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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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. 1Don't Starve Together62 h/$
  2. 2Hunt: Showdown 189641 h/$
  3. 3Oxygen Not Included30 h/$
  4. 4Soccer Online: Ball 3D19 h/$
  5. 5Dead by Daylight19 h/$
  6. 6Geometry Dash16 h/$
  7. 7Tales of Maj'Eyal14 h/$
  8. 8Wall World14 h/$
  9. 9Don't Starve14 h/$
  10. 10Slay the Spire13 h/$
  11. 11Enter the Gungeon13 h/$
  12. 12Bean Battles12 h/$
  13. 13Rock 'N' Roll Defense12 h/$
  14. 14Dungeon of the ENDLESS11 h/$
  15. 15Monster Hunter: World11 h/$
  16. 16Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen11 h/$
  17. 17Blasphemous10 h/$
  18. 18Hotline Miami10 h/$
  19. 19Serious Sam II10 h/$
  20. 20Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number9.7 h/$
  21. 21The Binding of Isaac9.5 h/$
  22. 22The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth9.4 h/$
  23. 23Hero Siege9.0 h/$
  24. 24The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos8.7 h/$
  25. 25Monster Sanctuary8.4 h/$
  26. 26UBERMOSH8.3 h/$
  27. 27Downwell7.8 h/$
  28. 28Hacknet7.7 h/$
  29. 29Valheim7.6 h/$
  30. 30FINAL FANTASY XIII7.4 h/$
  31. 31HELLDIVERS 27.2 h/$
  32. 32Nioh: Complete Edition7.2 h/$
  33. 33Hitman: Absolution7.1 h/$
  34. 34Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun6.7 h/$
  35. 35Celeste6.7 h/$
  36. 36Reigns6.4 h/$
  37. 37FlatOut6.3 h/$
  38. 38CONTROL Ultimate Edition6.3 h/$
  39. 39Terraforming Mars5.9 h/$
  40. 40Planes, Bullets and Vodka5.7 h/$
  41. 41SKYHILL5.6 h/$
  42. 42Golf With Your Friends5.6 h/$
  43. 43The Talos Principle5.6 h/$
  44. 44The Long Dark5.5 h/$
  45. 45Blasphemous 25.5 h/$
  46. 46UnderRail5.3 h/$
  47. 47Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)5.3 h/$
  48. 48Hollow Knight5.1 h/$
  49. 49Gato Roboto5.1 h/$
  50. 50Bloons TD 64.8 h/$
  51. 51Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition4.8 h/$
  52. 52CODE VEIN4.8 h/$
  53. 53Muse Dash4.7 h/$
  54. 54The Messenger4.7 h/$
  55. 55Overcooked4.7 h/$
  56. 56Crypt of the NecroDancer4.6 h/$
  57. 57Pathologic 24.5 h/$
  58. 58Ostranauts4.4 h/$
  59. 59FTL: Faster Than Light4.4 h/$
  60. 60Noita4.3 h/$
  61. 61Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander4.2 h/$
  62. 62Party Hard4.1 h/$
  63. 63Voidigo4.1 h/$
  64. 64Barotrauma4.1 h/$
  65. 65Resident Evil 4 (2005)4.1 h/$
  66. 66Across the Obelisk4.0 h/$
  67. 67XCOM: Enemy Unknown4.0 h/$
  68. 68Nuclear Throne4.0 h/$
  69. 69Motorsport Manager3.9 h/$
  70. 70Elin3.9 h/$
  71. 71They Are Billions3.8 h/$
  72. 72Hot Lava3.8 h/$
  73. 73RUINER3.7 h/$
  74. 74BATTLETECH3.7 h/$
  75. 75LIMBO3.7 h/$
  76. 76Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition3.6 h/$
  77. 77Resident Evil3.6 h/$
  78. 78GemCraft - Chasing Shadows3.6 h/$
  79. 79Tiny Rogues3.6 h/$
  80. 80Serious Sam 3: BFE3.6 h/$
  81. 81Monster Train 23.5 h/$
  82. 82A Dance of Fire and Ice3.5 h/$
  83. 83EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair3.5 h/$
  84. 84Dead Estate3.4 h/$
  85. 85Library Of Ruina3.4 h/$
  86. 86Stoneshard3.4 h/$
  87. 87Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition3.4 h/$
  88. 88dotAGE3.3 h/$
  89. 89X-Morph: Defense3.3 h/$
  90. 90Ratopia3.3 h/$
  91. 91Subsistence3.3 h/$
  92. 92Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation3.2 h/$
  93. 93Gold Mining Simulator3.2 h/$
  94. 94Exanima3.2 h/$
  95. 95Souldiers3.2 h/$
  96. 96Super Hexagon3.1 h/$
  97. 97Rabbit and Steel3.1 h/$
  98. 98DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT3.1 h/$
  99. 99Resident Evil 23.0 h/$
  100. 100Mafia3.0 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.