Best Value Hack and Slash Games Under $5

The Hack and Slash games on Steam games under $5 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. 2Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen11 h/$
  3. 3Heroes of Hammerwatch7.4 h/$
  4. 4Army of Ruin5.9 h/$
  5. 5Halls of Torment4.7 h/$
  6. 6Shadow Warrior 24.7 h/$
  7. 7Dust: An Elysian Tail4.5 h/$
  8. 8Death's Door4.5 h/$
  9. 9Cat Quest4.5 h/$
  10. 10Shadow Warrior4.4 h/$
  11. 11The Vagrant4.3 h/$
  12. 12Brutal Legend4.0 h/$
  13. 13RUINER3.7 h/$
  14. 14Cat Quest II3.0 h/$
  15. 15One Piece Pirate Warriors 32.4 h/$
  16. 16Ryse: Son of Rome2.1 h/$
  17. 17Anomaly Agent1.7 h/$
  18. 18Juice Galaxy1.1 h/$
  19. 19LIZARDS MUST DIE0.5 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.