Best Value Hack and Slash Games Under $20

The Hack and Slash 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. 1Dragon Cliff$0.03/1hr
  2. 2Myth of Empires$0.03/1hr
  3. 3FOR HONOR$0.04/1hr
  4. 4Grim Dawn$0.04/1hr
  5. 5Mount & Blade: Warband$0.05/1hr
  6. 6Brotato$0.06/1hr
  7. 7Hero Siege$0.07/1hr
  8. 8Dying Light$0.07/1hr
  9. 9Warhammer 40,000: Darktide$0.07/1hr
  10. 10The Surge$0.07/1hr
  11. 11Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem$0.08/1hr
  12. 12Warhammer: Vermintide 2$0.08/1hr
  13. 13Monster Hunter: World$0.08/1hr
  14. 14Warhammer: Chaosbane$0.09/1hr
  15. 15Chronicon$0.10/1hr
  16. 16Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.10/1hr
  17. 17Titan Quest Anniversary Edition$0.10/1hr
  18. 18Killing Floor 2$0.11/1hr
  19. 19Death's Door$0.11/1hr
  20. 20Moonlighter$0.12/1hr
  21. 21Middle-earth: Shadow of War$0.13/1hr
  22. 22Darksiders Warmastered Edition$0.13/1hr
  23. 23Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr$0.13/1hr
  24. 24Alice: Madness Returns$0.14/1hr
  25. 25Torchlight II$0.14/1hr
  26. 26鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal$0.14/1hr
  27. 27Afterimage$0.14/1hr
  28. 28Halls of Torment$0.15/1hr
  29. 29The Surge 2$0.15/1hr
  30. 30Nioh: Complete Edition$0.15/1hr
  31. 31MORDHAU$0.15/1hr
  32. 32Torchlight$0.16/1hr
  33. 33Heroes of Hammerwatch$0.16/1hr
  34. 34The Riftbreaker$0.16/1hr
  35. 35Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor$0.16/1hr
  36. 36Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition$0.17/1hr
  37. 37Dead Island 2$0.17/1hr
  38. 38Dust: An Elysian Tail$0.17/1hr
  39. 39Army of Ruin$0.18/1hr
  40. 40Lost Castle / 失落城堡$0.19/1hr
  41. 41Sands of Salzaar$0.19/1hr
  42. 42CODE VEIN$0.20/1hr
  43. 43Death Must Die$0.21/1hr
  44. 44Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition$0.21/1hr
  45. 45Tribes of Midgard$0.21/1hr
  46. 46V Rising$0.22/1hr
  47. 47Dark Messiah of Might & Magic$0.22/1hr
  48. 48Shadow Warrior$0.22/1hr
  49. 49Shadow Warrior 2$0.22/1hr
  50. 50Going Under$0.22/1hr
  51. 51GOD EATER 3$0.23/1hr
  52. 52KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX-$0.23/1hr
  53. 53Skul: The Hero Slayer$0.23/1hr
  54. 54Blasphemous 2$0.23/1hr
  55. 55Lost Judgment$0.24/1hr
  56. 56Judgment$0.24/1hr
  57. 57Chivalry 2$0.25/1hr
  58. 58Gujian3(古剑奇谭三)$0.25/1hr
  59. 59Darksiders Genesis$0.25/1hr
  60. 60Hades$0.25/1hr
  61. 61HELLDIVERS Dive Harder Edition$0.25/1hr
  62. 62Soulstone Survivors$0.25/1hr
  63. 63Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning$0.26/1hr
  64. 64Darksiders III$0.26/1hr
  65. 65Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale$0.26/1hr
  66. 66Heroes of Hammerwatch II$0.27/1hr
  67. 67Brutal Legend$0.27/1hr
  68. 68Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition$0.27/1hr
  69. 69WILD HEARTS$0.28/1hr
  70. 70Children of Morta$0.28/1hr
  71. 71FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION$0.28/1hr
  72. 72Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition$0.29/1hr
  73. 73Bastion$0.29/1hr
  74. 74Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate$0.29/1hr
  75. 75Hob$0.30/1hr
  76. 76RUINER$0.31/1hr
  77. 77Ravenswatch$0.31/1hr
  78. 78Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide$0.33/1hr
  79. 79SENRAN KAGURA ESTIVAL VERSUS$0.33/1hr
  80. 80Minecraft Dungeons$0.33/1hr
  81. 81Insect Swarm$0.33/1hr
  82. 82Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii$0.33/1hr
  83. 83FATE$0.34/1hr
  84. 84Castle Crashers$0.34/1hr
  85. 85Devil May Cry HD Collection$0.34/1hr
  86. 86Wizard with a Gun$0.34/1hr
  87. 87STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order$0.35/1hr
  88. 88Like a Dragon: Ishin!$0.35/1hr
  89. 89LET IT DIE$0.35/1hr
  90. 90Prince of Persia The Lost Crown$0.35/1hr
  91. 91ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS 4$0.35/1hr
  92. 92BlazBlue Entropy Effect$0.36/1hr
  93. 93Cat Quest II$0.36/1hr
  94. 94Blue Fire$0.36/1hr
  95. 95Cat Quest$0.37/1hr
  96. 96Nobody Saves the World$0.37/1hr
  97. 97Astral Ascent$0.37/1hr
  98. 98One Piece Pirate Warriors 3$0.37/1hr
  99. 99BIOMUTANT$0.38/1hr
  100. 100Ember Knights$0.38/1hr

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.