Best Value Hack and Slash Games Under $40

The Hack and Slash games on Steam games under $40 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.

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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. 1Brotato77 h/$
  2. 2Monster Hunter: World11 h/$
  3. 3Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen11 h/$
  4. 4Hero Siege9.0 h/$
  5. 5Heroes of Hammerwatch7.4 h/$
  6. 6Nioh: Complete Edition7.2 h/$
  7. 7The Riftbreaker7.0 h/$
  8. 8Path of Exile 26.5 h/$
  9. 9Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom6.4 h/$
  10. 10Army of Ruin5.9 h/$
  11. 11Soulstone Survivors5.5 h/$
  12. 12Blasphemous 25.5 h/$
  13. 13Dragon Cliff5.3 h/$
  14. 14CODE VEIN4.8 h/$
  15. 15Death Must Die4.8 h/$
  16. 16Halls of Torment4.7 h/$
  17. 17Shadow Warrior 24.7 h/$
  18. 18Dust: An Elysian Tail4.5 h/$
  19. 19鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal4.5 h/$
  20. 20Death's Door4.5 h/$
  21. 21Cat Quest4.5 h/$
  22. 22Shadow Warrior4.4 h/$
  23. 23The Vagrant4.3 h/$
  24. 24Mount & Blade: Warband4.2 h/$
  25. 25Last Epoch4.0 h/$
  26. 26Brutal Legend4.0 h/$
  27. 27FOR HONOR4.0 h/$
  28. 28DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition3.9 h/$
  29. 29下一站江湖Ⅱ3.8 h/$
  30. 30RUINER3.7 h/$
  31. 31The Slormancer3.6 h/$
  32. 32Judgment3.4 h/$
  33. 33FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION3.3 h/$
  34. 34Asterigos: Curse of the Stars3.1 h/$
  35. 35Myth of Empires3.1 h/$
  36. 36Cat Quest II3.0 h/$
  37. 37Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition3.0 h/$
  38. 38Chronicon2.8 h/$
  39. 39Dungeon Siege2.7 h/$
  40. 40Grim Dawn2.6 h/$
  41. 41Warhammer 40,000: Darktide2.5 h/$
  42. 42Like a Dragon: Ishin!2.5 h/$
  43. 43Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii2.5 h/$
  44. 44Nobody Saves the World2.5 h/$
  45. 45Skul: The Hero Slayer2.4 h/$
  46. 46Temtem: Swarm2.4 h/$
  47. 47FINAL FANTASY XVI2.4 h/$
  48. 48One Piece Pirate Warriors 32.4 h/$
  49. 49Hades II2.3 h/$
  50. 50Heroes of Hammerwatch II2.3 h/$
  51. 51Hades2.3 h/$
  52. 52Dead Cells2.2 h/$
  53. 53Ryse: Son of Rome2.1 h/$
  54. 54Sifu2.1 h/$
  55. 55Secrets of Grindea2.1 h/$
  56. 56Thymesia2.0 h/$
  57. 57Titan Quest Anniversary Edition2.0 h/$
  58. 58MORDHAU2.0 h/$
  59. 59Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos2.0 h/$
  60. 60Lost Castle / 失落城堡1.8 h/$
  61. 61Alice: Madness Returns1.7 h/$
  62. 62V Rising1.7 h/$
  63. 63EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 51.7 h/$
  64. 64Anomaly Agent1.7 h/$
  65. 65Granblue Fantasy: Relink1.7 h/$
  66. 66Dying Light1.7 h/$
  67. 67Sands of Salzaar1.7 h/$
  68. 68Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name1.6 h/$
  69. 69Torchlight II1.5 h/$
  70. 70BlazBlue Entropy Effect1.5 h/$
  71. 71Fate/Samurai Remnant1.5 h/$
  72. 72FATE1.5 h/$
  73. 73Ravenswatch1.5 h/$
  74. 74Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem1.5 h/$
  75. 75Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty1.5 h/$
  76. 76Ys Origin1.4 h/$
  77. 77Gujian3(古剑奇谭三)1.4 h/$
  78. 78MADNESS: Project Nexus1.3 h/$
  79. 79Warhammer: Vermintide 21.3 h/$
  80. 80Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice1.3 h/$
  81. 81Ghostrunner 21.3 h/$
  82. 82Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA1.2 h/$
  83. 83Minecraft Dungeons1.2 h/$
  84. 84Castle Crashers1.2 h/$
  85. 85Rotwood1.2 h/$
  86. 86No Rest for the Wicked1.2 h/$
  87. 87Afterimage1.2 h/$
  88. 88Torchlight1.1 h/$
  89. 89Juice Galaxy1.1 h/$
  90. 90STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy1.1 h/$
  91. 91Wizard of Legend1.1 h/$
  92. 92Dark Messiah of Might & Magic1.1 h/$
  93. 93One Step From Eden1.0 h/$
  94. 94Moonlighter1.0 h/$
  95. 95Insect Swarm1.0 h/$
  96. 96Furi1.0 h/$
  97. 97Windblown1.0 h/$
  98. 98The Surge1.0 h/$
  99. 99Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor1.0 h/$
  100. 100Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition1.0 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.