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$0.02/1hr
  2. 2UnderRail$0.02/1hr
  3. 3Dead by Daylight$0.03/1hr
  4. 4Motorsport Manager$0.03/1hr
  5. 5Muse Dash$0.04/1hr
  6. 6Hunt: Showdown 1896$0.04/1hr
  7. 7Outward Definitive Edition$0.04/1hr
  8. 8GemCraft - Chasing Shadows$0.04/1hr
  9. 9Oxygen Not Included$0.04/1hr
  10. 10Elite Dangerous$0.04/1hr
  11. 11Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense$0.04/1hr
  12. 12Bloons TD 6$0.05/1hr
  13. 13Don't Starve Together$0.05/1hr
  14. 14The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth$0.06/1hr
  15. 15Darkest Dungeon$0.06/1hr
  16. 16Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus$0.06/1hr
  17. 17CrossCode$0.07/1hr
  18. 18Hero Siege$0.07/1hr
  19. 19Enter the Gungeon$0.07/1hr
  20. 20Styx: Master of Shadows$0.07/1hr
  21. 21Bean Battles$0.07/1hr
  22. 22Tales of Maj'Eyal$0.07/1hr
  23. 23Gothic II: Gold Edition$0.07/1hr
  24. 24The Surge$0.07/1hr
  25. 25Death Road to Canada$0.08/1hr
  26. 26The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition$0.08/1hr
  27. 27Wall World$0.08/1hr
  28. 28Spelunky 2$0.08/1hr
  29. 29Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem$0.08/1hr
  30. 30Counter-Strike: Source$0.08/1hr
  31. 31Hitman: Blood Money$0.08/1hr
  32. 32Monster Hunter: World$0.08/1hr
  33. 33The Binding of Isaac$0.09/1hr
  34. 34BATTLETECH$0.09/1hr
  35. 35Blasphemous$0.09/1hr
  36. 36Roguebook$0.09/1hr
  37. 37Rock 'N' Roll Defense$0.09/1hr
  38. 38Souldiers$0.09/1hr
  39. 39Risen$0.09/1hr
  40. 40Subsistence$0.09/1hr
  41. 41FTL: Faster Than Light$0.10/1hr
  42. 42Rocksmith 2014 Edition REMASTERED LEARN & PLAY$0.10/1hr
  43. 43Frostpunk$0.10/1hr
  44. 44Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.10/1hr
  45. 45Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.10/1hr
  46. 46Library Of Ruina$0.10/1hr
  47. 47Terraforming Mars$0.11/1hr
  48. 48Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation$0.11/1hr
  49. 49UBERMOSH$0.11/1hr
  50. 50Men of War: Assault Squad 2$0.11/1hr
  51. 51Noita$0.11/1hr
  52. 52Monster Sanctuary$0.11/1hr
  53. 53Gothic 1$0.11/1hr
  54. 54Don't Starve$0.11/1hr
  55. 55Gold Mining Simulator$0.11/1hr
  56. 56XCOM: Enemy Unknown$0.12/1hr
  57. 57Downwell$0.12/1hr
  58. 58The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos$0.12/1hr
  59. 59Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy$0.12/1hr
  60. 60Dungreed$0.12/1hr
  61. 61Across the Obelisk$0.12/1hr
  62. 62FINAL FANTASY XIII$0.12/1hr
  63. 63Metro: Last Light Redux$0.12/1hr
  64. 64Slay the Spire$0.12/1hr
  65. 65Curse of the Dead Gods$0.13/1hr
  66. 66Darksiders Warmastered Edition$0.13/1hr
  67. 67Peggle Deluxe$0.13/1hr
  68. 68SKYHILL$0.13/1hr
  69. 69Legend of Grimrock$0.13/1hr
  70. 70Ori and the Will of the Wisps$0.13/1hr
  71. 71Valheim$0.14/1hr
  72. 72HELLDIVERS 2$0.14/1hr
  73. 73Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun$0.14/1hr
  74. 74Hacknet$0.14/1hr
  75. 75Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense$0.14/1hr
  76. 76Spelunky$0.14/1hr
  77. 77Afterimage$0.14/1hr
  78. 78Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number$0.14/1hr
  79. 79ScourgeBringer$0.15/1hr
  80. 80FlatOut$0.15/1hr
  81. 81The Surge 2$0.15/1hr
  82. 82Banished$0.15/1hr
  83. 83Nioh: Complete Edition$0.15/1hr
  84. 84100% Orange Juice$0.15/1hr
  85. 85Kerbal Space Program$0.15/1hr
  86. 86Poly Bridge$0.15/1hr
  87. 87Hitman: Absolution$0.15/1hr
  88. 88Crazy Machines 3$0.15/1hr
  89. 89Risk of Rain 2$0.16/1hr
  90. 90Nothing$0.16/1hr
  91. 91Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition$0.16/1hr
  92. 92Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts$0.16/1hr
  93. 93Insaniquarium Deluxe$0.16/1hr
  94. 94Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)$0.17/1hr
  95. 95GUILTY GEAR XX ACCENT CORE PLUS R$0.17/1hr
  96. 96Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2$0.17/1hr
  97. 97Bomber Crew$0.17/1hr
  98. 98EVERSPACE$0.17/1hr
  99. 99Stoneshard$0.17/1hr
  100. 100Voidigo$0.17/1hr

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.