Best Value Difficult Games

The Difficult games that stretch a budget furthest: median reviewer playtime divided by current price. Pick your currency in the top bar to rank against your local prices.

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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. 1Geometry Dash$0.05/1hr
  2. 2Dead by Daylight$0.06/1hr
  3. 3Gothic II: Gold Edition$0.08/1hr
  4. 4The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition$0.09/1hr
  5. 5Rock 'N' Roll Defense$0.09/1hr
  6. 6Planes, Bullets and Vodka$0.09/1hr
  7. 7Risen$0.10/1hr
  8. 8Darksiders Warmastered Edition$0.12/1hr
  9. 9Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.12/1hr
  10. 10Hunt: Showdown 1896$0.13/1hr
  11. 11Outward Definitive Edition$0.14/1hr
  12. 12ELEX$0.15/1hr
  13. 13FINAL FANTASY XIII$0.15/1hr
  14. 14Nioh: Complete Edition$0.15/1hr
  15. 15SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising$0.15/1hr
  16. 16Monster Sanctuary$0.15/1hr
  17. 17Gothic 1$0.15/1hr
  18. 18Bomber Crew$0.16/1hr
  19. 19Dungeon of the ENDLESS$0.16/1hr
  20. 20Soccer Online: Ball 3D$0.17/1hr
  21. 21Oxygen Not Included$0.17/1hr
  22. 22FTL: Faster Than Light$0.17/1hr
  23. 23HELLDIVERS 2$0.17/1hr
  24. 24Terraforming Mars$0.17/1hr
  25. 25Peggle Deluxe$0.17/1hr
  26. 26UnderRail$0.17/1hr
  27. 27Pathologic 2$0.17/1hr
  28. 28Hero Siege$0.18/1hr
  29. 29Elite Dangerous$0.18/1hr
  30. 30A Dance of Fire and Ice$0.18/1hr
  31. 31Across the Obelisk$0.18/1hr
  32. 32Going Under$0.19/1hr
  33. 33The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth$0.19/1hr
  34. 34The Long Dark$0.19/1hr
  35. 35Motorsport Manager$0.20/1hr
  36. 36Bean Battles$0.20/1hr
  37. 37Kerbal Space Program$0.21/1hr
  38. 38Nothing$0.21/1hr
  39. 39Quake Live$0.21/1hr
  40. 40Hollow Knight$0.21/1hr
  41. 41Tales of Maj'Eyal$0.21/1hr
  42. 42Crypt of the NecroDancer$0.23/1hr
  43. 43Barotrauma$0.23/1hr
  44. 44Stoneshard$0.24/1hr
  45. 45Skul: The Hero Slayer$0.24/1hr
  46. 46Rocksmith 2014 Edition REMASTERED LEARN & PLAY$0.24/1hr
  47. 47Party Hard$0.24/1hr
  48. 48Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition$0.24/1hr
  49. 49Elin$0.24/1hr
  50. 50LIMBO$0.25/1hr
  51. 51Darksiders III$0.25/1hr
  52. 52Bloons TD 6$0.25/1hr
  53. 53Golf With Your Friends$0.26/1hr
  54. 54Valheim$0.26/1hr
  55. 55Desperados III$0.26/1hr
  56. 56Noita$0.27/1hr
  57. 57Descenders$0.27/1hr
  58. 58The Evil Within$0.27/1hr
  59. 59DOOM$0.28/1hr
  60. 60Blasphemous$0.28/1hr
  61. 61Voidigo$0.28/1hr
  62. 62Wargame: Red Dragon$0.29/1hr
  63. 63Monstrum$0.31/1hr
  64. 64Monster Hunter: World$0.31/1hr
  65. 65BATTLETECH$0.31/1hr
  66. 66Tiny Rogues$0.31/1hr
  67. 67RUINER$0.32/1hr
  68. 68Dwarf Fortress$0.32/1hr
  69. 69Gloomhaven$0.32/1hr
  70. 70CrossCode$0.32/1hr
  71. 71My Summer Car$0.32/1hr
  72. 72Muse Dash$0.32/1hr
  73. 73STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor$0.33/1hr
  74. 74XCOM: Enemy Unknown$0.34/1hr
  75. 75Balatro$0.34/1hr
  76. 76DOOM + DOOM II$0.34/1hr
  77. 77Remnant: From the Ashes$0.34/1hr
  78. 78Library Of Ruina$0.34/1hr
  79. 79Monster Train 2$0.34/1hr
  80. 80Bloons TD 5$0.35/1hr
  81. 81Dungreed$0.35/1hr
  82. 82Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release)$0.35/1hr
  83. 83Ostranauts$0.36/1hr
  84. 84Blasphemous 2$0.36/1hr
  85. 85ELDEN RING$0.37/1hr
  86. 86Spelunky 2$0.37/1hr
  87. 87Don't Starve Together$0.37/1hr
  88. 88The Escapists 2$0.37/1hr
  89. 89Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander$0.38/1hr
  90. 90Don't Starve$0.38/1hr
  91. 91Banished$0.39/1hr
  92. 92Subsistence$0.39/1hr
  93. 93Brigador: Up-Armored Edition$0.40/1hr
  94. 94Spelunky$0.40/1hr
  95. 95Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense$0.40/1hr
  96. 96TEKKEN 8$0.41/1hr
  97. 97The Binding of Isaac$0.41/1hr
  98. 98Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense$0.42/1hr
  99. 99Wolfenstein 3D$0.42/1hr
  100. 100Enter the Gungeon$0.42/1hr

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.