Best Value Immersive Sim Games Under $40
The Immersive Sim games on Steam games under $40 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.
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By price
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.
- 1Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition$0.03/1hr27h91.09%94.86%
- 2theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.06/1hr35h89.03%89.07%
- 3Euro Truck Simulator 2$0.06/1hr81h97.35%97.44%
- 4Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut$0.06/1hr31h90.26%91.95%
- 5Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator$0.08/1hr57h84.16%83.77%
- 6Rising Storm 2: Vietnam$0.08/1hr31h86.77%87.04%
- 7Chill Pulse$0.08/1hr46h87.90%95.43%
- 8HITMAN World of Assassination$0.08/1hr36h87.04%87.31%
- 9Dishonored$0.09/1hr28h96.37%97.63%
- 10Deus Ex: Mankind Divided$0.09/1hr34h78.13%76.47%
- 11Car Mechanic Simulator 2021$0.09/1hr33h93.56%95.72%
- 12Cruelty Squad$0.11/1hr19h92.93%96.02%
- 13Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$0.11/1hr9h93.47%97.57%
- 14American Truck Simulator$0.11/1hr45h96.50%96.92%
- 15Eco$0.11/1hr204h82.55%80.69%
- 16ANEURISM IV$0.11/1hr44h80.74%75.15%
- 17Ultimate Fishing Simulator$0.12/1hr10h87.07%89.14%
- 18Streets of Rogue$0.12/1hr34h92.75%96.03%
- 19Disney Dreamlight Valley$0.12/1hr201h90.16%92.16%
- 20Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm$0.12/1hr24h91.05%92.59%
- 21Airport CEO$0.13/1hr50h84.21%83.05%
- 22Thief Simulator$0.13/1hr13h87.52%88.10%
- 23Feed the Cups$0.14/1hr88h79.42%70.60%
- 24SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition$0.15/1hr33h83.72%82.25%
- 25Farming Simulator 25$0.15/1hr146h87.02%87.33%
- 26SnowRunner$0.16/1hr76h89.34%90.07%
- 27Farming Simulator 22$0.16/1hr87h92.00%92.73%
- 28Stormworks: Build and Rescue$0.16/1hr77h89.75%90.51%
- 29Cyberpunk 2077$0.16/1hr110h86.96%86.95%
- 30Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm$0.17/1hr30h80.11%79.07%
- 31Railroads Online$0.17/1hr89h81.19%74.57%
- 32PowerWash Simulator$0.17/1hr59h94.75%96.38%
- 33Streamer Life Simulator$0.17/1hr12h81.14%76.04%
- 34ContractVille$0.17/1hr19h82.94%80.85%
- 35Ostranauts$0.18/1hr91h82.51%77.13%
- 36Survival: Fountain of Youth$0.18/1hr62h84.61%85.37%
- 37Construction Simulator$0.19/1hr13h82.55%80.75%
- 38Electrician Simulator$0.19/1hr6h83.01%80.19%
- 39Prey$0.19/1hr31h89.96%90.83%
- 40Far Cry 2$0.20/1hr15h78.98%75.67%
- 41Pathologic 2$0.20/1hr35h88.74%91.66%
- 42Dark Messiah of Might & Magic$0.22/1hr12h88.24%90.83%
- 43The Planet Crafter$0.22/1hr54h94.74%96.03%
- 44BioShock 2 Remastered$0.22/1hr13h75.38%72.15%
- 45Travellers Rest$0.22/1hr60h86.92%87.88%
- 46Supermarket Simulator$0.23/1hr51h91.31%92.04%
- 47Roots of Pacha$0.24/1hr64h87.65%93.59%
- 48Motor Town: Behind The Wheel$0.24/1hr66h89.46%93.85%
- 49Dishonored 2$0.25/1hr24h89.12%89.71%
- 50Sons Of The Forest$0.25/1hr35h88.47%88.48%
- 51Farmer's Life$0.26/1hr35h85.78%88.74%
- 52Cyber Manhunt$0.26/1hr13h89.54%92.31%
- 53Heroes' Vow: Three Kingdoms$0.26/1hr76h86.65%88.43%
- 54Police Simulator: Patrol Officers$0.27/1hr22h77.70%74.46%
- 55Medieval Dynasty$0.28/1hr63h89.51%90.33%
- 56Cash Cleaner Simulator$0.28/1hr54h87.87%92.36%
- 57Barro$0.29/1hr2h82.90%78.73%
- 58Car Dealer Simulator$0.29/1hr48h86.55%88.73%
- 59Ghosts of Tabor$0.30/1hr53h77.79%70.75%
- 60Session: Skate Sim$0.30/1hr33h83.94%83.16%
- 61Animal Shelter$0.31/1hr10h85.26%87.66%
- 62Call of the Wild: The Angler$0.32/1hr24h76.02%63.99%
- 63Easy Red 2$0.32/1hr28h88.32%90.40%
- 64My Dream Setup$0.33/1hr7h87.22%91.47%
- 65Grocery Store Simulator$0.33/1hr23h86.73%90.71%
- 66Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey$0.33/1hr30h81.83%79.04%
- 67Abiotic Factor$0.33/1hr84h94.25%95.78%
- 68Little Witch in the Woods$0.33/1hr42h87.40%89.08%
- 69ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE$0.34/1hr104h75.18%49.87%
- 70BioShock Remastered$0.35/1hr14h83.45%83.18%
- 71House Flipper$0.38/1hr20h93.25%93.97%
- 72Le Mans Ultimate$0.38/1hr58h80.89%78.77%
- 73WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition$0.38/1hr52h92.23%97.51%
- 74Old Market Simulator$0.39/1hr15h85.44%87.63%
- 75Vanity Fair: The Pursuit$0.39/1hr9h86.31%87.49%
- 76Chef RPG$0.40/1hr38h85.05%87.83%
- 77112 Operator$0.40/1hr12h86.67%88.68%
- 78Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon$0.40/1hr56h87.13%87.67%
- 79Farthest Frontier$0.41/1hr43h85.79%86.02%
- 80TCG Card Shop Simulator$0.42/1hr48h94.52%96.39%
- 81House Flipper 2$0.42/1hr56h86.65%87.39%
- 82Star Trucker$0.42/1hr18h82.16%78.27%
- 83Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora$0.42/1hr39h80.82%78.09%
- 84Sins of a Solar Empire II$0.43/1hr59h84.47%83.66%
- 85Railway Empire 2$0.43/1hr58h81.81%72.62%
- 86Day of Dragons$0.43/1hr37h76.30%65.07%
- 87School Days$0.45/1hr25h81.84%76.90%
- 88Infection Free Zone$0.45/1hr39h82.25%80.67%
- 89Amnesia: The Bunker$0.45/1hr11h89.70%93.28%
- 90Sailwind$0.46/1hr44h85.13%88.79%
- 91System Shock$0.46/1hr26h88.10%90.35%
- 92Undisputed$0.46/1hr43h66.97%59.00%
- 93Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition$0.47/1hr32h87.45%91.72%
- 94Sticky Business$0.47/1hr11h88.86%93.61%
- 95My Garage$0.47/1hr38h86.68%90.18%
- 96Big Ambitions$0.48/1hr44h89.26%92.03%
- 97DEATHLOOP$0.48/1hr25h78.31%76.05%
- 98GoreBox$0.48/1hr19h84.55%84.30%
- 99Barony$0.48/1hr27h88.71%90.65%
- 100RoadCraft$0.49/1hr41h78.64%74.65%
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.