Best Value Dating Sim Games Under $40

The Dating Sim 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. 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. 11The Scroll Of Taiwu4.0 h/$
  12. 12Persona 4 Golden4.0 h/$
  13. 13Coral Island3.8 h/$
  14. 14School Days2.9 h/$
  15. 15Yog-Sothoth’s Yard2.7 h/$
  16. 16Wylde Flowers2.6 h/$
  17. 17VillageRhapsody2.6 h/$
  18. 18Matchmaking Inc.2.6 h/$
  19. 19Monster Hunter Wilds2.5 h/$
  20. 20Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll2.5 h/$
  21. 21Legend of Mortal2.3 h/$
  22. 22Volcano Princess2.0 h/$
  23. 23Roots of Pacha2.0 h/$
  24. 24Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair1.9 h/$
  25. 25Path Of Wuxia1.8 h/$
  26. 26The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel1.6 h/$
  27. 27Moonstone Island1.5 h/$
  28. 28Gujian3(古剑奇谭三)1.4 h/$
  29. 29Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy1.4 h/$
  30. 30Potionomics1.3 h/$
  31. 31HuniePop1.3 h/$
  32. 32Growing Up1.3 h/$
  33. 33STEINS;GATE1.2 h/$
  34. 34Potion Permit1.2 h/$
  35. 35Knowledge, or know Lady1.2 h/$
  36. 36Otaku's Adventure1.2 h/$
  37. 37Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony1.2 h/$
  38. 38Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate1.1 h/$
  39. 39I Was a Teenage Exocolonist1.1 h/$
  40. 40Raging Loop1.1 h/$
  41. 41Chinese Parents1.0 h/$
  42. 42Vanity Fair: The Pursuit0.9 h/$
  43. 43LoveChoice0.9 h/$
  44. 44To Pixelia0.9 h/$
  45. 45Neon White0.9 h/$
  46. 46Senren＊Banka0.9 h/$
  47. 47The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty0.9 h/$
  48. 48Rebellion GODSOUL: Awakening0.9 h/$
  49. 49TOGETHER BnB0.8 h/$
  50. 50Rune Factory 4 Special0.8 h/$
  51. 51魔女的夜宴0.8 h/$
  52. 52Project Wingman0.8 h/$
  53. 53Love Is All Around0.8 h/$
  54. 54inZOI0.8 h/$
  55. 55Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!0.8 h/$
  56. 56Scarlet Hollow0.8 h/$
  57. 57NEKOPARA Vol. 40.7 h/$
  58. 58Winter Memories0.6 h/$
  59. 59NEKOPARA Vol. 00.6 h/$
  60. 60ATRI -My Dear Moments-0.6 h/$
  61. 61NEKOPARA Vol. 10.6 h/$
  62. 62STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town0.6 h/$
  63. 63Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut0.5 h/$
  64. 64Monster Prom0.5 h/$
  65. 651 to 1 humanoid edible toys0.5 h/$
  66. 66Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition0.5 h/$
  67. 67NEKOPARA Vol. 20.5 h/$
  68. 68港詭實錄ParanormalHK0.4 h/$
  69. 69Florence0.2 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.