Best Value Dating Sim Games Under $20

The Dating Sim games on Steam games under $20 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. 1Bean Battles12 h/$
  2. 2Mirror12 h/$
  3. 3Chill Pulse12 h/$
  4. 4Stardew Valley8.7 h/$
  5. 5My Time at Sandrock8.5 h/$
  6. 6Sun Haven5.8 h/$
  7. 7Undertale5.7 h/$
  8. 8Fields of Mistria4.7 h/$
  9. 9鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal4.5 h/$
  10. 10河洛群俠傳 (Ho Tu Lo Shu ： The Books of Dragon)4.2 h/$
  11. 11Persona 4 Golden4.0 h/$
  12. 12School Days2.9 h/$
  13. 13Yog-Sothoth’s Yard2.7 h/$
  14. 14VillageRhapsody2.6 h/$
  15. 15Matchmaking Inc.2.6 h/$
  16. 16Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll2.5 h/$
  17. 17Legend of Mortal2.3 h/$
  18. 18Volcano Princess2.0 h/$
  19. 19Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair1.9 h/$
  20. 20Moonstone Island1.5 h/$
  21. 21Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy1.4 h/$
  22. 22HuniePop1.3 h/$
  23. 23Growing Up1.3 h/$
  24. 24Potion Permit1.2 h/$
  25. 25Knowledge, or know Lady1.2 h/$
  26. 26Otaku's Adventure1.2 h/$
  27. 27Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate1.1 h/$
  28. 28Chinese Parents1.0 h/$
  29. 29Vanity Fair: The Pursuit0.9 h/$
  30. 30LoveChoice0.9 h/$
  31. 31To Pixelia0.9 h/$
  32. 32The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty0.9 h/$
  33. 33Rebellion GODSOUL: Awakening0.9 h/$
  34. 34TOGETHER BnB0.8 h/$
  35. 35Love Is All Around0.8 h/$
  36. 36Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!0.8 h/$
  37. 37NEKOPARA Vol. 40.7 h/$
  38. 38Winter Memories0.6 h/$
  39. 39NEKOPARA Vol. 00.6 h/$
  40. 40NEKOPARA Vol. 10.6 h/$
  41. 41Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut0.5 h/$
  42. 42Monster Prom0.5 h/$
  43. 431 to 1 humanoid edible toys0.5 h/$
  44. 44Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition0.5 h/$
  45. 45NEKOPARA Vol. 20.5 h/$
  46. 46港詭實錄ParanormalHK0.4 h/$
  47. 47Florence0.2 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.