$0.74/1hr
  43. 43Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator$0.75/1hr
  44. 44Fruitbus$0.76/1hr
  45. 45Fast Food Simulator$0.78/1hr
  46. 46GIRLS MADE PUDDING$0.81/1hr
  47. 47A Webbing Journey$0.84/1hr
  48. 48Wanderstop$0.88/1hr
  49. 49Cooking Simulator$0.88/1hr
  50. 50Overcooked! All You Can Eat$1.06/1hr
  51. 51Kiosk$1.19/1hr
  52. 52Dungeon Munchies$1.22/1hr
  53. 53Pizza Possum$1.22/1hr
  54. 54Arctic Eggs$1.46/1hr
  55. 55Venba$1.66/1hr

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.