Best Value Deckbuilding Games Under $20

The Deckbuilding 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. 1Roguebook$0.09/1hr
  2. 2Loop Hero$0.10/1hr
  3. 3Library Of Ruina$0.10/1hr
  4. 4Moonstone Island$0.12/1hr
  5. 5Across the Obelisk$0.12/1hr
  6. 6Slay the Spire$0.12/1hr
  7. 7BOOK OF HOURS$0.15/1hr
  8. 8Marvel's Midnight Suns$0.15/1hr
  9. 9Menace from the Deep$0.16/1hr
  10. 10Cultist Simulator$0.17/1hr
  11. 11Tainted Grail: Conquest$0.17/1hr
  12. 12Gloomhaven$0.19/1hr
  13. 13Nubby's Number Factory$0.20/1hr
  14. 14Matchmaking Inc.$0.20/1hr
  15. 15ROUNDS$0.21/1hr
  16. 16Monster Train$0.22/1hr
  17. 17Luck be a Landlord$0.22/1hr
  18. 18Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers$0.24/1hr
  19. 19Ticket to Ride$0.25/1hr
  20. 20Griftlands$0.27/1hr
  21. 21Inscryption$0.27/1hr
  22. 22Balatro$0.28/1hr
  23. 23Magicraft$0.28/1hr
  24. 24Dune: Imperium$0.29/1hr
  25. 25Black Book$0.29/1hr
  26. 26Shogun Showdown$0.30/1hr
  27. 27Monster Train 2$0.30/1hr
  28. 28The Matchless Kungfu$0.30/1hr
  29. 29Cobalt Core$0.31/1hr
  30. 30Lost in Random$0.31/1hr
  31. 31Gordian Quest$0.32/1hr
  32. 329 Kings$0.32/1hr
  33. 33Heretic's Fork$0.33/1hr
  34. 34Backpack Hero$0.33/1hr
  35. 35I Was a Teenage Exocolonist$0.35/1hr
  36. 36Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist : Link Evolution$0.36/1hr
  37. 37暖雪 Warm Snow$0.36/1hr
  38. 38Cross Blitz$0.38/1hr
  39. 39Wildfrost$0.38/1hr
  40. 40Chrono Ark$0.39/1hr
  41. 41Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist$0.40/1hr
  42. 42Dicey Dungeons$0.40/1hr
  43. 43Peglin$0.41/1hr
  44. 44Book of Demons$0.42/1hr
  45. 45METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED$0.44/1hr
  46. 46Die in the Dungeon$0.46/1hr
  47. 47Spirit Island$0.48/1hr
  48. 48Potionomics$0.48/1hr
  49. 49Cardboard Town$0.53/1hr
  50. 50Border Pioneer$0.53/1hr
  51. 51Dice & Fold$0.55/1hr
  52. 52TerraScape$0.57/1hr
  53. 53Villages & Dungeons$0.61/1hr
  54. 54Dungeon Clawler$0.62/1hr
  55. 55Ratropolis$0.83/1hr
  56. 56Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles$0.84/1hr
  57. 57Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1$0.90/1hr
  58. 58StarVaders$0.92/1hr
  59. 59Kabuto Park$0.99/1hr
  60. 60Emberward$1.06/1hr
  61. 61Spellmasons$1.18/1hr
  62. 62Ballionaire$1.26/1hr

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.